St. John`s, Broad Creek - St John`s Episcopal Church Broad Creek

St. John’s, Broad Creek A Quick Tour through Time St. John’s Homecoming October 12, 2014 Peter Ulrich Acknowledgements Thanks to Kathy Mierke for the thousands of photos she has taken from 1987 to the present Thanks to the late Bob Winters for his collecOon of historical photos and records Thanks to the late Jim Titus for his research and documentaOon of the historic parish Piscataway Parish Later: King George Parish Bounded by MaSawoman Creek, Patuxent river, Potomac River and the Mason-­‐ Dixon Line Seven daughter parishes shown Chalice and Vestry Minutes St. John’s 1890’s St. John’s Postcard, ca. 1900 Note the hedge and tall bell tower St. John’s 1920’s St. John’s 1935 St. John’s 1935 St. John’s 1935 Bell Tower at Original Height Church Interior before 1969-­‐71 RestoraOon Looking to back of sanctuary with bapOsmal font Note hanging lights – purchased from the Metropolitan Club of DC Looking to front of sanctuary with rose window Floor Plan before RestoraOon Old Parish Hall That is Old Oxon Hill Road in the foreground. It ran between the church and present site of the rectory View of old hall from church walk Dinner in the Old Hall Plans for New Parish Hall 1964 Building CommiSee New Hall Final Cost InvitaOon to the Groundbreaking, 12/5/1965 Bayne Hall Before Remodeling in 1980’s Cinder Block walls painted pea green. No moldings around windows. Fluorescent light fixtures. St. John’s 1971 St. John’s 1970’s St. John’s 1980’s St. John’s named to NaOonal Historic Register, April 1974 Rectors Since 1935 Robert Henry
1935 Jack Harris May 25, 1958 Charles Gill November 1, 1965 Wm A Opel May 23, 1971 (SabbaOcal: August 12, 1979 – July 6, 1980) Marge Kenney (During SabbaOcal) John Coleman Interim: September 14, 1980 John A. Baldwin June 7, 1981 Robert D. Herzog Interim: May 4, 1987 Lauren A. Gough September 4, 1988 Susan Gresinger October 19, 1997 John A. Frizzell November 1, 1998 Marc L. BriS September 5, 1999 Stephen Rorke Interim: September 7, 2014 The Rev. Robert Henry 1935-­‐1958 The Rev. Jack Harris 1958 -­‐ 1965 The Rev. Charles Gill 1965 -­‐ 1971 The Rev. Bill Opel 1971 -­‐ 1980 The Rev. John Baldwin 1981 -­‐ 1987 Marge Kenney, Bill Opel, Jack Harris, John Coleman, John Baldwin (just arrived) (At Horace White’s Funeral – June 1981) The Rev. Lauren Gough 1988 -­‐ 1997 The Rev. Susan Gresinger (Flanders) The Rev. John Frizzell, Jr. John R. Frizzell Jr., an Episcopal priest and a barnstorming biplane enthusiast, served St. Alban's church in Annandale foro 28 years. Later he was execuOve officer of the Diocese of Washington (The Washington Post) The Rev. Marc L. BriS 1999 -­‐ 2014 Reading Ringing Blessing Teaching The Rev. Stephen Rorke 2014 -­‐ ? InteresOng factoids about St. John’s Did you know that: –  Two of our rectors flew vintage airplanes? (one of them built a flyable wooden strut-­‐and-­‐canvas air plane as a teenager) –  One of our rectors brought a rifle into the pulpit one Sunday and aimed it at the congregaOon during his sermon? –  One of our rectors sang in the Choral Arts Society Chorus? –  One of our rectors went to China to adopt a baby girl? –  A Roman Catholic church used our sanctuary for services on Saturday nights? –  Seven women of St. John’s became priests? (One was shortlisted for Bishop) –  Bishop Tutu of South Africa preached here? –  You can no longer erect a verOcal gravestone over your grave site? –  The Saint John’s Angels liSle league baseball team won the Maryland State Championship? St. John’s Budgets 1959 -­‐ 1982 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1980 1981 1982 $10,526 $11,937 $13,127 $12,733 $13,207 $12,929 $15,175 $18,442 $31,512 $39017 $37,034 $42064 $45,000 $50235 $54,500 $54,800 $57,300 $58,126 $63,527 $67,900
The rector’s salary in 1959 was $4500 or about 46% of the budget. The Rector’s salary in 2013 was $79,000 or about 34% of the budget There were about 100 pledging units in 1971. Thus, the average pledge was $365 or $1.00 a day! Some TradiOons Epiphany Dinner Palm Sunday Procession Easter Egg Hunt Sunday School Picnic Floods Men’s Club Country Fair Halloween Greening of the church The Titus tree Epiphany Dinners Spaghep Dinner, Puppet show, Handbell ringers (Nancy Tuqs) and bonfire th
12 Night Bonfires Palm Sunday Easter Egg Hunt Easter Bonnet Sunday School Picnic Outdoor service Foot Races Kite Flying Floods Men’s Club Men cooked the Country Fair meal Repairing the church roof The Chicken Shed Owen Kerby, 89, decoraOng church Country Fair Country Fair (cont’d) 1992 Tercentennial Fair Tercentennial Fair Halloween Party 50’s Night Greening of the Church The Titus Tree Music at St. John’s The early 19th century tracker organ on lone from St. Paul’s, Rock Creek and the Harpsichord built by Bob Kreplin The Choir The Brass Choir Easter, 1983 Leq to Right: Mike Harris, Trombone, Jim Titus, Bassoon, Peter Ulrich, Baritone Horn, John Titus, Trumpet, Billy Gemill, Trumpet Vic Gagner, Trumpet. Men’s Summer Chorus Choral Concerts “The Crucifixion” “Gloria” “Ceremony of Carols” “Mass in G” “Requiem” “St. MaShew Passion” Stainer Vivaldi BriSen Mozart Faure Bach (Performed in 1985, for the 300th anniversary of Bach’s birth) Choral Concerts Leq: Jacket cover for LP record of Concert (Drawing by Jeanne Ulrich) Right: Views of chorus and orchestra Choir ParOes Visit our dear departed in Kathy Mierke’s Albums: