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July 2001
From Nolan
Summer Time!
Dear Family in Christ,
Yesterday was the longest day of the year and summer has officially
arrived, I'm willing to settle for a little less heat however.
In mid-June I had the pleasure of attending a conference put on by the
Episcopal Church Pension Fund at a beautiful setting north of Houston
called Camp Allen in Navasota Texas. The pension fund has decided to get
directly involved in clergy wellness and intends to sponsor events like
these three times over the course of a clergy person's ministry. My group
was an experimental program for "old geezers" and I was selected
on a random basis. Setting flattery aside for being chosen for this select
group it turned out to be a wonderful experience.
The purpose of the program is to help clergy examine their lives and
ministry in four areas, spiritual, vocational, financial and health, to
develop a plan to strengthen and improve them. The good news is that in
all areas things are in pretty good shape for the most part. I'm even
healthier than I imagined, according to the wellness survey, a recent
physical and lab work. Except in one place.
There is something unsetting about seeing the words "morbidly
obese" in bold print on my assessment form. And there is something
very comforting about the way I and we (about 40% of those attending, they
could have called us "the portly old geezers") were encouraged
to deal with it. I was helped to see that there is a need for balance in
my life and that all things are connected. Weight management is part of a
balanced approach to wellness that involves all of these elements. Good
stuff!
At the close of the event it was suggested that it would be good for us
to come home and share with our intentions with our support system. In
that regard, I welcome your prayers to help me keep on my plan. I'd love
to be shed of both of those unsettling words in particular while I'm
discovering the balance that will keep me centered in all parts of my life
and ministry.
Have a great summer; mine has started off wonderfully well.
In Christ's love,
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Shine
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Is any among you sick? Let her call for the
elders of the church, and let them pray over her, anointing her with oil
in the name of the Lord;
James 5:14
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July Healing Service
We are gathering again for a special healing service for Ann Redman and
Jody Moore, July 27, Friday evening at 7:30 pm at church. The Reverend Ray
Hess will be officiating, and Andy Kerr is working on the folk music.
Newly ordained Dori Torrey will be assisting and Pat Fox who is gifted
with a healing ministy will be there. Please come for this community
gathering.
- Sandie Mueller
Joint Venture Round Robin Bridge
We are now taking sign-ups for the group starting in September. The
pairings per month will be made out in July. This is Chicago-style
scoring.
Call ECA-Jody Moore, Amy Griffith, or UCC-Ruth Breseke. The final party
is a potluck dinner in May or June.
Winners this year were George and Claire Steeley, 1st; Robb
and Jody Moore, 2nd; and Amy Griffith, 3rd.
- Ruth Breseke
Ultreya, Ultreya , Ultreya
The next Ultreya will be held at ECA on Saturday, July 21 at 7:00 pm.
Please come and bring your smile, your instrument if you play one, finger
food to share and a friend or, if you intend to sponsor a candidate for
the September weekend, bring your candidate. Please pass the word to
Cursillistas from other parishes.
We could use some help in setting up and cleaning up (minimum amount of
clean up), so please call Frances Steitz if you can help. Baby sitting
will be provided. Witness speakers will be Jody Moore, Anne Redman &
Ginger Redman. See you there.
- Francis Steitz
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House
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How to be a good Squeaky Wheel
You always year that the squeaky wheel gets the grease - but what is no
one hears the squeak? When there is a problem with the Church building -
who do you tell? Telling your friends in Coffee hour doesn't always work
does it? The Joint Venture Board has the responsibility to maintain the
building in good shape for both churches - that's our job. We want to hear
from you. Since we're not omniscient we'd like your help. If you see
something that:
· Need Repair
· Needs Cleaning
· Could be improved
We'd like you to write us a note. We have created a "Cleaning /
Repair Request Form" that is available on the Joint Venture Bulletin
board. (They're goldenrod color - just a ½ page long)
We'd like to know when and where the problem is and a description. A
general complaint is difficult to solve. "They should dust
better" is not as helpful as "the window sills in the choir room
are dusty and there are spider webs in women's bathroom."
After filling out the form please put the form in the mail slot labeled
"Cleaning / Repair Requests" outside of the office. We'll take
it from there. If you'd like us to get back to you with the resolution -
give us your phone # too. If you have a suggestion for a solution - add
that too.
This will be especially helpful in the fall when we start using a new
maintenance company. We need to know what day of the week problems occur
so that we schedule them to clean on the most effective days. Also with
many other groups using the church it help us to know which ones may not
be properly cleaning up after themselves.
- JV Board
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Joint Venture Board:
ECA Members:Amy Griffith, Roger Hoyt, Vickie Jones, Ken Pitroff,
Marilyn Wendt, Mary Leal, Nolan Redman.
AVUCC Members:Sandy Baldwin, Bob Gren, Dick Okumura, Diane Smith,
Julianne Stokstad, Hilda Turner, Stan Yumen, Bruce Bush.
Currently the officers are:
Robb Moore - President
Dick Okumura - VP
Bruce Bush - Secretary
Mary Leal - Treasurer
Due to summer recess the next JV Board meeting will take place on
September 10 Monday at 7.30 pm. Thank you and have a great summer
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Christian Education
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Thank You!
We have a wonderful year in Christian education thanks to all our
teachers, adult and youth. Londa Larson, Melanie Click, Marion Henderson,
Carolyn Dingman, Debbie Bishop, Mary McPherson, Susie Ferguson, Kim
Petruzzelli, Katie McCormick, Sandie Mueller, Byron Henderson, Ron Howie,
Tom Rose, Melinda Jennings, and Jean Shipe. Our congregations are very
blessed to have you.
We had such a wonderful celebration on the tenth of June. Thank you to
the folk choir, Julianne and Nolan. Thank you Jan and Al Day, Dorothy and
Warren Willard, Jim Sabin for helping with the B.B.Q. Thank you to all who
brought food, it was sooooo good. A quote form one attending - "This
is the best pot luck we have ever had." Thank you to Betty Consorte
who helped me with the flowers for our teachers and the clean up crew,
Thanks be to God for bringing us all together under one roof We are truly
blessed.
Thank you for the privilege of serving you and our God,
- Penny Sabin
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A Special Insert to the Shape!
St. Mary and All Souls
Coldstream
JUNE/JULY 2001
27 May 2001
Dear Friends,
In May Alison and I had a short break near Ross-on-Wye, which some of
you will know is roughly on the English/Welsh border. It is beautiful
place with the sort of scenery you associate with the West side of
Britain. We went to one or two places we have been to before and which we
enjoy. One of them was Symmonds Yat, a small village on the side of the
River Wye with as view of three counties, Hereford, Gloucester, and Gwent
in (Wales). Sadly, because of the outbreak of Foot and Mouth we couldn't
go up to Symmonds Yat Rock with its panorama of the Wye and the
countryside around. We did, however, go to the British Bird of Prey Centre
in Newent near Gloucester. There we saw some wonderful birds. Examples of
the exuberance of God in the creation of nature. I was particularly moved
by the Red Kite which flies with such effortless grace and ease. Then
there was the tiny Burrowing Owl which moves faster than any Owl I have
ever seen.
I could go on describing the birds for a long time, but I wanted to
contrast that scene with what we saw, or didn't see, as we drove back from
Ross through the Lake District. It was the lack of live stock. If you
drive that road often enough, as Alison and I have, you are used to seeing
and hearing sheep and cattle. I think between Rydal, where we were staying
in the Lakes, and Langholm in Dumfries and Galloway, we saw at the most
twenty sheep. It was disturbing. It was only when we got to the East side
of Langham that we began to see flocks of sheep and cattle again. I thank
God we did not see any pyres.
Two thoughts have come to me. One is the apparently devastating
slaughter of so much live stock, the livelihood of so many farmers. Often
the result of a life's work. You cannot help wondering if it was all
necessary. The second is the contrast between the simple joy of nature as
we saw it in the birds at Newent and the emptiness of so much land. Where
was God in all this? The only thought which helps me is that it is the
actions of humans which has caused this situation to happen. Not farmers
but people making decisions on our behalf. Perhaps with the best of
intentions but sometimes without a thought as to the results of those
decisions. Perhaps all we can do is to offer our support as best we can to
farmers and their families, remembering the season of Lent through which
we have just come, with its climax of Good Friday but with the crowning
glory of Easter. I pray God the situation stops soon.
With love in Christ
Gordon
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Women's Fellowship
The Fellowship met on Thursday 10th. May in Wester Park, the home of
Rae and Ronnie Cryer. Thanks were recorded to Rae and Ronnie for welcoming
the Fellowship and allowing them to meet there.
As well as the Fellowship, friends from the Parish church, and Branxton
joined the meeting; forty seven people in all. A delightful cookery
demonstration was given by Mrs. H. Morton which was thoroughly enjoyed by
all. A buffet supper followed bringing a lovely evening to a close.
The next meeting will be on Thursday 13th. September at 7.30 in the
Eildon Centre, when Mr. Harry Eadie will talk on garden and home
furniture.
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SERVICES
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JUNE
Sun 3 PENTECOST
8.30 am Holy Communion
10.30 am Family Communion [followed by coffee]
6.00 pm Evensong
Wed 6
11.00 am Service in Lennel House
Sun 10 TRINITY SUNDAY
8.30 am Holy Communion
11.00 am Family Communion and Sunday School
Sun 17 Pentecost 2
8.30 am Holy Communion
11.00 am Family Communion
Sun 24 Pentecost 3
8.30 am Holy Communion
11.00 pm Family Communion and Sunday School
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JULY
Sun 1 Pentecost 4
8.30 am Holy Communion
10.30 am Family Communion [followed by coffee]
6.00 pm Evensong
Wed 4
11.00 am Service in Lennel House
Sun 8 Pentecost 5
8.30 am Holy Communion
11.00 am Family Communion and Sunday School
Sun 15 Pentecost 6
8.30 am Holy Communion
11.00 am Family Communion and Sunday School
Sun 22 Pentecost 7
8.30 am Holy Communion
11.00 am Family Communion and Sunday School
Sun 29 Pentecost 8
8.30 am Holy Communion
11.00 am Family Service
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Special events for June:
5th. St. Mary's Coffee - 78 High Street
Clergy Chapter - Galashiels
6th. 7.00 pm Border's Area Council Social
9th. Cursillo Meeting - Dundee
10th. Study Group - the Parsonage
23rd. 3.00 pm Installation of Rt. Revd. Brian
Smith as Bishop of Edinburgh
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Special events for July:
3rd. St. Mary's Coffee - 78 High Street
Clergy Chapter with Norham Deanery - Kelso
8th. Study Group - the Parsonage
26th. Vestry Meeting - Church (or the Parsonage
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Most Thursdays
11.30 am Holy Communion (at the Parsonage)
PRIEST - IN - CHARGE The Revd. Gordon Tams
St Mary's Parsonage, 47 Lennel Mount, Coldstream, 01890-882479
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Bishop Brian
You will be interested to learn that our Bishop elect, Brian, is hoping
to make a quick tour of the diocese as soon as possible after his
installation. What he is proposing is to do is visit Area Councils
to have lunch with the clergy members followed by a tour of the area to
see churches, hospitals, schools, and other ministry contexts. There would
then be an evening service and social gathering. I am not sure if the
latter would also be for laity. I hope so!
Obviously he could not possibly visit everywhere in the Borders and
there will have to be a meeting to decide where he should go on his tour.
The visit is likely to be in August at a date and time to be decided.
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Thanksgiving
We give thanks for St. Thomas
All we who have known
The darkness of unbelief,
The hollowness at the heart of Christmas,
The intolerable emptiness of Easter,
The grief of separation.
With thy great mercy thou dost enfold us,
The waverers, the aliens, who stood apart, alone.
For the impoverishment of our barren years
Thou wilt atone.
Now with the faithful company we bring,
From depths of thankfulness
Our adoration
To thee,
O Christ our King.
- Edith Forrest 20th. Century
The Harrowing of Hell
Love asks us to penetrate
The hot dark place,
The place of pain,
From which the sons of light
Hide their modest faces.
Love is allowed
And oh! what a gnashing of teeth
Among the demons
Who thought it was their own!
- D.M. Lewis 20th Century
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Sidemen's Rota
3rd. June & 1st. July Mr. Harry Temple
10th. June & 8th. July Mr. Cecil Taylor
17th. June & 15th. July Miss Fiona Maxwell
24th. June & 22nd.July Mr. Andrew Mossop
29th. July Mr. Peter Young
.....and finally
Something to Think About...
When we are on trouble or despair or have lost hope, we should do what
David did: pour out our hearts to God and tell Him of our needs and
troubles, just as they are.
- Hesychios of Sinai
Greek abbot and spiritual writer of the 8th. Century
No medicine is more valuable, none more efficacious, none better suited
to the cure of all our temporal ills than a friend to whom we may turn for
consolation in time of trouble - and with whom we may share our happiness
in time of joy.
- Aelred of Rievaux (1109 - 1167)
English monk and writer
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Happy Birthday
and
Happy Anniversary
to those celebrating
in July
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