“HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT”
I want to share something with you that has the ability to truly
change your life, and it’s totally grounded in the story of Jesus. But
even though it is totally biblical, and therefore “hiding in plain sight,” we
miss it.
There are two accounts of Jesus ascending into heaven. Matthew’s
is about sending and going. We will read it on June 11th, “Go therefore
and make disciples, etc.” Luke’s is about staying, “Stay here in the city
until you have been clothed with power from on high.”
Luke’s account gives us a glimpse into this interesting little period of
time between Christ’s farewell, and the coming of the Spirit at
Pentecost. The Spirit is meant to come to empower and enable them to
go, but they have to wait for it.
It is all too easy to ignore that period (or perhaps comma?!)
between what we feel we should do, and our going forth. My preaching
professor divided sermon preparation in the same way. There are two
phases: finding something to say, and then figuring out how to say it.
The more space between the two, the better. Why? Because it gives
the Holy Spirit time to enable and enrich what can be said.
Impatience often overtakes us. We catch sight of an idea or a task,
and off we go. But what if we observed a break there? What if we let
the idea or insight sit—even if it seems fully formed already?
This little practice gives us a moment to be mindful of the many
influences that have brought us to this point. I remember hearing about
this practice being used by surgery teams, just a little pause before the
operation to ensure that all is in order.
In your devotional life, you might try it by offering your prayers for
the first space of time, and then remaining in attentive silence in the
second. In this way, we adopt a posture of submission, recognizing that
we may not have all that we need just yet. God may wish to say
something in that silence.
We so often want to manage the changes in our lives (as if we can!)
But the limits of our control always return us to the simple message of
our dependency on God, and the need to trust. Observing a little
pause, to wait upon the Spirit, to wait to be empowered, will pay off in
ways large and small. It certainly did for the first disciples!
Sunday Worship at 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Adult Ed at 9:30 a.m. - Coffee Hour following 10:30 worship
Morning Prayer is read Monday-Friday at 8:30 a.m. in the Chapel.
Healing Service - June 4 Held the first Sunday of the month following 10:30 a.m. worship.
JUNE 2017
Volume 32 – Number 6
Choral Evensong
Sunday, June 4
5:00 p.m.
see page 4 for more details
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Photos Wanted
Did you attend the Depression Era
Soup Kitchen on May 7?
Perhaps you took some photos?
If so, we would love to have a few to
add to the archives & to our website.
Please email photos you would like to share to Lynn in
the Parish Office, [email protected].
Summer Enrichment
Wednesday & Thursday, June 28 & 29
Christ Church Volunteers needed to fill slots:
11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. & 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
at Trinity United Methodist on Mountain Ave.
Contact Laura Harden, [email protected].
CONGRATULATIONS TO . . .
CLASS of 2017 Know someone who is graduating this year?
We want to recognize them in our July issue.
Please send your graduate's: full name * school name *
degree earned * future plans (college, job, etc.) * and a
photo, to Lynn, [email protected].
Dotsy Clifton
This year’s recipient of the Spring Luncheon award
Dotsy is a former Planned Parenthood Board member,
longtime volunteer, and incredible advocate for
Planned Parenthood nationally and in the Roanoke
Valley.
L KING AHEAD
July 16th - 21st
Youth Summer
Mission Trip
NOTICE:
The Kroger Bucks
website (Kroger.com)
is working! For printed
instructions, please
visit our table in the
Parish Hall. If you
need assistance in
signing up, stop by on
Sunday mornings
during coffee hour and
we’ll be happy to help
you.
Patricia Cope-Levy ([email protected])
Coordinator of Christian Formation
Our Summer mission to MYM will be a time to work on our relationships with each other,
and make new friends with other churches, as we all work to be the hands of Christ
during a week of service, reflection, and Fun.
This year’s MYM Theme, Creating Space
“Whoever Welcomes you, Welcomes me” (Matthew 10:40a).
UPCOMING EVENTS IN PREPARATION FOR OUR TRIP
In late June or early July
Family devotion dinner – Date TBA
We will meet for a meal to talk about trip details, complete any needed paper work,
and spend some time reflecting on ideas we will encounter during our week away.
You will receive a survey in the summer to find a day and time that works best for
everyone.
In late June or early July
Youth/trip leaders shopping trip for welcome home gift.
MYM asks that groups bring a welcome home gift basket for a homeless family who
is moving into a new home. We will use some of the homeless fund that the youth
created in 2015 to go shopping as a group in Roanoke and buy these items for the
family. You will also receive a survey this summer for this event to determine a day
and time that works best for everyone.
For questions, please call Patricia Cope-Levy, 540-343-0159,
or email Patricia at [email protected].
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Property Report
It’s been a quiet week on Washington Avenue, and
we should all bask in the novel pleasures of being
crisis free. The nave leaks remain sealed; termites
attempted a comeback but were quickly dispatched;
Ron’s dealing with the few minor glitches inevitable in
a project the size and complexity of the nave lighting
replacement and upgrade; and the vandalized window
has been fixed.
Ron does have a number of small and relatively simple
fix-up/paint-up projects for which volunteers are
needed. Contact him for the list and take your pick;
bring a friend or two and make it an event.
On the less sunny side, the building isn’t getting
younger so the vestry is working on ways to identify
and pay for the larger repairs, renovations, and
additions needed to maintain and expand our use of
the building.
Financial Report Dorry McCorkle, Assistant Treasurer
At the end of April, pledges and contributions totaled
$154,158, $14,961 higher than anticipated at the
time of budgeting. Other income was $10,526, which
is also higher than expected.
Expenses through the same time period were
$158,753, which is running as predicted, though the
spending on building maintenance has been higher
than budgeted due to work on long-delayed projects.
If giving and spending continue as now projected,
the parish will end up with a deficit of $18,587 for the
year, which is far less than the original deficit of
$54,536.
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Sunday, May 21
Our Bishop, The Right Reverend Mark A. Bourlakas, visited Christ Church and was our
guest at a reception following the 10:30 a.m. service where we celebrated our new
confirmands and our newest baptized member.
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Centennial Celebration . . . Come Celebrate with Us! Our celebration continues through the summer months with our annual Choral Evensong, a very
special Homecoming Luncheon and a Parish Outing. We continue to search the archives for
pieces of Christ Church history many of which will be on display at upcoming events.
We do hope you’ll plan to join us for events in the coming months.
A huge tip of the halo to Chuck Reedy, who while on a search for documents related to the construction of
the building for financial reporting, uncovered several historical items. As he dug through the dust-covered boxes stored in the church attic, Chuck’s discoveries
included the original handwritten sermon from the laying of the cornerstone service in 1917. The sermon was
written and delivered by the then serving Bishop, The Rt. Revd Beverly D. Tucker, grandfather of
Christ Church’s own Gay Eure.
In addition to Bishop Tucker’s handwritten sermon, Chuck also discovered newspaper clippings of the 1917
Cornerstone Laying service and the Leaflet from that historical day. Historical items, including those that
Chuck uncovered, will be on display at the Homecoming Luncheon on Sunday, July 30.
Chuck Reedy holds a woodcut of Christ Church used in the 1980’s on the
annual Parish Report.
CHORAL EVENSONG
according to the Book of Common Prayer 1892
The Day of Pentecost and the 125th Anniversary
of the Founding of Christ Episcopal Church
Sunday, June 4, 2017
5:00 p.m.
The Christ Church Parish Choir Thomas Baugh, Director
Service: C. V. Stanford in G
Responses: William Byrd
Psalm 104: Anglican chants
Anthems by Mozart, Bainton, and Sitton
Organ Voluntaries by Bach and Duruflé at 4:40 p.m.
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Sponsor a
Centennial Event?
CENTENNIAL CDs
Our two Centennial CDs will be for sale during our Sunday Coffee Hour on June 4. The music is spectacular and all done by our Christ Church people. There is parish history and interesting photography in the booklets. All proceeds benefit Christ Church this year and beyond. Please come celebrate with us and support the parish!
Discs are offered for sale at $20 each
or two for $35. Our two CDs
Christ Church Parish Choir Centennial Collection
Christ Church Voluntaries
May Also Be Purchased
In the Parish Office
At www.Amazon.com
Postpaid from www.RavenCD.com
Interested in helping with one of the events? Please let us know.
Centennial Committee
Dan Dowdy, co-chair; Nancy Ford, co-chair
Sally Adams, Patricia Cope-Levy, Sally Ewart, Bob Lee, Kerry McCarty
Pansie Murray, Carol O’Keefe, Alexander MacPhail
Christ Church’s Lifelong Member
We want to determine who has been a
member of Christ Church for the longest
time so we can honor that person on
Homecoming Sunday, July 30th.
We know of someone who has been a
member for 76 years. It doesn't have to
be consecutive years, so if you were here,
left for a while, and came back, that's
fine; it's the collective time we're looking
for. If you can top 76 years, or if you
know someone who can, please call Lynn
Bastian during the week in the parish
office, 540-343-0159, or send her an email
Look What’s Coming . . .
2017—2018 Centennial Calendar *All events are held at Christ Church unless otherwise noted
Sunday, June 4 ~ Choral Evensong ~ 5:00 p.m.
125th Anniversary of Parish Founding
Sunday, July 30 ~ Homecoming Luncheon
“Celebration of Laying of the Cornerstone”
Saturday, August 26 ~ Parish Outing
4:00 p.m. ~ Home of Nancy Ford
Sunday, September 17 ~ Roaring ‘20s Celebration
Saturday, October 14 ~ Oktoberfest Picnic
4:00 p.m. ~ Home of John & Gay Eure
Sunday, February 25, 2018 ~ Remember, Renew, Rejoice!
Sunday, April 1, 2018 ~ Easter ~ Festive Reception
Anniversary of First Service
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PEOPLE Condolences ●
To Alex Barge on the death of his mother, Lee Ann
Canfield.
To Wayne & Sally Adams and Don & Boo Pack on
the death of their friend, Jim Krell.
To Steve & Kathy Claytor on the death of their
friend, Wini Kelderhouse.
To family and friends of Eleanor Kuss on her death.
To Carol O’Keefe on the death of her aunt, Regina
Burkhart.
To Kate Garcia on the death of her friend, Tom
Kerfoot.
Welcome ●
John & Sue Tyler. John joins us from The Church of
the Good Shepherd, Lookout Mountain, TN. Sue
was confirmed on May 21.
Mark Poore & Gabriel Hubbard. Mark transferred
from St. Mark’s Lutheran Church. Gabriel was
confirmed on May 21.
Congratulations ●
Izayah Keene, child of Amanda Redden, who was
baptized on Sunday, May 21.
Jonathon Bennett Apgar, child of Mary Ellen Apgar
and Joshua Oertle, who was baptized on Sunday,
May 28.
To Those Confirmed
Christopher Ayers ~ Alex Barge
Elizabeth Bourlakas
James Ferrell ~ Gabriel Hubbard
Frances Segura ~ Sue Tyler
Received
Kathy Ellis ~ Emma Gwin ~ Mark Poore
Eddie & Angie Link
Ann Sheehan ~ Wayne Slusher
Reaffirmed By Our Bishop
Anne Hutchins
Alexander MacPhail
Feed the Hungry ● June Offering Recipient
Bethany Hall
June’s Feed the Hungry recipient is our next-door
neighbor, Bethany Hall. Founded in 1970, Bethany
Hall is a private, non-profit agency that provides
residential substance abuse treatment for women.
Thanks to the services there, more than 1800 women
have been able to save and rebuild their lives after
suffering from the disease of addiction. Bethany Hall
offers a safe, therapeutic environment where women
from Virginia and elsewhere, including some who are
pregnant and some who have babies, are able to
develop the tools to remain free from alcohol and
other drugs. They regain a sense of self-confidence
and responsibility.
Christ Church has always had a special relationship
with Bethany Hall. Your donations to Feed the
Hungry in June will continue our tradition of financial
support for the agency. Grants and public funding do
not provide sufficient support to sustain the work of
Bethany Hall. Therefore, our contributions are vital to
their important work. We are also grateful to have the
opportunity to welcome residents of Bethany Hall to
join us at worship services. Please make your check
payable to Christ Church, earmarked FTH, or use the
yellow Feed the Hungry envelopes in the church or
chapel.
REMINDER If you have Christ Church announcements, we hope
you’ll also remember to email them to Kate Garcia so
your event can be posted on our Facebook page.
Email Kate Garcia at
FOR Parish announcements you'd like advertised in the
diocesan weekly email, please end those to
Road Reopened: Please note that the U.S. 220
North Franklin Road exit ramp has reopened!
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“Little Did We Know” Carol Blanding
My parents met at the University
of Massachusetts, my mother
majoring in environmental
sciences and my dad in dairy
science. When they got married,
my mother said “Take me south!”
So they moved to Chapel Hill
where my dad got his masters
degree in Public Health. My older
brother, Tom, and I were born in
North Carolina. Then we moved
to Richmond for my dad’s job in
pharmaceuticals. Although my
mother did not like the cold
winters of New England, she
also did not like the hot summers
of the South. So we spent the
summers at our family beach house in Massachusetts. It
was such a treat, because my cousins were there too,
so they were more like brothers to me. We had a
wonderful time – there were lots of kids in the cottages
close by, so we had a great time swimming, boating,
playing kick the can at night….all the things that kids
liked to do. At the end of the day, my Auntie Eva would
line up all the boys on the back porch, buzz cut their
hair, soap them down and then hose them off. But my
Auntie Helen insisted that, as the only girl, I deserved
privacy. So I had my bath in the kitchen sink. To this
day, when I smell Ivory soap, I think of my Auntie Helen.
When I was five, my sister Beverly was born, and then
my younger brother John was born when I was 11.
My mother believed in
exposing us to the arts.
Living in Richmond, we
had the Virginia Museum,
the Valentine Museum
and the Confederate
Museum. She was
always dragging us to
one of them for our
“edification”, and we always complained. She also was
determined that we play musical instruments - Tom
played the trumpet, French Horn , and guitar; I played
the piano and flute; and Beverly played the piano and
guitar. John never played an instrument and has
regretted that. She also enrolled me in ballet classes
which ultimately led to me dancing with a company in
Richmond. My mother was a tricky woman. When it was
time to go to Massachusetts, we would all be loaded up
into the car and on the road. Then she would spring it
on us – the inevitable “Side Trip”. We always knew it
was coming, but just didn’t know what it would be. My
dad was a good sport. It was 600
miles door to door from our
house in Richmond to the beach
house, but then there was the
extra time spent on “the side
trip”. Now, I must admit that we
had some great adventures, but
back then, we all just wanted to
get to the beach house. We went
to the World’s Fair in New York
and another time to the Statue of
Liberty. Beverly had to bring
along her pet albino guinea pig,
Albie, because he would have
cooked in the car. I remember
hearing a little boy on the ferry
telling his mother, “Look Mommy,
that girl is holding a rat!” As adults we now laugh over
my mother’s subterfuge, but John has commented,
“Carol, I have seen every fort on the East Coast, some
of them twice!”
Math was my favorite class in high school, so I applied
to Virginia Tech. They had the best computer science
department on the East Coast. Unfortunately, that
machine and I did not get along. I changed my major to
accounting after the first year. I met my husband Don at
Tech, and we got married a year after graduation which
brought me to live in Roanoke. We have since divorced,
but we had two sons; Trevor who is now 33 and Kendall
who is 29. Trevor lives in Roanoke, and Kendall and his
wife, Bernie, live in Northern Virginia. I worked at ITT,
Ernst and Whinney and then Dominion Bankshares. At
Dominion, my job was to analyze banks for possible
purchase, come up with the purchase price and then do
all the regulatory reporting required for a merger. This
was in addition to all my financial reporting duties.
Needless to say, when First Union bought Dominion,
my job was terminated. This was a blessing. It created
the opportunity for me to pursue the training to become
a Rolfer. I have been in practice now for 23 years. I love
my work and have helped many people who suffered
from all kinds of painful ailments. I just finished my
cranio-sacral therapy training and look forward to
integrating those skills with my Rolfing.
Six years ago I learned to Shag dance. I dance every
opportunity that I get. I go to North Myrtle Beach four
times a year to dance. I also go to Party in the Park
every Thursday in the summer. I have a small group of
friends that get together to practice on a weekly basis. If
I am not at church, I am probably somewhere dancing.
Carol
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VESTRY OFFICERS - 2017
Claude Lauck, Senior Warden
Sharon Burnham Mott, Junior Warden
Gay Eure, Treasurer
Dorry McCorkle, Assistant Treasurer
Jim Cromwell and Ben Bazak, Co-Receiving Treasurers
Lynn Bastian, Clerk
STAFF
The Revd Alexander D. MacPhail
Rector
The Revd Canon Connor Gwin
Honorary Priest Associate
Mr. H. Thomas Baugh, III
Director of Music ([email protected])
Ms. Patricia Cope-Levy
Coordinator of Christian Formation
Ms. Lynn Bastian
Parish Administrator ([email protected])
Mrs. Ashleigh Fisher
Nursery Coordinator ([email protected])
Mr. John Smarz
Sexton
DEADLINE FOR THE NEXT EDITION OF PARISH HOME COMPANION IS THURSDAY, JUNE 22.
VESTRY MEMBERS
Mary Atwell
Mary Catherine Baldridge
Alex Barge
Jane Baugh
Suzanne Bazak
Stephen Claytor
Dan Dowdy
Laura Harden
Claude Lauck
Sharon Burnham Mott
Bill Poe
Mike Urbanski