The Messenger, July 2014

The MessengerGrace-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Volume 61, No. 7 July 2014

Inside This IssueAltar Flowers................................................ 11Athletics ........................................................ 6Belvedere Festival ........................................ 10Bygone Days ................................................. 8Calendar Highlights ....................................... 12EYC News ...................................................... 6Food Pantry Sunday ........................................ 7From the Rector ............................................. 3Help Thanks Wow Retreat ................................ 4Looking Towards Sunday ............................... 11Lay Schedule ............................................... 11Laymen's Conference ...................................... 4Member News .............................................. 11Memorials and Honoraria ............................... 11Needlework Guild ........................................... 4Outreach Ministries ......................................... 7Pastoral Care Corner ....................................... 8Recovery Sunday ............................................ 4School News .................................................. 9VBS Thank-You ............................................... 5Vestry Nominees Sought ................................. 4Weekend Exodus ............................. 4, 6, 7 & 12

On the cover: Pictures from VBS.... For more pictures, see p. 5 and visit the GSL Facebook or Flickr pages: www.facebook.com/gracestlukes and www.flickr.com/gracestlukes.

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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 Hours8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday–Friday

StaffThe Rev. Richard Lawson, RectorThe Rev. Gayle McCarty, Associate RectorFr. Joseph Wallace-Williams, Associate RectorChristi Authement, Activities & Athletics Dir.Beulah Brown, SextonBeth Claybrook, Financial AssistantWesley Emerson, Organist/ChoirmasterSharon Campbell, Children's Education DirectorConnie Johns, Membership & NewcomersEva Loftin, Assistant Nursery DirectorChapman Morrow, Parish Development OfficerLucy Owens, Communications DirectorHarriet Roberts, Adult Education DirectorDebbie Smith, Music AssociateLinda Stine, Finance & AdministrationMary Margaret Winn, Youth Minister

2014 Vestry Grant Adams, Antoinette Cheney, Juan Fuentes, Edith Heller, Sidney Hickey, Allison King, Hal Medling, Donna Sanders, Cynthia Saatkamp, King Self, Josh Shipley, Bruce Williams, Betsy Wilson, Ken Woodmansee and Hal Wright.

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 August issue of The Messenger is 9 am, July 15! Contact Lucy at 272-7425 or [email protected] with any questions.

Support Groups at GSLMeeting from 12:20–12:40

AA meetings: Tuesdays, 6:30 pm

Narcotics Anonymous: Sundays, 8 pm

Al Anon: Thursdays, 10:30 am

Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous: Mondays & Thursdays, 8 pm

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From the Rector: God Be With You, Father Joseph

The book of Ecclesiastes in the Hebrew Scriptures tells us that "for everything there is a season." We are entering a new season in our relationship with the Reverend Joseph Wallace-

Williams, who has served our parish and school with such passion and thoughtfulness for over two years. Joseph has accepted the invitation to join the Order of the Holy Cross in the Hudson Valley in New York, the Episcopal Church's oldest religious order for men. Yes, Father Joseph is becoming a monk! Technically, he is becoming a postulant, but this process leads to becoming a monk. His last Sunday at Grace-St. Luke's will be August 17, which is, fittingly, Episcopal School Sunday. In two years, Father Joseph has made a remarkable impact on our parish and school. He has loved us, laughed with us, cried with us, inspired so many of us, frustrated a few of us, and prayed boldly that all of us would trust in our heart of hearts that we are loved infinitely by God in Christ. His passion for the Gospel and genuine hospitality have inspired so many to join our community. At GSL School, Joseph's faith, intelligence, energy, and humor have had a profound impact on our our students and

faculty. In terms of our 20s and 30s in the parish, Joseph has not only grown this group numerically, but rooted this community in the ground of the Church's teachings and spiritual resources. When I called Joseph to GSL, I hoped that he would help me expand our work with young adults. After two years, I can say he far exceeded what I imagined possible. As I look ahead to the next few years at GSL, we will build upon Joseph's foundation with our young adult community. And what about his laughter and his bright socks and facial expressions? God literally broke the mold when he created Joseph. As summer progresses, the parish will hear more from Joseph and from me about this transition. For now, I encourage prayers of thanksgiving for our priest and friend as he prepares to go to the monastery. Joseph will be fully engaged in parish work throughout July and August until his last Sunday so that there is time to see him and learn more about his call to the order. Although this is a new season in our relationship with Joseph, we do not say "goodbye." For God will always keep us connected in the Spirit.

The Reverend Richard Lawson

Joseph & Richard at GSL School Citizenship Breakfast

Richard & Joseph at Bishop Johnson's Annual Visit for Confirmation

Richard & Joseph with Sandra Ireland at VBS

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Needlework GuildGrab your sewing things, or pick out a project and make plans to join other

ladies (and ladies in training) on Saturday, July 26, from 4–8 pm. Please bring a sack supper. You need to be 10 or older and want to spend some time visiting and stitching. We will share skills and enjoy being together in Trezevant Hall. If you need help selecting a project, with knowing what to bring, or if you would like to reserve a table for your larger project, please contact Harriet Roberts, [email protected], or Kim White, [email protected]. Beginners are welcome!

Wondrous. Hour 1 starts the fun…and Hour 2 is double-cheeseburgers for all and single malt for a few. Hour 4 is four square, four to a flush, forty four billion stars and more…and Hour 5 might just be karaoke live. 40 Hours at Bratton-Green

For more info and to sign up for Weekend Exodus (Sept 19-21), go to

www.gracestlukes.org/events/parish-weekend/.

Episcopal Laymen's Conference

Join Episcopal men from all across Tennessee for the 68th Conference of the Episcopal Churchmen of Tennessee which will be held Aug. 15-17. The theme is “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. 2

Corinthians 5:17” Paul tells us in his letter to the Romans that suffering leads to endurance, and endurance leads to character, and character leads to hope, and HOPE does not disappoint.

Speakers for the conference will be Justin Crisp, a PhD student in Theology from Yale and a Research Assistant at the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, the Rev. Dan Matthews, Jr., Rector of St. Luke’s Atlanta, and the Rev. Bob Leopold, founder of Southside Abbey, a new model of worshipping community in one of Chattanooga’s oldest neighborhoods..

For current information and registration, please visit the Laymen’s website: www.episcopalchurchmen.net/.

Message from the Vestry Nominating Committee

Attention GSL! Vestry elections are coming faster than you think. If you know a parishioner who would be a good candidate for the vestry, please let us hear about them.

In considering a potential nominee, the following guide-lines should be remembered:• The person must be a confirmed communicant of

Grace St Luke’s in good standing, not less than eigh-teen (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 person can be you.• 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 nominating committee.

Please submit vestry nominations to Allison King at [email protected] or 901-275-5921 by July 30.

Anne Lamott's Help Thanks Wow 11th Step Retreatwww.gracestlukes.org/events/help-thanks-wow/

August 23 beginning at 9:30 am ~ ending with a brief healing service and lunchFacilitator—The Rev. Dr. Joanna Seibert

Recovery Sunday www.gracestlukes.org/events/recovery-sunday/

August 24 The Rev. Dr. Seibert will Preach at 8 & 10:30 am

Rector's Forum (9:30 am)—Recovery and Spirituality: The Call of the Psalms with Joanna and Shannon Tucker

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Vacation Bible School 2014Holy Men, Holy Women

by Harriet RobertsEach year, as we ready ourselves for Vacation Bible School, I wonder what it will be that will define the year’s week-long adventure.

First of all, this year was awesome. We had 107 children, tweens, and teens and over 40 adult volunteers in our church for the entire week studying the likes of Benjamin Franklin, St. Lucy, Bishop Oscar Romero, The Blessed Mother, and Eric Liddell. The children played, heard stories, sang, made crafts, and worshiped.

But—this year—it was our teen volunteers who just blew me away!

Our teen volunteers (rising 9th graders and up) were fantastic. The week before Vacation Bible School, not only was I getting calls asking if there were still spots for the younger set (which is usual), but also if there were slots for teens to volunteer (which is unusual). In a short time, we went from 6 teenage volunteers to almost 30. And, they did a remarkable job for us. Truly, we could not have had this amazing program without their energy, their enthusiasm, and their commitment.

So, this year, I am struck by the gift our teenagers give to us during Vacation Bible School. When you see them, be sure to tell them how awesome they are!

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Church Athletics

Summer lunches are back! EYC will meet 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 1—Lost Pizza Co. (2855 Poplar)July 8—Lost Pizza Co. July 15—Stone Soup Café (993 Cooper)July 29—Stone Soup Café Bonus lunch! August 5—Stone Soup Café *No lunch on July 22 due to youth mission trip.

Diocesan Rafting Trip—Never been whitewater rafting but always wanted to try? Experienced the Ocoee and want something more? Look no further, we have an option for you! The Diocese will travel to High Country Adventure in Benton, Tennessee, to rent cabins and raft the beautiful Ocoee. There are two options for youth, which are detailed in the information/registration packet.

Dates: Friday, July 25–Sunday, July 27Cost: $175 until July 1, $225 July 2–July 13 (Covers transporta-tion, lodging, rafting, and all meals once we have arrived.)

Please visit the Diocesan website (http://www.episwtn.org/ministries--outreach/youth-programs/) for forms and return to Matthew Arehart at Church of the Holy Communion. Early Bird Registration ends July 1 and the final deadline is July 13.

Youth Mission Trip—On Saturday, July 19, 12 youth and 3 adult chaperones depart for Welch, West Virginia, for 5 days of home repairs and fellowship. Please keep us in your prayers as we explore this Appalachian town and work with its inspiring people. There will be a slideshow and youth presentation after the trip!

EYC Newsand Events

Wondrous. Hour 14 is cheese grits and sausage gravy…and Hour 15 is the paddle board navy. Hour 16 is a zip line down from the highest rope course you’ve ever seen…and Hour 20 is walking and talking, swimming and diving, fishing and wishing, playing and praying, and everything in-between.

40 Hours at Bratton-Green

For more info and to sign up for Weekend Exodus (Sept 19-21), go to

www.gracestlukes.org/events/parish-weekend/.

It's Been a Busy Season!

July 6, Pentecost 4Altar Guild: K Harper, G Acuff, E & MG Brewer, C Gardiner, S Ireland, R Martin, J Tate, C Wills

Breakfast Cooks: D Conaway, S Liles, J Fields, M Rowland, B Bland, D Sappington, J Sullivan, L Martin8 Acolyte, Reader, Chalice: Rolfes, Adams, Whitlock10:30 Ushers: A Robbins, E Hord, B King, P Wilson

10:30 Acolytes: M Cline, A Deason, MC Morrow, K Rasberry10:30 Verger: Sandra Ireland

10:30 Lectors: S Baur, N Conaway, D Pigg, J Vergos10:30 EM: N Conaway, B Khumalo, K Rasberry, D Conaway

5:30: C Jefcoat, J Dowd

July 13, Pentecost 5Altar Guild: K Harper, G Acuff, E & MG Brewer, C Gardiner, S Ireland, R Martin, J Tate, C Wills

Breakfast Cooks: P Wilson, C Kerwin, J Moore, B Foster, L Strickland, C Pazar, S King8 Acolyte, Reader, Chalice: McGehee, Brewer, Brewer

10:30 Ushers: M Rowland, J Fuentes, D McLemore, J Moore10:30 Acolytes: J Epperson, C Epperson, K Kellett, S Hannifin, G Garrett, R Liles

10:30 Verger: S Hickey10:30 Lectors: J Clay, S Hoffman, J Wyatt, J Vergos10:30 EM: J Ayres, H Jones, MM Winn, J Jennings

5:30: J Dowd, D McCanless

July 20, Pentecost 6Altar Guild: L Trotter, S Barnett, L Deeley, D McCanless, A Orpet, M Sullivan

Breakfast Cooks: M Herr, C Mercer, M Crow, D McLemore, K Patton, B Williams, T Brabyn8 Acolyte, Reader, Chalice: Rolfes, Busby, Busby

10:30 Ushers: M Tate, J Norris, J McCalla, M Sullivan10:30 Acolytes: A Hartney, C Hartney, C Martin

10:30 Verger: G Adams10:30 Lectors: P Wilson, A Barton, G Wigginson, D Smith, J Wyatt10:30 EM: D Conaway, N Conaway, J Jennings, C Nave, L Wardlaw

5:30: C Jefcoat, J Dowd

July 27, Pentecost 7Altar Guild: L Trotter, S Barnett, L Deeley, D McCanless, A Orpet, M Sullivan

Breakfast Cooks: H Morse, T Claybrook, J Mercer, W Ayres, B Morse, I Hendry, D Douglass8 Acolyte, Reader, Chalice: McGehee, Adams, Morse10:30 Ushers: R Gooch, L Strickland, D Sappington

10:30 Acolytes: D Graber, M Woodmansee, A Lawson, S Crow, MG Nix, G Nix10:30 Verger: Sandra Ireland

10:30 Lectors: C Nave, S Ireland, J Vergos, J Wyatt10:30 EM: A Hartney, H Jones, L Wardlaw, J Ayres

5:30: D McCanless, B Foster

OutreachMinistry

GRACEBUILDERSA Parish-wide Outreach Project

4453 Walden Glen Cove

HELP MAKE A DREAM A REALITY!

The Outreach Committee and vestry are excited to announce a major community project in partnership with United Housing, Inc. (www.uhinc.org). Using a $25,000 allocation from the vestry and matching funds from United Housing, Inc, GSL will rehab a house in Northwood Hills.

One of Outreach’s missions is to shelter the needy and we are actively involved in addressing homelessness and the poor of our community. This project will allow us all to better live into our mission and the mandate of the Gospel.

HOW CAN YOU HELP? There are a variety of volunteer opportunities and times. GSL volunteers will work shifts on Fridays and Saturdays from 9–3 on July 11–12, July 25–26, August 8–9, August 22–23, September 12–13, and lastly in October for a House Blessing and Shower. Contractors will perform most of the work to meet code requirements, while our volunteers WILL HAVE FUN with demolition, painting, deck and fence construction, landscaping and cleaning. Hospitality teams are also needed for food, snacks and water supplies.

VOLUNTEER SIGN UP will be in Trezevant Hall following Sunday services. Look for additional info as to how to sign up in Sunday bulletins, the church info screens, the GSL eNews, website and Facebook page! Contact Edith Heller at [email protected] if you want a leadership role in GRACEBUILDERS.

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Food Pantry Facts by Juan Fuentes

In May, GSL Food Pantry volunteers spent 22 hours distributing food and in Food Bank pick-ups, not including the hours spent by volunteer packers.

We served 53 households, which included 71 adults, 46 children, and 16 seniors!!

We also provided fresh produce such as eggs, spinach and other greens via our contract with Bring It Food Hub.

WANT TO HELP? To volunteer, call Happy Jones at 276-2136 or email [email protected].

"What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead." --- James 2:14-17

REMINDER—The last Sunday of the month (July 27) is Food Pantry Sunday! Donation baskets will be available at the rear entrance of the church and east vestibule entrance by the sacristy. Let’s fill those baskets!

Wondrous. Hour 25 is a mess of catfish and chicken fried with all the fixins on the side…and Hour 26 is crackling logs on fire and melting smores on sticks. Hour 27 is raising a ruckus and voices to heaven…and Hour 28 might just be dancing and stay-ing up late.

40 Hours at Bratton-Green

For more info and to sign up for Weekend Exodus (Sept 19-21), go to

www.gracestlukes.org/events/parish-weekend/.

Pastoral CareCorner

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude

Friedrich Nietzsche

GSL’s Pastoral Care ministry is often blessed to receive kind and thoughtful thank you notes by those whose hearts are grateful for touches they received.

But, one recent gift is so amazing that we just have to share with you all. The photo accompanying this article is but one of 90 cards lovingly handmade by Mary Elizabeth Partin for Pastoral Care in appreciation of our ministry to her late father, George Partin.

Hours and hours of detailed attention and lots and lots of love went into the making of these cards. We, in Pastoral care, will smile in memory of Mr. Partin with each card we inscribe and say a prayer of thanksgiving to Mary Elizabeth for her incredibly generous spirit.

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neWs oF byGone days50 years ago (1964): You have noticed during Trinity Season the color of the various hangings in the church are green. Trinity Season makes up roughly half the Church year. There are special days scattered throughout the season. You will see white or red or even violet hangings on these special days. But green is by far the predominant color. Green means growth. Look around you. When trees are green they are growing. The grass and most other vegetation show green in their growing season. Why does our Church use green for Trinity Season? It does so because it wants to emphasize the need for the Church to grow. But why does the Church devote so much time to this green Trinity Season? It does so because the greatest responsibility it has is to grow.

What does the growth of the Church mean? The growth of the Church is the measure of the number of people who are coming into the Chuurch. When the Church is growing people are coming into it. Why is it so important that people should come into the Church? People who come into the Church are being brought to God. The Church exists so that it might bring people to God Any other thing it does is secondary to this act. It is not a country club or a social gathering or a society for the prevention of sin. It has the primary obligation of showing each man his God. Then sin or society or fun find their proper places. When a man sees and knows his God, then nothing else matters. Then nothing else can have the power in his life God has. Therefore it is most important that you and I offer our Church to everyone we know. A half a year is really not enough time in which to reach all our friends and acquaintances.

25 years ago (1989): The Rev. Battle Alexander Beasley has accepted a call to be an assistant to the rector at Grace-St. Luke's with primary emphasis on work with the youth, young singles and marrieds, and to share other pastoral and liturgical duties with the clergy staff. Jeannie Kienzle, a Memphian, will be coming on board August 1 to work in the capacity of Assistant Director of Music. I'm excited and exhilarated that next year, as we celebrate the 50th year of Grace-St. Luke's life, this major addition of the new building will come to good use as we seek to serve God and lift one another's spirit. We shall have a ground breaking service at 11:30 A.M. on July 9, followed by a reception in Trezevant Hall.

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Things are somewhat quieter on this side of campus, at least for now! Construction is underway but going smoothly over at Miss Lee’s Preschool, and we are busy getting organized for the coming school year. 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• Preschool expands, changing from 3 LL, 2 PK, & 3 JK classrooms

to 3 LL, 4 PK, and 2 JK.• Former PK teachers Lucy Norcross and Deborah Lowe, who moved

to LL this year, will return to PK to take the new 3rd classroom.• Current JK teachers Liz Awsumb and Jeanette Walton move to PK to

take the new 4th classroom, which will be called the Terrific Tadpoles.• Current Little Lukers assistant Lacey Ledlow becomes an LL lead

teacher. GSL ’04 alumna Kendall Jones joins the staff as her assistant teacher.

• Nicole Jobe is hired as an LL assistant for Katie Longoria in the Jolly Giraffes room.

• Amy Reeves is hired as a PK assistant for Kate Pritchard in the Dandy Lions room.

• Whitley Gurkin is hired as a PK assistant for Meg Comes in the Daring Dinosaurs room.

Lower School • Linda Niell ends her interim appointment as Head of Lower School

and Tom Sauter joins us as the new Head of Lower School.• Karen McLaren retires as the Lower School science and technology

teacher. Kelsey Zaharko joins us in her place.• SK teacher Katie Donald is moving to Nashville with her family.

First grade teacher Jill Beaumont replaces her in the SK Marvelous Meerkat room.

• Art teacher Carol Buchman will go part-time; Karen Peacock will join us in Carol’s place two days a week.

Middle School• Spanish teacher Zach Burnett leaves us to enter law school at the

University of Texas. Brian Hencel takes his place. Brian has a B.A. in Spanish from St. Louis University and an MAT from Webster University.

• Part-time 6th grade history teacher Sarah Ranson goes full-time to teach 6th and 7th grade history

• 7th grade English teacher Collin Buckner will go on maternity leave in the fall. We will announce her maternity leave replacement at the beginning of the school year.

• Math instructor Kim Norris will add an 8th grade Algebra section.After School Care• Director Diann Youngblood retires; GSL parent Brooke Shannon

replaces her as the new Director of ASC and Enrichment.

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

School NewsBy Thor Kvande

We made another new addition to campus this spring that I wanted to be sure you noticed: the Alumni Corner at the intersection of Linden and Lemaster. This fundraising initiative was launched earlier in the year by our development department as a way for alumni to commemorate their time here and recognize former faculty and classmates. We installed an initial set of recognition plaques (and added lighting and signage) to this new feature in early May to coincide with the Alumni Reunion that was held May 10. We will do a second installation of plaques over the summer, and install plaques annually after that addition. I encourage you to go see all the plaques that have been installed to date, and please contact Denise Taylor ([email protected]) if you are interested in honoring a special GSL alum in your family!

Thank you as always for your support of our program at GSL School!

Miss Lee’s students were part of a memorable event this spring when pre-kindergartner Ty was baptized during a special daytime chapel service at GSL. Ty’s family kindly let the preschoolers share in the ceremony and celebration! Many thanks to Mary Margaret, Father Joseph, and Father Richard for making this such a wonderful event for Ty and his preschool classmates.

At Honors Chapel, Interim Head of Lower School Linda Niell presented fourth grader William Halliday with the Lower School Bishop’s Award, which is presented annually to a particular student in recognition of his or her service to others and understanding of the call to love one’s neighbor as one’s self and to respect the dignity of every human being.

The new Alumni Corner at the Lemaster-Linden intersection was unveiled this spring and already features some 100 commemorative plaques honoring alumni.

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July Lay Schedule

July 6, Pentecost 4Altar Guild: K Harper, G Acuff, E & MG Brewer, C Gardiner, S Ireland, R Martin, J Tate, C WillsBreakfast Cooks: D Conaway, S Liles, J Fields, M Rowland, B Bland, D Sappington, J Sullivan, L Martin8 Acolyte, Reader, Chalice: Rolfes, Adams, Whitlock10:30 Ushers: A Robbins, E Hord, B King, P Wilson10:30 Acolytes: M Cline, A Deason, MC Morrow, K Rasberry10:30 Verger: Sandra Ireland10:30 Lectors: S Baur, N Conaway, D Pigg, J Vergos10:30 EM: N Conaway, B Khumalo, K Rasberry, D Conaway5:30: C Jefcoat, J Dowd

July 13, Pentecost 5Altar Guild: K Harper, G Acuff, E & MG Brewer, C Gardiner, S Ireland, R Martin, J Tate, C WillsBreakfast Cooks: P Wilson, C Kerwin, J Moore, B Foster, L Strickland, C Pazar, S King8 Acolyte, Reader, Chalice: McGehee, Brewer, Brewer10:30 Ushers: M Rowland, J Fuentes, D McLemore, J Moore10:30 Acolytes: J Epperson, C Epperson, K Kellett, S Hannifin, G Garrett, R Liles10:30 Verger: S Hickey10:30 Lectors: J Clay, S Hoffman, J Wyatt, J Vergos10:30 EM: J Ayres, H Jones, MM Winn, J Jennings5:30: J Dowd, D McCanless

July 20, Pentecost 6Altar Guild: L Trotter, S Barnett, L Deeley, D McCanless, A Orpet, M SullivanBreakfast Cooks: M Herr, C Mercer, M Crow, D McLemore, K Patton, B Williams, T Brabyn8 Acolyte, Reader, Chalice: Rolfes, Busby, Busby10:30 Ushers: M Tate, J Norris, J McCalla, M Sullivan10:30 Acolytes: A Hartney, C Hartney, C Martin10:30 Verger: G Adams10:30 Lectors: P Wilson, A Barton, G Wigginson, D Smith, J Wyatt10:30 EM: D Conaway, N Conaway, J Jennings, C Nave, L Wardlaw5:30: C Jefcoat, J Dowd

July 27, Pentecost 7Altar Guild: L Trotter, S Barnett, L Deeley, D McCanless, A Orpet, M SullivanBreakfast Cooks: H Morse, T Claybrook, J Mercer, W Ayres, B Morse, I Hendry, D Douglass8 Acolyte, Reader, Chalice: McGehee, Adams, Morse10:30 Ushers: R Gooch, L Strickland, D Sappington10:30 Acolytes: D Graber, M Woodmansee, A Lawson, S Crow,

MG Nix, G Nix10:30 Verger: Sandra Ireland10:30 Lectors: C Nave, S Ireland, J Vergos, J Wyatt10:30 EM: A Hartney, H Jones, L Wardlaw, J Ayres5:30: D McCanless, B Foster

Belvedere Chamber Music Festival a Huge Success

Recordings of the festival will soon be available:

lunanova.org/audio.html

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 dates for baptism will be: • August 17 • All Saints’ Sunday, November 2. For more information and to schedule a baptism, contact Connie Johns, 272-7425, ext. 22, or [email protected].

Altar Gifts are offered in Loving Memory of

July 6 Beverly P. Alexander, 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 13 Elaine Gregson Langford, Frank Mayne Langford, Sr., Camille Rhea Terrell, Mildred Gregson Rhea, Dorothy Walker Palmer, Jackson Francis Palmer, and Evelyn Mitchell Webb

July 20 Tracy Plyler, Anne Ogden Plyler Thomas Mathews Plyler, William Ogden Plyler, Garth Connally Jones, and Wharton Stewart Jones, Sr.

July 27 Florence Boyce Battle, Walter Preston Battle, and Rocco Calandruccio

Memorials& Honoraria

Given in Memory of Mary Rainey from Jon and Mary McCalla Tom McCarty from Gayle McCarty on Father's Day (for Food Pantry) Harvey Wright from Jim and Anne Beaty Clary Lunsford from Jon and Mary McCalla, Thomas Day

Oates, Don and Shelley Levy, Walker and Mary Mulherin, Bailey and Marilyn Wiener, and Whit and Minetry Crowley

Charlie Culver from Eunice Tenant (for the Rev. Gayle McCarty's discretionary fund)

Given in Honor of Gayle Evans from John and Ann Dillard (for Food Pantry)

MembershipNews

Baptized June 8, 2014 Shanna Humphries Eason Brock Daniel Eason, son of Shanna and Brian Eason Brennan Eric Gibbs, son of Jennifer and Ryan GibbsFaithful Departed William Clary Lunsford, died June 8, 2014, burial liturgy June 16, 2014Transfers Out Gaines, Courtney Conaway, and Campbell Conaway to Germantown Methodist Caroline Gage Sanford to Saint Gregory of Nyssa, San Francisco, CATransfers In Elizabeth Kathleen Gassler from St. Paul's, Murfreesboro, TN Tanda Grisham-Williams and Joshua Williams from Christ

Church, Little Rock, AR Melissa Edwards Pirani from Holy Cross, Little Rock, AR Susan Dowling from Calvary, Memphis Amy Lewis White from St. Stephen's, Milledgeville, GA

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Looking Towards Sunday ~ July

Revised Common LectionaryTrack 1 Year A

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: July 6Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67 • Psalm 45: 11-18Romans 7:15-25a • Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost: July 13Genesis 25:19-34 • Psalm 119:105-112Romans 8:1-11 • Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost: July 20Genesis 28:10-19a • Psalm 139: 1-11, 22-23Romans 8:12-25 • Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

Seventh Sunday after Pentecost: July 27Genesis 29:15-28 • Psalm 105:1-11, 45bRomans 8:26-39 • Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52

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

Go to the link above to access Sunday lectionary readings online at your convenience, and then reflect and pray over them at any time. Also offered is an overview, scripture backgrounds, a reflection and prayer starter to enhance your worship experience.

Calendar Highlights

July 4: Church Office Closed

July 19-23: EYC Mission Trip

July 25: Endowment Meeting

July 25-27: DYC Youth Rafting Trip

August 12: Finance Meeting

August 13: Fellowship Meeting

August 15: Executive Meeting

August 19: Vestry

August 15-17: DuBose Men's Conference

August 17: ESS, Joseph's Last Sunday

August 23: Help Thanks Wow 11th Step Retreat

August 24: Recovery Sunday

August 29-31: Happening @ GSL

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Wondrous.

Hour 36 is the sun on the water for the lakeside Eucharist and the smiles on faces for eggs, bacon and biscuits. Hour 38 is in the pool, in the woods or out on the lake for whatever you want because it’s not too late. Hour 40 we wave good-bye to all that’s here, and start looking forward to next year.

40 Hours at Bratton-Green

For more info and to sign up for Weekend Exodus (Sept 19-21), go to

www.gracestlukes.org/events/parish-weekend/.