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THE CHRIST CHURCHER September 2012

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RECTOR’S NOTES

W e are in the waning days of summer, enjoy-ing, at long last, a well-deserved rest from a partic-ularly warm season. The slant of the light has be-gun to shift, as has the pitch of the crickets and cicadas. Such a lovely and far gentler time of sum-mer! Here at the church the children have begun to arrive for our after-school program, Pathways. It’s a pleasure to see again the fresh faces lining up at the Nevin street door as they wait for Miss Kathy to let them in. Everything upstairs looks clean and neat as a pin. The floors were resurfaced over the summer, so Musselman Hall looks like a bright shiny penny again, ready for action. On September 9th we kick-off our new education year. Thank you to all our teachers who have volunteers to teach our young people. We look forward to the new year. Please put on your calendars the bishop’s annual visitation on October 14th. Bishop Bennison will be with us to confirm young people and adults, as well as receive those who have been confirmed in another tradition. If you haven’t yet been con-firmed or received, please speak to me so I can make arrangements for you to become, officially, an Episcopalian. There were, regrettably, further delays this summer with the Memorial Garden. Our iron contractor

got behind with other work he had to finish up. He is now finally in production and has sent me pictures of our gates that are being welded in his Philadelphia shop (see photo). So, at last, proof of progress! Everything has been held up because of this delay, including placement all the plaques on the marble markers. Sadly, we now have to be concerned about securing the Memorial Garden

against theft -- due to the high price of bronze. This has neces-sitated installing locking gates, which will be on a timer. I am now anticipating the gates in-stalled in early September and the plaques being placed soon after. We have delayed our sales as we await the final price of the gates and any other associated costs as we finish up. I now anticipate reservation forms being mailed out to parishioners in mid-September. There will be a spe-cial pricing structure for pre-dedication sales.

Inasmuch as we had hoped the dedication would be in September…that timetable turned out not to be realistic. We are now planning the dedica-tion for this November 4th, which is the Sunday we celebrate All Saints. It will be a grand celebra-tion as we give thanks for a beautiful new place of interment for our loved ones. The new Memorial Garden will be a fitting tribute to the lives of all our own saints we now commend to God.

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always accompanied me and would be somewhere incredibly inconvenient to keep me company and if Gary and I were in different rooms, or on different floors, she would find a midpoint in order to keep both of us in view.

We had Gilly for three or four years when one day we were walking in the woods and came upon an aban-doned red and white dog, apparently a malamute and red-and-white setter mix. He was terribly thin, unneu-tered, and covered with fleas. There was a bag of food and a crude water bowl made of a cut down milk jug nearby. It was hard to get him into the car, but after we drove off and then came back, he agreed to come live with us. We named him Fergus, on account of his red fur.

Then, one by one, our cats died – first Polly, then Jasper, and then in very short order, Emma and Dust-er. So we were down to two dogs. But then a neighbor of ours, who did a lot of dog fostering, advertised for help. She had taken two cats, brothers, aged about 8, to help the brother of a friend while they redecorated. The cats were the kids’ pets. After the house was done, the parents decided life was easier without cats, so they told her that she could keep them or take them to the SPCA! But the cat hated all the strange dogs in the house, and she wasn’t about to take senior animals to the SPCA. So we took them and renamed them (Pooh became Woody and Tigger became Harris). And we added a third cat, Emma, when Gary got a frantic email at work that had been forwarded from a woman who was friends with a “cat lady” who had died, leav-ing 18 cats, which needed homes in the next two weeks. We asked if they had a young female, and boy, did they ever!

Then one day we were walking through Marcy’s while the SPCA was having a dog fair – displaying dogs for whom time was running out. Gary picked up a skinny little thing that looked like a fox, but turned out to be a shaven Pomeranian/rat terrier mix when her fur grew in. He put her down and we left, but we came back hours later to find that none of the dogs had been adopted, and he picked her up again. Long story short, we were riding home with her two hours later. Her name was Chi-Chi, but we instantly called her Cassie. Gary is her sun and moon and stars.

Sadly, Gilly died, but two months later our next door neighbor rescued an Australian sheep dog which was not happy in her already eight dog household. We only had two dogs, so we took Liza.

ASSOCIATE’S NOTES

O ur cast of animals changes, but it hardly dimin-ishes. I am not entirely sure how it happened that we seem not to be able to keep below at least five. And just why three of them are dogs.

At one point we had one cat, Jasper, whom Gary had found lost as a kitten, and who grew to be a large cat who adored Gary. Then there were two – Gary’s ex-wife found she was terribly allergic to one of her cats, and she asked if we could take him. He DID make our noses itch, but he was sweet and affectionate, and we weren’t actually allergic. She had names him Bust-er, as he was also pretty huge, but the name sounded too massive to me, so we changed it to Duster. Then for a reason that now escapes me, we went to Morris Animal refuge one Saturday and brought home Polly. She was a red tabby who had been abused by her former owner’s boyfriend. She seemed a bit standoff-ish, but they told us how affectionate red tabbies were, and we thought it was just initial wariness. But it turned out that Polly took years of constant woo-ing to consent to sitting in a lap – Gary’s – I didn’t have the patience. So that gave us three. Then one day Morris was having a sidewalk event and we hap-pened to walk by and fell in love with a pretty young female we named Emma – whom Polly hated on sight and waged a three-year war with, though in the end, Emma won and became the Queen of All the Cats. So that made four.

And so matters stood for a time, until I realized that Gary’s occasional expressions of yearning for a dog were not just random conversational gambits but a heart-felt desire. So we started looking. We violated our usual pattern of never leaving a shelter without some animal in tow – we actually went to Morris several times, and we never saw quite the right dog until we met Gilly – then called “Baby” – who was a Jack Russell-Sheltie mix. While the rest of the dogs were frantically leaping and barking, she was lying in her cage calmly and methodically tearing her newspa-per bedding into long neat strips. We like her at once. She was a bit quiet and standoffish for the first two days, but that changed on the third day. We had put her out back, as we had the previous two days, and had gone upstairs to change the sheets when we were startled by and absolutely unearthly sound. It was Gilly, howling for us. We beat it downstairs and let her in, and after that she rarely left one or another of our sides. Only Gilly, of all our dogs, would risk the basement – I called her laundry dog because she

FROM THE PARISH REGISTER

Deaths…. Mary Pagano Gail Reasin

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Liza likes a lot of attention, and does not like big dogs, so we were a much better choice. We were back to three dogs and three cats.

Then this spring Fergus died, and soon after, Woody, so we were down to four animals. But Gary had passed a shop window that always has rescue dogs in it, and he saw Barney, an 8 year old rat terrier. Gary worried about Barney – lots of people don’t want older animals, so he followed him on a website and was relieved when he saw that Barney had been adopt-ed. But a few weeks later, I happened to walk past another branch of the same store and saw a very famil-iar-looking dog in the window. It was Barney – he had been returned for “housekeeping issues”. And he has them! We quickly learned about “belly-bands”, as he has a tendency – now much better with Prozac – to forget he is inside and to cock his leg with distressing results. Belly-bands hold a pad, and also discourage the leg-lifting. He’s our biggest challenge yet, but he’s a sweet little guy and we are determined to stick it out if we can.

And if you think we may be insane, I can only refer you to Genesis, Chapter one, verse 28, when God said to the human beings, in the words of The Message translation: “Be responsible for fish in the sea and birds in the air, for every living thing that moves on the face of the Earth.”

We’ve certainly taken on our share! Judy Buck-Glenn

SAVE THE DATES! The pumpkins are coming on Sunday, October 7th! The Pumpkin Patch Festival is being held on Satur-day, October 13th, from 10 AM to 3 PM. Christ Church needs your help on both of these days! We are looking for donations of the following items to sell at the festival: Canned soda, Bottled water, Crafts – Halloween, Thanksgiving, or general, Halloween costumes Baked goods and desserts – ex: pumpkin bread, apple cake, spice cake, candy or caramel apples, cake pops, brownies, rice krispy treats, cupcakes, cookie bars The soda, water, crafts and costumes can be dropped off at church anytime. Please label items “For the Pumpkin Patch Festival” and put them at the coat rack outside of the Deppich Room. Baked goods and desserts may be dropped off the morning of the festival. We are also looking for crafters, vendors or flea mar-keters who might be interested in renting space at the festival. Spaces are only $20! Must supply own table. Contact Donna Grieff to reserve a space: 610-532-7816.

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VESTRY MINUTES The Vestry of Christ Church met on Thursday, June 28, 2012. Father Tompkins presided and the meet-ing opened with prayer at 7:20 p.m. Father Tomp-kins thanked Ollie and Floss Rhine for their gracious hospitality in hosting this dinner meeting for Vestry.

The May Meeting Minutes were unanimously ap-proved as presented.

Financial Report Carol King presented the Financial Report for month ending May 2012 noting the following items:

Although pledge payments were behind for the month of May by $2,450 they are slightly ahead compared to the same time period last year.

Total income for May was behind by $2,433. Carol noted that this income deficit and the pledge deficit are almost the same amount, illustrating the importance of keeping pledge payment up to date.

Expenses in May were in line with the budgeted amount; no unexpected expenses.

The Deppich Trust Fund disbursement for the 2nd quarter is not reflected in the Financials presented at the meeting, thus performance appears to be behind until that money is deposited.

The second quarter pledge statements will be distributed in July and hopefully will spur a catch up for this income line. It was suggested that Father Tompkins include re-minders in his email communiqués with parishioners encouraging them to bring their pledge payments up to date, including a suggestion that they mail in the payments versus waiting until Fall when the return from the summer hiatus. The Financial Report was unanimously approved as presented.

New Business Church Icon Ken Mobley presented two bids that he had obtained to refurbish the Christ Church Icon which is dis-played near the pulpit. He explained that the quest to find an appropriate conservator to clean and restore the Icon has been a 3-4 year effort. Funds have been reserved via the Gloria McHenry memorial fund to facilitate this initiative. The bids are $1,055 and $500. As Vestry had previously voted to move for-ward with the restoration, a vote was not necessary. Ken will engage a conservator to complete this task.

New Ideas Committee

As liaison between the New Ideas Committee (aka “The Inner Circle”) and Vestry, Vicki Myers report-ed on the results of their first meeting held May 23, 2012, and distributed the Committee’s recommenda-tions for fostering fellowship among parishioners. She noted that while the committee was successful in coming up with a number of potential social events, Vestry needs to determine how such events might be implemented. Out of the recommendations present-ed, it was decided to pursue two of the suggestions, one in February and the other in April so as not to conflict with other church events. The February event will be a family-oriented formal Snowflake Dance with wintery décor and an area staged for family pho-tographs to be taken. John Rubillo volunteered to take this on and Vicki offered to help. The April event will be a pot luck dinner featuring cuisines from around the world so that those participating could experience something new together. Vestry will revisit the other suggestions in the fall. The New Ideas Committee plans to get together again later in the year.

Memorial Garden Progress Father Tompkins reported that the Garden gates are finally going to production. The contractor has com-pleted an on-site inspection and took measurements for the gates and anticipates fabrication to begin the second week of July with installation before the end of summer. Once the gates are in, the security system will be installed and then the plaques laid. Father reported that the water feature issue had been addressed with the installation of an auto-fill system and that sod had been installed to be even with the sidewalk. It was suggested that the walkway surface be “roughed up” to provide better grip on rainy days.

Computer System Father Tompkins reported that the new computer system has been installed and thanked John Rubillo for all his hard work in getting it done. Now all that remains is some fine-tuning to ensure smooth opera-tions.

Property Committee In Bill Graham’s absence, Father provided the Proper-ty Committee Report noting that the Committee did not meet in June. He indicated that the sacristy has been re-plastered and with that task completed, plans for installation of a safe for the church silver can now go forward. Rev. Judy reported that John Price had installed a new bell pull.

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ITEMS NEEDED FOR THE PUMPKIN FESTIVAL! Are you Crafty? The Pumpkin Festival is coming on Saturday October 13, and if you enjoy doing knitting, crocheting, art, crafts, sewing, or any other kind of handwork, your donation to the Christ Church Craft table would be very welcome. We also love to get nice-ly packaged baked goods! If you have items to donate to this table, please contact Donna Grieff at 610-532-7816 or Marlene and Bill Nickerson at 610-659-3031 if you need to arrange a drop off or pick-up. You may also bring items to church, to the attention of Rev. Judy.

For the Good of the Parish

Father reported that he would begin vacation begin-ning next Friday for 4 weeks, but that the Church would be in good hands with Ollie Rhine and Rev. Judy.

There being no further business the meeting ad-journed in prayer at 8:20 PM.

Respectfully submitted Victoria R. Myers, Vestry Clerk

VACATION CHURCH SCHOOL Vacation Church School this July was again a great success. About 40 children attended part or all of the week.

We explored what life might have been like for Jesus as he grew up, a little Jewish boy in the village of Naz-areth. We tasted foods he might have eaten, and had some shops he might have known—a weaver and dy-er’s shop, a spice and herb shop, and a carpenter’s shop, which was especially popular. We decorated a booth for Succoth, learned about the Sabbath and Passover, and played some games he might have known, including backgammon, checkers, chess and ball games. We heard stories he would have heard—about Joseph of the “coat of many colors” who brought the Israelites down to Egypt to save them from famine, and of Moses who took them out of slavery in Egypt 400 years later. And we heard stories Mary and Joseph must have told Jesus about his birth in the stable in Bethlehem, and the shepherds and the three wise men who came to visit them, and the time they all went to Jerusalem and they thought he was lost. We had costumes of all kinds, and we added to them daily to go with the theme of the day. We had lots of crafts—weaving, dying, metalwork, and jewelry making—and we baked matzo and ate Egyptian cook-ies, among many other things.

Thanks are due to the many, many people who helped prepare, set up, run and take down after it was all over. Thanks to Barbara Moore, Tammy Hudson, Sharon Cotter, Jim Biggs, Ollie Rhine, Floss Rhine, Julie Daws, Janice Conner, Bill Nickerson, Marlene Nicker-son, Susan McFaul, Eleanor Kellett, Susan Francis, Dana Buchan and her friend Patrick, Julia Rubillo, Katelyn Patton, and Bill and Mary Lou Whaley for their many and varied contributions. A special thanks to Jeanine Rubillo for her help in planning the week. Thanks also are due to Gerry Martz and Mary Lou Patton for their invaluable administrative support

We are grateful to all the dedicated people who are committed to making sure Vacation Church School is a success!

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INFORMATION FOR NEW MEMBERS WITH CHILDREN

The Nursery and the Sunday School Classroom are

in the Parish House wing. The three rooms downstairs are for infants, toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarten age. The rooms can be opened up into one large room or closed off by partitions. Older children and youth go up to Musselman hall, on the second floor of the Parish House. We have three classroom dividers and a Youth Room. There are classrooms for grades 1-2, 3-4, and 5-6. Youth in grades 7-12 meet in the Teen Room, which is just off Musselman hall. On the first Sunday of most months there is a special Youth meet-ing at 9 in the teen room for grades 6-12. There is an adult Ed Class in the Deppich Room, and once a month, usually on the first Sunday, there is a “Koffee Klatch”—a time to chat with other adult members of the parish.

A Christian Education Schedule for the year is availa-ble from your child’s teacher and at the Kick-Off party on September 11. An Adult Ed. schedule is also availa-ble.

Sunday School for children of all ages runs from 9:00-9:45 AM, from September-May. Child care is offered on all Sundays in which there is regular Sunday School from 9-11 for children from infants to about age 8. There are a few Sundays when there is no Sunday School, but there is almost always child care available from September-June during church even when Sunday School is not in session. If there is no volunteer present to offer child care, parents are welcome to use the nursery if needed. Please leave the room neat. Bins are labeled, and we request that puzzles be put back as-sembled.

Children 8 and under generally go to children’s chapel in the downstairs Sunday School Classroom during the 10 AM service. Children who are going to Children’s Chapel generally accompany their parents to the 10 AM service and then go to the first floor Sunday School classroom immediately after the children’s ser-mon. Infants, toddlers, and young children who have trouble with transitions may remain in the Sunday School classroom or the nursery the whole time. Chil-dren over age 8 usually remain in the service.

There are activity bags on a rack in the back, as well as coloring pages relating to the lessons of the day, that will help make it easier for your child to remain through the service.

You are welcome to go to get your child to bring them back into the church for Communion. The Episcopal Church recognizes all baptized persons as eligible to receive Communion simply by virtue of that baptism. This includes toddlers and small children. It is not necessary to have attended “First Holy Communion” classes to be given Communion. However, we do offer these classes for children ages 5-8 who can read on a second grade level (they need not be in second grade) to help them understand more about the sacrament.

If your child wishes to receive Communion, please in-struct your child on how to hold out his or her hands to take the host. If you do not wish your child to re-ceive Communion, or you wish them to refuse the wine, instruct or help your child to fold their arms across their chest. They will be given a blessing instead. It is never necessary to receive the wine, for anyone. Communion in one element—either bread or wine—is entirely sufficient. If your child does not signify that they are not to receive and is given a Communion wa-fer, please don’t snatch it away from them. Once a bap-tized person has received the bread, they are to con-sume it. If your child can’t or won’t finish it, it is all right for you to do so.

ANNUAL KICKOFF PARTY FOR CHURCH SCHOOL SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 9 On Sunday, September 9 the Christian education Committee will host our annual Kick-off Party in Musselman Hall from 9:00-9:45, during the normal Church School session time. There will be food and activities in Musselman Hall for children and youth of all ages. The Sunday School schedule for 2012-2013 will be available for parents and teachers at the Kick-off. You can pick one up at the Kick-off, or from your child’s teacher the following week.

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CHRISTIAN ED MEETING DAY MOVED FOR SEPTEMBER ONLY

As we have done for the past number of years, the

Christian Ed meeting time has been moved for Sep-tember ONLY. Due to the Monday Labor Day holi-day, the first meeting will be held on Tuesday, Septem-ber 4.

Since this meeting will be to plan the upcoming Sept 9 Church School Kick-Off party, we hope as many members as possible of the Christian Education Com-mittee will be able to attend.

BOOK GROUP The book for the September meeting of The Book Group is Run, by Ann Patchett. Run is the story of an unusual Boston family. The parents are Irish Catholic. They have three sons—an older biological child and younger adopted twins, who are black. Each of the twins is gifted in his own way, but neither is interested in politics, which is their father’s passion. Neither is their older brother, who has in some way disgraced himself. A traffic accident on a snowy night begins sets into motion a chain of events which brings new discoveries to each of the family members—and to some who are not—not technically, at least—a part of the family at all. We have the Ridley Library’s Book Club in a Bag fea-ture, and have 8 books—and one CD—available to lend. The book is a fast read. Please speak to Judy Buck-Glenn about getting a copy to read or to listen to. We invite all who wish to do so to come to the Mon-day, September 9 meeting of the Book Group at 7 PM

SAVE THE DATE!

OUR ANNUAL

PUMPKIN PATCH

FESTIVAL

WILL BE HELD ON

SATURDAY,

OCTOBER 20TH!

GAMES, RIDES

AND FUN FOR ALL

AGES

JOIN THE FUN!

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ADULT EDUCATION AND KOFFEE KLATCH SCHEDULE FOR 2012-2013

A dult Education is offered on most Sundays from mid- September through the end of May though there is a Christmas and a Palm Sunday/Easter break. We usually

meet in the Deppich room on the first floor from 9:00-9:45. However, the first Sunday of every month is usually a Koffee Klatch. This gives parishioners a chance to gather and chat informally—it’s a great way to get to know others better. Coffee and doughnuts are always available. On Sunday, September 9 there will be a Koffee Klatch for adults in the Deppich Room while the Christian Education Committee is hosting the Church School Kick-Off party for children and youth upstairs in Musselman Hall. We have two very interesting series to explore in depth this year. We will begin with a series put out by the Biblical archeology Society called “In Search of Christian Origins.” The lecturer is James H. Charles-worth, who is head of the Dead Sea Scrolls Project at Princeton Theological seminary. He is a very interest-ing and dynamic speaker, and he looks at such ques-tions as “How Jewish was Jesus?” “Why did Christi-anity break from Judaism?” “How did the New Testa-ment take shape?” Professor Charlesworth illustrates his talks with maps, plans as well as beautiful pictures. A former pastor, he lectures all over the world, includ-ing to many church groups, and is always very well-received. We will take a brief break from Professor Charles-worth on September 29, when we will have a visit from the ever-delightful Father Mike Cassel, who has dedicated himself in his retirement years to Food for the Poor, which serves the poorest of the poor in 17 Caribbean nations. Since on Oct 14 we will be confirming and receiving new members, The October Koffee Klatch will be moved to that date and we will have Adult Ed., return-ing to Christian Origins, on Oct 7. This series will run into January.

Beginning in February, we will being an eight week close study of The Lord’s prayer with a DVD of Wal-ter Wangerin, who is a very well-regarded preacher and teacher as well as popular writer. The video Series is called “The Lord’s Prayer: Entering into God’s Coun-try”, and Wangerin will help us carefully explore just what this prayer tells us “ about God’s nature, our own human nature, and on how we should live in relation-ship with God and one another.” This will be a won-derful way to journey into and through Lent and be-yond. We will end the year with a look at the Story of Angli-canism and the Church in England, including its Celtic roots and medieval foundation, the Reformation and its consequences, and modern-day Anglicanism, with its huge and diverse global family, which, of course, includes the Episcopal Church.

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SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS 1 Carol Jones Floss Rhine 3 Heather Blythe

Adrienne Rouse 4 Eileen Capozzoli Fran Johnson 8 Brent Elliott Robert Smith 9 Howard Graham Benjamin Webber 10 Michael Huber Jonathon Masishin Mary Lou Whaley 11 Chantel (Gilson) Benes 12 Abigail Blythe Anthony Denk Helen Mottola 15 Janice Curren 16 Nicole Huppman 17 Chelsea Griffith 18 Haley McMenimin 19 Joseph Mullany John Saul 21 Carole Buchan 22 Phyllis Geiser Maripat King Bob Moorhead Kris Shickley

23 Erin Burns Rich Maida Jessenia Rhoades Annie Shannon 24 Bessie DiFilippo Michael Zappone 25 Fred Lutkefedder

Lee Marcovitz L. J. Saul

26 Jack Kellett

James Saul 27 Nicole Capozzoli-Berkland

Alex Melso 28 Nan Garthwaite 29 Shirley Kelly 30 Glenn Eckard

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CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE Ray and Carole Burke live in Venice, FL, and visit our church at various times during the summer and during the holidays while visiting grandchildren who live in Ridley Park. They are usually accompanied by a Service Dog in training. Ray and Carole are members of “Canine Compan-ions for Independence”, a country wide organization which provides service dogs, skilled companion dogs, facility dogs and hearing dogs, free of charge to qual-ified persons. The dogs are placed with “Puppy Rais-ers” until they reach 18 to 20 months of age. They are then returned to the nearest facility and begin an additional nine month to a year of extensive training with a professional trainer who fine tunes their ser-vices. Ray and Carole’s job is to teach basic com-mands and socialize the dog, taking it everywhere they go – including Christ Church, while visiting in the area. Ray and Carole began their journey for this organiza-tion four years ago and are now training their fourth dog, Darwin. Ray and Carole’s other “trainees” have gone on to be a skilled companion for a young man with Down Syndrome (Bindi); a skilled companion for a 7 year old girl with Autism, who is also the one who can calm the child down when she gets overly excited (Denim); trainee number three, Godfrey, is now into “extensive training” (the Burke’s call this, “going to college” in another facility; and their cur-rent dog is Darwin. Look for him in church when the Burke’s visit – he loves attention, but please be re-minded that when you see a dog in a jacket, it means that they are working and always ask the handler first before petting the dog. If you would like additional information about the organization, please visit CCI.org or you may contact the Burke’s at [email protected] or [email protected]

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Mission Statement

The mission of Christ Church is to be a caring community of individuals seeking to be better persons and followers of our Lord Jesus Christ within the Episcopal Tradition. We share the Gospel: 1) through meaningful and joyful worship; 2) through educating and nurturing the youth of our congregation; 3) through a family spirit of loving fellowship and acceptance; 4) and through welcoming support groups and community organizations to use our facilities.

Jim Biggs 532-7088 Johnson Bowie 497-6201 Michelle Mason 534-0263 Kay Twesten 876-2036

Oliver Rhine 534-9621 Carol King 461-1262 Nancy Mobley 543-7814 Edward Dougherty 484-953-5473 Amy Lovenguth 484-494-4448 Janice Kordowski 534-7663 Michelle Mason 534-0263

Bill Graham 302-475-9429 Michael Huppman 534-1292 Betsy Kirkpatrick 362-0442 John Rubillo

Vestry Members

CHRIST CHURCH OFFICE 610-521-1626 The Rev. Douglas Tompkins, Rector ext. 22 The Rev. Judith Buck-Glenn, Associate Rector ext. 24 The Rev. Wm. Musselman, Rector Emeritus Ted Bickish, Organist ext. 23 Mary Lou Patton, Secretary/Admin Assistant ext. 21 Kathy Okarski, Pathways ext. 25 Robert & Lynn White, Property Managers ext. 26 Gerry Martz, Financial Secretary ext. 28

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