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The St. John's Evangel

My brothers and sisters,

Yes, it is complicated. The whole issue of reasonable regulation of firearms is complicated.

In some way, though, it could be rather simple: “The sale, transfer, or possession AR-15s is

hereby banned. Next?” “The sale and/or transfer of firearms of any sort without a verifiable

background check is hereby banned. Next?” “The healthcare coverage by Medicaid of people

diagnosed with mental illness is hereby reinstated. Next?” “The minimum age for firearm

ownership or purchase is 21. Next?”

I know and respect a number of people who own guns. They are reasonable, faithful people.

They use their guns for hunting, target practice, and – if need be – self-protection. I know they

are licensed, have been trained, and secure their firearms so they will not fall into the wrong

hands. They do not frighten me, and I trust them.

But I am also aware that gun purchases are far to easy. A video posted on FaceBook a couple

years ago followed a 13-year old: He tried to buy tobacco at a quick-stop and was denied. He

tried to purchase alcohol at a liquor store and was denied. He went to a gun show, handed over

some cash, and walked out with a firearm. It should not be that easy.

Yes: People with mental illness (as is attributed to the Parkland shooter) should not be allowed

to own guns. (They are actually more danger to themselves than to other people – suicide by a

bullet accounts for a greater number of deaths than mass shootings.)

Yes: Law enforcement officials who did not follow through on phone calls regarding Mr. Cruz

must be held accountable.

But contrary to both arguments, it was the simple fact that he was able to purchase a weapon

that was designed not for hunting or self protection but for killing people during the Viet Nam

War that is at the root of the issue. These weapons, and those like them, must be banned. Full

stop. Banned. Illegal.

This is not a political issue. It is not a 2nd Amendment issue. It is a moral issue.

Rachel is weeping for her children.

In Christ,

Wayne+

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Remember Our Homebound Members

Stop by to visit or drop a card to our parish members

who are homebound.

Alma Dickerson 461 E. Wing Rd., Mt. Pleasant

772-2516.

Al Neal Maplewood, 1945 Churchill Blvd.

Mt. P - 773-6172

Forrest Robinson Green Acres, 1805 E. Remus Rd.

Room 205Mt. P. The Facility, 772-3456

St. John’s Prayer Group The 16 members of the Prayer

Group offer petitions daily for

the church and for specific

requests. All parishioners are

welcome to become members of

the Prayer Group or to submit

requests by calling Sandy Wood, 773-9326,

Martha Rarick, 773-7510, or the

church office at 773-7448.

Home Communion

Just a reminder: you should let

the parish office know if you

are ill and wish to receive

communion or a visit from

either the clergy or a Lay

Eucharistic Minister.

Jeanne Maxon 6

Richard Mower 6

David Kinney 9

Nancy Herman Kinney 20

Rayla Surfass 20

Chelsea Bloem 23

Lonnie McDuff 27

Stanley Beard 29

Diana Clapp 29

Ella Jo Regan 30

Moonyeen Albrecht 31

The 2018 Altar Flower Calendar

is posted near the back door of the

hurch. Please consider a Sunday that

is a good date for you to honor or

remember a loved one

and sign up to provide

flowers. Thank you!

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Outside the Tent March 2018

On February 11, our last day to gather around the small altar for communion, attendance was

low at the 10:00 service because of quickly-deepening snow. As usual, the choir, organist,

verger, and Eucharistic minister received communion first. (The priest and deacon offer one

another the bread and wine after everyone else is finished.) On a typical Sunday, it takes two

gatherings of the congregation to serve everyone. But on that day, only fifteen men and women

were present in the pews. As they circled around the altar, their numbers seeming larger than

when they were scattered throughout the church, I felt peace and warmth emanate from them. I

experienced the power of communion as I rarely do when I am standing at the big altar, far

removed from the body of the church. I know that some members of the congregation counted

the days until the altar was put back “where it belonged.” Sometimes the gathering was

awkward: we were out of our comfort zone, not always sure where to stand in the tight space.

But I believe that, no matter our views on that experiment in closer communion, we came away

deeper in faith and in love for one another.

I think that heightened sense of fellowship was the intent in moving the altar closer to the

congregation, inviting everyone to stand shoulder to shoulder. Even though we are a

progressive congregation that now hugs pretty freely and speaks the words of peace as we pass

it on, we like to stay in our comfort zone. Some of us cling to the “old” prayer book (1928),

even as we use newly-written prayers instead of the traditional ones we know by heart. Thomas

Cranmer, who wrote the first Book of Common Prayer in 1549, would be astounded by our

worship, a tribute to his “immortal deathless prose,” as my husband calls it, but also a natural

progression from the words he wrote so long ago. Our nation’s founders, many of them

Anglicans who also founded the Episcopal Church in America after we separated from Great

Britain, would be perplexed as well. But early Christians might not be taken aback, for our

gathering around the altar would have reminded them of the “house churches” where they

worshipped in the early days, when they were at risk of death from the Roman authorities.

Perhaps we have come full circle, at least for the short season of Epiphany. Perhaps we have

food for thought in this season of Lent.

Peace, Nancy

Daylight Savings time begins on Sunday, March 11! Please set your clocks FORWARD ONE Hour before bed on Saturday night, (March

10th) to ensure you will arrive at Church at the proper time!

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Sunday, March 25, The Sunday of the Passion (Palm Sunday)

10:00 a.m. – Gather in the Parish Hall

The Reading of the Passion of Our Lord

Monday, March 26, Monday in Holy Week

7:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist

Tuesday, March 27, Tuesday in Holy Week

7:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist

Wednesday, March 28, Wednesday in Holy Week

7:00 p.m. The Passion of Our Lord according to Mary.

A Reading by Mary Ellen Cochrane.

Thursday, March 29, Maundy Thursday

7:00 p.m. Celebration of the Institution of the Lord’s Supper

The Washing of Feet (as Jesus did)

The Stripping of the Altar

8:00 p.m. Through the Night - Vigil in the Garden of Repose

Friday, March 30, Good Friday

9:00 a.m. Morning Prayer to Close the Vigil

Noon The Good Friday Liturgy with Communion

from the Reserved Sacrament

3:00 p.m. The Way of the Cross

A New Stations of the Cross written by our Deacon

Saturday, March 31, Holy Saturday

9:00 a.m. Morning Prayer for Holy Saturday

8:00 p.m. The Great Vigil of Easter

The New Fire! The Exsultet! Our Salvation Story, (told in new ways)

Special Music, and then –

The Gloria and the First Eucharist of Easter!

Sunday, April 1 – The Sunday of the Resurrection

10:00 a.m. Festal Eucharist for the Feast of the Resurrection

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Easter Baskets - (Easter is April 1st!)

Each year we provide Easter Food Baskets for six needy families and eight candy

baskets for children. Below is a list of needed items. If you wish to help,

pleasesign up on the list in the narthex for the item(s) you would like to provide.

Please have all donations be at the church by Palm Sunday, March 25th. If you have

any questions contact Bernice Cole at 989-317-8066. Thank you.

Ham Cereal Laundry Basket

Sweet Potatoes Peanut Butter Wrapped Candy

Corn/Green Beans Jelly/Jam Candy to fill eggs

Applesauce Orange Juice Extras

Jello/c. Fruit Cookies Laundry soap

Cake mix/Frosting Muffin Mix Hand & Dish Soap

Toilet Paper Paper Towels

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Easter Flowers

For those who would like to contribute money to provide flowers for Easter Sunday, please use

this form to designate your contribution. The donations may be made in memory of loved ones,

in thanksgiving, or to honor a special blessing. Contributions will be acknowledged in the

Easter Sunday bulletin. Contributions may be placed in the Sunday offering plate and must be

in the church office on or before MONDAY, March 26th!

I would like to contribute Easter flowers.

I do so in honor _________ or thanksgiving _________ or in memory _________of:

PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY

___________________________________________________________________________

Contribution given by:

___________________________________________________________________________

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`March 2018

Sunday Lay Ministry

DATE

LESSONS

PRAYERS

GREETERS

COFFEE

HOUR

HOSTS

ACOLYTES

ALTAR

GUILD

March

4

3 Lent

8:00 a.m.

Steven

Berkahire

10:00 a.m.

Carol Lauffer

8:00 a.m.

Martha Rarick

10:00 a.m.

Mary Kiesgen

Sharon Bolton

and Laura

Cochrane

Ralph Baber

and Karen

Varanuskas

Rex Dingman

Pamela

Dingman

and

Harriett White

Lectionary: Exodus 20:1-17 Psalm 19 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 John 2:13-22

March

11

4 Lent

8:00 a.m.

Martha Rarick

10:00 a.m.

Karen

Varanauskas

8:00 a.m.

Martha Rarick

10:00 a.m.

Jennifer

Dingman

Tom and

Mary Ellen

Cochrane

Bernice Cole

and Candy

Henderson

Adam Baker

Pamela

Dingman

and

Harriett White

Lectionary: Numbers 21:4-9 Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22 Ephesians 2:1-10 John 3:14-21

March

18

5 Lent

8:00 a.m.

Barbara

Sheperdigian

10:00 a.m.

Jessica

Vinciguerra

8:00 a.m.

Martha Rarick

10:00 a.m.

Henry Fulton

Marcia David

and Candy

Henderson

Clancy and Pat

DeLong

Emma

Dingman

Lynne L’Hommedieu

and Martha

Rarick

Lectionary: Jeremiah 31:31-34 Psalm 119:9-16 Hebrews 5:5-10 • John 12:20-33

March

25

Palm

Sunday

10:00 a.m.

Volunteers

Needed

10:00 a.m.

Nancy

Hartshorne

Clancy and Pat

DeLong

David and

Jennifer

Dingman

Matthew

Kinney

Lynne L’Hommedieu

and Martha

Rarick

Lectionary Isaiah 50:4-9a Psalm 31:9-16 Philippians 2:5-11 Mark 14:1-15:47

April

1

Easter

Sunday

10:00 a.m.

Jennifer

Dingman and

1 Volunteer

Needed

10:00 a.m.

Joan Kadler

David and

Jennifer

Dingman

Easter

Sunday – No

Coffee Hour

Rex Dingman

Pamela

Dingman and

Peg Hicks

Lectionary Acts 10:34-43 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 Colossians 3:1-4 John 20:1-18

Have Faith!!!

Spring Really IS Coming!!!!!!

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

MARCH 4, LENT III

8 am Holy Eucharist

9am Sunday School

10am Choral Eucharist

5pm Holy Eucharist at Emmaus

6:30pm Soup and a Movie!

5

Noon Daughters of the

King

4pm Music Meeting

5:30pm EfM

6

10am T’ai Chi

2pm Prayer Shawl

Ministry

7pm

Compassionate

Friends

7

Noon Eucharist

8

10am T’ai Chi

5:30pm Choir

9

Office Closed

10

11 LENT IV

8 am Holy Eucharist

9am Sunday School

10am Choral Eucharist

Vestry After Coffee Hour

5pm Evensong for Lent

5pm Holy Eucharist at Emmaus

6:30pm Soup and a Movie!

12

4pm Music Meeting

5:30pm EfM

13

10am T’ai Chi

2pm Prayer Shawl

Ministry

5:30 pm Yoga

14

Noon Eucharist

15

9:30am Staff Meeting

10am T’ai Chi

5:30pm Choir

16

Office Closed

17

10 am-2 pm

Centering

Prayer Retreat

18 LENT V

8 am Holy Eucharist

9am Sunday School

10am Choral Eucharist

Vestry after Coffee Hour

5pm Holy Eucharist at Emmaus

6:30pm Soup and a Movie!

19

4pm Music Meeting

5:30pm EfM

20

Evangel Deadline

10am T’ai Chi

2pm Prayer Shawl

Ministry

21

Noon Eucharist

22

10am T’ai Chi

5:30pm Choir

23

Office Closed

24

10am

St. Demetrios

Worships at St.

John’s

25 SUNDAY OF THE PASSION

(PALM SUNDAY)

One Morning Service Today

10am Holy Eucharist with the Procession of the

Palms and a Reading of the Passion of Our Lord

According to Mark

5pm Pot Luck, Holy Eucharist, and a Movie at

Emmaus

26

4pm Music Meeting

5:30pm EfM

7pm Holy Eucharist for

Monday in Holy Week

27

10am T’ai Chi

2pm Prayer Shawl

Ministry

7pm Holy

Eucharist for

Tuesday in Holy

Week

28

Noon Eucharist

7pm The Passion

According to Mary

29

10am T’ai Chi

5:30pm Choir

7pm Maundy

Thursday Liturgy,

Stripping of the Altar,

Vigil at the Altar of

Repose

30

Office Closed

9am Morning

Prayer to Close

the Vigil

Noon Good

Friday Liturgy

3pm Stations of

the Cross

31

8PM

THE GREAT

VIGIL OF

EASTER

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This is our Greeter/Coffee Hour Host Schedule—If you cannot serve on the date you were given, please

exchange dates with someone else on the list and call the Parish Secretary at 773-74

Greeters

March

4 Sharon Bolton and Laura Cochrane

11 Tom and Mary Ellen Cochrane

18 Marcia David and Candy Henderson

25 Clancy and Pat DeLong

April

1 David and Jennifer Dingman

8 Ford and Pamela Dingman

15 David, Nancy, and Matthew Kinney

22 Joan Kadler and Mary Kiesgen

29 Marcia David and Ulana Klymyshyn

May

6 Lynne L’Hommedieu and Sandy Wood

13 Rod Leslie and Marian Matyn

20 Colin, Anne, and Matthew Alton

27 Sharon Bolton and Laura Cochrane

Coffee Hour Hosts

March

4 Ralph Baber and Karen Varanuskas

11 Bernice Cole and Candy Henderson

18 Clancy and Pat DeLong 25 David and Jennifer Dingman

April

1 Easter Sunday – No Coffee Hour

8 Joan Kadler and Mary Kiesgen

15 Ford and Pamela Dingman

22 David, Nancy, and Matthew Kinney

29 Carol Lauffer and Lynne L’Hommedieu

May

6 Rod Leslie and Marian Matyn

13 D. J. and Misha Proctor and Christi Brookes

20 Ralph Baber and Karen Varanauskas

27 Colin, Anne, and Matthew Alton

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St. John’s Episcopal Church

Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858

Annual Meeting

January 28, 2018

The Rev. Wayne Nicholson convened the meeting with prayer at 12:45 P.M.

There were 42 adult parishioners in attendance.

Election of Clerk

It was moved by Tim Hartshorne and seconded by David Shirley to elect Sharon Bolton as

clerk. Motion passed.

Motion to approve the Minutes

Ford Dingman moved to approve the minutes from the January 2017 Annual Meeting. Eric

Vinciguerra seconded. Motion passed.

Nominations for Vestry

Elizabeth Brockman, Ella Jo Regan, and David Shirley were nominated to serve on the

vestry. Tim Hartshorne moved that we accept the slate of members by acclamation; seconded

by Henry Fulton. The motion was approved.

Delegates to the Diocesan Convention

There are now three regions in the Diocese. The convention will be held the first weekend in

November, 2018. David Shirley and Karen Varanauskas volunteered to be delegates; Alice

Ciccu and Nancy Kinney volunteered to be alternates. Tim Hartshorne moved that we accept

these delegates and alternates by acclamation. Seconded by David Kinney. The motion passed.

Senior Warden Remarks

Eric Vinciguerra said that the construction is 99.9% finished. He thanked the financial

committee and vestry for working well together. There will be need for a search committee to

fill The Rev. Wayne Nicholson’s vacancy (retirement date July 31, 2018).

Financial Report

Clancy DeLong thanked Lynne L’Homedieu, Pam Dingman, Tom Cochrane, Sam Raisanen,

and Rod Leslie for their help.

Clancy explained new items in the budget. As a result of construction cost overruns, we may

need to have fundraisers.

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We will have to have an audit done and this will cost about $15,000.

Lynne indicated that the search will most likely occur in 2019. Money has been budgeted this

year to put in reserve for the cost of the search and for the moving for the new

rector. Additional money will be budgeted for 2019.

Restricted funds are monies given by people for specific funds.

12% of our income goes to the diocese.

The availability and use of the Parish Hall by outside groups should be advertised; our

audio/visual systems need to be updated.

Clancy was thanked by Steve Berkshire. Wayne’s service of 12 years is appreciated.

It was moved by Karen Varanauskas and seconded by Christi Brooks to accept the financial

report. Motion passed.

Additional

Next year’s annual meeting will be January 20, 2019.

The meeting was adjourned at 12:15 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,

Sharon Bolton

Vestry minutes for February 18th, 2018

Present: Wayne Nicholson, Ulana Klymyshyn, Liz Brockman, Bernice Cole, Nancy Kinney, Marsha

David, Clancy DeLong, Eric Vinceguerra, Tom Cochrane, Adam Baker, Ella Jo Regan, David Shirley.

Fr. Wayne opened the meeting with prayer.

Adam Baker volunteered to be Vestry Clerk and was approved.

Bernice moved January minutes be approved, Tom seconded. Vestry approved.

Liz moved that Clancy be elected to Vestry through Jan 2021, Tom seconded. Vestry approved.

It was moved that Clancy be elected Treasurer, Eric seconded. Vestry approved.

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Check in.

Clancy completed his financial report, no questions or comments from Vestry.

Wayne proposed that the Parish Administrative Assistant position be posted around April 1st.

Wayne stated that the organ bellows had a ruptured sheepskin membrane that needed repair; Gabriel

and Mary Lou were willing and capable of repairing it. Cost would be about $1,000 and David offered

(on behalf of his family) to cover half of the expense. Marsha moved Vestry approve, Tom

seconded. Vestry approved and thanked David and Gabriel.

Ulana suggests she could check with Alice Ciccu about audio-visual needs of church Parish House.

Marsha expressed her desire to scale back on her building and grounds duties; Nancy offered to take

over some of them. Ulana moved we thank Marsha for her building and grounds service, Adam

seconded. Vestry approved with applause.

Bernice states we have requests for Easter Outreach for 12 children's baskets and 6 adult's baskets.

Ulana states April 15-22 is when St. Johns will be hosting homeless shelter, which will end the shelter's

current season.

Wayne suggests Parish/Vestry members consider volunteering to be social/hospitality coordinator to

help recruit and coordinate people to bring food or do tasks for receptions for Evensong and recitals

and other social events.

Vestry thanks Eric for service as Senior Warden. David expresses interest to serve as Senior

Warden. Tom moves Vestry elect David as Senior Warden, Ella seconds. Vestry approves.

Nancy expresses interest to be Junior Warden and Building and Grounds. Marsha moves Nancy be

elected as Junior Warden and Building and Grounds supervisor. Bernice seconds, Vestry

approves. Vestry applauds Eric and Marsha for their service and David and Nancy for stepping up.

Vestry adjourns.

Respectfully submitted,

Adam Baker, Clerk of Vestry

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February 2018 Financial Report

Below is a summary of operating fund activity through the end of January (8.33%).

Unrestricted operating fund receipts $ 166,236.85 (86.28% of budget)

Unrestricted operating fund expenditures 176,656.73 (91.67% of budget)

Operating fund receipts over (under) expenditures $ (10,419.88)

Through the first month of the year, income and expenses are tracking with the budget. A

special fund been established for new rector search and moving expenses.

Cash balances on January 31, 2018 are as follows:

Checking Account $ 49,006.29

Savings $ 36,714.55

Certificate of Deposit $ 15,610.18

Endowment Fund Investment Account $ 67,307.03

Capital Campaign funds balance on January 1, 2018 20,103.05

Capital Campaign funds balance on January 31, 2018 24,774.91

Capital Fund Activity For January:

Capital Fund Receipts 9,346.74

Bank/Credit Card Fees (6.19)

Mortgage Principle (3,878.74)

Mortgage Interest (789.95)

Net Activity 4,671.86

BUILDING PROJECT

Total Capitalized Expenses 431,049.41

Non-Capitalized Expenses (Bank Fees/Interest) 11,470.42

Subtotal 442,519.83

Anticipated Expenses:

Mortgage Interest 23,737.10

Bank Fees/Credit Card 993.81

TOTAL PROJECT COST 467,250.74

Clancy DeLong

St. John’s Tresurer

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ANGLICAN WORTHIES

326. Neale, John Mason (1818-1866)

Divine (pt. ii)

Lawrence Rice wrote that “the work of the Oxford Movement in proclaiming the spiritual

mission of the Church resulted inevitably in s widespread improvement in the standards of

public worship and a demand for greater warmth, dignity and beauty in the service of the

church.” Basically this meant greater emphasis on the altar than the pulpit, more encouragement

of devotion, less on moral instruction. We have seen Neale’s attempt to call attention to the

size, shape, and furnishings of the ordinary parish building. (By mid-century Neale’s

Cambridge Camden Society, which at first caused so much controversy, had 700 members and

eighteen bishops.) But perhaps Neale’s influence has been the strongest in hymns and hymn-

singing. By the middle of the nineteenth century hymn-singing (not psalms), which previously

had been the liturgical habit of “chapel,” the Methodist wing of the Church of England, had

become an element of public Sunday worship of the mainline Church.

During Victoria’s reign the following hymnals were published for common use: The

Hymnal Noted (1852-185?), Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861; rev. 1889), The English

Hymnal (1906, the essential hymnal). John Mason Neale contributed extensively to Hymns

Ancient and Modern and The English Hymnal. Following in the paths of Isaac Watts (1674-

1748) and Charles Wesley (1707-1788), Neale translated or wrote lyrics for hymn tunes. In our

hymnal he is cited in the index for Authors, Translators, and Sources more than forty instances

(though sometimes the same lyrics for more than one tune). No other source is cited more than

he. The following hymns attributed to Neale have been sung in our congregation:

O Trinity of Blessed Light (Bromley)

Of the Father’s love begotten (Divinum mysterium)

Good Christian men rejoice (In dulci jubilo)

Alleluia, sing of gladness (Urbe beata Jerusalem)

O wondrous type, O vision fair (Wareham)

All glory, laud and honor (Valet will ich dir geben)

Sing, my tongue, their glorious battle (Pange lingua)

Come, ye faithful, raise the strain (St. Kevin)

O sons and daughters, let us sing (O filii at filiae)

The day of resurrection! Earth tell it out abroad (Ellecomb)

Draw near and take the body of the Lord (Song 46, Gibbons)

Christ is made the sure foundation (Westminster Abbey)

O what their joy and their glory must be (O quanta qualia)

Good King Wenceslaus (not in the hymnal).

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In addition are volumes Neale compiled for special occasions: Hymns for Children (1842),

Hymns for the Sick (1843), Carols for Christmastide (1853), and Carols for Eastertide (1854).

Some of these hymns were translations of tunes from pre-Reformation materials that Neale

discovered in his studies of the Eastern Church and the medieval Fathers. No one has

contributed more to the riches of English and American hymnals than Neale, though I do not

mean to overlook the lyrics of German hymnals contributed by Catherine Winkworth (1828-

1878) nor the tunes by William Henry Monk (1823-1889), or Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-

1958).

Neale disliked the Methodist hymns of his childhood—too subjective, too sentimental.

Susan Drain tells us “It was [one] of Neale’s principles that hymns should inculcate sound

doctrine.”

Neale remained at Sackville the rest of his life. His wife and he raised five children

there. He was offered other, more lucrative positions but declined them all. His health was

never strong, perhaps because of his incredible output of work. He was tall and angular, not

especially attractive looking, and often looked distracted, perhaps because he was near-sighted.

He died, forty-eight years old, in 1866, on the feast of the Transfiguration. No church dignitary

attended his funeral.

Let’s give Ms. Drain the last word, however: ”The history of the Church of England in

the nineteenth century is one of revival and renewal: by the end of the century Anglican

worship bore Neale’s stamp in its buildings, its furnishings and decorations, its hymns, and its

revitalized sisterhoods.” Easter comes April 1. We will likely sing a hymn written by Neale

that day.

--hlf

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Saint John’s Episcopal Church 206 West Maple Street

Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858

Phone: 989 773-7448

Fax: 989-772-3480

E-mail: saintjohnsmp@gmail.com

Website: www. stjohnsmtpleasantmi.com

Rector:

The Rev. Wayne Nicholson, 772-1203 The Rev. Dn. Nancy Casey Fulton, 773-7193

The Rev. Sr. Diane Stier, ec 989-368-5494

2018 Vestry Officers 2018 Vestry Members

Sr. Warden: David Shirley: 773-3463 Elizabeth Brockman, 989-560-8432

Jr. Warden: Nancy Herman Kinney: 989-546-5424 Tom Cochrane, 989-317-3561

Treasuere: Clancy DeLong, 989-400-6546 Bernice Cole, 989-317-8066

Co-Treasurer: Lynne L’Hommedieu, 772-8340 Marcia David, 775-8086

Vestry Clerk: Adam Baker: 989-492-1626 Ella Jo Regan: 772-3587

Ulana Klymyshyn:772-5616

Eric Vinciguerra, 517-657-9196

Organists: Choirmaster:

Dr. Moonyeen Albrecht, 828-5286 Chase Simpson, 248-302-0532 Dr. Mary Lou Nowicki, 644-2558

St. John's Mission:

St. John’s Episcopal Church, with God’s help and in the Anglican tradition, lives to

proclaim the Gospel of Christ by ministering through worship, outreach, fellowship and

education. We welcome all who enter our doors, and we support the diverse callings of

each member as we seek to serve Christ in every person.