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From the Field
News & Events of the Church in Georgia
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| July 23, 2013 | Volume 3, Number 48 |
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July 28th
Readings
Proper 12C
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Track 1 Old Testament
Hosea 1:2-10
Psalm 85
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Track 1 Old Testament
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Colossians
2:6-15, (16-19)
Luke 11:1-13
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Hometown Mission Columba House Prepared  This past Saturday, teens and adult leaders from four Savannah congregations worked at Columba House. The Hometown Mission Day was under the leadership of Liz Williams. The group had fun while cleaning, moving furniture and more to prepare the building for the arrival of our first interns. Inaugural Mass Planned for August 10th  This August begins the program year and the official start of Columba House. To mark the beginning of Columba House as a program, there will be an Inaugural Mass for Columba House at St. Paul's, Savannah on Saturday August 10 at 10am. At this service the Columba House Interns will have finished five days of orientation to the program and their new home of Savannah. The Interns will be commissioned for their year of service. Bishop Benhase will preach and preside. All are welcome to share their support for Columba House and her Interns. Below, Columba House Intern Mary Meeks is pictured with some of the teens from the convocation.
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Diocesan Office Update
Bishop Benhase is in the office. He will be on vacation July 25-29.
Canon Logue will preside and preach at Worship on the Water on Lake Blackshear this Sunday. From July 28-August 11, he will be on a silent retreat and not available through phone or email.
From the Field on Vacation
Please note that From the Field will go on vacation next week. Our weekly e-newsletter will be back on Tuesday, August 6 looking well rested. Please continue to send your news items to newsandevents@gaepiscopal.org
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Diocesan Community Update
 God willing and the people consenting Dr. Jeremy Bergstrom will be ordained to the Sacred Order of Deacons by the Rt. Rev. Ed Little, Bishop of Northern Indiana on Saturday, August 31st at Trinity Episcopal Church in Logansport, Indiana. Bergstrom serves at St. John's, Savannah, where he has worked since August 2012. A graduate of Perdue with a Masters in Divinity from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and a Masters in Theology from St. Vladimir's Orthodox Seminary, he has an Anglican Studies Certificate from Nashota House Seminary and a Ph.D. in historical theology and patristics from the University of Durham in Durham, England. Bergstrom will, as is customary, remain canonically resident in Northern Indiana through his ordination to the priesthood, which will follow a period of no less than six months as a deacon. Jeremy and his wife Jackie have two sons, Nathanael and William.
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King of Peace, Kingsland
Prayer Shawls Comfort Mind, Body and Spirit
 The Prayer Shawl Ministry at King of Peace Episcopal Church offers a very special opportunity to serve those in our community who need healing and comfort during difficult times. Countless members quietly donate yarn to a large wicker basket placed in the church narthex. The yarn is picked up at yard sales, leftover from a project or purchased just for this ministry. It is common to spot a parishioner quietly knitting or crocheting in the sanctuary or during a Bible study as they create a shawl that will wrap the recipient in peace and love. Each shawl is a very unique work and healing prayers are woven into every stitch. Along with prayers, the creator may also include beads or a clay cross or other ornamental item to embellish and bring a smile to the face of someone who is suffering in our community. Pictured above are the Rev. Al Crumpton, Mary Kay Lindquist, Janet Finklestein and Fran Elley on an occasion of prayer shawls being blessed.
When each shawl is complete, it is presented on the altar for a extra special blessing and a tag is attached that states: "This shawl was crafted with prayers for your healing - Body, Mind and Sprit. May God's grace be upon you warming, comforting, enfolding and embracing. May this mantle be a safe haven - a sacred place of security and well-being...sustaining and embracing in good times as well as difficult ones. May you be cradled in hope, kept in joy, graced with peace and wrapped in love".
These prayerful works of love are distributed by any member of the King of Peace congregation to those suffering in our South Georgia Community and beyond. (A version of this article appeared in the Camden County Tribune & Georgian.)
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Trinity, Statesboro
Welcoming a Boys and Girls Club Field Trip
 Last Wednesday, Trinity was pleased to host 35 kindergartners from the Boys & Girls Club for one of their summer field trips. At right, the kids enjoy the Trinity playground and below Fred Richter and others are pictured working with the kindergartners on yoga. The kids stayed for lunch and more games.   |
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St. Patrick's, Albany
Deacon Jim Purks Honored on Retirement
 Deacon Jim Purks was recently honored by the congregation of St. Patrick's for his years of service in the Albany Convocation. Deacon Purks retired from full-time diaconal ministry at the end of June. During his time of full-time ministry, Deacon Purks served Calvary, Americus, St. Paul's, and St. Patricks, both in Albany. As Deacon Purks is a well-known connoisseur of red wine, St. Patrick's "toasted" his retirement with gifts of red wine (among other things). Deacon Purks is pictured here with Fr. Jay Weldon during the luncheon where he was honored.
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Diocesan Youth Programs
Register for Happening #91
 The next Happening weekend will be held at Honey Creek August 2 - 4. This is a retreat open to those in grades 10 - 12. During a Happening weekend, participants worship, play, sing, and talk about God's place in their lives. They make new friends who share similar concerns and questions - a reassuring discovery. A teenager who acts as "rector" leads the weekend with the help of a staff consisting mostly of young people. Some staff members give challenging talks, after which there's time for discussion and activity. Together, the staff and participants share in an exploration of the impact of Christian faith in their daily lives. Happeners who attend a weekend for their first time are called "Candidates." To be a Candidate, one must:
- Have completed the 9th grade and have not begun college.
- Fill out the application:
Happening costs $113 to attend, and financial assistance is available. For more information, please visit the Georgia Happening website.
Click here to register online for Happening #91. |
Final Session of Summer Camp Underway Another successful summer camp season at Honey Creek concludes this week with a second Camp St. Peter for those who have completed 6-8 grade. Pictured above are the campers from last week's second session of Camp Joseph and Mary. |
Kids at St. Michael and All Angels' in Savannah are shown above and in the top picture below at the Vacation Bible School which was held their last week.
Vacation Bible Schools Across the Diocese  We want to share your Vacation Bible School with the Diocese in photo album collecting pictures of our kid-friendly catechesis taking place around the Diocese this summer. We have a diocesan photo album collecting pictures of our kid-friendly catechesis taking place around the Diocese this summer. Send photos from your congregation's VBS to newsandevents@gaepiscopal.org  The photos will be added to a VBS album and used at the diocesan website. You can visit this summer's VBS album online. Some of the photos will be shared here in From the Field. If you create a Facebook or other online album, you may also just send a link to that album to the address above and our online photo gallery curator, Julius Arial, will copy the photos to the diocesan album.
Deacon Michael Chaney plays the part of Hagrid for a Harry Potter themed Vacation Bible School held last week at St. Paul the Apostle, Savannah. St. Paul's VBS participants are pictured above on an outdoor labyrinth.
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It has been Christmas in July for some members of the Good Shepherd, Augusta, Choir which was in Mark Swanson's "Misconception." Swanson is a member of the choir and the creator of the alternate Christmas story which was presented last week as a part of the Capitol Fringe Festival. Jenifer Hollett's inspiration for making the angel wings came from the Michael window in the transept opposite the choir at church. One reviewer said, "The show wraps up with a message from the angel Gabriel (Melissa Canas who is pictured above) that we can all get behind - no matter what you believe, the most important and beautiful thing we can do is love one another."
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