Third Annual Fall Fling
Published regularly by the parishioners of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Third Annual Fall Fling
by Pat Micklow
You are invited to the 3rd Annual Fall Fling on Sunday, September 4, beginning at 4:00 p.m. at ‘Dunetop,’ 1825 M-28 East, Marquette. We can be indoors or outdoors depending on the weather. There will be lots of activities available for all ages swimming (bring a towel and any beach toys you use), basketball, soccer, and a bonfire on the beach. Or you can take a walk on the beach or just relax on the deck overlooking Lake Superior where you can enjoy drinks and conversation and a marvelous sunset! Please bring a dish to pass and drinks for you and your family. We’ll provide the hamburgers, hot dogs, brats, the fixin’s for s’mores, ice, paper plates, cups, etc. Please RSVP by August 31 to Pat at 249-3479, Iris at 226-3260,
From Bob Railey’s Pen Another Trial Period for “Silence/Singing Bowl” Technique During the last of the three liturgical “blocks” of this long, after-Pentecost season (October 2 through November 20), we will repeat the “singing bowl” usage we did during Lent 2011: Instead of four short silences (duration of each matching duration of the bowl’s ring), there will be only one long silence (up to three minutes) immediately following the Gospel and marked at start and end by a strike of the bowl. Following this 8-Sunday trial period, we will again host a forum to invite feedback on our community experience of this liturgical practice.
Fall Quarter Schedule The schedule for October through December will be posted on the sign-up bulletin board in the chapel hallway through September 11. You may use the schedule to sign up for specific tasks on specific Sundays; you may use the appropriate rosters to 1) indicate dates you should not be assigned, or 2) to expand the list of activities in which you participate. Rosters include liturgical leaders/assistants (lectors, leaders of the prayers, chalice bearers, and servers), ushers, coffee hour hosts, coffee-makers, and youth. Completed schedules will be distributed beginning September 18. See Bob Railey if you have questions.
Welcome to St. Paul’s by Sandy Purrington This summer we have been delighted to welcome several new people to our St. Paul’s family. Among them are Patti Neva and Denny Beck, Bri and Noel Hinrichsen and Erin Jewett. Here are their stories in their own words:
Patty Neva and Denny Beck: We are very happy to be part of the St. Paul's community. While our primary home is in Grand Rapids, we spend summers in Marquette, where Patty grew up on Albert Street. Patty is a retired school teacher, and Denny is a self-employed marketing communications resource.
On July 28, before a gathering of family and friends in The Pavilion on Presque Isle, we exchanged marriage vows. Our new married life continues to nurture the shared spirituality that is the cornerstone of our relationship.
During the summer of 2010, we could not find a worship community in Marquette that reflected our spiritual values or offered a meaningful liturgical experience. No such disappointment this summer. At the suggestion of a friend, we came to St. Paul's. We were immediately wowed, fulfilled and assured that we had found a spiritual home for our time in Marquette.
St. Paul's is all about the people -- sincere, welcoming, inclusive, and exuberant in the praise of God and doing good works. Real people. The liturgy is uplifting and diverse. Leadership and ministry are shared for the benefit of all. Sermons make us feel, think and pray. Real worship. We praise God and thank the Holy Spirit for nudging us toward St. Paul's. You, or now it can be said, we make coming to Marquette complete.
Bri and Noel Hinrichsen: My name is Brianna B. Hinrichsen, and I’ve spent the majority of my life in the beautiful Upper Peninsula. I went to Northern for my undergrad and there I met Nick Hinrichsen while we both were working on the Campaign trail. We married in October 2007 and both graduated in 2009. Shortly thereafter, we moved to Nick’s first duty station Ft. Riley, KS and soon found out we were expecting our first blessing, Noel Aspen, who arrived August 6, 2010. Nick deployed to Camp Liberty, Iraq, shortly after Noel was born. So Noel and I returned to Marquette for the duration of Nick’s deployment while I pursue a post-bachelor’s certification in Secondary Education Social Studies. In my (very little) spare time, I enjoy taking long strolls with Noel on the lakeshore, going to the beach, and baking.
Welcome to St. Paul’s continued.
Erin Jewett: I was born, grew up and graduated from high school in the small town of Manistique, MI, where I was on the swim team. In August 2002, I moved to Escanaba to attend Bay College, majoring in Elementary Education. I worked at the YMCA of Delta County where I was a lifeguard and swim instructor throughout the school year and at the Escanaba beach in the summers.
I decided to take a little time off from school so I moved to Fond du Lac, WI where I lived with my aunt and uncle and became, essentially, a live-in nanny for them. After a year of WI, I was missing Michigan so decided to come back to the U.P. and begin taking classes at NMU, changing my major to English. I moved to Marquette in August 2007. I worked at the Comfort Suites for a few short months until I began working for the YMCA of Marquette County, where I still work today.
Scrip News
September Birthdays
St. Paul's Scrip program has raised over $2,500.00 since its inception (November 2010). We hope to increase that amount
Mohey Mowafy
1
by the end of the year to at least $4,000.00.
Jane Yelland
5
But we need your help! If we could double the number of members participating, we could double our profits over the next four months.
Jayne McQuaid
6
Frank Kerwin
6
Sharon Engle
7
Mel Rich
8
Judy Case
10
Tom Niles
12
Alayna Carpenter
13
Tony Pearson
15
If you are already participating, thank you. If you are thinking about it, please pick up an order form and see how it works. We are always open to adding new businesses, preferably local, so feel free to give us
Echo Lake experience excerpted from the sermon of Dennis West on May 29, 2011: With the support of the Christian Education Committee a theme was devised by Jim Edwards, “Angels Echoing in the Wind.” Our youth viewed this project in light of the Gospel lessons for the month of March. The Transfiguration of Jesus, going to the top of a mountain, Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness, and Jesus talking about the presence of the Divine in the wind and the water. Over the month of March the young people built a model and scaled it to show the mountains, the vast wilderness and the blue water and creek that ultimately feeds Harlow Lake. We talked about how these elements of mountains, wilderness, wind and water were not just a half a world away or recollections of 2,000 years past but the wonder of the Divine is here and near to us along with the true angels of our natures.
In the weeks leading up to May 7th, the youth and adults learned more about the project and learned how our contributions would contribute to the enjoyment of a land preserved. They learned that through their work that they would open the preserve to our entire community and their work would be evident for years to come. They discussed how a project of this nature needed all kinds of people, the strong, the less strong, those who could photograph, those who could prepare meals and snacks and those who could record the event. They viewed this not as a youth project, but as a project in need of a community and as you know, they asked, extending invitations in rhyme,
buttons and presentations.
On May 7, thirty-three of us from this church family and ten others joined Tina Hall from the Nature Conservancy to build a trail, and put up a sign for the preserve. When we arrived, the day was beautiful. We worked in five teams and I believe that it was on that day that the angel’s part of our theme came to light. We saw angels like Kay Payant out working and raking a clear path to create the trail. We saw June Davis treating cuts and blisters, we saw Ross and Miriam who had invited friends to be part of the community detail. We saw Cathi Cole and Jamie Randall who took the young people camping the night before to add to the experience. We saw Iris who turned a prospective lunch shortage into a “fishes and loaves” event that fed us on Saturday and fed us again the next day at coffee hour. And there was Jason, diligently digging a hole for the sign, and Claude with a new shovel that he got for the event, just as diligently refilling the hole once the sign was up. And of course there are the angels of Jim, Cathy, and Jamie who were there that day and who are with our kids each and every week channeling their Christian education experience. In fact, you could probably have counted 43 angels that day, each with a different story of assistance, offering a gift of themselves as a special gift to our community.
The author of First Peter goes on to say, “always have your answer ready for people who ask you for the reason for the hope that you have…And, if it is the will of God that you should suffer, it is better to suffer for doing right than for doing wrong.” And as Fredrica said, “the Spirit won’t let anyone be alone or stay alone.”
“Echo Lake Experience” continued.
In the Book of Acts, Paul says we “might seek the deity and by feeling our way towards him, succeed in finding him, and indeed he is not far from us since it is in him that we live, and move and exist.” At Echo Lake that presence of the Divine in wind, water, wilderness and the heights is quite imaginable. On that day our community shared a
wonderful experience of shared work and accomplishment that will stay with us for years to come.
We set out on this journey in March to experience the Divine and the angels among us in the wind, the water, the wilderness, and the
Seasonal Planning September 11 is the last day to sign up to be part of a seasonal planning team for “after-Epiphany” 2012. The season will run from January 6 through February 21. Some possibilities for making connections between the church’s calendar and aspects of parish life are: the Feast of the Epiphany, the Week for Christian Unity (bracketed by the Feasts of “Confession of Peter” and “Conversion of Paul”), and Shrove Tuesday. The sign-up display contains FAQs about how seasonal planning is done at St. Paul’s. See Bob Railey if you have questions.
Hunger Walk The annual Marquette County Hunger Walk sponsored by our friends of ELCA will be Sunday, October 2. St. Paul’s has participated in this effort for many years; we hope to have many individual, family, and parish groups participating this year. The official time and place of this year’s Marquette County Walk will be on a portion of the Heritage Trail in Ishpeming, starting from Bethel Lutheran Church at 2:30 p.m. As usual, if the date, time, and place are not convenient for any walkers, you may walk at a time and place of your convenience.
Liturgical leadership Sundays: Date
Sunday
Preside
Preach
Deacon
September 4
Pent 12
Kevin
Kevin
Pat
September 11 *
Pent 13
Bob
Kayla
Coralie
September 18
Pent 14
Kevin
Kevin
Pat
Record Attendees at Camp New Day 2011 by Mary Sullivan Camp New Day U.P. celebrated its 10th year with a successful camp week July 18 – 23. Twenty-five campers from the Upper Peninsula attended camp – a new attendance record! Camp New Day serves youth ages 9 – 14 that have a parent incarcerated in prison or jail. Of those 25 campers, two were designated as “senior campers.” A senior camper is a youth who has attended camp previously but is over the cut-off age of 14. The senior camper is assigned to be an assistant to the counselor and other camp staff and serves as a positive role model for younger campers. It is a way that we can keep in touch with kids who have been with us for years and measure the effect of our program on their lives. This is something we have been waiting for since Camp New Day started back in 2002 and it was gratifying to see it come into being. It made such an impression on the younger campers that many are planning to continue coming to Camp New Day and become senior campers themselves.
Campers and staff experienced a hot and humid week with a wide variety of biting insects, but boy, did we have fun! Lots and lots of swimming, canoeing, arts and crafts, evening campfires (yep, even with the heat!) and games. Our daily program was based on a “word of the day.” This year, our words were: peace, trust, acceptance, respect, and forgiveness. We do not formally talk with campers about the effect of a parent’s incarceration on their lives. We have found instead that these discussions take place naturally in the cabins or in a casual conversation with a staff member when the child feels safe and secure in sharing their story. At Camp New Day, no youth will feel judged or ostracized because of their parent’s status.
We were blessed with wonderful counselors who never seemed to run out of patience, enthusiasm, and humor. In addition, we had special guests who came to camp to share their talents and interests. We welcomed the Pet Partners (therapeutic dogs) and parishioner Christine Flavin who introduced our campers to the art of photography.
For the first time, we rented Clear Lake Education Center, located in Alger County, south of Shingleton. This was a wonderful facility and we are making plans to return there next year. This facility offers a high ropes course and climbing wall and we were fortunate to receive a grant from the Marquette Community Foundation to pay for its use.
Camp is free to any eligible youth and we provide whatever a child may need to attend - from toiletries to transportation. Many individuals, service groups, and faith partners contribute both with money and time to this valuable children’s prison ministry.
We are grateful for the financial support from St. Paul’s through Outreach Sunday contributions. In addition, these St. Paul’s members assisted us with transporting campers to and from camp: June Davis, Claudia Nadeau, Lisa Shirtz, and Geoff Smith. The Camp New Day board includes St. Paul’s members Ann Smith, Mary Sullivan, and Jacquey Shellenbarger, who, along with founding board member
September Calendar Thursday
1
Mindfulheart Meditation
8:00 am
Friday
2
Wedding rehearsal, church reserved
6:00 pm
Saturday
3
Wedding, church reserved
2:30 pm
Sunday
4
Choir
9:45 am
Holy Eucharist: 12 Pentecost
10:30 am
3rd Annual “Fall Fling” @ Dunetop, 1825 M-28 East, Marquette 4:00 pm Monday
5
Labor Day
Tuesday
6
Mindfulheart Meditation
8:00 am
Staff meeting
9:00 am
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
7
8
office closed
LifeCycles, Pilgrim’s group
10:00 am
North Central Region meeting, Lenten’s house
6:30 pm
Choir
7:00 pm
Mindfulheart Meditation
8:00 am
Vestry Meeting
6:30 pm
9
Diocesan Council, EMST meeting
7 pm – 9 pm
Saturday
10
Diocesan Council, EMST meeting
9 am – 2 pm
Sunday
11
Choir Holy Eucharist: 13 Pentecost
Monday
Tuesday
12
13
9:45 am 10:30 am
Yoga, new session begins
7:00 pm
Altar Guild
7:00 pm
Mindfulheart Meditation
8:00 am
Staff meeting
9:00 am
Wednesday
14
Choir
7:00 pm
Thursday
15
Mindfulheart Meditation
8:00 am
Yoga Women’s Fall Retreat, Presbytery Point, Michigamme begins Friday
16
Ladies’ Luncheon—Hudson’s Restaurant
10:00 am 5:00 pm 11:30 am
Women’s Fall Retreat, Presbytery Point, continues Saturday
17
Women’s Fall Retreat, Presbytery Point, concludes
12:00 pm
September Ladies’ Luncheon by Barb Carpenter On Friday, September 16, the first Ladies’ Luncheon of the fall season will be held at Hudson's Classic Grill at 11:30 a.m. Please make your reservations by noon on Thursday by emailing [email protected] or call-
Children’s Ministry kicks off Sunday September 11th * Nursery Attendants * * Sunday Church Children’s Ministry *
The deadline for the October Messenger is Friday, Septermber 23. Return Service Requested Published regularly by the parishioners of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Paid Non-profit U.S. Postage
Third Annual Fall Fling
by Pat Micklow
You are invited to the 3rd Annual Fall Fling on Sunday, September 4, beginning at 4:00 p.m. at ‘Dunetop,’ 1825 M-28 East, Marquette. We can be indoors or outdoors depending on the weather. There will be lots of activities available for all ages swimming (bring a towel and any beach toys you use), basketball, soccer, and a bonfire on the beach. Or you can take a walk on the beach or just relax on the deck overlooking Lake Superior where you can enjoy drinks and conversation and a marvelous sunset! Please bring a dish to pass and drinks for you and your family. We’ll provide the hamburgers, hot dogs, brats, the fixin’s for s’mores, ice, paper plates, cups, etc. Please RSVP by August 31 to Pat at 249-3479, Iris at 226-3260,
From Bob Railey’s Pen Another Trial Period for “Silence/Singing Bowl” Technique During the last of the three liturgical “blocks” of this long, after-Pentecost season (October 2 through November 20), we will repeat the “singing bowl” usage we did during Lent 2011: Instead of four short silences (duration of each matching duration of the bowl’s ring), there will be only one long silence (up to three minutes) immediately following the Gospel and marked at start and end by a strike of the bowl. Following this 8-Sunday trial period, we will again host a forum to invite feedback on our community experience of this liturgical practice.
Fall Quarter Schedule The schedule for October through December will be posted on the sign-up bulletin board in the chapel hallway through September 11. You may use the schedule to sign up for specific tasks on specific Sundays; you may use the appropriate rosters to 1) indicate dates you should not be assigned, or 2) to expand the list of activities in which you participate. Rosters include liturgical leaders/assistants (lectors, leaders of the prayers, chalice bearers, and servers), ushers, coffee hour hosts, coffee-makers, and youth. Completed schedules will be distributed beginning September 18. See Bob Railey if you have questions.
Welcome to St. Paul’s by Sandy Purrington This summer we have been delighted to welcome several new people to our St. Paul’s family. Among them are Patti Neva and Denny Beck, Bri and Noel Hinrichsen and Erin Jewett. Here are their stories in their own words:
Patty Neva and Denny Beck: We are very happy to be part of the St. Paul's community. While our primary home is in Grand Rapids, we spend summers in Marquette, where Patty grew up on Albert Street. Patty is a retired school teacher, and Denny is a self-employed marketing communications resource.
On July 28, before a gathering of family and friends in The Pavilion on Presque Isle, we exchanged marriage vows. Our new married life continues to nurture the shared spirituality that is the cornerstone of our relationship.
During the summer of 2010, we could not find a worship community in Marquette that reflected our spiritual values or offered a meaningful liturgical experience. No such disappointment this summer. At the suggestion of a friend, we came to St. Paul's. We were immediately wowed, fulfilled and assured that we had found a spiritual home for our time in Marquette.
St. Paul's is all about the people -- sincere, welcoming, inclusive, and exuberant in the praise of God and doing good works. Real people. The liturgy is uplifting and diverse. Leadership and ministry are shared for the benefit of all. Sermons make us feel, think and pray. Real worship. We praise God and thank the Holy Spirit for nudging us toward St. Paul's. You, or now it can be said, we make coming to Marquette complete.
Bri and Noel Hinrichsen: My name is Brianna B. Hinrichsen, and I’ve spent the majority of my life in the beautiful Upper Peninsula. I went to Northern for my undergrad and there I met Nick Hinrichsen while we both were working on the Campaign trail. We married in October 2007 and both graduated in 2009. Shortly thereafter, we moved to Nick’s first duty station Ft. Riley, KS and soon found out we were expecting our first blessing, Noel Aspen, who arrived August 6, 2010. Nick deployed to Camp Liberty, Iraq, shortly after Noel was born. So Noel and I returned to Marquette for the duration of Nick’s deployment while I pursue a post-bachelor’s certification in Secondary Education Social Studies. In my (very little) spare time, I enjoy taking long strolls with Noel on the lakeshore, going to the beach, and baking.
Welcome to St. Paul’s continued.
Erin Jewett: I was born, grew up and graduated from high school in the small town of Manistique, MI, where I was on the swim team. In August 2002, I moved to Escanaba to attend Bay College, majoring in Elementary Education. I worked at the YMCA of Delta County where I was a lifeguard and swim instructor throughout the school year and at the Escanaba beach in the summers.
I decided to take a little time off from school so I moved to Fond du Lac, WI where I lived with my aunt and uncle and became, essentially, a live-in nanny for them. After a year of WI, I was missing Michigan so decided to come back to the U.P. and begin taking classes at NMU, changing my major to English. I moved to Marquette in August 2007. I worked at the Comfort Suites for a few short months until I began working for the YMCA of Marquette County, where I still work today.
Scrip News
September Birthdays
St. Paul's Scrip program has raised over $2,500.00 since its inception (November 2010). We hope to increase that amount
Mohey Mowafy
1
by the end of the year to at least $4,000.00.
Jane Yelland
5
But we need your help! If we could double the number of members participating, we could double our profits over the next four months.
Jayne McQuaid
6
Frank Kerwin
6
Sharon Engle
7
Mel Rich
8
Judy Case
10
Tom Niles
12
Alayna Carpenter
13
Tony Pearson
15
If you are already participating, thank you. If you are thinking about it, please pick up an order form and see how it works. We are always open to adding new businesses, preferably local, so feel free to give us
Echo Lake experience excerpted from the sermon of Dennis West on May 29, 2011: With the support of the Christian Education Committee a theme was devised by Jim Edwards, “Angels Echoing in the Wind.” Our youth viewed this project in light of the Gospel lessons for the month of March. The Transfiguration of Jesus, going to the top of a mountain, Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness, and Jesus talking about the presence of the Divine in the wind and the water. Over the month of March the young people built a model and scaled it to show the mountains, the vast wilderness and the blue water and creek that ultimately feeds Harlow Lake. We talked about how these elements of mountains, wilderness, wind and water were not just a half a world away or recollections of 2,000 years past but the wonder of the Divine is here and near to us along with the true angels of our natures.
In the weeks leading up to May 7th, the youth and adults learned more about the project and learned how our contributions would contribute to the enjoyment of a land preserved. They learned that through their work that they would open the preserve to our entire community and their work would be evident for years to come. They discussed how a project of this nature needed all kinds of people, the strong, the less strong, those who could photograph, those who could prepare meals and snacks and those who could record the event. They viewed this not as a youth project, but as a project in need of a community and as you know, they asked, extending invitations in rhyme,
buttons and presentations.
On May 7, thirty-three of us from this church family and ten others joined Tina Hall from the Nature Conservancy to build a trail, and put up a sign for the preserve. When we arrived, the day was beautiful. We worked in five teams and I believe that it was on that day that the angel’s part of our theme came to light. We saw angels like Kay Payant out working and raking a clear path to create the trail. We saw June Davis treating cuts and blisters, we saw Ross and Miriam who had invited friends to be part of the community detail. We saw Cathi Cole and Jamie Randall who took the young people camping the night before to add to the experience. We saw Iris who turned a prospective lunch shortage into a “fishes and loaves” event that fed us on Saturday and fed us again the next day at coffee hour. And there was Jason, diligently digging a hole for the sign, and Claude with a new shovel that he got for the event, just as diligently refilling the hole once the sign was up. And of course there are the angels of Jim, Cathy, and Jamie who were there that day and who are with our kids each and every week channeling their Christian education experience. In fact, you could probably have counted 43 angels that day, each with a different story of assistance, offering a gift of themselves as a special gift to our community.
The author of First Peter goes on to say, “always have your answer ready for people who ask you for the reason for the hope that you have…And, if it is the will of God that you should suffer, it is better to suffer for doing right than for doing wrong.” And as Fredrica said, “the Spirit won’t let anyone be alone or stay alone.”
“Echo Lake Experience” continued.
In the Book of Acts, Paul says we “might seek the deity and by feeling our way towards him, succeed in finding him, and indeed he is not far from us since it is in him that we live, and move and exist.” At Echo Lake that presence of the Divine in wind, water, wilderness and the heights is quite imaginable. On that day our community shared a
wonderful experience of shared work and accomplishment that will stay with us for years to come.
We set out on this journey in March to experience the Divine and the angels among us in the wind, the water, the wilderness, and the
Seasonal Planning September 11 is the last day to sign up to be part of a seasonal planning team for “after-Epiphany” 2012. The season will run from January 6 through February 21. Some possibilities for making connections between the church’s calendar and aspects of parish life are: the Feast of the Epiphany, the Week for Christian Unity (bracketed by the Feasts of “Confession of Peter” and “Conversion of Paul”), and Shrove Tuesday. The sign-up display contains FAQs about how seasonal planning is done at St. Paul’s. See Bob Railey if you have questions.
Hunger Walk The annual Marquette County Hunger Walk sponsored by our friends of ELCA will be Sunday, October 2. St. Paul’s has participated in this effort for many years; we hope to have many individual, family, and parish groups participating this year. The official time and place of this year’s Marquette County Walk will be on a portion of the Heritage Trail in Ishpeming, starting from Bethel Lutheran Church at 2:30 p.m. As usual, if the date, time, and place are not convenient for any walkers, you may walk at a time and place of your convenience.
Liturgical leadership Sundays: Date
Sunday
Preside
Preach
Deacon
September 4
Pent 12
Kevin
Kevin
Pat
September 11 *
Pent 13
Bob
Kayla
Coralie
September 18
Pent 14
Kevin
Kevin
Pat
Record Attendees at Camp New Day 2011 by Mary Sullivan Camp New Day U.P. celebrated its 10th year with a successful camp week July 18 – 23. Twenty-five campers from the Upper Peninsula attended camp – a new attendance record! Camp New Day serves youth ages 9 – 14 that have a parent incarcerated in prison or jail. Of those 25 campers, two were designated as “senior campers.” A senior camper is a youth who has attended camp previously but is over the cut-off age of 14. The senior camper is assigned to be an assistant to the counselor and other camp staff and serves as a positive role model for younger campers. It is a way that we can keep in touch with kids who have been with us for years and measure the effect of our program on their lives. This is something we have been waiting for since Camp New Day started back in 2002 and it was gratifying to see it come into being. It made such an impression on the younger campers that many are planning to continue coming to Camp New Day and become senior campers themselves.
Campers and staff experienced a hot and humid week with a wide variety of biting insects, but boy, did we have fun! Lots and lots of swimming, canoeing, arts and crafts, evening campfires (yep, even with the heat!) and games. Our daily program was based on a “word of the day.” This year, our words were: peace, trust, acceptance, respect, and forgiveness. We do not formally talk with campers about the effect of a parent’s incarceration on their lives. We have found instead that these discussions take place naturally in the cabins or in a casual conversation with a staff member when the child feels safe and secure in sharing their story. At Camp New Day, no youth will feel judged or ostracized because of their parent’s status.
We were blessed with wonderful counselors who never seemed to run out of patience, enthusiasm, and humor. In addition, we had special guests who came to camp to share their talents and interests. We welcomed the Pet Partners (therapeutic dogs) and parishioner Christine Flavin who introduced our campers to the art of photography.
For the first time, we rented Clear Lake Education Center, located in Alger County, south of Shingleton. This was a wonderful facility and we are making plans to return there next year. This facility offers a high ropes course and climbing wall and we were fortunate to receive a grant from the Marquette Community Foundation to pay for its use.
Camp is free to any eligible youth and we provide whatever a child may need to attend - from toiletries to transportation. Many individuals, service groups, and faith partners contribute both with money and time to this valuable children’s prison ministry.
We are grateful for the financial support from St. Paul’s through Outreach Sunday contributions. In addition, these St. Paul’s members assisted us with transporting campers to and from camp: June Davis, Claudia Nadeau, Lisa Shirtz, and Geoff Smith. The Camp New Day board includes St. Paul’s members Ann Smith, Mary Sullivan, and Jacquey Shellenbarger, who, along with founding board member
September Calendar Thursday
1
Mindfulheart Meditation
8:00 am
Friday
2
Wedding rehearsal, church reserved
6:00 pm
Saturday
3
Wedding, church reserved
2:30 pm
Sunday
4
Choir
9:45 am
Holy Eucharist: 12 Pentecost
10:30 am
3rd Annual “Fall Fling” @ Dunetop, 1825 M-28 East, Marquette 4:00 pm Monday
5
Labor Day
Tuesday
6
Mindfulheart Meditation
8:00 am
Staff meeting
9:00 am
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
7
8
office closed
LifeCycles, Pilgrim’s group
10:00 am
North Central Region meeting, Lenten’s house
6:30 pm
Choir
7:00 pm
Mindfulheart Meditation
8:00 am
Vestry Meeting
6:30 pm
9
Diocesan Council, EMST meeting
7 pm – 9 pm
Saturday
10
Diocesan Council, EMST meeting
9 am – 2 pm
Sunday
11
Choir Holy Eucharist: 13 Pentecost
Monday
Tuesday
12
13
9:45 am 10:30 am
Yoga, new session begins
7:00 pm
Altar Guild
7:00 pm
Mindfulheart Meditation
8:00 am
Staff meeting
9:00 am
Wednesday
14
Choir
7:00 pm
Thursday
15
Mindfulheart Meditation
8:00 am
Yoga Women’s Fall Retreat, Presbytery Point, Michigamme begins Friday
16
Ladies’ Luncheon—Hudson’s Restaurant
10:00 am 5:00 pm 11:30 am
Women’s Fall Retreat, Presbytery Point, continues Saturday
17
Women’s Fall Retreat, Presbytery Point, concludes
12:00 pm
September Ladies’ Luncheon by Barb Carpenter On Friday, September 16, the first Ladies’ Luncheon of the fall season will be held at Hudson's Classic Grill at 11:30 a.m. Please make your reservations by noon on Thursday by emailing [email protected] or call-
Children’s Ministry kicks off Sunday September 11th * Nursery Attendants * * Sunday Church Children’s Ministry *
The deadline for the October Messenger is Friday, Septermber 23. Return Service Requested Published regularly by the parishioners of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Paid Non-profit U.S. Postage
