July 2015 Messenger

Broderick's 1st Sunday July 12

the messenger of grace-st. luke's episcopal churchVolume 62, No. 7 July 2015

Snow Cone Sunday July 26

Inside This Issue39ers ......................................................................... 575th Anniversary Pictorial Directory ............................... 775th Anniversary Renovation Update .............................. 8Altar Flowers............................................................. 11Athletics ..................................................................... 6Broderick's First Sunday ............................................... 6Bygone Days ............................................................ 11Calendar Highlights .................................................... 12Episcopal Churchmen DuBose Conference ....................... 5EYC News ................................................................... 6From the Rector ....................................................... 3-4Lay Schedule ............................................................ 10Looking Towards Sunday ............................................ 11Member News ........................................................... 11Memorials & Honoraria ............................................... 11Outreach Ministries ...................................................... 9Pastoral Care Corner .................................................... 7School News ............................................................. 10Snow Cone Sunday ...................................................... 5This Sunday's Texts ................................................... 11Vestry Nominations .................................................... 12Weekend Exodus - Save the Date .................................. 5

On the cover: In July we have two BIG Sundays. The Rev. Broderick Greer's first Sunday at GSL is July 12. Then, on July 28, join us for our 2nd annual Snow Cone Sunday. For more information about each of these Sundays, see page 5.

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Sunday Service Times8 am Holy Eucharist8:45 am Breakfast9:30 am Christian Education (Sept.–May)10:30 am Holy Eucharist5:30 pm Holy EucharistNursery available for all services except the 5:30 pm service.

Office Hours8:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday–Thursday8:00 am to noon Friday

StaffThe Rev. Richard Lawson, RectorThe Rev. Dr. Russ Snapp, Assisting PriestThe Rev. Broderick Greer, CurateChristi Authement, Athletics & Fellowship Dir.Beulah Brown, SextonBeth Claybrook, Financial AssistantWesley Emerson, Organist/ChoirmasterSharon Campbell, Children's Education DirectorConnie Johns, Membership & NewcomersEva Loftin, Assistant Nursery DirectorAmanda McGriff, Interim Dir. of Pastoral CareChapman Morrow, Parish Development OfficerLucy Owens, Communications DirectorHarriet Roberts, Adult Education DirectorDebbie Smith, Music AssociateLinda Stine, Finance & AdministrationMary Margaret Winn, Youth Minister

2015 Vestry Grant Adams, Juan Fuentes, Edith Heller, John Huber, Hal Medling, Jim Mercer, Rob Norcross, Virginia Rowland, Donna Sanders, Cynthia Saatkamp, King Self, Josh Shipley, Maura Sullivan, Betsy Wilson, and Ken Woodmansee.

Vestry and Executive Committee The vestry meets the third Tuesday of each month in Trezevant Hall. The Executive Committee meets the Friday before vestry at 7:45 am in the Peete Conference Room. These meetings are open to the parish. Vestry members are also available to convey matters of importance from parishioners to the vestry. Watch your eNews and eMessenger for the links to the vestry minutes. To be added to the eNews/eMessenger distribution lists, contact Lucy Owens, [email protected]. Vestry email: [email protected]

Messenger DeadlineThe deadline for the June issue of The Messenger is 9 am, May 15! Contact Lucy at 272-7425 or [email protected] with any questions.

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From the Rector: A Sermon about Racism and Mark 4:35-41

There is a book by an Episcopal priest and philosopher that has a daunting title, Horrendous Evils and

the Goodness of God. Adams defines horrendous evils as actions that “rob a person’s life of meaning" (page 211). A person is not simply an individual, of course, but a member of a larger collective identity, such as a race or a religion.

Adams cites historical examples of evil (page 26), that is, wrongs that are so devastating to humanity that they deserve to be put in that category of evil: the holocaust, the taking of innocent lives in war, and others.

In our country and especially in the south, we should add to Adams' list of evils the murder of nine lives within what were thought to be the safe walls of God’s house, Emanuel AME Church, in Charleston. These murders are an attack upon a race of people and their very spiritual life and meaning.

In times like this, prayer can feel so modest and small, but scripture reminds us again and again that prayer is a great power. Let us pray, therefore. We pray for those who have died. God grant them rest and healing and light perpetual in the communion of saints.

We pray for all who mourn, especially their families and friends and their parish church. May all who mourn learn one day to trust that—in the midst of a wound that will not go away on this side of glory—God is doing for their loved ones greater things than they can “ask or imagine.” If those who grieve cannot learn to trust in God's healing spirit because the grief and fear are too much, may we trust for them.

One of the charisms of Anglicanism is that our clergy and our tradition are not too intrusive or controlling of what we think and feel as we pray. This spirit is perhaps best described in a saying attributed to Queen Elizabeth I, who said that she "would not make windows into men's souls," meaning there is room for ambiguity and for God to work in private, not just in public. Common prayer does not require common feelings or thoughts.

As a priest, therefore, I am very comfortable not knowing exactly what each member is thinking or feeling as he or she prays. In light of the shootings in Emmanuel AME Church, however, I have learned in detail about what some of us are

thinking and feeling as we pray that petition in the Lord's Prayer, "deliver us from evil."

Some of us pray to be delivered from racist thoughts or im-ages that occur within our families and within our own minds and hearts. As a white southerner, I know that racism is passed down from generation to generation, passed down not like an inheritance (a house or a ring) that literally changes hands, but passed down more like a story that gets told over and over. In this story, the characters are stereotyped and labeled. This story about race gets in our minds and imaginations.

Turning from evil, which is what repentance means, is a way of praying for a dramatic turn in the story of the relationship between blacks and whites, a new story with powerful exam-ples of reconciliation and creativity. And thank God that our city of Memphis has such inspiring examples of such recon-ciliation. There are images and stories of racial reconciliation in this diverse city of Memphis that occur every day.

However, as I think about and support the African-American members of our parish and the Episcopal Church in our country, I know for a fact that they pray to be delivered from the evil in a way that I do not. These parishioners and Episco-palians pray literally to be delivered from evil. Literally, they pray that God will deliver them from the violence of racism. They pray that God will deliver them home and keep them free from harm, in the church and in the world.

Both kinds of prayers are desperately needed in our par-ish and in our nation. I am certain there are other kinds of prayers in regard to evil, of course, but these are at least two kinds of prayers that are on our minds and hearts: prayers for new images and stories, and prayers for deliverance.

On the surface, this Gospel reading (Mark 4:35-41) seems to relate to all of this evil and chaos in our society, for in this story Jesus brings peace and quiet. The story includes one of my favorite images of Jesus: Jesus taking a nap. I love naps! The disciples awaken Jesus because they are afraid of a storm that is rocking their boat. So, Jesus rebukes the wind and then says to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" Then the wind ceases, and there is a dead calm. He asks the disciples who are in the boat, "Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?”

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What Jesus calms or stills is not racism or evil, but the sea, that ancient symbol of chaos and flux. The story invites us to imagine that Jesus and God’s will governs all of creation, even the sea of chaos. We are invited to trust that God is ac-tive and protective and present, sometimes in spite of the evidence to the contrary.

This image of Christ as connected with all of creation and mysteriously guiding creation’s ongoing life is a recurring image in art, architecture, and hymnody. To cite an obvious example, look no farther than the window above our altar in the parish hall, named Christ the Light of the World.

In it, Christ holds a lantern that is literally bursting with light. Even when there is very little light in the evening, this lantern picks up on what little light the outside world will give it and often glows slightly when the rest of the window is basically

dark. Flanked by the morning and evening angels, we have a beautiful image of God speaking and acting in and through all of creation, speaking and acting through all of our very ordi-nary days. And that seems to be the real point of our Gospel story and images like these—the ordinary and extraordinary intersect, earth and heaven touch at certain points.

Faith in this sense is very connected with the human imagi-nation, which Samuel Taylor Coleridge—the great Anglican theologian and Romantic poet—defined as a "mysterious power" to extract "hidden ideas and meaning” in what we see and feel. Let us pray, then, to be people of imagination, even when what we see frightens us like a great storm frightens and fascinates us. Or on quieter and more mundane days, let us pray to have the imagination in order to see that each day is a gift, no matter how ordinary it may be. Indeed, Jesus and God’s will brings us life and light with each sunrise, with each breath we are given.

The Reverend Richard Lawson

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August 14-16The 69th Annual

Churchmen ConferenceFor more info, visit

www.tnchurchmen.org.

Every year since 1947, laymen of the Episcopal churches in Tennessee have gathered at DuBose Conference Center in Monteagle, TN. It is the longest-running gathering of lay people in The Episcopal Church. All Episcopal men are invited to join in this wonderful tradition of worship and fellowship. For more info, visit www.tnchurchmen.org or talk to Buddy Adams, Jim Beaty, Don McLemore, Jon McCalla or one of the GSL men who have attended regularly over the years.

Weekend Exodus 2015

September 25-27Before you buy those football tickets for next season, block out this weekend so you don't miss our fabulous annual parish retreat to Bratton-Green. Food and friends. Canoeing and fishing. Camp fires and zip lines. And lots more, for all ages.

For more info, contact one of the co-chairs: Cynthia Saatkamp ([email protected]) Maura Sullivan ([email protected])

Save these Dates!

There will be a Welcome Reception hosted by the Fellowship Committee for the Reverend Broderick Greer on

Sunday, July 12, following the 10:30 am service. Please come and help us extend an amazing GSL welcome to our newest clergy. The reception will be held in the gymnasium; just follow the crowd.

Reception Welcomesthe Reverend

Broderick Greer

Kona Ice Snow ConesSunday, July 26

Take a break from the heat and join us for a sweet treat. Kona Ice will be in the circle drive after the 10:30 service on July 26 with $1.00 off snow cones in 4 sizes and 10 flavors!

Dear Grace-St. Luke's,

My heart is bursting at the seams due to the gracious welcome you have extended from the moment I arrived in Memphis. As you know, I have experienced transition after transition over the last month and a half, so being surrounded by your generous prayers and gifts has been a solid rock. I offer my thanks to the choir members who participated in my diaconate ordination in

May, all of GSL who prayed either in person or from elsewhere, and Antoinette Cheney who coordinated the collection of gift cards, memberships, and other thoughtful welcomes to Memphis. I look forward to getting to know you as we share meals, coffee, and drinks together as I begin my curacy with you in July. It will be a delightful adventure for us all.

Yours,Broderick

YUMMMY YUMMMY

The 39ers are not meeting during the summer. We will return Sept. 11. Have a great summer and consider joining us for the 2015 to 2016 year. We meet the second Friday of the month, September-

May. Meetings are at 11:30 am for wine and cheese and conversation, followed by a catered meal and a program. Looking forward to seeing you. For more info, contact Mary Virginia Rogers ([email protected]).

39ers

EYC Newsand Events

Summer Lunches are back! EYC will be meeting at locally-owned restaurants for food and fellowship Tuesdays in July. All rising 6th-12th graders are welcome to attend. This is a great introduction to youth group for rising 6th graders and the perfect way for everyone to catch up with friends. So if you want to hang out with friends and enjoy a great meal, meet us at the restaurant at 11:30 am each of the following Tuesdays. Make sure to bring $5, and friends are welcome!

July 6—No lunch due to youth service tripJuly 14—Stone Soup Café (993 Cooper St.) July 21—Lost Pizza Co. (2855 Poplar Ave.)July 28—Belly Acres (2102 Trimble Pl.)Bonus lunch! August 4—Lost Pizza Co.

I GSL bags are here! As a fundraiser for our summer service trip, the youth are selling reusable grocery bags so that you can shop in style and help reduce plastic waste. Bags will be on sale after services on Sundays and during the week in the church office. 1 bag= $10 and 2 bags= $15. To learn more about what we will be doing this summer, please visit the youth page on the church website.

We are now a member of the Kroger Community Rewards Program! Every time an enrolled member shops at Kroger, GSL earns cash rewards, which will go towards Youth Out-reach programs. There is no cost to you, and it does not affect your personal Kroger Plus points, savings, or fuel rewards. To learn how to sign up, please visit the youth page on the church website, www.gracestlukes.org/youth-group.

Church Athletics

Thank you Coaches

A huge THANK YOU to all of the 2015 GSL T-Ball and Baseball Coaches. They include: Drew Fontenot, Joel Halpern, Hunter Jones, Rich Kelly, Bubba Halliday, John Houseal, Ben Ladd, Dave Erickson, Chris Spencer, Kevin Thompson, Michael Dyer, David Deason and Jeff White.

Please contact Christi Authement, [email protected] or 825-7353, with any questions about GSL Athletics.

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Episcopal Service CorpsItems Needed

City of Soul, the newest Episcopal Service Corps site founded by Grace-

St. Luke’s and Holy Communion, has been busy recruiting interns for a year of service at 5 local organizations dedicated to the city of Memphis and its people. A major component of their year in Memphis is living in community with each other under one roof. As we prepare for this most exciting new program, we need your help! City of Soul is in need of several furniture items to furnish the house of our future interns. We ask that these items be in very good to great condition:

If you would like to donate any of the above items, please contact Mary Margaret Winn. We will be scheduling several days in July to pick-up items.

As we collect donations, this list will be updated to reflect what we still need.

Mary Margaret [email protected]: 901-272-7425 ext. 26Cell: 404-791-3358

• 1 twin mattress• 1 twin box spring• 3 twin bed frames• Refrigerator• toaster or toaster oven• DVD player• 5+ kitchen or dining chairs• 1 kitchen or dining table to fit at least 5 chairs

• Media/tv stand• Lamps• Area rug(s)• Pots and pans• Cooking utensils• Flatware

1st/2nd grade boys end-of-the-year mom vs players game

Pastoral Care Corner

My grandmother died from early onset Alzheimer’s at age 63, and since then the people affected by this disease have a special place in my heart. I am proud to be a part of Grace-St. Luke’s Pastoral Care ministry for many reasons, but one of the biggest is that those with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease also have a special place in the heart of this parish.

Sometimes it is difficult to understand how a visit with some-one who is in the final stages of Alzheimer’s can be meaningful. These visits are not easy, and the truth is that, a lot of the time, it is impossible to tell whether or not the person being visited is even aware that there is someone else in the room.

However, I have been present when one of our parishioners

who was seemingly completely non-communicative very clearly said “daily bread” at the appropriate point in the Lord’s Prayer. I have seen another parishioner briefly come out of the fog of this disease to enjoy an old hymn. These moments are gifts that I have received as a part of Pastoral Care. They are also clear indications to me that being remembered and cared for as part of the body of Christ is deeply meaningful, whether or not that meaning can be communicated.

Our Baptismal Covenant calls us to seek and serve Christ in all persons and to respect the dignity of every human being. The Pastoral Care ministry’s commitment to our parishioners with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease is one of the ways we live this call as a parish community.

Caring for Those with Dementia and Alzheimer’sby Amanda McGriff

Photo DatesAugust 18-20August 28-30

September 11-16

Sign Up Linkgracestlukes.org/news/pictorial-directory

Volunteer Opportunities • Sign up folks on Sundays• Host/hostess on photo days

More InformationFor more info & to volunteer, contact Lucy Owens, 272-7425 or [email protected].

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Please be a part of our new family directory program–we need YOU to make our new family album complete!Let’s put names with faces. We have chosen to partner with Lifetouch for professional photographythat will connect our members and tell our story.

In your one-hour session you will: • Check-in• Be professionally photographed • Immediately view your portraits• Have an opportunity to purchase additional portraits

Portraits are valued family keepsakes. Watch for more information coming soon about the opportunity to schedule your portrait session.

We look forward to seeing you!

When was the last time you or your family had a professional portrait taken?

ConvenientLifetouch will photograph at our location.

Each family will receive acomplimentary 8x10 portraitand directory for participating

Exciting products turn your portraits into cherished memories Products may vary

Please be a part of our new 75th Anniversary Pictorial Directory—we need YOU to make our new family album complete! Let’s put names with faces. When was the last time you or your family had a professional portrait taken? Portraits are valued family keepsakes.

We have chosen to partner with Lifetouch for professional photography that will connect our members and tell our story.

Getting your pictures made will be convenient. Lifetouch will photograph at GSL.

In your one-hour session you will:• Check-in• Be professionally photographed• Immediately view your portraits• Have an opportunity to purchase additional

portraits

We look forward to seeing you!

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Update on Our New Nichols & Simpson Antiphonal OrganFor over 30 years, Nichols & Simpson, located in Little Rock, Arkansas, has provided professional organbuilding and rebuilding expertise, organ tuning and maintenance to clients throughout the United States. Visit their website at www.nicholsandsimpson.com to read more and see some of the magnificent organs they have built and installed, including: Church of the Redeemer in Sarasota, Florida, the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and St. Michael's Episcopal Church in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Much of the recent work on our new antiphonal organ, which is in the process of being built, has been on design of the façade and the windchests, the Gedeckt pipes, and the bench.

See a few recent work-in-progress photos below sent to us by Nichols & Simpson. Like GSL’s Facebook page to see even more pictures of the 75th anniversary renovation progress! Just go to www.facebook.com/gracestlukes. To make sure you see all our posts: Like us, Get Notifications, and Follow. You can also add us to your Facebook favorites for an easy link to the page.

75th Anniversary Renovation Updates

Jeff Emerson with Montgomery Martin Contractors is the general contractor over the 75th Anniversary Project. Jeff, VP of Montgomery Martin, is well known to our parish through his work on the Church-School Safety Committee and also as a GSL School parent. Some of Montgomery Martin's completed projects in Memphis are the GSL School Anchor Center, Bass Pro Pyramid, and Salvation Army Kroc Community Center. In 2014 Montgomery Martin received the Excellence in Construction award from Associated Builders and Contractors.

Rob Norcross, AIA, is an architect at Looney Ricks Kiss Architects in Memphis. He is on our vestry and is reviewing all of the renovation work for the vestry and the Church Proper Committee. LRK and Rob's work on Overton Square, Sears Crosstown, AutoZone Park, and Saddle Creek Retail Shops are well-known throughout the Midsouth.

Rob Norcross Jeff Emerson

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Outreach Ministry

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Food Pantry Facts by Juan FuentesIn May the GSL Food Pantry was the recipient of a generous food donation from Keller Williams Realty’s “Red Day” event. Red Day is a dedicated day for their company employees to collect food and paper goods, which are donated to selected food pantries. We are most grateful to Keller Williams’ associates, especially to our parishioners, Brenda Medling and Cindy Ward, for selecting GSL’s food pantry. THANK YOU for all the food, the incredible amount of much-needed paper goods, and for all your help with the separation of food, shelving and storing! You are awesome!

Year-To-Date (YTD) Statistics:YTD we have served: 238 households – 313 adults, 225 children, and 53 seniors.

OUTREACH…Beyond the 38104West Tennessee Haiti Partnership (WTHP) UpdateThe primary mission of the WTHP is to strengthen and support St. Vincent’s Center for Handicapped Children in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Since 2005, GSL has sponsored a partnership with the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti with funds, mission trips, supplies, medicines and vitamins. In 2010, St. Vincent’s was destroyed in the earthquake. That same year, the Diocese of West Tennessee named the Diocese of Haiti as a Companion Diocese and made a commitment to provide on-going education, food, healthcare, and water.

On Tuesday, August 19, at 6:00 pm in Cheney Hall at Holy Communion, WTHP will be having an exciting fund raising event. Fr. Leon Sadoni from St. Vincent’s Center in Haiti will be present to provide an update on the school and our work there. There will be Haitian food to eat and Haitian art to be auctioned. This is a fabulous opportunity to learn firsthand about such a vital ministry and how you can get involved. There are many new projects in the works such as aquaponics to provide new food sources and on-going challenges for clean water supplies. Please mark this date on your calendar, plan to attend, and look for more details to come!

Currently, the WTHP completes two medical mission trips each year. The most recent was in May, 2015, when dental services were provided to the children for the first time since 2010. The team members who make these trips volunteer their time, talents, and resources. They have provided corrective orthopedic surgery, designed better feeding programs, rebuilt a pharmacy, purchased medicine, delivered thousands of meals, and given countless hugs. The next trip is planned for the fall of 2015. You can keep up with all the latest WTHP news on their website at www.wtnhaitipartnership.org.

Below is a wish list of items the WTHP teams would love to be able to bring for the children of St. Vincent’s on their next trip. Please consider helping the children and the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti. Thank you for your generosity!

1.) Art /Craft/Sewing Supplies2.) Musical Instruments3.) Nail Polish/manicure kits4.) Pill bottles/Children’s chewable vitamins5.) Soap/Shampoo/toothpaste6.) Syringes/Gloves/alcohol pads

For more information contact Erin Shoughrue, GSL Outreach Liaison to WTHP, at [email protected] or The Rev. Drew Woodruff, Chairman, WTHP Committee at [email protected]

May Statistics: Number of families served: 47 households, which include 70 adults, 50 children, and 12 seniors..Volunteer hours: 17.5 hours -- which included 7 hours distributing food, 6 hours in food bank pick-ups and shelving, 2 hours shopping and shelving, 2.5 hours cleaning and organizing –(not including the hours spent by volunteer packers).

Mark your calendar! The last Sunday of the month—July 26—is FOOD PANTRY SUNDAY! We are asking that you

bring dry milk, peanut butter, and jams.

Volunteers are always needed! To volunteer, contact Happy Jones at [email protected] or 276-2136.

Contribute to the needs of the saint and seek to show hospitality.–Romans 12:13

Things do not slow down too much around here, even in the summer! We are excited to have a new roof installed on the Lower School building, along with new security cameras on the east side of the Anchor Center as well in the Preschool parking lot. I am happy to share the following new faculty appointments with you. We are welcoming a highly qualified group of teachers to our staff this fall, and we will publish an article in our Anchor magazine with more information on these new appointees later this year.

Miss Lee’s Preschool• Jennifer Vest will step down as head of Preschool to finish her doctoral

degree. • Cynthia Burnett joins us as her successor.• Emily Stephens is joining as a JK assistant for Laura Lemly. Emily

has her degree in Early Childhood Education from the University of Memphis.

• Lauren McGeorge, who filled in as a maternity-leave substitute this year, joins us full-time as a Preschool assistant.

Lower School• Long-time first grade teacher Martha Young retired after 21 years at

GSL. JK assistant Shannon Benitone will take her place on the first grade team.

• Rachel Bishop steps down as the Lower School foundations teacher to accept a new position in admissions at PDS. First-grade teacher Megan Ford will take her place.

• Emilee Cox steps down as our Library associate to accept a full-time position at PDS. Long-time third grade teacher Joyce Bruno, who was looking for an opportunity to transition to part-time, will replace her.

School Newsby Thor Kvande

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• Paula Greenberg will join Lower School to teach art two days a week alongside Carol Buchman. Paula holds a BA in Art and Art History from Newcomb College and a MAT in Art and Education from Tulane.

• Due to enrollment, first grade and fourth grade will each have two sections this coming school year. Fourth grade teacher Jessica Muller will move into third grade.

Middle School• Karla Held will continue with us full-time as our Middle School

Spanish teacher.

Staff• Marci Woodmansee steps down as director of communications to

accept a position at MUS. Our new director of communications is Lee Travis, who joins us from Hutchison.

• Darin Isom joins us as our new director of facilities. We are happy to say Mark Stewart will also stay as our general handyman.

We are sad to bid farewell to our teachers who are departing, but we are excited to be bringing in some great new individuals to fill their shoes! I know you will join me in welcoming these individuals to our community this fall.

SummerFest 2015 is off to a great start, and there is still time to register for classes! Visit www.gslschool.org/choose-gsl/campus-life/summer-camp/ for more information or contact camp director Emily Merrell at [email protected].

If you, or anyone you know, are still looking at GSL for the fall, there are still some select openings by appointment only. Contact director of enrollment Shelly McGuire at [email protected] or call 278-0200.

July 5Altar Guild: K Harper, G Acuff, E & MG Brewer, C Gardiner, S Ireland, R Martin, K Savage, C WillsBreakfast Cooks: J McCalla, P Burnett, D Brown, A Nix, J Huber, J Hartney, B Orpet, E Hord8:00 Acolyte, Reader, Chalice: McGehee, Adams10:30 Ushers: M Rowland, J Norris, F Langford, M Sullivan10:30 Acolytes: JD Huber, AM Burnett, SK Burnett10:30 Verger: S Ireland10:30 Lectors: S Clark, J Wyatt, D Smith, J Perdicaris10:30 EM: P Barnes, E Hendry, C Nave, J Ayres5:30: J Dowd, S Varghese

July 12Altar Guild: K Harper, G Acuff, E & MG Brewer, C Gardiner, S Ireland, R Martin, K Savage, C WillsBreakfast Cooks: J Clay, A Nave, E Taylor, R Norcross, H Medling, K Self, R Clark8:00 Acolyte, Reader, Chalice: Edwards, Busby,

Busby

JulyLay Schedule

10:30 Ushers: M Tate, J McCall, L Strickland, D Sappington10:30 Acolytes: M Woodmansee, B Patton, W Woodmansee10:30 Verger: D Pigg10:30 Lectors: S Ireland, S Baur, T Cockrill, J Wyatt10:30 EM: D Conaway, N Conaway, C Rasberry,

H Jones5:30: C Jefcoat, J Dowd

July 19Altar Guild: L Trotter, S Barnett, L Deeley, J Fuentes,

A Orpet, M SullivanBreakfast Cooks: D Conaway, S Liles, J Fields, M Rowland, B Bland, D Sappington, J Sullivan,

L Martin8:00 Acolyte, Reader, Chalice: Rolfes, Whitlock,

Whitlock10:30 Ushers: J Fuentes, J Beaty, D Conaway, G Scott

10:30 Acolytes: J McCall, R Liles, J Liles10:30 Verger: S ireland10:30 Lectors: J Perdicaris, P Wilson, D Pigg, J Wyatt10:30 EM: P Barnes, E Hendry, T Wyatt, L Wardlaw5:30: S Varghese, D McCanless

July 26Altar Guild: L Trotter, S Barnett, L Deeley, J Fuentes,

A Orpet, M SullivanBreakfast Cooks: P Wilson, C Kerwin, J Moore, B Foster, L Strickland, C Pazar, S King8:00 Acolyte, Reader, Chalice: McGehee, Brewer,

Brewer, Morse10:30 Ushers: J Shipley, R Norcross, W Ayres, H Wright10:30 Acolytes: S Crow, M Crow, B Taylor10:30 Verger: G Adams10:30 Lectors: N Conaway, C Pazar, S Baur, J Perdicaris10:30 EM: J Ayres, H Jones, L Wardlaw, D Conaway5:30: D McCanless, J Dowd

Altar Gifts Offered In Loving Memory of

July 5 E. Upton Bertaut, Betty Bertaut, Eugene Michel Holder, Jr., Richard Dudley Holder, Eugene Michel Holder, Elvin Jordan Holder, Laura Banks Jordan, Richard Dudley Jordan, Bettie Crawford Jordan, Betty Brink Holder, Sherri Sawyer, and David Voss Johnson, Jr.

July 12 Elaine Gregson Langford, Frank Mayne Langford, Sr., Camille Rhea Terrell, Mildred Gregson Rhea, Dorothy Walker Palmer, Jackson Francis Palmer, and Evelyn Mitchell Webb

July 19 Tracy Plyler, Anne Ogden Plyler Thomas Mathews Plyler, William Ogden Plyler, Garth Connally Jones, and Wharton Stewart Jones, Sr.

July 26 Florence Boyce Battle and Walter Preston

Memorials& Honoraria

Given in honor ofGeorge & Betty Johnson from Larry & Rebecca Johnson (Church

Renovation)Hallie Peyton from Anne & Andy Andrews (Altar Flowers)

Given in Memory ofTom Claybrook from Howard & Ann BrownMary Mulherin from Mary Linda & Lee Wardlaw, Dorette Evans

Early, J. Walker Hays, Jim & Bond Moore (Pastoral Care), Fay & Bill Coolidge, Caroline and Caroline Helen Charbonnet, Sherry Murphy, Allison Jones & Jim Drummond, Helen White Saino, Mr. & Mrs. Bruce E. Campbell, Minetry Apperson Crowley (Food Pantry), Debby & Steve Schadt, and Linda Koury

Whit Denman from J. Walker Hays, Debby C. McElroy-Clark, Linda K. Miller (Troop 34), Wynn & Gwin Scott, Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Schaffler, Jim & Jeannie Croye, Nancy & Lou Chiozza, J. A. Prewitt, Merrin Cantin, Mark Cantin, Grace & Jeremiah Upshaw, Jim Hartley, Kate Boone, Ruth Lentz, John & Ann Dillard, and Mrs. Alice Wray

Bill Stubblefield from Jimpsie & Warren AyresHelen Allen from Patty Wiley and Helen Saino

MembershipNews

Holy Baptism May 24Lillian Corinne Wilson, daughter of Svetlana and Warren WilsonCarter Todd Kaldon, son of Carolyn and Todd KaldonAsher Rowan Stewart-Clark, son of Samantha Stewart and Jaime

ClarkTheodore Arrow Pym Campbell, son of Sharon and Keith Campbell

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Holy Baptism Scheduled

Baptism is the entry point for The Episcopal Church for adults, children and infants. If you have not been baptized or would like to schedule a baptism, we are happy to make arrangements for you. The next date for baptism is: November 1, 2015. For more information and to schedule a baptism, contact Connie Johns, 272-7425, ext. 22, or [email protected].

NEWS OF BYGONE DAYS50 years ago (1965): Our country is in mortal peril today -- besieged by a godless ideology from without, confronted by an array of formidable and unscrupulous adversaries on the battle lines, and suffering within from apathy and even disunity by large numbers of citizens whose scale of values does not include patriotism... Thus, on Independence Day which is Sunday, let us be in Church one and all to thank God for our freedom, to invoke His Blessing upon our beloved land, and to rededicate ourselves to God and Country. -C. Brinkley Morton

20 years ago (1995): On Sunday, July 2, the Reverend John Baker officially joins the Grace-St. Luke's staff... The angel is the traditional symbol used to express the ministry of the deacon, not because deacons are so cherubic, but because like the angel, a deacon is to be the herald of good news and God's servant messenger to humanity. -G. David Fikes

Looking Towards Sunday ~ July

Revised Common LectionaryTrack 1 Year B

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost: July 5 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10 • Psalm 48 2 Corinthians 12:2-10 • Mark 6:1-13Seventh Sunday after Pentecost: July 12 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 • Psalm 24 Ephesians 1:3-14 • Mark 6:14-29Eighth Sunday after Pentecost: July 19 2 Samuel 7:1-14a • Psalm 89:20-37 Ephesians 2:11-22 • Mark 6:30-34, 53-56Ninth Sunday after Pentecost: July 26 2 Samuel 11:1-15 • Psalm 14 Ephesians 3:14-21 • John 6:1-21

www.gracestlukes.org/spirituality-and-worship/preparing-for-sunday/

Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church1720 Peabody AvenueMemphis, Tennessee 38104-6124901-272-7425, 901-272-9833 (fax)[email protected], www.gracestlukes.org

The Messenger of Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church (USPS 778-900)-published monthly by Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 1720 Peabody Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38104. Periodicals postage paid at Memphis, TN. POSTMASTER: send address changes to Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 1720 Peabody Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104, (901) 272-7425, email [email protected]. Lucy Owens, Editor.

July Calendargracestlukes.org/uploads/files/july2015calendar.pdf

Master Calendar: www.gracestlukes.org/events/(The Master Calendar icon is on the left.)

Calendar HighlightsThe Church Office closes at noon on Fridays during the

summer.

July 1: Fellowship MeetingJuly 6: Church Office ClosedJuly 6-9: EYC RetreatJuly 10: Carriere Wedding RenewalJuly 12: Broderick's First SundayJuly 14: Finance MeetingJuly 15: Outreach MeetingJuly 17: Executive Meeting July 18: Helen Allen Memorial ServiceJuly 21: VestryJuly 26: Food Pantry SundayJuly 26: Snow Cone SundayAug. 29: The Heartbreak and Hope of

Survivors in Recovery Aug. 30: Recovery Sunday with

the Rev. Becca Stevens

CALL FOR VESTRY NOMINATIONS

Do you have an interest in parish governance? Do you want to step up to a new leadership role at Grace St. Luke’s? Does the person down the pew from you have special values, skills, and enthusiasm for this parish? Now is the time to think about vestry nominations for the Class of 2016. The Vestry Nominating Committee (VNC) is meeting, discussing potential nominees and wants your input.

In considering a potential nominee, the following guide should be remembered:

The person must be a confirmed communicant of Grace St Luke’s in good standing, not less than eighteen (18) years of age, a giver of record and shall not be employed by Grace St. Luke’s Church, Grace St. Luke’s School or the Diocese.

The Vestry functions like a board of directors, overseeing policy and operations of the parish. The five new members of the Vestry will begin service in January 2016 with a Vestry Retreat in early January and monthly dinner meetings on the third Tuesday of the month. It is a three year commitment.

The person submitting a name should have some indication that the named person would agree to have their name placed in nomination if asked by the Vestry Nominating Committee.

Please submit nominations to Edith Heller at [email protected] or call at 274-5015 by August 2nd. Other members of the VNC are Grant Adams, Hal Medling, Donna Sanders and King Self.