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and Mary for the journey to the church (though no longer
I came across
some
photographs of
our two children
this past week—
photos of
Hudson and
Olivia when they
were in
preschool. Those
photos took me on a stroll down memory.
Each school morning, from the time she was three to
five, I would drive Olivia to Kinderstube (her German
immersion preschool not too far from our home in the
Kingfield neighborhood of Minneapolis). The routine
was always the same—I would strap Olivia into the car
seat, get behind the steering wheel, and begin to reverse
out of our garage. Before I had even gotten the van out
of the garage and into the alley Olivia would remind me:
“Papa, Jesus Christ Superstar.” Both she and her older
brother Hudson loved to listen to the rock opera JC
Superstar. Having sorted out the requisite music, I could
then proceed to drive Olivia to schule. Such was our
weekday routine.
on a tape as I have moved along with technology). I was
singing along with the music, as one does, when all of a
sudden I realized that the song that we (me, Peter, Paul
and Mary) were singing was Puff the Magic Dragon.
True confessions: that song is a favorite of mine going
back to the days when my mother would sing along with
me and my two younger brothers.
I found myself listening intently to the words of Puff as I
sang along—after the song had finished I began
reflecting on the words of the third verse:
A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys
Painted wings and giant rings make way for other toys.
One gray night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more
And Puff, that mighty dragon; He ceased his mighty roar.
While those words may be only lyrics of a once popular
song, they do present
something for us to
Upcoming:
think about.
Our childhood, our
youth, does not last
forever. We live in a
world where children
have to grow up so
very quickly. It would
be so very easy to slip
into the when I was a
child mode and
reflect on my salad
days. But my point is
I had a similar routine with Hudson back in South
Carolina. I always spent my day off with Hudson and we not to lament days of
used the day to take care of errands—a good part of the yore, but rather, to
consider what I am
day usually being spent tooling about town in my car
missing as a grown(then a PT Cruiser, dubbed by some as my “mid-life
crisis antidote”). We always listened to music. For a long up.
time Hudson’s favorite music was a Peter, Paul and Mary Perhaps it’s being a
tape I had made many moons ago.
son who has lost both
The other day, for old time’s sake, I put on Peter, Paul
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June 8—Pentecost Picnic
following 10:15 service on the
Front Lawn and in Kilbourne
Hall.
June 10—Tuesdays in June
Concert Series at 7:00pm in the
Church with a reception
following in Kilbourne Hall.
June 15—The First Sunday after
the Pentecost: Trinity Sunday
and Father’s Day.
June 17—Tuesdays in June
Concert Series at 7:00pm in the
Church with a reception
following in Kilbourne Hall..
June 22-26—Workshop of
Wonders Vacation Bible School
from 6:00—7:30pm nightly
beginning in Kilbourne Hall..
June 24—Tuesdays in June
Concert Series begins at 7:00pm
in the Church with reception
following in Lowery Hall..
June 1st
The Seventh Sunday of Easter:
The Sunday after the Ascension
Acts 1.6-14
Psalm 68.1-10, 33-36
1 Peter 4.12-14, 5.6-11
John 17.1-11
June 8th
The Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday
Acts 2.1-21
Psalm 104.25-35, 37
1 Corinthians 12.3b-13
John 20.19-23
June 15th
The First Sunday after Pentecost:
Trinity Sunday
Genesis 1.1-2, 4a
Canticle 13
2 Corinthians 13.11-13
Matthew 28.16-20
June 22nd
The Second Sunday after Pentecost
Jeremiah 20.7-13
Psalm 69.8-20
Romans 6.1b-11
Matthew 10:24-39
June 29nd
The Third Sunday after Pentecost
Jeremiah 28.5-9
Psalm 89.1-4, 15-18
Romans 6.12-23
Matthew 10:40-42
Special Needs: Jeannine Hawkins, Marillyn Klam, Wava
Frazer, Gerald & Anne Arrant, Harry Stone, Marie Pomeroy,
Nancy Worthington, Morris Phillips, Lionel Barraza, Mary
Hardwick, Roberta Downs, Jim Sparks, Vivian McHenry,
Doris Madenfort, Virginia Miles, Lisa Colvin, Merilyn Crain,
Millie Hyde, Jodi Pipes, Burton Berry, Melissa, Andy Trahan,
Harry Hubenthal, Mike Riley & Robin Hamaker.
Those serving in the Military: Mark, Bailey Sutherland,
Jim, Cole, David, Ron, Keith, Alex, Andrew Owensby, Daniel,
Breck Rogers, Jimmy Wainwright, Chris Darling, Mitchell
Adams, Jess & Mike Mahan, Reggie Hathorn & Ryan.
Weddings:
Anna Elizabeth Marsh Dixon to Jordan Nathaniel Welch
on Saturday, May 31, 2014, in Grace Episcopal Church.
Births:
William James Schneider, born on May 8, 2014, to Kelly
and Brandon Schneider of Mount Pleasant, South
Carolina. Grandparents are Jane and Jimmie Schneider
and his great-grandfather is Graham Schneider.
Hazel James Cooper, born on May 21, 2014 to Katelyn
Lockett and Seth Cooper. Grandparents are Suzie and
Ben Cooper and Rita and Lee Jefferson.
Interment:
Melville “Sonny” Dixon in the Grace Church Columbarium
on Friday, May 30, 2014.
Deaths:
Glenn Boudreaux, stepfather of Anjel Liles, on May 16,
2014.
Mary Helen Smith Bradshaw, mother of Suzie Cooper, on
May 21, 2014.
If you are planning a hospital stay, please call
the parish office at 387.6646. Father Richard
or an Eucharistic Visitor will be happy to visit
with you and your family and your name can be
placed on our prayer list. If the call is a
pastoral emergency, please contact Father
Richard at 331 9690.
If you have a change in address, phone
number or email address, please contact
Meredith Mattison at
mmattison@graceepiscopal.org in the parish
office so that we may update our records. If
your name is missing from the birthdays or
anniversaries list, please let us know as well.
Dick Norman, father of Father Richard Norman, on June
3, 2014, in Alpharetta, Georgia.
May the souls of all the departed,
through the mercy of God,
rest in peace. Amen.
To add someone to this list, please contact the parish office at
387 6646. Names will remain on the prayer list for four weeks
unless otherwise noted.
The Right Reverend Jacob W. Owensby, Ph.D., D.D.
Bishop of Western Louisiana
(bishopjake@diocesewla.org)
The Reverend Richard H. Norman, Jr., S.T. M.
Rector of the Parish
(rector@gracechurchmonroe.org)
Dee Cagle
Director of Faith Formation
(dcagle@graceepiscopal.org)
Meredith Mattison
Parish Secretary
(mmattison@graceepiscopal.org)
Jackie Pope
Maintenance Supervisor
(jackiespope@gmail.com)
Dr. Richard D. Seiler, Jr.
Choirmaster and Organist
(seiler@ulm.edu)
The Very Reverend Whit Stodghill
Grace Episcopal School Chaplain
(wstodghill@aol.com)
Deneen Wisecarver
Financial Secretary
(dwisecarver@graceepiscopal.org)
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his parents over the last six months. Perhaps it’s being
a fifty-six year-old father of a twelve year-old son and a
ten year-old daughter that got me to thinking. Perhaps
I recognize that I have become a bit too jaded or
cynical. I am certain that there are a number of other
“perhaps” that brought me to this point of reflection.
A child’s perspective of the world never ceases to
amaze me: the way they see good in so many things
and people around them; the way they marvel at the
wonders of the world; the way they find joy in simple
things; they way they love others; the way they can
represent and receive God’s love; the way they know
God.
I recognize that a child’s world, a child’s perspective, is
not perfect— but neither is a grown-up’s. It would
seem that a blending of the two is in order in this high
stress, financially uncertain, overly serious, busy world
we live in.
Summer is a time marked by a change in the rhythm of
life. We might see that rhythm change in different of
aspects of our life—the workplace, family, schools,
vacations. Certainly that is this case here at Grace
Episcopal Church and School. It’s eerily quiet
throughout the church and our buildings with the
school being out for the summer. As well, I expect our
Sunday mornings will be different over the next couple
of months as many in the congregation will be in and
out of town over the course of the summer.
2015
Lou Gavioli (rlgavioli@gmail.com)
David Knight—Treasurer (dknight928@att.net)
Vada Montgomery (vada55@bellsouth.net)
This summer I have resolved to try to reclaim some
aspects of the child I was many years ago— how I see
others, the world, God and myself—and hopefully that
re-found child perspective will assist me in the life-long
process of becoming the person God intends.
2016
A. Harris Brown—Senior Warden
(harris@brownland.net)
Chelle Lyn Rivers (chelle1024@bellsouth.net)
Burton L. Wade, Jr. (blw411@comcast.net)
Wishing you a summer
marked by blessings, peace
and a sprinkling of reclaimed
childhood,
2017
Ted Hopkins—Junior Warden
(tedh@hopkinsdermatology.com)
Allison Jarrell (ajarrell@nzsslaw.com)
Susan Sparks—Secretary (sssparks@bellsouth.net)
Father Richard+
JUNE 2014
Many of us fear that we will miss something. Lose out. Be
left out. And so we hurry to cram as much activity into
our lives as time will allow. And maybe even a little more
activity than time will allow, given how pervasive the
problem of sleep deprivation has become.
God has no desire to push us until we are running on
Posted by the Right Reverend Jake Owensby on May 29th, empty. To borrow a phrase from Bernard of Clairvaux,
God urges us to give from the overflow. Hurried people
2014
The last day of first grade still pulses in my heart’s
memory. Not the whole day. Its beginning and ending
have long ago faded from view. I don’t even remember
what happened before the bell rang to close down the
school year at mid-morning.
A wrought iron fence punctuated with massive brick
columns surrounded Louisville Academy. I recall
standing atop one of those brick columns at the far end
of the school property. Measured by the hands of a clock,
the time I spent standing there was probably no more
than a few minutes.
But at least for an instant, time had for me simply
dissolved. Hours and minutes had no meaning. In the
shade of enormous oaks, the air felt cool and smelled
sweet. My heart raced with what I think was the feeling of
freedom. Summer seemed like forever. And I was
experiencing forever just then. Eternity is something like
being utterly lost in the moment.
As we all enter summer, I hope that you will allow eternity
to infiltrate some of your days. Sometimes we pursue
leisure with such ferocity that we simply exhaust
ourselves. We miss the opportunity to be regenerated by
tranquility, quiet reflection, aimless wandering, and
companionship that has no agenda and even fewer
words.
Many of you will read newspaper and magazine articles
that suggest books to read, blogs to follow, and places to
explore during the great expanse of summer. There’s little
need for me to add to those lists for you. There are
already enough perfectly good ones, like the one by
Rachel Held Evans.
Instead, I’m going to ask you to consider something. As
you pursue the leisure activities that you have delayed for
the past months, ask yourself if you are perhaps simply
replacing one form of hurriedness for another.
During the school year, many of us are scrambling from
one thing to another. The achievement treadmill leaves
us breathless. As we now enter into a season of leisure,
are we bringing the same hurried spirit to a different set
of activities?
are exhausted people. Exhaustion diminishes joy, incites
conflict, and crushes creativity.
As for me, this summer I will be spending time watching
stars come out in the evening, strolling in the woods with
no particular purpose, writing just for the joy of it, and
listening to music instead of using it as background noise
for other activities.
Somewhere along the way, eternity might just sweep me
up in its shimmering flow. I’ll realize it only when I come
back to myself and look back. However it may happen for
you, I hope that eternity surprises you this summer.
Camp Hardtner
Due to a failed waste water system, dates for summer
camp at Hardtner have been changed. Please go to
www.camphardtner.org to view the revised summer
schedule. You may register for summer camp sessions
through the website.
Ultreya
Ultreya will be held at the Church of the Redeemer in
Ruston on Tuesday evening, June 10, at 6:30pm.
Cursillo
Cursillo #147, which had been scheduled for May 8-11
at Camp Hardtner, has been postponed until the fall.
The new dates for the weekend are October 23-26 at
Camp Hardtner.
ALIVE!
ALIVE! is the official newspaper of the Episcopal
Diocese of Western Louisiana. You may
obtain a free subscription to ALIVE! by
emailing your name and address to Robert
Harwell at robertharwell@centurytel.net.
Please visit the diocesan website at
www.diocesewla.org for more information.
Join all our area Episcopal Churches in the WORKSHOP OF
WONDERS, this year’s Vacation Bible School. Mark your
calendar for the dates of Sunday, June 22 through
Thursday, June 26 (five days) each evening from 6:00 to
7:30 p.m. in Kilbourne Hall at Grace Episcopal Church.
Supper is provided.
Episcopal Church and School, St. Alban’s Episcopal
Church, St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church and St. Thomas
Episcopal Church or come early on Sunday, June 22 to
register. Call the Grace office at 387-6646 for more
information.
Our Vacation Bible School is open for children from
Kindergarten through 5th Grade (6th grade and up will be
helpers). Registration forms are available at Grace
Upcoming Concerts:
June 10: Corey Trahan, tenor, Elizabeth Johnson Knight, mezzo-soprano, Claire Vangelisti, soprano and Richard
Seiler, piano, with a reception following in Kilbourne Hall
June 17: Aaron Witek, trumpet and Richard Seiler, piano/organ, with a reception following in Kilbourne Hall
June 24: Dan Sumner, guitar, with a reception following in Lowery Hall
JUNE 2014
Our 2014 Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of
Western Louisiana is scheduled for October 17th thru 18th. This
year’s convention will be hosted by the Monroe Convocation,
with most of the convention occurring at Grace. The
convention is a wonderful time for fellowship, fun and
connecting with fellow Episcopalians from across the diocese.
There will be plenty of opportunities for members of Grace and
the other Monroe Convocation churches to help with the
convention. As they say, “Watch this space.”
The flowers from the High Altar were beautiful! It was
wonderful to receive flowers from the Cyril Yancey
memorial. Thank you, Fran, for brining them.
Love,
Carolyn Donald
I want to thank Debby Edgerton for brining me the flowers
from the High Altar. I also want ot thank Father Norman
for his visit and concern.
Thank you,
Gerald Arrant
June 2
Joey Haddad
Robert Knight
Thomas Perryman
Ann Westrom
June 3
Jennifer Calhoun
Palmer Jarrell
Mac Zentner
June 4
Robert Oliver
Kathy Patrick
Forrest Sartor
Emma Wood
June 5
Amanda Carter
Adrienne McKee
William Oliver
Michael Sandifer
June 1: The flowers on the High Altar are
given to the glory of God and in loving
memory of Mr. & Mrs Joe H. Dixon, Sr.,
Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Foster Kramer, Mr. &
Mrs. Clark Matkins, Sr., Mrs. Sundae
Ratcliff Tanner, Mrs. Nina Waldrop Welch
and Mr. & Mrs. Earl Lee Welch, Jr. by Beth
& Jordan Welch.
June 8: The flowers on the High Altar are
given to the glory of God and in loving
memory of Geraldine & Burt Sperry by
Susan & Joe Cage and Amparo & Burt
Sperry..
June 15: The flowers on the High Altar are
given to the glory of God and in
thanksgiving for our fathers and
grandfathers.
The flowers in St. Mary’s Chapel are given
to the glory of God and in loving memory of
Norman Jerome Stockstill by Debbie and
Dean Stockstill.
June 22: The flowers on the High Altar are
given to the glory of God and in loving
memory of Dr. John Parker by Laura Parker
and family.
June 6
June 13
June 18
June 27
Frances Case
George Madison
Hudson Norman
Harlan Sager
Marion Zentner
June Holmes
Dapo Lapite
Fran Winter
Bob Calhoun
Rhonda Miller
Randolph Brown
Gladney Peyton
Eliza Sartor
June 14
Colette Thompson
June 28
June 21
John Jackson
Katie Beth Miksa
Marie Pomeroy
Seth Sutherland
June 20
June 7
Kristin Brown
Sarah Smith
Thomas Zentner
June 15
Christy Cox
Susan Lee
Brucie Mintz
June 22
June 8
Sarah Elizabeth
Dansby
Larry Winter
June 10
Elizabeth Ames Meyer
Laurie Ratcliff
June 11
Harris Brown
June 12
Michael Andrus
Mitchell Wood
June 16
Dolores Johnson
Victoria Durrett
Paige Oliver
Madelyn Wood
June 23
June 17
Steve Brennan
Cate Creed
Sheila Bayles
Dorothy Davidson
Katherine Patrick
Dana Taliaferro
Eleanor Terzia
June 24
June 25
Stephen Harrison
Tim Harvey
Kathy Nola
June 29
Mary Beth Harter
June 30
Tommy McDonald
Sara Seiler
Van Taliaferro
June 6: Susan & John Clausen
Gaye & Tommy McDonald
June 8: Judy & Gene Worthen
June 10: Melanie & Arthur Liles
Beth & James Murphy
June 11: Courtney & Bob Curry
Amanda & Thomas Woods
June 15: Jan & Ralph Brockman
Gayle & George Madison
Carol & Father Ned Webster
June 16: Dana & Van Taliaferro
June 18: Kathy & Bill Patrick
June 20: Belinda & Jeff Hooton
June 23: Jane & David Atchison
Terri & Mike Hayward
June 24: Beverly & Oladapo Lapite
June 25: Janette & Gerry Emerel
June 26: Dolores & Johnny Johnson
June 27: Brenda & Chris Foster
Jody & Bishop Johnston
Adult Sunday School
The Adult Bible study class studying the Gospel according to
Mark returned on June 1 at 9:15am in Kilbourne Hall Parlor.
Children’s Sunday School and Chapel
Sunday school classes for children and the children’s chapel
service will be on summer break until September, 2014. Thank
you faithful teachers!
Women’s Bible Study
Led by Denny Garner, the Women’s Bible Study group is going on
hiatus for the summer and will return to their study of the Acts of
the Apostles on Tuesday, September 9, at 5:00pm in Kilbourne
Hall Parlor. All ladies are invited to attend!
Men’s Bible Study
The men’s group meets at 7:00am each Friday morning in the
church conference room. They are currently studying the Acts of
the Apostles.
Ann was selected as a semi-finalist in two categories to
compete at the 53rd National NATS (National
Congratulations to Sara Seiler and Association of Teachers of Singing) conference in
Boston, MA in July. In "High School Women - Music
Margaret Ann Zentner!! Sara
Theater" category, she was one
won both first place and
of 14 chosen, and for "High
outstanding musician trophies
School Women - Classical" she
and Margaret Ann won both
was one of 15 chosen in the
second place and outstanding
country. Congratulations also
musician trophies in their
goes to their respective teachers:
respective age categories at the
Monroe District Piano Rally held Ruth Smith, Dr. Richard Seiler,
Marjorie Stricklin, and Dr. Claire
at ULM in April. They were both
selected to perform on the Honors Recital, and they both Vangelisti. We are so proud of
Sara and Margaret Ann!!
qualified to compete at the State Piano Rally at
Northwestern State University in June. Also, Margaret
The July Grace Notes deadline is June 23,
2014. Please send articles, photos and
news to Meredith Mattison at
mmattison@graceepiscopal.org.
GES Summer Hours
JUNE 2014
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