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Newsletter

AUGUST 2017

Saint Thomas

Episcopal Church

889 1st South Street

P.O. Box 1175

Clarkdale, AZ 86324

928-634-8593

saintthomas889@gmail.com

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Vicar – The Rev. Grayce O’Neill Rowe

Senior Warden – Barbara Evans

Junior Warden – Jim Gemmill

Music - Judy Torigoe

Treasurer – Lee Worthen

Parish Administrator – Shirley R. Pogany

Bookkeeper – Jeremy Thurman

Whenever the rainbow

appears in the clouds, I will

see it and remember the

everlasting covenant between

God and all living creatures

of every kind on the earth. (Genesis 9:16)

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In this Edition

News from our Vicar

Confirmation

Senior Warden’s Corner

ECW Happenings

Twice Blessed Thrift Store

A Word from our Treasurer

Did You Know

Announcements

Serving on Sundays

August Celebrations

Prayer List

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News from our Vicar

“Waiting for the Soul to Catch Up” (the title of an article written by Terry Hershey in Trinity News, the magazine of Trinity Church - St. Paul’s Chapel in New York City) is a title that caught my eye. This unusual title comes from a story that the author quoted in which she told of an American traveler on safari in Kenya. This traveler was loaded down with maps, timetables, agendas. He had an enormous amount of supplies, luggage and “essential stuff.” He was delighted when on the first morning and then the second and the third mornings they all awoke early, traveled fast and went far into the bush. On the fourth morning, however, the porters refused to move. The American was incensed and complained that this was a waste of valuable time. He demanded to be told what was going on. The translator told him that the porters were waiting for their souls to catch up with their bodies! What a concept - waiting for our souls to catch up with our bodies. We are still in the midst of the summer season and so it is a good time for us to be

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conscious of giving our souls the chance to catch up with our bodies. We often seem to live our lives at a frantic pace and that is true for people who are retired as well. If you do an internet search, you will even find a large assortment of book-a-minute books. The books take the important parts and eliminate all that is not considered essential so that the book can be read in a minute. Can you imagine that? How sad that we have let our lives get so very busy that we need abbreviated books since we simply do not have the time for anything else. During the remainder of this summer, take some time to slow down, take some time to review how you live your life. If you have a vacation planned during these final weeks of summer, why not include some time to simply be, to let your soul catch up with your body. If you have a few extra evenings at home because of meetings that are cancelled for the summer, do the same. We all need to take care of ourselves; we need to slow down, spending some quiet time reflecting, letting our souls catch up with our bodies. Blessings, Grayce

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Confirmation Our Bishop, the Rt. Rev. Kirk Smith, will be worshipping with us on December 10. It is always a great honor to welcome our Bishop and even more so when we have people who are going to be confirmed or received into the Episcopal Church. If you have been baptized and not yet confirmed, please consider being confirmed on December 10. If you have been confirmed into a different denomination, please consider being received into the Episcopal Church on December 10. If you have already been confirmed in the Episcopal Church, then consider coming to the Bishop for a Reaffirmation of your promises made at Confirmation. If you are interested, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. I would be happy to have an Enquirer’s Class to prepare you for Confirmation, Reception or Reaffirmation.

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Senior Warden’s Corner

We have some interesting things coming

up on our church agenda. The Bishop’s

Committee has been busy planning new events

to keep our church active and interesting. In

the ECW news of this Newsletter, you will read

of the up and coming Ice Cream Social, a fun

event scheduled for September 9th so mark

your calendars and spread the word.

The Arizona Diocesan Convention is

September 29-30. Lee Worthen and I were

chosen as delegates. Alexa Hokanson and

Bobby Lucas were chosen as alternates.

However, anyone can go to the convention. It is

always very interesting to hear all that is going

on in the Episcopal Church world. There will be

new amendments that we will be learning

about and discussing at a coffee hour prior to

the convention. We will be voting on these new

amendments during the convention.

We are also working on a new User

Agreement Contract for people who wish to

rent our Parish Hall. Many churches rent their

Parish Hall’s for extra income to support their

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church budget. So, if you will spread the word

that our Parish Hall is available for groups to

rent for their event, that would be very helpful.

Other churches like St. Andrew’s in Sedona,

has their Parish Hall rented almost every day of

the week for a variety of events. We can too if

organizations are made aware that our facilities

are available.

If you have any thoughts or ideas

concerning any aspect of our church, please

feel free to let any member of our Bishop’s

Committee know. They wear name tags each

Sunday so they are easy to spot.

Barbara Evans, Senior Warden

ECW Happenings:

Since the Tote Bag Raffle is going slowly,

I have made up some pictures to show and

tickets to sell to friends and neighbors outside

of our church. I have handed out these items to

congregants in an effort to increase sales.

An Ice Cream Social is scheduled for

September 9th at 4pm, during Grandparent’s

Weekend. The event will be open to our

community and will include lots of fun and

games. I will do some advertising, ECW will do

the planning and MOST will help with the ice

cream and sodas. So, mark your calendars,

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invite your friends and neighbors and spread

the word! Let’s have some fun!!

Barbara Evans, ECW President

Twice Blessed Thrift Store News

Business has been slow at our thrift

store recently. It is summer and it is hot and

that might deter people from getting out and

going shopping. So, we are trying some local

advertising. I have placed an ad in The Pine

Shadow News and Sheila Boyle will try to get

an ad in the Cottonwood Ranch Paper. That

will give us more exposure to about 500

people.

One more month of summer hours,

Friday and Saturday, 10am to 1pm and then in

September we will go back to our regular hours

which are Wednesday through Saturday from

10am to 1pm.

If you haven’t peeked in to the thrift

store lately, I would encourage you to do so.

We really have some nice things for sale!

Barbara Evans, Thrift Store Manager

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A Word from our Treasurer

THANK YOU!!!

Indeed, Thank You! for your support of Christ’s call to St Thomas’ Episcopal Church of Clarkdale: to fellowship with each other, to help each other grow spiritually, to serve each other, to tell others about Christ here and around the world, and to worship our Lord together each Sunday. Thank You! for your offerings of your time, of your God-given talents, and of your treasure. Thank You! for your help in all that we do at St. Thomas because together, we are the Body of Christ in this place. Our offerings not only bring about blessings that nourish us as the gathered and faithful people of St. Thomas, they also help in transforming those that surround us as we move through our daily lives. When we are giving, we are being the faithful people God calls us to be. People who are caring and sharing, gracious and generous, compassionate and loving.

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Thank You! for your faithful investment in the work of the Lord through St. Thomas Episcopal Church of Clarkdale. In His Grace, Lee Worthen, Treasurer NOTE: Mid-year statements of contributions for 2017 have been provided to those individuals or families known to the treasurer. Please check the statement to help ensure our accuracy in properly recording your contributions. If there are errors or corrections needed, please contact me at 928-649-9801 or email me LKW1@cableone.net as soon as possible. I will see that your statement is amended accordingly.

Did You Know

Book of Common Prayer

1549 – First Book of Common Prayer is

approved – Author, Thomas Cranmer

1552 – Second Book of Common Prayer is

approved

1559 – Third Book of Common Prayer is

approved but the Puritans protest.

1645 – The Book of Common Prayer is

outlawed by the Puritan controlled parliament.

1662 – The fourth Book of Common Prayer is

approved and is still used by the Church of

England.

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1786 – The proposed Book of Common Prayer

is approved for use on a state by state basis.

1928 – The revised Book of Common Prayer is

approved and includes language updates, a new

translation of Psalms, and “Love, honor and

obey”, was dropped from the brides vows in the

Rite of Holy Matrimony.

1979 – The new Book of Common Prayer is

approved and is still used today.

Announcements:

Rev. Grayce will be away on the following dates: August 5-15: Rev. Grayce will accompany her husband, Carl, to Silverton, CO for his participation in the Great Western Rocky Mountain Brass Band Festival. August 24-27: Rev. Grayce will travel to Dallas, TX for a Church Pension Fund Planning Wellness conference where she will serve as faculty. August 29-September 4: Carl and Rev. Grayce will be traveling to Denver, CO for a short vacation trip. The Rev. Gabe Sinisi will be the Supply Priest on August 6, 13, 27 and Sept. 3.

The 10am Thursday Bible Study Group will continue to meet in Parish Hall in Rev. Grayce’s absence.

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MOST – The Men of St. Thomas, (MOST),

meet the 3rd Thursday of each month at

Randall’s at 8:30am. The next meeting is

August 17th.

Good Food for Good Causes Potluck - St Thomas Parish Hall on Thursday Sept 14, 2017 from 5:30 – 8:30 pm. You are invited to join this adult social giving circle to help generate funds for Cottonwood Middle School. Bring a dish to share and a donation of $35. For more information, seek out Alexa Hokanson. ECW – We have the wonderful Tote Bag raffle

going on and it is filled with marvelous things,

mostly for women but men can win it and give

it to a lady friend. Tickets are $1.00 each or

$5.00 for six. The monies will be donated to

the Cottonwood School District Nurses

Program for needy children. The drawing will

be the first Sunday in September.

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Ice Cream Social

September 9th, 4pm. Fun

games, lots of ice cream and

good fellowship! Open to the

public! Invite your friends and

neighbors!

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Sunday Readings in August:

August 6, The Transfiguration

Exodus 34:29-35

II Peter 1:13-21

Luke 9:28-36

Psalm 99 or 99:5-9

August 13, Proper 14

Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28

Psalm 105:106, 16-22,45b

Romans 10:5-15

Matthew 14:22-33

August 20, Proper 15

Genesis 45:1-15

Psalm 133

Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32

Matthew 15:21-28

August 27, Proper 16

Exodus 1:8, 2:10

Psalm 124

Romans 12:1-8

Matthew 16:13-20

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Serving on Sundays in August

August 6:

Lector: Alex Flannery

Prayers of the People: Gordon Nichol

Acolytes: Evan Flannery/Sheila Boyle

Altar Guild: Paula Burner/Jennifer Schauffler

Coffee Hour: Tim and Celeste Flannery

Counters: Barbara Evans and Sheila Boyle

August 13:

Lector: Paula Burner

Prayers of the People: Martha Childers

Acolytes: Ian Flannery

Altar Guild: Paula Burner/Jennifer Schauffler

Coffee Hour: Jean Vickers and Bobby Lucas

Counters: Marilyn Shreve and Barbara Evans

August 20:

Lector: Marilyn Shreve

Prayers of the People: Lorraine Gerlach

Acolytes: Evan Flannery/Jean Vickers

Altar Guild: Paula Burner/Jennifer Schauffler

Coffee Hour: Barbara Evans and Alexa Hokanson

Counters: Lee Worthen and Carl Hadermann

August 27:

Lector: Jeff Gerlach

Prayers of the People: Barbara Evans

Acolytes: Jean Vickers and Bobby Lucas

Altar Guild: Paula Burner/Jennifer Schauffler

Coffee Hour: Carl and Anita Hadermann

Counters: Barbara Evans

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August Celebrations!

Clair Smith – August 15th

Evan Flannery – August 17th

Tammy Hasselo – August 18th

Lee Vadnais – August 20th

Dinah Gemmill – August 21st

Diane Eide – August 30th

Joel and Diane Eide – August 21st

Win and Pat Hjalmarson – August 21st

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Our Prayer List

Managed by Devon Lewish

928-210-8929

Comfort and heal all in body, mind and

spirit; give them courage and hope in

their troubles, and bring them the joy of

your salvation.

Clair Smith Shirley Smith Walter Nelson Robert Lawe Kitty Brennan Jenny Syner Skip Ruetter

Jay Burner

Bonnie Stanfield

Leanne Worthen

Carolann Chambers

Florence Schauffler

Jean Womack

Linda Walker

Nancy Griffin

William Tarr & Family

Carie Webb

Naomi Cornelson

Carmelle Herlufsen

Lois Wade

Susan Grace

Beverly W. Baker

Jace Webster

Jim Barnes

Cindy Santagate

Kathern Brown

Ken Steidl

Jim Mann

Eric Hopper

Dorothy Conners

Joe Interlandi

Adrian Peterson

Zach

Wayne Fuller

Elaine Ross

Mary Jane Parke

Joyce & Bruce Bennett

Ruth & Dale Tasa

Rose & Robert Ellitch

Virginia Stanfield

Sarah Harrop

Cherie Sutton

Earl & Tina

O’Shaughnessy

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Dreena Erl & Family

Jodie Burnes

Dave Gilbert

Terri Nelson

Jake Baker

Sandy England

Linda Peterson

St. Mary’s of the

Moonlight

(Navajoland)

Men and Women Serving in/for the Military – For protection while serving our country:

Jason Allred Michael Campbell Jacob Geier Zachary Geier Melissa Jones Jeremiah Juhlin Bob Jujawa Ben Jujawa Michael Shaklee Brandon Gemmill Robert Jones Ann Henry

Caleb Edgerton Rande Robinson Jesse Reeves Joshua Lawton Taylor Zale

Josh Edgerton

Mike Kellenbenz &

Family

Buster Kellenbenz &

Family

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Have a

Blessed

August!