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St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
The Epistle
Wimpy Trees and
Humble Beginnings
The Rev. J. Malone Gilliam
Rector
Christmas is fast approaching, so I find myself
thinking about the very first—and arguably most
famous—of the Peanuts‘ television specials: A
Charlie Brown Christmas (1965), which began airing
the day after Halloween….
One brilliant Christian theme comes across most
memorably in the subplot about Charlie Brown’s
wimpy tree, and in many respects Charlie Brown
and his tree are one in the same—the tree is really
just a projection of its owner. Charlie Brown’s love
for this imperfect tree is a lot like God’s love for us. If
we are honest with ourselves, we are all Charlie
Brown Christmas trees in a lot full of fake shiny pink
aluminum ones.
Charlie Brown exalts the humble little tree (basically
a standing twig) with some undeserved love. But the
other children, Lucy chief among them, have a much
different opinion. Their perfect expectations
of Christmas trees say this one is not big enough,
shiny enough, or pink enough! It cannot live up to
their standards. “You were supposed to get
a good tree. Can’t you even tell a good tree from a
poor tree?” says Lucy. “You’ve been dumb before,
Charlie Brown, but this time, you really did it.”
DECEMBER 2015
Jesus came to save sinners, not to bask in the
fineries of human royalty.
The Christmas stable reminds us that whatever life
throws at us, whatever trials we might face,
whatever our lot in life, Jesus is with us. Jesus is
there beside us. God knows our plight and stands
alongside us in undying love.
At the Messiah's stable the world’s pride has no
place. In that lowly place he came to dwell with us in
our deepest sin, weakness, need, sorrow, and pain.
Here in a corner of a barn is Emmanuel, God with
us.
Throughout Jesus’ life, in lowliness and humility, he
served sinning, broken, and desperate people. He
showed even the lowliest and loneliest of men,
women, and children that they really matter to God,
and that true life does not consist in what people
possess, or what their station in society is, or how
much the world respects them.
Jesus shows us that God loves us and that we
count; he loves us completely even at our very
worst, even at our most sinful and our very weakest.
The message of the stable (and Charlie Brown’s
tree) leads us to seek what really matters, the joy of
receiving and giving faithful love. It calls us to trust
in the One who loves us so much he will never let
us go, and to stop wasting our lives on all the empty
and meaningless things that cannot bring us real
satisfaction, peace, hope, and joy (like perfect
Christmas trees).
The tree and Charlie Brown are in need of a Savior!
When the Magi finally met Jesus, the King of the
Jews, after being led to him by a special star; they
did not find him in a king’s palace. They found Mary,
Joseph, and the babe in a manger.
Who would have expected it–the promised King, the
Anointed One–born in humility? But Jesus came to
real people in the real world. He came to stand in for
and represent every person in every age from the
first man to the last, from the greatest to the least,
the rich, the poor, the middle class, every race and
every tribe–and every one of them a sinner.
In our Savior Jesus Christ–born in the common
surroundings of common people–we find our
deepest fulfillment in the shared love of God and our
relationships with one another that alone make life
worth living.
Merry Christmas St. Paul’s! And Merry Christmas
Charlie Brown!
J. Malone Gilliam+
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The Installation of Presiding
Bishop Michael Curry
I had the privilege of attending the Installation of The
Most Reverend Michael Curry as the Presiding
Bishop of the Episcopal Church on November 1 at
Washington National Cathedral, a service that was
majestic, joyous, and diverse. Linda asked me to
report to you about my impressions of the music at
the service.
Due to the noise, I did not hear the carillon or organ
prelude. However, the St. Thomas Gospel Choir got
the congregation’s attention with its stirring
renditions of You are the Great I Am, Psalm 117,
and He Touched Me. The procession began with an
upbeat Spanish song, Montaña, Native American
drumming, and the hymn, We Know that Christ is
Raised and Dies No More. After a renewal of
Baptismal Vows, Bishops Jefferts Schori and Curry
asperged the congregation (sprinkled with holy
water) using boxwood branches to the AfricanAmerican spiritual, Wade in the Water. As Bishop
Curry was seated as Presiding Bishop, trumpeters
filled the cathedral with the magnificent strains of
Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man.
Bishop Curry was then presented to the
congregation as they sang the hymn Jerusalem.
After Bishop Curry’s rousing sermon, which
encouraged the Episcopal Church to be part of the
Jesus Movement by committing to evangelism and
the work of reconciliation, the St. Thomas Gospel
Choir sang a beautiful setting of Psalm 121 (I lift my
eyes unto the hills). At the Offertory, the Cathedral
Choir of Men and Girls sang The Battle Hymn of the
Republic. Exemplifying the diversity of the service,
the Gloria used an African-American Spiritual
setting, the Psalm was sung in Anglican chant, the
Alleluia used a Native American setting, the Sanctus
was in Spanish, and the Lord’s Prayer and Fraction
Anthem used more traditional settings. During and
after Communion, we sang I Sing a Song of the
Saints of God, the Cathedral Choir sang Deep River,
and then the congregation sang All Are Welcome.
As the great procession left the cathedral, we all
joined in the hymn, Lift Every Voice and Sing.
I encourage you to watch the service, especially
Bishop Curry’s sermon at
https://youtu.be/X5YZtmFkNyU?t=22. Being present
at the installation was an opportunity to share in the
joy of and hope of a new chapter beginning for the
Episcopal Church, to see the diversity of all of us
who are Episcopalians but yet join as one to
worship and share in the Eucharist. The music was
chosen carefully, both to exemplify the diversity of
the Church and to reiterate the messages of Bishop
Curry’s sermon.
From Jerusalem, Carl Daw- O day of peace that
dimly shines through all our hopes and prayers and
dreams, guide us to justice, truth, and love,
delivered from our selfish schemes. May the swords
of hate fall from our hands, our hearts from envy
find release, till by God's grace our warring world
shall see Christ's promised reign of peace.
From All Are Welcome, Marty Haugen- Let us build
a house where love can dwell and all can safely
live, a place where saints and children tell how
hearts learn to forgive. Built of hopes and dreams
and visions, rock of faith and vault of grace; Here
the love of Christ shall end divisions; All are
welcome, all are welcome. All are welcome in this
place.
From Lift Every Voice and Sing, James Weldon
Johnson- Lift every voice and sing, till earth and
heaven ring, ring with the harmonies of Liberty; let
our rejoicing rise, high as the listening skies, let it
resound loud as the rolling sea. Sing a song full of
the faith that the dark past has taught us, sing a
song full of the hope that the present has brought
us, facing the rising sun of our new day begun, let
us march on till victory is won.
Lucy Edmondson
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and Lucy Edmondson.
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EPISCOPAL CHURCH WOMEN NOTES
EVERY WOMAN OF ST. PAUL’S IS A MEMBER OF ECW
THANKS
Many thanks to the whole wonderful crew of women who helped to make both the Garden Club Lunch and
the DAR lunch such a success! St. Paul’s is such a loving and supportive group!
NURSING HOME SING & WREATH MAKING
Please mark you calendars and plan to attend our annual Sing and Wreath Making at Chowan River
Nursing Home on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at 10:30 am. We need your voice, even if you don’t sing
well; we need your presence, and we need your participation in helping the residents to make the wreaths.
Even if you’re not “crafty”; the residents are not crafty but need help! It’s a fun and rewarding time for the
residents and for all of us who participate. For questions please contact Suzanne Burnside, 482-8999.
But let all who take refuge in You rejoice;
Let them ever sing for joy.
Spread Your protection over them,
So that those who love Your Name may exult in You.
Psalm 5:11
-Submitted by Maureen McCarthy, ECW President
Let Us Tell The World About This
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is
the everlasting God, the creator of the ends of the
earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and His
understanding no one can fathom. He gives
strength to the weary, and increases power to the
weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young
men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the
Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on
wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:28-31
Bethlehem barn) cleaned and in order for the birth
of Jesus, the Son of the everlasting God.
Our life is new every day by having Jesus born in
our heart. We can soar on wings like eagles! We
can run and not be weary! We can walk and not
faint!
Let us tell the world about this!
Jesus the Son of God is born!
We can know because we have heard the Lord is
the everlasting God.
We are, in this Advent season, getting our heart (a
-Virginia Wood, Evangelism Committee
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2015 4th Annual Crochu Open
Thank You!
Thanks to all the Sponsors and Players who contributed and
participated in this year’s Haiti fund raiser for St. Alban’s and
the Crochu Community. A record total of $10,110.00 was
raised to assist Father Val and Carmel at our Sister Parish in
Crochu. Present projects being studied include planting
moringa trees as an excellent source of food and vitamins and
a water well for the Village. Thanks be to God, to St. Paul’s &
to our faithful tourney Treasurer, Rachel Duncan for making it
happen… again!
Hood, Burch, Sean, Mark, and Clay
Teams
Team Sackrison: Jeff Sackrison, Sandy Sackrison, Bill Shultz,
and Malone Gilliam
Team DeHart (The Winners!): Mark DeHart, Harriet DeHart,
Tully Ryan, and Tully Ryan
Team Ellis: Hood Ellis, Don Prentiss, John Leidy, and Brock
Mitchell
Team Perry (2nd Place!): Burch Perry, Warner Perry, Hal Burns,
and Connor Good
Team Tunney: Sean Tunney, Graham Tunney, Miles Coxe,
and Hack High
Team Chesson: Jim Chesson, Jerry Austin, Bill Vogedes, and
Jerry Downum
Team Cranford: Jim Cranford, John Lassiter, Randy Potts, and
Steve Ruescher
Team Willis: Richard Royals, T.J. Quate, Kenneth Attkisson,
and Clay Willis
Team Harriss: Meader Harriss, Andy Womble, Jeff Powell, and
John Bryant
Team Whichard: Bill Whichard, J.E. Darnell, Steve Wood, and
Flint “Four” Harding
Team Tyler: Dickie Tyler, Deanna Chesson, Nancy Downum,
and Anne Ellis
Fr. Val at the Crochu Open
Hole Sponsors
Horace Beasley
Sykes & Co.
Lyn Castellani
Wilson & Pat Greene
Earl & Gloria Willis
Waterman’s
Mike Cavanagh
Royals Contracting
Gordon Kolb, Jr.
Tom Gandee/All Season’s Self-Storage
Alex & Sally Francis Kehayes
Skip & Virginia Hope
Scott Creighton
Regulator Marine/Owen & Joan
Maxwell
Wayland & Lucy Spruill
Michael & Barbara Seeley
Wood & Katharine Farless
Edenton Motors
Blount’s Mutual Drug
Hal Burns
Flint & Cynthia Harding
Perry & Company Real Estate
Waff Contracting
Edenton Peanut Company
Paradise Investments (Chris Ford)
Chris Koppelman
Sambo & Gray Dixon
High & Crowe – Petty Account
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Youth
A few weeks ago our youth traveled to DC to
minister to the homeless community. A word we
reflected on throughout the weekend was
"DIGNITY". We shared how to show others dignity
and how we want dignity in ourselves. Many of the
homeless’ greatest need is to be recognized as a
human being; to be treated like they matter. We all
matter in the eyes of God and we should treat others
the same way. This was a great lesson throughout
the weekend to recognize and be aware of those
around us.
On Saturday morning we planted trees in a park in
DC and in the afternoon we delivered toiletries and
food to the homeless. While we were delivering
meals we were able to snap a few pics in front of the
White House. On Sunday morning we attended a
service at the National Cathedral and then ended the
weekend by drawing and painting a summary of our
thoughts.
Below are some reflections from the youth on the
weekend:
*We saw God in the homeless - in their hope even
though they were going through a tough time.
*The homeless show God's love in the way they
fellowship and form community - they are always
thinking of others and are very selfless.
*Because they have nothing they are more able to
trust God.
Comments from Getzabel Carrera on the DC trip –
“This weekend was an unforgettable trip. I went to
D.C. with my youth group, and met some amazing
people, people who are homeless and people who
were once homeless. And also, got closer to people
in my youth group. This weekend I learned that we
shouldn't stereotype the homeless. Not every
homeless person is lazy, a druggie, and/or an
alcoholic. Those people go through a lot living on the
streets and sometimes all they want is some love. I
went around D.C. with my youth group and gave out
lunches and toiletries to the homeless. It was such a
great feeling and to see them so grateful for food or
toiletries was such a great feeling. I feel like I learned
a lot from this trip and grew some. So thankful for the
people I met and my youth group.”
EYC
in
DC
Right:
Tully Ryan
working on
planting a
tree.
Thank you all for your prayers and donations of
toiletries!
-Kim Willis, Youth Minister
Whitney Cranford and Anne Gilliam handing out
toiletries and food.
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The whole group in front of the White House with our new
friends, Albert and Swain.
Sitting: Drew, Ryan, Hannah, Andrea, and Breanna.
Standing: Elizabeth, Getzabel, Tully, Whitney, Sam,
Anne, and Grace
Right:
Grace,
Elizabeth,
and Anne
Gilliam
planting
their first
tree.
Left: In
front of the
National
Cathedral.
February
19-21 st
Skiing, tubing, etc… !!
Snowshoe, WV
Registration Deadline
– Dec. 6
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Vestry Nominations
Harriet DeHart
Harriet is married to Mark DeHart “The Fantastic Lasagna Man” for 24 years. She has been a St. Paul’s
member since 1995. Her service to the church includes serving on the 2011 and 2013 Haiti Mission Trips
and as a member of the 2014 Rector Search Committee. She is an avid fan of Sunday morning breakfast!
Hood Ellis
Hood and Anne Ellis have been members of St. Paul’s since moving to Edenton in 1975. Hood practices
law. Anne raised their four children, each baptized and confirmed at St. Paul’s. Hood is active in the Haiti
ministry, a proud member of Cook Team 6, and has served on the Vestry. The Ellis family has enjoyed
being a part the St. Paul’s Parish Family where people take their faith seriously.
Christian Ford
Dr. Christian Ford is a Veterinarian, married to Erica Ford, with two children, Holden and Parker. He has
been an active attendee of St. Paul’s for 16 years, and was confirmed 5 years ago. He previously served
one term on Vestry as the Outreach Chair. He is also an active member of a cook team and attended the
mission trip to Ecuador this past summer. He has formerly served on the Finance committee as well as
helping with EYC.
Meader Harriss
Meader and his wife, Jennifer, have been members of St. Paul’s for 10 years. They have two children; O.R.
aged 3 and Lee who is 1. Meader previously served on the Vestry for the 2011-2013 term, as Parish Life
Chairman. He currently serves as a Lay Reader and part of a cook team. He is a District Court Judge of
North Carolina's First Judicial District.
Fraser Kelly
Fraser was born and raised in Memphis, TN and graduated from Southern Methodist University with a
degree in marketing. She is married to Ken and they moved to Edenton in 2004. She joined Perry & Co.
Sotheby’s International Realty in 2008. An active community member, she is serving her second term on
the Board of the Chowan Arts Council. A St. Paul’s member for 11 years she is on the Food Fair committee,
was previously a greeter, assisted EYC on one of their ski trips, and chaired the last Parish Directory.
Key Stage
Key, known as "Smokey," worships at the eight o’clock service. He serves St. Paul's as a Lay Reader,
prepares breakfast on Cook Team 9, and awaits training as Lay Eucharistic Minister. Key's distinguished
medical career closed as Chair of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern and Chief of Urology,
Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas.
Doug Swanson
Doug is married to Alice Swanson and they have three children; Hayes, Cooper, and Mary Alice. He was
born in Fayetteville, NC and studied Mechanical Engineering at N.C. State University. Doug works as a
General Contractor at Duck, Inc. His volunteer experience includes: Former Vestry Member and Jr. Warden
at St. Paul’s (2010-2012), Former Vestry Member at St. Elizabeth in Richmond Hill, GA, Former Sunday
School Teacher (middle and high school), Cook Team Member (team 4), and Former Youth Baseball and
Basketball coach. He moved to Edenton and joined St. Paul’s in 1999.
Dawson Tyler
James Dawson Tyler was born on May 26, 1976 to Jim and Cordelia Tyler of Charlotte NC. The Tylers
attended Christ Episcopal Church on Providence Road where Dawson was baptized and confirmed. After
attending Charlotte Latin School Dawson went to VA to attend Woodberry Forest School where had a great
love of the game of football and found academic inspiration in the study of History. He attended Washington
and Lee where he achieved his Bachelor’s degree in Southern US History. He launched his career in the
Software industry and has lived in California, Texas, and now Edenton, NC where he and his Mom Dickie
moved in late 2010. Dawson is active in the Edenton community and has a great deal of love for the town,
its history, and its people. He serves on the Edenton Historic Commission and the Board of The Boys &
Girls Club. He is active in the parish at St. Paul’s and has found great comfort in its community and
teachings in very difficult times.
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Terry Waff
Member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church for over 13 years. Regularly attend 8:00 am service and currently
teach 3-4 year old Sunday School. Also serve as an Usher, a Greeter, and on the Newcomers Committee.
Actively involved with Chowan-Perquimans Habitat for Humanity serving as its Site Selection Committee
Chair and on its Public Relations Committee. Past community involvement: Vice-Chair of Edenton Planning
Board, Vice-Chair of External Affairs Edenton-Chowan Chamber of Commerce, Chair of Chowan Hospital
Foundation, Chair of Destination Downtown Edenton, Chair of Chowan Arts Council, and Military
Affairs/Wounded Warriors Committee Camp Lejeune. Graduate of N.C. State University Psychology/Human
Resources Development. Active Real Estate Broker for over 22 years. Previous owner/manager of local
retail business, and marketing manager for Continuing Care Retirement Community project in Cedar Point,
NC. Mother and grandmother.
Bill Whichard
Bill was born and raised in Edenton. His parents and family joined St. Paul's when he was eight years old.
Growing up in the church, he was an acolyte and an active member of EYC just like his children. Educated
at UNC Chapel Hill, he is the father of Ellie, Kate and William Whichard and is an Investment Advisor or
Broker with the Whichard Woolard Group of Wells Fargo. He has served on the Vestry of St Paul's and was
a past Senior Warden. For the last ten years, he has been an outstanding leader with the Boys & Girls Club.
Thomas Wood
Thomas was born in Raleigh and baptized in Christ Episcopal Church where he attended until he was a
young adult, being confirmed there under Jim Exum. Between the ages of 10 - 16 he was an acolyte at
Christ Church. At the age of 17, Mr. Wood left Raleigh to attend Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Va.
He attended N.C. State University, majoring in History and a minor in Landscape Architecture. While there,
he was a member in the Kappa Alpha Order. After college, Mr. Wood lived in Edenton and worked at
Mulberry Hill Golf Course Properties and later returned to Raleigh to work with Performance Technologies,
a subsidiary of Charles Schwab. In 2001, Thomas entered Law School at the Cumberland School of Law in
Birmingham, Alabama. While there he married the former Adrian Thorpe Harrold of Rocky Mount, NC and
moved back to Raleigh to finish his studies. Upon finishing law school, Mr. Wood and his wife Adrian moved
to Edenton and have lived here ever since. During that time he has worked with the 1st District Office of the
Public Defender and now Godwin and Godwin, Attys. at Law. Thomas and Adrian have four children
Thomas (9), Russell (8), Blair (6) and Amos (2) who were all born in Edenton and baptized at St. Paul’s.
Christmas Service Schedule
Sunday, Dec. 20
8 am HE Rite I
11 am HE Rite II & Christmas Pageant
Christmas Eve
Thursday, Dec. 24
5:30 pm Children’s Service, HE Rite II
10:30 pm Special Christmas Music in the Church
11 pm Candlelight HE Rite II
Christmas Day
Friday, Dec. 25
10 am HE Rite II (Fr. Rob MacSwain)
Sunday, Dec. 27
8 am Morning Prayer Rite I
11 am Lessons & Carols
Christian education
The Children's Christmas Pageant will
be December 20th at the 11:00 service
and will include youth from all classes.
Pageant practices will be Sunday,
December 13th at 10 and Saturday,
December 19th at 10 in the sanctuary.
Grace Bean & Donna Koppelman
Christian Ed. Co-Chairs
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Mon
9:30 am Stephen Ministry
Meeting
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9:30 am Stephen Ministry
Meeting
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Tue
4 pm Worship
4:30 pm Outreach
5:30 pm Building & Grounds
5:30 pm Evangelism
5:30 pm Finance
5:30 pm Pastoral Care
7 pm Parish Life
Committee Meetings
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10:30 am ECW Wreathmaking at Chowan River
Nursing Home
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Sun
6 Second Sunday of
Advent
8 am HE Rite I
9:45 am Christian Ed.,
9:35-10:30 am Annual
Parish Meeting
11 am HE Rite II
5 pm EYC Christmas
Shopping
13 Third Sunday of
Advent
8 am HE Rite I
9:45 am Christian Ed.,
Christmas Pageant
Practice
-Theology of Christmas
Carols with Malone
11 am HE Rite II
Food Pantry Collection!
5 pm EYC Tacky
Christmas Sweater Party
20 Fourth Sunday of
Advent
8 am HE Rite I
9 am Christian Ed.
Meeting
9:45 am Final Christmas
Pageant Practice
11 am HE Rite II,
Christmas Pageant
EYC Lunch
6 pm Choir Dinner at
Linda’s house
27 First Sunday after
Christmas Day
8 am MP Rite I
No Christian Ed.
11 am Lessons & Carols
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Wed
9:30 am Staff Meeting
7:30 pm Choir Rehearsal
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3
Thu
9 am Women’s
Community Bible Study
1 pm Rotary
10
1 pm Rotary
9:30 am Staff Meeting
7:30 pm Choir Rehearsal
17
9 am Women’s
Community Bible Study
16
9 am Women’s
Community Bible Study
9:30 am Staff Meeting
*Epistle Deadline*
4
Fri
Sat
4 pm Choir Rehearsal
5
December 2015
6:30 am Livy Goodman
Prayer Group
12
Rector’s Day Off
11
4 pm Choir Rehearsal
8 am Decorating the
Church for Christmas
19
6:30 am Livy Goodman
Prayer Group
Rector’s Day Off
18
6:30 am Livy Goodman
Prayer Group
Rector’s Day Off
10 am Christmas Pageant
Practice
26
1 pm Rotary
25 Christmas Day
4 pm Choir Rehearsal
24 Christmas Eve
NO Choir Rehearsal
Office Closed
10 am HE Rite II with Rob
MacSwain
Office closes at 12 pm
31 New Year’s Eve
5:30 pm Family Service,
HE Rite II
10:30 pm Special Music
11 pm Midnight Service,
HE Rite II
Office closes at 12 pm
5:30 pm Vestry Meeting
7:30 pm Choir Rehearsal
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9:30 am Staff Meeting
7:30 pm Choir Rehearsal
30
NO Choir Rehearsal
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11 am
Server: Eliza Coxe
Crucifer: Tayloe Powell
Torch Bearers:
Sarah Ann Powell
Breanna Coburn
5:30 pm
Server: Ryan Tunney
Crucifer: Jon Koppelman
Torch Bearers:
Keaton Hurdle
Laura Beth Bryent
11 pm
Server: Kate Whichard
Crucifer: William Whichard
11 am
Server: Tully Ryan
Crucifer: Carson Foreman
Torch Bearers:
Harris Mordecai
Jackson Stegall
11 am
Server: Clare Kelly
Crucifer: Arabella Dixon
Torch Bearers:
Henry Watson
Bryson Perry
11 am
Server: Whitney Cranford
Crucifer: Patrick Cranford
Torch Bearers:
Sam Harding
Charles Creighton
Acolytes
Lay Ministers Serving in DECEMBER 2015
Lay Readers/
Lector
11 am
Lessons: Ginny Waff
Prayers: Earl Willis
Cooking
Team
Dec. 6
NINE
Stewart Miller
Hal Burns
Bill Shultz
Rob Reiheld
Key Stage
Lay Readers:
8 am Bill Shultz
Dec. 13
11 am
Lessons: Karen
Segerstrom
Prayers: Bob Adams
Lay Readers:
8 am Key Stage
Lay Readers:
10 am Mark DeHart
11 pm
Lessons: Harriet DeHart
Prayers: Mark DeHart
Lay Readers:
5:30 pm
Lessons: Meader Harriss
Prayers: Bill Shultz
Lector: Claire Tyler
Lay Readers:
8 am Warner Perry
Lector: Tully Ryan
11 am
Lessons: Bob Steinburg
Prayers: Clay Willis
Lector: Nancy Rich
Lay Readers:
8 am Steve Guttu
11 am
Lessons: Sean Tunney
Prayers: Hood Ellis
Dec. 20
TEN
Burch Perry
Gary Foreman
Simon Rich
Miles Coxe
Jeff Powell
Thomas Wood
Meader Harriss
Dawson Tyler
ONE
Joe Brucia
Les Kersey
Alex Kehayes
Jim Robinson
Bob Hopkins
Dec. 24
Christmas
Eve
Dec. 25
Christmas
Day
Dec. 27
8am MP
11am
Lessons
& Carols
TWO
Scotty Harrell
Bob Adams
Bill Whichard
Cris Reynolds
Jeff Sackrison
Tully Ryan
Lector: John Van Duyn
Greeters
8 am Patti Kersey
11 am Grace Bean
8 am Kitty Field
11 am Joan Thomas
8 am Amelia Bond
11 am Lee
Segerstrom
8 am Charlie
Creighton
11 am Bob Fringer
Ushers
Sean Tunney
Graham Tunney
Ted Haigler
Sean Tunney
Graham Tunney
Ted Haigler
Wood Farless
Tully Ryan
Burch Perry
Paul Hicks
Volunteers for both
services
Volunteers
Wood Farless
Tully Ryan
Burch Perry
Paul Hicks
Vestry Person:
Miles Coxe
Vestry Person
& L.E.M.
Altar Guild for
Month
L.E.M.:
Bill Shultz
Susan Creighton,
leader
Margaret Attkisson
Amelia Bond
Regan Coxe
Doris Larsh
Peggy Anne Vaughan
Mary Ann Warmack
Annette Wood
Vestry Person:
Charlie Creighton
L.E.M.:
Steve Guttu
Vestry Person:
Frank Edmondson
L.E.M.:
Hood Ellis
Vestry Person:
Stephen Guttu
L.E.M.:
Bob Adams
Altar
Flowers
Advent: no
flowers
Advent: no
flowers
Advent: no
flowers
Ted & Gay
Chatham
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VESTRY MINUTES
SEPTEMBER 22,2015
5:30 P.M.
MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Grace Bean, Frank Edmondson, Stephen Guttu, Donna Koppelman,
Bill Shultz, Peggy Anne Vaughan, Ginny Waff, Earl Willis, Charlie Creighton
Julie Tunney, Owen Maxwell, Miles Coxe
A. Opening Devotion: Fr. Malone opened with “ before creation--no institutions, no darkness, no
systems,”
God gave the sabbath as a gift to his people. Jesus said, “ Man not made for
the sabbath, but the sabbath is given for man. Also we were not made
for marriage, but that marriage is for man. We are not an issue-oriented church.
The offer for us is “Grace for the sinner.” Our unification is in Christ.
B. Old Business:
Peggy Anne Vaughan made a motion to approve the August 25, 2015 Vestry
minutes. Seconded by Stephen Guttu. All voted aye. The motion was
passed.
C. New Business:
1. Committee Reports:
a. Finance Report: Frank Edmondson
Frank Edmondson, Bill Shultz, and Fr. Malone will meet with Sykes and Co.
to determine the funding of Fr. Reed’s Fidelity account.
Charlie Creighton reported that the moving bill for Fr. Malone and his
family was $7700. Mary had packed their household goods and Fr.
Malone unloaded the household goods when they arrived.
November 22, 2015 at 5 pm the Bishop will preside at the “Institution of a
New Rector “ service for Fr. Malone. The reception will be held at Pembroke
Hall at 6:30 pm
A motion was made by Stephen Guttu and seconded by Donna Koppelman
to approve a budget of $10.000 for the reception for Fr. Malone’s
“Institution of a New Rector.” All voted aye. The motion was passed
b. Youth Committee: Julie Tunney
This Sunday, September 27, 2015 Cameron and Roberto Vivanco and their
children Graham and Liam, missionaries from Ecuador will share with us
at 9:45 am, along with our Ecuador Mission team. See attached report.
c. Evangelism Committee: Earl Willis
4th Annual Crochu Open on 10/10/15 at Scotch Hall Preserve is on
The Epistle
Schedule. Hood Ellis is chairing the event.
d. Pastoral Care Committee: Ginny Waff
See attached report.
e. Newcomers Committee: Charlie Creighton
Charlie Creighton shared a letter written by Fr. Malone that is sent
to each new comer as soon as he gets the information, plus a
follow up by the new comer committee.
f. Christian Education: Donna Koppelman/ Grace Bean
Bill Shultz asked Donna Koppelman, Grace Bean and Owen Maxwell
to make a list of things that the Sunday School needs.
See attached report.
g. Parish Life: Stephen Guttu
See attached report.
h. Worship Committee: Peggy Anne Vaughan
Worship Committee hosted the acolyte dinner to review changes
in acolyte routines.
i. Outreach Committee: Miles Coxe
See attached report.
2. Junior Warden’s Report: Owen Maxwell
See attached report.
3. Senior Warden’s Report: Bill Shultz
All bills are in, paid, and stayed on budget.
4. Rector’s report: Fr. Malone
October 11 Stewardship Sunday
November 8 Pledge Sunday
Fr. Malone will send out a letter before pledge cards
Asked vestry to have their pledge cards in before Oct. 11.
D. Closing Prayer: Bill Shultz closed the meeting with prayer.
Adjourned: 6:40 P.M.
Respectfully Submitted
Karen M. Segerstrom
Clerk of the Vestry
You may access the attachments on our website or
in the church office.
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Announcements & Notices
Food Pantry Collection
Angel Tree
Sunday, Dec. 13 will mark our holiday collection for
the Edenton-Chowan Food Pantry. Please bring your
donations to church and leave them in the narthex and
we will deliver them to the Food Pantry. Items that are
especially needed are: Canned Meats, Spaghetti
Sauce, Spaghetti Noodles, Toothpaste, Toothbrushes,
Disposable Diapers, Peanut Butter, Jelly, and
Macaroni and Cheese. The demand for the Food
Pantry services continues to be high, so please be
generous to help our neighbors in need this holiday
season. Thank you for your continued support of this
vital local ministry!
The callers have made contact with the Angel
Tree families and the angels are filled out with
the personal messages from the parents, as
well as requests. So let the fun begin! Pick up
an angel from Gay (482-0314) or Debbie (4828286) and please have wrapped presents
dropped off to the Parish Hall by Dec. 14th!
Sign up for Christmas Poinsettias now! The
COST is $7.00. There will be a sign-up sheet in
the narthex.
Church Decorating Sat. Dec. 19!
We will be decorating St. Paul’s with wreaths,
smilax, cypress, magnolia, and poinsettias.
Please come join us and help prepare St. Paul’s
for Christmas!
The submission deadline for the
JANUARY Epistle is Wed. Dec. 16.
*This is early to beat Christmas!
December Bible Verse:
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is
the everlasting God, Creator of the ends of the
earth. He will not grow weary, and His
understanding no one can fathom.
Isaiah 40: 28
BIRTHDAYS
16 Amelia Bond
17 Sam Dixon, Kathy Keel, Paul Hicks
2
Millard Bond
5
Chris Bean, Kyle Beaman
8
Kelly Hudzina, Tully Ryan, Cam Waff
9
Emma Kelsey
10 Bob Larsh, Tessa Kelsey, Jennifer Cranford
11 Martha Smith, Don Jordan
12 Bev Kirchmier, Judy Chilcoat
13 Virginia Wood
14 Maureen Berry, Katherine Rascoe, George Little
15 Kitty Field
18 Hal Burns, Kate Whichard
19 Linda Thornton, O.R. Harriss
20 Thomas Wood
21 Eric Unsworth
24 Ralph Land, Alex Kehayes, Julie Perry, Tracy Powell
26 Bill Pepper
27 Samuel Harding
29 Candy Roth
30 Malone Gilliam
31 Nicholas Beaman
The Epistle
Vestry:
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
The Rev. J. Malone Gilliam, Rector
Ms. Rachel Duncan, Parish Administrator
Ms. Linda Thornton, Organist/Choirmaster
Mrs. Kimberly Willis, Youth Minister
Sunday Schedule:
8 A.M. Holy Eucharist: Rite One
9 A.M. Breakfast
9:45 A.M. Christian Education
11 A.M. Holy Eucharist: Rite Two
Email: [email protected]
http://www.stpauls-edenton.org
Office Phone: (252) 482-3522
or (252) 482-2279
Fax: (252) 482-5892
2015
2016
2017
Owen Maxwell
Miles Coxe
Grace Bean
Junior Warden
Outreach
Christian
Education
William Shultz
Charles
Creighton
Stephen Guttu
Newcomers
Parish Life
Pastoral Care
Frank
Edmondson
Donna
Koppelman
Earl Willis
Finance
Christian
Education
Peggy Anne
Vaughan
Julie Tunney
Worship
Youth
Senior Warden
Ginny Waff
Evangelism
December 2015
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