The
Messenger
Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Volume 64, No. 1
January 2017
Wisdom for the
New Year from
the New Testament
The Rev. Dr.
Mitzi Minor in the
Rector's Forum
Jan. 8, 22, and 29.
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Sunday Service Times
8 am Holy Eucharist
8:45 am Breakfast
9:30 am Christian Education (Sept.–May)
10:30 am Holy Eucharist
5:30 pm Holy Eucharist
Nursery available for all services
except the 5:30 pm service.
Office Hours
8 am to 4 pm Monday–Friday.
Staff
The Rev. Richard Lawson, Rector
The Rev. Broderick Greer, Curate
The Rev. Amy George, Curate
Christi Authement, Athletics & Fellowship Dir.
Beulah Brown, Sexton
Beth Claybrook, Financial Assistant
Wesley Emerson, Organist/Choirmaster
Sharon Campbell, Children's Education Director
Connie Johns, Membership & Newcomers
Eva Loftin, Assistant Nursery Director
Amanda McGriff, Director of Pastoral Care
Chapman Morrow, Parish Development Officer
Lucy Owens, Communications Director
Debbie Smith, Music Associate
Linda Stine, Finance & Administration
Mary Margaret Winn, Youth Minister
2017 Vestry
Larry Busby, Mitch Graves, Ed Hord, Linda
Khumalo, Steven King, Julia McDonald,
Holley McGehee, Murray McKay, Jim
Mercer, Jane Morse, Rob Norcross, Kurt
Patton, Virginia Rowland, Donnie Sappington,
and Gavin Wigginson.
Messenger Deadline
The deadline for the February issue of The
Messenger is 9 am, January 15! Contact Lucy at
272-7425 or [email protected] with any
questions.
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Inside This Issue
20-30@GSL................................................................. 4
39ers.......................................................................... 4
Altar Flowers............................................................. 11
Athletics...................................................................... 7
Calendar Highlights..................................................... 12
Christian Education....................................................... 6
EYC News.................................................................... 7
Feast of Lights........................................................... 12
From the Clergy........................................................... 3
Grand Old Bazaar, Thank You......................................... 5
GSL Book Group........................................................... 4
Lay Schedule............................................................. 11
Looking Towards Sunday............................................. 11
Memorials & Honoraria................................................ 11
Outreach Ministries................................................... 8, 9
Pastoral Care Corner..................................................... 9
Rector's Forum................................................... Cover, 3
School News.............................................................. 10
Scout Lodge Update...................................................... 6
Third Thursday............................................................. 4
On the cover: The Rev. Mitzi Minor will join us in the Rector's
Forum in January.
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Support Groups at GSL
AA meetings: Tuesdays, 6:30 pm
Narcotics Anonymous: Sundays, 8 pm
Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous:
Mondays & Thursdays at 8 pm, Saturdays at noon
From the Clergy:
Prayers for a New Year
Liturgically, Advent is the beginning of the
year. Culturally, January is the beginning of
the new year. One aspect of the Prayer Book
that I cherish is prayers for secular or ordinary
occasions, and there are several prayers that
are fitting for this entry into the year of 2017.
I have asked each of our parish priests to pick
one prayer.
I believe this prayer “for the Diversity of Races
and Culture” (BCP 840) is perfect for us as we
enter this new year:
O God, who created all peoples in your
image, we thank you for the wonderful
diversity of races and cultures in this world.
Enrich our lives by ever-widening circles
of fellowship, and show us your presence
in those who differ most from us, until our
knowledge of your love is made perfect
in our love for all your children; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Reverend Amy George believes the prayer
“for Wisdom” (Daily Prayer for all Seasons 6) is
a good one for 2017:
Wise and loving God, you bear us for joy.
In humility, you show us wisdom. Enfold
us at this hour with the knowledge born
of love. Awaken within us the desire to
know rightly and the will to live justly, with
grace and generosity. Amen.
The Reverend Broderick Greer believes the
prayer “for the whole Church” (BCP 291) is
fitting for 2017:
O God of unchangeable power and
eternal light: Look favorably on your
whole Church, that wonderful and sacred
mystery; by the effectual working of your
providence, carry out in tranquillity the
plan of salvation; let the whole world
see and know that things which were cast
down are being raised up, and things
which had grown old are being made new,
and that all things are being brought to
their perfection by him through whom all
things were made, your Son Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.
Happy new year, and know that your priests
pray for God to bless all of us with wisdom and
love in 2017.
–Richard Lawson
Rector's Forum
January 8, 22, and 29
The Rev. Dr. Mitzi Minor, Mary
Magdalene
professor
of
New
Testament at Memphis Theological
Seminary. Her topic is “Wisdom
for the New Year from the New
Testament."
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20-30
@GSL
20-30@GSL is a group especially for those in their 20s and 30s to engage with other members of the church and
Memphis community. There are two monthly opportunities for fellowship. One Sunday a month we meet for
lunch at a local hotspot following the 10:30 am service. We also meet one evening during the month and enjoy
a special guest speaker. If you would like to have your email added to the evite list, please contact Lucy Owens
at [email protected]. All are welcome!! Contact: the Rev. Broderick Greer ([email protected])
Lunch: Sunday, Jan. 8—Immediately following the 10:30 service, we’ll head over to Casablanca at 1707 Madison Ave., courtesy
of GSL. If you are in your 20s-30s and looking for a little fellowship, whether you are new to GSL or already members, we invite
you to join us for lunch.
Theology Live will resume in February.
GSL Daytime Book Group January 12
Our next discussion is on Jan. 12 with "Villette" by Charlotte Bronte. This is an open group…
no invitation or requirements other than a love of reading. We meet on the 2nd Thursdays of the
month downstairs in the Red Room from 11:30 am to 1 pm. Bring a sack lunch.
Visit www.gracestlukes.org/events/daytime-book-group for more information and a list of
upcoming books. The group is facilitated by Janie Morris ([email protected]) and Carol
Ann Mallory ([email protected]).
Third Thursday January 19
"Therefore we praise you, joining our voices with Angels and Archangels and with all the company of heaven, who forever sing this hymn to proclaim the glory of your Name" p. 362, BCP
Eucharistic Prayer A
How do you express the idea of 'all the company of heaven'? That is the commission that Jimpsie Ayres painted for Holy Trinity Parish in Decatur, Georgia. She will talk about the journey to making the painting at January's Third Thursday dinner.
Third Thursday is a group of “empty nesters” who meet on the third Thursday of the month for conversation, dinner, and an
interesting speaker, all for only $10. The next gathering is January 19 beginning at 6:30 pm. Please make your reservations with
Lucy ([email protected]) by Tuesday, November 15. You may pay online or at the door.
39ers Luncheon January 25
The 39ers will meet on Wednesday, Jan. 25, at 11:30 am for appetizers and the best conversation around.
A delicious southern lunch will be served at noon, prepared by our own Beulah, for only $6. Reservation to
Lucy by noon on Monday, Dec. 26, at 272-7425 or [email protected]. Our program will be presented
by Jessica Johnson, a teacher from the Memphis Teacher Residency. –Juan Fuentes
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Thank you Grand Old Bazaar
by Edith Heller
The 75th Bazaar Finale was a grand success. We give thanks
to the makers, bakers, celebrity waiters and pianist, cooks,
sales folks and customers that spent a fun Saturday buying
hand-made items, eating fabulous chicken spaghetti and
sorting through the trash and treasures tables. It was a
happy, yet sad time, as Father Richard opened the Bazaar
with a prayer and our stories of people, decorations and
items from Bazaars past. Charlotte Jones has the honor of
being the longest continuing volunteer, since 1971. We are
proud to announce a final profit of $4,850 from the 2016
Bazaar and 2015 “mini” Bazaar.
Normally, we pack up the “good” stuff for next year, but
the Bazaar ladies wanted to donate all the items to close out
the event. Four tables of Trash and Treasures were saved for
our More Than a Meal guests to have a free shopping event.
Huge smiles and thank yous abounded as grocery sacks were
filled. All the Christmas items were bagged in Christmas
sacks and delivered by Crossmen to the 48 recipients of
Thanksgiving turkeys and food. Picture frames went to
the Boy Scouts for photos/certificates in the future Scout
Lodge. Books went to Friends of the Library and 3 Little
Free Libraries. Baby clothes and knit sweaters went to The
Exchange Club Family Center. Pillows and afghans went
to Serenity Nursing Home. Knit caps and scarves went to
More Than a Meal for Christmas distribution. Pillows and
kitchen items went to Dorothy Day House. Teen appropriate
items went to Girl’s, Inc. Distribution Day was certainly a
feel-good day for the ladies and all the agencies. A special
thank you to the Pastoral Care Team for honoring the Bazaar
group with a lovely luncheon.
The funds have been allocated as follows: $1000 to Troop
34 for the Scout Lodge Campaign in honor of the years
that Bazaar ladies worked in the old, green house. $500
each to Veterans Administration Voluntary Services and
St. Vincent de Paul Food Program. $400 each to Memphis
Union Mission, Shelby County Books from Birth, Real
Good Dog Rescue, CCV A Way Out, Outreach Housing
and Community, Inc., Door of Hope, and Salvation Army
Woman’s Center.
The ladies have reinvented their purpose. The new Heart and
Hands Group will meet weekly on Tuesday from 10–1 for
fellowship, sandwiches, short spiritual remarks by the clergy
and our continue hand work. We will knit warm items for
our MTAM guests, make pillowcase dresses for the girls in
Haiti, and create patchwork palettes for the homeless. With
happy hearts and busy hands, we can support our pastoral
and community needs. Come join us January 3rd in the
H&H room, lower level across from the elevator.
A special thank you from the Pastoral Care Team. They honored the Bazaar group with a lovely luncheon.
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Christian
Education
For Children & Youth
The first step was successful.
9:30 until 10:15 am
We’ve passed our first goal of raising at least $50,000 by
year-end, so the project is a go. We’re not planning to build
it anymore, we’re building it.
A place for Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts.
A place for Brownies and Girls Scouts.
A place to discover, to learn, to grow.
A place of our own.
But the next step is up to everybody we haven’t heard from
yet. Please take that step.
Nursery
We still have a ways to go to fully fund both construction
and maintenance, to be sure we build what we need and we
secure it for the future.
3-6 yrs. (Pre-K, JK and SK)
Location: Atrium I (Green Room)
Lead Catechist: Julie Horn; Assistant: Teresa Betts
We want as many people as possible to particpate so can we
can truly say that we built this together.
Support so far has ranged from a benefactor’s single check
for $25,000 to a Cub’s pledge of $10 a year for five years.
They both gave what they could because of what scouting
has meant to them.
For the next couple of weeks, you can spread your taxdeductible gift out in five payments over five years, but you
have to make your first payment by December 31.
This link will allow you to make your donation online and
schedule it as you would like. The link also includes a printable Scout Lodge Pledge Form if you’d like to make your
donation by check.
(www.gracestlukes.org/scoutlodge/)
If you have any questions or would like to discuss plans
for the Scout Lodge and giving opportunities in more
detail, please contact me at [email protected],
901.569.3653.
On behalf of the Scout Lodge Committee – Sara Burnett,
Rory Gleadhill, Stinson Liles, Virginia Rowland and Shelley
Thomas – on behalf of scouting and what it can mean over
a lifetime –
Thank you,
Dan Conaway
Chair, Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Scout Lodge
Committee
Chartered Organization Representative, Troop 34, Pack 34,
Chickasaw Council, BSA.
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Infant Room (Newborn to Walking)
Toddler Room (Walking to Potty Training)
Location: Downstairs; Nursery Staff
Little Lambs Pre-Atrium
Potty Training until Atrium-Ready
Location: Church Nursery, Downstairs; Nursery Staff
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd - Level I
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd - Level II
6-9 yrs. (1st, 2nd and 3rd Grade)
Location: Atrium II (Purple Room)
Lead Catechist: Pete Shearon; Assistant: Eva Loftin
PROJECT PURPOSE
4th–8th Grade
Location: Red Room in Youth Space
Staff: Mary Margaret Winn, Julie O’Bryan, Zoe Jackson
9th–12th Grade
9th–12th Grade
Location: Yellow Room in Youth Space
Time: 9:30–10:15 am; Leader: Rev. Broderick Greer
Contact Sharon Campbell ([email protected]) for more
information about children's Sunday school and Mary Margaret
Winn ([email protected]) for information about
youth Sunday school
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EYC News
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Church
Athletics
Sunday EYC Gatherings
2017 Spring Soccer Jan. is a busy month for youth, so stay up-to-date on our
many offerings and events!
Sunday, Jan. 1—No EYC…Happy New Year!
Sunday, Jan. 8—Feast of Lights: Begin the new year with
a candlelight Epiphany service of lessons and carols. Hosted
by St. Mary’s Cathedral, we will join friends from around the
diocese for the youth event (4:30 pm), Epiphany service (6
pm), and burning of the greens (7 pm). There will be food
and games before the service.
Friday, Jan. 13- Sunday, Jan. 15—Diocesan Youth Ski
Trip: We are going back to Hidden Valley, MO for another
fun weekend of skiing and fellowship! We are staying at a local Episcopal Church, skiing for two days, and spending time
with youth from all over the diocese. For information and
forms, please visit the website or email Mary Margaret. The
final deadline for registration is Wednesday, Jan. 6.
GSL Church sponsors a Spring Soccer Program for JK–4th
Grades. It’s a 6 game “mini-season” with games April 1–May
14. The season is designed to continue soccer skill development
during the spring. We strive to keep teams together from the
previous fall and no assessments are needed. Sometimes due
to spring soccer participant numbers, we are not able to keep
all previous fall teams together.
By design, a parent liaison directs this program. Please email
Christi at [email protected], or call 825-7353 if interested
in volunteering for this position.
Spring Soccer Registration is January 1–31 and can be accessed
through the GSL Church website at www.gracestlukes.org/
spring-soccer/ beginning Jan 1. Please refer to the website listed
above for ALL information regarding Spring Soccer.
Registration fills up quickly, so please register sooner than later.
No EYC on Sunday, Jan. 15
Sunday, Jan. 22— TBA
Sunday, Jan. 29—Video Game Night: Come join us for a
night of your favorite video games, old and new!
Wednesday Mornings
(when GSL School is in session)
Biscuits and Bible
6th–8th Grade
Location: The Red Door, Red Room
Time: 6:45–7:45 am
Leaders: Mary Margaret Winn, Christi Authement
Now in our 4th year, this Wednesday morning Bible study has
quickly become a favorite for our Middle School students. We meet
to explore the Gospel for the week and its relevance to our lives.
Chick-fil-A breakfast is provided, and all are welcome, regardless
of church or school attendance (early pick-up is available for
non-GSL students).
Sunday Mornings
See Christian Education page 6
Contact Mary Margaret Winn at [email protected].
Spring Soccer is great fun for all! Sign up today!
www.gracestlukes.org/spring-soccer/
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Outreach Ministry
Outreach Funding for 2017
Thanksgiving Basket Delivery
The Outreach Committee recently met to review grant requests
received over the summer during the grant submission period. Many
applications were received, and the members prayerfully reviewed
and discussed each one. Memphis is blessed to have an abundance
of extraordinary individuals and organizations working to better our
community and world. The funds the committee is able to provide
are meant to be meaningful, useful, and contribute significantly to
the organization's operational goals and abilities. When making
funding decisions, the committee looks for organizations with
volunteer opportunities for GSL parishioners, and ideals that align
with our mission to "feed the hungry, clothe and shelter the needy,
care for the sick and visit the imprisoned, as well as the Christian
call to be an instrument of healing in our broken world."
On Tuesday, November 21, members of the Crossmen participated
in the distribution of Thanksgiving food items provided by Feed
the Needy of Memphis. This year we reached out to many of
the community organizations with whom the Outreach ministry
partners, and delivered food in many different areas of the city.
The ability to personally deliver the food to families provided not
only a blessing to them, but to the volunteers as well.
The organizations who will receive funding in 2017 are: Church
Health, Door of Hope, Dorothy Day House of Hospitality, Friends
For Life, GSL More Than A Meal, Memphis Child Advocacy
Center, Memphis Exchange Club Family Center, Memphis Teacher
Residency, Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association, Neighborhood
Christian Center, Outreach Housing and Community, PorterLeath, Samaritan Counseling Center, Shelby County Books From
Birth, and St. George’s Independent School.
To find out more about Outreach at GSL or ways to become more
connected within the community, please contact Outreach co-chairs
James Drummond ([email protected]) or Katie Savage
([email protected]).
The Outreach Committee looks forward to keeping this tradition
with Feed the Needy. It not only helps us fulfill our mission, but
offers fellowship and volunteer opportunities for parish members
that allows us to stay connected with the needs of our community.
Our participation was only a small part of the larger initiative which
helps feed families across the MidSouth.
Room in the Inn Clothes Closet
Calvary Episcopal Church hosts A Room in the Inn every Saturday
night and they serve over 200 breakfasts to homeless people in
the downtown area every Sunday morning. These community
programs at Calvary are in need of our donations. They are in
need of Men’s & Women’s Clothing: Old jeans, socks (even single
socks), underwear, shoes or sneakers (size 9 or larger for men),
sweaters, T-shirts, coats, slacks, warm jackets, rain gear, warm hats
and gloves, blankets, sleeping bags, and toiletries. A box for you
to place your donations in will be located at the GSL Lemaster
entrance through January.
Breen Bland, Andy Nix and Ed Hord deliver Thanksgiving food boxes.
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Food Pantry Facts
By Juan Fuentes
It is with love and gratitude that we
acknowledge the generosity of our
parishioners, the time and commitment
of our volunteers, the generosity of GSL
students, especially the second and fifth grades,
and the many organizations and individuals who collect food for
our “Little Food Pantry with a Big Heart.” Have a Happy New
Year!.
November 2016 Statistics: Number of Families served: 64
households, which included 77 adults, 73 children, and 13 seniors.
Volunteer hours: 24.25 hours, which included 9 hours distributing
food, 5.5 Food Bank pick-up and shelving, 4.75 hours shopping
and shelving, 3.5 hours cleaning and re-stocking, 1.5 hours meeting
with GSL students and teachers (not including the hours spent by
volunteer packers).
Mark your calendar! The last Sunday of the month, January 29,
is Food Pantry Sunday! We are asking that you bring dried milk,
tooth paste, tooth brushes, toilet paper, and hygiene products.
Volunteers are always needed! To volunteer, call Happy Jones
at 901-276-2136 or e-mail [email protected].
Pastoral Care
By Amanda McGriff
Pastoral Care Transitions
Congratulations to our own Rev. Amy George, who
was ordained to the priesthood on December 11th.
Thank you to Debbie McCanless, who has agreed
to be a Pastoral Care team leader for 2017; to our
continuing team leaders Julia McDonald, Lillian
Trotter and Kim Weiss; and to our tireless Juan
Fuentes, who is continuing as Pastoral Care’s Lay
Coordinator.
Welcome to Jean Cooper and Ben Evoldi and
welcome back to Paula Barnes. All are joining
Pastoral Care as team members in January.
“Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.”
Romans 12:13
Your Prayers are Requested
Calvary’s Room in the Inn Needs Help
Can we get a GSL Team to help?
Are you interested in helping one Sunday a month? We have been
asked if we can get a team of volunteers from GSL that may have
an interest in staffing Room in the Inn one Sunday night a month
at Calvary—three or four nights total since it only goes through
March 26th. There are many ways to get involved, including setting
up; greeting; bringing a main dish, a side dish, or dessert; sitting and
enjoying a meal with our guests; staying overnight with our guests;
bringing and/or organize toiletries; bringing/sending breakfast; and
cleaning up on Monday mornings. Christine Todd, the Community
Ministries Coordinator at Calvary, shared her experience: “Our EfM
group worked it together one night and really enjoyed it. We had
15 guests, 4 women and 11 men. The food was delicious. I know
our un-sheltered guests appreciated a warm bed, but I think we
parishioners loved it, too.” Please think about helping this ministry
and help our brothers and sisters who are less fortunate.
For more information: www.calvarymemphis.org/riti
To sign-up: www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0f4eacae29a4fb6-draft
“Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ”
Galatians 6:2
There are many ways to participate in the pastoral
care ministry at Grace-St. Luke’s, both officially and
unofficially, but one of the most important is through
your prayer. The Prayers of the People are read from
the lectern during most worship services, and every
week those who have requested that their names be
included in the Prayers of the People are listed in
the very back of the service leaflet. Please take this
list home with you and use it throughout the week
to continue praying both for those who have asked
publicly for our prayers and for those parishioners
whose needs are private.
To submit a pastoral care request or to have your
name added to the Prayers of the People, please
complete the Pastoral Care Requests form, located
on the GSL website: www.gracestlukes.org/prayerrequest. Requests submitted through this form will
be emailed directly to the appropriate lay staff and/
or clergy. Alternately, you may call the church office
or email the Rev. Amy George, curate, at amy@
gracestlukes.org, or Amanda McGriff, director of
Pastoral Care, at [email protected].
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GSL School
News
2017-18 Enrollment
It is officially enrollment season! We are always offering tours to interested families, and now is the
time to tour GSL for the 2017-18 school year! Families interested in learning more about GSL are
encouraged to contact Director of Enrollment Shelly McGuire at 273-1085.
Toddler Event Series ~ for children ages 2-4
Please join us and help spread the word about this upcoming toddler event!
GSL Sew Me a Story!
Children will listen to stories and create a sewing project led by Amie Plumley, GSL teacher and
author of the book Sewing School.
Saturday, February 11, 2017
9-10 am
Anchor Center Library,
250 Lemaster Avenue
Click here to RSVP! (gslschool.formstack.com/forms/gsl_admissions_events_201415)
12th Annual Lisa 5K: Jan. 28 @ 9 am
Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal School will host the 12th Annual Lisa Lassandrello Remembrance 5K Race
on Saturday, January 28, 2017, at 9 a.m. This 5K Remembrance Race in memory of Lisa Lassandrello
is sponsored by GSL and St. Agnes Academy with all proceeds going to GSL, St. Agnes-St. Dominic,
and West Cancer Center.
Please join us in supporting this event by registering to walk or run the Lisa 5K!
Register Now racesonline.com/events/lisa-lassandrello-5k-remembrance-run
Fun @ GSL!
Preschool: Head of School Thor
Kvande enjoys visiting the classrooms,
especially when it’s music time with the
Pre-Kindergarten Mudpuppies!!
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Lower School: Senior Kindergarten students Middle School: Middle School students show how much
love attending GSL’s pep rallies, even when they enjoy the baked goods prepared and sold by Junior
it gets noisy!
Kindergarten students during the JK’s bake sale fundraiser!
Looking Towards
Sunday
Revised Common Lectionary
Track 2  Year A
The Holy Name: January 1
Numbers 6:22-27 • Philippians 2:5-11
Luke 2:15-21 • Psalm 8
First Sunday after the Epiphany: January 8
The Baptism of Our Lord
Isaiah 42:1-9 • Acts 10:34-43
Matthew 3:13-17 • Psalm 29
Second Sunday after the Epiphany: January 15
Isaiah 49:1-7 • 1 Corinthians 1:1-9
John 1:29-42 • Psalm 40:1-12
Third Sunday after the Epiphany: January 22
Isaiah 9:1-4 • 1 Corinthians 1:10-18
Matthew 4:12-23 • Psalm 27:1, 5-13
Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany: January 29
Micah 6:1-8 • 1 Corinthians 1:18-31
Matthew 5:1-12 • Psalm 15
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Membership
News
Transfers In
Catherine Grace Cox Durbin from St. Peters by the Sea,
Gulfport, MS
Katherine Barnwell from Saint John’s, Memphis, TN
Holy Matrimony
Gabrielle Fitzgerald Arkle to Kevin Caleb Davidson on
Dec. 17, 2016
Faithful Departed
Hugh Webb died November 6, 2016, burial Nov. 12, 2016
Holy Baptism
Scheduled
Baptism is the entry point for The Episcopal Church for adults,
children, and infants. If you have not been baptized or would like
to schedule a baptism, we are happy to make arrangements for you.
The next dates for baptism are: January 8, April 15, and June 4. For
more information and to schedule a baptism, contact Connie Johns,
272-7425, ext. 222, or [email protected].
Lay
Schedule
The January schedule may be found at: www.gracestlukes.org/
weeklyteams. It includes acolytes, LEMs, lectors, vergers, bread
bakers, altar guild, Crossmen breakfast cooks, and clergy for Sunday
mornings and special services.
Altar Gifts Offered
In Loving Memory of
Jan. 1 Florence Boyce Battle, Walter Preston Battle, and James
McGowin Rowland
Jan. 8 Robert Couch, Jr., Cecil R. Whitlock, Mary Ruth Whitlock,
John Wesley Long, Florence Rose Long, Delbert Spurlock,
Meacy Spurlock, James W. Whitlock, and Dorothy L.
Whitlock
Jan. 15 Tom Claybrook, Pat Reid, Bill Reid, Tannen Reid, Deborah
Conn, Arliss Hederick Tuttle, and James Charles Rowland
Jan. 22 Edith Washington Bailey, Ernest Eugene Bailey, Mary
Chunn Wilkinson, Charles Locke Wilkinson, Edith Bailey
Wilkinson, William Neilson Wilkinson, Ernest Bailey
Wilkinson, Chunn Wilkinson Babendreer, James Sprague
Washington, Ella Washington Schaefer, William Neilson
Wilkinson, Jr., and Charles Chunn Wilkinson
Jan. 29 John Ethridge McCall
Memorials
& Honoraria
Given in Memory of
John B. Peyton and Millicent Peyton from Mr. & Mrs. Steve Valentine
Janet Baker-Carr from Wayne Ferguson
Wesley Emerson, Debbie Smith, and the GSL Music Department from
Frank Langford
Mickey Eason from Julian & Linda Prewitt and Jim & Emelia Smith
Mickey Eason (for Food Pantry) from Minetry & Whit Crowley
Mickey Eason (for Troop 34) from David Rowe, Dennis & Glinda
Sassaman, Billie Jeanne & Stanley Johnson, Caroline Gardiner, Dale
Blanchard, Doris Webster, Marie Jordan, G., W. Sorrells III, Gayla &
Dallas Foscue, Jean Ann McBride, Andy McBride, Hunter Wright,
and Dudley, Ann, Frank & Katy Langston
George Gilmer Grattan IV from Blanchard & Louise Tual
Hugh Webb from George & Betty Johnson, Ruthie & Edward Taylor,
Barney Rolfes, Emily Woodside & Bill Falvey, Mackie & Jane Gober,
Senter Crook, and Jon & Mary McCalla
Joan Adrian from Dan & Ann Eason and Alice & George Burruss
Shirley Sappington from Dan & Ann Eason
William Fowlkes Wright from Luke Wright & Amy Starks
Janet Tate from Karen Harper
Given in Honor of
Julie Denman from Dorsey Wade
Betsy & Preston Wilson, Bob & Corinne Adrian, Jane & Mackie Gober,
Sonny & Nancy Golden, Patty & Ed Wiley, and Merilyn Mangum &
Robert Hanusovsky from Alice & George Burruss
Natalie Jones-Davis, Ginger Acuff, Elizabeth Brewer, Carolyn Gardiner,
Sandra Ireland, Carolyn Wills, and Caroline Nave from Karen Harper
Rodgers and Nancy Menzies from Wynn & Gwin Scott
Betty Peyton from Sheryl Alexander
Anne Margaret Burnett from Kay & Herb Bland
Kelly Jo & Mitch Graves from Wynn & Gwin Scott
Dan Eason (for Troop 34) from Jean Ann McBride, Andy McBride, &
Hunter Wright
Ruthie Lentz from Tom & Julie Gattas
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Feast of Lights
Sunday, January 8
Begin the new year with a candlelight
Epiphany Service of Lessons & Carols
at St. Mary’s Cathedral
Youth Event (4:30 pm)
Epiphany Service (6 pm)
Burning of the Greens (7 pm)
Calendar
Highlights
Jan. 6-7:Vestry Retreat
Jan. 8: Sunday School Resumes
20-30@GSL Lunch
Jan. 12: Daytime Book Group
Jan. 16:
Church Office Closed
Jan. 18:
Outreach Meeting
Jan. 19:
Third Thursday
Jan. 25:
39ers
Jan. 29:
Food Pantry Sunday
Feb. 5:
Scout Sunday
20-30@GSL Lunch
Feb. 8:
Theology Live
Feb. 9:
Daytime Book Group
Feb. 14:
Finance Meeting
Feb. 15:
Outreach Meeting
Feb. 16:
Third Thursday
Feb. 17:
Executive Committee Mtg.
Feb. 20:
Church Office Closed
Feb. 21:
Vestry
Feb. 22:
39ers
Feb. 26:
Food Pantry Sunday
January Calendar
gracestlukes.org/uploads/files/january2017calendar.pdf
Master Calendar: www.gracestlukes.org/events