A Letter to the Philippians

Inside this issue:

Blessing of the Pets 2

Anniversary & Birthday 2

Outreach News 3

EYC News - Pumpkins 3

Stewardship News 3

Book Buddies 4

Soltero 4

Altar Guild News 4

All Saints Evensong 5

Lector Training Workshop 5

DOM Lay Ministry Workshop

5

St. Philip's Reminiscence 5

ECW Meeting 6

Ministry Servant Schedule 7

Our Mission is to be about Christ’s work by: welcoming the stranger; celebrating all of life; accepting, forgiving and loving each other; providing a place to grow in mind and spirit; teaching and living the scriptures; seeking and trusting God’s guidance; and serving Christ in all persons.

S t . P h i l i p ' s E p i s c o p a l C h u r c h

October 2013

A Letter to the Philippians

Upcoming Events…. Lector Training Session: Saturday, October 5, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Blessing of the Pets: Sunday, October 6, 4:00 p.m. Vestry Meeting: Wednesday, October 9, 6:30 p.m.

Let’s Celebrate – Goat Roast Style October 12th & 13th

Saturday 9:00 AM: Calling All Cooks for Side Dish preparations and Meat cooking If you like to chop & dice & mix, bring your sharp knife and come enjoy good fun and fellowship in the Parish Hall while preparing the side dishes for the Goat Roast picnic.

For ALL our grill experts – the grills will be lit and Boston butts will be cooked all day. Come watch ball games on TV and tend to the fire during commercials.

Saturday 6:30 PM: Saturday Night Fellowship in the Hollow. Come enjoy a pre-Goat Roast party with live music by The Archtops . Bring something to grill and a side dish to share Saturday night. After supper, we will chop meat for the next day’s picnic. Bring your own beverages, utensils and plates.

Sunday 10:30 AM: Blue Grass Mass. Our fabulous Bluegrass Mass with the Vernon Brothers. Wear your Goat Roast t-shirt and bring a friend to worship in this unique way!

Sunday 12:00 noon: Goat Roast Picnic with music by the Vernon Brothers and Red Hots. The eating begins with BBQ pork and goat, potato salad, coleslaw, pasta salad, baked beans and desserts galore! Bring your blankets and folding chairs and head on down to the hollow for lots of music and fun. Kids can enjoy a petting zoo next to the Pumpkin Patch.

Bring money to buy your pumpkin from the EYC!!

If you would like to volunteer or have questions, please call Betty Smithson 601-594-3939 or Lee Smithson 601-212-9611.

We will not have 8:00 a.m. or 5:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist’s on Goat Roast Sunday.

EfM: meets Thursday nights, 6:00p - library EfM - Year V: meets the 1st Tuesday @ 6:30p - library MEN’S BREAKFAST GROUP Third Sunday @ 7:00 a.m. PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY First Thursday @ 10:30a

RED HAT READERS Third Tuesday @ 11:00a - library ULTREYA Third Monday @ 7:00p VESTRY Second Wednesday @ 6:30p

Oct 4 Mario Miller Oct 6 Matthew Herbert Oct 9 Debbie Carrington Christy Dunaway Oct 10 Buddie Barksdale Don Lacy Lori McIntire Ben Waits Oct 12 Jaelyn Hanson Frances Luke Marilyn Sherman Oct 13 Marcie Skelton Oct 14 Billie Dunn Oct 15 Bart Clark Bettye Davis

Oct 16 Cindy Allen Pete Everett Oct 17 Phyllis Brister Bill Burke Oct 19 Mat Ellison Pam Hopton Oct 20 Machelle Bernheim Clark Boone Oct 21 Eugenie Bradshaw Oct 26 Johnny Jungkind Jack Russel Oct 27 Mary Lewis Golden Oct 29 Melanie Williams Oct 30 Ella Anderson Anthony Santangelo

Oct 2 Lind & John Bussey Marilyn & Warren Sherman Suzie & James Veillette Oct 4 Jeanne & Bill Burke Oct 9 Angie & Mark Herbert Cheryl Johnson & Tom Payne Oct 10 Sandy & Robert Davis Oct 14 Kyle & Brian Seage

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WEEKLY SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS

AA Monday & Friday, 8:00p

AA Solutions: Monday - Thursday, 12:00p

ACA: Sunday, 4:00p

ACA Red Book: Wednesday, 6:30p

Al-Anon Meetings: Monday & Friday, 6:30p

OA Tuesday, 5:30p

Birthday & Anniversary Wishes

The Giving of Altar Flowers on Sunday is a wonderful way to celebrate and/or remember our loved ones. There are many open dates on the calendar (located on the bulletin board, in the narthex.)

We encourage at least two people to give flowers each Sunday. The cost is $45.00 per person/family.

Bring your other family members for

Blessing of the Pets

Sunday, October 6 (Sunday closest to the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi)

Four o’clock in the afternoon

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STEWARDSHIP 2014 Thanks to Ellen and the Vestry for your efforts and good cooking for our Financial Stewardship Kickoff meal! We believe all that we served enjoyed! It was a blessing for the Vestry to serve our Parish! We have a terrific start for our 2014 year. To date, Lisa has received 45 pledges totaling $146,804.00. This amounts to 40.5 percent of pledges received last year, and 43 percent of last year’s budget from our first fruits. Thank you for your generous acts of faith! If you have not done so, please take this opportunity to complete and return your pledge today. You can mail or drop it off to Lisa, bring to church on Sunday, or you can go to our website and click on our link to email it! Stewardship - the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one's care. For God’s glory! PG & Ellen

It’s Pumpkin Time!! The pumpkins will be delivered on Saturday, October 12th and hands are needed to help unload the truck. If you are available, please come to the church at 9:00 to greet the truck and help our EYC youth unload. Also, a signup sheet is in the Narthex for those who are available to sell pumpkins. Please sign up as often as you are able! Thank you in advance for volunteering your time and efforts to make this another successful St. Philip’s pumpkin year! For questions, please call Caroline at (601)398-6249 or email at cnewkirk09@gmail.com.

Outreach News Our parish is blessed with an abundance of resources. Many, many of our parishioners give their time to outreach efforts in our community, such as Stewpot, McLeod School Teacher Appreciation and Book Buddies Program, Whitfield Hospital, and Habitat for Humanity. These gifts of time by many people are given freely, and in ways that make a tremendous impact on the people and children whom they serve. We have also been blessed by the ongoing gift of Marie Hoerner, a former parishioner, who named St. Philip’s as one of three beneficiaries in her will. Each year, we receive a check from her foundation that helps to offset our mortgage and buildings and grounds needs. In addition, our Outreach budget receives 10% of this annual gift. Since 2009, we have received over $300,000 from Marie’s generous and life-giving gift to us. Not only has it assisted us in replacing roofs and air-conditioning equipment and updating our facilities, it has enabled us to dream about how we as a parish, through our Outreach in the community, can do something significant to make a difference. The Outreach Committee has been working to identify an institution or organization where we can make this difference - a place where we use our hands, our hearts and our dollars. In committee conversations, MeLeod School consistently comes up as this organization, because of our proximity to the school, because of our rich history with it, because we already have had so many volunteers involved with Book Buddies, Teacher Appreciation Luncheons, because we have donated books and playground equipment, and most especially, because we value and love our children. The Outreach Committee, with approval from the vestry, would like to present our ideas about how to best utilize our monetary abundance in a way that will enrich the school. But they want to hear from you, and hear your ideas. And, of course, no matter the decision, our parish will continue to contribute to and support all our ongoing outreach ministries. On Sunday, October 20th, during the Sunday School hour beginning at 9:15 in the parish hall, we will hold a forum and discussion to hear what you think. Please come, and bring your ideas and dreams for McLeod or propose other places in need. The committee will take time after the forum to discuss what they heard and present a plan to the vestry.

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Soltero We will meet on Friday, October 18. Tequila's Mexican Restaurant at 5:30 pm. Christy Dunaway

Stewpot - Weekdays

We are looking for some more volunteers to serve at Stewpot on weekdays. We serve about 4 or 5 times a year Monday through Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to about 1:00 p.m. If you are interested, please contact Patty Clark for more information, patty124p@aol.com

Altar Guild News On Saturday, September 21 the Altar Ladies met for their Annual Fall gathering. Two new members were welcomed with the altar flower and handkerchief. They are Ginger Hoover and Terri Glisson. We are so happy to have them with us. We welcomed Jane Jones back. For me, it’s like the good old days having her.

Our meeting was productive. The Shawl Ministry will meet twice yearly for lunch and fellowship. The Knitters will work at their leisure and try to keep the Shawl box filled. We will green the church on Sunday, December 22 after the 10:30 a.m. service. Mary Buchanan has offered to do the vestments for the Lay Eucharist Ministers, and Patience Rall has taken over the communion linen care. Lollie Everett is working on the green vestments for Kyle. Things seem to be going well. Nancey Scott announced that St. Columb’s, with the help of St. Philip’s and St. James will host the ECW meeting on November 8-9.

We voted to have permanent shelves built in the flower area, improve the sink, and paint the cabinet. I’ll just list what we voted for: A small home communion kit, ten oil candles - for the pew poles. Pete Everett is working on the poles to make them very stable. Resurrection style communion linens. They would be used at Easter and at all funerals. They are very beautiful. More candle holders for our Candlelight services and wine for Epiphany, for the Bishop’s reception, and for the ECW Conference.

This list will go to the Vestry to approve, but it’s all needed and will make things a bit nicer for us.

After noonday prayer, a nice lunch and a bit more visiting, we went home, and I hope with the feeling of a task well done.

Thank you Ladies~ Love, Lucette

Book Buddy Program at McLeod There are a great number of children at McLeod Elementary School on Westbrook Road who desperately need extra assistance. Some are already behind on their grade level, some have no help at home, some have learning problems or emotional problems. The need is tremendous and there is a solution. The book buddy program that a lot of St Philip’s parishioners are already involved with needs more volunteers. It takes 1 hour a week to help a child during school hours. You may choose the day, time and grade (k thru 5). The rewards are overwhelming for both you and the child. If you are interested, please talk to me, Pam David, Kyle, Virginia Hoover, Jack Conway, Machelle Bernheim, Nerrell Ridley, Ruth Cory, or Nancey Scott. These are the current Book Buddies at McLeod and I believe I can speak for them when I say that we love this ministry to the children. Patty Clark patty124p@aol.com

Many Thanks to Gavin Bird! Gavin Bird, grandson of Grace Duckworth, is the designer of the 2014 Goat Roast t-shirt! The design is fabulous!

Thank you very, very much for lending us your artistic talent.

Betty and Lee Smithson, Goat Roast Chairs

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All Saints’ Day

EVENSONG

November 1, 2013

6:00 p.m.

Lay Ministry Workshop The Lay Ministry Workshop is a continuing education event for the renewal of Worship Leader’s licensing for 2013, October 11-12 at Gray Center. The Rev. Bruce McMillan will be the presenter for Friday evening and Sat-urday morning. To register for the event, please go to this link: http://www.dioms.org/digital_faith/events/3157977. Also coming up is the Convocational Lay Ministry Work-shop at St. Elizabeth’s, Collins on Saturday October 19 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. with The Rev. Henry Hudson and The Rev. Susan Hrostowski. For more information, please call St. Elizabeth's (601-765-6809).

St. Philip’s Lector Training Workshop Saturday, October 5th, 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

This will be a refresher time for all lectors currently in our roster and an invitation for those who would like to be trained. Because we have not had a "practical" training in a while, we will focus on "the art of reading" from the lec-tern. Everyone will have a chance to practice. David O'Steen will lead this portion of the training, while Kyle will talk about the spiritual practice of reading Holy Scripture. Because we believe that the proclaiming the Word of God is an honor, it is very important that everyone who has a role in this ministry attend this meeting so that everyone has an opportunity to be refreshed.

The following is the ninth and tenth in a series of Philippians’ memories of our church during the last 50 years. We hope any and all of you will join us in this effort as part of our anniversary celebration. Just jot down a couple of paragraphs and send them to Lisa or drop them by the church office. If you have questions, call Sigrid Conway (601) 956-5173. Thank you!!!

St. Philip's Reminiscence

When my family and I first moved from Washington State back to MS in 1992, we had a difficult time finding a church home. We attended several different Episcopal churches in the Jackson area before we finally discovered St. Philip’s. At that time, we were living in a suburb close to the downtown area of Brandon where my daughter, Valena, attended school, played select soccer and recreation softball. All of her friends were either Baptist or Methodist who went to large churches with many activities for young people. As a result, she was asked and attended several youth gatherings at one of the local Baptist churches. The Episcopal Church we attended not only did not have a youth group; it also had no one even close to Valena’s age. As a concerned teacher/Mom who knew much can happen in those adolescence years and the importance of spiritual influences on young lives, I spoke to her about the possibility of us attending one of the other denomination’s churches However; she surprised me and said “no”, she liked the Episcopal Church. She commented that her Bratton Green experience caused her to want to remain Episcopalian. Thus, the following Sunday we began our trek to Jackson churches to try to locate a church home. The first church on our list was St. Philip’s. Our intention had been to try three or four different churches for a one month time period and then make a decision. That never happened. The first Sunday at St. Philip’s, we met Nat Duncan and he invited Valena to the youth group. Several young people, Carrie, Leila, Ann Marie, Matthew, William, and Mary Elizabeth all welcomed Valena. That group of young people rocked. They were active all through junior high and high school going to Honduras to build houses, to South Dakota to assist with work with Native Americans, working the pumpkin patch, etc. Seventeen years later, we are still at St. Philip’s. Even after Valena left home and I moved from Brandon to Crystal Springs, I continued to be a part of St. Philip’s even though, as one friend pointed out, I drive past four Episcopal churches.

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Springs of Living Water - Meeting God in Daily Life presented by The Reverend Jane Tomaine

Registration for the retreat opens at 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov 8. Then, the first session starts @6:30 p.m. & ends after wine & cheese event @ about 9:30. On Saturday, Nov 9, the second session begins w/light breakfast @ 8 a.m. and closes after Eucharist @ about 12:30.

$40. for Fri. & Sat.; $25. for one day. Please send either a check by Oct. 25 made out to Episcopal Church Women to: Betty Melton, Registrar, 6021 Old 8th Street Rd., Meridian, MS 39307 bettym45@bellsouth.net; or go online to http://www.dioms.org/digital_faith/events/3157637. For more information contact Nancey Scott at nancey@bellsouth.net or Lollie Everett at lollieeverett@comcast.net

At St. Philip’s, I discovered my church home; and no matter who comes or goes, I feel the sense of community with wonder-ful music, many friends, and a dedicated clergy. Thanks be to God for showing us St. Philip’s.

Nancey T. Scott Still eager to publish St. Philip’s memories from anyone and everyone, I jotted down some comments I heard one Wednes-day morning. After 10 o’clock church each Wednesday, a group of lively church members gather in the library for what is affectionately called “Coffee and Conversation,” according to prominent member Lucette Bennett, who remembers this tradition as originated by the Altar Guild many years ago. “Marie Hoerner, who lived at St. Catherine’s Village back then, came to the Wednesday service and always made a pot of coffee and refreshments for us to enjoy after church,” Lucette recalled.” She was from the north, and she sometimes brought delicious sausage. “ Marie is fondly remembered by old-timers and her name lives on through a generous fund she left to our church. Barbara Rogers makes coffee and nearly always brings fresh pastry now from Great Harvest Bread Co. where she once helped bake. Rosa Dial, who has also brought treats to share along with her other contributions, says she “loves the people at St. Philip’s and the wonderful liturgy” in the Book of Common Prayer. Emma Price, who used to live in New Jersey and New York, describes St. Philip’s as a place of “love, tenderness, and hon-esty.” Since joining the church in 2005, (and excelling in the group of knitters, among other things), Emma says she never felt like she had to say, “could I ?...should I?” she was welcome to be herself. “It has been like that song, “The Wind Be-neath My Wings,” she concludes. Tears come to the eyes of Vangie Joseph when she recalls coming to St. Philip’s with her late husband, Collie. “When we first visited many years ago, a young woman was the supply priest, and since Collie was from the old school, we tried going to some other churches. Never finding a church home, they came back the very first Sunday the Rev. Tom Slawson became priest. Both Father Slawson and the current priest , the Rev. Kyle Seage, won the hearts of not just Vangie but Collie, too. Vangie and her children particularly remember the kindness shown them by the clergy and church members during many times the Josephs were in the hospital. When Collie died—a beloved member known by all parishioners—the church was a loving refuge. As Barbara Rogers adds, “the people here know the difference between love and intrusion.” It’s hard to realize Lollie and Bob Everett were ever newcomers to St. Philip’s, both having been active in the Diocese of Mississippi (Lollie, a former president of the Diocesan Altar Guild) for many years. She describes feeling like she was going through rush week at college when the St. Philippian delegates to annual Council encouraged her to come join us .

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REMEMBER: It is your responsibility to secure a replacement if you can not serve. Please contact the parish office with changes.

Servers TimeSun. Oct 6

Pet Blessing 4p

Sun. Oct 13

Goat RoastSun. Oct 20 Sun. Oct 27

Acolytes - Crucifer 10:30 AM Tori Breland Ann Smithson Felicia Payne Anna Gail Welch

Banner

Gospel Ashton Ates Jack Smithson Michael Payne Sauny Sewell

Torch Emily Thompson Anna Floyd Alex Baham Shelby Conerly

Torch Natalie Thompson Emma Floyd Madison Scott Julia Conway

Incense Boat

Lay Eucharist Minister 8:00 AM Lucette & Kenneth NO SERVICE Chad Espeland Fred Parker

Bennett Pat Sebrell

10:30 AM Fonda Lundin Grace Duckworth Julie Goforth Tom Welch

Four Clergy

5:00 PM Pam David NO SERVICE Jim Carrington Gerald McWhorter

Greeters 8:00 AM Barbara & John NO SERVICE Lucette & Kenneth Chad Espeland

Rogers Bennett

10:30 AM Lee Lewis Sigrid & Jack Conway Aubrey Luke Darden MacWade

5:00 PM Eddie Taylor NO SERVICE Eddie Taylor Eddie Taylor

Lectors (Read) OT Brian Bullard Mark Herbert JoAnne Welch Anna Gail Welch

NT Kit Barksdale Steve Sinquefield Thom Welch Beverly Herbert

Lay Eucharist Visitor 10:30 AM Fonda Lundin Grace Duckworth Julie Goforth Tom Welch

Deliver Communion Lou Cotton Marguerite Searight Dot Woodruff Pam Hopton

Oblation Bearers 10:30 AM The Kirk Hill Family The Lester Hailey Family The Randy Keng Family The Aubrey Luke Family

Ushers 8:00 AM John Rogers NO SERVICE Kenneth Bennett Chad Espeland

10:30 AM Brian Bullard Aubrey Luke Ruth Cory Jack Conway

Pete Everett Lee Smithson Grace Duckworth Darden MacWade

Kenny Goforth

Greg Webb

5:00 PM Eddie Taylor NO SERVICE Eddie Taylor Eddie Taylor

VPOD Tommy Sebrell Lee Smithson Crystal Thompson P.G. Bernheim

Verger Jill Bullard Jim Carrington Tommy Sebrell Dottee Everett

Thurifer

Catechesis Lynda Jungkind Julie Goforth Lynda Jungkind Jill Bullard

Living the Good News Jim Newkirk Darden MacWade Laurie Conway Julie Crump

Nursery Carolyn Alford Mary Beth Luke Carol Mann

Altar Guild 8:00 AM Lucette Bennett Susan Slaughter Jane Jones Marcie Skelton

Sara Schrader

10:30 AM Machelle Bernheim Jean Schott Faye Barron Sandy Davis

Dottee Everett JoAnne Welch Sigrid Conway Grace Duckworth

5:00 PM Judy Johnson Mary Lewis Golden Judy Johnson Sherry McWhorter

Altar Flowers Jeff Klingfuss Rosa Dial Marcie Skelton Mat Ellison

Cleaning Schedule Lucette Bennett Liz Brandon Nancey Scott Debbie Carrington

Julia Marks Young

Wednesday 10:00 AM Lucette Bennett Emma Price Lucette Bennett Emma Price

LINENS Lucette Bennett

VESTRY

Mr. Aubrey Luke, Senior Warden

Mr. Chad Espeland, Junior Warden

Mr. P.G. Bernheim

Mrs. Jill Bullard

Mr. Bill Burke

Mrs. Pam David

Mrs. Dottee Everett

Mr. Kenny Goforth

Mrs. Ellen Hailey

Mrs. Carol Mann

Mr. Ben Preston

Mr. Tommy Sebrell

Mr. Lee Smithson

Mrs. Crystal Thompson

Mrs. Marcie Skelton, Treasurer

Ms. Grace Duckworth, Clerk of the Vestry

STAFF

The Rev. Kyle D. Seage Rector

The Rev. Bruns M. Myers, III Assistant to the Rector

Mrs. Lisa Estes-Dorrell Parish Administrator/Bookkeeper

Mr. David R. O’Steen Principal Parish Musician

Mr. Thomas Aurelia Sexton

Mrs. Caroline Newkirk EYC Coordinator

The Rev. Molly MacWade, Priest Associate

The Rev. Deborah A. Hanson, Deacon

Bishop of Mississippi

The Rt. Rev. Duncan M. Gray, III

Parish Office Hours:

Monday - Thursday: 7:30a - 4:00p

Friday: 8:00a - 1:00p

601.956.5788

601.956.5670 Fax

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