St. Monica's Messenger, April 2015

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Our Staff & Vestry The Rev, Anthony MacWhinnie, II, Priest in Charge Vestry: Chuck Barnett - Senior Warden, Dan Ferguson- Junior Warden/Co-Treasurer Linda Aligood —Treasurer Susan Early, Frank Murphy, Ann Philen & John Velaski Viv Welch—Clerk of the Vestry Brenda Ferguson—Church Secretary Twinette McDonald - Music Director Sally Putters - Parish Nurse Saint Monica's Episcopal Church Saint Monica's Episcopal Church Messenger Messenger April 2015 April 2015 Happy Easter! Easter is the celebration of the resur- rection of Jesus Christ. It is the remembrance of the very thing that saved us, Christ’s sacrificial action and subsequent overcoming of death once for all of us. Easter, or in the Latin “pascha”, or earlier even than that, from the early German “austron”, means “dawn”. It’s taken from the name of a pagan goddess whose dawn festival was celebrated around this time. The word “aurora” comes from this root as well. So, light, dawn, new day, change, fresh start, rebirth, NEW BEGIN- NINGS… That’s what Easter has been about from the very beginning. We are celebrating a time of new birth and new beginnings, just like our ancestors did and just like our children will in the future. “Spring is in the air,” means something more than just pollen and warmer temperatures. It means a fresh start to life for all of us, starting with the most important celebration of all for us, Easter. Our theology of death and resurrection is a reminder that sometimes, for great things to happen, great sacri- fices must be made. To actively improve our lives and situations we must work for that change. To save our- selves, we must die to our old selves, and then be re- born. Like the phoenix from the ashes, we spread our wings and fly out of the aftermath of the inferno. At this time of the year, I can’t help but be drawn to the earth, to plant seeds and tend them and watch them grow. But every gardener and farmer knows that it’s more than just putting a little seed in the ground. That’s the easy part. The grower must make the soil ready. They must till under the weeds and use the nutrients from them to fertilize the next generation of garden plants. To be productive and sustain that productivity, great amounts of preparation must be done and contin- ued. From the priest’s desk by The Reverend Anthony MacWhinnie, II St. Monica’s, too, is in just such a place. We are at our NEW BEGINNING. For us to continue the amazing work we’ve begun, we need everyone to pitch in. The “garden” that is St. Monica’s is poised to grow, and we’ve al- ready begun that growth! By now, you’ve heard of the pro- posed thrift store, and by now you should have received a letter from the vestry letting you know that St. Monica’s needs your financial support. In the future, should we go ahead with the thrift store idea, not only will we be tak- ing care of the church’s financial needs, but we’ll be doing what Jesus Christ called us to do… Serve the poor. “When you did it to the least of these, you did it to me also.” Jesus said, “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Right now, St. Monica’s is poised to take off. We just need a little help from you. At stewardship time we al- ways here about “time, talent, and treasure”, and right now we need all three. Join in and grow with us. Peace, Anthony+ St. Monica’s Beans & Rice Ministry Our April Charity of the Month! Monetary donations greatly appreciated. In addition, we would like to have extra food on hand in our Emergency Food Pantry for the summer months when children will not be re- ceiving school lunches. Suggested items: Canned tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, and/or tomato paste, peanut butter & jelly, breakfast items. Thank you for your support.

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St. Monica's Messenger Newsletter, April 2015

Transcript of St. Monica's Messenger, April 2015

Page 1: St. Monica's Messenger, April 2015

Our Staff amp Vestry The Rev Anthony MacWhinnie II Priest in Charge

Vestry Chuck Barnett - Senior Warden

Dan Ferguson- Junior WardenCo-Treasurer Linda Aligood mdashTreasurer

Susan Early Frank Murphy Ann Philen amp John Velaski Viv WelchmdashClerk of the Vestry

Brenda FergusonmdashChurch Secretary Twinette McDonald - Music Director

Sally Putters - Parish Nurse

Saint Monicas Episcopal ChurchSaint Monicas Episcopal Church

MessengerMessenger April 2015April 2015

Happy Easter Easter is the celebration of the resur-rection of Jesus Christ It is the remembrance of the very thing that saved us Christrsquos sacrificial action and subsequent overcoming of death once for all of us Easter or in the Latin ldquopaschardquo or earlier even than that from the early German ldquoaustronrdquo means ldquodawnrdquo Itrsquos taken from the name of a pagan goddess whose dawn festival was celebrated around this time The word ldquoaurorardquo comes from this root as well So light dawn new day change fresh start rebirth NEW BEGIN-NINGShellip Thatrsquos what Easter has been about from the very beginning We are celebrating a time of new birth and new beginnings just like our ancestors did and just like our children will in the future ldquoSpring is in the airrdquo means something more than just pollen and warmer temperatures It means a fresh start to life for all of us starting with the most important celebration of all for us Easter Our theology of death and resurrection is a reminder that sometimes for great things to happen great sacri-fices must be made To actively improve our lives and situations we must work for that change To save our-selves we must die to our old selves and then be re-born Like the phoenix from the ashes we spread our wings and fly out of the aftermath of the inferno At this time of the year I canrsquot help but be drawn to the earth to plant seeds and tend them and watch them grow But every gardener and farmer knows that itrsquos more than just putting a little seed in the ground Thatrsquos the easy part The grower must make the soil ready They must till under the weeds and use the nutrients from them to fertilize the next generation of garden plants To be productive and sustain that productivity great amounts of preparation must be done and contin-ued

From the priestrsquos desk by The Reverend Anthony MacWhinnie II

St Monicarsquos too is in just such a place We are at our NEW BEGINNING For us to continue the amazing work wersquove begun we need everyone to pitch in The ldquogardenrdquo that is St Monicarsquos is poised to grow and wersquove al-ready begun that growth By now yoursquove heard of the pro-posed thrift store and by now you should have received a letter from the vestry letting you know that St Monicarsquos needs your financial support In the future should we go ahead with the thrift store idea not only will we be tak-ing care of the churchrsquos financial needs but wersquoll be doing what Jesus Christ called us to dohellip Serve the poor ldquoWhen you did it to the least of these you did it to me alsordquo Jesus said ldquoWhere your treasure is there your heart will be alsordquo Right now St Monicarsquos is poised to take off We just need a little help from you At stewardship time we al-ways here about ldquotime talent and treasurerdquo and right now we need all three Join in and grow with us Peace Anthony+

St Monicarsquos Beans amp Rice Ministry Our April Charity of the Month

Monetary donations greatly appreciated

In addition we would like to have extra food on hand in our Emergency Food Pantry for the

summer months when children will not be re-ceiving school lunches

Suggested items

Canned tomatoes spaghetti sauce andor tomato

paste peanut butter amp jelly breakfast

items

Thank you for your support

Page 2 Saint Monica rsquos Messenger

Itrsquos still dark when Mary ventures out to find the tomb The graveyards around Jerusalem donrsquot have much green-ery today The earth is mostly rock and stone and it is far from easy to make a place to secure a body Jesusrsquo body was put in a cave-like space with a stone rolled across the opening to close it up Mary has made the journey from wherever shersquos sheltered over the last day through dark-ened streets perhaps hearing cocks begin to crow and townspeople start to stir She nears the place but somehow it seems different than they left it ndash this canrsquot be it can it Who moved the stone A trip begun in tears and grief now has added bur-denndash confusion anger shock chaos abandonment His very body has been stolen She runs to tell the others The three tear back to the tomb ndash no the body is not there though some of the burial cloths remain Who has torn away the shroud and stolen him away Why must the cruel torture continue sacrilege and insult even after death Who has done this awful thing The men run away again leaving her to weep at even greater loss

She peers in once more ndash who are these so bold appear-ing ldquoFear not woman why do you weeprdquo She turns away and meets another who says the same ndash why do you weep who are you looking for This gardener has him-self been planted and now springs up green and vibrant still rising into greater life He challenges her to go and share that rising great news of green and life with those who have fled Still rising still seeking union with Creator making ten-der offering to beloved friends ndash briefly I am with you I am on my way Go and you will find me if you look The risen one still offers life to those who will look for evidence of his gardening ndash hope friendship healing re-union restoration ndash to all who have been uprooted cut off to those who are parched and withered to those who lie wasting in the desert Why do we weep or run away when that promise abides We can find that green one still rising if we will go stand with the grieving Marys of this world if we will draw out the terrified who have retreated to their holes if we will walk the Emmaus road with the lost and confused if we will search out the hungry in the neighborhood called Galilee We will find him already there before us bring-ing new and verdant life The only place we will not find him is in the tomb The Most Rev Katharine Jefferts Schori Presiding Bishop and Primate The Episcopal Church

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Easter Message 2015 ldquoThe only place we will not find him is in the tombrdquo Episcopal Church News Service March 23 2015

The Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated on April 4 1968 in Memphis Tennessee While the nation celebrates the memory of Dr Kingrsquos birthday in January The Epis-copal Church also remembers him on April 4 the day he was assassinated Dr Kingrsquos legacy is one where people stand together to resist op-pression and strive to secure equal liberty for all Godrsquos children Many resources including on-demand viewing of The Episcopal Churchrsquos Fifty Years Later The State of Racism in America forum and workshops are available for viewing online here

April 4mdashthe church remembers The Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr

Palm Sunday March 29 Sunday School begins at 9 am

Liturgy of the Palms amp Holy Eucharist at 10 am

Monday March 30 Morning Prayer at 11 am

Tuesday March 31 Morning Prayer at 11 am

Wednesday April 1 Healing Eucharist at 11 am

Maundy Thursday April 2 Foot Washing and Stripping the Altar at 6 pm

Good Friday April 3 Stations of the Cross at 530 pm

Saturday April 4 Easter Eve Liturgy at 11 am Easter Vigil at 530 pm

Easter Day April 5 Sunrise Holy Eucharist at 7 am

Holy Eucharist and Baptism at 10 am Easter Egg Hunt after Holy Eucharist

Page 3 Saint Monica rsquos Messenger

HAPPY SPRINGTIMEmdashisnrsquot it beautiful especially the landscape Trees and flowers are blooming and the grass is turning green It brings to mind the summer activities ahead yard work picnics on the patio visits to the beach-es sunburns insect bites bee stings and many more health issues (Wersquoll get to those later) Looking back at the Easter preparations and Easter cele-brations when I was growing up in Nebraska we tried to carry over the Lenten season and its discipline into spring and summer Most Easters we had snow on the ground I would get up in anticipation that the Easter Bunny had been there My Dad would direct me to the door to see if his tracks were in the snow and of course many of the nocturnal animals had indeed been there So the hunt be-gan before we had to get ready for church A more recent memory was with our own kids when we hid eggs Bill had to make little nest for the eggs Need-less to say we had more straw than eggs such a mess Now it is time to break out your summer wardrobe And by the way how does it fit Is it a little tight in plac-es Candy Easter eggs wonrsquot help I ran across some new research the other day about eve-ryonersquos favorite topic exercise We all know how im-portant exercise is for good health The research states that 15 minutes of brisk exercise per day will extend your life by three years over comparable inactive people Those who exercised 30 minutes per day added approximately four years of life expectancy Thatrsquos your first assignment for the spring and summer season devote 15 minutes per day to you Walk with a friend or neighbor or your spouse Yeah it is good for both men and women May God Bless You Nurse Sally

Springtime health challenge

By Nurse Sally

By the Pond Sunday April 5 at 7 am

Last year St Monicarsquos stepped out in faith At that time it was tough for many of us to see a positive future for our small and still shrinking church Wersquod been going through what seemed like our own personal journey in the wilderness We all could re-member the vibrant days of the past where the church was seemingly full attitudes seemingly all pos-itive Then in what seemed like the blink of an eye we were looking on that past and not seeing that vibrancy in our present Our future was uncertain Then the Holy Spirit moved at St Monicarsquos We knew we needed something someone to make a change We knew we needed a full-time priest What we didnrsquot know was how we would afford to pay a full-time priestrsquos salary All we knew was that for us to grow and really not just grow but just to maintain what we had we had to have a stable pastoral presence someone who our church could count on someone who would lead us and feed us at the same time Being a small church we knew it would be hard for us to attract the sort of priest we needed here someone young someone caring someone with energy someone who could lead and feed But with Prayer and Faith working together the Holy Spirit moved in a big way and made things possible for Fr Anthony to return to us Praise God Things really have changed here in some amazing ways in the last few months Every week there are more people in the pews Every week there are more activities and min-istries being planned and executed Every week the ex-citement grows Itrsquos obvious and it is wonderful Fr Anthony and his family have played a big part in that but even more so have you This positive trend can only continue with your support To fully fund our budg-et we need to make up a large projected shortfall To keep a full time priest we absolutely must make up this shortfall Pledging allows your vestry to know what we will take in It allows us to do the work you have charged us to do If you have already pledged thank you If you have been blessed by the positive changes taking place at St Monicarsquos please consider increasing that pledge If you have not already pledged please use the pledge cards available in the narthex to let us know how you will be financially supporting not just St Monicarsquos future but St Monicarsquos present The past is behind us Letrsquos grow together God bless you all

Your 2015 Vestry Chuck Barnett Senior Warden Dan Ferguson Junior Warden Linda Aligood Susan Early Frank Murphy Ann Philen

Our future depends on you

Saint Monica rsquos Messenger Page 4

Churches are full-to-the-brim on Easter Sunday with twice-a-year Christmas-and-Easter guests and first-time visitors feeling inspired to make more of the day than egg hunts and candy-swapping A lot of regular church attenders look at the influx with derision considering the visitors as interlopers But con-gregations should see this as a great opportunity not only to see the action from a new pew and perspective but also to witness the joy of being a part of a church family This Easter Sunday practice radical hospitality Make sure to have additional greeters (not ushers ndash they hand out the bulletins and collect the offering among other duties greeters are on hand to warmly welcome visitors answer questions and accompany them to coffee hour ndash or the Easter egg hunt) The greeters also should have a method for getting the names addresses (snail mail AND e-mail) and phone numbers of the visitors Hopefully the bulletin takes into account the number of people who may not be as familiar with Episcopal prac-tice It should include page numbers and notes of instruc-tion ndash and avoid jargon and acronyms During the peace look beyond your small circle to see who is standing alone bewildered and handshake-less Offer the peace with a smile and a quick ldquoWersquore so glad yoursquore here todayrdquo As the service ends make your way to the visitors and ask if you can accompany them to coffee hour On Monday morning (or even Sunday afternoon if yoursquore so inspired) a member of the church should drop off a welcome package to the visitors This can be a loaf of bread a jar of jam or a mug for coffee as well as a few pamphlets of introduction about the local church and The Episcopal Church (tracts from Forward Movement Publi-cations are great ndash and inexpensive) This follow-up is critical Make it part of your Easter discipline Maybe on the following Sunday (often called Low Sunday because lots of folks decide theyrsquove fulfilled their requisite church attendance) yoursquoll see a few return-ing faces Sitting in a new pew is a pretty low price to pay to ex-

pand the community of believers

Losing Your Pew Gaining ground by Richelle Thompson for ECFVP on April 18 2011

Easter Egg Hunt Easter DaymdashSunday April 5 Following the 10 am service

Summer Camp Registration Underway Summer Camp

May 31mdashAugust 2

New this year Family Camp

Summer camp weeks are age group specific

To register for your age group visit

wwwbeckwithalcom

ECW Spring Day Away in Dothan

The Episcopal Church Wom-enrsquos Diocesan Spring Day Away will be held Saturday April 18 at Church of the Nativ-ity Dothan Alabama Our fea-tured presenter will be The Reverend Lauren Farrington Flowers Lauren was ordained to the priesthood in June 2013 in the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast she served as the rector of St Johns-Monroeville be-fore moving to Savannah Geor-gia last May Currently she is the associate rector of St Peters Episcopal Church on Skidaway Island Though now canonically resident in the Diocese of Georgia her calling was nurtured by the Dio-cese of the Central Gulf Coast most especially the people of The Church of the Nativity in Dothan Alabama The mother of three grown children Douglass Grace and Vir-ginia Flowers she walks daily and often in the company of her cairn terrier Scout This one-day retreat will explore the metaphor of sing-ing in the dark as spiritual practice We will make medita-tive use of the Nativity Labyrinth as a four-fold path at the entrance to the Labyrinth pondering the gift of the holy child Jesus son of Mary on the path toward the center engaging the disordering and subversive work of Marys Song (The Magnificat) at the center presenting to God the holy child that is your life in Christ on the path out moving toward the gift of your life sent out in peace by way of Simeons Song (The Nunc Dimittis) St Monicarsquos ECW invites you to join us as we carpool to Dothan for this wonderful experience The trip to Dothan is approximately 165 mile and is expected to take about three hours so we will be leaving from the church parking lot at 630 am The cost is $20 per person and reg-istration forms are available in the narthex or you may download one here For more information contact Connie Chamberlin

The Reverend Lauren Farrington Flowers

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Saint Monicarsquos Episcopal Church

699 South Highway 95-A

Cantonment Florida 32533

Phone 850-937-0001

E-mail Officest-monicasorg

Wersquore on the web at Wwwst-monicasorg The peace of the Lord be always with you

Birthdays in Aprilhellip 2 Kathryn Chaapel 4 Ella Kizer 5 James Warner 7 Bernice Warner 13 Rowena Chaapel 15 Dawn Hayes 20 Michael Scordato 26 Audrey Westbrook Rusty Sellers 29 Brian Condon Juliana Horn

John Aligood Avery Beadle Don Blankenship Gabriel Ferguson Mike Godwin Connie Goodwin Anna Middlebrooks Hall William Hayes Felisa Hinz Nancy Holland

Sherry Johnston Michael LaCosta Harper Grace Majors Bob Matlock Maggie Rose Rodak Texann Stephens Bill Welch Frank amp Polly Welch Brennis Whaley

Connor Aligood Adam Blankenship Brian Condon Daryl Coy Mark Feely Patrick Ferguson Aaron Gaff Benjamin Gaff

Tim Hartford Johnny Hurd James Klinginsmith William Knapp Andrew Kuntz Nicholas Matroni Chase Scott Jeremy Wright

April Prayer Requests Military and First Responders Prayer List

Anniversaries in Aprilhellip 12 Dan amp Brenda Ferguson If your birthday or anniversary is not listed or it is not correct please let Viv Welch know

Page 2: St. Monica's Messenger, April 2015

Page 2 Saint Monica rsquos Messenger

Itrsquos still dark when Mary ventures out to find the tomb The graveyards around Jerusalem donrsquot have much green-ery today The earth is mostly rock and stone and it is far from easy to make a place to secure a body Jesusrsquo body was put in a cave-like space with a stone rolled across the opening to close it up Mary has made the journey from wherever shersquos sheltered over the last day through dark-ened streets perhaps hearing cocks begin to crow and townspeople start to stir She nears the place but somehow it seems different than they left it ndash this canrsquot be it can it Who moved the stone A trip begun in tears and grief now has added bur-denndash confusion anger shock chaos abandonment His very body has been stolen She runs to tell the others The three tear back to the tomb ndash no the body is not there though some of the burial cloths remain Who has torn away the shroud and stolen him away Why must the cruel torture continue sacrilege and insult even after death Who has done this awful thing The men run away again leaving her to weep at even greater loss

She peers in once more ndash who are these so bold appear-ing ldquoFear not woman why do you weeprdquo She turns away and meets another who says the same ndash why do you weep who are you looking for This gardener has him-self been planted and now springs up green and vibrant still rising into greater life He challenges her to go and share that rising great news of green and life with those who have fled Still rising still seeking union with Creator making ten-der offering to beloved friends ndash briefly I am with you I am on my way Go and you will find me if you look The risen one still offers life to those who will look for evidence of his gardening ndash hope friendship healing re-union restoration ndash to all who have been uprooted cut off to those who are parched and withered to those who lie wasting in the desert Why do we weep or run away when that promise abides We can find that green one still rising if we will go stand with the grieving Marys of this world if we will draw out the terrified who have retreated to their holes if we will walk the Emmaus road with the lost and confused if we will search out the hungry in the neighborhood called Galilee We will find him already there before us bring-ing new and verdant life The only place we will not find him is in the tomb The Most Rev Katharine Jefferts Schori Presiding Bishop and Primate The Episcopal Church

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Easter Message 2015 ldquoThe only place we will not find him is in the tombrdquo Episcopal Church News Service March 23 2015

The Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated on April 4 1968 in Memphis Tennessee While the nation celebrates the memory of Dr Kingrsquos birthday in January The Epis-copal Church also remembers him on April 4 the day he was assassinated Dr Kingrsquos legacy is one where people stand together to resist op-pression and strive to secure equal liberty for all Godrsquos children Many resources including on-demand viewing of The Episcopal Churchrsquos Fifty Years Later The State of Racism in America forum and workshops are available for viewing online here

April 4mdashthe church remembers The Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr

Palm Sunday March 29 Sunday School begins at 9 am

Liturgy of the Palms amp Holy Eucharist at 10 am

Monday March 30 Morning Prayer at 11 am

Tuesday March 31 Morning Prayer at 11 am

Wednesday April 1 Healing Eucharist at 11 am

Maundy Thursday April 2 Foot Washing and Stripping the Altar at 6 pm

Good Friday April 3 Stations of the Cross at 530 pm

Saturday April 4 Easter Eve Liturgy at 11 am Easter Vigil at 530 pm

Easter Day April 5 Sunrise Holy Eucharist at 7 am

Holy Eucharist and Baptism at 10 am Easter Egg Hunt after Holy Eucharist

Page 3 Saint Monica rsquos Messenger

HAPPY SPRINGTIMEmdashisnrsquot it beautiful especially the landscape Trees and flowers are blooming and the grass is turning green It brings to mind the summer activities ahead yard work picnics on the patio visits to the beach-es sunburns insect bites bee stings and many more health issues (Wersquoll get to those later) Looking back at the Easter preparations and Easter cele-brations when I was growing up in Nebraska we tried to carry over the Lenten season and its discipline into spring and summer Most Easters we had snow on the ground I would get up in anticipation that the Easter Bunny had been there My Dad would direct me to the door to see if his tracks were in the snow and of course many of the nocturnal animals had indeed been there So the hunt be-gan before we had to get ready for church A more recent memory was with our own kids when we hid eggs Bill had to make little nest for the eggs Need-less to say we had more straw than eggs such a mess Now it is time to break out your summer wardrobe And by the way how does it fit Is it a little tight in plac-es Candy Easter eggs wonrsquot help I ran across some new research the other day about eve-ryonersquos favorite topic exercise We all know how im-portant exercise is for good health The research states that 15 minutes of brisk exercise per day will extend your life by three years over comparable inactive people Those who exercised 30 minutes per day added approximately four years of life expectancy Thatrsquos your first assignment for the spring and summer season devote 15 minutes per day to you Walk with a friend or neighbor or your spouse Yeah it is good for both men and women May God Bless You Nurse Sally

Springtime health challenge

By Nurse Sally

By the Pond Sunday April 5 at 7 am

Last year St Monicarsquos stepped out in faith At that time it was tough for many of us to see a positive future for our small and still shrinking church Wersquod been going through what seemed like our own personal journey in the wilderness We all could re-member the vibrant days of the past where the church was seemingly full attitudes seemingly all pos-itive Then in what seemed like the blink of an eye we were looking on that past and not seeing that vibrancy in our present Our future was uncertain Then the Holy Spirit moved at St Monicarsquos We knew we needed something someone to make a change We knew we needed a full-time priest What we didnrsquot know was how we would afford to pay a full-time priestrsquos salary All we knew was that for us to grow and really not just grow but just to maintain what we had we had to have a stable pastoral presence someone who our church could count on someone who would lead us and feed us at the same time Being a small church we knew it would be hard for us to attract the sort of priest we needed here someone young someone caring someone with energy someone who could lead and feed But with Prayer and Faith working together the Holy Spirit moved in a big way and made things possible for Fr Anthony to return to us Praise God Things really have changed here in some amazing ways in the last few months Every week there are more people in the pews Every week there are more activities and min-istries being planned and executed Every week the ex-citement grows Itrsquos obvious and it is wonderful Fr Anthony and his family have played a big part in that but even more so have you This positive trend can only continue with your support To fully fund our budg-et we need to make up a large projected shortfall To keep a full time priest we absolutely must make up this shortfall Pledging allows your vestry to know what we will take in It allows us to do the work you have charged us to do If you have already pledged thank you If you have been blessed by the positive changes taking place at St Monicarsquos please consider increasing that pledge If you have not already pledged please use the pledge cards available in the narthex to let us know how you will be financially supporting not just St Monicarsquos future but St Monicarsquos present The past is behind us Letrsquos grow together God bless you all

Your 2015 Vestry Chuck Barnett Senior Warden Dan Ferguson Junior Warden Linda Aligood Susan Early Frank Murphy Ann Philen

Our future depends on you

Saint Monica rsquos Messenger Page 4

Churches are full-to-the-brim on Easter Sunday with twice-a-year Christmas-and-Easter guests and first-time visitors feeling inspired to make more of the day than egg hunts and candy-swapping A lot of regular church attenders look at the influx with derision considering the visitors as interlopers But con-gregations should see this as a great opportunity not only to see the action from a new pew and perspective but also to witness the joy of being a part of a church family This Easter Sunday practice radical hospitality Make sure to have additional greeters (not ushers ndash they hand out the bulletins and collect the offering among other duties greeters are on hand to warmly welcome visitors answer questions and accompany them to coffee hour ndash or the Easter egg hunt) The greeters also should have a method for getting the names addresses (snail mail AND e-mail) and phone numbers of the visitors Hopefully the bulletin takes into account the number of people who may not be as familiar with Episcopal prac-tice It should include page numbers and notes of instruc-tion ndash and avoid jargon and acronyms During the peace look beyond your small circle to see who is standing alone bewildered and handshake-less Offer the peace with a smile and a quick ldquoWersquore so glad yoursquore here todayrdquo As the service ends make your way to the visitors and ask if you can accompany them to coffee hour On Monday morning (or even Sunday afternoon if yoursquore so inspired) a member of the church should drop off a welcome package to the visitors This can be a loaf of bread a jar of jam or a mug for coffee as well as a few pamphlets of introduction about the local church and The Episcopal Church (tracts from Forward Movement Publi-cations are great ndash and inexpensive) This follow-up is critical Make it part of your Easter discipline Maybe on the following Sunday (often called Low Sunday because lots of folks decide theyrsquove fulfilled their requisite church attendance) yoursquoll see a few return-ing faces Sitting in a new pew is a pretty low price to pay to ex-

pand the community of believers

Losing Your Pew Gaining ground by Richelle Thompson for ECFVP on April 18 2011

Easter Egg Hunt Easter DaymdashSunday April 5 Following the 10 am service

Summer Camp Registration Underway Summer Camp

May 31mdashAugust 2

New this year Family Camp

Summer camp weeks are age group specific

To register for your age group visit

wwwbeckwithalcom

ECW Spring Day Away in Dothan

The Episcopal Church Wom-enrsquos Diocesan Spring Day Away will be held Saturday April 18 at Church of the Nativ-ity Dothan Alabama Our fea-tured presenter will be The Reverend Lauren Farrington Flowers Lauren was ordained to the priesthood in June 2013 in the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast she served as the rector of St Johns-Monroeville be-fore moving to Savannah Geor-gia last May Currently she is the associate rector of St Peters Episcopal Church on Skidaway Island Though now canonically resident in the Diocese of Georgia her calling was nurtured by the Dio-cese of the Central Gulf Coast most especially the people of The Church of the Nativity in Dothan Alabama The mother of three grown children Douglass Grace and Vir-ginia Flowers she walks daily and often in the company of her cairn terrier Scout This one-day retreat will explore the metaphor of sing-ing in the dark as spiritual practice We will make medita-tive use of the Nativity Labyrinth as a four-fold path at the entrance to the Labyrinth pondering the gift of the holy child Jesus son of Mary on the path toward the center engaging the disordering and subversive work of Marys Song (The Magnificat) at the center presenting to God the holy child that is your life in Christ on the path out moving toward the gift of your life sent out in peace by way of Simeons Song (The Nunc Dimittis) St Monicarsquos ECW invites you to join us as we carpool to Dothan for this wonderful experience The trip to Dothan is approximately 165 mile and is expected to take about three hours so we will be leaving from the church parking lot at 630 am The cost is $20 per person and reg-istration forms are available in the narthex or you may download one here For more information contact Connie Chamberlin

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Saint Monicarsquos Episcopal Church

699 South Highway 95-A

Cantonment Florida 32533

Phone 850-937-0001

E-mail Officest-monicasorg

Wersquore on the web at Wwwst-monicasorg The peace of the Lord be always with you

Birthdays in Aprilhellip 2 Kathryn Chaapel 4 Ella Kizer 5 James Warner 7 Bernice Warner 13 Rowena Chaapel 15 Dawn Hayes 20 Michael Scordato 26 Audrey Westbrook Rusty Sellers 29 Brian Condon Juliana Horn

John Aligood Avery Beadle Don Blankenship Gabriel Ferguson Mike Godwin Connie Goodwin Anna Middlebrooks Hall William Hayes Felisa Hinz Nancy Holland

Sherry Johnston Michael LaCosta Harper Grace Majors Bob Matlock Maggie Rose Rodak Texann Stephens Bill Welch Frank amp Polly Welch Brennis Whaley

Connor Aligood Adam Blankenship Brian Condon Daryl Coy Mark Feely Patrick Ferguson Aaron Gaff Benjamin Gaff

Tim Hartford Johnny Hurd James Klinginsmith William Knapp Andrew Kuntz Nicholas Matroni Chase Scott Jeremy Wright

April Prayer Requests Military and First Responders Prayer List

Anniversaries in Aprilhellip 12 Dan amp Brenda Ferguson If your birthday or anniversary is not listed or it is not correct please let Viv Welch know

Page 3: St. Monica's Messenger, April 2015

Page 3 Saint Monica rsquos Messenger

HAPPY SPRINGTIMEmdashisnrsquot it beautiful especially the landscape Trees and flowers are blooming and the grass is turning green It brings to mind the summer activities ahead yard work picnics on the patio visits to the beach-es sunburns insect bites bee stings and many more health issues (Wersquoll get to those later) Looking back at the Easter preparations and Easter cele-brations when I was growing up in Nebraska we tried to carry over the Lenten season and its discipline into spring and summer Most Easters we had snow on the ground I would get up in anticipation that the Easter Bunny had been there My Dad would direct me to the door to see if his tracks were in the snow and of course many of the nocturnal animals had indeed been there So the hunt be-gan before we had to get ready for church A more recent memory was with our own kids when we hid eggs Bill had to make little nest for the eggs Need-less to say we had more straw than eggs such a mess Now it is time to break out your summer wardrobe And by the way how does it fit Is it a little tight in plac-es Candy Easter eggs wonrsquot help I ran across some new research the other day about eve-ryonersquos favorite topic exercise We all know how im-portant exercise is for good health The research states that 15 minutes of brisk exercise per day will extend your life by three years over comparable inactive people Those who exercised 30 minutes per day added approximately four years of life expectancy Thatrsquos your first assignment for the spring and summer season devote 15 minutes per day to you Walk with a friend or neighbor or your spouse Yeah it is good for both men and women May God Bless You Nurse Sally

Springtime health challenge

By Nurse Sally

By the Pond Sunday April 5 at 7 am

Last year St Monicarsquos stepped out in faith At that time it was tough for many of us to see a positive future for our small and still shrinking church Wersquod been going through what seemed like our own personal journey in the wilderness We all could re-member the vibrant days of the past where the church was seemingly full attitudes seemingly all pos-itive Then in what seemed like the blink of an eye we were looking on that past and not seeing that vibrancy in our present Our future was uncertain Then the Holy Spirit moved at St Monicarsquos We knew we needed something someone to make a change We knew we needed a full-time priest What we didnrsquot know was how we would afford to pay a full-time priestrsquos salary All we knew was that for us to grow and really not just grow but just to maintain what we had we had to have a stable pastoral presence someone who our church could count on someone who would lead us and feed us at the same time Being a small church we knew it would be hard for us to attract the sort of priest we needed here someone young someone caring someone with energy someone who could lead and feed But with Prayer and Faith working together the Holy Spirit moved in a big way and made things possible for Fr Anthony to return to us Praise God Things really have changed here in some amazing ways in the last few months Every week there are more people in the pews Every week there are more activities and min-istries being planned and executed Every week the ex-citement grows Itrsquos obvious and it is wonderful Fr Anthony and his family have played a big part in that but even more so have you This positive trend can only continue with your support To fully fund our budg-et we need to make up a large projected shortfall To keep a full time priest we absolutely must make up this shortfall Pledging allows your vestry to know what we will take in It allows us to do the work you have charged us to do If you have already pledged thank you If you have been blessed by the positive changes taking place at St Monicarsquos please consider increasing that pledge If you have not already pledged please use the pledge cards available in the narthex to let us know how you will be financially supporting not just St Monicarsquos future but St Monicarsquos present The past is behind us Letrsquos grow together God bless you all

Your 2015 Vestry Chuck Barnett Senior Warden Dan Ferguson Junior Warden Linda Aligood Susan Early Frank Murphy Ann Philen

Our future depends on you

Saint Monica rsquos Messenger Page 4

Churches are full-to-the-brim on Easter Sunday with twice-a-year Christmas-and-Easter guests and first-time visitors feeling inspired to make more of the day than egg hunts and candy-swapping A lot of regular church attenders look at the influx with derision considering the visitors as interlopers But con-gregations should see this as a great opportunity not only to see the action from a new pew and perspective but also to witness the joy of being a part of a church family This Easter Sunday practice radical hospitality Make sure to have additional greeters (not ushers ndash they hand out the bulletins and collect the offering among other duties greeters are on hand to warmly welcome visitors answer questions and accompany them to coffee hour ndash or the Easter egg hunt) The greeters also should have a method for getting the names addresses (snail mail AND e-mail) and phone numbers of the visitors Hopefully the bulletin takes into account the number of people who may not be as familiar with Episcopal prac-tice It should include page numbers and notes of instruc-tion ndash and avoid jargon and acronyms During the peace look beyond your small circle to see who is standing alone bewildered and handshake-less Offer the peace with a smile and a quick ldquoWersquore so glad yoursquore here todayrdquo As the service ends make your way to the visitors and ask if you can accompany them to coffee hour On Monday morning (or even Sunday afternoon if yoursquore so inspired) a member of the church should drop off a welcome package to the visitors This can be a loaf of bread a jar of jam or a mug for coffee as well as a few pamphlets of introduction about the local church and The Episcopal Church (tracts from Forward Movement Publi-cations are great ndash and inexpensive) This follow-up is critical Make it part of your Easter discipline Maybe on the following Sunday (often called Low Sunday because lots of folks decide theyrsquove fulfilled their requisite church attendance) yoursquoll see a few return-ing faces Sitting in a new pew is a pretty low price to pay to ex-

pand the community of believers

Losing Your Pew Gaining ground by Richelle Thompson for ECFVP on April 18 2011

Easter Egg Hunt Easter DaymdashSunday April 5 Following the 10 am service

Summer Camp Registration Underway Summer Camp

May 31mdashAugust 2

New this year Family Camp

Summer camp weeks are age group specific

To register for your age group visit

wwwbeckwithalcom

ECW Spring Day Away in Dothan

The Episcopal Church Wom-enrsquos Diocesan Spring Day Away will be held Saturday April 18 at Church of the Nativ-ity Dothan Alabama Our fea-tured presenter will be The Reverend Lauren Farrington Flowers Lauren was ordained to the priesthood in June 2013 in the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast she served as the rector of St Johns-Monroeville be-fore moving to Savannah Geor-gia last May Currently she is the associate rector of St Peters Episcopal Church on Skidaway Island Though now canonically resident in the Diocese of Georgia her calling was nurtured by the Dio-cese of the Central Gulf Coast most especially the people of The Church of the Nativity in Dothan Alabama The mother of three grown children Douglass Grace and Vir-ginia Flowers she walks daily and often in the company of her cairn terrier Scout This one-day retreat will explore the metaphor of sing-ing in the dark as spiritual practice We will make medita-tive use of the Nativity Labyrinth as a four-fold path at the entrance to the Labyrinth pondering the gift of the holy child Jesus son of Mary on the path toward the center engaging the disordering and subversive work of Marys Song (The Magnificat) at the center presenting to God the holy child that is your life in Christ on the path out moving toward the gift of your life sent out in peace by way of Simeons Song (The Nunc Dimittis) St Monicarsquos ECW invites you to join us as we carpool to Dothan for this wonderful experience The trip to Dothan is approximately 165 mile and is expected to take about three hours so we will be leaving from the church parking lot at 630 am The cost is $20 per person and reg-istration forms are available in the narthex or you may download one here For more information contact Connie Chamberlin

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Saint Monicarsquos Episcopal Church

699 South Highway 95-A

Cantonment Florida 32533

Phone 850-937-0001

E-mail Officest-monicasorg

Wersquore on the web at Wwwst-monicasorg The peace of the Lord be always with you

Birthdays in Aprilhellip 2 Kathryn Chaapel 4 Ella Kizer 5 James Warner 7 Bernice Warner 13 Rowena Chaapel 15 Dawn Hayes 20 Michael Scordato 26 Audrey Westbrook Rusty Sellers 29 Brian Condon Juliana Horn

John Aligood Avery Beadle Don Blankenship Gabriel Ferguson Mike Godwin Connie Goodwin Anna Middlebrooks Hall William Hayes Felisa Hinz Nancy Holland

Sherry Johnston Michael LaCosta Harper Grace Majors Bob Matlock Maggie Rose Rodak Texann Stephens Bill Welch Frank amp Polly Welch Brennis Whaley

Connor Aligood Adam Blankenship Brian Condon Daryl Coy Mark Feely Patrick Ferguson Aaron Gaff Benjamin Gaff

Tim Hartford Johnny Hurd James Klinginsmith William Knapp Andrew Kuntz Nicholas Matroni Chase Scott Jeremy Wright

April Prayer Requests Military and First Responders Prayer List

Anniversaries in Aprilhellip 12 Dan amp Brenda Ferguson If your birthday or anniversary is not listed or it is not correct please let Viv Welch know

Page 4: St. Monica's Messenger, April 2015

Saint Monica rsquos Messenger Page 4

Churches are full-to-the-brim on Easter Sunday with twice-a-year Christmas-and-Easter guests and first-time visitors feeling inspired to make more of the day than egg hunts and candy-swapping A lot of regular church attenders look at the influx with derision considering the visitors as interlopers But con-gregations should see this as a great opportunity not only to see the action from a new pew and perspective but also to witness the joy of being a part of a church family This Easter Sunday practice radical hospitality Make sure to have additional greeters (not ushers ndash they hand out the bulletins and collect the offering among other duties greeters are on hand to warmly welcome visitors answer questions and accompany them to coffee hour ndash or the Easter egg hunt) The greeters also should have a method for getting the names addresses (snail mail AND e-mail) and phone numbers of the visitors Hopefully the bulletin takes into account the number of people who may not be as familiar with Episcopal prac-tice It should include page numbers and notes of instruc-tion ndash and avoid jargon and acronyms During the peace look beyond your small circle to see who is standing alone bewildered and handshake-less Offer the peace with a smile and a quick ldquoWersquore so glad yoursquore here todayrdquo As the service ends make your way to the visitors and ask if you can accompany them to coffee hour On Monday morning (or even Sunday afternoon if yoursquore so inspired) a member of the church should drop off a welcome package to the visitors This can be a loaf of bread a jar of jam or a mug for coffee as well as a few pamphlets of introduction about the local church and The Episcopal Church (tracts from Forward Movement Publi-cations are great ndash and inexpensive) This follow-up is critical Make it part of your Easter discipline Maybe on the following Sunday (often called Low Sunday because lots of folks decide theyrsquove fulfilled their requisite church attendance) yoursquoll see a few return-ing faces Sitting in a new pew is a pretty low price to pay to ex-

pand the community of believers

Losing Your Pew Gaining ground by Richelle Thompson for ECFVP on April 18 2011

Easter Egg Hunt Easter DaymdashSunday April 5 Following the 10 am service

Summer Camp Registration Underway Summer Camp

May 31mdashAugust 2

New this year Family Camp

Summer camp weeks are age group specific

To register for your age group visit

wwwbeckwithalcom

ECW Spring Day Away in Dothan

The Episcopal Church Wom-enrsquos Diocesan Spring Day Away will be held Saturday April 18 at Church of the Nativ-ity Dothan Alabama Our fea-tured presenter will be The Reverend Lauren Farrington Flowers Lauren was ordained to the priesthood in June 2013 in the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast she served as the rector of St Johns-Monroeville be-fore moving to Savannah Geor-gia last May Currently she is the associate rector of St Peters Episcopal Church on Skidaway Island Though now canonically resident in the Diocese of Georgia her calling was nurtured by the Dio-cese of the Central Gulf Coast most especially the people of The Church of the Nativity in Dothan Alabama The mother of three grown children Douglass Grace and Vir-ginia Flowers she walks daily and often in the company of her cairn terrier Scout This one-day retreat will explore the metaphor of sing-ing in the dark as spiritual practice We will make medita-tive use of the Nativity Labyrinth as a four-fold path at the entrance to the Labyrinth pondering the gift of the holy child Jesus son of Mary on the path toward the center engaging the disordering and subversive work of Marys Song (The Magnificat) at the center presenting to God the holy child that is your life in Christ on the path out moving toward the gift of your life sent out in peace by way of Simeons Song (The Nunc Dimittis) St Monicarsquos ECW invites you to join us as we carpool to Dothan for this wonderful experience The trip to Dothan is approximately 165 mile and is expected to take about three hours so we will be leaving from the church parking lot at 630 am The cost is $20 per person and reg-istration forms are available in the narthex or you may download one here For more information contact Connie Chamberlin

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Wersquore on the web at Wwwst-monicasorg The peace of the Lord be always with you

Birthdays in Aprilhellip 2 Kathryn Chaapel 4 Ella Kizer 5 James Warner 7 Bernice Warner 13 Rowena Chaapel 15 Dawn Hayes 20 Michael Scordato 26 Audrey Westbrook Rusty Sellers 29 Brian Condon Juliana Horn

John Aligood Avery Beadle Don Blankenship Gabriel Ferguson Mike Godwin Connie Goodwin Anna Middlebrooks Hall William Hayes Felisa Hinz Nancy Holland

Sherry Johnston Michael LaCosta Harper Grace Majors Bob Matlock Maggie Rose Rodak Texann Stephens Bill Welch Frank amp Polly Welch Brennis Whaley

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Tim Hartford Johnny Hurd James Klinginsmith William Knapp Andrew Kuntz Nicholas Matroni Chase Scott Jeremy Wright

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699 South Highway 95-A

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Phone 850-937-0001

E-mail Officest-monicasorg

Wersquore on the web at Wwwst-monicasorg The peace of the Lord be always with you

Birthdays in Aprilhellip 2 Kathryn Chaapel 4 Ella Kizer 5 James Warner 7 Bernice Warner 13 Rowena Chaapel 15 Dawn Hayes 20 Michael Scordato 26 Audrey Westbrook Rusty Sellers 29 Brian Condon Juliana Horn

John Aligood Avery Beadle Don Blankenship Gabriel Ferguson Mike Godwin Connie Goodwin Anna Middlebrooks Hall William Hayes Felisa Hinz Nancy Holland

Sherry Johnston Michael LaCosta Harper Grace Majors Bob Matlock Maggie Rose Rodak Texann Stephens Bill Welch Frank amp Polly Welch Brennis Whaley

Connor Aligood Adam Blankenship Brian Condon Daryl Coy Mark Feely Patrick Ferguson Aaron Gaff Benjamin Gaff

Tim Hartford Johnny Hurd James Klinginsmith William Knapp Andrew Kuntz Nicholas Matroni Chase Scott Jeremy Wright

April Prayer Requests Military and First Responders Prayer List

Anniversaries in Aprilhellip 12 Dan amp Brenda Ferguson If your birthday or anniversary is not listed or it is not correct please let Viv Welch know

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Saint Monicarsquos Episcopal Church

699 South Highway 95-A

Cantonment Florida 32533

Phone 850-937-0001

E-mail Officest-monicasorg

Wersquore on the web at Wwwst-monicasorg The peace of the Lord be always with you

Birthdays in Aprilhellip 2 Kathryn Chaapel 4 Ella Kizer 5 James Warner 7 Bernice Warner 13 Rowena Chaapel 15 Dawn Hayes 20 Michael Scordato 26 Audrey Westbrook Rusty Sellers 29 Brian Condon Juliana Horn

John Aligood Avery Beadle Don Blankenship Gabriel Ferguson Mike Godwin Connie Goodwin Anna Middlebrooks Hall William Hayes Felisa Hinz Nancy Holland

Sherry Johnston Michael LaCosta Harper Grace Majors Bob Matlock Maggie Rose Rodak Texann Stephens Bill Welch Frank amp Polly Welch Brennis Whaley

Connor Aligood Adam Blankenship Brian Condon Daryl Coy Mark Feely Patrick Ferguson Aaron Gaff Benjamin Gaff

Tim Hartford Johnny Hurd James Klinginsmith William Knapp Andrew Kuntz Nicholas Matroni Chase Scott Jeremy Wright

April Prayer Requests Military and First Responders Prayer List

Anniversaries in Aprilhellip 12 Dan amp Brenda Ferguson If your birthday or anniversary is not listed or it is not correct please let Viv Welch know