The Ivy Vine - September 19 St. Mark’s Episcopal Church •405 B Street, St. Albans, WV 25177•304-722-4284•office@stmarks-stalbans.com

Office Hours:

Monday - Thursday

9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon

Service Schedule:

Saturday @ 5:00 PM

Holy Eucharist in Historic Church,

spoken word

Sunday @ 8:00 AM

Holy Eucharist in Main Church,

spoken word

Sunday @ 8:45 AM

Sunday Morning Discussion Group in

Vestry Meeting room

Sunday @ 10:00 AM

Holy Eucharist in Main Church, with

music

Christ Kitchen Hours & Contact:

Monday - Thursday & Saturday, 10:00

AM to

1:00 PM

304-722-4913

Food Pantry Hours & Contact:

Phone is answered Monday &

Wednesday from 10:00 AM - 11:30

AM

304-932-9406

Food Pick-Up is Tuesday and

Thursday from

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Announcements

Popes Away

Mary and Charles will be away September 23-

October 04. There will be no Saturday Eucharist

on September 28. Services at 8:00 AM and 10:00

AM on September 29 will be Morning Prayer.

Looking Ahead

Diocesan Convention is October 18-20.

Presiding Bishop Visit

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry will visit St.

Mathew’s Wheeling on October 4-5 for their 200th

anniversary.

Laying on of Hands

There will be a Laying on of Hands after all

services September 21 & 22.

Security

Per the Vestry, beginning on Sunday October 6,

the double doors to the parking lot will be locked at

10:15 AM. This is to control traffic into and out of

the church during the 10 AM worship. In addition,

church leaders will begin patrolling the hallways to

deal with such traffic.

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“LIFE IN LIGHT OF LOSS”

A community service to comfort, uplift, and encourage

those who have experienced the loss of a loved one.

DATE: Saturday, September 21 @ 12:10 PM

LOCATION: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church

Main Sanctuary

405 B Street

St Albans, West Virginia 25177

SPEAKERS: Anna Stewart, Grief Counselor, & Lillian Kelly – a

mother learning to live again

Have you lost someone special in your life?

Are you feeling overwhelmed by the work of grief?

Would you like to feel like you are thriving in your life?

Come join us – all are welcome!

For questions, please contact:

kellylillian06@gmail.com

Happenings in the Par ish

No personal news th is issue. I f you would l ike to add your own personal news to th is sect ion of the Ivy Vine, contact Rachel in the off ice !

Parish Prayer List

“Almighty God, to whom our needs are known before we ask, help us to ask only what ac-

cords with your will; and those good things which we dare not, or in our blindness cannot

ask, grant us for the sake of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.”

Lynn, Chris, Tidus, Betty, Ruth, Violet, Pat, Anna, Charles, Denise, Robert, Anne, Paul,

Stephanie, Anne, and Norman.

To put a name on the prayer list, please contact Brenda Beatty at:

304-727-3015 or icbeatty7@suddenlink.net

Saint Marks is happy to post your prayer list request. Please inform Brenda when the per-

son whom you have requested listed no longer needs to be on prayer list.

Anglican Cycle of Prayer:

Pray for the Church of the Province of Uganda.

Diocesan Cycle of Prayer:

Grace Church, Middleway, and our companion diocese in Colombia.

September L i turgy Schedule

September 22: 15th Sunday after Pentecost

Crucifer - Alan Rezek

First Server/Chalice Bearer - Rebecca Rodak

Second Server/Chalice Bearer - Betty Evans

Lector Epistle - Bruce Moss

Intercessor - Denise Ash

September 29: 16th Sunday after Pentecost

Crucifer - Jerry Walker

First Server/Chalice Bearer - Alan Rezek

Second Server/Chalice Bearer - Allan McVey

Lector Epistle - Alan Rezek

Intercessor - Carrena Rouse

October 6: 17th Sunday after Pentecost Crucifer - Jerry Walker First Server/Chalice Bearer – Alan McVeigh Second Server/Chalice Bearer – Gina Griffith Lector Epistle – Ray Shackleford Intercessor – Rebecca Rodak October 13: 18th Sunday after Pentecost Crucifer – Ron Brown First Server/Chalice Bearer – Rebecca Rodak Second Server/Chalice Bearer – Betty Evans Lector Epistle– Denise Ash Intercessor- Mary Pope

*if you are unable to serve, please find your own substitute!

September Birthdays

Ditty Reed - September 04

Regina Ranson - September 06

Jim Reed - September 07

Jerry Walker - September 11

Brenda Beatty - September 19

Beatrice Walker - September 26

September Anniversaries

Bob & Diana Flenner - September 06

Bob & Pat Weiford - September 10

Bob & Rebecca Rodak - September 21

“May the road rise to meet you,

May the wind be always at your back.

May the sun shine warm on your face,

The rains fall soft upon your fields.”

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

8:00 AM - HE

10:00 AM - HE

6:00 PM - Coal

River AA

2 3

8:00 PM - Coal

River AA

4

7:00 PM -

Choir

5

Ivy Vine

6 7

5:00 PM -

Eucharist in

Historic

Church

8

8:00 AM - HE

10:00 AM - HE

6:00 PM - Coal

River AA

9 10

8:00 PM - Coal

River AA

11

7:00 PM -

Choir

12

Ivy Vine

13

7:00 PM -

Bishop Visit

for

Confirmation

14

9:30 AM - ECW

Meeting

5:00 PM -

Eucharist in

Historic

Church

15

8:00 AM - HE

10:00 AM - HE

ECW

Luncheon

6:00 PM - Coal

River AA

16 17

6:00 PM -

Vestry Meeting

8:00 PM - Coal

River AA

18

7:00 PM -

Choir

19

11:30 AM -

Women’s

Luncheon @

Little Creek

Eagle’s Nest

Ivy Vine

20 21

12:10 PM - Life

in Light of

Loss

5:00 PM -

Eucharist in

Historic

Church

22

8:00 AM - HE

10:00 AM - HE

6:00 PM - Coal

River AA

23 24

8:00 PM - Coal

River AA

25

7:00 PM -

Choir

26

Ivy Vine

27 28

5:00 PM -

Eucharist in

Historic

Church

29

8:00 AM - HE

10:00 AM - HE

6:00 PM - Coal

River AA

30

September 2019

Attendance

August 31 (Saturday Service) - 5

September 01 (8:00 AM MP) - 5

September 01 (10:00 AM MP) - 34

Loose Plate Des ignated Offer ing

1st Sunday: Discretionary Fund

2nd Sunday: Operating Fund

3rd Sunday: Christmas Baskets

4th Sunday: Operating Fund

5th Sunday: Operating Fund

2019 Diocesan Convent ion

The convent ion th is year w i l l be held at Oglebay Resor t and Con-ference Center in Wheel ing, October 18 -20. The theme is

"Forming Chr is t ians for Miss ion." There are in format ion packets wi th more detai ls in the Narthex or in the off ice. Contac t Rachel

to have one ready for you to p ick up!

I t is very important that you adhere to the deadl ine dates noted in the packet , so ac t fas t !

Sunday School Lesson - September 15

Jesus te l ls the parab les o f the los t sheep and the los t co in to the tax co l lec tors and s inners who were coming near to hear h im, and to the scr ibes and Phar isees who were grumbl ing and d isda in fu l ly say ing that Jesus welcomed and ate wi th s inners . The lesson is about be ing los t , and then found. Who are the los t in these parab les? We have a l l suffered loss. How do we deal wi th loss. How many ways can, or do we, get los t? What is i t l ike to be found, to f ind someone or someth ing of va lue? How do these parab les he lp us when we become los t? What do these parab les have to say about what we va lue, how we are va lued? About our re la t ionsh ip wi th God, each other, and our church? Debie Thomas has an exce l lent ar t ic le " On Lostness ," which he lps put th ings in to perspect ive. Our own L i l l ian Kel ly wi l l be hos t ing and present ing a serv ice to he lp those coping wi th gr ie f in the ma in sanctuary on September 21 at 12:10 p.m. I f you have any quest ions, you may contact the church off ice a t (304) 722-4284.

Sunday Readings

Cl ick here to be taken to the Lect ionary page to see readings f rom the f i f teenth Sunday af te r Pentecost (Proper 20 , September 22) .

Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 Psalm 79:1-9 or Amos 8:4-7 Psalm 113 1 Timothy 2:1-7 Luke 16:1-13

Links to Episcopal Church Data: Nat ional Episcopal Church To v is i t the Nat ional Episcopal Church webs i te , c l i ck here , or go to ep iscopalchurch.org. There, you can read about a l l the th ings go ing on in the Ep iscopal churches throughout the count ry, browse the i r resources, learn more about the d i ffe rent min is t r ies , and more.

Angl ican Communion

To v is i t the Angl ican Communion webs i te , c l ick here , o r go to angl icancommunion.org. There, you can read about the Angl ican communi ty o f over 165 countr ies , access the Angl ican Cyc le o f Prayer, catch up on what ’s new in the Angl i -can news, and more.

St . Mark’s Episcopal Church To v is i t our church webs i te , c l ick here , o r go to s tmarks -s ta lbans.com. There, we post the Ivy Vine, sermons, His tory about St . Mark ’s , and more. To l ike our Facebook page to get not i f ica t ions about what is go ing on at St . Mark ’s , c l ick here .

Sermon (Thir teenth Sunday af ter Pentecost ) Cl ick here to see a l l sermons.

Sunday School To v is i t Chuck Ri ffee ’s b log to see a l l Sunday School Lessons, c l ick here, or v is i t chuckr i f fee.b logspot .com. Last week ’s lesson is on page 09. .

Dear St . Mark 's Episcopal Church (EP294), The Kroger Co. Fami ly o f Stores is commit ted to b r ing ing hope and he lp to the loca l ne ighborhoods we ca l l home. Our s to res are on a miss ion to not jus t par t o f , bu t to he lp create a s t ronger communi ty. We recognize that every communi ty has un ique causes that need support . Thank you for be ing such an important organizat ion in our communi ty. We encourage you to ask your supporters to l ink the i r rewards card to your organizat ion. Communi ty Rewards is easy to use. The more your supporters shop wi th us, the more money your organizat ion wi l l earn! We are commit ted to care fu l ly p rotect ing our customer 's personal in format ion. In o rder to meet the i r expectat ion o f pr ivacy, we have adopted a s imple po l icy to never share a customer 's personal in format ion. Our pr ivacy po l icy appl ies to Communi ty Rewards par t ic ipat ion as wel l . Thank you for be ing such an important organizat ion in our communi ty, Communi ty Rewards Staff

** *This check f rom Kroger wi l l be deposi ted in to our Ring the Be l l Fund. I f you have not l inked your Kroger Card to St . Mark ’s , and wish to do so, p lease see Sandra Warwick .* * Th is program does not cost YOU a th ing.

01-Jun-2019 to 31-Aug-2019

19

Households

$ 153.69

Total Donations

ST. MARK’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH LITURGY SCHEDULE

October 6, 2019 -- December 29, 2019 Your participation in the liturgy is important to all of us. If you are not able to serve on a day when you are scheduled please find your own substitute and communicate the change. Thanks for your service to St. Mark’s. October 6 – 17th Sunday after Pentecost Crucifer - Jerry Walker First Server/Chalice Bearer – Alan McVey Second Server/Chalice Bearer – Gina Griffith Lector Epistle – Ray Shackleford Intercessor – Rebecca Rodak October 13 – 18th Sunday after Pentecost Crucifer – Ron Brown First Server/Chalice Bearer – Rebecca Rodak Second Server/Chalice Bearer – Betty Evans Lector Epistle– Denise Ash Intercessor- Mary Pope October 20 – 19th Sunday after Pentecost Crucifer – Allan McVey First Server/Chalice Bearer – Alan Rezek Second Server/ Chalice Bearer- Gina Griffith Lector Epistle – Kristi Jacobs Intercessor – Mary Pope October 27 – 20th Sunday after Pentecost Crucifer – Rebecca Rodak First Server/Chalice Bearer – Ron Brown Second Server/Chalice Bearer – Alan Rezek Lector Epistle – Betty Evans Intercessor – Bruce Moss

ST. MARK’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH LITURGY SCHEDULE

October 6, 2019 -- December 29, 2019

November 3 – All Saints Day Crucifer – Jerry Walker First Server/Chalice Bearer – Alan Rezek Second Server/Chalice Bearer – Betty Evans Lector Epistle – Sue Bayliss Intercessor – Rebecca Rodak November 10 – 22nd Sunday after Pentecost Crucifer – Ron Brown First Server/Chalice Bearer – Alan McVey Second Server/Chalice Bearer – Gina Griffith Lector Epistle- Ray Shackleford Intercessor –Kristi Jacobs November 17 – 23rd Sunday after Pentecost Crucifer – Alan Rezek First Server/Chalice Bearer – Gina Griffith Second Server/Chalice Bearer – Rebecca Rodak Lector Epistle – Denise Ash Intercessor – Bruce Moss November 24 – Christ the King Crucifer – Allan McVey First Server/Chalice Bearer – Ron Brown Second Server/Chalice Bearer – Rebecca Rodak Lector Epistle – Mary Pope Intercessor – Ray Shackleford

December 1 – First Sunday of Advent Crucifer – Ron Brown First Server/Chalice Bearer – Gina Griffith Second Server/Chalice Bearer – Betty Evans Lector Epistle – Bruce Moss Intercessor – Rebecca Rodak

ST. MARK’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH LITURGY SCHEDULE

October 6, 2019 -- December 29, 2019 December 8 – 2nd Sunday of Advent Crucifer –Alan Rezek First Server/Chalice Bearer – Alan McVey Second Server/Chalice Bearer – Ron Brown Lector Epistle – Ray Shackleford Intercessor – Kristi Jacobs December 15 – 3rd Sunday of Advent Crucifer – Rebecca Rodak First Server/Chalice Bearer – Alan Rezek Second Server/Chalice Bearer – Ron Brown Lector Epistle – Bruce Moss Intercessor – Mary Pope December 22 – 4th Sunday of Advent Crucifer – Allan McVey First Server/ Chalice Bearer – Ron Brown Second Server/Chalice Bearer – Gina Griffith Lector Epistle – Rebecca Rodak Intercessor – Betty Evans December 24 – Christmas Eve Crucifer – Jerry Walker First Server/Chalice Bearer – Rebecca Rodak Second Server/Chalice Bearer – Alan Rezek Lector Epistle – Sue Bayliss Intercessor – Ray Shackleford December 29 – Holy Innocents Crucifer – Ron Brown First Server/Chalice Bearer – Betty Evans Second Server/Chalice Bearer – Gina Griffith Lector Epistle – Mary Pope Intercessor – Bruce Moss