G rac e E mb ra c es
A Note From Fr. Hank
September 2014 Year A
Dear Friends, By now, you know that my mind does not work in a linear fashion. So, when I started to think about this message, I was reminded of an expression that I used to use a lot when I worked with folks, many of them younger people, who had substance abuse problems. The expression was “No one likes to be should upon.”
Sunday after Sunday, during the Prayers of the People, the intercessor says, “We thank you, Lord, for all the blessings of this life.” The silence, from us, is deafening. Surely, there are things, many things, that we “should” be thankful for. Why the deafening silence? Bashfulness? Laziness? We should make a loud and joyful noise. Let’s banish the deafening silence. Are you with me? [email protected]
Grace Embraces
That may be true but there is something that we “should” be doing and we aren’t.
Blessings,
Hank +
Diocesan Cycle of Prayer St. Paul’s, Clinton Trinity Deanery St. Peter’s, Washington Grace Episcopal Church and Christ the King Lutheran Church, Whiteville Church of the Advent, Williamston
Sept. 7
September Parish Birthdays
Sept. 14
6 John Leggett Kellam Sept. 21
15 Soni Leavell 18 Dana Wilson 21 John P. Outten
Sept. 28
28 David Corbit Kellam
Meredith Saunders, Dorothy Spencer, Nee Humphries, Kim Humphries, Corbet Kellam,, Parish Prayer Parish PrayerList ListSwain Brown, Allen Sallie Tarkington, Jane
Anthony West, Pat Bauer,
Dana Outten, Nancy Bowen, Jeannine Saunders, Dana Wilson, James Hawkins, Sandra Hewitt, Meredith Saunders, Anthony West, Margaret Adams, Julia Rogers and Dorothy Spencer.
Church Briefs
Our Parish Directory is being updated. If you have any changes in your name, phone number, or address please let the Parish Office know. If you would like your cell phone number and/or your email address listed, please email the information to the Parish Office at [email protected] or send a note to the Parish Office at 106 Madison St. Plymouth, NC 27962.
The Saint Mary, Our Lady of Grace, Chapter of The Order of the Daughters of the King held it’s bi-annual elections at the end of August. Amy Brasanti was elected President, Gay Basight as Vice President and Elise Smith as Secretary/Treasurer. The chapter is currently training several new members who will take their vows in December. The Order would like to remind everyone that there is a small box in the North Narthex for prayers. The DOK prayer list is confidential and will only be shared with the St. Mary, Our Lady of Grace Chapter. The Prayer Box is for any and all needs—health, jobs, relationships, etc.
Teach me, my God and King, In all things thee to see, And what I do in anything, To do it as for thee. George Herbert, Priest The Anglican Digest Autumn 2014.
September 7—The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Holy Eucharist , Rite II at 11:00 a.m.
September 21—The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Holy Eucharist, Rite II at 11:00 a.m
Acolytes: Sterling Spencer
Acolytes: Amy Barsanti
Lector: Janice Dunn
Lector: Frances Jones
Intercessor: Betty Ann Glover
Intercessor: Elise Smith
Eucharistic Minister: Amy Barsanti Altar Guild: Sandra Hewitt & Sterling Spencer Vestry Person of the Month: Robbie Jones
Eucharistic Minister: Dana Wilson Presider and Preacher: Hank Burdick+
Presider and Preacher: Hank Burdick+
September 14—The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
September 28—The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Holy Eucharist, Rite II at 11:00 a.m
Holy Eucharist, Rite II at 11:00 a.m
Acolytes: Amy Barsanti
Acolytes: Amy Barsanti
Lector: Audrey Outten
Lector: Sterling Spencer
Intercessor: John Pruden
Intercessor: Carol Outten
Eucharistic Minister: Sterling Spencer
Eucharistic Minister: Dana Outten
Presider and Preacher: Hank Burdick+
Presider and Preacher: Hank Burdick+
Ordination and Consecration of the 8th Bishop of Diocese of East Carolina Sat, Nov 08, 2014 - 11:00 AM - 04:00 PM The Ordination and Consecration of the 8th Bishop, The Rev. Robert Skirving, will be held on November 8th, 2014 at the Rock Springs Center (4025 NC Highway 43 N) in Greenville at 11:00 am. The chief consecrator will be The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop.
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October 5—The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Morning Prayer, Rite II at 11:00 a.m.
October 26—The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
Morning Prayer, Rite II at 11 a.m.
Acolytes: Amy Barsanti
Acolytes: Amy Barsanti
Lector: Diane Minton
Lector: Frances Jones
Presider and Preacher: Dana Outten
Presider and Preacher: Sterling Spencer
Vestryperson of the Month: Billy Bowen Altar Guild: Sandra Hewitt and Sterling Spencer
October 12—The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Holy Eucharist, Rite II at 11:00 a.m. Acolytes: Sterling Spencer Lector: John Dunn Intercessor: Betty Ann Glover
Celebrating 75 Years of Healing a Hurting World
Eucharistic Minister: Amy Barsanti Presider and Preacher: Hank Burdick+
October 19—The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Morning Prayer, Rite II at 11 a.m. Acolytes: Sterling Spencer Lector: Billy Bowen Presider : Amy Barsanti Page 4
For 75 years, Episcopal Relief & Development’s diverse, faithful community has responded compassionately to the suffering in our world. With your partnership, we have grown from our founding in 1940 as a granting agency into a respected international development organization. We strengthen local churches and empower communities to fight poverty, hunger and disease with sustainable, locally-driven solutions. G R A CE E M B R A CE S
Church Briefs Continued
I have been working for some time now on a website for Grace Church. With the help of Chanda Plantana at the diocesan office we are making progress. It is not finished yet but hopefully will be soon. Stop by and see what’s there. I would be interested in any useful input. This is not a very user friendly application and it has proved quite a challenge for me. So, we can only do so much. To view the “Grace Embraces” newsletter click on the “Good News” tab at the top of the homepage. A drop -down menu will appear. Click on Grace Embraces and then on the edition (i.e.: Aug. 2014). http://graceplymouth.ecdio.org
The Community Lunch Box has been hosting a large number of people this summer almost every week. This month the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) will begin collecting canned goods at their meeting each month to donate to The Community Lunch Box. The Lunch Box is a non-profit group of volunteers who feed anyone who comes to the Parish House on Thursdays without exception. Lunch is served from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. All are WELCOME. The September Vestry Meeting will be September 15th at 7 p.m. in the Parish House. If you cannot attend, please call and let someone know you will not be there. . CONTACT INFORMATION Parish Office
252-793-3295
[email protected]
Senior Warden, Robbie Jones Fr. Hank Burdick
252-217-7994 252-377-5517
[email protected] [email protected]
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September 2014 Year A
Dear Friends, By now, you know that my mind does not work in a linear fashion. So, when I started to think about this message, I was reminded of an expression that I used to use a lot when I worked with folks, many of them younger people, who had substance abuse problems. The expression was “No one likes to be should upon.”
Sunday after Sunday, during the Prayers of the People, the intercessor says, “We thank you, Lord, for all the blessings of this life.” The silence, from us, is deafening. Surely, there are things, many things, that we “should” be thankful for. Why the deafening silence? Bashfulness? Laziness? We should make a loud and joyful noise. Let’s banish the deafening silence. Are you with me? [email protected]
Grace Embraces
That may be true but there is something that we “should” be doing and we aren’t.
Blessings,
Hank +
Diocesan Cycle of Prayer St. Paul’s, Clinton Trinity Deanery St. Peter’s, Washington Grace Episcopal Church and Christ the King Lutheran Church, Whiteville Church of the Advent, Williamston
Sept. 7
September Parish Birthdays
Sept. 14
6 John Leggett Kellam Sept. 21
15 Soni Leavell 18 Dana Wilson 21 John P. Outten
Sept. 28
28 David Corbit Kellam
Meredith Saunders, Dorothy Spencer, Nee Humphries, Kim Humphries, Corbet Kellam,, Parish Prayer Parish PrayerList ListSwain Brown, Allen Sallie Tarkington, Jane
Anthony West, Pat Bauer,
Dana Outten, Nancy Bowen, Jeannine Saunders, Dana Wilson, James Hawkins, Sandra Hewitt, Meredith Saunders, Anthony West, Margaret Adams, Julia Rogers and Dorothy Spencer.
Church Briefs
Our Parish Directory is being updated. If you have any changes in your name, phone number, or address please let the Parish Office know. If you would like your cell phone number and/or your email address listed, please email the information to the Parish Office at [email protected] or send a note to the Parish Office at 106 Madison St. Plymouth, NC 27962.
The Saint Mary, Our Lady of Grace, Chapter of The Order of the Daughters of the King held it’s bi-annual elections at the end of August. Amy Brasanti was elected President, Gay Basight as Vice President and Elise Smith as Secretary/Treasurer. The chapter is currently training several new members who will take their vows in December. The Order would like to remind everyone that there is a small box in the North Narthex for prayers. The DOK prayer list is confidential and will only be shared with the St. Mary, Our Lady of Grace Chapter. The Prayer Box is for any and all needs—health, jobs, relationships, etc.
Teach me, my God and King, In all things thee to see, And what I do in anything, To do it as for thee. George Herbert, Priest The Anglican Digest Autumn 2014.
September 7—The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Holy Eucharist , Rite II at 11:00 a.m.
September 21—The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Holy Eucharist, Rite II at 11:00 a.m
Acolytes: Sterling Spencer
Acolytes: Amy Barsanti
Lector: Janice Dunn
Lector: Frances Jones
Intercessor: Betty Ann Glover
Intercessor: Elise Smith
Eucharistic Minister: Amy Barsanti Altar Guild: Sandra Hewitt & Sterling Spencer Vestry Person of the Month: Robbie Jones
Eucharistic Minister: Dana Wilson Presider and Preacher: Hank Burdick+
Presider and Preacher: Hank Burdick+
September 14—The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
September 28—The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Holy Eucharist, Rite II at 11:00 a.m
Holy Eucharist, Rite II at 11:00 a.m
Acolytes: Amy Barsanti
Acolytes: Amy Barsanti
Lector: Audrey Outten
Lector: Sterling Spencer
Intercessor: John Pruden
Intercessor: Carol Outten
Eucharistic Minister: Sterling Spencer
Eucharistic Minister: Dana Outten
Presider and Preacher: Hank Burdick+
Presider and Preacher: Hank Burdick+
Ordination and Consecration of the 8th Bishop of Diocese of East Carolina Sat, Nov 08, 2014 - 11:00 AM - 04:00 PM The Ordination and Consecration of the 8th Bishop, The Rev. Robert Skirving, will be held on November 8th, 2014 at the Rock Springs Center (4025 NC Highway 43 N) in Greenville at 11:00 am. The chief consecrator will be The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop.
All Are Welcome Page 3
G R A CE E M B R A CE S
October 5—The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Morning Prayer, Rite II at 11:00 a.m.
October 26—The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
Morning Prayer, Rite II at 11 a.m.
Acolytes: Amy Barsanti
Acolytes: Amy Barsanti
Lector: Diane Minton
Lector: Frances Jones
Presider and Preacher: Dana Outten
Presider and Preacher: Sterling Spencer
Vestryperson of the Month: Billy Bowen Altar Guild: Sandra Hewitt and Sterling Spencer
October 12—The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Holy Eucharist, Rite II at 11:00 a.m. Acolytes: Sterling Spencer Lector: John Dunn Intercessor: Betty Ann Glover
Celebrating 75 Years of Healing a Hurting World
Eucharistic Minister: Amy Barsanti Presider and Preacher: Hank Burdick+
October 19—The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Morning Prayer, Rite II at 11 a.m. Acolytes: Sterling Spencer Lector: Billy Bowen Presider : Amy Barsanti Page 4
For 75 years, Episcopal Relief & Development’s diverse, faithful community has responded compassionately to the suffering in our world. With your partnership, we have grown from our founding in 1940 as a granting agency into a respected international development organization. We strengthen local churches and empower communities to fight poverty, hunger and disease with sustainable, locally-driven solutions. G R A CE E M B R A CE S
Church Briefs Continued
I have been working for some time now on a website for Grace Church. With the help of Chanda Plantana at the diocesan office we are making progress. It is not finished yet but hopefully will be soon. Stop by and see what’s there. I would be interested in any useful input. This is not a very user friendly application and it has proved quite a challenge for me. So, we can only do so much. To view the “Grace Embraces” newsletter click on the “Good News” tab at the top of the homepage. A drop -down menu will appear. Click on Grace Embraces and then on the edition (i.e.: Aug. 2014). http://graceplymouth.ecdio.org
The Community Lunch Box has been hosting a large number of people this summer almost every week. This month the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) will begin collecting canned goods at their meeting each month to donate to The Community Lunch Box. The Lunch Box is a non-profit group of volunteers who feed anyone who comes to the Parish House on Thursdays without exception. Lunch is served from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. All are WELCOME. The September Vestry Meeting will be September 15th at 7 p.m. in the Parish House. If you cannot attend, please call and let someone know you will not be there. . CONTACT INFORMATION Parish Office
252-793-3295
[email protected]
Senior Warden, Robbie Jones Fr. Hank Burdick
252-217-7994 252-377-5517
[email protected] [email protected]
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