Grace Episcopal Cathedral Topeka, Kansas

November 2014 Vol. 88, No. 11

Dear Friends,

By the time you read

this article our

renovation of the

Cloister Hall will be

nearly complete. At

long last the dust will

have settled and been wiped away. No

more detours or searching out routes

to the restrooms, no more surprise fire

alarms sounding off. Thanks be to

God!

We’ve had a few wrinkles along

the way, but in the end, the builders

did a great job for us and we finished

exactly on budget, even including

some upgrades to our original plans.

Now, we move on to Phase 2

planning, fundraising and execution.

Actually, the planning is done. Our

architectural drawings are 100 percent

complete. We will send these to two

or three builders for bidding a

Guaranteed Maximum Price and select

accordingly.

However, we cannot begin Phase

2 until we have pledge commitments

to fund the new addition. Currently,

we are at $2.2 million of the $3

million estimated to complete the

project. We may find in our bid

process that the cost is a little less or a

little more but that number should be

close. A lot of people have dug deep

to put us where we are, but only about

half our households have pledged so

far. If you haven’t made a pledge,

please do so and help us meet our

goal. Eighty more pledges averaging

From the Dean. . .

Continued on page 2

JOIN USJOIN USJOIN US for Thanksgivingfor Thanksgivingfor Thanksgiving

Community Thanksgiving Day ServiceCommunity Thanksgiving Day ServiceCommunity Thanksgiving Day Service with Holy Communionwith Holy Communionwith Holy Communion

Thursday, November 27, 10 a.m.Thursday, November 27, 10 a.m.Thursday, November 27, 10 a.m.

Put your turkey in the oven early and join us for our traditional

Thanksgiving Day worship! The celebration of Holy Communion

begins at 10 a.m. and will last about one hour. This is a community-

wide celebration so invite your neighbors, family and friends!

Let us come into his presence with

thanksgiving; let us make a joyful

noise to him with songs of praise! —Psalm 95:2

From the Dean continued

Few details left in the renovation of Cloister Hall Delays in the renovation of our Cloister Hall space have caused the project to finish late. We’ll

get our occupancy certificate with some restrictions (no use of the stairs until our guardrails are

installed, and until the treads and landing have been fitted with their finish, a manufactured

stone, which we expect will be done around the first week in November). We’ll also be using

temporary fire rated doors between the gathering room and the cathedral foyer. There will be some tweaks along the

way but we will be fully functional in our beautiful new space very soon. Then we can focus our efforts on raising the

remaining funds for Phase 2 and opening the doors to our new main floor parish hall (see the Dean’s cover letter).

Manna for Grace nearing $10,000 mark! Thanks to everyone who is participating in our Manna for Grace program. The Cathedral earned $410 in September;

and $9,656 has been earned since this program began in December 2012. If you are a Dillons or Hy-Vee shopper and

would be willing to allow the Cathedral to benefit from your grocery shopping, Margaret La Rue can help you get

started. It doesn’t cost you anything but the more people who participate, the more it benefits Grace Cathedral. Please

contact Margaret at 785-221-4002 or larue1989@mac.com.

About the window…

The stained glass window on the front cover of The Chimes this month is located above the St. Mary’s Chapel exterior

door. It depicts Jesus and two of his Apostles in Emmaus after his resurrection. It was not until Jesus blessed the bread

that the apostles recognized the Lord in his resurrected body. (Luke 24:13-31)

Sympathies Sympathies of the parish go out to Sally Henson and family on the October 3 death of long-time member, Chuck

Henson; and to the family of Cathedral member Ruth Reineman, who passed away October 10. May their souls, and

the souls of all the faithful departed, rest in peace.

$10,000 each will get us there. A

pledge of any size is important and

appreciated. We are also

investigating possible grants and

philanthropic gifts from those who

aren’t Cathedral members.

If you haven’t yet made a pledge

and would like us to resend a capital

campaign packet, contact the church

office. If you are new to the

cathedral since our initial campaign

and didn’t have an opportunity to

participate the first time around,

we’d be happy to send a packet to

you as well. I will be calling on

many of you who haven’t pledged to

see if I can come talk with you about

this project and funding.

Our hope is to be able to begin

construction of the new parish hall

next spring or summer, but, again,

we can’t begin until we have the

commitments to fund it. Please help

us!

Our plan is to have plaques in

the new parish hall honoring

contributors to the project. Everyone

who pledges $100 or more will be

listed, and categories will be set:

$100-999; 1,000-4,999; 5,000-9,999;

10,000-14,999; 15000-24999; 25,000

-49,999; 50,000-99,999; 100,000-

499,999; 500,000+. Donors who

don’t want their names listed will be

listed as anonymous.

Someone asked me, “What if I

make a pledge and can’t fulfill it?” I

told them to think carefully about

what they could do before making a

pledge, but like annual budget

pledges, capital campaign pledges

are “until further notice.” Sometimes

things happen in our lives that we

can’t foresee, and it changes

everything. If you are unable to

fulfill your pledge or must reduce it,

we ask that you notify us of this as

soon as possible so we can plan

accordingly. Usually, a change in a

pledge or two is not devastating to

our budget.

This question certainly raises

another one, though. What if

something has changed in your life

that allows you to do more? If this is

so, then consider adjusting your

pledge UP! I’ll even present this as a

challenge. If you are able, would you

consider moving up from where you

are now to the next category listed

above? For instance, if your pledge

was $12,000, could you increase

your pledge to the next category of

$15,000 to help us reach our

$3,000,000 goal? If you can, please

call and ask for a new pledge card or

call Kent (235-3457) and tell him to

adjust the pledge card we have for

you. If all this sounds desperate, let

me assure you it isn’t. It is hopeful

and I am confident that we will all do

all we can to fund this venture and

make it a success in time to begin

next year and finish in 2016.

My thanks to all of you for your

faithfulness and generosity!

—I’ll see you in church,

Steve+

Choral Evensong

Sunday, November 2

4 p.m.

This 40 minute service featuring sung canticles, prayers, hymns and anthems is a wonderful opportunity to invite someone new to the Cathedral.

Children’s Sunday School & Chil-

dren’s Chapel Sunday School are off

to a terrific start! It’s been great to

get back in the swing of things with

our friends. Many thanks to Mary

Howell and Nancy Vega for their commitment to serve as teachers again this

year. Be sure to stop them in the hall and tell them how much you appreciate

them! We have some fun things planned this fall that your kids won't want to

miss, so be sure to mark your calendars.

Upcoming special events:

Sunday, November 23 Special Thanksgiving project

Sunday, December 7 St. Nicholas Day Celebration

Check out the new Nursery! Stop in and say hello to our wonderful childcare

providers, Stephanie and Greg, in the beautiful new nursery! It’s wonderful to

have this bright, cheerful space for our smallest Cathedral kids.

by Michael Massey

For the past 40 years, Roy Ridgeway has

quietly undertaken a ministry that has

escaped the notice of most members of the

congregation.

It’s not that Roy is an unfamiliar figure

at Grace Cathedral. Since coming here in

1962, Roy has worn many hats. He serves as

Usher Captain for Sunday morning services

and leads one of our Saturday morning

Sandwich Ministry teams to feed the hungry

in our Cathedral neighborhood. He has been

a member of the Vestry, Building and

Grounds, Budget, and Stewardship

committees, among many other duties over

the years. He was the Cathedral’s Junior

Warden at the time of the Great Fire in 1975

and was one of the first on the scene when

the fire was reported.

But not many people know that Roy has

been the caretaker in the Cathedral’s

columbarium, The Chapel of the Resurrection, since it was established in

1974. The columbarium is located on the lower level of Cathedral Hall. It

houses niches where the ashes of the departed are laid to rest.

Following the inurnment service in the chapel, after everyone has left, Roy

performs his ministry with quiet reverence to see that the urn is placed in the

assigned niche and that the appropriate memorial plaque is placed on the

outside.

For additional information about the Cathedral’s columbarium, please

contact Kent Wingerson at 235-3457.

Roy Ridgeway’s Quiet Ministry

Thoughts on our WEDNESDAY SERVICE from Dean Lipscomb

The current average attendance

at our midweek service is five,

including the priest. It makes no

sense to continue a Eucharist service

and the preparation involved with a

congregation this size.

I am most willing to consider a

different format at this time—brown

bag lunch and Bible study; noonday

prayers and a lunch discussion

group—whatever might be more

attractive and would garner

commitment of weekly attendance

from a number of people. Actually,

five or six would be enough for one

of these other gathering formats, but

not for a Eucharist with sermon as

we have now.

If you are interested in

continuing (and supporting with your

regular attendance) a mid-week

gathering at noon or in the evening,

please let me know. You can also let

me know what kind of gathering

appeals most to you. If we cannot

increase our numbers at Eucharist or

sustain a committed group for some

type of weekday service, I will

discontinue our weekday worship.

Effective the first week of Advent

(December 1).

Sung by the

CATHEDRAL CHOIR

SEPTEMBER ATTENDANCE

2014 2013 2012

1st Sunday..... 253 ....... 239 ........ 250

2nd Sunday ... 298 ....... 284 ........ 257

3rd Sunday .... 263 ....... 316 ........ 271

4th Sunday .... 274 ....... 297 ........ 301

5th Sunday .... ............. 267 ........ 279

Total 1,088 1,403 1,358

Bring non-perishable food items to

fill the grocery cart in the Cathedral.

The food is distributed to Let’s Help

and Doorstep.

FOOD SUNDAY

November 2

November Flower Memorials

1 Departed members of the

Women’s Guild

2 Deacon Joseph A.T. Thompson

4 Hilda Eliza Burrow

Edmund Stawicki

5 Luella O. Stanfield

7 Hilda Mary Burrow

9 Willard T. Geiger

10 Kenneth Marti

Grace E. Marti

George W. Reed

11 Jemima Saunders

12 Mabelle C. Caldwell

Russell R. Poteete

Deborah M. Nelson

John Hugo Nelson

13 Richard Clyde Glenn

15 Maria W. Sheafor

20 Ida B. Groshong

Helen Crosby Porter

John Leslie Howard

22 Bishop Frank R. Millspaugh

24 John Nicholas Strotz

Gertrude McClintock Whitcomb

25 Bennett Rollin Wheeler

28 Fred D. Gibson

30 Katherine F. Clough

Adelaide Milspaugh Zanner

Mary Elizabeth Rinker Bearman

NOVEMBER

1 Bob Camien

2 Julia Howell

Matt Vogelsberg

Dix Waugh

Melodie Woerman

3 Kathy Chestnut

Tom Harrington

5 Sharon Durrell

Elizabeth Massey

Korynne McWilliams

6 Bob Derstein

7 Judy Bray

9 Donald Grimes

10 Ginger Davis

12 Tim Carkhuff

Kitty Fapp

13 Pennie Carter

15 Tyler Herbster

17 Briana Lipscomb

18 Sally Burk

20 Michael Howell

Marci Genevieve

21 Zach Raugewitz

22 Karel Ramsey

23 Marius Pacioianu

24 Mark Synovec

25 John Castello

Bently Deters

Ian Lipscomb

26 Don Moses

Marvin Stottlemire

28 Norman Nellis

29 Pam Alexander

Ava DiGiovanni

30 Ken Park

TREASURER’S REPORT—September 30, 2014

The following summary reflects the results of the operating fund, income and

expense, for September, 2014, and for the period from Jan. 1 to Sept. 30, 2014,

with a budget comparison.

Actual

Current mth. Year-to-date Budget Budget remaining

Income $ 41,250 $605,878 $850,286 $244,408

Expense $ 66,104 $625,565 $850,286 $224,721

Difference $(24,854) $ (19,687) $ -0- $ 19,687

Cash in the bank checking account on September 30, 2014 was $27,704 after

all due bills had been paid.

— Paul Smith, Treasurer

NOVEMBER 2

Weekly Schedule Sunday

8:30 a.m.—Holy Communion, Rite I

9:30 a.m.—Sunday School (Sept.-May)

10:30 a.m.—Children’s Chapel

10:30 a.m.—Holy Communion, Rite II

Wednesday

12:10 p.m.—Holy Communion

Grace Episcopal Cathedral

701 SW Eighth Avenue

Topeka, Kansas 66603-3219

(785) 235-3457 • Fax (785) 235-1863

E-mail: info@GraceCathedralTopeka.org

Website: www.GraceCathedralTopeka.org

Grace Cathedral, Topeka, Kansas — A House of Prayer for all People and a National Jubilee Ministry Center of the Episcopal Church

GRACE CATHEDRAL CLERGY

The Very Reverend Steve Lipscomb, Dean

The Reverend George Pejakovich, Assistant to the Dean

Deacon Donald Chubb

CATHEDRAL STAFF

Kent Wingerson, Cathedral Verger/Finance Manager

Connie Vosburgh, Office Administrator

Steve Burk, Organist/Choirmaster

Sylvia Hamilton, Assistant Organist

Michael Massey, Ministry Coordinator

Kathy Smith, Director of Children’s Ministries

Lisa Wilk, Youth Director

Michael Godfrey, Sexton

John Barber, Security

VESTRY OF GRACE CATHEDRAL

Cynthia Sheppeard Langston, Senior Warden; Kevin Cassidy, Junior Warden

Paul Smith, Treasurer; Phil Elwood, Chancellor

Julie Dittmer, Barbara Nuss, Allen Jeffus, Sarah Shipman,

Ed Adams, Deborah Barnes, Alan Johnson 2014