Bulletin 7-1-12

11:15 a.m.

No 11:15 a.m. service

LECTORS

7:30 a.m. Joe Gunter, John Lawler

10:00 a.m. Bill Hinton, Carol Hunter

6:00 p.m. Faye Mullis, Patsy Jeanne Little

CHALICE BEARERS

7:30 a.m. Joe Gunter

10:00 a.m. E.B. Peebles, III, Cynthia Donnell

11:15 a.m. No 11:15 a.m. service

6:00 p.m.

VESTRY GREETERS

7:30 a.m. Bentley Collier

10:00 a.m. Bill Groves

11:15 a.m. No 11:15 a.m. service

ALTAR GUILD-WEEK OF JULY 8

The Ladd/ Inge group

USHERS

7:30 a.m. Bob Baker, Mark Pitre

10:00 a.m.

Rob Hinckle, Ted Dale,

Roger Cole, Bill Roedder,

Richard Brinson, Jr., Bill Lancaster

11:15 a.m. No 11:15 a.m. service

ACOLYTES

ADVISOR Mike Ballard

7:30 a.m. Matthew Minus

10:00 a.m.

Carl Madden, Lyla Brady, Leigh Minus,

Emme Dale, Sara McAleer, Lillie

Hedberg, Frank Parker, Mac Dale, Ellen

Madden, Will Parker, Thomas Chandler

Faith: the Ticket to Hope

Easter in July We get a little taste of Easter again this week. Jesus arrives to raise a 12 year old girl from the dead. The

crowd laughs at Him, derisively. A lot of culture still laughs at the claims of Jesus. What with things like

technology, wealth, glamour, political intrigue, and detached sensuality as balms to our anxieties, what

does the nether world really have to offer? The truth is . . . everything. Societies that lose their heart,

common cause, unity, team spirit, purpose, urgency for justice, mercy, sacrificial courage become hard,

cold, cynical. They become candidates for the scrap heap of history. It is the inner things: the heart, the

soul, the spirit, the purpose, the common cause that represent strengths which are enduring and eternal.

These are the things that produce hope. As we approach the 236th anniversary of our nation, in a time of

some anxiety, the Church, as always, has something vital to offer. Hope. The more we invest in being

people of the inner Way, the more we leaven our world. Each of us has a choice to make. Our

commitment to Jesus healing power for new life really matters.

This Week’s Lay Ministries

The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

July 1, 2012 Church Calendar

SUNDAY JULY 1

7:30 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

6:00 p.m.

Holy Eucharist, Rite I – Little Church

Family Service, Holy Eucharist, Rite II Church

Holy Eucharist, Rite II– Little Church

MONDAY JULY 2

No Yoga the month of July

TUESDAY JULY 3

6:30 a.m.

12:00 noon

Men’s Study Group—Monthly Breakfast—Parish Hall

(with full breakfast served the first Tuesday of each month)

Twelve Steps for Christians—Parlor

WEDNESDAY JULY 4

10:00 a.m.

Holy Eucharist—Little Church

The Church Office will be closed for the Fourth of

July and will reopen on Thursday, July 5.

Have a safe and fun holiday!

No 5:30 p.m. service

THURSDAY

JULY 5

The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

First Reading: 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27 Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 8:7-15

Psalm: 130 Gospel: Mark 5:21-43

Raise the Roof Project.

The Raise the Roof Project has begun and students from churches in Alabama,

Florida, and Indiana will repair three roofs in the South Broad Street area. We are so

excited to welcome the first camp crew to the first ever camp week of the Raise the

Roof Project. Many thanks to those who are making this incredible ministry possible, including our

dinner coordinators, Lauree Riggin, Lee Lee Brady, and Fay Mullis; popsicle deliveries, Luci Ladd

and family; breakfast server, Carol Hunter; activity helpers, Allison and Marshall Shields, Laura and

Jay Divison; construction volunteer, Forbes Sirmon, and our Missions Committee for their support.

There are many volunteer opportunities still needed. They include: assisting with an evening

activity on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday from 8:45-10:00 p.m., or donating the

items needed. They are: Sunday, ice cream and toppings for 100; Tuesday, popcorn and candy for

Movie Night; Thursday, small prizes for Trivia and Go Fish Tournament;. You can help serve

breakfast on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or Saturday mornings from 7:15-9:00 a.m.

If you would like to help, please contact Lydia Johnson at 251-377-7809 or [email protected].

Parish Life

Music in celebration of the Fourth of July, this Sunday at the

10:00 a.m. Family Service! This Sunday we encourage you to leave the beach or cabana and bring your friends to

come and celebrate with inspiring hymns such as: “God of our fathers,” “God bless

our native land,” “America the Beautiful,” “God bless America,” and “The Star

Spangled Banner.” George and Leslie Mims assisted by Andra Bohnet, flautist and Peter

Wood, trumpet, will play at the service. “Onward Christian Soldiers” with Piccolo, Trumpet,

Organ and Choir will be sung at the Offertory. Music after the closing Procession will include

John Phillips Sousa Marches for piano four hands. Sing and warm up your voice as you drive

to church. You’ll want to use it mightily to the glory of God and in thanksgiving for our

country!

The 4th of July and the Separation of Church and State I have been asked recently about thoughts on the Catholic bishop’s suit against the US

government over the birth control provision in the healthcare law. My understanding of

Catholic theology and Thomistic law is limited at best, but as I understand it, the Catholic

church considers the interruption of pro-creation as an interruption of life like they consider

capital punishment, abortion, and euthanasia interruptions of life. All this is impermissible in

their doctrine. While I approach ethics from a more Protestant perspective, I liken the case a

little, to the recent lawsuit involving the Episcopal, Methodist, and Catholic Churches against

the State of Alabama’s immigration law. That law made it a felony to assist anyone who might

turn out to be an illegal alien. The Church could not accept that. It was theologically untenable.

Equally so, the birth control requirement to the Catholic Church. . . . We actually benefit in this

country from a reasonable separation between Church and State. The democracy benefits. In a

book entitled, From Dictatorship to Democracy (which in many ways inspired the Arab Spring)

author Gene Sharp observes that when a democracy loses the independent voices of its

subgroups it is headed toward the loss of its freedoms. It is natural to the tendencies of

governments of all political persuasions to move toward suppressing independent voices. Yet it

is urgent to the well-being of the whole that the autonomy of these voices be maintained. The

privilege of the separation of Church and State is a great blessing to be celebrated this 4th of

July, for the Church and the nation. It is not perfect, but it is a great gift.

Fourth of July Though the Church Office will be closed for the 4th of July, we will have the

regularly scheduled Holy Eucharist at 10:00 a.m. We will not have the 5:30 p.m.

service on that day, so please make your plans accordingly. We have much to pray

for as a nation. We are blessed to be free; we are blessed that so many have paid the sacrifice

for that freedom. WE also have challenges before us as we seek a pathway to a just peace in the

Middle East, and as we continue to work for the kind of society that would reflect in every

aspect God’s hope for mankind. Join us Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. as we pray for our nation.

Parish Life

The flowers on the Altar of the Church are given to the Glory of God and in loving

memory of Mrs. R. E. Ledyard, Jr.

The flowers on the Altar of the Little Church are given to the Glory of God and in loving

memory of Joe and Vivian Ferniany and Theodora Scott by Betty and Kathleen.

Happy Birthday to St. Paulians for the week of July 1– July 7, 2012.

Christopher Allen Emmitt Dubose Anne McLaughlin Melia Saliba

Patrick Allen John Friend James McPoland Tom Seibt

William Arendall Robert Hayes Brooks Milling Allison Shields

Lauren Bixler Michael Herndon Matthew Minus Maryella Sirmon

Elizabeth Chandler Jack Horner Sue Moseley David Terry

Laura Chandler Diane Horst Emma Myers Alexander Wiles

Taylor Citrin Mimsy Hossley David Nicholson Tommy Wood

Ashton Cushing Luci Ladd Chris Odom Matt Zarzour

Shelah Dearmon Lucille Mayfield Donnie Radcliff William Zundel

Life is a gift from God. We rejoice in the joy of spending it together.

Mark your calendar– We’re going to Sewanee—July 15 –20!

Please let Margaret Cadden know if you plan to go by calling the Church Office at 342-8521 or

by calling Margaret at 610-6696.

EYC News

It’s getting closer! - Vacation Bible School We can’t wait to take flight and learn to trust God at VBS, July 23—27, from 9:00 a.m.

until 12 noon. In order to get ready our flight crews need YOUR help. You can help

by donating any of the items listed. They are: cardboard egg cartons, large paper grocery bags,

newspaper, sheets of cardboard, small containers with plastic lids, resealable plastic sandwich bags,

cotton balls, 3 oz. paper cups, wet wipes, turkey basters, smocks or used men’s shirts, and Dawn

dish soap. Items may be brought to the Church Office. Thank you so much for your support and

generosity in advance.

Classes for Christian Formation

Tuesdays - St. Paul’s

Men’s Study, Conference

Room, 6:30 –7:30 a.m.

Twelve Steps for

Christians—Parlor

Tuesday, Noon—12:45

p.m. Parlor

The Men’s Study Group will have its monthly breakfast on Tuesday, July 3,

in the Parish Hall at 6:30 a.m. We will continue our study of Isaiah.

Hope you will plan to join us for some delicious food, inspiring discussion

This is an opportunity to learn about and practice the Scriptural and

Christian principles upon which 12-Step Spirituality is based. We open

with prayers for noonday from our Book of Common Prayer and a brief

reflection on how a particular step relates to our lives. No homework. All

From the Archives

Excerpts from The Spring Hill Preserver written by Robert Hunter, First issue of

the newsletter, June 28, 1979.

The Spring Hill community passes another milestone this June when the U.S. Post Office leaves Spring

Hill Shopping Center to relocate farther out Old Shell Road near University Boulevard.

For more than one hundred years the neighborhood was served by the Postal Service from various

facilities not more than one hundred yards from its present location, and frequently the postmaster or

postmistress lived no more than a block away. Sixty years ago the neighbors got their mail and bought

their two-cent stamps from Mr. Cox, the postmaster, who shared a small board-and-batten building with

Mr. McPhillips, who ran the neighborhood grocery store and lived next door. This building stood beside

the streetcar track where the Merchants Bank (Regions) drive-up windows are now located. It was a fine

place to wait for the streetcar and pass the time with neighbors and friends.

The Post Office offered no boxes for its customers, you just asked for your mail and Mrs. Cox gave it to

you. After all, there were fewer than one hundred families and certainly no business mail. Smells of bulk

coffee beans and spices, and even tobacco and snuff, from the store filled the Post Office space as well as

the store. Mrs. Cox helped her husband take care of the Post Office and in later years their daughter

succeeded them. Next door, Mrs. McPhillips likewise helped her husband with the store and their son

joined his mother after Mr. McPhillips died. They had a Model T Ford delivery truck, ably operated by a

friendly black man whom everybody called Henry. Henry knew exactly how to put the Model T right up

to everyone’s kitchen porch so he could carry the groceries in. If you did not have a phone, Henry would

pickup your order when he stopped in the morning and bring it back after lunch.

YOGA

There will be NO yoga classes during the month of July.