notes June 2014

Grace on Tap, 2013

Grace

OUR TEAM

OFFICE OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR

Bay GreenHill COMMUNICATIONS ADMINISTRATOR

Hope Johnstone FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR

Anne Jones INTERN

Mark Harris

CHILDREN 9 A.M. CHILDREN’S CHAPEL COORDINATOR

Ben Bergstrom GODLY PLAY DIRECTOR Meredith Bergstrom

KITCHEN AND NURSERY COORDINATOR Angie Chaney

11 A.M. CHILDREN’S CHAPEL COORDINATOR Travis Chaney

MUSIC ASSISTANT CHOIRMASTER

Liesl Dromi DIRECTOR OF MUSIC & ORGANIST

Dr. Jan Wubbena CHILDREN’S CHOIR SCHOOL DIRECTOR

Terri Wubbena

MINISTRIES Altar Guild Outreach

Episcopal Peace Fellowship / G.A.P.P. Meals on Wheels

Prayer Chain

VESTRY Meredith Bergstrom

Andy Bossler Ben Hill

Rob Lambert Amanda Orcutt

Debi Selby Curtis Smith Robert Smith

Mike Moss, Treasurer Hope Johnstone, Clerk

COMMITTEES Building & Grounds Christian Formation

Community Life Finance

Outreach Worship

Stan McKinnon RECTOR

stan@gracesiloam.org

Lora Walsh CURATE

lora@gracesiloam.org

Larry R. Benfield BISHOP

bishopbenfield@mac.com

WORSHIP SCHEDULE SUN Holy Eucharist, 9:00 A.M. Christian Formation (all ages), 10:00 A.M. Holy Eucharist, 11:15 A.M. WED Holy Eucharist & Healing, 12:10 P.M. MON-FRI Yoga Morning Prayer at Studio, 7:00 A.M.

CHURCH OFFICE HOURS Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

TEN QUESTIONS THAT ARE TRANSFORMING THE FAITH Grace on Tap begins next Wednesday, June 11, at 7:00 p.m. in the side conference

room at 28 Springs in downtown Siloam Springs. Childcare is available at Grace

Church from 6:45-8:30.

Last year we had a great turn-out throughout the summer discussing Phyllis Tickle’s

ideas about the Great Emergence of Christianity in our time. This year we will continue

that theme as we engage with one of the most important voices in the emergent

movement of Christianity, Brian McLaren, and his book A New Kind of Christianity.

“Hailed widely as one of the most significant religious leaders of our time, compared

by some to the leaders of the Protestant Reformation … McLaren strikes a chord with

many.” The Christian Century

McLaren spent over 20 years as a pastor of a church near Baltimore, but found that

his congregation began asking questions that he had not been prepared to answer by

his evangelical background. These questions along with others he has encountered in

the last several years from his travels all over the world speaking to diverse Christian

groups including Roman Catholics, Anglicans, Eastern Orthodox, and Pentecostals, will

form the basis of our discussions this summer.

Each week we will address one of the ten big questions about Christianity that

McLaren writes and speaks about from his experience. Questions like, “What is the

overarching story of the Bible?” and “How should the Bible be understood?” to “Who

is Jesus?” and “What is the Gospel?”

While these questions may sound simplistic, they are at the core of how we can come

to better understand and relate our faith to the times in which we live. And better

understanding our faith can enable us to live out that faith more meaningfully in our

everyday lives.

I believe our discussions can be transformational and I look forward to sharing some

of McLaren’s ideas with you as we examine together Ten Questions that are

Transforming the Faith.

See you next Wednesday!

Peace,

I NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT WE SING by Jan Wubbena Last month we posed the question “What do you do once you have taken your seat and said

your pre-service prayer?” What follows is an extended article based on this thought.

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If you regularly attend the late service, have you noticed a change in the ambience in the

nave before the 11:15 service in recent weeks? It’s quieter, and it’s quieter for a longer

period of time prior to service time. I attribute this to moving the service to 11:15. Christian

Formation still ends at 10:45, but now there are 30 minutes for the fellowship time AND for

quiet time in the nave. The parish hall is now mostly empty as the choir and acolytes gather

in a circle for our pre-service prayer. Most of the “fellowship crowd” is already in the pews

by the time the choir and I move to our places.

Regardless of which service you attend, what do you do once you have taken your seat and

said your pre-service prayers? This time for quiet meditation might be spent in paying

attention to what we are about to sing. Worshippers could profitably use this time to reflect

on the text of one or more of the hymns to be sung within the next hour.

You might arbitrarily choose a number posted on the hymn board and turn to it. The

opening hymn is often one of praise, although sometimes it has a different sort of text. E.g.,

on Easter Day it was a narrative of the gospel for the day (the resurrection of the Lord), and

on the following Sunday it was the story of Doubting Thomas this past Sunday).

Or you might turn to the hymn between the epistle and the gospel (11:15 only). Often

closely related thematically to one of those two lessons, this hymn could be devotional in

content, it could be a prayer, or it could be unabashedly “noisy.” The text may offer hints

about the musical treatment it will receive.

The communion hymns (11:15 only) are usually quiet, reflective

settings of contemplative texts. Many come from the designated

“Holy Eucharist” section of the hymnal (nos. 300-347) or “The

Christian Life” (nos. 635-709).

When we sing the closing hymn, we have just left the altar refreshed

and re-fortified, and we are about to re-enter the world for another

week. This hymn usually ends the service on an “up note,” but

there are exceptions to this general rule, as there are to all

rules.

My point is, your worship will be broader and deeper –

and far richer – if you pay attention to what you sing.

And every week you might do well to study just one

of the hymns in those few minutes between your

taking your seat and the processional hymn. A

hallmark of Episcopal worship is an atmosphere of

quietude and reverence before the service. What

better time to reflect on a hymn text? You’ll be

paying closer attention to what you sing.

History of Grace House…

Thanks to all who contributed at the

housewarming reception on Sunday, June

1st, donations are still being accepted.

Grace House has had a long journey: The

house was built in the late 1890’s and is

Queen Anne style. A Circus Barker, Fred

Moulton and his wife lived there in the

early 1900’s. During the 1940’s the house

was remodeled and by 1970 it had been

made into 2 apartments; one on the first

floor and the other upstairs, with a

separate entrance from outside. Over the

years the home fell into disrepair.

The Benjamins bought 605 N. Mt Olive in

1979. This purchase was to protect Grace

from having a run-down house on the side

yard. They also thought in time, they

would be able to donate the property to

Grace Church, which is what they did in

2013.

Mary worked with Alfred Snawder,

Contractor, to take out any wall that was

not original, and to put in new plumbing,

electricity, heat and air, and to patch the

walls, or sheetrock where needed, and

restore the old wood floors and paint the

wood trim. The exterior entrance to the

upstairs was removed and a window

placed at the stair landing, as would have

been originally. A new kitchen was

installed, and the old chimney covered up

inside, and taken off above the roofline.

The house was rented out for over 30

years, and was freshened up with new

paint and carpet upstairs before the

church received it as a gift.

The property on which the house was

constructed was larger, but over the years

when the church built on the parish hall

and education wing, the Benjamins gifted

a strip of land so the church could build

and add a play yard. When they had the

property resurveyed, they squared up the

property lines on the parking lot east of

the home.

There was a huge oak tree in the backyard

behind the kitchen that was believed to

have been over 200 years old. It was over

15 feet in circumference. It started dying

in 2011 and had to be removed in 2013.

There were a few other trees that also had

to be taken out, so the yard looks very

different from the early years.

The carriage house serves as a garage or

workshop/storage area and believed to be

as old as the home.

Welcome Mark Harris…

Grace Member Mark Harris

just graduated from John

Brown University in May and

has joined the Grace staff as

an intern. Mark Harris has

served in various ministry

roles at Grace over the years

and will be a wonderful

addition to our team. Mark

will marry fiancée Leticia

Warren on July 26th.

Center for Psychology, June 7th

…

The Center for Psychology will host psychoanalyst, author, and

teacher, Kenneth Kimmel (Eros and The Shattering Gaze: Transcending

Narcissism) on Saturday, June 7th from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for Love

Frees The Soul Workshop. The fee for this workshop is $100.

“What does the Genesis story of Jacob and his two wives, the legend of Sir

Lancelot and Guinevere, and the 'saga' of Bill, Hilary, and Monica all have in

common? Men have eternally split their idea of women in two - that is, the

maternal, or 'pure feminine ideal', and the erotic, or 'magical other' that can

sweep them away - or even lead them to destruction.”

The Center for Psychology with any questions: 479-254-1144

Summer Meal Program…

No Kid Hungry is a program through Grace that gives free meals to

children and families once a week in the summer at the Saturday

farmers market in Siloam Springs. If you would like to lend a hand

preparing or passing out meals this summer, please contact Patty

Gambill 479-220-8171. To learn more about this program, visit

https://www.nokidhungry.org/

Potluck & Pie Auction, June 8th

…

We will have a Potluck & Pie Auction to benefit the NKH program

on June 8th

to kick off the summer event! Bring a dish and a pie to

auction off to lend a hand to NKH!

Baby due June 10th

…

Our Curate Lora Walsh is scheduled to give birth to her second

child, a girl, on June 10th

. We will have a meal calendar available

around this time if you would like to provide a meal for her, Josh,

and Zaydoc please let Bay know.

Member in need, Cliff Brooks…

Cliff Brooks is in need of transportation assistance for errands in

Siloam Springs. If you are available to help, please view our online

calendar online to sign up for a timeslot:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090545A9AF2FA57-rides

or contact the office with questions 479-524-8782.

Celebrating Dads…

The Women of Grace will volunteer as Hospitality Hosts during the

early and late coffee hours on Sunday, June 15th

, in celebration of

Father’s Day.

Wednesdays starting June 11th

…

Grace on Tap will begin June 11th

, from 7:00-

8:00 p.m. at 28 Springs. We will meet in the

event room, please feel welcome to enter

through the event room door. Childcare is

available at Grace from 6:45 to 8:30 for those

attending. All are welcome to join!

Women’s Institute

June 6-8 at Camp Mitchell…

Women's Institute, an annual three-day retreat held at Camp

Mitchell, brings together women of all ages and experiences

including Quiet Day. Phyllis Raney, psychotherapist and lifelong

Episcopalian, will be the guest speaker. To learn more and to

download the registration form, visit arkansasecw.org.

Summer Camp Schedule

Senior High Camp June 15-20 Entering 9th

through 12th

Primary Camp June 22-27 Entering 2nd

through 3rd

Robert R Brown 1 June 29-July 3 Specialty Camp

Junior High Camp July 13-18 Entering 7th

through 8th

Dick Johnston Camp July 20-25 Specialty camp

Middler Camp July 27-Aug. 1 Entering 4th

through 6th

Robert R Brown 2 August 3-7 Specialty camp

Family Camp Aug 7-10 Families experience camp together

Leg Huggers Aug 7+ Younger children + a parent/guardian

Ms. Betty L. Wright and

The Rev. Charles E. Walling invite

the parish family of Grace Episcopal Church

to

the celebration of their marriage

at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

Fayetteville, Arkansas

Saturday

July 12, 2014

at

2:00 p.m.

Reception following

Additional details will be available closer to each date

June 8, 2014 No Kid Hungry Pie Auction & Fundraiser

July 2014

Summer Potluck & BBQ

Aug. 17, 2014

Rally Day Potluck

June 1 June 8 Acts 1:6-14

Psalm 68:1-10, 33-36 1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11

John 17:1-11

Acts 2:1-21 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13

John 20:19-23 Psalm 104:25-35, 37

June 15 June 22 Genesis 1:1-2:4a

Psalm 8 or Canticle 2 or 13

2 Corinthians 13:11-13 Matthew 28:16-20

Jeremiah 20:7-13

Psalm 69: 8-11, (12-17), 18-20

Romans 6:1b-11

Matthew 10:24-39

June 29 Jeremiah 28:5-9

Psalm 89:1-4, 15-18

Romans 6:12-23

Matthew 10:40-42

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