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January 2014 1 Canterbury Tales

Happy New Year! Have you made any resolutions? And if you have, have you thought about how you are going to keep them? That’s really the hardest part of resolutions, isn’t it? To be successful, a resolution has to be a commitment to changing your life forever. It’s that “simple.” Decide to change your life… And do it…

But, maybe it doesn’t have to be that drastic. Maybe a resolution could be a temporary commitment to change some aspect of your life. I don’t like to make resolutions because I feel like I can’t keep them. I know in advance that I’m going to fail at them. But, what if I decided to do something

for only a few months? With a built in quit time, I could see the end of the road, so to speak, and strive for that end point. Who can’t keep a resolution for three or four months? I know, I, for one, can do that.

One thing that I think is absolutely essential to any resolution, or really any

change to your life, major or minor, is a commitment to prayer. When you make your resolutions, do you pray about them? And when you enact your resolutions, do you pray to God for success and help? You know, you aren’t in this alone, right? Honestly, I don’t always remember that! I forget to invite God into my life, all the time. And, I forget to, all the time invite God into my life. I have to remind myself constantly to pray and praise God.

So, just remember, you aren’t in this alone. God is with you. Resolve to invite God along for the ride this resolution season.

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Rector’s Ramblings

Canterbury Tales January 2014

Volume 6, Issue 9

2014 Vestry

The Rev. Anthony

MacWhinnie,

Rector

2014 Vestry

Chuck Howard

[email protected]

Eric Straight

[email protected]

Juliet Phillips

[email protected]

Libbi Crowe

[email protected]

Mary Ann Pacana

[email protected]

Sid Gray

[email protected]

Tony Thompson

[email protected]

Volunteer Staff

Sid Gray

Jr. Warden

Donna Narducci

Treasurer

Rich Apps

Assistant Treasurer

Virginia Brown

Archivist

Church Staff

Administrator

Joani Garshasb

Choir Director

Cynthia Carter

Organist

O.R. Smith

ERD Coordinator

Kelley Igo

Nursery

Shelby Ivanoff

Newsletter Editor and Webmaster

Libbi Crowe

By Brian Phillips, Chuck

Howard, Tony Thompson

Review of the 2013 Budget:

The 2013 income and expenditures were reviewed and then projections for the remainder of the year were estimated. While there may be overspending in some spending line items, we estimated the 2013 expenses

will be ~$10k less than budgeted—due mainly to under-spending in several line items . Some 2013 income line items fell short of the budget but overall income is expected to be slightly higher than budgeted.

The 2014 Budget:

Based on the stewardship campaign, income (pledges and gifts) are down by

~$28K. Expenses for 2014 are budgeted based on projected 2013 spending levels resulting in reductions to several line items. At this point, we don’t have a balanced budget and are facing an estimated $30k shortfall. The vestry delayed the decision to approve the budget until it can be reviewed again in March 2014.

Finance Committee Report



Who Does What

Altar Guild Janet Wright [email protected] 850 797 0111

Mary Ann Pacana [email protected] 850 936 9212 850 748 5883

Archivist Ginny Brown [email protected] 850 939 2665

Assistant Treasurer Rich Apps [email protected]

Caring and Sharing Ann Thompson [email protected] 850 939 1791 850 572 8707

Choir Director Cynthia Carter [email protected] 850 710 3122 or

850 686 5734

Christian Ed Linda Gray [email protected] 850 936 4869

Charleen Clark [email protected] 850 291 4784

Communications Libbi Crowe Tony Thompson

[email protected] [email protected]

850 582 7261 850 939 1791

Coffee Hour Brenda Khan Diane Klutz

[email protected] [email protected]

850-463-8824 940 367-5225

Daughters of the King

Elizabeth MacWhinnie

[email protected] 850- 736-6126

Diocesan Communications

Elizabeth Anagnostis MacWhinnie

[email protected] 850- 736-6126

EFM Anthony MacWhinnie

[email protected] 850 380 1233

Episcopal Relief & Development

Kelley Igo [email protected] 850 939 9604 850 686 4461

Finance Committee Chuck Howard Tony Thompson Brian Phillips

[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

850 939 9058 850 939 1791 850 939 1311

850 380 -4543 850 572 8707 850 217 1804

Flower Guild Carolyn Igo [email protected] 850 910 3990 850 939 9460

Food Bank Marvin and Kate Wilson

[email protected] [email protected] 850 939 8895

Food Ministry Coordinator

Linda Gray [email protected] 850 936 4869

Jr. Warden Sid Gray [email protected] 850 936 4869

Liturgy and Music Juliet Phillips [email protected] 850 939 1311 850 217 1804

Men’s Breakfast & Fellowship

Sid Gray [email protected] 850 936 4869

Needlework Guild Cynthia Carter [email protected] 850 710 3122 850 686 5734

Newsletter Editor Libbi Crowe [email protected] 850 582 7261

Prayer Warriors Brenda Whidden [email protected] 850 461 7597

Rector Anthony MacWhinnie

[email protected] 850 380 1233

Senior Warden

Shut in Ministry Alethea Straight Linda Gray Sally Strickling

[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

850 936 5270 850 936 4869 850 936 5516

850 936 5270

Supper Clubs Libbi Crowe [email protected] 850 582 7261

Treasurer Donna Narducci [email protected] 850 939 1710 850 313 6921

Webmaster Libbi Crowe [email protected] 850 582 7261

Clerk of the Vestry



Around the Parish and the Diocese

Flower Guild

Thank you to everyone who purchased poinsettias . Your generosity made it possible to decorate our worship space for joyful Christmas celebrations as well as provide support to the ARC Gateway Folks in Pensacola from whom we purchased the truly beautiful poinsettias.

The poinsettias are available to be taken home, so please select yours.

The 2014 flower chart is located in the narthex, please sign up for sponsoring altar flowers on your special Sundays throughout the year. the cost is $25.00 and payment envelopes are available on the chart and can be placed in the offering plate.

A sincere Thank You to all for your support making it possible to have beautiful altar flowers the year round, and to those on the flower guild who give so generously of their time and talents. If you have interest in joining the guild, Carolyn Igo would love to talk to you, 939-9604.

January Birthdays

We send happy birthday wishes to these members of our church family who celebrate birthdays in January. If your name is not on this list and you have an January birthday please leave a note of your name and birthday in the parish office.

January 3 Mary Peterzen January 6 Colleen MacNeney

January 6 Roberto Zayas January 13 Dylan Doubleday January 18 Teresa Vincent January 21 Deagun Edwards January 25 Lonnie Morris January 27 Matthew Kentjen January 27 Donna Gassman

Lenten Meditations

Each year, the parish members write a daily meditation booklet as a ministry to one another for the season of Lent. This booklet is a way that we can keep Lent together, as a community, by sharing our reflections with each other.

Ash Wednesday is March 5, so we have to get busy! It would be great to have them available by Sunday March

2, so it would be a big help if you could take an assignment from the narthex and finish it by February 23.

Please remember when you take an assignment, to put your name on the chart on the date you chose. That way I know who has what!

PLEASE email your submission to [email protected], and THANK YOU!

Coffee Hour

Diane Klutz is chairing an effort to revive a fellowship and coffee hour

after the late service. If you are willing to help with ideas, logistics and so on please email her at [email protected].

Supper Club 2014!

Supper in New Settings, the parish supper club, will get started for the year on January 18, at 6:00 p.m. at the parish hall The monthly gatherings for food, fun, and Christian fellowship are a good way to become close friends with other members of the parish that you may not have met or known well before.

This get-organized meeting will be pot luck. Just bring whatever you want: salad, dessert, side dish, meat, or appetizer. If we have more than 16 people, we will form smaller supper club groups by drawing names out of a hat, or basket, or beer stein or something!

So sign up in the Narthex and come to the parish hall on January 18. Questions: Call Libbi Crowe at 582-7261or email [email protected]

Special Collections

January: White Sale

Let's start the new year with a white sale, not linens but paper towels and toilet paper. Those are vital commodities that are not covered by SNAP ( Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program) formerly known



as Food Stamps. For that matter, cleaning products, soap or personal hygiene products are not covered either but are greatly needed.

It is a good and wonderful thing to have frequent special collections for items not covered by SNAP or not stocked at the food bank but please do not forget food items either. Just one extra can every time you go to the grocery store might not adversely affect your budget but could make the difference between a child having something to eat or going to bed hungry.

Our local stores have BOGO ( buy one get one free) items every week. If it is something that you use often, you would be paying the regular price but have an extra one to share. If it is something that you do not use, you would be doubling your contribution to the food bank. Either way it is a bargain with the bonus of a blessing.

SML January 2014

It is hard to believe that we have a brand new calendar year but it is true. It is 2014!!! Our classes had an exciting December, preparing for our Lord's birth, welcoming the Holy Family into our homes and sharing the good news through Christingle. We did not complete our Jesse Tree but we did learn about God's careful planning through the ages in using ordinary folk to foster Jesus during his time on earth .

This month we will follow Jesus as he grows and prepares for his ministry.

We will talk about Mary and Joseph's bravery and obedience as they fled to Egypt to protect Jesus from Herod's wrath. We will learn about the Wise Men who traveled from afar to pay homage to the Christ child but who returned to their countries by a different route to confuse Herod.

We will talk about Jesus as he grew and was baptized and began his ministry. We will study Jesus but we will also talk about the everyday people with whom he lived and walked and laughed and learned. In the beginning of this new year, we will speculate how we too can make a difference everyday in the lives of those around us.

Annual Meeting Results

At the 2013 Annual Parish Meeting, Libbi Crowe and Eric Straight were elected to the Vestry. In addition, we elected convention delegates,who are Sid and Linda Gray and Eric Straight. Alternates to the convention are Diane Klutz and Sarah McCarren.

Below are show biographies of our new vestry members:

Eric W. Straight

I am a cradle Episcopalian. I attended church and school at St. Luke’s Episcopal in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In 1985 I moved to Berstadt, Germany where my step-dad was stationed with the Army. After he left the military we moved to Christiansburg, Virginia where I attended St. Thomas’s Episcopal Church. I also earned my Eagle Scout rank with Boy Scout Troop 77 in Christiansburg. After graduating high school I enlisted in the

Air Force. My first duty assignment was Hurlburt Field, Florida in January, 1990. I have lived here since with a short tour to Korea in 1997-1998. I joined St. Augustine’s in 1999. I have worked with the Rite 13 youth group, served on Vestry as Junior Warden, attended Cursillo, serve as an Acolyte and Usher, and I am currently the Charter Organization Representative and Scout Executive for Boy Scout Troop 106 which is sponsored by St. Augustine’s. My wife, Alethea and I met at St. Augustine’s and were married in the Church on November 5, 2005. We have one child, Lucas.

Libbi Crowe

A cradle Episcopalian, I moved to Navarre about 10 years ago, and joined St. Augustine's right away. My activities in this parish have included choir, lector, webmaster, newsletter editor, public relations person, convention delegate, Supper Clubs chair, and heading up A Splash of Spirit. I am a member of the Daughters of the King, St. Catherine of Alexandria chapter; and Cursillo. I served on the Vestry, from 2009-2011. My husband Mark and I have two grown children, a daughter who lives in Daphne with her husband and new son and a son in who lives in Durham, North Carolina.

Growing Up Special

By Ginny Brown

This little true story is written to honor one of our own young people. She has spent her Christmas holidays every year helping the needy in our community.

It all started when she was four years old. She’d just been in a Christmas pageant and still wore her precious little costume – a long burgundy velvet dress with white fur trim, and a white fur halo. Her parents had heard of the Caring and Sharing activities and, of



Choir practice is every

Wednesday, at 6:30 pm

in the chancel. All are

welcome! There is no

audition, and no prior

experience required. All

you need to bring is a

heart willing to praise

God.

curiosity, had stopped by the school on the final day of preparation. They were immediately “hooked” and started filling toy bags. You’d think a four-year old would latch on to all these toys and start playing with them. But no! OUR four-year old spent the afternoon enthusiastically holding bags open while her parents filled them!

This year, she was there again, all grown up and filling toy bags with her sister. Her name: Jessica Thompson.

(I guess I ought to add – her parents are Tony and Ann Thompson. They stayed “hooked” and have over the years, become the prime movers and shakers of the Caring and Sharing movement. Ann has been President for the past nine years.)

Good on you, Jessica and Tony and Ann! Our whole community is enriched. You have blessed us all!

Caring and Sharing 2013

More than 280 families, including teens, children and infants received help to make their Christmas more full and fun. Once again the non-profit’s goal to provide help was met, a ray of optimism through their giving of food, gift certificates, clothing vouchers, all packaged with cheer and Christmas gifts for those in genuine need during the holidays. St. Augustine’s, with the true meaning of spirit, togetherness, and kindness participated to help make a difference in the lives of about 1100 clients, who found themselves in financial straits this year. You need to know you may

have touched a life, possibly changed a heart, and brought a smile to a child-the face of the future.



Las Posadas

Ornament Exchange and Tea

Duet at

Christmas Eve

Caring and

Sharing



Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

NEW YEAR’S

DAY

OFFICE

CLOSED

2

3

Rector's Day

Off

4

7 AM Men’s Breakfast and

Fellowship

5

8am Holy Eucharist 9:15 SML 10:30am Holy

Eucharist

11:30 a.m.

Pot Luck

6

6:30 p.m. Boy

Scouts

7

8

9:30 a.m.

Healing

Eucharist

10 a.m. Mom's Club

Business Meeting

6:30 p.m.

Choir Practice

9

5:30 p.m. Vestry

Meeting

10

Rector's Day

Off

11

12

8am Holy Eucharist 9:15 SML 10:30am Holy

Eucharist

13

6:30 p.m. Boy

Scouts

14

15

9:30 a.m.

Healing

Eucharist

6:30 p.m.

Choir Practice

16

6:30 p.m. Boy

Scouts

Committee

17

Rector's Day

Off

18

Supper Club

19

8am Holy

Eucharist

9:15 SML

10:30am

Holy

Eucharist

20

6:30 p.m. Boy

Scouts

21

22

9:30 a.m.

Healing

Eucharist

6:30 p.m.

Choir Practice

23

24

Rector's Day

Off

25

26

8am Holy

Eucharist

9:15 SML

10:30am

Holy

Eucharist

27

6:30 p.m. Boy

Scouts

28

29

9:30 a.m.

Healing

Eucharist

6:30 p.m.

Choir Practice

30

31

Rector's Day

Off

:

January 2014



Fr. Anthony

MacWhinnie, Rector

7810 Navarre Parkway

P. O. Box 5425

Navarre, FL 32566

(850) 939-2261

Fax (850) 939-9394

Web: staugustinesnavarre.diocgc.com

Mission Statement

We are called to spread

the gospel and share the

love of Jesus Christ by

entering into

communion with God

and each other. We offer

opportunities for

spiritual growth through

worship, fellowship,

stewardship and service

to others.

DIOCESE OF THE

CENTRAL GULF

COAST

The Right Reverend

Philip M. Duncan II,

BISHOP

www.diocgc.org

January 2014 Server Schedule **If you find that you were scheduled for a day on which you cannot serve,

please find a replacement. Thank you! **

Date Time Lector Eucharistic

Minister

Acolyte Usher

January 5

Potluck

Lunch

8 AM Janet Wright Carolyn

Igo

Donna

Gassman

Carol &

John

Tolbert

10:30

AM

Libbi Crowe Alethea

Straight

Brian

Phillips

David Dye

January

12

1st

Sunday

after the

Epiphany

8 AM Donna

Gassman

Brian

Lowman

Sara

McCarren

Mary Ann

Pacana

10:30

AM

David K.

Dye

Autry Dye Jessica

Thompson

Chuck

Howard

Eric

Straight

January

19

2nd

Sunday

after the

Epiphany

8 AM Mary Ann

Pacana

Carolyn

Igo

Billie

Collins

Michelle

Collins

10:30

AM

Jeremy

Cooper

Brenda

Hamamura

Carter

Hamamura

Glenn

Hamamura

January

26

3rd

Sunday

after the

Epiphany

8 AM Janet Wright Donna

Gassman

Billie

Collins

Michelle

Collins

10:30

AM

Kate Wilson Chuck

Howard

Trey

MacWhinnie

Marvin

Wilson

David Dye

**If you find that you were scheduled for a day on which you

cannot serve, please find a replacement& call them to make

arrangements to cover you. Thank you! **

Documents

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