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Parish Vision/Mission Statement
St.
James Church is a Christ-centered, compassionate and nurturing
parish that provides an inviting and intimate atmosphere within the
Anglo-Catholic tradition where all people can be strengthened
through spiritual formation and a life of service to neighbor.
We do
this through worship,
social outreach,
prayer,
giving,
study
and fellowship.
Adopted January 2009
SAINT JAMES
VESTRY
The members of St
James Vestry constitute the elected leadership of the congregation.
Please feel free to give them a call if you have questions and/or
comments about the life of the parish.
Class of 2010
Matt Couch
614.475.3451
John Osmond
614.781.1731
Tina Wicks
740.548.0166, Senior Warden
Class of 2011
Jane Christy
614.570.1545
Neal Lee
614.451.8003
Steve or Julie Young
614.478.0560, Junior Wardens
Class of 2012
Martha Beckett
614.436.2371
Todd Colquitt
614.854.0306
Eric Reasoner
614.253.1401
ANGEL FOOD MINISTRIES
Angel Food Ministries
is a non-profit, non-denominational organization dedicated to
providing food relief and financial support to communities
throughout the United States. The program began in 1994 with 34
families in Monroe, Georgia (between Atlanta and Athens), and has
grown to serve hundreds of thousands of families every month across
44 states.
Angel Food is
available in a quantity that can fit into a medium-sized box at $30
per unit. Each month's menu is different than the previous month and
consists of both fresh and frozen items with an average retail value
of approximately $60. Comparison shopping has been done across the
country in various communities using a wide range of retail grocery
stores and has resulted in the same food items costing from between
$42 and $78.
Generally, one unit of
food assists in feeding a family of four for about one week or a
single senior citizen for almost a month. The food is all the same
high quality one could purchase at a grocery store. There are no
second-hand items, no damaged or out-dated goods, no dented cans
without labels, no day-old breads and no produce that is almost too
ripe.
Also offered are
specialty boxes such as steaks, chicken and pork. Many participants
in this bonus program appreciate the expanded choices. Additionally,
there is no limit to the number of units or bonus foods an
individual can receive, and there are no applications to complete or
qualifications to which participants must adhere. Angel Food
Ministries also participates in the U.S. Food Stamp program, using
the Off-Line Food Stamp Voucher system.
It's both a Bargain
and a Blessing! For ordering information, please pick up a flier
located on the table in the hallway between the sacristy and the
Lamborne Room.
RECTOR’S SABBATH DAY CHANGED
With the change in the
parish secretary’s hours (now three days a week instead of four)
deadlines have shifted a day earlier. So Mother Lynn will be taking
her Sabbath on Tuesdays. Let’s give it a try to see how it works!
As in the past, please call her at 262-2360, ext 202 or e-mail her
at cartered@sbcglobal.net
to schedule an appointment to meet with her.
EASTER FLOWERS
It’s that time
again—time to start planning for Easter Flowers and decorations to
adorn St. James for the glorious feast of Our Lord’s Resurrection!
It is the custom at St. James that parishioners donate money for the
flowers in memory of a loved one or in thanksgiving for a
celebration in their life. If you wish to give an Easter flower
donation, please place the check or cash sealed in an envelope into
the Offering plate.
Make sure and note on the check or on the envelope containing the
cash that the money is for “Easter Flowers.”
The cost of each
flower is approximately $15.00. You may submit the form in the
bulletin for Easter Flowers so that your offering may be attributed
as you wish or contact the parish secretary by calling 614.262.2360
or emailing
david1204@aol.com.
VESTRY MEETING NEWS
At its recent meeting
on February 24th,
the Vestry made the following decisions:
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The minutes of the January 20th
meeting were approved
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The following persons were elected to serve as
Secretary/Clerk of the Vestry: Jane Dishong
Treasurer: Jeff Meena
Senior Warden: Eric Reasoner
Junior Warden Team: Steve & Julie Young and
Jim Turner
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The Annual Parish Budget was adjusted as follows: The rector’s
salary was returned to 2009 amounts; she was given 10-12 days off as
compensation.
▪
The Rev’d Elise Feyerherm was endorsed by the Vestry for ordination
to the Priesthood.
▪
The Parochial Report of 2009 was approved.
▪
The Vestry elected to be registered as a “Believe Out Loud
Episcopal Congregation” (see article elsewhere in this bulletin)
The next Vestry meeting will be Wednesday, March 17th
at 7:15 p.m. (Following mass at 6:30 p.m.)
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A “BELIEVE OUT LOUD” EPISCOPAL CONGREGATION
Recently all congregations in The Episcopal Church [TEC] were
invited to be registered as a “Believe Out Loud” Episcopal
Congregation. According to the letter we received extending this
invitation to us, “Many unchurched lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender (LGBT] people in our community are spiritually
searching. They are looking for a faith community where they will
be welcomed and affirmed as beloved children of God. You can
encourage them to visit and join your parish by becoming a “‘Believe
Out Loud Episcopal Congregation’.” Following the vestry’s recent
decision to respond to the invitation, St James was added to a
national database of welcoming and affirming faith communities. St
James is a congregation that welcomes all people and resists
singling out any particular group for special attention. However,
we realize that it can be helpful to make sure people who are
looking for a church are made aware of that welcome. We hope our
registration with BOL will do just that. But the best way for folks
to feel welcome is to invite them to church and then bring them with
you!
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Choose this link for the St.
James Annual Report
SERMON TEACHING SERIES CONTINUES
for
Sunday 03/14/2010
This morning Deacon
Elise continues our Lenten Sermon Series on the Corporal Works of
Mercy with “Visiting the Sick”. The other six "Corporal Works of
Mercy" are to feed the hungry and give drink to the thirsty; to
clothe the naked; to give shelter to the stranger and the needy; to
minister to captives and prisoners; to visit orphans and widows; and
to bury the dead. (See Matthew 25:31-46)
These works of mercy
meet the needs of the body, and thus are called
corporal works
of mercy. According to Anglican bishop and theologian Jeremy Taylor
(1613-1667), works of mercy are "the body and soul of that charity
which we must pay to our neighbor’s need" and they are "duties of
Christianity". Without mercy, our service to neighbor is like
"prayers without devotion, or religion without humility" (Holy
Living). Taylor also writes, "Love is as communicative as fire, as
busy and as active". Fire is a rather helpful image, I think, as we
begin to better understand the place of the Corporal Works of Mercy
in the lives of those who would follow Jesus; we can imagine godly
love fueled by the fire of the Holy Spirit as it spreads throughout
the world and ignites us with divine power for loving service to our
neighbor.
Jason Prati will
conclude our Sermon Series next Sunday. He will draw from his own
experience in ministry in the Roman Catholic tradition and speak to
us about “visiting the orphans and widows” and “burying the dead”.
Our youth and adults will have the opportunity to consider more
deeply through study and discussion the implications of these
Christian duties and the opportunities they offer us.
SHARING CHRIST’S LOVE WITH
THE CLINTONVILLE RESOURCE CENTER
Thanks to the efforts
of Mother Lynn and the Diocese of Southern Ohio, the Clintonville-Beechwold
Community Resource Center (CRC) has obtained a grant for a new stove
from the Episcopal Community Services Foundation (ECSF). To support
this effort, St. James has volunteered to serve our neighbors at CRC
by providing
breakfast
on three Sundays in April --- the 11th,
18th
and 25th
--- from 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon. Each Sunday, we will need four
volunteers to serve with our friends at the CRC. We will provide
six (6) main dishes (feeding 8 to 10 people), four (4) gallons of
milk and two (2) gallons of juice. Casserole/slow-cook dishes should
be fully cooked prior to the event; however, foods can be reheated
just prior to serving (in the new stove!).
If you would like to
support this effort, but are unable to attend the breakfast, you can
still be a part by providing food or beverage the day of the
breakfast. Just bring your gift to the church at 9:30 a.m. and leave
it in the Lamborne Room.
Sign-up sheets are
located in the hallway in the North Wing just outside the Lamborne
Room, with more details to come as the dates get closer. Don’t miss
this chance to serve our neighbors in our own backyard. Should you
have any question, please contact Rick Warren at 477-8372 or
rwarren5@columbus.rr.com
NEEDED FOOD ITEMS FOR
THE CLINTONVILLE RESOURCE CENTER
Please continue to
bring canned and other nonperishable food items to be delivered to
the Clintonville Resource Center food pantry. Needed especially
this month are tuna and fruit juice. Also, non-food items are always
welcome, as the Food Assistance Program does not cover these items
(think cold and flu season, think facial tissue!). Please bring your
donations to mass on Sundays or Wednesdays and place them in (or
around) the baptismal font before mass or as you approach the altar.
Our baptism calls us to service. What better image could remind us
of that vocation than a vision of our gifts to help meet the needs
of others in the very font that reminds us of God’s gracious gift of
new life to us in Jesus Christ!
BIBLE STUDY
ON SUNDAY EVENINGS — 6:30 p.m.
For the next three
Sunday evenings we will be looking at the Passion Narrative in the
Four Gospel accounts. This Sunday we will study Matthew’s account,
with the accounts of Luke and John on the two subsequent Sundays.
These narratives draw us into the experiences of Holy Week as
understood from the perspectives of our four Gospel writers. Holy
Week is such an important time for us as followers of Jesus. It can
be quite helpful to have some biblical grounding as we walk the way
of Holy Week at St James. Please make every effort to join us in
Bible Study. Questions? Contact Deacon Elise.
CHURCH CLEANING
During Mark Gordon's
hiatus from his volunteer work as our sexton, the following folks
have signed up to clean the church in preparation for our Sunday
worship:
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Date |
Family |
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3/14/10 |
Barb Fletcher |
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3/21/10 |
The Browns |
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3/28/10 |
Danielle Bower |
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4/4/10 |
Alex Martin
and Jason Prati |
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4/11/10 |
The Youngs |
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4/18/10 |
The Becketts |
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4/25/10 |
Matt and Jen
Couch |
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5/2/10 |
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5/9/10 |
Eric Reasoner |
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5/16/10 |
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We
still need some folks to volunteer to clean prior to May 2nd
and May 16th.
What's involved
is emptying the trash in the Lamborn Room, the kitchen, parish
office, choir room and Nursery; vacuuming and mopping entrances,
the hallway by the Lamborne Room, the Lamborne Room itself, and the
south hallway, parish office, music room and Nursery; vacuuming
choir and altar area, dusting as needed (including the pews);
cleaning the first floor bathrooms (toilets, sinks, sweep and mop);
cleaning tables and dusting in the Lamborne Room; and anything else
you think needs some attention.
For more information
or to sign up please contact Steve (614-202-0518) or Julie
(614-572-4522) Young or e-mail them at
steveyoung140@gmail.com
or gageja@email.unc.edu .
Tea and Treasure Sale is coming!
Please clean out your
attic and look for some good junque! Our ECW is planning the Tea
and Treasure sale for April 25th
and we need your donations to make this sale a success. Any
antiques, collectibles, just stuff that isn’t you anymore – we want
it! Call Nora Huber at 783.6672 if you need an item picked up. Or,
just bring items to church and we can store it in the downstairs
kitchen. Thank you so much!
TURN IN YOUR RECEIPTS
If you look at the red
bucket in the coat room or the baptismal font currently receiving
canned and non-perishable food items, you will realize that the
congregation of St James provides a good amount of in-kind
contributions to what we might call outreach or “mercy” ministries.
These are ministries that focus on helping meet the needs of
others. Our help often takes the form of food or durable goods
purchased
for distribution
through the Clintonville Resource Center (CRC) or some other
nonprofit organization. It also includes our Thanksgiving meal and
the meals we provide for His Place at St John’s, Town Street — items
and meals for which those who donate a baked dish or in-kind items
for the meal are not reimbursed by the church or nonprofit
organization.
Such receipts can
become part of the church’s ministry outside the parish,
particularly with respect to our annual parochial report. Our
annual mission share to the diocese, which is our expected
contribution in support of the mission and ministry of the Diocese
and thus the larger Church, can be redefined based on the total
amount of our outreach contribution.
If you have receipts
you’d like to use in this way, please bring them to church and place
them in the offering plate. These receipts cannot be used to offset
your pledged or regular contribution, but they can make a difference
to reduce our mission share amount. For accounting purposes, when
turning in receipts please note what the purchase is for
(“Back-to-school items”, “food for CRC”, “His Place meal”, etc.).
Thanks!
SEE BELOW FOR DEANERY & DIOCESAN
ITEMS.
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Around the Deanery …
the Diocese … and the World ...
SATURDAY, MARCH 20TH, 2010
PROCTER CONFERENCE CENTER
STEWARSHIP 24/7/365
The Annual Spring Stewardship
and Development Conference
The speaker will be
Mr. John Vernon Oaks,
Stewardship Officer for the Diocese of Indianapolis. Mr. Oaks, a
native of Alabama, sung on Broadway, was an Army Officer, and was
the sales leader for an international corporation specializing in
motivating and training sales people. He is a board member of TENS
(The Episcopal Network for Stewardship). He and his wife of 47+
years boast of three children and one grandson.
Come listen and learn how stewardship relates to and is an important
step in our spiritual journey: then, starting from this
perspective, learn how to develop effective year-round stewardship
programs for your congregation.
The conference will start with registration and continental
breakfast from 8:30 to 9:00 a.m.
After lunch sign up for two workshops choosing from these five
subjects.
· Important
life decisions, planned giving
· Christian
concerns for our environment
· Offering
of our time and talents
· Pledge
Programs, stewardship of income
· Strategic
Visioning for Year-Round Stewardship
See a full article about the conference at
stewardship.diosohio.org and click
the link to register on line, or go to
diosohio.org
CALENDAR or EVENTS.
UNEMPLOYED? GET THE HELP YOU NEED!
Have you or someone you love been hit hard by unemployment? Get the
help you need – today! New Directions Career Center (NDCC), a
non-profit organization serving central Ohio for 30 years, is
offering scholarships to attend their core career development
programs in March. Three life changing classes are offered on a
sliding fee scale.
The
first class,
Creating Career Options,
is open to men and women seeking new ways to use their professional
experience. The three day class will be held on Monday, March 8th
and Wednesday, March 10th
from 5:00 p.m – 9:00 p.m. The final day is Saturday, March 13th,
from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p .m.
The
second class,
Advanced Career Techniques,
is designed for individuals seeking competitive, cutting edge
information on resume development, job search strategies,
interviewing skills, and salary negotiation methods. It will be
held March 15th,
16th,
and 17th
from 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
The
final class,
New Directions,
speaks exclusively to women seeking personal as well as professional
transformation. The comprehensive four week program begins March 22nd
and runs, Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., until April
16th.
All
classes will be held at the Center’s 199 E. Rich Street site. For
more information, or to register, call 849.0028, extension 100.
DIOCESAN TRIP TO
THE WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL PLANNED
Fri, Apr 23, 2010 — 09:00 AM until
Sun, Apr 25, 2010 — 08:00 PM
The
Diocese has planned an excursion to the Washington Cathedral for the
weekend of April 25th ("Ohio Day" at the Cathedral). Registration
has gone so well for this event that a second bus has been added and
additional rooms have been reserved.
Judy Woodruff, an Episcopalian and outstanding journalist, will meet
with participants on the Saturday morning of our excursion. For more
details, check out the diocesan link at
http://www.episcopal-dso.org/digital_faith/events/74.
Registration information will be found on the diocesan website at
that link as well.
DEANERY LENTEN SCHOOL
Formation through Worship,
Fellowship and Education
The Columbus Deanery
Lenten School was developed to bring together members of the various
Episcopal Churches in order to promote collegiality and offer
excellent education options. This year’s host parish is the Rev.
Jennifer West and the congregation of St. Matthew’s in Westerville.
The dates of this
year’s school are March 2, 9, 16, and 23. We begin at 6:30 p.m. with
Holy Eucharist. A short fellowship time follows worship and classes
begin at 7:15 p.m. We end each evening’s activities at 8:30 p.m.
Child care will be
available, but must be requested in advance. Persons requiring
accommodations for a disability also must notify the registrar in
advance.
Classes run either two
or four weeks in length. Please indicate your 1st
and 2nd
choices on the registration form.
Lenten School
registration fees are $10/person. Fees cover expenses for coffee
hour, child care, musicians, printing and postage. Unused funds are
deposited in the deanery treasury.
Individual courses may
have additional costs for materials or books.
Complete the
registration form on page three of the flyer (NOTE:
FLYERS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE TABLE IN THE HALLWAY BETWEEN THE
SACRISTY AND LAMBORNE ROOMS)
and send it with your
check (payable to St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church) to the registrar:
Rev. Cricket Park, St. Patrick’s Church, 7121 Muirfield Drive,
Dublin, OH 43017.
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