The MessengerGrace-St. Luke’s Episcopal ChurchVolume 61, No. 8 August 2014

What’s Inside? Fr. Joseph's Farewell • Episcopal School Sunday Youth Activities • Athletics • GraceBuilders • Fifth Sunday • Weekend Exodus

Recovery Sunday • Help, Thanks, Wow Retreat • Blessing of the Backpacks Prison Stories • Nursery News and Pastoral Care and More!

Inside This IssueAcolyte Training ........................................................... 4Altar Flowers............................................................. 11Athletics ..................................................................... 8Backpack Blessing ....................................................... 4Bygone Days .............................................................. 8Calendar Highlights .................................................... 12Episcopal School Sunday/Joseph's Last Sunday ............... 4EYC News ................................................................... 8Fifth Sunday/Food Pantry Open House ............................ 4Food Pantry Sunday ..................................................... 9From the Rector .......................................................... 3Godspeed, Sweet Friend ............................................... 6Help, Thanks, Wow Retreat ........................................... 5Looking Towards Sunday ............................................ 11Lay Schedule ............................................................ 11Laymen's Conference ................................................... 4Mama Jim ................................................................... 6Member News ........................................................... 11Memorials and Honoraria ............................................ 11Nursery News ............................................................. 7Outreach Ministries ................................................. 9-10Pastoral Care Corner .................................................... 7Recovery Sunday ......................................................... 5School News ............................................................. 10Weekend Exodus ......................................................... 6

On the cover: What's all the hype about the Episcopal Church? You can order products with this design by going to www.cafe-press.com/EpiscopalHype. All proceeds go to the mission of Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church. To read more, visit www.gracestlukes.org/news/episcopal-hype/.

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Sunday Service Times8 am Holy Eucharist8:45 am Breakfast9:30 am Christian Education (Sept.–May)10:30 am Holy Eucharist5:30 pm Holy EucharistNursery available for all services except the 5:30 pm service.

Office Hours8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday–Friday

StaffThe Rev. Richard Lawson, RectorThe Rev. Gayle McCarty, Associate RectorFr. Joseph Wallace-Williams, Associate RectorChristi Authement, Activities & Athletics Dir.Beulah Brown, SextonBeth Claybrook, Financial AssistantWesley Emerson, Organist/ChoirmasterSharon Campbell, Children's Education DirectorConnie Johns, Membership & NewcomersEva Loftin, Assistant Nursery DirectorChapman Morrow, Parish Development OfficerLucy Owens, Communications DirectorHarriet Roberts, Adult Education DirectorDebbie Smith, Music AssociateLinda Stine, Finance & AdministrationMary Margaret Winn, Youth Minister

2014 Vestry Grant Adams, Antoinette Cheney, Juan Fuentes, Edith Heller, Sidney Hickey, Allison King, Hal Medling, Donna Sanders, Cynthia Saatkamp, King Self, Josh Shipley, Bruce Williams, Betsy Wilson, Ken Woodmansee and Hal Wright.

Vestry and Executive Committee The vestry meets the third Tuesday of each month in Trezevant Hall. The Executive Committee meets the Friday before vestry at 7:45 am in the Peete Conference Room. These meetings are open to the parish. Vestry members are also available to convey matters of importance from parishioners to the vestry. Watch your eNews and eMessenger for the links to the vestry minutes. To be added to the eNews/eMessenger distribution lists, contact Lucy Owens, lucy@gracestlukes.org. Vestry email: vestry@gracestlukes.org

Messenger DeadlineThe deadline for the September issue of The Messenger is 9 am, August 15! Contact Lucy at 272-7425 or lucy@gracestlukes.org with any questions.

Support Groups at GSLMeeting from 12:20–12:40

AA meetings: Tuesdays, 6:30 pm

Narcotics Anonymous: Sundays, 8 pm

Al Anon: Thursdays, 10:30 am

Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous: Mondays & Thursdays, 8 pm

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From the Rector: August

August is one of my favorite months, in part because it is simultaneously an end and a beginning. For my schedule at GSL, August feels like the end of summer: relaxed, no Sunday School, hot, and yet the richness of the program year and school chapel are just around the corner.

I also love August because of one single memory from my college years. I was back home on my dad’s farm on Sand Mountain in North Alabama. It was so hot, but suddenly and out of nowhere a cool breeze passed over the mountain. It came and went in an instant, but it was a definite nod toward fall. Cooler weather was weeks

away, but the breeze was a promise that change would eventually come. I associate this wonderful memory with Jesus’ description of the Holy Spirit in the old language of John 3:8: “The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.”

For August, there are several important dates for the parish and community to gather. On August 17, we will have Episcopal School Sunday and the Blessing of the Backpacks at the 10:30 am Eucharist. All school aged children are invited to bring backpacks to be blessed. This Sunday will be Father Joseph’s last as one of our priests, which is a fitting end because he has served the parish, the school, and our children with such grace and obvious affection. The Fellowship Committee will also host a reception in Joseph’s honor following the 10:30 AM liturgy.

August 24 is Recovery Sunday at GSL. For decades, GSL Parish has hosted a variety of recovery groups. Lucy Owens, our director of communications, oversees these groups at GSL and is a phone call or email away for anyone seeking more information about recovery from addiction. For Recovery Sunday, we will welcome the Rev. Dr. Johanna Seibert as a guest preacher. Johanna is a noted author, deacon, and a professor of radiology and pediatrics. During the special Rector’s Forum on August 24, Dr. Seibert will be joined by Shannon Tucker, president of the national Episcopal Recovery Ministries and co-chair of our Diocesan Recovery Commission.

August is also a very interesting month on the liturgical calendar. August 15, for example, is the Feast of Saint Mary the Virgin, a significant day especially for a parish such as ours that regularly reflects upon Mary, in large part because of the stained glass windows in the nave devoted to her. Sam Portaro writes of Mary in Brightest and Best: A Companion to the Lesser Feasts and Fasts,

The primary images of our human relationship one to another and of our relationship to God are not images of husband and wife, nor even of father and son, for these relationships are known only to some of us. The inclusive and archetypal image of mother and child affirms our common humanity and, in this particular birth, affirms our common inheritance. The fact that that child happens to be male does not represent male hierarchy or superiority; it represents gender symmetry. Arguments over which is greater—mother or son, male or female—are as inconsequential as the argument of whether the egg precedes the chicken; madonna and child, like chicken and egg, are inseparable.

The Reverend Richard Lawson

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A Southern Sendoff and Episcopal School Sunday

August 17 is a Sunday NOT to be missed! Please join us for A South-ern Sendoff for Fr. Joseph and Episcopal School Sunday—all wrapped in one. Fr. Joseph has made such a huge impact on our church and our school, and the Fellowship Committee wants him to know how very much he is loved. And how much we will all miss him. Plus we’ve got wonderful GSL teachers to appreciate and backpacks to bless for the coming school year. Our Southern Sendoff will be a tribute to Foodie Fr. Joseph with lots of his favorites from bayou biscuits and blue cheese to rainbow cake and banana pudding. Bring your appetite and lots of good farewell wishes!

Food Pantry Fifth Sunday

August 31 is our famous BLT Sunday—this time with a new twist! We’re also celebrating our wonderful Food Pantry ministry. Our regular admission for Fifth Sunday is $7 for adults and $3 for children with a $20 family max. This time, the price of admission will be canned goods for stocking the Food Pantry shelves. If you’re a family of four, bring $20 worth of contributions for our shelves. You get the idea! We’re especially in need of canned soups, veggies, tuna and fruit. We also need toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap and toilet paper. So next time you go to the grocery store, keep Fifth Sunday and the Food Pantry in mind. If you forget your non-perishables, we’ll also take monetary donations. We’ll be giving tours of the Food Pantry during the meal, and there will be some hands-on opportunities for our younger parishioners to help organize things in the pantry. And who can pass up crispy bacon and homemade mayonnaise? Hope to see you then!

Blessing of the Backpacks

I would like to extend a special invi-tation to all of you and your families to attend Grace-St. Luke’s very fun Blessing of the Backpacks on Sunday, Aug. 17—which just happens to be Episcopal School Sunday. Every proud owner of a backpack is invited to bring it to the 10:30 am service,

where Father Richard will bestow a special blessing on each one, as a good wish for a happy and successful school year. Each blessed backpack will receive a tag as a memento, too! And, should you—say—be enrolled in a PhD program, Father Richard will bless your laptop case too!

Our littlest friends and their big brothers and sisters of all ages are welcome to attend! Hope to see you there!

www.gracestlukes.org/events/blessing-of-the-backpacks/

Episcopal Laymen's Conference

Join Episcopal men from all across Tennessee for the 68th Conference of the Episcopal Churchmen of Tennessee which will be held Aug. 15-17. For more information and registration, please visit the Laymen’s website: www.episcopalchurchmen.net/.

WANT TO ACOLYTE?TRAINING & REFRESHER

A training session for new acolytes will be held Sunday, Aug. 24, following the 10:30 am service. The acolyte ministry is open to students in 4th grade and above. At the training, you will receive a manual as well as instruction about how to serve. All new acolytes are expected to attend and current acolytes who seek a refresher training are welcome, too. Acolyting is a great way to learn about the church, to serve at God’s altar, and is an interesting way to learn more about what happens in the Eucharist. Our session should last about thirty minutes. For more information, please contact Grant Adams, acolyte warden, at grant_tcb_adams@hotmail.com or 527-0083, or Fr. Richard at richard@gracestlukes.org or 272-7425, ext. 18.

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Recovery SundayGuest Preacher & Special Rector's Forum, August 24

With the Rev. Dr. Joanna Seibert-Guest Preacher (8 & 10:30 am)

Rector’s Forum (9:30-10 :15) "Recovery and

Spirituality: The Call of the Psalms" with the Rev. Dr. Joanna Seibert and Shannon Tucker

Recovery Sunday is a celebration of the deliverance by God’s grace of persons who have been imprisoned by a punishing and bewildering illness. The cost of this disease to our society and our Church, is monumental. It breaks the hearts of those who love the one who is addicted. It wounds the Body of Christ. Please join us Sunday, August 24, and invite your friends and loved ones who are in recovery, and those who have not yet found this way of life, to join you this day to celebrate and to hear this life saving message.

Rector’s Forum: Recovery and Spirituality: The Call of the Psalms Joanna will read stories from her book, Call of the Psalms, a spiritual journal for people in recovery. Shannon and Joanna will discuss how the psalms fit in with our everyday lives—how they help us in times of trouble, give us strength and courage, and offer us a way to give thanks to God.

Dr. Joanna Seibert is a professor of radiology and pediatrics at Arkansas Children’s Hospital and the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences and has been an ordained deacon in the Episcopal Diocese of Arkansas for fourteen years. She is the author of several books including, The Call of the Psalms, a spiritual companion for busy people and The Call of the Psalms, a spiritual companion for people in recovery, most recently Taste and See, Experiences of God's Goodness Through Stories, Poems, and Food As Seen by a Mother and Daughter (all available from Temenos Publishing) and Healing Presence (with a preface by Keith Miller and a forward by Phyllis Tickle).

Shannon Tucker lives in Memphis. He has been active on the local recovery commission since 2004. On the national level, he joined the Recovery Ministries board in 2008 and served as the Gathering chair in 2010 when it was held in Memphis. He is currently the president of Recovery Ministries.

For information about Recovery Ministries, visit www.episcopalrecovery.org or contact board member, Shannon Tucker, 281-0785 or shannon.tucker@gmail.com.

For more information about our local commission, contact: Lucy Owens, 272-7425, lucy@gracestlukes.org, or Shannon Tucker, 281-0785, shannon.tucker@gmail.com.

Anne Lamont's Help, Thanks, Wow11th Step RetreatAugust 23, 9:30 am

Facilitated by the Rev. Dr. Joanna Seibert, followed by a brief Healing Service and Lunch

Join us for what promises to be a spiritually uplifting morning based on Anne Lamott's Help, Thanks, Wow. The purpose of Step 11 is to use prayer and meditation to improve our conscience contact with God. To help us in fulfilling that purpose, specific quotes from Lamott’s book will be used to lead into discussion, stories, prayer, and meditation. We will also be treated to lovely harp music by our facilitator, Joanna Seibert.

Sponsored by WTN Episcopal Recovery Commission andGrace-St. Luke’s Episcopal ChurchFree and open to the public

Please let us know if you will be attending to help in planning for lunch and the number of handouts to have available. To make reservations, contact Lucy Owens, 272-7425, or lucy@gracestlukes.org.

Recovery Repertory Theater

“Our Place”Sat., Sept. 6

3:00 pmMcClure Hall

This year’s show, entitled “Our Place,” is a musical comedy recovery play centered around a recovery center that has alot of different 12 step groups that meet there. Because of unforseen circumstances, they all have to meet at the excact same time and in the same room. At first they look askance at each other and bad mouth the others. As time rocks on, they eventually find out they havemore in common than they have differences!

We will end the evening with a “coffee and cookie” reception in Trezevant Hall to honor the cast and allow the audience to interact and meet the stars of the evening.

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Wondrous.

Hour 1 starts the fun…and Hour 2 is double-cheese-burgers for all and single malt for a few. Hour 4 is four square, four to a flush, forty four billion stars and more…and Hour 5 might just be karaoke live.

Hour 14 is cheese grits and sausage gravy…and Hour 15 is the paddle board navy. Hour 16 is a zip line down from the highest rope course you’ve ever seen…and Hour 20 is walking and talking, swimming and diving, fishing and wishing, playing and praying, and everything in-between.

Hour 25 is a mess of catfish and chicken fried with all the fixins on the side…and Hour 26 is crackling logs on fire and melting smores on sticks. Hour 27 is raising a ruckus and voices to heaven…and Hour 28 might just be dancing and staying up late.

Hour 36 is the sun on the water for the lakeside Eu-charist and the smiles on faces for eggs, bacon and biscuits. Hour 38 is in the pool, in the woods or out on the lake for whatever you want because it’s not too late. Hour 40 we wave goodbye to all that’s here, and start looking forward to next year.

40 Hours at Bratton-Green

For more info & to sign up for Weekend Exodus (Sept 19-21), go to

www.gracestlukes.org/events/parish-weekend/.

Godspeed, sweet friendby Harriet Roberts

Life is short, and we do not have much time to gladden the hearts of those who travel with us. So, be quick to love, and make haste to be kind and always forgiving. The blessings of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit be upon you now and always. Amen.

I have been attending the Episcopal Church my entire life. First at Trinity Episcopal Church in Concord, Massachusetts; then St. Andrew’s Cathedral in Jackson, Mississippi; then Chapel of the Cross in Madison, Mississippi; then Holy Communion in Memphis, Tennessee; and now Grace-St. Luke’s Church in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Mama Jim by Chapman Morrow

I had the good fortune as a small child to know and spend a great deal of time with my great-grandmother, Jim Tom Hyde Chapman. Yes, her Uncle Jim and Uncle Tom happened to have been visiting her mother just before she was born, hence the name. She had a brother named Harry Hyde. Some of

us thought it a bit of a blessing that he was spared years of mockery by dying young. But I digress.

When I was little, our family would gather at the Chapman house at noon every weekday for lunch (or dinner, as we called it). My father would come in from the field and join my mother, my grandmother, my great-grandmother (Mama Jim), and me at the kitchen table for meals that make my mouth water to this day. Ham, fried chicken, rice and gravy, cornbread, freshly shelled peas, and small, apricot fried pies that I have yet to duplicate.

Before every (and I do mean every) meal, Mama Jim would say the blessing. On one particular day, I must have been a bit difficult be-cause Mama Jim felt it necessary to add to the end of her blessing, “And Lord, please help Chapman to be a better little girl.” Being about three years old, I did not take the implied criticism well. Mama Jim had no sooner said amen than I piped up with, “Mama Jim, from now on, you can just leave me out of your blessings.” My mother (who was horrified) says that Mama Jim shook with repressed laughter.

What are we leaving out of our blessings? In the coming months, we’ll be talking more about taking care of the people and places that are nearest and dearest to our hearts. In the meantime, I’ll be keeping Mama Jim and Grace-St. Luke’s Church in mine.

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NurseryNews

Nursery Update from Sharon Campbell, Director of Children’s Education

The Nursery at Grace-St. Luke’s has been blessed with the kind of challenge that church nurseries dream of: Where shall we put ALL THESE WONDERFUL KIDDIEWINKS?!

To better meet the needs of our parish families who use childcare on Sundays and during the week, we are using these summer days to make another round of improvements to the Nursery. Here is a brief update on those efforts:

1. We have very happily added a third room back into usable children’s space. The small kitchen room (formerly Sharon’s office) is now converted into our new Infant Nursery for our very teeny-tiniest parishioners. This lovely space is a

calm, quiet spot for newborns and babies who are not yet walking.

2. The larger, L-shaped room is our much-loved Toddler Nursery, designed for our more active little ones who are walking. This will be their nursery until they are ready to leave diapers behind.

3. The corner room is our Big Kid Nursery for official, card-carrying Big Girls and Big Boys. These are our older toddlers who are actively potty training and need access to the restroom (no diaper changing here, folks!) as well as children who are in preschool through kindergarten.

The Nursery staff and I understand it can be a daunting task to leave your child in the care of others, and we are here to help with that. As director, is my privilege to ensure you, as a parent, are confident in the service offered by our nursery, and that your child has a positive experience in our care. I welcome your feedback, so please share with me any suggestions or concerns you may have. We look forward to seeing you and your child soon!

Pastoral CareCornerPastoral Care by the Numbers

by Amanda McGriff, Lay Co-Coordinator

I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. –John 13:34-35

How we care for one another is one of the most telling ways in which we live out our discipleship and demonstrate our love for one another. At Grace-St. Luke’s, there are currently 41 lay members of Pastoral Care, dedicated to being the physical manifestation of God’s love to the members and loved ones of this parish. Since January of this year, these PC team members and clergy have made over 1,000 holy touches on behalf of the GSL community, including:

14 Eucharistic Visits – sending Licensed Eucharistic Visitors out from the altar during regular services to share communion with those not able to attend church

559 Phone Calls and Emails – everything from checking in about doc-tor’s test results to letting someone know that they are being thought of and prayed for before a job interview

172 Home and Hospital Visits – visiting those in need during illness or times of sorrow, providing listening and respite ministries for caregivers, prayer and anointing by clergy

54 Flower Deliveries – congratulating a parishioner on a move, remind-ing a nursing home resident that they are still a part of their church community

73 Meal Deliveries – providing meals to new parents and to those going through a family or health crisis

241 Notes and Cards – celebrating new babies and retirements, thanking those who serve the parish with their time and talents, sending get well wishes and condolence messages

The numbers above are in addition to the many holy touches made by Gayle+, the clergy primarily responsible for pastoral care of our parish, and by Richard+ and Father Joseph that are not reported in the Pasto-ral Care system to maintain confidentiality when it is requested. And they do not include the countless holy touches made every day by GSL parishioners who are not “officially” involved in Pastoral Care, but who are simply living into God’s call of care for one another.

Blessed are you because you need us;because you make us worthwhile,because you give us people to loveand work to dofor your universe, for your world and for ourselves.” - A New Zealand Prayer

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NEWS OF BYGONE DaYS50 years ago (1964): Two GSL teams, the Pee Wees in the Barth League, coached by Lawrence Busby, IV, and the Seniors, coached by Judge Morgan Fowler, were named champions of the Episcopal League and handsome trophies awarded to them.25 years ago (1989): Cub Scout Pack 34 plans to start Tiger Cubs, a preliminary scouting experience for 1st grade boys, this fall. Needed is a parent to be the Tiger Cub organizer. This group meets once a month and Cub Master Miriam Handorf is willing to offer lots of assistance.

Congratulations to Katie Ayres! Katie has been awarded the Episcopal Church Women of West Tennessee college scholarship. Each year the scholarship is given to two or three individuals who excel academi-cally and are heavily involved in the life of the church. For more information and to check out Katie’s blurb, go to www.ecwwtn.org/scholarshipwinners2014.html.

Tuesday, Aug. 5: Final EYC lunch of the summer! Come on out to Stone Soup Café for good food and fellowship. Bring $5 and your appetite!

Saturday, Aug. 23: EYC volunteer day at GraceBuilders! Join with fellow parishioners in remodeling a home in Raleigh as part of GSL outreach. This will be a painting day, so make sure to wear clothes that can get messy. If you would like to participate, please contact Mary Margaret for a release form and return by Friday, Aug. 22.

EYC Newsand Events

Church Athletics

What to Expect: Fall SoccerTOP 10 CHECK LIST

1) TEAM ASSIGNMENTS are made according to an individual’s school grade and ability, with an effort to make teams as even as possible.2) By tradition, recreational league coaches are VOLUNTEER PARENT COACHES. We make every effort to equip coaches with knowledge and assistance in order to provide quality coaching. 3) PRACTICES may begin the week of Aug. 5 and are most often held at the GSL field. Your coach will contact you immediately upon receiving their team roster. Coaches generally have one to two practices per week. Please contact Athletic Director, Christi Authement if you have not heard from your coach by Aug. 12. 4) The SEASON BEGINS Sept. 5 for (JK/SK) and Sept. 6 for 1st-4th grades. JK/SK games are on Fri. nights and 1st-4th grade games are on Saturday mornings or afternoons. The season will end November 1. Game schedules will be ready by the end of August.

Sunday, Aug. 24: SUMMA- A Theological Debate Camp will be doing a presentation for all high school students interested in the weeklong summer program. Located on The School of Theology campus in Sewanee, TN, “SUMMA aims to give high school students (entering grades 9-12) tools for thinking, in-depth knowledge of the Christian theological tradition, and skill in public speaking and debate. Students are offered cutting-edge engagement with topics in fields such as religion and science, social ethics, and interfaith relations. We balance study and debate with fun.” Presentation time TBA.

Friday, Aug. 29–Sunday, Aug. 31: Happening at GSL! “Happening is a Christian experience presented by youth for youth with the help of clergy and lay adult leadership. This experience seeks to achieve the purpose of bringing young persons and adults to a fuller personal knowledge of and relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ and to a deeper level of commitment and apostleship.” Open to any baptized Christian youth in grades 10-12 and adults involved in youth ministry. Since GSL is hosting the weekend, it would be great to have our youth participate in this great experience. The application can be found on the Diocesan website (http://www.episwtn.org/ministries--outreach/youth-programs/) and the deadline is Sunday, Aug. 10.

5) TEAM PICTURES are Sunday, Sept. 14, at the GSL field. Times TBA. Pictures will be distributed by the coaches at the end of the season. 6) SOCCER UNIFORMS are provided by GSL (jersey and shorts). Players will provide their own red soccer socks. The uniforms will be distributed by the coaches and we will do our best to get uniforms to you as early as possible. 7) GSL RECYCLES UNIFORMS each year to keep the replacement costs low. Please return your uniform to your coach at the end of the season. Your coach will return to the Athletic Director. 8) TROPHIES will be provided by GSL. The coaches will distribute the trophies at the end of the season.9) Many teams have an End of Year Party which is organized by the parents. This is a great opportunity for coaches to give out pictures, trophies and collect all uniforms.10) BASKETBALL REGISTRATION is Sept. 1-30. Registration is a first-come first-served basis and does fill-up quickly! Mandatory Basketball Assessment Days (GSL Gym), Oct. 25 & 26. Times TBA.

Please visit at our GSL website under youth and sports for current information! www.gracestlukes.org If you have any questions please contact Christi Authement at 825-7353, 272-7425 ext. 20 or e-mail to christi@gracestlukes.org.

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Unconditional Sweat

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The Grace-St. Luke's GraceBuilders Need Your Help.

Join us for some "Unconditional Sweat" on two upcoming weekends in August. You'll be glad you did. Those who have been participating have enjoyed the camaraderie and being of service to others.

CONSTRUCTION – August 8 & 9We’ll put up a fence on three sides of the property and build a deck (all on posts installed in advance by the contractor). We’ll install gates on the east and west sides. Crew Chief is Jim McCall. Friday & Saturday, 9 am-noon AND noon-3 pm. Additional needs: nail guns/compressors, hammers and work gloves.

PAINTING – August 22 & 23We’ll scrape, caulk, putty, prime, and paint the inside of the house. If we can get enough hands, we’ll also pressure wash, prep, and paint the exterior of the house. We really need you here! Crew Chief is Lance Martin.Friday & Saturday, 9 am-noon AND noon-3 pm.

SIGN UP in Trezevant after the 10:30 service Sunday or email Edith Heller: gracebuilders@gracestlukes.org. Read the GraceBuilders story on the website for more info: www.gracestlukes.org/news/our-first-gracebuilders-house/.

FOOD paNtrY FactS BY JuaN FuENtES

In June, we spent 19 hours distributing food, and in Food Bank pick-ups. This does not include the hours spent by volunteer packers. We served 87 households which included 112 adults, 154 children, and 8 seniors.

The need to feed is ongoing. You can help! To volunteer, call Happy Jones at 276-2136 or email happyfred@comcast.net. Or, you can share your blessings on Food Pantry Sun-day, August 31, by placing donated items in the basket in front of the baptismal font at the chancel steps. Come to the Food Pantry Open House after each service on August 31 to learn more about this ministry!

“Hunger is not a problem. It is an obscenity. How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”- Anne Frank, Holocaust Victim

Outreach Grant Cycle Now Open

Applications for grants are being accepted until September 30, 2014. Applications are available on the church's website at www.gracestlukes.org/reaching-out/community-funding. For more information, contact the Rev. Gayle McCarty at gayle@gracestlukes.org.

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School starts August 12, and we are looking forward to another wonderful year at GSL. The summer here has been busy and productive. Most of our energy has been focused on construction at Miss Lee’s, as we had to work very quickly to convert existing space to a ninth classroom to support our growing Preschool enrollment. This is a good problem to have!

Also this summer, we repainted kindergarten bathrooms in the Lower School and added some new classroom furniture where it was needed in Middle School. We straightened and organized, scrubbed surfaces and buffed floors, and did all the usual “summer cleaning” that must occur before our students come back to school. The break always goes by so fast!

We wrapped up another fantastic Summer Fest camp season as well, and I want to thank everyone who enrolled their children in any of our fun offerings this summer. Your support makes this important community endeavor a success.

We are looking forward to having everyone back on campus full-time, although it will certainly be bittersweet as we prepare to say goodbye to Father Joseph. We are so grateful for the time we’ve had together. His enthusiasm and love for the students of our school was genuine and seemingly boundless, and it is hard to imagine our chapel services this year without him. Father Joseph told us something very important when he started here: A child is not a vessel to be filled, but a lamp to be lit. And I don’t think any of us will ever forget how he gently reminded us every week that we are all loved by God. We appreciate his ministry to us! It goes without saying that he will be dearly, dearly missed.

Aug. 11: New Student Orientation Sessions & Spirit Wear Sale Aug. 12: First Day of School for SK-Grade 8 (noon dismissal) &

Preschool Classroom VisitsAug. 13: First Day of School for Little Lukers, Pre-Kindergarten, &

Junior Kindergarten Aug. 17: Episcopal School Sunday at GSL Church

School NewsBy Thor Kvande

Seventh grade students from Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal School earned service hours for the upcoming school year by baking cookies to give away and by serving as volunteers at the Sno-Kone machine during the annual Central Gardens July 4th Parade.

GSL Presents Prison Stories IX

by Betsy Black, Outreach Committee Liaison

Grace-St. Luke's is proud to be the spon-sor of the Prison Stories Project. Reverend

Elaine Blanchard, noted writer, story teller, actor, and teacher is the program director. "Prison Stories" is a performance piece drawn from the writings of incarcerated women in the Shelby County Correctional Center. Their true stories provide the viewers with a powerful op-portunity to glimpse the circumstances and emotions that make up these women's lives.

Three performances are offered at TheatreSouth located at 1000 South Cooper in the basement of First Congregational Church.

Friday & Saturday, August 22 & 23 at 8 pm

AND Sunday, August 24, at 4 pm

Reservations can be made by calling Voices of the South at 725-0800. Or you can connect with an EventBrite page when it is uploaded 2 weeks prior to the performance. Suggested donation is $20.00. This is a wonderful ministry and the performances are very moving. Please mark your calendar and support this terrific program. For more info, please contact me at betsybmphs@yahoo.com.

Holy Baptism Scheduled

Baptism is the entry point for The Episcopal Church for adults, children and infants. If you have not been baptized or would like to schedule a baptism, we are happy to make arrangements for you. The next dates for baptism will be: • August 17 • All Saints’ Sunday, November 2. For more information and to schedule a baptism, contact Connie Johns, 272-7425, ext. 22, or connie@gracestlukes.org.

Altar Gifts are offered in Loving Memory of

August 3 Open (If you would like to give flowers in honor or memory of a loved one on this day, contact Lucy in the church office.)

August 10 William K. PearsonAugust 17 Maude Van Fossen, Thomas Van Fossen, Margaret Van

Fossen, Edith Van Fossen, Marshall Van Fossen, Leonard V. Rogers, Mary Ailene Rogers, and Mamie Rogers Young

August 24 Lynn R. Strickland, Grace Ford Waring, Roane Waring, Mollie Strange Ford, Harriet Ford Berry, Grace Waring Hughey, Mary Elizabeth Waring Stone, Elisabeth B. Fauntleroy

August 31 Howard Emory Wilson, Nellie Pelter Wilson, Howard Emory Wilson, Jr., William Fitzhugh Murrah, Corinne Falls Murrah, Stewart Bethune Warren, John Fitzmaurice, John J. Wood, Linelle W. Wood, Mary Fitzmaurice, William Fitzhugh Murrah, Jr., and Paul P. Wilson

Memorials& Honoraria

Given in Memory of Clary Lunsford from Rex & Johnnie Amonette the staff of Memphis

Dermatology Clinic, John Ryder, Betsy & Preston Wilson, David & Suzanne Blair, Eugene & Carol Katz, and Tom & Mary Ann Caplinger

Given in Honor of Jimpsie and Warren Ayres from Jim & Emelia Smith Tom and Susan Stephenson from Jim & Emelia Smith

MembershipNews

Faithful Departed Cornelia B. Wallace, died June 27, 2014, burial liturgy July 3, 2014New Member Jenay Gipson

The Messenger | August 2014 | 11

Looking Towards Sunday ~ August

Revised Common LectionaryTrack 1 Year A

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost: August 3Genesis 32:22-31 • Psalm 17: 1-7, 16Romans 9:1-5 • Matthew 14:13-21

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost: August 10Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 • Psalm 105, 1-6, 16-22, 45bRomans 10:5-15 • Matthew 14:22-33

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost: August 17Genesis 45:1-15 • Psalm 133Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32 • Matthew 15:21-28

Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost: August 24Exodus 1:8-2:10 • Psalm 124Romans 12:1-8 • Matthew 16:13-20

Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost: August 31Exodus 3:1-15 • Psalm 105:1-6, 23-26, 45cRomans 12:9-21 • Matthew 16:21-28

gracestlukes.org/spirituality-and-worship/preparing-for-sunday/

August Lay Schedule

The August lay schedule can be found online at www.gracestlukes.org/weeklyteams/.

A Gift for Father JosephFather Joseph’s last Sunday with us will be Aug. 17. The congregation of Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church has a wonderful and generous tradition of gifting departing clergy with a ‘Purse of Thanks’ to assist them as they continue on their journey.

We will present a check to Joseph at a reception in his honor after the 10:30 a.m. service. If you would like your contribution to be a part of this gift, we need to receive your check by Wednesday, Aug. 6. Please make your check payable to ‘Grace-St. Luke’s Church’ and note on the check that it is for Joseph’s gift. Since this donations will benefit Joseph personally they are not tax deductible.

Any contributions received after Aug. 6 will be sent to Joseph in an additional check.

Calendar Highlights

Aug. 3 & 6: Church Proper MeetingAug. 12: Finance MeetingAug. 13: Fellowship MeetingAug. 15: Executive MeetingAug. 19: VestryAug. 15-17: DuBose Men's Conf.Aug. 17: ESS, Joseph's Last SundayAug. 23: Help, Thanks, Wow RetreatAug. 24: Recovery SundayAug. 29-31: Happening @ GSLSept. 1: Church Office ClosedSept. 6: Recovery Repertory TheaterSept. 7: Sunday School Kick-off Youth Confirmation Begins Children's Choirs Begin EYC Kick-offSept. 10: EYC Biscuits & Bible Begins Chancel Choir BeginsSept. 19-21: Weekend ExodusSept. 21: No Christian Ed. Classes

August Calendar: gracestlukes.org/uploads/files/august2014calendar.pdfMaster Calendar: www.gracestlukes.org/events/. (The Master Calendar icon is on the left.)

Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church1720 Peabody AvenueMemphis, Tennessee 38104-6124901-272-7425, 901-272-9833 (fax)gsl@gracestlukes.org, www.gracestlukes.org

The Messenger of Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church (USPS 778-900)-pub-lished monthly by Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 1720 Peabody Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38104. Periodicals postage paid at Mem-phis, TN. POSTMASTER: send address changes to Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 1720 Peabody Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104, (901) 272-7425, email gsl@gracestlukes.org. Lucy Owens, Editor.

Change inOffice Hours

8 am–4 pm

Beginning August 11, Grace-St. Luke's Church will change office hours from 8:30-4:30 to 8-4.

The reason for this change is: GSL School has chapel/celebration 4 days a week in the church. In addi-tion to the children, we have many parent and grandparent guests in our building but no one in the church office at that time. The outside door is locked, with no one to let them in.

In order to be more hospitable to our guests and visitors, we are making this change. We have very few people who come to the office from 4-4:30 in the afternoon. We believe this is a change that will be beneficial to all, church and school alike.