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THE TOWER CHIMES The Newsletter of

St. James’ Episcopal Church

September is around the corner…

Phone: (845) 294-6225 Fax: (845) 294-8794

E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.stjamesgoshen.org

July/Aug. 2012

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From the Rector I used to really dislike back-to-school ads that ran in July. It seemed that

it was rushing summer, and living in the northeast I wanted to savor the nice

weather because it was here today, gone tomorrow. Living in New York State

means treasuring the warm sunshine filled days of summer! If summer is a

favorite meal, I want to enjoy every bite! But, it will go quickly and we will

find ourselves back to September, just around the corner. At Saint James’, we

are making the most of summer by offering many activities in which to come

together as Christians and members of our faith community. Summer is here,

and summer is an often challenging season for the life of the church. As

families enjoy vacations and take advantage of kids being out of school,

many churches find themselves experiencing lower Sunday attendance,

closely watching their cash flow as the annual “summer dip” begins to take

place. Many churches practically close down during the summer months, but I

want to challenge you to do something different: get into the life of our Faith

Community this summer. Throw yourself into it, and see what God does in

your life and in the life of your kids. Here are some of the summer activities

happening at St. James this summer:

Sunday Worship at 9:00 a.m. (every Sunday), beginning June 24th.

NEW Children’s Chapel from 9:00-9:30 a.m. beginning on June 24th. The

children will participate in an age appropriate liturgy that follows the Revised

Common Lectionary, and then they will join the congregation at 9:30 a.m. so

that they may share in Holy Communion. The Chapel is air conditioned.

Parents are also welcome to join their children.

Vacation Bible School, July 30-August 3 -Send your kids on a journey to

Trust God! For more information call Tammy Matula at 355-2613 or e-mail

her at [email protected]

Summer Evensongs, July 29th and August 26th - We will celebrate two

Sunday evening sung prayer services in the Tazie tradition in the Chapel

at 6:00 p.m. The Chapel is air conditioned.

Community Dinners, July 28th, and August 25th—Come help feed those who

are hungry in our Goshen area.

NEW Women’s Bible Study- see the Sunday Bulletin for date and times.

NEW Spirituality Group- see the Sunday Bulletin for date and times.

Inside this issue:

From the Rector 1-2

Vestry-Altar Guild 2

Events-Mission 3

Worship Schedule 3

Children’s Chapel 4

Nursery Care 4

VBS 5

Sun. School Reg. 6

Garden Tour 7-8

Greeters-Fellowship 8

Outreach 9

Stewardship 10

Altar Flowers 10

Ray Bally 11-12

Dom Perfetti 13

Celebrations 14

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Still September is around the corner...

We will resume our “regular” Sunday schedule on Sunday,

September 9, 2012. The service times will be as follows:

9:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II-

followed by Coffee Hour

9:00-9:30 a.m. Children’s Chapel

10:00 a.m. Sunday School

10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II (choir)-

Followed by Coffee Hour

12 noon Various Adult Ed and

New Comers Classes

Gratefully, Father Carl+

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The Tower Chimes is the official monthly

publication of St. James’ Episcopal Church.

The Rev. M. Carl Lunden Rector

Genie McMonigle Secretary

Petrina Varone Editor

VESTRY

Jeanne Healy, Warden Chris Tippin, Warden

Debbie Brown Val Bynum

Edward Connor Jan Golding Greg Markey Steve Matula David Meffert

Tom Nixon Lillian Quintero

Jerre Coleman,

Treasurer Nicole Wiggins,

Assistant Treasurer Tammy Matula,

Clerk

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We would like to thank all of the Altar Guild members who work quietly behind the scenes every year to set up for all the church services. We have been blessed with some wonderful people who volunteer for this ministry. Ann Mayo has been an Altar Guild member for 50 years! As of July 2nd, she is retiring as a member. That translates to 2500 Sundays, not to mention helping on holidays and special events. Ann is a true treasure, and we will miss her. When you see her, be sure to say "thank you!" This is a joyful and necessary ministry, so if any of you would be interested in joining us and starting your own tradition, please see Father Carl, Jeanne Healy or Marci Hanners.

ALTAR GUILD


OUR MISSION

St. James’ seeks to love and

serve God through Discipleship,

Community Service and

Eucharistic Fellowship.

We encourage spiritual growth

and maturity by educating each

other in the knowledge of the

Christian Gospel.

We seek to live in the image of

Jesus Christ and invite our

neighbors to participate in our

family of faith.

WORSHIP SCHEDULE

Sunday Worship

9:00 am

Children’s Chapel

9:00-9:30 a.m.

Wednesday 12:00 pm

Healing & Holy Eucharist

Temporary (July)

Parish Office Hours:

Monday– closed

Wednesday 8:00 a.m.— 12:45 p.m., 2:00 p.m.—4:00 p.m.

Tuesday—Thursday: 8:00 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

Friday: 8:00 a.m.-12:00 Noon

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Alcoholics Anonymous

Wednesday evenings at 8:30 pm

A.R.T.S.

Wednesday evenings at 6:30 pm

Boys Scouts

Thursday evenings at 6:30 pm

Camera Club

2nd Tuesday of each month at 7: 15pm

Choir Rehearsal

Thursday evenings at 7:30 pm

Community Dinner at St. James’

Last Saturday of each month at 5:30 pm

Food bagging at the Presbyterian Church

The last Wed in July & last Thurs. in Aug at 6:30 pm

Goshen Ecumenical Food Pantry Distributions

2nd Saturday of every month at 9:30 am

The last Thursday of every month at 6:30 pm

Healing and Holy Eucharist

Wednesdays at noon, followed by a Fellowship Lunch

Junior Choir rehearsal

Sunday mornings from 11-11:20

Musical Munchkins

Thursday and Friday Mornings at 9:30 am

Sunday School

Sunday morning from 10 am—11 am

Vestry meeting

2nd Wednesday of each month at 7:15 pm

Youth Group

3rd Sunday of each month at 11:30 am

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St. James' Nursery Care

Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Gratefully, LaWahna 294-3035

Summer Schedule

July 1 Evelyn Clark July 8 Karen Golding July 15 Evelyn Clark July 22 Karen Golding July 29 Helen Richards Aug 5 Evelyn Clark Aug 12 Dana Hahn Aug 19 Evelyn Clark Sept 2 Karen Golding

I can't begin to thank

each and every one of

you for volunteering to

take care of our littlest

angels. If you have a

conflict, please switch

with someone else, if

possible. As a last re-

sort, you can call me to

sub!


Sunday school registration form

St. jameS’ epiScopal church

2012-2013 SCHOOL YEAR

_______________________________________________________Name of Student DOB Grade

________________________________________________________

Name of Student DOB Grade

________________________________________________________

Name of Student DOB Grade

________________________________________________________

Emergency Contact/s

________________________________________________________

Allergies or Health Issues that we should know about.

________________________________________________________

Particular Interests of the Student/s

________________________________________________________

Particular Talents of the Student/s

Would you like to share a talent or interest with the class?

E-mail address/s of parents.

____________________________________________________

Signature of the Parent/Date

The Garden Tour is the biggest fundraiser for

the Church, but it would not happen without you!!!!

First let me thank my chair people - Eileen and Mike. These two knit the Garden Tour together. Eileen is a master with the pastry bag, and she makes that food look wonder-ful. In addition, she takes care of the fundraising letters for the Church. Then, she enlists the waiters, and organizes the kitchen with Mike helping her every moment and supporting the Church and the Garden Tour with every detail. They are truly great workers and make a huge difference in the overall operation of the Tour.

John and Meg Strobl - performed countless duties from taking care of the finances to run-ning after some gardens with flags etc. They also prepared the maps for the Journal. I can-not say enough about these two. Thank you both for your tremendous support this year, and every year.

Julie Zeccola - a wiz in the kitchen is a great organizer, a fabulous cook, and a truly special person. Her job is almost daunting and she handles it with ease. Every one raved about the food this year and Julie has had everything to do with that.

Ann McKenna - I cannot say enough about this organized, kind, and truly lovely person. She handled the Journal ads this year with ease. Thank you, Ann. You are very dear.

Tammy Matula - Tammy is capable, and it showed this year when she did the Journal. It was wonderful and she made it so. She collected some of the ads and helped in every way she could, and did it well. The Journal was a huge success because of Tammy. Thank you, Tammy. You are fabulous!!!!!

Kelly Brahm - she took it upon herself to compare prices on the Journal printing, and saved us almost $400. Very capable, we were blessed to have her help us this year. Thank you, Kelly.

Beth O’Connell - A bright and cheerful person, I think she would take almost any job if you asked her to. She mailed the Journals out to the advertisers. Beth is a pleasure to work with. Thank you, Beth.

Barbara Killenberger and Diane Rainy - these two, year after year help sell raffle tickets and Garden Tour Tickets, and do it without complaint. They sit the day of the Garden Tour, and work all day to get this done, and done correctly. They are workers and never com-plain. They make a huge difference in the operation of the Garden Tour. Thank you, girls.

Kit Wallace - we all know and love Kit. She engages the Garden Monitors, and this year she spent time in the hospital, but there was never a complaint. She just got the job done. Thank you, Kit

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Greeter’s Schedule

9 :00 a.m.

Happy summer! As always, the greeters look forward to welcoming you to summer services. The sched-ule for greeters is as follows:

July 1 - Linda Nichols

July 8 - Diane Rainey

July 15 - Jan Ptak

July 22 - Meg Strobl

July 29 - Jim & Liz Tarvin

August 5 - Dona Ash

August 12 - Jackie Bloem

August 19 - Val Bynum

August 26 - Ed Fritsche

September 2 - Karen Golding

Jackie Kessler

Last, but not least - Ray Bally. This man has set up the format of the Garden Tour and spent 6 years chairing it, and I can tell you it is a huge job. Ray still helps us by getting the set-up and clean-up committees. You are a wonder, Ray. What would we do without you!!!!

It has been my pleasure to work with every one of these people and more. This Church really pulls together when the chips are down, as they were this year, and I respect and admire that. If you baked, or cooked, or cleaned, or pressed, or monitored, or set up, you were an asset to this congregation, and I tell you from the bottom of my heart that your contribution was greatly appreciated – you were all just fabulous! Thank you for all the Support this year.

Our net after expenses was $14,224. That’s pretty good considering the economy. And, it’s because of all of you!!!! "May God bless you all for all the work you did". Sincerely, Theresa Makuen

We are working on an

outdoor dinner event for

some time in July or

August. If anyone has any

input or would like to help

organize this, please contact

me, Jeanne Healy, or Debby

Brown.

Since we are in the early

stages of planning, we would

welcome your ideas! Keep

your eyes and ears open for

information as it becomes

available.

Jeanne (h)606-2033

(c) 845-800-9177

Debby (h) 294-1542

The Community Dinner July, 28 & August 25

The Goshen Football Team will host the July, 28th Community Dinner, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in St. James’ Parish

Hall, and The Murray Avenue Group will host the August 25th Dinner. Call John Strobl at 294-9004 to find out how to help. We open at 4:00 p.m. to get ready for the 5:30 p.m. meal. The Dinner is always held the last Saturday of each month.

Food & Financial donations are always needed for the Pantry The Food Pantry depends on food & financial donations. Summer is coming;

needy children will not be getting free school lunches. Food drop locations are on the table just inside the back door, and on the table just before you enter the church - both are labeled Food Pantry Donations. Financial donations may be mailed to The Goshen Ecu-menical Food Pantry Inc. c/o John Strobl, 55 Wickham Ave, Goshen, NY

10924. Help us to help our neighbors in need. We will be collect-ing lunch items this month. Please donate food each week

this summer.

Goshen Ecumenical Pantry Inc. July, 14, 25 & August, 11 &30 The next distribution at the Goshen Ecumenical Food Pantry will be held July, 14th. & the

August date is the 11th. (the 2nd Saturday of each month) from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall at 33 Park Place, Goshen. Please arrive by 9:00 a.m. The Goshen Food Pantry’s new second distribution will be held Wednesday, July 25, held on Wednesday this month only & Thursday, August 30th. from 6:30 pm to 7:30pm. Help is needed; all groups (Adults, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts,

and Youth Groups etc.) are welcome to give us a hand. Please arrive at the pantry around 6:00pm to help.

Bagging for distribution and shelf stocking

Is done at the Goshen Food Pantry, every Tuesday morning at 9:15 a.m. Be part of this excellent opportunity for community service and/or “feel-good-for doing-something-good” service.

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Summer has arrived. Take some time and enjoy the lazy days of summer. However when you are in the Goshen area, please attend the 9 a.m. services on Sunday. Consider hosting a coffee hour after the service. Be a good steward and help at the Great American Weekend. Help maintain the grounds and volunteer for one of the Building and Grounds projects.

While enjoying the summer, consider joining one of the many organizations of St. James as part of giving of your time and talents. It is a good way to get to know your fellow parishion-ers and strengthen the St. James community. It is easier to complete any projects with many helping hands.

Good stewardship strengthens the ministry, outreach and health of our St. James’ communi-ty. By our actions, we will be molded into a true Christian community of faith, love and grace. Giving brings God's wisdom to our finances, exercising a healthy spiritual discipline over them, and helps us to combat the destructive materialism and greed that destroys the lives of many. We must always remember that all we have comes from God. Keep up your pledge during the summer months.

" YOUR TALENT IS GOD'S GIFT TO YOU "

" WHAT YOU DO WITH THAT TALENT IS YOUR GIFT TO GOD "

Sincerely, Ed Fritsche


Altar Flowers July

July 1 - Heslop

July 8 - Katie Lyons

July 15 - DeAngelis

July 22 - Mayo

July 29 - M&L Mabee

August

Aug 5 - Degenhardt

Aug 12 - Zeccola

Aug 19 - Wilmott

Aug 26 - Healy

A By-Gone Era – Reminisces from Days Past

from the Desk of Ray Bally

The Episcopal Church that I grew up in during the 30’s and 40’s is a far cry from the

Church as we know it today. Somewhat autocratic, rigid, highly formal, very disciplined, and

segregated, one would always be genuflecting upon entering or leaving their pew; making

the sign of the cross, and even kneeling in the sacristy before taking their turn at the com-

munion rail. And, of course, there was the awful practice of private ownership of pews –

where no one dared to sit even when those pews were empty. There were chains across the

entrance and brass plates naming that particular family. In the early days of the Church,

ownership of pews was a significant part of ones estate, making sure it was passed on to

family members. I’m guessing that the closer ones pew was to the altar probably determined

the price of one’s pew.

I particularly remember one Christmas Eve service when the Church was filled to

capacity. My mother used to say the twice-a-year Christians attended. We sat in a pew that

was available - my parents, my sister, my brother, and I. Suddenly, there appeared one of

the Grand Dames of the Parish. She told my mother in no uncertain terms that we were

occupying HER pew to which my saintly mother replied that there weren’t any available

pews. Much to her great displeasure, she mumbled something, pushed herself into the pew,

and we were squished like sardines.

In my early days at St. James, only young boys ages 7-12, a few high school girls, and a

few adults composed the make-up of the choir. We sang at two Sunday services, both morn-

ing and evening prayer. Singing for the first time in the choir was awesome and rather

frightening for a seven year old, and I was absolutely in awe of the magnificent high altar

that was ablaze with many candles, and tiers and tiers of flowers in shiny brass vases nestled

among the five and seven branch candelabra in true Anglican tradition. When our voices

changed, the choir boys automatically became acolytes, and on any given Sunday, there were

always ten of us in attendance – two crucifers, and four torch bearers. The American flag as

well as the Episcopal Church flag were carried in the procession. And, of course, two of us

assisted the priest at the altar.

Church attendance was compulsory. In fact, if we were away on a particular Sunday,

we were obligated to attend Sunday School in another Episcopal Church, and return with a

signed statement stating that we had attended Church that day. There was never a question

of not wanting to go to Church or Sunday School. We were awarded pins for perfect attend-

ance, and beautiful gold crosses for being in the choir, which meant never missing a Sunday

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One of the biggest changes at St. James is the less

formal, more casual style in first the altar, and second the

very casual dress of most parishioners at worship. Years

ago, all female members of the parish wore hats in Church.

Women were not permitted to appear hatless. There was

even a small rack of cubby holes in the Church entrance of

black velvet Beanies which were available for those who

had forgotten to wear a hat, since every female member of

the Church was required to wear one. My mother and fe-

male members of the family always wore dresses, hats and

gloves. No female in those days ever dared to wear slacks, and jeans? Perish the thought!

Men and boys always wore suits and ties.

Another big change that I have observed is the divergence of the congregation at St.

James. In earlier times, the wealthiest and most influential people were the composition of

the Episcopal Church. Basically, the WASP class – White Anglo-Saxon Protestant. I don’t

remember ever seeing black, Hispanic, racially mixed families; same sex couples, or single

parents in the congregation. Sadly, the only black people were the domestics accompanying

their white aristocratic families. It was most definitely a Church of the upper class. I will

add that this same aristocracy many times did provide a legacy to the Church in their be-

quests. We rarely see this today. The vestry was generally composed of the wealthiest and

most influential members of the community; they usually served until they retired or passed

on. Women were never elected to the vestry. At the end of the year, if there was a deficit in

the treasury, the vestry wrote out their personal checks.

Today, our beloved Church has come a long way from its earliest times – very con-

servative to much more liberal. I am very proud of the Episcopal Church’s acceptance and

commitment to its divergence of ALL PEOPLE, and especially for its far reaching humanitar-

ian outreach programs, and its many worthwhile projects to the needy, homeless, and less

fortunate among our fellow man. From the reading of the Gospel of St. John 1 Chapter 1,

those who love God must love their brothers and sisters also. How apropos today!

Sincerely, Ray Bally

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It’s me again…

You just hung up the phone and realized you forgot to ask about something. You call

right back, “Hi, it’s me again; I forgot to ask you…” We’ve all been on both sides of these

conversations. Knowing how easy it is to forget something, it’s safe to say that when we

get a call like this we handle it light-heartedly with no apologies needed. “No problem, it’s

not a bother, have a nice day.”

When simple pieces of information are needed, we can all relate to quick calls (or texting

I suppose in today’s world) to fill the gaps. There are times, however, when the stakes can

become higher. Perhaps instead of a quick call caused by a brief moment of forgetfulness,

the “Hi, it’s me again” call might sound more like a friend reaching out for help, and we

can usually tell by the person’s tone of voice. Maybe we hear a nervous or frustrated tone,

or perhaps a helpless tone that you’ve heard before and the conversation you’re about to

have requires a much deeper thought level than if simply supplying a piece of missing

information.

When we get ourselves into tight spots, it’s normal to call on someone we trust and feel

can help us, even if it’s simply by listening to our story. Life can be difficult without

someone to turn to in these situations. There’s about a 100% chance that we will all need

a “Hi, it’s me again” call at some point in time, and having that trusted and understand-

ing friend on the other end of the line is so important. And we all hope we don’t wear out

our welcome as we lean on those few who listen to our stories time and time again.

Wouldn’t life be better if we always had someone to turn to at any time who would listen

to us patiently and without judgment? Someone we could call that tolerated us no matter

how bad of a situation we got ourselves into?

We know there is someone like this in our lives. His name is Jesus. Jesus is there to hear

our calls, over and over. He doesn’t judge us, is always available, and He will be patient

and understanding with everything we bring to Him. There are no inconvenient times for

Jesus; He’s there to hear our story whenever we feel we need to tell it.

Jesus will always be ready for the call. He gives us all an open invitation to carry our

burdens to Him. He already knows our story, knows what we need and patiently awaits

our call to Him as we reach out once again with the words He’s waiting to hear from us,

Hello Lord,…It’s me again…

Have a safe and blessed Summer,

Dom Perfetti

The newsletter deadline is

the 15th of every month.

Please send contributions

to [email protected]

Cele-

Kenneth & Carolyn Barnes 7 /1

John & Dede De Angelis 7 /12

Ray & Janet Bally 7 /12

Carmine & Petrina Varone 7 /12

Steve & LaWahna Search 7 /14

John & Ann Mayo 7 /18

Ryan & Neva Muehlbauer 7 /21

James & Malinda Niper 7 /25

Nancy Newton 7 /28

Steve & Tammy Matula 8 /11

Robert & Marion Thorley 8 /15

James & Jeanne Healy 8 /25

Gonzalo & Lillian Quintero 8 /30

Jerre & Linda Coleman 8 /31

Ricki Leal 7 /2

Deacon Don Lofman 7 /4

Meg Strobl 7 /5

Steve Search 7 /7

Ellen Ferrier 7 /9

Mariona Thorley 7 /10

Robert Thorley 7 /11

Thomas Liotta 7 /13

James Niper 7 /18

Jordan Ely 7 /20

Lu-Ann Haviland 7 /22

James Cassel 7 /24

Roy Splieth 7 /26

Adam Bynum 7 /26

Kyle Lent 7 /26

Gonzalo Quintero 7 /29

Kenneth Barnes 7 /30

James Heslop 8 /3

Grace Quintero 8 /4

Carl Lunden 8 /6

Brendan Brown 8 /7

Sarah Schaumburg 8 /7

Karen Golding 8 /13

Malcolm Diaz 8 /15

Malini Chellappa 8 /15

Lillian Nicholson 8 /16

Christine Giudice 8 /16

Jennifer Stratton 8 /19

Tammy Matula 8 /21

Steve Matula 8 /22

Kyle Haviland 8 /22

Tom Schaumburg 8 /22

Linda Coleman 8 /28

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