Service Schedule INVITES YOU TO EXPLORE OUR LIFE AND MINISTRIES AT ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH Volume 101, Number 7 225-387-5141 • Fax 225-387-1443 • www.stjamesbr.org July 2017 M ESSENGER T he www.stjamesbr.org Sundays 8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite I Spoken service in church 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II Service in the church with choir(s) Nursery open 8:45 ‘til noon 5:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II Chapel of the Twelve Apostles Wednesdays Noon Holy Eucharist, Rite II with Healing Prayers Chapel of the Twelve Apostles and Summer at Sounds Tickets available online or at the door! www.stjamesbr.org Only $10 per show! July 5 • Barbara Shorts July 12 • Quiana Lynell and The Lush Life July 19 • Armand St. Martin’s Maison C’est Bon Jazz Trio July 26 • Randy East and Raw Sugar A R T I S T S G U I L D Summer Exhibition & Sale An evening of music each Wednesday in July at 7:00 p.m. Admission for each Summer Sounds at St. James concert this July is just $10, and college students with a valid ID will be admitted free. A reception follows each concert so you may have an opportunity to meet the performers, obtain memorabilia and recordings, and enjoy the St. James Artists’ Guild Summer Exhibition and Sale. Online ticket purchase is now open at stjamesbr. org/music/2017SummerSounds. You can prepay with electronic check or debit/credit card (tickets will be held for pick-up at door). Tickets will also be available at the door (cash or check, only). e eighth annual Summer Sounds series opens on Wednesday, July 5 with renowned New Orleans jazz vocalist Barbara Shorts. Well known in New Orleans for her powerful voice and bluesy jazz style, Ms. Shorts has traveled the world, but her musical roots are gospel from her hometown where she has performed at the Jazz & Heritage Festival, Essence Festival, and as soloist with the New Orleans/Cincinnati Ballet and Orchestra Company. e Wednesday, July 12 program will feature Quiana Lynell and e Lush Life. Quiana Lynell is well known at St. James for her velvet voice in the St. James Choir. She now shares her time as a teaching artist and touring performer. Lynell sees music as the soundtrack of life and enjoys each opportunity to share memories and moments in the lives of those around her. With a most unique and diverse musical repertoire and a sophisticated piano style, singer-songwriter and piano man-entertainer Armand St. Martin returns to the Summer Sounds at St. James on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. is year, instead of providing his well- known all-original solo piano concert of his Louisiana songs and storytelling, he will focus on Armand St. Martin’s Maison C’est Bon Jazz Trio, popular for performing their jazzy new twists on New Orleans favorites, in addition to several St. Martin originals, by mixing jazz standards with New Orleans classic R&B, melding rock ‘n’ roll with blues and Dixieland, and blending legendary sounds to create a “new sound.” Randy East and Raw Sugar will bring the 2017 series to a conclusion on Wednesday, July 26. Randy is a singer, songwriter, entertainer, and humorist, and the evening will feature Randy’s singing and playing his original songs and music, intertwined with his reflections of growing up in New Orleans. Randy has also served to coordinate this eighth season of Summer Sounds. Search Committee for the 24th Rector of St. James Co-chairs: Helen Campbell Trey Roberts Members: Charlie Frey Catherine Harrell Bob Israel Bahin Leonard Andy McCall Jay Noland Susan Rolfs Julia Spaht John Sykes Martha Vasquez
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Service Schedule
InvItes You to explore our lIfe and MInIstrIes at st. JaMes epIscopal church
Volume 101, Number 7 225-387-5141 • Fax 225-387-1443 • www.stjamesbr.org July 2017
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www.stjamesbr.org
Sundays 8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite I Spoken service in church10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II Service in the church with choir(s)
Nursery open 8:45 ‘til noon
5:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II Chapel of the Twelve Apostles
WednesdaysNoon Holy Eucharist, Rite II with Healing Prayers Chapel of the Twelve Apostles
and
Summer atSounds
Tickets available online or at the door!
www.stjamesbr.orgOnly $10 per show!
July 5 • Barbara Shorts July 12 • Quiana Lynell and The Lush Life July 19 • Armand St. Martin’s Maison C’est Bon Jazz Trio July 26 • Randy East and Raw Sugar
A R T I S T S G U I L D
Summer Exhibition & Sale
An evening of music each Wednesday in July at 7:00 p.m.
Admission for each Summer Sounds at St. James concert this July is just $10, and college students with a valid ID will be admitted free. A reception follows each concert so you may have an opportunity to meet the performers, obtain memorabilia and recordings, and enjoy the St. James Artists’ Guild Summer Exhibition and Sale. Online ticket purchase is now open at stjamesbr.org/music/2017SummerSounds. You can prepay with electronic check or debit/credit card (tickets will be held for pick-up at door). Tickets will also be available at the door (cash or check, only).
The eighth annual Summer Sounds series opens on Wednesday, July 5 with renowned New Orleans jazz vocalist Barbara Shorts. Well known in New Orleans for her powerful voice and bluesy jazz style, Ms. Shorts has traveled the world, but her musical roots are gospel from her hometown where she has performed at the Jazz & Heritage Festival, Essence Festival, and as soloist with the New Orleans/Cincinnati Ballet and Orchestra Company.
The Wednesday, July 12 program will feature Quiana Lynell and The Lush Life. Quiana Lynell is well known at St. James for her velvet voice in the St. James Choir. She now shares her time as a teaching artist and touring performer.
Lynell sees music as the soundtrack of life and enjoys each opportunity to share memories and moments in the lives of those around her.
With a most unique and diverse musical repertoire and a sophisticated piano style, singer-songwriter and piano man-entertainer Armand St. Martin returns to the Summer Sounds at St. James on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. This year, instead of providing his well-known all-original solo piano concert of his Louisiana songs and storytelling, he will focus on Armand St. Martin’s Maison C’est Bon Jazz Trio, popular for performing their jazzy new twists on New Orleans favorites, in addition to several St. Martin originals, by mixing jazz standards with New Orleans classic R&B, melding rock ‘n’ roll with blues and Dixieland, and blending legendary sounds to create a “new sound.”
Randy East and Raw Sugar will bring the 2017 series to a conclusion on Wednesday, July 26. Randy is a singer, songwriter, entertainer, and humorist, and the evening will feature Randy’s singing and playing his original songs and music, intertwined with his reflections of growing up in New Orleans. Randy has also served to coordinate this eighth season of Summer Sounds.
Search Committee for the24th Rector of St. James
Co-chairs: Helen Campbell Trey RobertsMembers: Charlie Frey Catherine Harrell Bob Israel Bahin Leonard Andy McCall Jay Noland Susan Rolfs Julia Spaht John Sykes Martha Vasquez
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In Our Thoughts and Prayers …
The Diocese of Louisiana is one church, faithful to our Lord Jesus, united in mission,
reaching out through service and proclamation to all for whom Christ died. We live in joyous
expectation of God’s transforming power, compassion, and mercy in our lives.
St. James Staff
St. James Vestry
Floral Dedications and ArrangementsArrangements on the altar are given to the glory of God, and on July 16 in loving
memory of his beautiful wife, Blanche “Boots” Green, by Warren Green.Arrangements in the parlor are by Nancy Bogan on July 2; on July 9 by Belva Dewey; on
July 16 by Tricia Henderson; on July 23 by Elizabeth Noland; and, on July 30 by Caroline Ross.
Youth News
The Rt. Rev. Morris K. Thompson, Jr. Bishop of LouisianaThe Very Rev. Joe Reynolds Interim RectorThe Rev. Ralph F. Howe, Jr. Sr. Associate Rector and Day School ChaplainThe Rev. John Pitzer Associate Rector and Prior, The St. James Center for Spiritual FormationDeacon Pat Lyle Spiritual Director in ResidenceThe Rt. Rev. Robert C. Witcher Bishop-in-Residence XIX Rector of St. JamesThe Rt. Rev. James M. Coleman Bishop-in-Residence XX Rector of St. James
Margaret culbertson*
charlie frey **
Barbara Irwin Garon***
lee Griffin ***
Barbin c. Graham**
catherine s. harrell**
Buzzy heroman**
Kyle landrem***
sue larisey**
andy Mccall*
Jay noland***
caroline ross*
anna catherine soule***
chip stirling*
david Warrington***
Gerry sulzer* .................................senior Warden
Bill hines** ..................................... Junior Warden
Manette sammons* .......................................clerk
Josh pesses (ex-officio) .........................treasurer
Mary Hunt Boutwell Director of Lay Ministries
Sara Bray Interim Co-Choirmaster
Jo Craddock Director of Communications
Mary Davis-Palms Parish Dietician
Eric Johnson Interim Co-Choirmaster
Cheryl Speights Olinde Bookkeeper
John Ozier Parish Secretary
Sylvia Rabalais Administrative Secretary
Hannah Rothermel Director of Youth Ministry
Lauren T. Ray Head of School
Herndon Spillman Organist
Infants and toddlers are welcome at all services, but, as parents desire, may also be lovingly cared for by trained staff in our nursery/wiggle room on the first floor of the Parish Hall between 8:45 a.m. and noon on Sunday mornings, and for other events as announced.
Nursery Open Sundays 8:45 until noon
For the departed: Timothy Kyle RandallFor recent concerns of: McKenzie Triche, Jane Middleton, Carole Campo, Bob Carpenter, Cort Nolan, Emalie LaNasa, Catherine KelleherIn our continuing prayers: Kevin Stockton, Glenn Stockton, Jim Coleman, Bob Boyd, Richard Garber, Barbara Shilg, Larry Durant, Judy Calhoun, Janet Arst, Casey Dué, Peyton Feigley, Mary Jarnagin, Bessie Stockton, Kenlee Jackson, Jeff Cobb, Billy Heroman, Bobby McCall, Jack Ralston, Janie LeBlanc, Charlie Matherne, Joanne Anderson, Liam Barber, Thomas, George Helland, Antonia Day, Christine Smith, Rex Everage, Bobby Hines, Mary C. Elliott, Linda Heine, Catherine Strauss, Allyson Kelly, Bill Rosenbaum, Sam, Glen Ezell, Alan Farries, Jay, Faye, Erin Collins, Connie Henderson, Peg Austin, Bill Burnett, Sue Hartquist, Robert, Tanne, Angela Welsh, Kitty Claus, Richard Tannehill, Jeff Mills,
Rieta Reiser, Karen Garcia, Tony Sonnier, John Lejeune, Louella, Jeff, Wesley, Shayne, Tim FossFor those in the armed forces: Major John Lyford V, Staff Sgt William Martin USMC, PFC Don Ellen, Lt Jon Bethel, Trey Wolf ABFAN, Lt Jordan Morris, Sgt James Chambers, Major Andrew “Andy” Stone USAF, Capt Michael Oliver, Specialist Daniel Anderson, Sgt Ethan Wade, Major Charlie Hines, Capt Mathis Guy Hall USMC, Airman Avery Frink, Pvt Mike Lee, Philip S. Mullenix MD US Army, KC - USMCFor those in law enforcement: Sgt. Carol Landry, Deputy Chad Tate, Chief Detective John East, Officer Eddie Kay, Louise Myers, Sgt. Jeremy Hummert, Detective Brock Bunch, Taylor McDonald, Detective Adam Lea, Trooper Paul L. Toups Jr., Officer Nick Tullier, Walter, Richard
Destination Unknown is for those in grades 3-8 on Friday, July 7 from 5:00 until 11:00 p.m. We will explore some of the exciting things in Baton Rouge and build community through fellowship. We could start at St. James and walk somewhere downtown for dinner. From there we would load up and go bowling, next to laser tag or area 51, and end up somewhere to get ice cream The best part about destination unknown is that participants don’t know what they will be doing in advance. (But don’t worry, no one will be disappointed.) Exact details will be emailed to parents after their youth signs up to participate. If you’re interested in chaperoning for this event please let Hannah know. The cost for Destination Unknown is $25 and friends are always welcome to join us at any youth event. Email Hannah to sign up: [email protected]!
Deanery Youth Retreat begins at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 29, ending at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, July 30, and open to all youth in grades 6-12 who attend one of our Baton Rouge deanery churches. We will have games, an amazing race scavenger hunt, dodge ball tournament, a movie, and a Saturday evening chapel service. Sunday morning, we’ll have breakfast and then serve at the St. James “Hearty Breakfast.” Registration forms are due by July 19. Visit stjamesbr.org/dye729 to sign up!
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Save the Date!
The Children’s Council is working on a Popsicles in the Park playdate on Friday, July 21. Save the date, for now. Details will follow in our Friday eMessengers as they are available.
Are you subscribed to the Friday eMessenger? How about the Children’s Council list? Visit stjamesbr.org/phplist/?p=subscribe to subscribe or adjust your current subscriptions.
The Love of Christ Always: Restoration Work Begins!Our successful capital campaign, The Love of Christ Always, officially concluded in April (though contributions will still be gratefully received), and work on our beautiful and historic church building has begun.
The work outlined in the campaign included the following items:
• Some 50 years ago, the bricks on the church were repointed. The mortar used is incompatible with the very soft bricks original to our 1894 construction. Numerous exterior bricks have begun to crumble, while in other places, the mortar has separated from the bricks. This crumbling and separation has created gaps allowing moisture to enter the church structure.
• The windows, molding, some roofing and flashing materials need repair and replacement. Our historic Tiffany windows and other stained glass windows do not currently reflect their beauty because the mountings and protective cases have deteriorated with age. New casings will allow their beauty to show, and provide protection from weather and vandalism.
• Our three-rank Schlicker organ, installed in 1975, has several ranks of pipes frozen in place, making them inoperable. Music is an important part of our worship and the repair of our organ will restore our primary source of musical accompaniment to its full capabilities.
• Interior plaster is failing in various areas of the church. Brick decomposition, cracks, compromised mortar, and a few roof leaks (Hurricane Gustav) have damaged the interior plaster which needs to be repaired and new surfacing/whitewash applied.
You can read through the original campaign case statement here, and follow along with the restoration work on a special page at our website: stjamesbr.org/history/ChurchRepair_June2017. If you have a photo to contribute to our gallery, email it to us at [email protected].
(l) Week of June 5: scaffolding and lift, along with (c) window protection, go up. (r) Week of June 12: grinding out mortar on east wall.
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“Chime” and “peal” are used to describe a set of bells, in the industry. We have only one bell in the tower at St. James, so we have neither a chime (strictly, eight or more bells), or a peal of bells. Chime, as a verb, is described as the action of the clapper hitting both sides of the bell in each swing. As the bell first begins to swing, only one side of the bell is hit - ringing the bell - but when the rotational momentum gets going, the clapper will hit both sides as the bell swings back and forth, causing the bell to chime.
Have you ever rung or tolled the bell at St. James? At the base of our bell tower are two ropes, one white and one black, each attached to different parts of the St. James church bell for different uses.
We use the white rope at approximately ten minutes prior to the start of Sunday services in the church to announce our worship service is about to begin. It takes a few strong pulls to get the bell into action, and the bell wheel of some four feet in diameter may well lift a lighter rope-puller off the floor! Pulling the rope begins the rotational action of the bell wheel,
countered by the weight of the bell itself, until swinging of the bell yoke is sufficient to collide the clapper against the side(s) of the bell. After chiming rotation has been reached, relax your grip on the rope until resistance slows the bell wheel back to rest and the bell becomes quiet.
The black rope, secured behind a hook on the north wall of the tower floor, is attached to the tolling hammer, used at the start and finish of funeral services. (Historically, tolling a church bell was used for area alarms, as well.) The bell does not swing when tolled; the tolling hammer makes a single strike to the inside of the bell with each pull of the rope. The black rope should be pulled gently and slowly, allowing time for the hammer to return to its resting position between each toll. A spring was added at some point to help pull the tolling hammer against the weight of the 60-feet-long tolling rope back into resting position (pictured in dots in graphic, below). Due to its constant exposure to the elements, the spring had degraded and we replaced it last month, when the accompanying photos were taken.
Church Bells: Chime or Peal? Ring or Toll?
Parish Family NewsBirths
Maddox John Maginnis, the firstborn son of Sophie and Beau Maginnis was born May 15, 2017.
BaptismMargaret Claire Wilbanks, infant daughter of Leigh Ann Major and Jeffrey David Wilbanks, was baptized on June 4, 2017.
ConfirmationsMartha Larguier Rhodes, Baker Everett Saurage, and Beau James
Box Jr. received the Sacrament of Confirmation from the Rt. Rev. Morris K. Thompson, Jr. on June 4, 2017
ReaffirmationNathaniel Lee Hearn reaffirmed his baptismal covenant before the Rt. Rev. Morris K. Thompson, Jr. on Sunday, June 4, 2017.
MarriagesAmy Elizabeth LeBlue and Joseph Patrick DeBartola, III were married at
St. James on May 12, 2017.Mary Catherine Breland and James Troy Collins were married at St. James on May 20, 2017.
DeathsMadeleine Campbell died on May 20, 2017, and her burial office was held at St. James on June 9, 2017.David H. Culbert died on May 20, 2017. His Requiem Eucharist was held at St. James on June 12, 2017.
Heading to the third level of the tower, where the bell is housed. The round tower windows provide good light, here. The white and black ropes are marked with arrows.
At bell level. The louvered panels are backed with wire mesh to keep the bats out of our belfry, but there is not much natural light at this level, and no electricity.
The bell wheel, and business end of the white rope.
Black tolling rope Tolling hammer Bell wheel White chiming rope—Graphic from an undated McShane Foundry publica-tion whose bells opened the 1876 Centennial Exhibition.
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Vestry Meeting HighlightsBy Manette Sartain Sammons, Clerk
A Note From Fr. Joe
It is the season of recreation. The pace of life slows down for many of us. School vacation has an impact of the world around us, even if we don’t have school age children at home. If nothing else, traffic is perceptively lighter, and that alone is a real blessing. Vacations are in the air, sometimes to destinations nearby and sometimes exploring exotic places.
Elizabeth and I are about the join the flow. We’re leaving on June 26, heading to Atlanta for a couple of weeks, with a weekend jaunt to Seattle thrown in the middle to attend the wedding of the son of good friends. And then we will spend two weeks on the beach at Seabrook Island, South Carolina with all our family present at least some of the time. We will miss Baton Rouge and the St. James family, but we are excited as well.
In the Genesis story of creation, God rests on the seventh day and hallows it as the Sabbath. It isn’t an afterthought following the real and meaningful work. It isn’t that God is tired from the exertion of creation. The Old Testament says that God completed the work of creation by resting. The Sabbath is not separate from creation, but rather essential to it.
The biblical notion of sacrifice is that we make something holy by giving a portion of it away. The standard of a tithe doesn’t mean that
if I give away ten percent of my wealth then I am free do as I please with the rest. By giving away ten percent we bring ourselves to the awareness of the holiness of all that God gives us. We recognize the holiness of all time by setting aside the time of Sabbath.
Sabbath is an act of re-creation. We feed our spirits and nourish our souls. The restoration of Sabbath is of such importance that it made it to the Ten Commandments. Despite what was promoted by the church of my youth, keeping the Sabbath holy is not accomplished by going to church every Sunday. Keeping the Sabbath holy comes about through our recognition of the godliness of rest and restoration. Play is not a waste of time; it is what sanctifies all time.
On the other hand, that doesn’t mean that church has no role in the holiness of time. There is no requirement that you take a holiday from worship. Worship holds the possibility of opening our hearts to see with new eyes and hear with new ears. Indeed, one of the things I like to do on vacation is to go to church in a different place. It’s a mixture of the comfort of the familiar with the challenge of change. It heightens my senses to hear the good news of God’s love in Christ in a different context.
If you’re out of town some Sundays this summer, I invite you to try a different place of worship on Sunday. You never know what may happen.
Joe ReynoldsInterim Rector
Trey Roberts, co-chair of the Search Committee presented a slate of ten additional committee members (named on page one), which was approved.
The Rev. Canon Shannon Manning was introduced as our Diocesan Consultant for the Search Committee, explained the vestry’s role during the search process, and reminded the vestry that it is through a mutual discernment that we choose our next rector.
Josh Pesses reviewed the May church financial statements and the Treasurers’ Report was received. Trey Roberts presented two motions from the Finance Committee: (1) severance package payments, and renovation to the Florida Blvd. entrance to the Ministries Center to facilitate the Kids’ Orchestra lease. Both were approved.
Senior Warden Gerry Sulzer advised scaffolding is up for the church restoration project, and all is going well. Vestry Organizational Assignments were
presented to each vestry member along with an overall organizational chart.
On motion of the Day School Board, the following were approved for a term of service on the Day School Board of Trustees: David Trimble, Nancy Roberts, Mike Rabalais, and Preston Q-Peterson. Jay Noland and Barbara Garon will serve an additional year in place of two members who have transferred from the area. Lindsay Lamont Turner will preside over the Board.
Fr. Reynolds advised that our business manager has resigned. He is pursuing a replacement with Lofton as well as other avenues. Dwight Nichols is rising to the challenge very nicely and is using his initiative to solve several maintenance problems. Fr. Reynolds reports that music and hymns have improved tremendously, and his meetings with each of the program staff for an annual review went well.
He further proposed that we accept the 2017 Diocesan assessment in the amount
of $200,201.00, and the motion made carried.
Motion was made and seconded to lease to Kids’ Orchestra (kidsorchestra.org) space on the third floor of the Ministries Center at a price of $6.00 per square foot per month, and parking at $50/space/month, during work hours. The motion carried.
A year’s anniversary is approaching for Father Joe and it has been a wonderful experience. He gave Gerry Sulzer a lot of credit. He begins his four weeks of vacation on Monday, June 26 Father Ralph Howe is in charge of staff on a day-to-day basis in his absence.
Demolition of Killgore Hall was reviewed at length. A motion was made and seconded to approve funds, not to exceed $240,000, to demolish Killgore Hall and construct a playground/parking lot on the site, contingent upon the Day School Board being willing to fund it. The motion passed, and with no further business, the vestry adjourned.
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