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S T . J O H N S E P I S C O P A L
The Chimes
Changing SeasonsWe are now fully into the Lenten Season;
time for prayer and penitence. I waseading My Forward
Movement
publication on Lent, and found adevotional that really hit home
for me.Giving full credit to this publication, Iwant to share some
of the highlights ofhat message:
Dogs know. They know what it means to love
nd fear at the same time. Most dog ownersove their dogs in a
special way, and our dogs
eem to love us in their way. They welcome us
ome, run to meet us, want to be with us and
rust us, wherever we are going. My dogs are
hat way and I like it.
That is the love part on the dogs part;
owever, if we yell at them or abuse them they
link away as only dogs can do head down
nd tail between their legs. On those very
ccasional times, when I speak harshly to my
dogs, they run under the dining room table to
hide.
We humans are not dogs, and God doesnt
want us to be. We have free will and it is
central to who we are. It seems to be
important to God also, for one of his first acts
was to create the world with an object of
desire and ultimate temptation, the Tree of
Knowledge. He didnt have to put it there.
God chose to. He wants us to use our free will
to make up our own minds and come to Him
freely.
So how does this relate to our loving dogs
We can learn some lessons from our dogsgood dog pays attention.
Hes not about
assigning blame (something we humans s
to do too frequently). Our dogs want to
please. More often than not, they follow th
rules. They come when called. They love
unconditionally. They are ready to go
anywhere, anytime, following the voice of
one they love. Get it? A good example to
consider during Lent.
All credit for this message to FORWARD
MOVEMENT, Morehouse Publishing.
And in closing, a prayer from our BooCommon Prayer:
Remember not, Lord Christ, our offenses,
the offenses of our forefathers; neither rew
us according to our sins. Spare us, good L
spare thy people, whom thou hast redeeme
with thy most precious blood, and by thy
mercy preserve us forever. Amen
Eric LeB
St. Johns Episcopal Church is a loving community of faith and
worship, showing
the love of God to each other and the world.
ontact us:
Hwy 36 N at 6th St.ealy, Texas
Office Hours :M-F 9 am - 12 pmPhone: 979-885-2359
ax: 979-885-2100mail:[email protected]
Website:www.stjohnssealy.com
Heres The Scoop
Whats happening in
your fellow parishionerslives.Page 2
Birthdays and
Anniversaries
See who is celebratingthese important eventsthis monthPage 2
Keep in your Prayers
Please remember theseindividuals in yourprayersPage 3
Focus on Service
Altar GuildPage 3
Special - Episcopal
News Service Article
Andrew Jelson,NetsforLife projectPage 4
Upcoming Events
Keep up-to-date on thehappenings of the
Church. ECW meetings,Vestry events, DOK,Altar Guild,
Choir....Page 2
Senior Wardens
Message
Brian keeps us upd
on the happenings the VestryPage 5
a publication of St. Johns Episcopal Church, Sealy, Texas April
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The Battle Between Carnival and Lent
Pieter Brueghel the Younger
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irthdays, Anniversaries and Hospitality List
Birthdays
4/4!
James RitterLiz Woody
4/13! Norman Helmcamp4/15! Andrew Jelson/16! Jeff Whitzel/18!
Brady Brandon
John Love
/21! Gloria Noy/23
!Christopher LoveRita Royale !
/24! Will FordPatrick Love
/25! Emily Whitzel/26! Annie Smith/30 ! Lavinia Owen
Anniversaries
Hospitality4/3 ! Bonnie & Jim Carr4/10! Dottie Gass &
Marian
Farnsworth
4/17! Liz & Bill Woody4/23! Rosemary Larson & Carlsa
Beckendorf
Welcome to DianeFlorencia. Shecomes to us from
Longview, where she was a memberof St. Michaels and All
AngelsEpiscopal Church.
John Owen has begun his season withthe Sealy Little League. His
isplaying in the Minors and his team isthe Yankees.
Marge Michaelis spent Spring Breakwith granddaughters, Kady and
Sarah,in Destin, Florida. They are thedaughters of son, David and
his wife,
Myra. The girls were baptized at St.Johns as infants and attend
St. Paulsin Orange. The beach was white andbeautiful, but the
weather was chilly!Needless to say, Marge did not jointhe girls in
the waves. John & PatKlotz are Kadys and SarahsGodparents.
Caroline Owen will be participatingas a Student Coach in the
upcomingSpecial Olympics in Brenham.
Paul Heath has been elected VarsityDrum Major for That Roarin
Bandfrom Tigerland. He is the firstsophomore in Katy High School
tohold this position.
Caroline Owen has started playing
Summer basketball with a new
teamGatewood University
Shooters.
Upcoming Events
April 9 - ECW trip to Bellville Cas
April 9 - Master Gardener Plant Sa
Austin County Fairgrounds
April 10 - ECW Meeting after Chu
April 10 - The John Rutter Requiem
will be performed by the Austin
County Civic Chorale at Sts. Peter
Paul Catholic Church, Bellville, 4
April 13 - 6:15 Soup Supper, 7 pm
Evensong, Speaker -The Rev. Alm
Phillips, St. Paul AME Church
April 17 - Palm Sunday
April 18 - 20 - Noonday Prayer
April 21 - Maundy Thursday - 7pm
Holy Eucharist
April 22 - Good Friday - Liturgy fo
Good Friday and Stations of the Cr
- noon
April 24 - Easter - Solemn Sung H
Eucharist & Flowering of the Cros
Please submit any dates to include
the next edition of The Chimes by
April 25, 2011.
I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen.
Not only because I see it, but because I
everything by it." - CS Lewis
Quote of the Month
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Recipe of the Month
Sausage and Rice
lb smoked sausage, slicedcan diced tomatoes (I like petite
diced)- 8 oz can tomato saucemedium onion, dicedcloves garlic,
mincedcups cooked ricetablespoon Tony Chacheres (or salt &
pepper,
ncluding red pepper)
Brown sausage. Cook onions and garlic in a littleil. Drain diced
tomatoes, reserving liquid. Addomatoes to seasoning once onions are
cooked andaut for a few minutes. Stir in tomato sauce,
eserved liquid and spices. Add sausage andimmer for 15 minutes.
Add rice.
his recipe was originally from my sister. It usedpicy Bloody
Mary mix. Over the years I havedapted it and finally measured it
and made aecipe. People from Louisiana developed theiruisine by
using the ingredients available to themn their new environment
while utilizing theirrench, Spanish and African ways of cooking.
In
hat same manner, most of us just use recipes asuggestions. Use
what you have! This is a veryorgiving recipe. I have used leftover
salsa, freshomatoes, pico de gallo, tomato juice, etc. toubstitute
for the tomatoes and tomato sauce.
lease submit your favorite recipes to the Chimeso everyone can
enjoy them. I had to look in myersonal files this month to fill the
space! Hopeou try it an enjoy it.
Andrea Ford
F O C U S O N S E R V I C E
Altar Guild
The Altar Guild is a volunteer
group of the parish whose ministry is to
care for the altar, vestments, vessels and
altar linens of the parish. Altar Guild
members prepare the sanctuary for all
services. Our members are:
MARYEMERSON
CARLABECKENDORFF
BONNIE CARR
MARIAN FARNSWORTH
RILLA YOUNGBLOOD
JUDYJOHNSON,DIRECTRESS
BIG thank you to Marian for trimming allthe courtyard rose
bushes. They lookbeautiful!
Keep in Your Prayers The military and their families
Bonnie Onks
Patty McAlexander, in sympathy for theloss of her mother, Jewel
McAlexander
Marge Michaelis, in sympathy for the lossof her brother, John
Selesky.
To the People of St. Johns
I wish to thank all of you for the help and kindn
you gave me during Mothers illness and death
The kindness started during her first hospitaliza
in 2009. I feel your prayers were a very big part
her getting out of rehab and back home and tochurch. St. Johns
meant a lot to her.
Thanks to Dr. Sam Todd and Eric LeBrocq for al
their help and their wonderful service. A specia
thanks to the ECW for the preparation and serv
of food. All of this was so helpful and meant so
much to me.
Again, thanks to everyone and may God bless a
you.
-Patty McAlexa
Sealy Playtime Recreation
A new program for Sealy residents ages 6
up will be held every Monday and Wednes
from 9:30 am till 3:30 pm at the Hill Cent
You will be able to enjoy playing card and
board games along with free coffee, iced a
hot tea, hot chocolate and bottled water.
This service is sponsored by the Sealy Rot
Club and funded by The Sealy Business
Community
"Sealy Playtime Recreation" Director Fra
Lemanski can be reached at 979-885-2628
979-716-8976 or [email protected]
ean Corrigalls Pink PantherBowling team won a Bronzemedal at the
State SpecialOlympics this month. Her teamepresented Willow River
Ranch.
She is pictured above with herprevious medals received at
theocal event that qualified her forhe State competition.
Sealy Food Pantry News In January we provided food for
159families, which amounted to 501 individuals.
Looking back and comparing to January 2010,
provided food for 124 families, which amounte
to 374 individuals. What a difference a year camake. We will
always be in need of paper groc
bags, if you would please save them for us. Usually, the first
of the year is slow forThis year has not been the usual norm.
Everyo
who gets food from the pantry gets interviewed
each time. Once the file is set up, it gets to be a
easier process of just updating the current
paperwork. At the first of every year, we start o
from the beginning and everyone starts as a ne
client and has to bring in necessary papers as
proof of their needy situation.
From the depth of our hearts, we thankeveryone for their care,
kindness, and generosi
Gods Blessings.Vernon Ekarius, Coordin
Community News
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The Heavenly Treasures Garage Salesuccessfully raised funds for
St. Johns
ECWs projects for the year. Annie Smithdid a great job in
organizing the event.
Many thanks to everyone for theirparticipation
.
The Office Volunteers were sorting items,ndividuals stopped by
after work tossist with pricing, not to mentionveryone helping the
day of the sale.
Marian and Bobbie were picking updonated items and were assisted
by some
f the men in the congregation. Therewere too many workers to
thankveryone individually! We filled the
Parish Hall, had furniture in the garagend Christmas items in
the Parish House!
t was an enjoyable day working together,greeting community
members and
discovering previously untapped talentsf our members. Carla is a
great
negotiator and garage sale veteran.Thank you for all of your
donated itemshat made the sale possible.
Andrew Jelsonsuccessful NetsforLifeprogramAndrew was recognized
by the Episcopal News
Service for his NetsforLife program. Here is the
article as copied from the Episcopal News Service
TEXAS: Boy Scout leads
church in malaria net project
Sealy is first parish to reach Lenten
goal
March 31, 2011
[Episcopal News Service] It took one Boy
Scout and 46 mosquito nets. St. John's, Sealy
(population 5,278), is the first congregation in
the Diocese of Texas to meet the goal of one
net per family in the Lenten initiative to fight
malaria in 17 African nations. The diocese
more than 27,000 families.
Andrew Jelson, 12, chose the project to e
his Boy Scout God and Church award. In
recent presentation, Jelson told the
congregation that his efforts were persona
His mother had been born in Zambia and
grandfather had contracted malaria while
living in Africa in the 1960s. He followedwith an e-mail and
collected money on tw
Sundays.
Jelson, an acolyte at St. John's and honor
student at Cinco Ranch Jr. High, surpasse
initial goal of 36 nets by nearly 30 percen
John's has 41 families and he was able to
$552, enough money to fund 46 nets, each
one of which will save three lives.
"I am so proud of his efforts and especiall
the support from our congregation," said hmother, Lianne.
"This is just great news," said Texas Bish
Andy Doyle, who helped to kick off the
diocesan-wide campaign at this year's
Diocesan Council. "To see the power of o
young person's vision is very inspiring. I
others will meet the challenge that Andre
has set before us."
Malaria kills more than one million peopl
annually, more than HIV/AIDS.
Photo Courtesy of Episcopal Relief and Developme
NetsforLife is a program of Episcopal
Relief & Development providing insectic
treated mosquito nets for $12 each, which
includes education about malaria.
The Episcopal Relief & Development we
has fundraising ideas and curricula for all
ages, videos and printed information for
congregations, schools and individuals. G
www.inspirationfund.org for more
information.
St. John's ECW will tour Newman's Castle of
Bellville on Saturday, April 9. The cost is
12.50 per person and includes the tour and
lunch. We meet at Newman's Bakery and will
be escorted to the castle. If anyone needs to
meet at St. John's, let Pat Klotz know. A final count is
requested by April 3. Thetour and lunch last approximately 1 1/2 -
2
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Strut your StuffThe Vestry has purchased additional bulletin
oards for the Parish Hall. One of the boardswill feature the
work of the Vestry - goals forhe year, upcoming events, etc.
The second bulletin board is to showcase theministries we
participate in outside of theChurch.
cant wait to see the boards when finished. Inow that I am always
impressed with the
nvolvement of our members in local charitiesnd service
organizations. After we first
oined St. Johns, I began noticing membersictures and names
mentioned as founding
members, donors, long-term volunteers andurrent board members -
the library, Master
Gardeners, scouts, the food pantry,rookwood, And, those are the
ones wenow about!
tart making your lists to post on the board.What should you
include? I personally likehese thoughts on Ministry from Kirk
Whittaker.
What is ministry? Ministry is giving ofverything of yourself
without expectingnything..not a peep, not a thank you. You do it
outf love..for nothing else. Jesus told us that the firstnd
greatest commandment was to love God ourather with all our heart
and soul and strength. Bute then added that the second
greatestommandment was to love our neighbors asurselves and that
all the laws and teaching of therophets hung on these two
commandments.
Ministry is ...letting God use you for the spreading
f His word and will. Cooking in a kitchen foromeless people can
be a ministry..if you do it forhe Glory of God. Scrubbing floors at
a needyersons house can be a ministry...if you do it for the
Glory of God. As the Bible says, do all things forhe Glory of
God..that is ministry. If you approacht with that attitude, the you
will reflect the love of
God.
Pictures from the PastWho is this beauty from our
congregation? Next time you see her, lether know you saw her
picture in The
Chimes!
A Moving Story!My mother was one year old when herfather went of
to fight in WW1. He died at
the Battle of the Somme in 1916. She hadno recollection of him,
but in my researchon genealogy, I came across his obituary,
which my Grandmother place in the localnewspaper.
Could I but hear his loving voiceand see his smiling face,
This aching of my heart wouldcease and sunshine take its
place.But the hardest part has not yetcome,
When the warriors return and Imiss among the cheering crowd,
The face of my dear husband thathas gone.Ever remembered by his
loving
wife, child and friends.My Mother was only 3 when this was
in
print, and she died at the age of 95,before I came across this
obituary.
Rob HALL
World War I Poster
Easter FlowersMake a donation for Easter Flowers ihonor or in
memory of your loved onBe sure to include a note - who theflowers
are being donated by and theperson that the flowers are in honor
o
memory of. This information will beprinted in the bulletin. Drop
your chby the office, give them to Cody or puthem in the collection
(with your not
On the Lighter Sid
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The Chimes April 20
The Senior Wardens Message
t.JohnsEpiscopalChurchSealyisdying!!!NowthatIhaveyoura>en?on,letmeexpandonthisthought.
n2010wecelebratedour125thanniversarytomuchfanfareandenjoyment.Thisoccasionwasmonumentalinthe
feofourchurchanddeservedtobecelebrated.Itwouldberemarkabletolookbackin?metoseethetrialsand
ribula?onsourbelovedSt.Johnshasendured.Nodoubttherehavebeen?mesmoretryingthanthatinwhichwe
urrentlyfindourselves.Aswelookintoourfuture,Ibelievethattheeventsofthenext1-3yearswillplayamajoroleindeterminingthefutureofSt.Johns.
Weareallawareoftheaverageage(chronologicallyspeaking)ofourcongrega?on.God,inhisul?matewisdom,
mplementedtermlimitsforallofus.Asaresult,ourcongrega?onwillexperiencesignificantchangesinthenext
10-15years.Mychildrenarethefourthgenera?onoftheirfamilytobelongtothischurchfamily.Isincerelyhope
heywillhavetheopportunitytoworshipatSt.Johnswiththeirchildrenandgrandchildren.Ialsowishthelovea
ellowshipweallshareonaweeklybasiscouldbesharedbyall.
achofusmustmakeeffortstobecomeinvolvedinpreservingourchurch.Praythatthedecisionswemakeandthe
c?onswetakearecorrect.ToparaphraseaquoteofJohnAdamsin1774;Swimorsink,liveordie,surviveorperish,IamwithmyChurchyoumaydependonit!
Godbless,
BrianOwenSeniorWarden
St. Johns Episcopal Church
P.O. Box 1477Sealy, TX 77474
