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    St. Paul's Episcopal Church
    Wednesday April 27, 2016 
      Weekly Parish E-Newsletter 


Sixth Sunday of Easter 
 May 1, 2016

'Glory Window,' Chapel of Thanksgiving, Dallas, Texas

Sunday Morning Schedule
        • 8:00 am           Holy Eucharist Rite I
        • 9:00 am           Fellowship Time
        • 9:30 - 10:15    
          Mezzanine
           
        • 9:45                 Choir Rehearsal 
        • 10:30               Holy Eucharist Rite II 
        • 11:45               Fellowship Time 


From Your Rector


Dear Saints of St. Paul's,

Last Sunday, in worship and in our Mezzanine time, we celebrated God's call to cherish and care for creation.  We were blessed by a wonderful sermon by Karen Barrows.  During the Mezzanine St. Pauls' team "The Pandas" gave a presentation about their experiences of participating in the Taming Bigfoot CO2 Reduction Challenge that was a community wide event, and the brainchild of our own Bob Bindschadler.  Phina Pipia composed a song that is both educational and highly entertaining.  The song was premiered by the Panda team.  I have shared the video, as well as information about the Taming Bigfoot Competition, with Bishop Rickel saying that I believe that this " creation care endeavor is going to spread, and I think it would be wonderful to see it spread in the diocese."  The bishop replied:  "Love this!!! I will spread the word."    The fruits of this challenge are evidence of a response to God's imperative to be creative, be inspiring, and build something to put out into the world to make a difference.  I am in awe of Bob Bindschadler's vision and of the community's response.  This is the kind of effort that I hope will be infectious... in the best possible way!  You may find more information about Taming Bigfoot on the challenge's Facebook page.

The Taming Bigfoot Song
Composed by Phina Pipia and sung by Panda team members:  Jenny Pipia, Phina Pipia, Richard McGuffin, Karen Barrows, and Val Johnstone.  Team members who were unable to be present:  John Austin and Keith Fleming.

Other notes:
  • St. Pauls' Episcopal Church Women gathered last Thursday for tea to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's 90th birthday.  You will find photos below.
  • The Wild Men of St. Paul's are meeting this Friday evening.
  • On Ascension Thursday (May 5) we will be have worship at 6:00 pm followed by a potluck meal.
  • The Crowning of Mary event is happening on May 7.  If you are interested in attending please let Sue Cook know. 
  • Habitat for Humanity is sponsoring and interfaith build May 25 - 28.  Click here for more information.
There are concerts and events happening around the community and continuing signs of life growing up in our mist.  Let us pay attention to these signs of life and resurrection and be faithful servants  in response our call to be an Easter people in this beautiful corner of the world.
 
Blessings,

Dianne+

The Rev. Dianne Andrews, Rector
206.817.6530 (cell)
360.344.3738 (home)
 



Last Sunday's Sermon
Easter 5 - Creation Care Sunday

Hildegard

 

                  Creation Care Sunday
                            (click here to view)
       Karen Barrows



  

"Deepening Our Faith"


MEZZANINE CONTINUES


In early May, we will continue to hear folks at Saint Paul's share about the faith and spirituality of other church traditions they've been part of in the past.

Upcoming Calendar

May 1     Presbyterian Faith & Spirituality:                              Barbara Mesas
May 8:    Mennonite Faith & Spirituality:                                Marlene and Stanley Kropf
May 15:  PENTECOST
May 22:  Introduction to Celtic Christian Spirituality I:             Marlene Kropf
May 29:  Introduction to Celtic Christian Spirituality II:            Marlene Kropf


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Women's Spiritual Growth Group

The Women's Spiritual Growth Group has begin a new book, Waiting for God by the philosopher and social activist, Simone Weil.  Our first meeting for this book was February 29. 

We meet Monday afternoons from 3:00-4:30.  All women are invited! 

For more information, contact St. Paul's Church (385-0770  - [email protected]
or Katie Fleming (379-2516 - [email protected])



Diocesan & National Church News



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FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: SHANNON JERGENSON
AT (206) 325-4200 EXT. 2039 OR [email protected] 


 



Upcoming Events

Safeguarding God's Children Training 
Saturday April 30th
9 am - noon
St. Luke's, Sequim
This training is required for all who will be 
working with children and 
youth, in any capacity.


***please contact St. Paul's office if you would like more information about either training***


Safeguarding God's People training
Saturday June 4th
9 am -noon
St. Luke's, Sequim
This training is required for members of Vestry and for Eucharistic Visitors


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Ascension


  




Feast of the Ascension

                 Thursday May 5

            Holy Eucharist 6:00 pm
                 Potluck to Follow

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Crowning of Mary

Join in a celebration of the Spirited Mothers in all traditions who inspire our lives.Mary

Saturday, May 7th                    9am to Noon                        St. Paul's Parish Hall

We are joining to honor the Mother Spirit in our lives, wherever she may arise.  Her names are as varied as the languages of her children:  Amma, Gaius, Magdalen, Artemis, Shakti, Quan Yin, Mary , Hestia and all the Mothers you have come to love.

Create floral crowns and garlands, display any graphic images, icons, and statuary representing those women you have embraced as teacher, spiritual guide, or beloved protector.  Join in shared song and procession in the inner garden labyrinth. Sophia Christine, Icon Writer and artist will be sharing her powerful work with us. 

Bring flowers, icons, images, stories and music.  We will supply the necessary materials needed for creating crowns and garlands. 

To reserve a place or for more information contact Sue Cook  - 360.301.2830



Parish Life and Announcements 



    Taming Bigfoot Carbon Reduction Competition 
Taming Bigfoot
St. Paul's Team "Pandas":  
Val Johnstone, Phina Pipia, Jenny Pipia, Richard McGuffin, 
John Auston, Keith Fleming, Karen Barrows


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ECW Celebrates Queen Elizabeth's 90th Birthdaytea


St. Pauls' Episcopal Church Women met at Val Johnstone's home on Thursday, April 21, to celebrate the Queen's Birthday.  Tea, scones, crumpets, syllabub and Queen's cake were served to pearl and hat bedecked celebrants.  The celebration commenced with a viewing of the Queen's 2015 Christmas message.

Pat McMinds and Val Johnstone

Betty Johnson sipping tea from a special teacup
Joyce Wentz 

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Tuesday Vegetable Choppers needed!

The summer traveling and visiting season is coming and that means Just Soup's Tuesday chopping ministry will be short-staffed. 

Can you join our Chopper team any Tuesday morning from 10-12 as we prepare the vegetables for Wednesday's Just Soup?  (There will be at least one other person to share the work (and conversation!). 

Please contact Katie Fleming ([email protected] or 379-2516).

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Friday April 29
5 - 7 pm
A gathering 
WILD MEN  
 
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A New Set of Welcome Gifts

When the ceramicist Susan Yesunas was at St. Paul's she bestowed a gift of ceramic tokens/charms that have been available to be given, as gifts, to visitors and newcomers during Sunday worship.  Sandy dangler also donated crosses with rope knots created by Bill Dengler and Paul Bishop donated a set of crosses made from nails.  The giving of these gifts is now a tradition at St. Paul's.  To insure that we would continue to be well supplied Sue Cook made plans for a group to go to Daily Bird Pottery to learn how to create a new set of ceramic gifts.  A group that included Sue, her granddaughter Katie, and Sue Maxwell worked the clay to cut out, and apply pattern to the gifts.  Sue returned, after the initial firing, to apply the glaze.  Many thanks to Daily Bird Pottery for their generosity with this project.

ceramic

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We have two new books in the Parish Library by our Presiding Bishop, Michael Curry - both displayed as Staff Picks.  "Crazy Christians:  A Call to Follow Jesus" is a collection of reflections by the Bishop and includes his acclaimed 2012 General Convention address in which he says, "We need some Christians who are as crazy as the Lord. Crazy enough to love like Jesus, to give like Jesus, to forgive like Jesus, to do justice, love mercy, walk humbly with God - like Jesus.  Crazy enough to dare to change the world from the nightmare it often is into something close to the dream that God dreams for it. And for those who would follow him, those who would be his disciples, those who would live as and be the people of the Way? It might come as a shock, but they are called to craziness."  Another book, "Songs My Grandma Sang" tells the song-stories of the greatest generation through the treasury of spirituals and hymns his grandmother sang.  Learn more about our national church leader, his perspectives and his call to action in these two wonderful books.
library


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Habitat for Humanityhabitat 
Interfaith Build
May 25-28
If you are interested in being part of a team of six, 
 contact Tess at 360.379.2827.


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A note from Sydney Keegan:

Wonderful concert coming: like a good dinner, with a variety of great dishes to sample and a very amusing dessert!  Our guest conductor, Gil Seeley, has taken us on a great new adventure in choral performance.                                                                                                           -  Sydney

 

 

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A Documentary to Reduce the Impact of Harmful Ocean Noise
THE CALL TO AWARENESS
Ocean noise from 60,000 sea-going vessels, air gun explosions of drilling operations and blasts of navy sonar imperil whales and other marine life around the world. We know little about this kind of pollution that creates chronic interference of sea life dependent on acoustics for their very survival. For example, Orca whales, icons of the Northwest, use sound to find food, migrate, mate, raise their young and defend against threats. The award-winning film, Sonic Sea, brings the complex world of
human-engineered ocean sound to life in realistic, constructive ways that offer hope. Adverse ocean noise can be solved! Once we stop it, it is gone. The first step is to understand that it is here in the Salish Sea and elsewhere. 

The documentary will be shown May 23 at QUUF.  Two cast members will be present, Ken Balcomb of the Center for Whale Research and Michael Jasny of Natural Resources Defense Council.  To view the trailer click here.


Screening
Monday, May 23
7 pm
Quimper Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship

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Ongoing



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Every Thursday Evening - 8:30 pm
Solemn Chanted Compline
In St. Paul's Sanctuary
20 minutes of prayer to complete 
and bless your day  



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Evensong Services in Port Townsend

Evensong

The following churches are offering monthly contemplative services using music from the Taize Community in France, allowing for a once a week offering.  All are welcome.  


This coming Sunday:
1st Sunday, 5pm. - St. Paul's Episcopal
1020 Jefferson St., Port Townsend
(360)385-0770

2nd Sunday, 5pm. - Trinity United Methodist
609 Taylor St., Port Townsend
(360)385-0484

3rd Wednesday, 7pm. - Grace Lutheran 
1120 Walker St., Port Townsend
(360)385-1595

Last Thursday of the month, 6:30pm.
First Presbyterian, 1111 Franklin St.
Port Townsend, (360)385-2525

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Spiritual Direction at St. Paul's

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COFFEE HOUR SCHEDULE

First Sunday of the month: last names A-G
Second Sunday of the month: last names H-Mc
Third Sunday of the month: last names Me-R
Fourth Sunday of the month: last names S-Z
Fifth Sundays:  shared by various church groups
  • When there's a fifth Sunday, different committees/groups will be invited to sign up on the bulletin board in the Parish Hall. coffee
  • Each group will be responsible for setting up, making coffee and cleaning up. If you don't know how to do this, ask an old-timer!
  • This applies to the 8 o'clock AND 10:30 coffee hours.
It is highly recommended that there is some organizational conversation within each alpha group in advance of the day itself to better manage the logistics of who is setting and cleaning up.
Weekly Prayer List
 
This is a new section in our weekly newsletter.  The names of individuals and families will not be printed in this widely distributed publication.  You can find them in your Sunday worship bulletin.  
 
IN THE DIOCESAN CYCLE OF PRAYER, WE PRAY FOR: St. Mary, Lakewood; Christ Church, Puyallup

IN OUR COMPANION PARISHES, WE PRAY FOR:  St. Paul's Montrouis, Haiti 
 
AT ST. PAUL'S, WE PRAY FOR:  Faith Formation
 
WE PRAY FOR all who work to find a way of peace in the Middle East and in all areas of conflict throughout the world.  We pray for the ministry of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship.  We pray for all who are suffering from natural disasters and climate change. We pray for an end to hatred and division.

WE PRAY FOR the dead, the grief-stricken, and all who are living in fear. We pray for all victims of terror and violence.  We pray for refugees desperate for food, shelter, warmth and a home. We pray for all the homeless and the hungry, and for all who live in fear and despair.  We pray for God's compassion to grow and thrive in the hearts of the world's leaders and in the hearts of people everywhere.

ALTAR FLOWERS are given to the glory of God and in Thanksgiving for the Love of God by Bev and Warren Leitch.

WE PRAY FOR PEACE 

Calendar At-a-Glance

  
K = Kitchen
PH = Parish Hall
PR = Pollard Room
Thursday
April 28


7:00 - 8:30 am

Men's Bible Study (Hwy Roadhouse)
3:00 - 7:00 pm

Bet Shira
6:30 pm
Choir Rehearsal
8:30 pm

Compline



Friday
April 29




5:00 - 7:00 pm

Wild Men



Saturday
April 30



9:00 am - noon

Safeguarding God's Children -
St. Luke's Sequim



Sunday
May 1

 
8:00 am
Holy Eucharist Rite I
9:00 am
Fellowship
9:30 - 10:15 am

Mezzanine 
9:45 am

Choir Rehearsal 
10:30 am

Holy Eucharist Rite II
11:45 am

Fellowship
5:00 pm

Evensong
7:00 -8:00 pm
Women's AA Group (PH)



Monday
May 2


Katie in the office
3:00 - 4:30 pm

Women's Spiritual Growth Gp (PR)
5:30 - 6:30 pm
Overeaters Anonymous (PR)



Tuesday
May 3



10:00 am

Just Soup Prep (K)
3:00 -6:30 pm
Poetic Justice (PH)



Wednesday
May 4
 


10:30 am
Healing & HE
11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Prayer Shawl Knitters (PR)
11:30 am - 2:00 pm

Just Soup (K/PH)
  
K = Kitchen
PH = Parish Hall
PR = Pollard Room
Thursday
May 5
Ascension

7:00 - 8:30 am

Men's Bible Study (Hwy Roadhouse)
8:30 - 10:30 am

Work Crew
9:00 am - noon

Lay Weeders
3:00 - 7:00 pm

Bet Shira
6:30 pm
Choir Rehearsal
8:30 pm

Compline



Friday
May 6







Saturday
May 7



9:00 am - noon

The Crowning of Mary



Sunday
May 8

 
8:00 am
Holy Eucharist Rite I
9:00 am
Fellowship
9:30 - 10:15 am

Mezzanine 
9:45 am

Choir Rehearsal 
10:30 am

Holy Eucharist Rite II
11:45 am

Fellowship
5:00 pm

Evensong
7:00 -8:00 pm
Women's AA Group (PH)



Monday
May 9


Val in the office
2:00 pm

Bookkeeper
3:00 - 4:30 pm

Women's Spiritual Growth Gp (PR)
5:30 - 6:30 pm
Overeaters Anonymous (PR)



Tuesday
May 10



10:00 am

10:00 am

Just Soup Prep (K)

Faith Formation (PR)
3:00 -6:30 pm
Poetic Justice (PH)



Wednesday
May 11
 


10:30 am
Healing & HE
11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Prayer Shawl Knitters (PR)
11:30 am - 2:00 pm

Just Soup (K/PH)
  
K = Kitchen
PH = Parish Hall
PR = Pollard Room

Sunday Servers
  
 SUNDAY  
May 1, 2016
Easter 6



 

8:00 am
Presider
The Rev. Dianne Andrews
Preacher
The Rev. Dianne Andrews
Eucharistic Minister
Will Kalb
Lector
Jean Kaldahl
Usher
Richard McGuffin
Eucharistic Visitors

Coffee Hosts
Last Names:  A-Z





10:30 am

Presider
The Rev. Dianne Andrews
Preacher
The Rev. Dianne Andrews
Acolyte
Virginia Macher
Eucharistic Minister
Ginny Ford
Lectors
Nikki Rhodes
David Neuenschwander
Organist
Jenny Pipia
Eucharistic Visitors
Bob & Ginny Ford
Shelly Brown Reiss
Usher
Alfred & Maurie Chiswell
Greeter
Katie Fleming
Bread Baker
Laurie Neuenschwander
Church School & Childcare
Joan Jonland 
Beth Cahape
Coffee Hosts
Last Names:  A-G
 
Altar Guild
Team 1
Flowers
Sally & Al Scholz

Sunday's Lessons

May 1, 2016
Easter 6
Year C

Holy Eucharist


Collect

O God, you have prepared for those who love you such good things as surpass our understanding: Pour into our hearts such love towards you, that we, loving you in all things and above all things, may obtain your promises, which exceed all that we can desire; through Jesus Christ our Savior, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.


First Lesson

Acts 16:9-15

During the night Paul had a vision: there stood a man of Macedonia pleading with him and saying, "Come over to Macedonia and help us." When he had seen the vision, we immediately tried to cross over to Macedonia, being convinced that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them.
We set sail from Troas and took a straight course to Samothrace, the following day to Neapolis, and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We remained in this city for some days. On the sabbath day we went outside the gate by the river, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down and spoke to the women who had gathered there. A certain woman named Lydia, a worshiper of God, was listening to us; she was from the city of Thyatira and a dealer in purple cloth. The Lord opened her heart to listen eagerly to what was said by Paul. When she and her household were baptized, she urged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come and stay at my home." And she prevailed upon us.




Psalm

Psalm 67

May God be merciful to us and bless us, *
show us the light of his countenance and come to us.
2 Let your ways be known upon earth, *
your saving health among all nations.
3 Let the peoples praise you, O God; *
let all the peoples praise you.
4 Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, *
for you judge the peoples with equity
and guide all the nations upon earth.
5 Let the peoples praise you, O God; *
let all the peoples praise you.
6 The earth has brought forth her increase; *
may God, our own God, give us his blessing.
7 May God give us his blessing, *
and may all the ends of the earth stand in awe of him.



Second Lesson

Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5

In the spirit the angel carried me away to a great, high mountain and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God.

I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb. The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. Its gates will never be shut by day-- and there will be no night there. People will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. But nothing unclean will enter it, nor anyone who practices abomination or falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city. On either side of the river is the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. Nothing accursed will be found there any more. But the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him; they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. And there will be no more night; they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.




Gospel

John 5:1-9

After Jesus healed the son of the official in Capernaum, there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called in Hebrew Beth-zatha, which has five porticoes. In these lay many invalids-- blind, lame, and paralyzed. One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be made well?" The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; and while I am making my way, someone else steps down ahead of me." Jesus said to him, "Stand up, take your mat and walk." At once the man was made well, and he took up his mat and began to walk. Now that day was a sabbath.






 

St. Paul's Episcopal Church 1020 Jefferson St. 
Port Townsend, WA 98368
(360) 385-0770
stpauls_pt@outlook.com

We are an open and inclusive community and welcome people of all ages and of every denomination and faith.