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    9373 Garber Road, Crestwood, MO 63126 314-843-0123 www.advent-episcopal.org [email protected]

    July 2013

    In this issue:

    Money by the Rev. Dan Handschy...........................................1

    The Bishop is Coming!, ...............................................................2

    A New Intern, Vestry Information..............................................3

    Life of the Parish calendar..........................................................4

    Mens Club visits the traveling Vietnam Wall..........................5Twin Sheets by Helen Stroback.................................................6

    A College Graduate by Bob Zimmer........................................7

    Liturgical Ministries Calendar.....................................................8

    Diocesan School for Ministry......................................................9

    New Lenses by Deb Goldfeder................................................10

    New Lenses for a Change in Perspective.............................11

    Editor: Marla Dell

    Im on a new kick (no real surprise,

    there). Im learning about how moneyworks, who makes it, how it is valued. Ithink there are theological implications tohow we understand money. In our lection-ary, we are coming into a stretch in LukesGospel that contains a lot of Jesus teach-

    ing about money (Jesus has a lot more tosay about money than almost any othertopic). Money is, in some way, a measure

    of how we function as a community and acommonwealth (theres that word again).

    In this country (and indeed all devel-oped and developing countries), we use asystem called fractional reserve banking.A bank needs, by law, to keep only a frac-tion of the money on deposit (say 10%) as

    a reserve against the liability of a deposi-tor wishing to withdraw money. The bankcan loan the rest (90%) in mortgages andother interest bearing transactions. Thecentral bank of each economy (the Fed-eral Reserve, in our case), extends creditto the commercial banks, and that creditforms the fraction of the fractional re-serve. In other words, the Federal Re-serve just decides how much money will

    be in circulation, and issues a fraction

    of that as credit to the rest of the banks.The way we dene our worth as a

    nation (called the Gross Domestic Prod-uct) is a measure of how much of thatmoney changes hands in exchange forgoods and services. Heres where theol-ogy comes in. In response to a question

    by the Herodians about whether it is legal

    to pay taxes, Jesus asks for a coin of the

    realm and asks whose image is on it. Theyreply, Caesars, and Jesus replies, Ren-der to Caesar the things that are Caesars,and to God the things that are Gods.

    The way we have dened money and

    wealth (the GDP) actually works against

    the idea of mutual help (the things thatare Gods). Say you are caring for a parentor spouse at home, providing meals, bath-

    ing, shopping and general all around care.The GDP has no way of measure the valueof those services. But if you should be-come sick, and have to pay someone elseto provide the services, the GDP rises bythe amount of money you pay. That makesit look like we have become wealthier as

    a nation, when in fact, the quality of thecare has probably gone down. The risein the GDP in turn affects the amount ofmoney in supply, and therefore the amount

    From the rectors desk:

    Wealth, debt, money, and the Christian community

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    of money available for other transactions.The way the money system is set up, weare being rewarded for transferring allkinds of services from simple commu-

    nity exchanges into the monetary system(for monetizing those transactions).

    As a Christian community, we havemany kinds of assets in trade. Prayers,care, favors, sweat equity, casseroles, veg-etables from our gardenyou can prob-ably think of many othersare all part ofthe currency of our life together. I canremember in the neighborhood where Igrew up, there was a baby-sitting swap sys-

    tem. If my mom was taking us to the mu-seum, she might take a friends kids, too,in exchange for a similar favor down theline. Any number of times, we were sentnext door to borrow a cup of sugar, andreturned the favor. All of these little trans-actions build up the network of mutual in-debtedness that ties a community together.

    And none of them is rewarded in

    our monetary system. In fact, to the ex-tent that we keep these things out of mon-

    etary trade, we are penalized for that. Thatwealth is hidden from the GDP, from

    the measure of wealth that inuences the

    supply of money. And because a moneysupply must be limited to be valuable, itmeans that there is not enough money

    to repay all the loans out with the inter-est being charged. To keep the money sys-

    tem working, someone has to go bankrupt.True poverty is having no claim on the

    wealth of a community, the network ofmutual indebtedness that ties a communitytogether. Over and over again, Jesus tells usto seek the kingdom of God, or a bettertranslation would be the empire of God.He was challenging his hearers to opt out

    of the Roman Empire and nd other com-munities of support. Give the money backto Caesar, and establish other communi-ties, based on something besides money.

    Think of how wealthy we are hereat Advent! Think about the debts we oweone another and are owed. That is ourreal value. The more we can see our-selves in this light, the more we are ren-

    dering to God the things that are Gods.

    The Rev. Dr. Daniel Handschy is Rector of Advent Church

    Wealth, debt, money... continued

    Bishop Wayne Smith will make his regular visitation toAdvent on Sunday, August 4, 2013 at the 9:00 am service.The bishop prefers to make his visitation to a single serviceto be with the entire community gathered. As his visit this

    year falls during our summer schedule, we will already be to-gether at a single service. Please make a point to be presenton that day so that we may all be together with our bishop.

    In the Episcopal Church, the Bishop is the chief pastor of theDiocese, and the rector of a parish is in a very real way the bishops

    representative. When the bishop is present to preach and cele-brate the Eucharist, the Church is present in its fullest expression.

    The Bishop is Coming!

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    A New InternThis past April, Bishop Smith joined

    us for a Vestry Not As Usual meeting totalk about the concept of teaching par-ishes in the Diocese of Missouri. Thepurpose of such parishes would be to

    provide an element of theological forma-tion for postulants to holy orders whohad received their primary theologicaleducation in non-traditional settings (asfor example, a seminary not connectedto the Episcopal Church). In the past, theDiocese has asked such persons to spenda year in residence, or a two-year, non-resident course in Anglican Studies at an

    Episcopal Seminary. This is expensive anddoesnt always produce the desired results.

    A teaching congregation would takeon an intern, and under the direction ofthe pastor of the parish, and in conjunc-tion with Vestry and other lay leadership,provide a course of formation that would

    give the necessary understanding of Epis-copal polity and sacramental theology.Richard Wiskus, of All Saints, Farmington,

    is a postulant for the priesthood in the Di-ocese of Missouri. He has a degree from

    the Aquinas Institute in St. Louis, as wasfor some years a member of the Orderof Preachers (Dominican) in the CatholicChurch. The Diocesan Board of Examin-ing Chaplains has agreed to place Rich-ard for a year-long internship at Church

    of the Advent, rather than requiring himto do a course in Anglican Studies at theChurch Divinity School of the Pacic.

    As yet, a formation plan has notbeen drawn up, but beginning in thefall, Richard will worship with us on amonthly basis and follow a course ofreading under Fr. Dans direction andlikely join us for Vestry meetings and

    other parish activities to be determined.Watch this space for more information.

    The June vestry meeting was heldMonday, June 10. Father Dan and nine Ves-

    try members were in attendance.It was mentioned that the Episcopal

    School for Ministry will be holding an-other School for Congregational Devel-opment later this year. We had sent agroup of Advent members to this class inthe past and found it to be enlighteningand useful. It was suggested that it wouldbe a good idea to send a group of Ad-

    vent members to attend this event again.Watch for more details.

    We have reopened a discussion withSt. Martins parish to exchange nancial

    audits. This would allow us an audit with-out the substantial cost of having an ac-countant perform the procedure. We needan audit to qualify for a $6,700 grant to

    help cover the cost of our new windows.

    Vestry InformationWe have secured a contractor to

    remove the damaged trees on the back

    of our property. Work will begin soon.As reported last month, an anonymousAdvent member has provided a donationthat will cover more than half of the ex-pense to do this necessary work.

    We have also received the goodnews that the ooding in the water meter

    cavity is ground water, not a leak in thepipes as we had feared.

    We have begun to secure bids for apatio outside our fellow ship hall.

    There will be no vestry meetingin July and our August meeting will be aVestry-not-as-usual event. More detailsto follow.

    Vic Kremar Vestry secretary

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    Rectors VacationThe Rector will be on vacation (visiting Colorado) from July 1 through July 15.The Rev. Clifford Smart will be lling in for Fr. Dan.

    The Mens Clubwill meet on Saturday July 6th @ 8:00 a.m. for theirmonthly liturgy. Breakfast will follow at the new Sappington Tea Barn, 1015

    South Sappington Rd. (Sappington & Grants Trail). You can view their menu at:http://www.thebarncrestwood.com. Join us for a good time.

    Shawl MinistryPrayer Shawl ministry will be Wed. July 10th at 1:00 pm.We welcome new members.

    Lunch and Learn. Dont miss it this month, special presentation onMamie Eisenhower with Eileen Hacker, winner of one of the Missouri AthleticClubs 1st annual Women of Distinctionawards last October, A consummate com-munity betterment volunteer who always nds ways to serve others even at age

    91, Eileen initiated public health nursing programs in schools and communitieswell ahead of her time! Promises of some of the Eisenhowers favorite dishesfor lunch. 9:30 light exercise, 10:45 presentation, Noon Lunch, cards afterwards.RSVP to [email protected]

    Vacation Bible SchoolAll children ages 3 and up are welcome. VBS still needs an adult to supervise the

    snack area, as well as youth volunteers to lead groups and help in the main areas.Please take a registration form from the narthex bulletin board. Fill it out andplace it in the manila folder outside Cookies ofce. July 15-19th. Yours in Christ,

    Clare Kujath

    Advent Men Dine OutMens Club with meet for dinner on July 18th. Dinner will be at Lazy River Grill,631 Big Bend Rd (corner of Big Bend and Hanna Rd.). Meet there at 6:00 ormeet at Advent at 5:45 to carpool.

    Peace MealAdvent cooks and serves the Peace Meal at St. Johns, Tower Grove, on Saturday,

    July 20, from 2:00 pm 4:00 pm. Please join us for this important opportunity.

    Camp PhoenixThe Dioceses Camp Phoenix will meet Sunday, July 28 through Saturday, August8. For more information and registration forms, go to www.camp-phoenix.org.

    Tuesday Lunch BunchThe Tuesday Lunch Bunch will meet July 30, 2013, at 12:30 pm at McGurks Irish Pub

    at 1200 Russell Blvd. 314-776-8309. We will have lunch on the patio, providing theweather is good! Please call Carol 314-638-0247 to make reservations by July 27th.

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    Weekly

    Members of the Men's Club and guest, visited the

    replica of the Vietnam Wall, displayed at LindberghHigh School, on Thursday 13 June.

    Advent Church Women There is no ACW meeting for July. Thennext meeting will be August 19th at 7:00 p.m. We will plan our Sept. Breakfast.

    July Vestry The Vestry will not meet in July, due to the Rectors vacation.

    Thursday Exercise Classes Every Thursday morning at 9:30, Crest-wood Parish Nurse program exercise class at Church of the Advent.

    Rectors scheduleFr. Dan is not teaching at Eden Seminary this term, and so arrives at Church onMondays and Wednesdays in time for Morning Prayer at 8:30 am. Also, he now

    attends a lectionary study group on Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am, rather thanWednesday afternoons.

    no July

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    My daughters name is Tracy. She is anurse at Inova Hospital in Alexandria, Va.,although she was born, reared and edu-cated in St. Louis, Mo.She has a request tomake of the good people of The Churchof the Advent, seeking their help with a

    medical mission to Trujillo, Peru, to takeplace Sept. 21-28, 2013. The goal of thismission is to provide surgery for at least60 people, who at this point in their liveshave basically nothing, but pain and pov-erty.The name of the not-for-prot orga-nization is Operation Walk Virginia andthey provide free orthopedic medical ser-

    vices to the very poor, both in this countryand on an international level.Feel free toGoogle this name, if you will. It is a wide-ly known, highly respected organization.

    Tracy is asking only for donationsof twin sized sheets.The hospital in Tru-

    jillo has very few, and they are in piti-ful condition. Any kind of twin sheet,

    any color, at or tted, in any useable

    condition.Sheets can be striped, plain,

    Star Wars, Oreo Cookies, Betty Bo-ops, or even white sheets...!The requestis not for new sheets, only items thatmay not be in use, or perhaps are wait-ing to be donated to a favorite charity.

    The medical team consists of doc-tors, nurses, med techs, X-Ray techs,physical therapists and other support staff.They are all volunteers, giving up their va-

    cation time, spending a week each year, in3rd world or developing countries, bring-ing hope where there is little to none, forthe poorest of the poor.Many patientsarrive unable to walk, and are brought

    by their families, by whatever means oftransportation they can nd.Most of the

    Twin Sheets

    surgeries are joint replacements, but arenot limited to that exclusively.

    Perhaps donating sheets doesntsound very worthwhile to some, but ifone could hear some of the stories of

    the conditions under which these medi-cal teams work...lack of almost everythingfrom food, pain meds, soap, toilet paper,towels, even running water that is not be-fouled.They may perform their surgeriesunder the most primitive conditions, onpatients who often are not ambulatorywhen they arrive...and indeed may have

    never been able to walk.The patients areoften desperate as well as destitute andoften without hope.

    Each international mission costs ap-prox. $150,000 which provides the airtransportation for the medical supplies,equipment and staff.Our contribution willto try and reach the teams goal of SIXTY

    SHEETS.!The staff also tries to educatethe in-country health providers, by dem-

    onstrating newer techniques in surgery,but with only a week to do 60 surger-ies, the time left to educate, is some-what limited.In addition to the doctorsand nurses, the team consists of physicaltherapists, X-ray techs, and med techs.As

    stated previously, they are all volunteersand what a difference they make.

    Tracy has asked me to speak to

    friends, family and church family, to re-quest a onetime donation of ONE sheetto help this worthy mission.She will ar-range for the donations to be trans-ported to Alexandria, at which time

    the mission will take over and get thesheets to Peru.Your donation of one

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    Bob Zimmer

    Anastasia Victoria Zimmer, grand-

    daughter of Bob Zimmer, has graduatedfrom Illinois College on May 12, 2013. An-astasias college life was not much differentfrom other college students; however, her

    young life was quite different.As her name might imply she was

    from another country. At the age of threeshe was placed in a Russian Orphanage as

    her birth mother gave her up after birthand her grandmother who had been raisingher had died. My son, Robert (Bob), anddaughter-in- law Karen, were looking toadopt a second child and had the opportu-nity for a Russian adoption.

    Anastasia (Anna) spent much of heryoung age in the Russian orphanage andwhen she came to America could only

    speak Russian. In the orphanage childrenhad no possessions or clothes they couldcall their own -- everything was sharedincluding clothes. She had never been out-side the orphanage, knew nothing of theoutside world and had never ridden in anytype vehicle.

    When Bob and Karen went to Rus-

    sia to bring Anna home they were requiredto furnish all clothing. Adopted childrenleft the orphanage with absolutely nothing.Clothes were recycled to the next childin the orphanage. This bewildered andfrightened little ve year old girl had not

    A College Graduate

    seen the outside world, was scared, got

    car sick and had air sickness on the ight to

    America. Fortunately, son Bob had studiedthe Russian language and there was somelimited communication.

    Since Anna had none of her own per-sonal possessions in the orphanage she hadto ght for everything. Her rst days in her

    American home, whenever she was given

    any toys or clothes, she would immediatelyrun to her room and hide everything un-der her pillow and in her bed for fear ofthem being taken from her. Bob and Karenenrolled Anna in classes to help her learnEnglish. As time went by little Anastasiaobviously became Americanized, did theballet thing and got interested in sports. Sheearned a soccer scholarship to Illinois Col-

    lege and graduated with cum laude honorswith double majors in Communication andInternational Studies and double minors inReligion and Environmental Studies.

    Anna at her young age immediatelybecame an American Citizen upon adop-tion. Today she remembers little or noth-ing about her life in the orphanage or

    of her native Russian language. She is ahappy, successful young American wom-en with a very loving and caring family.

    clean sheet will be much appreciatedby those who literally have nothing.

    Your kindness to strangers is ablessing that cannot be measured.Tracysends her thanks to you, on behalf of the

    poor in Trujillo, Peru and she will send an

    update after the completion of the mis-sion this fall.You will be proud to havebeen a part of this undertaking.

    Yours in Christ,Helen Spencer Stroback

    Church of The Advent

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    The Diocesan Episcopal School forMinistry (ESM) is a community of faiththat uses programs, conferences, andworkshops to help people explore their

    faith and life. Part of the Episcopal Schoolfor Ministry is the School for Congrega-

    tional Development (SCD).

    A recent press release from ESMstates Over the last few years, the Dio-cese of Missouri has begun a transitiontoward a missional posture in the world.Magdalene St. Louis and the DeaconessAnne House are examples, along with

    various parish gardens, meals, and thelist goes on. This shift invites congrega-tions to think about how their commonlife reects Gods purposes for the world.

    Worship, fellowship, administration, out-reach and all areas of congregational lifecan all be offered to sanctify the Churchand the world to Gods mission.

    Diocesan School for Ministry

    A few years ago Advent sent 5 ofits members, Marla Dell, Jim Rode, BillSanders, Claudia Svoboda, and Bill Wittethrough SCD. All of them will tell you that

    not only did it change the way they lookedat Advent, but it changed their lives.

    For the past couple of years SCD hastaken a hiatus, but through the efforts ofBishop Smith and Fr. Dan Handschy, Deanof ESM, the school is once again activeand looking for congregational teams oflay people to attend the program. Theseteams will be involved in very practicalexercises of identifying and understanding

    a congregations history and culture andidentifying and engaging opportunities formission in the local community. In otherwords it will help Advent get a sense ofwhere we t into our neighborhood.

    The participants meet at Eden Sem-inary, in Webster Groves, on a Fridayevening and Saturday once monthly be-

    ginning Saturday, August 17th. The SCDwill meet for four semesters (fall & spring

    each of two years).

    If you are interested in pursuing aprogram that will change the way youlook at Advent, your neighborhood, andyour life then see Fr. Dan or Bill Witte for

    more information.

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    It is hard to believe that it has been

    more than seven years since I returnedfrom Lui, South Sudan for the rst time.

    I had been there six months so cameback and ran head-long into reverse cul-ture shock. Interestingly, I didnt feelculture shock when I went to Lui but Iwas slammed by it upon my return. Inmany ways, I have been dealing with it

    ever since. I nd myself standing outside

    my culture and seeing it through Suda-

    nese eyes but, honestly, nobody can seethrough anothers eyes. I do questionwhat the people of Lui would think aboutthings we consider to be obvious.

    Sometimes I question the thingswe do while at other times I questionthe behavior I saw in Lui. I remember

    a Sudanese man laughing at the absurdityof a hospital for cats. Today, as I boughtsympathy cards for two families, I saw thesympathy cards for the loss of a pet and

    knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, thepeople of Lui would think we had lostour minds if we sent a card because a catdied. Cats are useful because they keep

    rats out of the stores of food but nobodybuys cat food or kitty litter there. Ron

    just reminded me of the cat harness wehad used to walk our beloved cat, Petu-nia. The Sudanese would have locked usup! How could a cat catch rats if they

    were not allowed to run free? Foolish-ness! And, what need does a cat havefor its own bathroom if the humans didnt

    have one for themselves?Dogs were useful because they

    helped when Sudanese men went hunt-ing. The Moru generic dog is a small, red-dust brown dog usually with a tail curled

    New Lenses for a Change in Perspectiveby Deborah Goldfeder

    up over its back. There werent different

    breeds and people didnt spend money tobuy them. Certainly nobody carried anyMoru dog around. There was no statusattached to having a special dog to carrywith you and especially not in a purse!Okay, I admit it, I think that is silly, too,but they would have thought I was nuts ifthey knew that, seven years later, I have

    fantasies about adopting a Moru pup-py and paying to y it back to America.

    Heck, it would cost a fortune just to getrid of all the parasites!

    There really werent many dogswhen I rst arrived because they were

    ghting each other all night and also bit

    some people so they just shot all the dogsin the village! I heard tonight on the news

    that people cant get sufcient punish-ment for abusing animals around here.People were calling for signicant jail time

    for offenders. I am by no means taking

    the Sudanese side here but I do see howodd this problem might seem to them.

    My Sudanese friend John once askedme why any woman would wear spike

    heels and I answered I had no idea. Shoesshould be to protect our feet so we canwalk better and work more productively.In this case, I take the Sudanese side ofthe story. I like shoes (the crazier thebetter) but not if they kill my feet!

    Of course, I suffered from all kindsof guilt when I went to the grocery storeafter I returned from Sudan. I stood in

    the produce department and cried at allthe food and vegetables. I knew I couldbuy as many as I wanted and let them gobad in my fridge if I wanted! I could haveblueberries own in from Chile if they

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    were out of season and nobody wouldthink that was odd. I had never ques-tioned my carbon footprint when I atefresh fruit and vegetables out of season

    just because I could. No more. I may

    still eat Chilean blueberries but I feel re-ally guilty about it. Maybe guilt is the rst

    sign of changing attitudes. We can hope!One attitude that the Moru have

    that I really appreciated was their attitudeabout weightwhen I made shirts for acouple of men, they always wanted themmade to make them big. Desi! is whatthey would say. Big! Imagine makingclothes to intentionally make somebody

    look fatter but, if one were big, it meant

    they were prosperous! Im sure I wasseen as very, very prosperous there be-cause I was very desi especially whenyou considered what the Sudanese wom-

    Advent will host a birthday party at

    the City Juvenile Detention Center in Au-

    gust. (Date to be announced later. Usu-ally the rst Friday of the month.)

    As we do each year, we will send agroup of people (perhaps you would wantto join us) to interact with the residents.In the past there have been 30 or so chil-dren (in their teens). We play bingo andaward candy as prizes to the winners.

    We present a gift to anyone with an Au-gust birthday. We serve them cake and

    ice cream (provided by the center).We need donations to cover thecandy and gifts. We usually wrap a silk-

    ECM Birthday Party

    en looked like in Lui.Sometimes I wonder what it is that

    we do by doing mission. Do we changethe world by what we do? I really doubtwe do much at all but one thing we get out

    of mission is different lenses that help usto see another perspective. We may notchange how we feel about pets or shoesor even weight but we do begin to seea glimmer of our own culture so we canquestion it, should we decide to do so.You dont have to go to Sudan to changeyour perspective. You get a different view

    just by coming in contact with someoneyou might not usually meetthey might

    be at Feed My People, the youth deten-

    tion center or maybe just next door. Youmay be amazed at what happens to youwhen you do.

    screened tee shirt and a simple spiritu-

    ally based book. (If you wish to provide a

    tee shirt, please avoid gang colors of redand blue) We will not know how manybirthdays there are until shortly beforethe event.

    Your presence would be appreci-ated. Most people who have participatedin the past have been moved by the ex-perience. This is a chance to interact in

    a controlled environment with kids youprobably wouldnt be able to communi-

    cate with on the streets.See Vic Kremar or call him at314-539-1364 for more details.

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    Victor KremarFrank Leta Acura11777 Tesson Ferry Road(314) 849-4444, ext. 5073 office(314) 539-1364 cell

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