St. Andrew’s¯by¯the¯Sea · wednesday, june 29, 2016 6:30 pm - 9:00pm portsmouth public library - the levenson room 175 parrott ave • portsmouth, nh limited seating available,

Dear Friends of St. Andrew’s,

We made it through another winter! Much has been done to prepare for a wonderful season of visiting clergy,

fellowship, and special events.

We are pleased to announce some special guest ministers will be celebrating with us again this year. We encourage you to come

and meet them starting June 19 through September 4.

Please know all are welcome to join us at our summer chapel, and we look forward to seeing you. After our services please join us for coffee & refreshments.

This year…

Rev. Becca Stevens returns to St. Andrew’s on Sunday, July 31. We are fortunate and grateful to have Becca visit with us, and once again host a special “Mind, Body & Tea” event in Portsmouth at 4:30pm that day, at the First United Methodist Church.

St. Andrew’s sponsors “Body & Sold”Wednesday, July 29, 6:30pm -9:00pm Portsmouth LibraryIn support of Becca’s return, St. Andrew’s is sponsoring this dramatic reading of the Massachusetts Cultural Council

award-winning play, “Body & Sold,” followed by a panel discussion. This is part of a national campaign to raise awareness about trafficking of American children and teens. It will be held at the Portsmouth Library on Wednesday, June 29 from 6:30pm - 9:00pm, and it is free. Donations are graciously accepted to help defer costs.

‘Honor & Thank Our Veterans’ Sunday, July 3 all are welcome to come as we ‘honor and thank’ our veterans, and enjoy the special fellowship following the services.

Supporting Children We are providing 12 scholarships to help children attend The Barbara Harris Episcopal Camp in Greenfield NH this summer, in support of our 2015 Strategic Planning goals to

increase our outreach, and consistent with the Bishop’s initiatives at Convention.

This is a wonderful opportunity to contribute to our goal to raise $1,400 of the $2,400 needed in scholarships, so children can attend a week of camp.

Please consider giving whatever you can to help support these scholarships for children who otherwise may not be able to attend. The Barbara Harris Camp ‘is an open and affirming community where all campers feel accepted, loved, and are able to develop authentic friendships. Campers learn important life lessons and gain new perspectives as they live and play in a community centered on Christian values.’

St. Andrew’s & Social MediaWe are now on social media! A St. Andrew’s Facebook page was recently launched and a robust on-line community is taking shape. All of our followers are getting up-to-date information on what’s happening, and are offering their likes, insights, and comments. Join the conversation!www.facebook.com/StAndrewsRyeBeachNH

WeddingsHelp spread the word, St. A’s is a wonderful place to be

married. We now have a professionally designed wedding brochure which is inside the Lych gate, and on our website.

So, if you know a bride-to-be, let her know about our special setting for a lovely wedding!

We look forward to seeing you this summer for worship and fellowship in the beauty of our historic chapel by the sea.

Your Executive Committee

St. Andrew’s¯by¯the¯SeaAn Episcopal Summer Chapel

30 Church Road, Rye Beach, NHServing the Seacoast since 1876

GROW DISCOVER

REACH CONNECT

SUMMER 2016

SAVE THE DATEWEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2016

6:30PM - 9:00PM

PORTSMOUTH PUBLIC L IBRARY - THE LEVENSON ROOM 175 PARROTT AVE • PORTSMOUTH, NH

L IMITED SEATING AVAILABLE, F IRST-COME-F IRST SERVE

BODYANDSOLDTHIS DRAMATIC READING OF THE MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL

COUNCIL AWARD-WINNING PLAY IS BE ING PRESENTED AS PART OF A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT

TRAFF ICKING OF AMERICAN CHILDREN AND TEENS.

DIRECTOR • GENEVIEVE AICHELEPLAYWRIGHT • DEBORAH LAKE FORTSON

Discussion by a panel comprised of a survivor of human trafficking as well as representatives from Homeland Security, law enforcement and

Families in Transition will follow the reading.

RECEPT ION TO FOLLOW

SPONSORED BY ST. ANDREW’S -BY-THE -SEA FOR THE GREATER SEACOAST COMMUNITY

SUGGESTED DONATION $5.00

June 19 Rev. David “Chip” Robinson Vicar, Trinity Episcopal Church in Hampton, Christ Church, Portsmouth

The Rev. David “Chip” Robinson is the Vicar for both Trinity Episcopal Church in Hampton, NH and Christ Episcopal Church, Portsmouth. He previously served eleven years as rector of the Church of our Saviour in Milford, followed by a brief stint as interim priest at Church of the Holy Spirit, Plymouth. Before coming to New Hampshire in 2000, he served as rector of Grace Church, Norwood, Mass. and, before

that, as associate rector at Church of the Holy Spirit, Orleans, Mass.

Fr. Chip received his Master of Divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary, and his undergraduate degree from Salisbury University (Md.). A native of Delaware, he is married to Cindy, his wife of 36 years. He was ordained to the diaconate in his home parish, St. Luke’s, Seaford, Del., in 1982, and the priesthood at Holy Spirit, Orleans, Mass., in 1983.

June 26 Rev. Stephen B. Klots Chaplain, South Kent School, South Kent, CT

Steve oversees the school’s spiritual and religious life, which includes all-school and voluntary services, as well as other religious services as necessary. Additionally he serves as a pastoral presence on campus, especially for boarding students who come from all over the world, and teaches religious education.

He is also a member of the English Department and Coordinator for The Call to Service, the community service component of our curriculum. This includes getting students to engage in off-campus service projects (such as trips to the Church Street Eats soup kitchen at Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford, to work with organizations like Rebuilding Together), and supervising student involvement in our on-campus service program--the “jobs” program (which is akin to the chores students have to do as part of this community).

Steve is also the Cross Country Coach, and is a former president of the New England Preparatory School Track Association. He assists the hockey and lacrosse coaches, and he has in the past been the head coach of JV Basketball and JV Lacrosse.

July 3 Rev. James G. Monroe ‘Honor & Thank Our Veterans’ Sunday

Jim Munroe grew up in Muskegon, Michigan, attended Phillips Academy in Andover, MA, and graduated from Williams College. He served a year of seminary in Oxford, England, and graduated from Virginia Theological Seminary.

Jim served as curate at St. James’ Church in Greenfield, MA, and Grace Church

in Manhattan. He served as Rector of St. John’s Church in Northampton, MA for 14 years, and later was called as Dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Springfield, MA where he served for seventeen years before retiring in 2015. Jim is currently on the staff of Calvary/St. George’s Church in Manhattan on a part-time basis, dividing his time each week between his home in Springfield, MA, and the church in NYC.

After Jim’s freshman year at Williams College, he enlisted in the US Marine Corps. After a year on a base in California, Jim volunteered for Vietnam. He joined an artillery unit and was stationed near Da Nang. In February 1969, he was wounded during a ground attack and spent two months in a Boston hospital. He was discharged and returned to Williams College. For the past thirty years, Jim has volunteered with a group of veterans who “tell their story” in schools, colleges, prisons, churches and other venues.

July 10 Rev. Alice H. Courtright Dean of Chapel St. Paul’s School, Concord, NH

The Rev. Alice H. Courtright is the Dean of Chapel at St. Paul’s School. She began working at SPS in the fall of 2014, and was ordained as an Episcopal priest in the New Chapel. She primarily serves as a school chaplain, offering pastoral care, sacramental rites, and orchestrating the Chapel program, which includes regular Episcopal, interfaith, and community gatherings. Alice also teaches in the Humanities department, lives and advises in a girl’s dorm, and coaches JV girls basketball in the winter. 

She is a graduate of the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey, Yale University (BA in English Language and Literature, Writing Concentration), and Sewanee’s School of Theology (M.Div). During her time in seminary, Alice worked for the Center for Religion and the Environment (CRE) on campus, studied abroad at Cambridge University, and did her field education at St. Augustine’s, Vanderbilt’s Episcopal chaplaincy program, which is run by the Rev. Becca Stevens. Alice is an avid backpacker, and has hiked the Appalachian Trail.

She loves being outside, and her other interests include writing poetry, Anglican spirituality, empowering women and girls, and being with her family and friends.

July 17 Rt. Rev. A. Robert Hirschfeld Bishop of NH Diocese

A. Robert Hirschfeld is a husband, father, painter, writer/poet, sculler and the Tenth Bishop of the Episcopal Church of New Hampshire.

Rob Hirschfeld grew up attending the Episcopal Church in Connecticut but fell away from the church during high school. A study of the English devotional poetry of John Donne, George Herbert, and

some more modern English and American poets led Rob to reconsider how to think and talk about faith in Christ and God as Trinity. Eventually, and as the result of some profound experiences of grace and openings of spirit, he began to pursue the priesthood and was ordained at Christ Church, New Haven on the Feast of the Confession of St. Peter (January 18), 1992. Since then he has served parishes located on or near college campuses: Yale, the University of Connecticut, and the Five College region of Western Massachusetts. He has also served on a variety of diocesan committees and a seminary board of trustees. He is married to Polly Merritt Ingraham, and they have three children, William, Cora, and Henry. Rob writes poetry and theological ruminations, paints with mixed media, and sculls on the nearby majestic Connecticut River.

July 24 Rev. Canon Hannah Anderson Canon to the Ordinary NH Diocese

The Rev. Canon Hannah Anderson, Canon to the Ordinary in the Episcopal Church of New Hampshire, was ordained to the ministry in 1994.  She has served in four other dioceses prior to her arrival in New Hampshire in January, 2013, to assume the role of C2O with Bishop Hirschfeld, a former colleague in western Massachusetts.  Hannah received her DMin in Advanced Congregational Studies from Seabury-WesternCanon Anderson is married to the Rev. Bob Anderson, CPE Supervisor and hospital chaplain.  They have three grown sons and four grandchildren who span the east and west coasts of the country.  As a collage artist, Hannah brings creativity and spirituality together in ways that enrich parish life and deepen faith for people of many walks of life.  Her particular concern is for poor and vulnerable populations as the gap between privilege and poverty widens.

July 31 Rev. Becca Stevens Chaplain, St. Augustine’s Chapel, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. Founder of Magdalene Program & Thistle Farms Special ‘Mind, Body & Tea’ event, 4:00 pm, Portsmouth, NH

Becca Stevens is a premiere speaker in the US proclaiming love as the most powerful force for social change. She is an author, Episcopal priest and Chaplain at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. Becca is the founder of Thistle Farms-Magdalene, a community of women who have survived prostitution, trafficking and addiction. She founded the residential community in 1997, and the social enterprise in 2001.

Thistle Farms employs residents and graduates of Magdalene, and houses a natural body care line, a paper and sewing studio, Thistle Stop Café, along with the global initiative, 23 Shared Trade partnerships in ten countries and 5 continents. In the anti-human trafficking movement Stevens believes in a housing first model with economic independence for survivors.

Recently she has been featured in the PBS documentary, “A Path Appears.” Becca is a prolific writer and has been featured in the New York Times, on ABC World News, NPR, PBS, CNN, and named by the White House as a “Champion of Change” for her work against domestic violence. She was named Humanitarian of the Year by the Small Business Council of America. Her newest books are, “The Way of Tea & Justice: Rescuing the World’s Favorite Beverage from its Violent History, and “Letters from the Farm: A Simple Path for a Deeper Spiritual Life.” She lives in Nashville with her husband, Grammy-winning songwriter Marcus Hummon, and their three sons.

Please note:8 AM Services are Communion Rite 1, 10 AM Services are Rite II with music. July 31 will have music at both services.

Please see our website at StAndrews-by-the-sea.org

for August & September services

St. Andrew’s¯by¯the¯SeaAn Episcopal Summer Chapel

30 Church Road, Rye Beach, NHServing the Seacoast since 1876

Rev. Becca Stevens ReturnsSt. Andrew’s is once again excited to host Rev. Becca Stevens for a special “Mind, Body & Tea” event on Sunday, July 31 at 4:30pm at The First United Methodist Church in Portsmouth. All are welcome. Please spread the word about the amazing ministries Becca is spreading throughout our country and in the world. A special opportunity to hear from this author, humanitarian, and highly sought after acclaimed speaker. Limited seating is available. Remember to please register on our website.

Come and hear Becca’s message and her story, as she shares her passion and mission to help women and children through her extraordinary work at Thistle Farms.

We are also excited to provide a fund raising opportunity to support the national and global ministries of Thistle Farms, and a new initiative to help fund a NH housing first model for women affected by human trafficking.

For more information, please visit her website at Thistlefarms.org.

Volunteers Needed:We need your help. Please consider volunteering some of your time for this worthwhile cause. To assist with this event, please contact a member of the Executive or Chapel Committees, or go to our website atwww.StAndrews-by-the-sea.org.