Rites on the Wind September 2016 Issue 71

Inside this issue:

St. Stephen’s Episcopal

Church

4700 S. Poplar

Casper, WY 82601

(307)265-4105

Email:

SSECcasper@aol.com

Website:

http://

ststephens.diowy.org

St. Stephen’s

Vision:

To be an

engaged

presence

seeing Christ

in all beings

as we share

the love of

God

with all

creation.

Prayer Lists,

September Wor-

ship Schedule

2

September

Events/Birthdays

& Anniversaries,

Newsletter Dead-

line

3

Monthly Out-

reach, Bible Study,

Following Jesus,

Christian Ed for

All Ages, Youth

Group, Financial

Report

3

Service/Bible

Study Times,

Youth Group

(continued),

Blessing of the

Animals, Kay

(continued)

4

Where’s Kay (been)? Kay (continued)

of our link dioceses. Our youth participated in service projects and evangelism activities in the neighbor-hood. We worshiped in the cathedral and learned about King Richard III, who has been re-interred in the ca-thedral. On our way to Ox-ford, we spent a quiet day at Coventry Cathedral, learn-ing about its peace and rec-onciliation ministry. (The church received a postcard from Coventry, thanking us for our support.) We hiked along the Thames Riv-er. We visited Harry Potter studios. We then moved to Salisbury where we stayed in the cathedral close. We visited Avebury, Stone-henge, Old Sarum, and toured the bell tower in Salisbury Cathedral. We worshiped twice each day, and spent regular time re-flecting together on our time together.

The group left England on July 27. The Very Rev. Lori Modesitt and I stayed in England, and on July 28 we met up with a group of young adults (ages 15-21) from the Diocese of Leices-ter. We traveled to India with them for another pil-grimage. We spent 10 days

You might have no-ticed that I was not around much after June - where was I? June 1-July 16 was mostly time spent at

camp. The Diocese of Wy-oming and the Diocese of South Dakota have part-nered to provide an excep-tional camping experience for all of our youth at Thun-derhead Episcopal Camp, just over the South Dakota border between Newcastle and Lead. This year, 170 campers from both dioceses participated in our success-ful experiment of living to-gether and loving each oth-er. We shared meals and space. We participated in a program centered on the theme of Creation. We played sports, made crafts, and had fun. We worshiped and prayed together. My friend, Steve Mullaney, re-cently offered this bit of wisdom: Camp is a taste of the other world we dream is possible.

On July 17, I met with teen-agers (ages 14-17) from Wyoming to travel to Den-ver, Toronto, and London for a pilgrimage. A pilgrim is a person who travels to a holy place for religious rea-sons. We planned our pil-grimage to include worship, service, reflection, adven-ture, and more. We spent several days in the Diocese of Leicester, connecting with youth and adults in one

with that group touring the Diocese of Trichy, another of our link dioceses, in the company of The Rev. Suresh Kumar and many other members of the cler-gy. We shopped in Trichy, visited a Hindu temple, a church, and a boys' school sponsored by the Dio-cese. We stayed at Bishop Heber College, another in-stitution sponsored by the Diocese. We then moved to Dharapuram where we spent hours interacting with girls and women at other schools and a nursing college spon-sored by the Diocese. The wind blows hard in Dhara-parum during August - it reminded me of Casper! We then moved to Valparai, a town a mile above sea level in the middle of a tiger pre-serve - wild elephants have the right of way! We toured the Kay Tea Factory and visited a girls' hostel where girls live while they go to school. I preached at a church with the help of a translator since my Tamil is limited to about 5 phrases.

My report doesn't contain all of the sights and sounds and smells of Thunderhead Epis-copal Camp, and a pilgrim-

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Kay (continued)

For grief: Pastor Larry DeLong family and Valley Presbyterian Church in Green Val-ley, AZ

Liz, Brandon, Shirley & Frosty P., Kristy, Vickie J. Cindy G., Matt G, Stephanie S., Jo S., John C., Muriel S., Mel & Patti, Sydney, Gladys & Will, Dennis A., Al H., Kara & Bez, Evelyn, Vera, Bette, Isabel, Stephanie K., Dennis G. Mike & Stephanie S., Davey G., Tom Z.

Military in Afghanistan and all parts of the world. Healing and rehabilitation for in-jured, maimed, PTSD, and unemployed veterans.

St Stephen’s: Church growth and improved finances. Kay as she proceeds as priest and safety in her travels. Guidance of the congregation in discernment of shared ministry, and Temple and Wendy on their spiritual journeys toward priesthood.

Bishop Smylie and all the clergy in the state of Wyoming. The Episcopal Church in the

U.S.

St. Stephen’s Prayer List

September Worship Schedule

Prayer List: Justin, The Archbishop of Canterbury; Michael, Our Presiding Bishop; John, Bruce, Vernon and Bob, Our Bishops Anglican Cycle of Prayer: 9/4: The Anglican Church of Tanzania, The Most Rev. Jacob Erasto Chimeledya Archbishop of Tanzania & Bishop of Mpwapwa 9/11: The Church of the Province of Uganda. The Most Rev. Stanley Ntagali Archbishop of Uganda & and Bishop of Kampala 9/18: The Episcopal Church, The Most Rev. Michael Curry Presiding Bishop of TEC 9/25: The Church in Wales, The Most Rev. Dr. Barry Morgan Archbishop of Wales & Bishop of Llandaff Diocesan Cycle of Prayer: 9/4: St. Mark’s, Cheyenne 9/11: St. John’s, Jackson 9/18: St. Paul’s, Dixon 9/25: St. John’s, Green River

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Prayer Requests to J ill Rhea at 473-8841, email: djrhea63@atwy.net OR SSEC at 265-4105, email: SSECcasper@aol.com

9/4/2016 9/11/2016 9/18/2016 9/25/2016 9/18/2016

16th Sunday after

Pentecost

17th Sunday after Pentecost

18th Sunday after

Pentecost

19th Sunday after

Pentecost

Blessing of the Animals Svc.

2:00 p.m.

Eucharist Eucharist Eucharist LOTW

Priest Kay Joel Kay Kay

Worship Scott Gayna Wendy Temple Wendy

1st Read-Dwight Mary Mazie Gayna

2nd Mary Dwight Gayna Mazie

POP Mazie Mazie Dwight Mary

Gospel Kay Joel Kay

Sermon Kay Joel Kay

Guild Ruth Leroy Temple Jill

Coffee Host/ Mazie Scott Leroy Ann

Notes

Blessing of the Animals Svc.

If you would like to serve as a greeter for Sunday services, please contact Laurel Hurley (235-5064) or Cindy King (266-4134).

Sunday, Sept. 4 9:30 AM Bible Study 10:30 AM Eucharist svc.

Sunday. Sept. 11 9:00 AM Poplar Living

Center svc. 9:30 AM Bible Study 10:30 AM Eucharist svc.

Monday, Sept. 12 9:00 AM Following Jesus 6:15 PM Godly Play/Book

Discussion groups

Tuesday, Sept. 13 5:30 PM Wyoming Cares

Sunday, Sept. 18 9:30 AM Bible Study 10:30 AM Eucharist svc. 2:00 PM Blessing of the

Animals svc.

Monday, Sept. 19 9:00 AM Following Jesus 6:15 PM Godly Play/

Book Discussion groups

Sunday, Sept. 25 8:00 AM Vestry Meeting 9:30 AM Bible Study 10:30 AM LOTW svc.

Monday, Sept. 26 9:00 AM Following Jesus 6:15 PM Godly Play/

Book Discussion groups

Every Mon. & Thurs. 8:00 PM N.A. Group

September Events/Birthdays & Anniversaries Discernment:

Please continue to

pray as we discern

our calls to the

ministry.

Shared Ministry is

the work of ALL

of us at St.

Stephen’s.

Loving God, Help us

to be open to the

moving of your

Spirit.

Help us to work

together to grow into

all that you want us

to be.

Help us to share

Christ with the

world. Most of all,

help us to love each

other as you have

loved us.

We pray all of these

things in your

holy name. Amen.

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October

Newsletter

Deadline

September 23,

2016

Youth Group

Finance Report 7/31/2016

Plate YTD: $2,190.00 Pledge YTD: $14,084.99 Budget Plate YTD: $2,916.67 Budget Pledge YTD: $16,251.67 Income YTD: $21,727.90 Expense YTD: $48,729.07* *Includes 31,028.04 FEDW grant projects expenses) Budget Income YTD: $21,547.51 Budget Expense YTD: $25,231.63

More detailed

information is available upon request.

Sunday Bible Study

Birthdays:

Sept. 18: Mazie Conarty, Duck Rhea

Monthly Outreach

Loose offerings and dona-tions during the month of September are designated to help homeless students. If you would like to donate toward this fund, please write “Homeless Students” in the memo portion of your check.

The Sunday morning Bible study begins again on Sep-tember 4th at 9:30 AM. The study focuses on each Sunday’s lectionary scrip-ture through the “Synthesis” program. All are welcome. For more information, contact Laurel Hurley.

Following Jesus

The Following Jesus Study group began meeting Au-gust 28th, will not meet on Labor Day, but will resume meeting on September 12th at 9:00 AM at City Brew Coffee. Please plan to join the group for some interest-ing and enlightening dis-cussion.

The Youth Group will have

its first meeting of the 2016

- 2017 year on Wednesday,

September 14, 2016 at 6:00

PM at St. Mark’s. Return-

ing youths, those interested

in attending Youth Group

and their families are invit-

ed to the Kick-Off BBQ.

Youth Group is for all

youth who will be in grades

5th through 12th this com-

ing school year. All youth

within that age group are

welcome regardless of

whether they are members

of St. Mark's or St. Ste-

phen's.

We have had an initial

meeting to discuss the pro-

gram and schedule for this

year's Youth Group. Youth

Group will meet each

Wednesday evening from

6:00-8:00 PM during the

school year and will follow

the school schedule, which

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Christian

Education for

All Ages St. Stephen's and St. Mark's and other interested folks will be gathering for Godly Play and a book dis-cussion group at SSEC on Mondays, beginning Sep-tember 12, from 6:15-7:00 PM. Children of all ages, with a parent, will gather in the Godly Play room (downstairs) for a story, work, and a feast.

The book discussion group will meet in the conference room (downstairs) and fo-cus on "Reading the Bible Again for the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously but Not Literal-ly" by Marcus Borg. Nan-cy Engstrom of St. Mark's will lead the discussion.

170 people attended the Poplar Street churches service and we raised $675 for Wyoming Food for Thought!

Worship & Bible Study Times Sundays @ 10:30 A.M.; Bible Study @ 9:30 A.M. (September-May)

The Episcopal Church Welcomes You!

St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church

4700 S. Poplar

Casper, WY 82601

Kay (continued) Youth Group (continued) Youth Group (continued)

means when school is not in ses-

sion we will not have Youth

Group. The tentative schedule for

each evening is listed below. We

also hope to have 4-6 social out-

ings during the year.

6:00 Social time/games

6:30 Dinner/clean-up

6:50 Program for all Youth

7:00 Study time

7:45 Compline

There are several ways to volun-

teer—providing meals, serving as

chaperones for social outings, or

sharing ideas or activities with

the youth. There will be a sign-

up sheet at the BBQ and at the

church. Meat will be provided for

(Continued from page 3) the BBQ but if you would like to

bring a side item or dessert to

share that would be appreciated.

If you have any questions please

contact Rev. Jim Shumard at the

St, Mark’s church office at 234-

0831 or cell (912) 844-7412, or

Temple Heatherly, cell (307) 247-

9609. Thank you, and we look

forward to seeing you all at the

age to England, and another pil-grimage to South India. I expect these adventures will show up regularly in sermons for a long time!

I am grateful that God has called me to a ministry which gives me such joy. I am also grateful to you, my friends at St. Stephen's, for your love and support during these adventures!

Your friend in Christ, Kay

Blessing of the Animals

Our annual Blessing of the Animals

service will be held a little early this year—Saturday, September 18th, at 2:00 p.m. Bring your loyal pet companions to receive God’s blessings that day.