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THE TOWER CHIMESTHE TOWER CHIMESTHE TOWER CHIMESTHE TOWER CHIMES The Newsletter of
StStStSt. James’ Episcopal Church 1 St. James Place, Goshen, N.Y. 10924
Episcopal/Anglican Identity We are a Church that does a great job at attracting adults from other Christian traditions. Because of this though, we face a continual challenge to define who we are and what we believe in comparison to other Christian denominations. I think the first problem of the identifi-cation is the Protestant vs. Catholic distinction. We are NOT like other Protestants and we are NOT Roman
Catholic or Eastern Orthodox. We are Anglicans (Episcopalians) or Eng-lish Catholics, being a Church that combines elements of the Protestant Reformation and Western Catholicism. This distinction causes for GREAT CONFUSSION. Some like to call us Catholic- Lite and High Church Protestant or at worse wishy – washy. Much of the confusion comes from our open-ended approach to what is expected for member-ship based on belief. As Anglicans we do not have a confessional docu-ment that defines who we are and what we believe (like the Presbyterians, for example, who have the Westminster Confession) or a magisterial hier-archy (like Roman Catholics, who have the Pope and the magisterium and the various related officials and curial bodies). What we do have is THE PRAYER BOOK as our agreed-upon statement of self-definition. Contained within our Prayer Book are both the Apostles and Nicene Creeds as our basic outlines of faith along with An Outline of the Faith (commonly called the Catechism- page 845) in the back of the Prayer Book. For all the confusion of what we commonly hold as belief as a Church, the Prayer Book seems to me a straight forward document of be-lief. Perhaps what causes confusion is that we allow a wide spectrum of interpretation in regards to what forms the core of our doctrine and disci-pline. Within our pews you will find both theologically Conservative and Liberal Christians worshiping together. Now, we are not the only Church where this happens (Catholic, Methodist, Presbyterians, Lutherans, and some others also share theological diversity) but, we are a Church that values that people with opposing view-points can stay in communion with each other despite difficulties. I think because of our wide-spectrum approach to theological diversity it becomes difficult to pin us down on some imaginary boundary in relation to the big theological poles of Catholic and Reformed. I think the best solution is to say we are Episco-palians as differentiating from say Catholic or Evangelical. In regard to our Episcopal identity I would offer the following basic “marks” or char-acteristics of what define us as a distinct branch of the Christian Church:
In This Issue
Pg. 1- Letter from the Rector
Pg. 3- Our Mission,
Worship Schedule,
Ongoing Events at St. James’
Pg. 4- Highlights from the Vestry Meeting
Pg. 5– End of Sun-day School
Pg. 6– Stewardship, Altar Flowers, Greeter’s Schedule
Pg. 7- Outreach
Pg. 8- Sunday School News, Episco-pal Dictionary
Pg. 9– Dom Perfetti
Pg. 10– VBS, Gar-den Tour
Pg. 11 VBS Regis-tration Form Pg. 12– Garden Tour order Form
Pg. 13 -Celebrations
The Rev. M. Carl Lunden, Rector
Phone: (845) 294-6225 Fax: (845) 294-8794 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.stjamesgoshen.org
June 2011
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(a) The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, as “containing all things
necessary to salvation,” and as being the rule and ultimate standard of faith. (b) The Apostles’ Creed, as the Baptismal Symbol; and the Nicene Creed, as the suffi-cient statement of the Christian faith. (c) The two Sacraments ordained by Christ Himself––Baptism and the Supper of the Lord— ministered with unfailing use of Christ’s words of Institution, and of the ele-ments ordained by Him. (d) The Historic Episcopate, locally adapted in the methods of its administration to the varying needs of the nations and peo-ples called of God into the Unity of His Church. (e) An acceptance of Theological Diversity that comes from the human response to the Holy Scriptures and Christian tradition un-folding through changing historical circum-stances and cultural situations of both the communal and individual human experience as the Church seeks ever-growing compre-hension of the economy of salvation and the trajectory of the divine plan underlying the revelation of God in Jesus Christ. (a-d): Lambeth Conference of 1888, Resolu-tion 11, BCP page 877
This may all seem very academic but in
terms of our identity I believe we need to be clear in order to be intentional about who we are and what we believe as a Church (especially in regard to our critics!). Of course what we believe (orthodoxy) is never complete without how we put or faith into action (orthopraxy). Being clear about our identity is being clear about how we put our faith into action. In the Letter of James, it states:
“What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you? If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill’, and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that? So faith by it-self, if it has no works, is dead. But someone will say, ‘You have faith and I have works.’ Show me your faith without works, and I by my works will show you my faith. (James2:14-18 NRSV)
Our identity as Anglicans/Episcopalians is only clear if we lead lives of Christ-like loving
service by putting our faith in Christ to action. Yes, we need to know the particulars of our branch or limb on the Christian family tree, but without works of Christian discipleship the whole point of our identity is kind of useless. As we move into summer I encourage everyone at St. James’ to stay as active as possible with our faith community (not taking the summer off) because we need each other to build our iden-tity and to properly live out the action of our faith. May God open our hearts and our minds to the rich diversity of our Episcopal Church.
Fr. Carl+
The History of Father's Day
Father’s Day, contrary to popular misconcep-tion, was not established as a holiday in order to help greeting card manufacturers sell more cards. In fact when a "father's day" was first proposed there were no Father's Day cards! Mrs. John B. Dodd, of Washington, first pro-posed the idea of a "father's day" in 1909. Mrs. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart. William Smart, a Civil War vet-eran, was widowed when his wife (Mrs. Dodd's mother) died in childbirth with their sixth child. Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn and his other five children by himself on a rural farm in eastern Washington state. It was after Mrs. Dodd became an adult that she realized the strength and selflessness her father had shown in raising his children as a single parent. The first Father's Day was observed on June 19, 1910 in Spokane Washington. At about the same time in various towns and cities across American other people were beginning to cele-brate a "father's day." In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father's Day. Finally in 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed a presi-dential proclamation declaring the 3rd Sunday of June as Father's Day.
The Tower Chimes is the official monthly
publication of St. James’ Episcopal Church.
The Rev. M. Carl Lunden Rector
Genie McMonigle Secretary
Tammy Matula, Editor
VESTRY
Nicole Wiggins, Warden Jeanne Healy, Warden
Jackie Bloem (temporary) Val Bynum
Donna Carbone Ed Connor Jan Golding Gregg Markey David Mauriello Lillian Quintero Chris Tippin Kit Wallace
Jerre Coleman, Treasurer
Nicole Wiggins, Assistant Treasurer Tammy Matula,
Clerk
OUR MISSION
St. James’ seeks to love and serve
God through Discipleship,
Community Service and
Eucharistic Fellowship.
We encourage spiritual growth
and maturity by educating each
other in the knowledge of the
Christian Gospel.
We seek to live in the image of
Jesus Christ and invite our
neighbors to participate in our
family of faith.
Alcoholics Anonymous: Wednesday evenings at 8:30 pm
A.R.T.S.: Wednesday evenings at 6:30 pm
Boys Scouts: Thursday evenings at 6:30 pm
Camera Club: 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7: 15pm
Choir Rehearsal: Thursday evenings at 7:30 pm
Community Dinner at St. James’: Last Saturday of each month at 5:30 pm
Food bagging at the Presbyterian Church: The fourth Saturday of each month at 10:00 am
Goshen Ecumenical Food Pantry Distribution: 2nd Saturday of every month at 9:30 am
Healing and Holy Eucharist: Wednesdays at noon Followed by a Fellowship Lunch
Junior Choir rehearsal: Sunday mornings from 11-11:20 am
Musical Munchkins: Thursday and Friday Mornings at 9:30 am
Sunday School: Sunday morning from 10 am—11 am except the last Sunday of the month
Vestry meeting: 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7:15 pm
Youth Group: 1st Sunday of each month at 11:30 am
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Worship Schedule
Sunday
9:00 am - Family Eucharist Rite II
10:15 am - Holy Eucharist Rite II (choir and pipe organ)
Wednesday 12:00 pm
Healing & Holy Eucharist
Parish Office Hours:
Monday-Thursday: 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Friday: 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
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Highlights of the May Vestry Meeting
• VBS – People who register for Vacation Bi-ble school before July 1st will receive a $5 dis-count.
• The VBS Banner will be put up by June 1st.
• May 22nd End of Sunday School at the 9 am service. Should Sunday school go on longer? It is difficult to get teachers to commit.
• Father Carl thanked everyone for helping out at the Mother’s Day Brunch.
• Wardens and Treasurer’s Conference May 21, 2011
• Get keys back from people who are not on vestry anymore.
• Father Carl and Sharon Hedgepeth are get-ting married Saturday, September 24, 2011 at 2 pm at St. James’. A reception with des-serts and refreshments will be held in the parish hall immediately following the cere-mony. Everyone is invited to join the cele-bration!
Rectory
• Fixing the fence at the rectory. It was bro-ken when the trees were taken out. We can spend $108 for slats to fix the fence, or put in a whole new fence. Nicole made a motion to spend up to $250 to fix the fence. Second: Jackie. All in favor: no one opposed.
• Weed and feed has been spread on the church yard.
• Father Carl is preparing a chart for small jobs.
• The Garden Tour will be held on June 18,
By Tammy Matula, Clerk of the vestry
2011. Many volunteers will be needed.
• The Vestry would like to recognize all graduat-ing seniors. Please notify the office if you are graduating.
• Dave would like to present a plaque to the church in thanks for the churches support while he was in Afghanistan.
• Radical welcome/ Evangelism - Father Carl would like to follow up in the fall. Come up with ideas to put into action. We need to be
The Vestry would like to offer
best wishes and
congratulations to Father Carl
and Sharon Hedgepeth who
will be married in September.
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YOUR TALENT IS GOD'S GIFT TO YOU.
WHAT YOU DO WITH THAT TALENT IS YOUR GIFT TO GOD.
Greeter’s Schedule
Happy Father's Day to all from
the greeters. Jackie
9 a.m.
June 5 Debbie Brown
June 12 - Donna Carbone
June 19 - Evelyn Clark
10:15 a.m.
June 5 - Scott & Sharon Stark
June 12 - Angela Strahl
June 19 - Chris Tippin
Summer Schedule
9 a.m.
June 26 - Nicole Wiggins
July 3 - Evelyn Wood
As we enter the month of June we will be half way through 2011.
I ask all members who pledged this year to re-view their pledge and if you are behind please
make every effort to catch up.
Summer will soon be here and with people taking vacations it is easy to get behind in your pledge. The bills for St. James’ do not take a summer vacation. Enjoy the warmer weather but keep your pledge current.
We must all be good stewards of our Time and Talent. There is much work to be done and there is no time to waste. We should examine how we spend our time and make sure we spend our time on what is important to each of us. Make sure your goals include time for St. James’. Set aside some time each day for personal prayer. Our God-given talents are a wonderful bless-ing. God has given us each unique gifts. Develop these talents to be a good steward for Jesus Christ. Use your talents to im-prove the lives of others. We are all members of a special com-munity, the body of Christ. As members of St. James become involved in our community and develop your relationship with others as a reflection of your relationship with God. An excel-lent opportunity is to get involved with making the grounds of St. James’ beautiful.
Altar Flowers
June 5 Fritsche
June 12 Connor
June 19 Ochsner
June 26 Barron
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Goshen Methodist Church will host the June 25th
Free Community Dinner at St. James’ The next dinner will be held on June 25, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in St. James’ Parish Hall. We will celebrate 12 years of hosting Community Dinners at St. James’ at this dinner. Call John Strobl at 294-9004 to lend a helping hand. We open at 4:00 p.m. to
get ready for the 5:30 p.m. meal. The dinner is always held the last Saturday of each month. Have you ever come to a Community Dinner? Please know that you are welcome!
Food & Financial donations are always needed for the Food Pantry -especially during the Summer
The Food Pantry depends on food & financial donations. Please make it a habit to donate a food item each time you come to Church Services. As school closes for the Summer, we find more families in need, with children at home. Food drop locations are on the table just inside the back door and the table just before you en-ter the church - both are labeled Food Pantry Donations. Financial donations may be mailed to The Goshen Ecumenical Food Pantry Inc. c/o John Strobl, 55 Wickham Ave, Goshen, NY 10924. Help us to help our neighbors in need.
This month we are collecting Individually packaged drinks for children.
Goshen Ecumenical Pantry Inc.
The next distribution at the Goshen Ecumenical Food Pantry will be June 11, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall at 33 Park Place, Goshen. Please arrive by 9:00 a.m. and be ready to help! The work is rewarding!
Bagging for distribution and shelf stocking . . .
. . are done at the Goshen Food Pantry, every Tuesday morning at 9:15a.m.; and on the fourth Saturday of each month from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Be part of this excellent opportunity for community service and/or “feel-good-for doing-something-good” service.
By John Strobl
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On Sunday, May 22, 2011, we celebrated the end of Sunday School. Our fabulous teachers were honored for all of their hard work, and each one was presented with a special memento. Next year, we will deeply miss Dede and Beth. Both have been teaching here at St. James’ since their youth. We will need new teachers to step up
and fill some pretty big shoes, but we have a wonderful group of people who are committed to teach-ing our children. Consider being a part of this wonderful program.
Enjoy your summer, and remember to register early for Vacation Bible School. We are offering a $5 discount for anyone who registers before July 1st.
Until September, Donna Carbone
Real Presence a distinctively Anglican doctrine that emphasizes the actual presence of the Body and Blood of Christ in the Eucharist. This is in contrast to theologies that hold that the Body and Blood are present only figuratively or symbolically. The Anglican doctrine of Real Presence stops short of Transubstantiation in defining how the presence happens. (Transubstantiation says that at a specified point in the liturgy the wine and bread become actual flesh and actual blood.)
Recession The procession of the crucifer, acolytes, choir, readers, clergy and other assistants out of a church building at the end of a service
Recessional The final hymn sung as the recession takes place.
Rector The head priest of a parish; the word, in Latin means "ruler." If a parish has more than one clergy, the others are called Assistant Rectors or Associate Rectors. A mission cannot have a rector. A mission has a priest-in-charge, who is often called a vicar.
Reredos [rear-re-doss] any decoration behind or above an altar; may be in the form of statues, screens, or tapestries.
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“Attitude Indicator”
Does anyone know what an “attitude indicator” is? I didn’t know until just a few weeks ago when a close Christian friend told me the story about being a passenger in a small two-seater plane. While flying with a friend, he took over the con-trols for a few minutes. Immediately the plane started sway-ing back and forth and he couldn’t seem to return the plane to a stable position. The experienced pilot solved the problem right away. He simply told him to pick a cloud out in the dis-tance and focus on it, and not stare at the gauge that indicates whether or not the plane is flying level. That particular gauge is called an “attitude indicator”.
So the paradox in this story is this. If you’re trying to fly in a balanced and stable mode, don’t stare at the indicating gauge, simply fix your eyes on a point out in the distance, the plane will level out, and so will the indicating gauge!
Ever try to walk a narrow beam? If you stare at your feet, you’ll most likely fall off. However, if you look beyond the beam to a fixed point, you’ll have a much better chance of maintaining your balance. Like to play pool? If you haven’t tried this yet, line up your shot and focus on the ball you’re hitting, not the cue ball. You’ll be amazed at the accuracy improvement.
As we walk along in our Christian lives, I believe this same principle applies. As we journey through life, we’re typically surrounded by challenges and obstacles that can cause us to lose our balance and fall. Whenever we look down or to the immediate issues surrounding us, we can eas-ily lose our way. However, similar to the examples above, if we set our sites on the Lord above and focus our minds, hearts and efforts on Him, we’ll regain our balance as He leads us through the situations that would otherwise cause us to stumble.
Remember when Jesus was walking across the water to meet His disciples? He called Peter from the boat. As long as Peter had his eyes on the Lord, he also was able to walk on water. When Pe-ter looked down and realized what he was doing, he immediately began to sink and called to the Lord for help, which of course was readily given.
And so it is with our own lives. Maintaining a healthy balance and eliminating the “see-saw” ef-fect can be accomplished by focusing on the Lord in all situations. He’s there to help us and lift us whenever we feel we are starting to sink or fall.
Remaining focused on the Lord keeps us steady, and others will see the calmness and peace in our lives that comes from consistently relying on the Lord. They’ll be no need to stare at our “attitude indicators”. By focusing on the Lord we’ll already know we’re in for a smooth flight!
Blessings for a warm and peaceful Spring,
Dom Perfetti
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In less than 1 month we will be holding our Son-Rock Kids Camp Vacation Bible School "where kids build their lives on the rock: Jesus!" This year's session will run from July 25th through July 29th and is open to children entering Pre-school through Grade 5. After last year's suc-cess, we are once again holding it from 6:00-8:30 PM. Each evening will start with a light meal and a skit about the day's lesson. Then the children will learn about how their lives can be transformed by God's love through music, games, Bible stories and crafts. So have your kids turn off their iPods and put down their video games--have them spend an exciting week at SonRock Kids Camp. Make this one of the best weeks of their summer!
There are many ways for you to help out. If you're entering grades 6-7, you can be a junior camp counselor. Teens are needed for coun-selor positions. And if you're an adult who can give us an evening or two, or the entire week, there are plenty of ways to participate. For more information or to volunteer, please contact Donna Carbone at 355-7228 or [email protected].
July 25th—July 29th
From 6:00-8:30 pm
Gardens of Goshen & Luncheon on the Lawn Tour Tickets NOW ON SALE
St. James' Episcopal Church will host its 8th annual "Gardens of Goshen" event on Satur-day, June 18, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with self guided tours of some of Goshen's most beautiful gardens.
Advance tickets are $40. Tickets the day of the event will be $45; if still available (We sold out last year).
Tickets include a gourmet luncheon served on linen tablecloths under a tent on the front lawn of St. James' Episcopal Church, 1 St. James' Place, Goshen, New York.
Proceeds will support the St. James' Building Restoration Fund.
For tickets or information and photos from past tours visit www.stjamesgoshen.org and click on Garden Tour.
You may also mail your order request; just send a self addressed stamped envelope, with your check made out to St. James' Episcopal Church, to Gardens of Goshen Tour, 55 Wick-ham Avenue, Goshen, New York, 10924. Call John at 845-294-9004 for any questions. You may also pick-up tickets at the Church office call the office at 845-294-6225.
The Tower Chimes June 2011 Page 11 $5 discount for registrations
received before July 1st!
Gardens of Goshen Tour & Luncheon on the Lawn
Ticket Order Form
Name: ________________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________ __________________________________________________
Phone Number:______________________________________
Email:_____________________________________________
AN EMAIL CONFIRMATION OF YOUR ORDER WILL BE SENT UPON RECEIPT OF PAYMENT.
Advance Tickets are $40.00 each
NUMBER OF TICKETS ORDERED__________
TOTAL ENCLOSED $______________________
Limited Day of Tour Tickets are $45 if available. (We sold out last year)
Make check payable to
St. James' Episcopal Church
Mail a self address stamped envelope
with form & payment to
Gardens of Goshen Tour
55 Wickham Avenue
Goshen, N.Y. 10924-1827
ALL TICKET FORMS MUST BE RECIEVED BY JUNE 10TH.
The July/August 2011
Is June 10th Please send contributions to
Tammy Matula [email protected]
Jan & Karen Golding 6/ 8
Jordan & Andrea Ely 6/ 19
Susan Mayo 6/ 2
Amanda Markey 6/ 5
Jeff Wuagneux 6/ 5
Nancy Newton 6/ 5
Ray Bally 6/ 7
Carleigh Ferrier 6/ 8
Seamus Stratton 6/ 12
Cullen Carbone 6/ 14
Pete Ochsner 6/ 19
Tim Duzick 6/ 20
Lisa Cassel 6/ 23
Phillip Perfetti 6/ 23
Meaghan Schaumburg 6/ 30
Mulching Day
June 11th
Contact Jim Cassel if
you can help!
June 26th
We begin our Summer
Schedule of only
one 9 a.m. service each
Sunday.
