From Darcy+

A drive through the county reminds us that autumn is truly here. The fall harvest is in full swing. Dust swirls as combines move through the fields, separating the grain from the dried leaves, stalks, and stems of the once-lush green plants. Trees are beginning to take on the splendor of their fall foliage. The blue skies are a little bluer, and the breezes off the river feel just a bit cooler and fresher.

This issue of The Messenger also brings with it reminders of "Autumn at Emmanuel," as well as a look into the rearview mirror to revisit and recap some recent late summer parish events. Although August brought more opportunities for vacation travels, it also brought the end of summer and back-to-school shopping. Emmanuel continued its tradition of generously supporting Garnet Elementary School students and teachers through our annual collection of school supplies. The month ended with a prayer service of mourning and reconciliation following the solemn tolling of our church bell 400 years after the first enslaved Africans were brought to the Virginia colony aboard an English pirate ship, and traded like chattel for supplies. September began with Blessing the Backpacks for our school children, teachers, and all who work to educate our children, as well as a warm welcome to the choir and the Sunday School as we began another program year. At the diocesan level, Sandy Bjork and I attended a workshop on Transforming Evangelism: The Practices of Turning, Blessing, and Going, presented by the Rev. Dr. David Gortner. David+ reminded those present that evangelism is not standing on the street corner and trying to convert those who pass by. It is not forcing people into the church to fill our pews or add to our coffers. It is a spiritual practice of sharing our story in word and deed, and allowing God's transforming grace to work in the hearts and minds of those we encounter in our daily lives. It means meeting people where they are and walking this journey we call life with them, as Christ's hands and feet in the world. Toward the end of September we opened our doors to host a two-day Undoing Racism workshop for 43 members of the Kent County community. Lay persons and local pastors talked, shared, listened and learned from five alumni participants and the four trainers from the nationally-acclaimed People's Institute for Survival and Beyond. The month ends with our Vestry hosting a dinner for families who have joined Emmanuel over the past two years. October and November at Emmanuel bring with them the celebration of Creation Season, the Blessing of the Animals on St. Francis Sunday, a parish breakfast, and the hustle and bustle of preparing for our ever-popular and successful Christmas Bazaar, which will take place on November 22 and 23. More information about each of these events, and especially the 2019 Bazaar, is included in this issue of The Messenger. Throughout all of the many activities in which Emmanuel parishioners are involved, the underlying thread that unites us all and connects us as the Body of Christ, and not just "another social club," is our common life of prayer and worship that fills and sustains us for the work we are called by God to do. With my prayers for peace and many blessings on our common journey.

Worship Schedule

Wednesdays: 12 noon—Eucharist

with anointing for healing Sundays:

8 a.m.—Eucharist 10:30 a.m.—Eucharist

with music Church School and Nursery

available at 10:30

A Publication of Emmanuel Church, Chester Parish

Chestertown, Maryland

The Messenger October-November 2019

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Did You Know...

. . . that once a month, Anne Bainbridge packs four bags of food, and delivers them to the Social Services office in Chestertown to assist in providing emergency food supplies to families in need? Each bag contains cereal, shelf-stable milk, granola bars, tuna, peanut butter, jelly, Ritz crackers, applesauce, spaghetti and spaghetti sauce. Next delivery date is October 4, 2019.

. . . that Emmanuel will celebrate Creation Season, beginning on October 6, with a St. Francis Day celebration and the Blessing of the Animals at the 10:30 service in the Parish Hall? Over the next seven weeks, we will celebrate God's creation and the ways we can be better co-creators and stewards. There will also be a Parish Breakfast on October 20 when Ron Abler will talk about his trip to Assisi last year.

. . . that there will be a Rise Against Hunger food packing event at Christ UMC, on October 26, 9 - 11:30 a.m. to which all are invited to help?

. . . that we sent a check in the amount of $883 to United Thank Offering from Emmanuel in response to the 2019 UTO Appeal?

. . . that Bishop Santosh Marray wrote a book, "The Spiritual Order of a Messy Church", heading to shelves this Fall? Proceeds from the book will go toward Bahamas relief and the mission and ministry of the Diocese. . . . that our 2019 Fall Parish Directories are available in the Narthex?

Ask the Vicar

If you have a liturgical question, please send it to me at drdarcy.williams@gmail.com and I will do my best to answer it. Question: Please tell me a little more about what an acolyte does and who can be an acolyte.

Answer: Acolytes can serve one of several functions in the Eucharistic service. The primary functions at Emmanuel are Crucifer and Server. The Crucifer carries the cross and leads the procession into the church at the beginning, and from the church at the end of a service. This person also carries the cross in the Gospel procession. The Server helps the priest by receiving the chalice and flagon (bread and wine containers, respectively) from the ushers at the Offertory, also the offering plates, and then hands them to the priest at the altar. This person assists the priest by handing him or her the water cruet and extra chalice, when needed, and then placing the empty vessels back on the credence table at the conclusion of Holy Communion.

Acolytes can also serve as Gospel Book Carriers and Torch Bearers. Usually older and more experienced acolytes (youth and/or adult) perform the duties of Crucifer and Server, whereas the younger and less experienced acolytes serve as Torch Bearers and Gospel Book carriers. I am looking forward to welcoming some of our younger members who want to learn to be acolytes this year.

Sunday School News by Jenny Freebery Sunday School is off to another great year. We had 17 students ranging from little babies to our middle school helpers on our first week, and it is a great group of students. Our theme for September is God Promises to Love Us. We started the year off learning about Noah's Ark, and made rainbow bracelets to remind us of God's promise to care for us. We also decorated the bulletin board with many of the animals God created. Other lessons will include making sand art to celebrate God's promise to Abraham and Sara that their descendants would be as numerous as the grains of sand on the sea shore. In October we will celebrate Creation Season with a different story and craft or activity each week about aspects of creation. We will learn about creatures of the sea with Jonah and the whale, do a scavenger hunt as we learn about who are saints and what they do, and celebrate harvest with the lesson of the Parable of the Sower. This year the students continue on their journey of understanding communion as they now have the option of dipping their bread in the kids-only chalice, and they learn about how the spiritual food of the consecrated bread and wine connects us with God. Looking forward to a wonderful year with some truly wonderful students!

Directory Updates

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HELP WANTED: Sunday School Assistants We are blessed to have so many young children at Emmanuel. But with blessing comes responsibility and commitment. We are seeking a few volunteers to serve as assistants to Sunday School Coordinator, Jenny Lee Freebery. On those Sundays when all of our children show up for Sunday School, Jenny needs an extra adult to help with the class. We are asking you to sign up to be available as the assistant on a Sunday. The volunteer of the day would check in with Jenny at the beginning of Sunday School. If there are more than a few children, the volunteer would stay to help with the lesson. Otherwise, the volunteer could return to church. With as many as 12 different families with children at Emmanuel who participate in Sunday School, and an average of three (3) Sundays of Sunday School a month, it would only mean volunteering twice during the typical program year, especially if one or two of our adults whose children are grown and out of Sunday School would also volunteer for a Sunday. Our kids deserve the best we can provide, and that means stretching ourselves to help Jenny maintain a safe and effective program! Please Sign-up in the Parish Hall.

Another Successful H.H. Garnet School Supply Drive Many thanks to all who did back-to-school shopping for the students at H.H. Garnet Elementary School in August. With your help, Emmanuel collected and Steve Croker delivered over 800 items from Emmanuel to Principal Brenda Rose. Among the many items donated were 19 new backpacks, 77 ten-packs of pencils, 70 boxes of crayons, 70 packs of dry erase markers, 13 headphones, and multiple packs of regular markers, yellow highlighters, glue sticks, erasers, and index cards. The Presbyterian Church of Chestertown and the Unitarian Universalists of Chester River also held collections at Steve's invitation, and delivered several trunk-loads of additional supplies to the school. This generous outpouring from the Chestertown faith communities will go a long way to ensuring that the children at HHGES have the materials they need to have a successful school year.

Ladeez and gentlemen, step right up!

Step right up to see the Laundry Love Millennium milestone!!! by Ron Abler

It started out as a trickle, but it ended in a flood. At first, it looked like we might not make it, but a late surge washed us over the top. We needed 60 loads of wash to reach the goal, and shortly after 7:00 PM on 22 August 2019 it was achieved – 1,000 loads of laundry washed and dried at Emmanuel’s Laundry Love ministry! Altogether, that night we put 1,185 quarters into those ravenous machines and completed a total of 85 loads of wash, 25 more than we needed. Congratulations to everyone who has made this feat possible. Since Laundry Love began in July 2018, 29 members of our Laundry Fold have joined in making this milestone possible. Congratulations also to our Millennial Family: Alex Chilel, his wife Yaneli, and their five-month-old son, Alex Jr. Here’s what it looked like last month:

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Senior Warden’s Corner by Sandy Bjork Jesus told us that He is the Way, the Truth, the Life (John 14:6). As Christians we are pilgrims following The Way. Our Lord spent the majority of His time on earth speaking truth to the power of the Sanhedrin and cruel Roman occupation resulting in His death on the cross. The rest of His time was spent in preparing His followers (including us) to have the knowledge and the courage to do the same with the powers that confronted them and confront us. It is the duty and responsibility of church leaders, lay and clergy, to reinforce those concepts. Church on Sunday gives us the opportunity to commune with each other at the altar rail and at Coffee Hour, but the main purpose of the service is to give us strength for the journey. Sometimes that may be a loving prod to remind us of exactly what our Christian responsibilities are, and for that we should say, “Thanks be to God.”

Vestry Highlights

River's Edge Painting is scheduled to paint the wood trim in the Garth.

Newcomers’ Dinner on September 27 by Vestry for those who have joined Emmanuel in the past two years. After dinner, a tour of the facilities will culminate with a brief presentation about the history of the parish, its buildings, the organ, and time for questions.

Bridges at Worthmore, Camp Wright, and Kent Family Center were approved by Vestry as the three beneficiaries of the 2019 Christmas Bazaar.

Work is continuing on the new pictorial directory with two more photo-taking days in October. In the meantime, the text-only Fall 2019 Parish Directory is available.

Darlene Housley was appointed as Chair of the Nominating Committee. The committee is charged with providing nominees for three Vestry positions, each serving a three-year term, to be elected at the 2020 Annual Meeting of the parish, and an alternate to Diocesan Convention.

Rogers Smith was thanked for his service as a Trustee of the Dwyer Fund. The appointment of Jim Block to replace Rogers was approved.

The Rev. Canon Patrick Collins, Canon to the Ordinary, will meet with the Vestry at its next meeting on October 20, 2019 to discuss the transition process and procedures.

Seeking Volunteers To Help With Worship Services As the parish grows, and people's responsibilities at home, school and work change, there is a need for additional help in some areas, especially in the area of Liturgical Ministries:

Lectors, intercessors, acolytes (children and/or adults), and ushers are all needed to assist with Sunday services.

The Altar Guild and Flower Guild always welcome new members.

Eucharistic Ministers and Eucharistic Visitors are special ministries that require more specialized training but the rewards are great as these individuals help the priest with the distribution of Holy Communion in the church and on home visits to those who are unable to get to church.

If you or your children are interested in learning more, or in joining one of these teams, please contact Darcy+ at drdarcy.williams@gmail.com, or by calling the Parish Office (410-778-3477).

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The second concert in the 2019-2020 Emmanuel Concert Series will feature organist Nicole Simental, Assistant Director of Music and Principal Organist at Saint Joseph Cathedral in Columbus, Ohio on Friday evening, November 8 at 7:30 p.m. A Chicago native, Ms. Simental is a candidate for the Doctorate of Music in organ performance at Indiana University where she studied with Dr. Christopher Young.

Nicole Simental has studied piano since the age of seven, organ since the age of ten, and harpsichord throughout her undergraduate studies at Oberlin College Conservatory. She holds the Master of Sacred Music from Notre Dame and Bachelor of Music from Wheaton College. She has served as a church organist and accompanist for choirs and opera companies. She has won numerous prestigious organ competitions, including the IV International Goedicke Organ Competition at the Moscow Conservatory in Russia in 2018, and was a soloist at the national convention of the Organ Historical Society in 2018.

The 27th season of the Emmanuel Concert Series continues the emphasis on up-and-coming young performers with Ms. Simental's appearance. This tradition began in 1996 with a young Canadian student at the Curtis Institute who has become one of the top concert organists and teachers in the world (and who has appeared on every Emmanuel Concert Series since), Ken Cowan, and continued with many young organists who have become well-known concert artists. We look forward to welcoming Nicole Simental in November. Tickets are $20 at the door.

Wednesday, November 27, at 6 p.m., Emmanuel’s choir will present a Choral Evensong on the eve of Thanksgiving. Under the direction of Stephanie LaMotte, Director of Music, the choir will sing the Evensong service featuring music by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Christopher Tye, and Henry Gaida. This service promises to be another powerful and spiritually uplifting time of prayer, thanksgiving, and beautiful music. There is no charge for this prayer service. All are welcome.

Coffee Hour at Emmanuel Hearing mostly positive comments about the new Coffee Hour Format, we are continuing to ask folks to

bring munchies for once every eight weeks, by alphabetical order (see below). However, we still need folks to sign-up to volunteer hosting, and helping with making and serving the

coffee and tea, and with the dishwashing afterwards. There is an updated Coffee Hour manual in the Parish Hall kitchen,that provides a guide for making coffee, operating the dishwasher, and suggestions for coordinating Coffee Hour.

Suggestions for Coffee Hour munchies include: coffee cake or breads, cookies, cheese & crackers, grapes or other cut-up fruit, and donut holes. Please use the following schedule for October (please note: no Coffee Hour on Oct. 6), November, and December Coffee Hours.

Oct. 6: St. Francis Day/ Blessing of Animals Nov. 3: Last names beginning with A - B Oct. 13: Last names beginning with N- P Nov. 10: Last names beginning with C - E Oct. 20: Last names beginning with R - S Nov. 17: Last names beginning with F- H Oct. 27: Last names beginning with T - Z Nov. 24: Last names beginning with I- K Dec. 1: Last names beginning with L-M Dec. 15: Last names beginning with R - S Dec. 8: Last names beginning with N- P Dec. 22: Last names beginning with T - Z Dec. 29: Pot Luck

Music Notes

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Creation Season and St. Francis Creation Season at Emmanuel will begin on Sunday October 6 with Blessing of the Animals at 10:30 a.m. Bring your dog, cat, hamster, gerbil, fish, bird, or even your favorite stuffed animal to be blessed. If you don't think your pet would enjoy being in the company of others, bring a picture OR send a picture ahead of time and we will post it and bless your pet at a distance at the 10:30 service. We will have our 10:30 service in the Parish Hall with music and the children participating. The 8 a.m. service will be in the sanctuary as usual.

For the following seven weeks, we continue to celebrate and learn about the wonders of God's creation and the responsibilities of caring for it. The processional hymn, choir anthem, and special prayers have been chosen to help us reflect on a different part of creation each week. Our children are also included in this important work. Jenny will ask them to bring something (a photo or an item) to church each week that helps us focus on the importance of each area, and she will engage with them in class discussions:

October 13 - Earth, Soil, Trees October 20 - Creatures of the Sea October 27 - Sun, Moon, Stars November 3 - Humanity (All Saints, All Souls) November 10 - Air, Wind, Fire November 17 - Oceans, Lakes, Rivers

November 24 - Harvest

On October 20, at 9 a.m., we will have a Parish Breakfast at which time Ron Abler will present a talk on St. Francis based on Ron and Pam's travels to Assisi last year.

One Can per Trip! by Ron Abler I was in Redner’s recently, and I remembered to take in my reusable shopping bags, to buy everything on my list, and even to give the cashier my phone number so I could add my receipt to our Redner’s rebate program for the Food Pantry. I was driving home feeling the smug satisfaction of “mission accomplished,” when I realized that I’d forgotten the one thing that I intend always to include in my shopping -- one can of food for the Food Pantry.

Now, good intentions are like New Year’s resolutions - easy to promise but hard to maintain. Then I realized that I don’t have to wait until January 1st to make this a cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die New Year’s resolution. As a former “Federale” I know that October 1st is fiscal New Year’s Day in the Federal government, so I’ve resolved that in Fiscal Year 2020 I will buy one can for the Food Pantry every time I go into a grocery store, and then put it into the Food Pantry bin on Sunday. So far, it’s going fairly well. With this head start and advance practice, I can reinforce my FY resolution into a 24-karat-gold one on New Year’s Eve. I know it doesn’t sound like much, but one food item per trip will come to at least fifty or more cans a year, and that’s better than I’ve ever done.

I’m challenging everyone to join me in this resolution. It’s called crowd-sourcing, which consists of many people pooling small contributions for big results. Crowd-sourcing is already working at Emmanuel. So far, our Redner’s receipts (many under a dollar) have totaled over $150,000. That’s thousands of little slips of paper saved from the trash can and being transformed into more than $1,500 for the Food Pantry. Just imagine what we can all do with just one can of food for every grocery trip in 2020!

Here’s my promise to you: if you just get the food into the bin at church, we will take it the rest of the way for you.

Please consider this reminder. It’s called the Food Pantry. They’re optimized for cans of food –compact, not fragile, and not perishable. They use their cash contributions to purchase perishables. They do not have the storage space to handle paper products or kitchen supplies. So let’s try to give the Food Pantry exactly what they’ve requested: cans of soup, tuna, salmon, chicken, Spam (yes, Spam!), beans, beef ravioli, corn, peas, carrots, or fruit.

Remember, one can per trip; one can per trip; one ...

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In a departure from his usual exploration of a specific piece of Scripture, Ron offers this article, a look at the concept of Hell. In his words, "The article is intended simply to make the case that Hell is a concept that is simply defined (eternal separation from God), but hard to envision, as illustrated by the metaphors offered by Dante, Milton, John Smith, and C.S. Lewis." ~~~ Darcy+

Just for the Hell of It! by Ron Abler There is a well-known bonus question on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term: "Is Hell exothermic or endothermic?" Citing Boyle’s law, one student asserted that the answer lay in the relationship between Hell’s population and its total volume. If Hell expands more slowly than its population, it will compress and heat up until all Hell breaks loose (exothermic). If Hell expands faster than its population, it would be endothermic and eventually freeze. His conclusion: “I once asked a girl out on a date. She answered:"It will be a cold night in Hell before I go out with you.” Since we never did go out, I maintain Hell must be exothermic.

The student got the only A. 1

One of the most frequently asked theological questions is “How can an all-loving God condemn anyone to eternal damnation?” There are almost as many answers to this question as there are different religions and denominations. C. S. Lewis, who was deeply interested in Heaven and Hell, carefully distinguished between ideas and images. For him, ideas are doctrine, and images are metaphors. This is particularly true about our conceptions (or misconceptions) of Hell.

Doctrines of Hell tend to boil down to four basic ideas (doctrines), each of which has spawned its own myriad of images (metaphors) in both Sunday sermons and great classics of literature:

1. Traditionalists preach the fire-and-brimstone with which we are all familiar, especially after reading Dante’s Inferno.

2. The Free Will view claims that God places the damned into Hell not to punish them, but to honor the choices they have freely made, as when Satan famously declares in Milton’s Paradise Lost, "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven."

3. Universalists believe that everyone will ultimately go to heaven (as do dogs, of course), because everyone will eventually say yes to God’s love. For Mormons, Christ descended into Hell to begin the still ongoing salvation of the damned by teaching the Gospel to those who did not accept it while on earth.

4. Annihilationism teaches that the damned ultimately cease to exist, so their punishment is not eternal. As St. Paul says, “[They] shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord…” 2

Like its tolerant “big tent” teaching on the Eucharist, Episcopalianism safely defines Hell as “eternal death in our rejection of God” (fittingly found on the last page of our Outline of Faith in the BCP 3). This definition fits comfortably under any of the above four doctrines.

Apparently, C. S. Lewis was an Annihilationist, for he imagined the inhabitants of Hell becoming so increasingly self-absorbed as to make themselves smaller and smaller until they ultimately cease to be selves at all. 4 “ He concluded “All Hell is smaller than one pebble of [the] earthly world.” 5

Wouldn’t it be poetic justice if atheists turn out to be right after all? Under Annihilationism, total rejection of God results in personal self-destruction. For them, there will be no eternal life after death.

1. https://www.albany.edu/faculty/miesing/teaching/assess/hell.htm

2. 2 Thessalonians 1:9

3. BCP, page 862

4. C. S. Lewis; The great Divorce; 1946; Chap. 9, par.41

5. C. S. Lewis; The great Divorce; 1946; Chap. 13, par.47

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Recent Emmanuel Events

National Day of Remembrance & Reconciliation with Bell-Ringing, 3 PM, August 25: Near the end of August, 1619, the British pirate ship, White Lion, landed along the Atlantic coast of the Virginia colony, at a place known as Point Comfort. On board were "20 and odd" enslaved Africans who were traded by the captain of the ship for food and other provisions. This day marked the start of the transatlantic slave trade that brought thousands of Africans across the ocean to the Americas where they were sold into slavery. It also marked the "beginning of a 400-year story filled with tragedy, endurance, survival, and a legacy of resilience, inequality, and oppression." (National Geographic, August 13, 2019).

Emmanuel parishioners and others from the Chestertown community joined with churches, communities, individual groups, and all 419 national parks on this day of remembrance, reconciliation and healing, as we tolled our church bell for four minutes -- one minute for each century since those first enslaved Africans landed in North America at what is now part of Fort Monroe National Monument. At the end of the bell-ringing ceremony, the fifty-plus participants came together in the church for a prayer service of reconciliation and healing.

Undoing Racism Workshop, September 20 & 21: Partnering with the Kent County Local Management Board (KCLMB) and the Unitarian Universalists of the Chester River (UUCR), Emmanuel hosted four trainers from the national anti-racism training program, The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond, for a two day training event called Undoing Racism. Starting last spring, a steering committee, made up of representatives from Emmanuel, UUCR, KCLMB, and Bethel AME, sent out information about the workshop and registration forms to all of the churches in and around Chestertown, as well as to the entire membership of the Chester Valley Ministers Association. Forty-three members of the community registered to attend, and were joined by five individuals who were alumni of previous Undoing Racism workshops, as well as the four trainers. Of the approximately fifty people in attendance, one-third were African-American, and almost everyone present was a member of a community of faith.

Over the course of two intense eight-hour days, we discussed the roots of racism in our nation dating back to colonial times when the first enslaved Africans were brought to the Virginia colony. We defined and examined institutional racism and heard stories about how centuries of racism have affected our brothers and sisters of color. We examined the ways in which people of color have been, and in some cases continue to be, marginalized. And we looked at the inequities built into many of our systems based on skin color. Some of the personal stories told brought tears to our eyes. Other stories challenged us to think about ways we can work together to effect change in our own community. Every person in the room came away from the two days with a better understanding of the other: black, white or Hispanic. In the end, we all acknowledged that there is much work to be done, and vowed to continue to work together, for as long as it takes, to undo racism in all its forms.

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What's In Your Cup? by Scott Stoner (reprinted with permission from scott@livingcompass.org, "Living Compass", Sept. 20, 2019) A while back, I came across a teaching story, and months later, its lesson has stayed with me. It came back to me again this week as I was thinking about the column I wrote last week about how what emerges from within us is directly related to that in which we choose to immerse ourselves. This teaching story is an additional way to think about what emerges from us, especially in times of stress or disruption. Here is the story: You are holding a cup of coffee when someone comes along and accidentally bumps you and shakes your arm, making you spill coffee everywhere. Why did you spill the coffee? Because someone bumped into you, right? Wrong answer. You spilled the coffee because coffee was in the cup. If tea had been in it, you would have spilled tea. Whatever is inside the cup is what will come out. Therefore, when life comes along and shakes you, whatever is inside of you will come out. So each of us has to ask ourselves..... what's in my cup? When life gets bumpy, what spills over? Joy, gratefulness, peace, and humility? Or anger, bitterness, harsh words, and reactions? We choose what's in our cup! Today, let's work towards filling our cups with gratitude, forgiveness, joy, words of affirmation to ourselves and others, kindness, gentleness, and love! (This story has been attributed to many different sources, but there is no consensus on authorship.) This story was on my mind again earlier today when I was driving to my office. Another car cut me off in traffic without (seemingly) any awareness of my presence. I was not proud of the words that came out of my mouth, but was glad they were only for my ears to hear, in the confines of my car. It appears that there's a bit too much stress and irritability in my coffee cup right now. Of course, part of me wants to blame the other driver for my reaction. But as the teaching story points out, that's the wrong answer. The right answer is that I need to be more intentional about filling my cup with patience, forgiveness, peace, and understanding. How about you? What's your cup full of right now? If you are not sure, perhaps it will become apparent the next time someone cuts you off in traffic, or comes along and bumps you in some other way.

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October

Wednesday, October 2, 5:30 p.m. Emmanuel’s Film Series continues Thursday, October 3, 2 p.m. Heron Point Eucharist Tuesday, October 8, 3-7 p.m. Chestertown Havurah Yom Kippur Observance Wednesday, October 9, 9 a.m.—6 p.m. Chestertown Havurah Yom Kippur Observance Monday, October 14 Office closed in observance of Columbus Day Wednesday, October 16, 7:30 a.m. St. Andrew’s Brotherhood Breakfast Sunday, October 20 9 a.m. : Parish Breakfast 12 noon—2 p.m.: Vestry meeting Thursday, October 24 2 p.m.: Heron Point Tea 7 p.m.: Laundry Love Saturday, October 26, 8 a.m—1 p.m. Kappa Sigma Pancake Breakfast

November

Saturday Night/Sunday Morning, November 2-3 Fall Back! Daylight Savings Time ends. Sunday, November 3, 4 p.m. Eastern Shore Wind Ensemble concert. Free Admission

Wednesday, November 6, 5:30 p.m. Emmanuel’s Film series continues Friday, November 8, 7:30 p.m. Organ Concert featuring Nicole Simental Sunday, November 17, 12 noon—2 p.m. Vestry Meeting Friday, November 22, 5:30—7:30 p.m. Bazaar Preview Party Saturday, November 23, 8:30 a.m.—1:30 p.m. Christmas Bazaar Sunday, November 24 Children’s Home Foundation Offering Wednesday, November 27 7:30 a.m.: St. Andrew’s Brotherhood Breakfast 6 p.m.: Thanksgiving Evensong Thursday, November 28/Friday, November 29 Office Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday

December Sunday, December 1 Children’s Home Foundation Offering 4 p.m.: Hospice Service of Remembrance Tuesday, December 3, 7:30 a.m.—1 p.m. Chestertown Garden Club Wednesday, December 4, 5:30 p.m. Film Series continues Sunday, December 8, 4 p.m. Service of Advent and Christmas Lessons & Carols

Calendar Highlights

Every Week Knitters—Meets each Monday at Emmanuel at 2 p.m., unless otherwise noted Bible Study—Each Wednesday at 11a.m., unless otherwise noted Mid-day Eucharist with Anointing for Healing—Each Wednesday at noon; the service lasts about 30 minutes. Alcoholics Anonymous—Meets each Thursday evening, 8 p.m., in the Parish Hall.

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Sundays in October

October 6 (G) St. Francis’ Day Flowers: Ann Tylden Giriatis Cumisky & Donald Cumisky Parish Prayer Cycle: Sandy Ryon; Caren, Ron, B.K., Shane, Aaron, & Lynden Saunders; and Martha & George Sawyer

October 13 (G) Pentecost XVIII (Proper 23) “Earth, Soil, Trees” Flowers: Nancy & Bill Allday, and Adelaide & Bill Willock Parish Prayer Cycle: John Schratwieser & Mike Pugh; Harry Schreiber; and Jane Scott

October 20 (G) Pentecost XIX (Proper 24) “Creatures of the Sea” Flowers: Deborah Evans Pritzlaff and Margaret Harriss Evans Parish Prayer Cycle: Mimi Sharpe; Judy & David Sharretts; George Shivers; and Anne & David Singer

October 27 (G) Pentecost XX (Proper 25) “Sun, Moon, Stars” Flowers: Robert Donald McDorman & Fredrica Metcalfe McDorman Parish Prayer Cycle: Maggie Smith; Jean Smith; Rogers Smith; and Shari & Scott Smith

Notes: Uppercase letters in parentheses indicate liturgical colors:

B=black, BL=blue, G=green, R=red, LA=Lenten array, P=purple,

W=white

Flower Memorials, Parish Prayer Cycle

Sundays in November

November 3 (W) All Saints Sunday Flowers: Thanksgiving for and loving memory of all the faithful departed members of Emmanuel Church Parish Prayer Cycle: Diane & Todd Smith; Lois Smith; Jamie Somers; and Becky & George Spilich

November 10 (G) Pentecost XXII (Proper 27) “Air, Wind, Fire” Flowers: Mr. & Mrs. Harry W. Pennington, Mr. & Mrs. Morton Gibbons-Neff, Jr., Mitchell Chance Gibbons-Neff, and Peter Gibbons-Neff Parish Prayer Cycle: Ellen, Tom, & Thos Stevenson; Greg Straub; Joyce Symington; and Betsy Tait November 17 (G) Pentecost XXIII (Proper 28) “Oceans, Lakes, Rivers” Flowers: Margaret Harris & W. Norman Cooper, Eugenia Bonwill Cooper, and William H. Cooper Parish Prayer Cycle: Esther Taylor; Joan Testin & Barbara Mooney; Helen & Bob Tyson; and Carol & Rene van Erven November 24 (W) Thanksgiving Propers “Harvest” Flowers: Bette Larrimore Smith, and Maurice E. & Nellie M. Smith Parish Prayer Cycle: Sissy VanSant; Linda Verbeck; Elizabeth Vrugtman; and Diane & Basil Wadkovsky

Wed, Nov. 28: Evensong at 6 p.m. Thanksgiving flowers: Kathleen Landskroener,

Constance S. & Gordon F. Bottomley, Sr., and Gordon F. Bottomley

Sundays in December

December 1 (Bl) Advent I Altar Greens: Harrison C. “Jim” Bristoll, Jr., J. Thomas & Bessie Perry Kibler, and John T. Kibler, Jr. Parish Prayer Cycle: Tracy, Ron, & Harriss Walters; Anne & Laurel Ward; Jeff Warden; and Lisa & Bill Webb, & K.T. Pagano

December 8 (Bl) Advent II Flowers: Debby Pritzlaff Parish Prayer Cycle: Traci & Bill Weingarten; Betty Weller; and Clif West

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Staff:

The Reverend F. Darcy Williams, Priest-in-Charge

Stephanie LaMotte, Director of Music and Choirmaster

G. Robert Tyson, Choirmaster Emeritus

Avis Wheatley, Organist

Laura Kaufmann, Parish Secretary

Sue Byerly, Financial Assistant

Melvin Thompson, Sexton Emmanuel Church, PO Box 875 Chestertown, Maryland 21620

emmanuelchestertown@gmail.com www.emmanuelchesterparish.org

410-778-3477

Remember—The deadline for the December 2019/January 2020 issue of The Messenger is Monday, November 18. Submit your hard-copy articles to the Parish Office, or e-mail them to emmanuelchesterparish@gmail.com. We would also love to have copies of any pictures of the Parish at work or play for inclusion in future articles.

Vestry: Term end dates are in parentheses

Helen Billings (2020)

Darlene Housley (2020)

Bill Webb (2020)

George Barnum (2021)

Jim Block (2021)

Susan Roberson (2021)

Craig Jackson (2022)

Brianna Mayer (2022)

George Shivers (2022)

Parish Officers:

Sandra Bjork, Senior Warden

Thomas Mack, Jr., Junior Warden

Roger Brown, Treasurer

Penny Block Registrar

The Christmas Giving Tree

Emmanuel’s popular Christmas Giving Tree will be up on Sunday, December 1, and remain in Dwyer Hall through Sunday, December 15. This year, Emmanuel will be providing gifts for several families who have been referred to us by local agencies. Please take an “ornament” from the Giving Tree, buy and wrap the gift, attach the “ornament” to the wrapped gift, and place the gift under the tree – easy! Please be sure to write your name

next to the number of the ornament you take. The list of numbers is on the table beside the tree. We hope everyone will participate to help provide a bright holiday for those in need in our community.

Directory Updates

Chuck & Katherine Paff

7694 Waterview Lane

Ann & Michael Bourne

Ann: 410-946-7140 Michael: 410-946-7121 No Landline

Leslie Baldwin

486 Cormorant Court lesliehbaldwin53@gmail.com