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St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
178 South Main Street—P.O. Box 909
Buffalo, WY 82834
May, 2017
THE SEEKERS
Seeking to know and
grow in Christ
through education,
dedication, and service.
T H O U G H T S F R O M F R . D O U G
“Keep alert, stand firm in
your faith, be courageous, be
strong. Let all that you do be
done in love.”
...1 Cor. 16:13
I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :
Growing through Giving
2
From the Senior Warden
3
Vestry Contact Information
3
ECW Luncheon, Featuring Special Presentation
4
Meals on Wheels/ St. Luke’s Honors Her Graduates
5
Family & Friends Potluck Dinner
5
Last Day of Sunday School
6
It has been a good season of Lent. Now I am looking forward to the
season of Easter. On Easter Sunday I held up an urn and pointed inside, for
everybody to see. What they saw was an empty space. Yes, when we look for
Jesus at the place of death, we will not find him there. Why? Because Jesus
will always be found among the living. Among us.
This is an opportune time to hit the “reset button” on our relationship
with Jesus. The world and the darker side of human nature were revealed.
When we encounter the unknown and uncontrollable, we will take great steps
in gain control or eliminate that which we don’t understand. Jesus, when he
went to the cross, took with him a profound sense of betrayal and shame. He
placed it in a tomb and walked out with love and forgiveness.
When Jesus met with his followers and friends after the resurrection,
his body remained damaged, but his love and desire for them remained strong.
Jesus was not mad or disappointed with his disciples. He was ready to
commission them to carry on the message that love is stronger than hate and
death has been defeated by life. He shared his joy by sending them out into
the world, transformed and changed people. If Jesus was willing, and even
eager, to forgive after what he experienced on that last week of his life in
Jerusalem, just think about the amount of love God has to offer. The human
mind and heart cannot contain it. Much in the same way the tomb could not
hold Jesus.
There is a scandal with Easter. The scandal is not that the world
attempted to stop the Prince of Peace by placing him on a cross. The scandal
is not even that the tomb was empty. The scandal is to believe that it is death
that is permanent. What Jesus did with his resurrection proved another point.
It is life that is permanent and death is only a moment of transformation from
one way of being in life, to another.
When Jesus met with his disciples after he rose, their lives were completely
changed. They went from fear to joy. The went from hiding to proclaiming.
Their moment of betrayal was transformed to a life of loving and sharing. Jesus
asked them to forgive others as they had been forgiven. He freed them and he
asked that they free others. There is no reward in death. The gift of love is to
have life and have life abundantly. That is the Easter promise.
Accept the gift of life. Dance in the light of the Risen One. Rejoice!
Jesus returned so that we may live! Now, stop staring at the empty tomb,
Jesus is not there. Jesus is among the living, and so are we.
Fr. Doug+
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GROWING THROUGH GIVING
I was talking with my wife one evening and the subject of giving came up. Sure,
the standard for giving is 10%, which is considered a tithe, and I am sure people work toward, or reach,
that standard in their giving. However, there is another important part of giving to the Church. She
pointed out that it isn’t always the amount of money that we give that matters. It is about the heart.
The “heart” of the matter is the attitude in which the giving takes place. When a person gives the
expectation of 10% out of a sense of obligation and duty, they may experience a sense of resentment
and frustration. In a sense, this approach is almost like a business transaction. One party pays for the
service or goods from another party.
When it comes to issues of faith, this approach will not work. It is simply focused on the wrong
understanding. God already gave everything to us. Jesus arrived in our world to join us in our journey
through life. God already chose to give without conditions or requirements. The reason it is taught to
give is so that we can have our lives and joy increase.
Pray about what needs to be changed or revealed when it comes to giving. It is all about the
matter of the heart. When the heart becomes joyful in giving, the blessing becomes real. The giving
moves from receiving. Then God rejoices and we are blessed.
Welcome to Easter.
Fr. Doug +
Worship Team Meeting, April 18, 2017
Rascals present: Fr. Doug, Nancy Straight, Nancy Bartlett, Elaine Walker, Karen Walker,
Louise Anderson, Emily Whipple, and Linda Clark.
After Nancy Straight opened with prayer, we reviewed the May calendar with Nancy Bartlett.
Fr. Doug commented that he is looking forward to the Mutual Ministry review with the Vestry next week-
end. The group discussed the small turnout on Maundy Thursday and questioned whether it should be
held next year. No decision was made.
Louise suggested that the men provide the coffee hour for Mother’s Day. Fr. Doug will organize this.
The Graduation celebration was discussed. Fr. Doug will send a letter to Maddie Killian, Sadie
Gruntmeier and Alexis Roth and others who may be graduating, inviting them to church and asking for a
response by May 12th. The Vestry will buy a Bible for each graduate. The reception will be coordinated
by Louise Anderson and the assigned coffee persons.
The next meeting will be on May 16th.
Respectfully submitted by Linda Clark
NEED TO CONTACT FR. DOUG?
Office Hours:: Day Off: Monday
Tuesday—Friday 9:30 A.M.—Noon
Address: 513 E. Hart Street
Cell/Text: 307-620-0061
Please feel free to use this number!
PRESSING ON
Words from the Senior Warden
It’s Springtime!! Yahoo!!!
It’s hard to believe that we are already past Easter and heading into the season of
graduation.
Congratulations to all our graduates. May God bless you in all your future endeavors. The whole world is
in front of you.
May you always have the courage to explore and seek new adventures,
To Love and be Loved,
To always reach for the highest star.
Though you will spread your wings and fly, always be assured that your St. Luke’s family will always be
here with open arms, to welcome you home every time you return.
Yours in Prayer,
Bettina
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NEED TO CONTACT THE VESTRY?
Name: Phone: e-mail:
Bettina Nimick Wood – Senior Warden 307-620-9985 [email protected]
Wes Killian – Jr. Warden 620-5720 [email protected]
Nick Norris – Clerk of the Vestry 307-460-8530 [email protected]
Jerry Eastwood 684-0961 [email protected]
Elaine Walker 301-217-0288 [email protected]
Dr. Geoff Sherman 307-620-5232 [email protected]
Sue Shambaugh – Church Treasurer 217-1131 [email protected]
Dr. Tom Berry 684-5848 [email protected]
Barbara Ward 307-278-0770 [email protected]
CHURCH OFFICE HOURS
Monday—Friday: 8:30 A.M.—Noon
Telephone: 684-7529
email: [email protected]
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ECW MONTHLY MEETING
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017
12 NOON *** ONDERDONK HALL
Featuring special guest Donna Mortensen !
Lunch will be from The Breadboard. A sign-up sheet and menu are posted.
All St. Luke’s women are cordially invited, and your guests are always welcome!
Working and can’t stay for the meeting? Please come and have lunch anyhow.
Feel free to leave when you need to!
THANK YOU, ST. LUKE’S CHOIR!
The choir will be singing for the last time until fall on Sunday, May 21st. We thank the members, Director Louise Anderson, and Organist Emily Whipple for their faithful and devoted service this past
church year. You have blessed us with your talents and inspired us with your commitment to this important ministry. We wish you each a happy summer’s rest, and we look forward to your return in September!
We offer our special thanks to Emily Whipple, whose services at the organ will continue during the summer months. You are a blessing, Emily, and we are so grateful to have you.
A SPECIAL TREAT FOR THE WOMEN OF ST. LUKE’S
For the last meeting of the spring, the ECW has invited Donna Mortensen to give her
demonstration of how she creates paintings with fabric. The women of St. Luke’s are
especially invited to this demonstration on May 10th at noon, in the Onderdonk.
Donna is a local pastel-acrylic artist and also a quilter. She will share how she puts the two mediums
together, to form a beautiful landscape quilted wall-hanging.
Please sign up for a lunch ($5.00 from the Breadboard) or feel free to bring your own. A short ECW
meeting may be held after the lunch and demonstration.
HERE’S A CHANCE
TO SERVE!
Louise will be looking for special
music for the 10 A.M. Services throughout the summer. A sign-up sheet for volunteers will be posted in Onderdonk Hall. If you sing, or if you play an instrument, please offer your talent for the glory of God! Duets, trios, and groups are welcome and encouraged. Questions? You can contact Louise at 684-7907.
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J U N E I S S T . L U K E ’ S M O N T H T O D E L I V E R
M E A L S O N W H E E L S !
The time is drawing closer for St. Luke’s to deliver Meals on
Wheels during the month of June. Volunteers will be needed
each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday during the month. It is
recommended that you do this as a team, with one person
driving and the other delivering the food. (Besides, it is more fun
to do it this way!) A sign-up sheet/schedule is already posted in
the Onderdonk, so all you have to do is get together with some-
one, check out the dates, and VOLUNTEER.
Again, we urge each person who is able, to consider offering
themselves in support of this extremely important ministry to our
elderly and shut-in’s in this community. This is an opportunity to
truly be “His hands and feet” in Buffalo, Wyoming.
The Senior Center now has four routes and averages 50-60
Home-Delivered Meals a day, 6 days a week. In past years,
volunteers delivered over 18,000 Home-Delivered Meals in
Johnson County. Come and be a part of this urgently needed
service to the ill and home-bound in our community. If you are
new to this ministry or need a partner or have questions, please
call Linda Clark at 684-2141.
ST. LUKE’S TO
HONOR HER
GRADUATES ON
MAY 21ST!
We invite you to join us on
Sunday, May 21st, following the
10 A.M. Service, for a reception
honoring St. Luke’s graduates for
2017. This year’s graduates are:
Maddy Killian, Sadie Gruntmeir,
Cole Reiner, & Alexis Roth, We at
St. Luke’s are rightfully proud of
these young people and all that
they have accomplished. We urge
you be on hand to share in this
special occasion, as we offer our
congratulations and best wishes
for the future.
P.S. Letters of invitation will be
mailed to our graduates and their
families during the first week of
May. To assist us in making final
preparations for this event,
please RSVP by May 12th.
ST. LUKE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
REPORT OF INCOME/EXPENSE
Our financial status as of the end of
March, 2017 is as follows:
Income: $10,298.86
Expenses: 19,372.51
Gain/loss $ -9,073.65
Questions? Contact
Treasurer Sue Shambaugh
at 217-1131.
DID WE MISS SOMEONE?
As you read over our list of
graduates, did you think of some-
one we missed? That was NOT
our intention! Please quickly
notify the Church Office at
6 8 4 - 7 5 2 9 o r e m a i l
[email protected] We will
act promptly (and gratefully) to
i n c l u d e a n y w h o w e r e
accidentally omitted. Thanks for
your help!
FAMILY AND FRIENDS
POTLUCK FELLOWSHIP DINNER
Wednesday, May 31st
6:30 P.M. **** Onderdonk Hall
Bring your favorite dish.
It’s just for fun!
The Seekers Pictures from our St. Luke’s Album—Easter, 2017 Page 6
Time
to
round
up
those
Easter
eggs!
A glimpse into the future of St. Luke’s. (And it’s looking bright!)
A PARENT’S PRAYER
They are little only once, Lord. Grant me the wisdom and patience to teach them
to follow in your footsteps and to prepare them for what is to come. While I have the
chance, let me do my best for them. They are little only once. Amen. ...borrowed
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LAST DAY OF CHILDREN’S
SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNOUNCED
For the benefit of parents and
family members who are now making summer
plans, the final day of children’s Sunday school will
be SUNDAY, MAY 14th. We wish our St. Luke’s
youngsters and their families a blessed summer,
and we look forward to having them back with us in
September!
LET’S GO CAMPING!
Every child should have a relationship with God,
and what better place for your child
to begin or deepen that relationship
than in God’s great outdoors?
This year the Diocese of Wyoming is offering
two great camping experiences:
CAMP JOURNEY (near Boulder, Wyoming)
THUNDERHEAD EPISCOPAL CENTER (in South Dakota)
Information and registration forms are now posted in Onderdonk Hall.
When
a thing
is good,
it’s
REALLY GOOD!
We are indebted to Lisa Killian for
sharing her great photos with us
throughout this past year, Thank you,
Lisa! Please keep them coming!
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Easter
memories
at
St. Luke’s.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
“Posterity will serve him; future generations wil be told about the Lord, and
proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn, saying that he has done it.”
…..Psalm 22:30-31
Fr. Cliff Moore (5/1), Shannon Kessler (5/1), Cherri Martini (5/3),
Ray Holt (5/4), Rick Newton (5/4), Jim Shambaugh (5/4), Dana Fowler (5/4),
Piper Anne Jerry (5/4), Lindsay Duncan (5/5), Val Davies (5/6),
Jim Curry (5/7), Sophie Gruntmeir (5/7), Nick Norris (5/7),
Connie Goddard (5/8), Michaela Flint (5/8), Margo Gish (5/8),
Karen Cross (5/9), Craig Walker (5/9), Mark Ellis (5/10), Kari Hanson (5/10),
Jennifer Lompe (5/11), Jenna Anderson (5/11), Augustine Hanson (5/11),
Lucas Todd (5/12), Claire Greer (5/12), Heather O’Brien (5/13),
Dee Griffith (5/13), Charles Wonka (5/13), Nate Holt (5/14),
Mary B. Nimick (5/15), Tad Seney (5/16), Trevor Chesbro (5/16),
Maddy Killian (5/16), Norman Sanford (5/17), Lexie Nimick (5/19),
Christy Kessler (5/20), Katie Kughn (5/20), Janina Crain (5/21),
Irene Monk (5/22), Max Kessler (5/23), Sky Thong Ye O’Brien (5/23),
Donna Strickland (5/24), Bill Walker (5/25), Amy Palmerlee (5/25),
Guy Gripp (5/25), Sid Seney (5/27), & Kati Harvey (5/28).
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!
“Grant that their wills may be so knit together in your will, and their spirits
in your Spirit, that they may grow in love and peace with you and one another
all the days of their life. Amen.” ...BCP page 429
Mr. & Mrs. Bob Walker (5/3) Mr. & Mrs. Garry Griffith (5/22)
Johnnie Pond & Pam McFadden (5/11) Bp. & Mrs. Vernon Strickland (5/22)
Mr. & Mrs. John Griffith (5/17) Mr. & Mrs. Raynard McKenzie (5/24)
Dr. & Mrs. Geoffrey Sherman (5/19) Mr. & Mrs. Craig Anderson (5/25)
WELCOME TO THE FAMILY!
(The following folks were baptized during the month of May)
“One Lord, one Faith, one Baptism; one God and Father of all.” ...BCP p. 299
Bob Walker (5/10)
Amanda Walker (5/10)
Suzanne Cork (5/16)
Bart Green (5/24)
Orion Ostheimer (5/30)
Services for
Jo Lee
Herschelman
will be held on
Saturday,
May 20th,
at 10:00 A.M.
A reception in
Onderdonk Hall
will follow.
Ready for
Good Friday
at St. Luke’s
Episcopal Church.
(April 14, 2017)
A room of quiet,
A temple of peace;
The home of faith,
where doubtings cease.
A house of comfort,
where hope is given.
A source of strength
to make earth heaven.
A shrine of worship,
A place to pray…
I found all this
in my church today.
...borrowed
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
178 South Main Street
P.O. Box 909
Buffalo, WY 82834
307-684-7529
www.stlukes.diowy.org
NON-PROFIT ORG.
U.S. POSTAGE
PAID BUFFALO, WY
PERMIT #8
ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED
May, 2017
PRAYER FOR
ST. LUKE’S
Almighty and everliving
God, ruler of all things in
heaven and earth, hear our
prayers for this parish family.
Strengthen the faithful,
arouse the careless, and re-
store the penitent. Grant us
all things necessary for our
common life, and bring us all
to be of one heart and mind
within your holy Church;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
WORSHIP SCHEDULE
Fr. Doug Wasinger
Sunday, May 7
8 & 10 A.M. Holy Eucharist
9 A.M. Adult Bible Study
10 A.M. Sunday School
Mother’s Day,
Sunday, May 14
8 & 10 A.M. Holy Eucharist
9 A.M. Adult Bible Study
10 A.M. Last Sunday School
Sunday, May 21
8 & 10 A.M. Holy Eucharist
9 A.M. Adult Bible Study
(St. Luke’s will honor her
Graduates today)
Sunday, May 28
8 & 10 A.M. Holy Eucharist
9 A.M. Adult Bible Study
Each Wednesday,
7 A.M. Holy Eucharist
A MOTHER’S PRAYER
Make me a wise mother, O Lord. Keep me
calm and give me patience to bear the small,
irritating things in the daily routine of life. Give me
tolerance and understanding to bridge the gulf between my
generation and that of my children.
Let me not be too ready to guide my children’s stumbling
feet, but allow me to be ever near to bind their bruises. Give me
a sense of humor, that I may laugh with them but never at them.
Let me refrain from preaching with words.
Keep me from forcing their confidences, but give me a
sympathetic ear when my children come to me. Make me humble.
Keep my children close to me, O Lord, though miles may separate
us. And let your light so shine upon me that they, too, will
perceive your glory. Amen.
St. Philip Episcopal Church
Rochester, Minn., May, 2005
