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My Dear Friends in Christ,

The fall season is upon us. I am reminded of the famous poem Trees by Joyce Kilmer that begins, “I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree. A tree that looks at God all day and lifts her leafy arms to pray.” After a wicked weather blast last month that destroyed many trees, causing much havoc to several parishioners’ lives and necessitating a significant amount of tree and landscaping costs for our parish, we are looking forward to a hopefully calm and mild winter. Last month was a time to say goodbye to seasoned parish-ioners and this month we welcome newbies. Consider some of the things we say when we part with one another: See you. See ya – see you later. Take care. Have a good day. Bye. We will miss you. Au revoir. Be good. Be good to yourself. Peace. These are but a few thoughts we may express at the time of our leave taking. Most of these ex-pressions of good will are spoken at the very moment of parting. Our formal word of parting, good-by, is a contrac-tion of the English words: God be with ye. The idea was to say something that would encourage a person and offer a word of hope as you left one another’s presence. Good-by was actually a prayer of blessing! Many of our parting words have become mere words of departure rather than words of blessing. When we said our parish good byes to our Joyful Noise Choir Director, Katherine Kaiser and to Bethany Cencer-Blake, our beloved organist, I asked that the Lord would bless them in their new journey in life. That is something we can all do for those taking leave around us. Build the people in your life through the speech of your parting words. Try, God bless you instead of, see ya. Ex-periment with, the Lord be with you instead of, be good. Be wise about your speech. Some people will appreciate a parting word of blessing and others will not. Let the words of your mouth be an encouragement whether or not you actually use the very word, blessing. As Holy Scripture says, “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouth, but only what is helpful for build-ing others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen” (Ephesians 4:29). Please welcome our newest parishioner, Joyful Noise Choir Director, Janani Sridhar, who is a DMA in voice student at Stony Brook University Graduate School. Her husband is in the US Navy, stationed in Connecticut. You

Volume 132, Issue 137, September, 2015 Email articles to:

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Our Caroline Church Vision Statement: To help people encounter the living God together

and live transformed lives for Christ.

Our Mission Statement * We, the parishioners of Caroline Church of Brookhaven, are committed to Jesus Christ, to His teaching, His life, death and resurrection, in our call to serve and worship Him, in the tradition of the Anglican Communion.

* We strive to share our faith and blessings for the further-ance of His kingdom in an environment of love, under-standing, and support, through prayer, worship, Christian education, and fellowship.

can get an idea of her extensive musical background by going on her web site, http://jananisridhar.com/jananisridharsopranoabout/ In addition to welcoming our new organist, who will begin playing for us this month, be mindful of all those visitors and renewed parishioners who come to worship with us this fall. Extend to them a warm Carolinian em-brace of hospitality and genuine Christian friendliness. Peace and blessings, Cn. Richard+

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Our Anglican Heritage St. Cyprian of Carthage

The early life of Thascius Caecilius Cyprianus is largely unknown except that information from his writings. The date of his birth is unknown but is believed to be about 200 in Carthage. He came from an eminent non-Christian fami-ly, apparently of some wealth. He was well educated in rhetoric. He came to Christianity after finding himself dis-gusted with the ostentatious wealth, corrupt justice, and a society of bloodthirstiness and cruelty. During his journey to Christianity, he was guided by his friend, the priest Cecilius. He found that through the experience of baptism he was liberated and cleansed from his old life and given a new birth, armed with the heavenly gift of the Holy Spirit. When he was baptized is unknown as are the dates he be-came a deacon or priest. Near the end of 248, after the death of Bp. Donatus of Carthage, he was chosen, by the voice of the people, bishop of Carthage with opposition from a small group elderly Carthaginian presbyters includ-ing Novatus who would cause him problems later. Before Cyprian was bishop a year the persecutions of Decius began, as Decius required all citizens to sacrifice to the state gods and be in receipt of a libellus, a certificate from a temple confirming the act. As the bishops of the church immediately became targets of the decree, Cyprian found a safe place from which he was able to maintain his charge of the church in the province of Africa through cor-respondence, relying on faithful workers such as his friend Tertullus. After the death of Bp. Fabian of Rome, the priests and dea-con who were overseeing the church in Rome criticized Cyprian from going into hiding. Cyprian, in return, replied

Fr. Farrell Graves The Priestly Encounter

“F**k!” he said, His intense voice seeking and rejecting a witness to his ex-istence, Announcing and defending his fragility. His unsettled eyes struck upon my collar, From which they sank, deflated. Solitary pain turned inward To release a soul-denying mortal mixture That fermented inside a hardened shell. Guilt, the slurry of soul mining, Coursed between us. Muscles, hardened against a hurtful world, Grew taut against an intangible target Stretched over a lifetime of pain And fully absented him. Separated by a syllable, Cast as a model of propriety, Of rules expunging humanity— An encounter without a meeting.

to them about his activities, sending as proof copies of the correspondence with the churches of Carthage, noting that his presence in Carthage would only pro-voke the Roman authorities and aggravate the perse-cutions. As the persecutions continued the issue that had aris-en in the church in Rome concerning treatment of the backsliders (lapsi) appeared in Carthage, raised by Novatus and his supporters. Cyprian, following the general approach of Rome, gave a more precise ap-proach that pastoral care would be given to the back-sliders while the persecutions continued, leaving the decision of receiving them back into the fellowship of the church to a synod after the persecutions ended. In 251, Cyprian called a local council that decreed that it was possible to receive the lapsed back into the church after a penance. In the meantime, the priest Novatus joined with a priest of Rome, Novatian, in a schism of the church by asserting that those who lapsed during the persecution could not be readmitted even if they repented their sin. In Carthage, Fortuna-tus, who opposed absolution, was elected by Cypri-an's opponents as bishop of Carthage. Further, No-vatian, aided by Novatus, convinced three Roman bishops to place Novatian on the cathedra of Rome while Bp. Cornelius still occupied it. Cyprian entered the battle with a series of encyclicals to the African bishops that was later produced as the book, On the Unity of the Church. Support for the extreme measures by those who opposed absolution were moderated by Bp. Cyprian's writings raising him in the eyes of the people and increased further by their witness of his self-denying devotion during a great plague and famine that descended on Africa.

In 256, a new persecution arose under Emperor Vale-rian in which the Roman bishops Stephen I and Six-tus II were martyred in Rome. After preparing his people for the extension of the persecution to Africa with his De exhortatione martyrii, Bp. Cyprian set himself as an example when he was brought before the Roman proconsul Aspasius Patermus on August 30, 257, by refusing to sacrifice to the pagan gods and firmly professed Christ.

Many of his writings have been preserved. His essay On the Unity of The Catholic Church stresses the im-portance of visible, concrete unity among Christians, and the role of the bishops in guaranteeing that unity. It has greatly influenced Christian thought, as have his essays and letters on Baptism and the Lord's Sup-per. He has been quoted both for and against the Ro-man Catholic claims for Papal authority. Exiled to Curubis, today's Korba Tunisia, Cyprian comforted, as best he could, those of his exiled flock and clergy. A year later, he was returned and kept

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Sonshine Ministries The Sonshine Ministry is here for YOU! Let us make your life easier as you or a loved one recuperates. Many fellow parishioners are on hand to

bring a hot meal to your home. All that’s required is to ASK! If you, or someone you know is in need of this ministry, please contact Dianne Johnson, 473-7913; Claire Mis 689-1210 or cmis@hotmail.com; or Barba-ra Delfyett at 751-3658.

prisoner in his own villa as a more stringent imperial edict was issued that demanded execution of all Chris-tian clergy.

He was imprisoned on September 13, 258 at the order of the proconsul, Galerius Maximus. The following day he was questioned again and then sentenced to die by the sword, to which he answered "thanks be to God!" The execution came in an open place near the city be-fore a multitude that followed Cyprian on his last jour-ney. After removing his garments without assistance, he knelt down and prayed. After he blindfolded him-self, he was beheaded by the sword on September 14, 258. His life and ministry is honored throughout the Episcopal Church every year on September 15.

Adult Choir Planning for the New Musical Year

It is not too early to mark your calendars and remember that promise you made to yourself to be involved in the church choir. Beginning Thursday September 10th, the Senior Choir will begin rehearsals in the Upper Room of the Parish House at 7:00 p.m. Come meet our new organist. For anyone who would like to join, please contact Choir Director Dallas Garvin at 751-6559 for more information. Just think, what would Sunday services, Christmas, or Easter be like without any music? Did you know that the very first musical instrument that God created was your voice? Let us use this wonderful creation to sing praise and glory back to God.

Adult Education Program "Borderland" is a four-part television documentary, pro-duced and aired in April 2014, in which six Americans from varying backgrounds are confronted with the realities of undocumented migrant labor. The six participants split into three groups and go to Mexico and Central America in order to retrace the footsteps of three migrants who did not survive the journey north. They discover the circumstances which led the migrants they are tracing to risk their lives; they make their way north by riding atop a cargo train know as "La Bestia" or "The Beast"; they learn about the impact of Mexico's drug wars on immigrants; they traverse the desert in which some 2500 migrants had died the previ-ous year. Alex Seel, Sue Seel and Spencer Edelbaum's son (Caroline Church parishioners), was one of the six participants and will be present for question and answer. These presenta-tions are for adults and mature teens. We will consider two episodes per evening on 2 weekdays in October beginning at 6:30pm. Undocumented migrant labor is a compelling issue that all Christians face. Come view the documentary and discuss.

ECW Morning Branch We will be having a Rummage Sale on Friday and Saturday, October 23rd, & 24th.

Please do NOT drop off any items until that previous Monday, October 11th, in the Parish House. We welcome your clean, gently used clothing to share with those less fortunate. We also welcome your assis-tance with setting up and breaking down. If you can help, please speak with Barbara Jones at 751-8809. Thank you.

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A Call for Acolytes! All those entering 6th Grade or above, are invited to serve on the Altar at Caroline Church. This is a great opportunity to serve your par-ish community by helping the priest and the people worship Our Lord on Sunday mornings. Also our Acolyte Corp have a fun time together with BBQ’s, game days, and a Paint Ball outing planned. There will be a

training session for new acolytes this month. Call the par-ish office and let Cn. Richard know you would like to be one of our new acolytes.

“Back to Church Sunday”

September 13th at

Caroline Church

Have you been yearning for a time to get back to church?

Do you miss the connection with God, the wonderful music provided by our first class choir?

Are you thirsty to hear the Word? Is it time to start the children in Sunday School? Then come worship with us at the Caroline Church on September 13th at the 8:00, 9:30 or 11:15 am services. A special coffee hour will be provided after the 9:30 ser-vice where you can find open hearted, warm Christian fellowship and you can learn about the many ministries that may suit your spiritual needs. Caroline Church welcomes all parishioners, new mem-bers, Sunday School children, neighbors and friends are all encouraged to join us too on...

“Back to Church Sunday”

on September 13th

at Caroline Church

9/02 Mary Melvin 9/03 Mary-Brooke Keany 9/04 Margaret Reyes McKayla Pollard 9/05 Chad Kilmer, Jr. Jake Volpicella 9/06 Katharine Sanislo Claire Mis Ellen Gristock Logan Steffens 9/08 Geoff Burton-Perlotto 9/09 Thomas Shimaitis Jerry Sosa 9/10 Hunter Owens 9/11 Carol Goodwin Donald Pollard Ben Busko Sebastian Aiello Lucas Aiello 9/12 Anna McCarroll Kevin McGrath 9/13 Brian Groth Bradley Michel Amelia Sommo Luke Marksberry 9/14 Eileen Roggemann Jack Worrell 9/15 Keith Brazier 9/16 Wayne Johnson Sean Brazier 9/17 Virginia Bidwell Mandy Grosskoph Fred Pollert DT Rowe, III 9/18 Linda Haring Samantha Free Krista Kady 9/20 Lawrence Light Lorraine Massie David Rickey 9/21 Laurie Theobalt Anthony Esernio Vinny Aiello 9/22 Alice Denton Bobbi Wimmel Stephanie Denton 9/23 Steve Roggemann 9/24 Michael Korzonko 9/25 Stephanie Free Linda Sanders Donna-Marie Scott Ed Wimmel Kieran McAuliffe Phoebe McAuliffe David Bishop 9/26 Martiza Groth Avery Skaggs 9/28 Triumf Qosej 9/29 Victoria Grosskoph 9/30 Claudio Martincic

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Grief Support Group

Our next meeting date is Thursday, Sep-tember 24th and begins at 7:00pm. Anyone

who has lost a loved one is cordially invited, even if your loss was years ago. Your attendance may be the spark to help someone else. We follow a basic structure and all sharing or discussions are held confidential. For additional information, please contact Cn. Richard at the parish office, or Don Muffly at 689-8804.

Church School News We are looking forward to a new dy-namic year of Christian Education for our children and youth. We will have classes planned each Sunday morning for children from Pre-Kindergarten on up to 12th Grade. Please take some time to read all the information about Church School and fill out the registration form

for each child. Even if you filled one out last year, please do so again this year as it helps us keep accurate records. As usual we have many activities planned for the children during the year and I am pleased to say we have most of our teachers returning and a couple of new parishioners volunteering their time. We could use some more help team-teaching our children as well as volunteers to help with our nursery. Do pray about this. Pre-K-Kindergarten: Janene Timm, 1st and 2nd Grade: Cheryl Aversano 3rd and 4th Grade: Liz Specht & need a teacher 5th Grade: Virginia and Lainey Cash 6th and 7th Grade: Chuck Glaser & need a teacher 8th and 12th Grade: Chris Callahan and Bruce Cash Confirmation Class: Father Farrell The class will meet every 2 weeks beginning in November, more information to follow. Youth Group, 6th-l2th Grade: Lindsay Porter The CYC Youth Group: The first Sunday of each month will be Youth Sunday, we will rotate youth, although we hope to get volunteers. They will usher, bring up the offer-ings and read. The youth that are not volunteering will sit upstairs; after church they will go out for breakfast. The other 3 Sundays the youth group will meet in the afternoon in the MCS Youth Group Room. The first day of Church School will be September 13th at 9:30 am. All parents of Children Pre-K through 12th Grade need to go to the classroom on this first day and pick up your children. Each teacher will go over some information with you about the coming year. Children’s Chapel is for the children in Pre-K through 2nd grade, but if your child is in 3rd grade or above and would like to participate in Children’s Chapel, please let the Di-rector know. The service starts promptly at 9:30 am. We are in need of volunteers to play the piano. If anyone is in-terested please call the parish office or let Jan Visconti know of your interest. It should be another great year of learning about our faith for our children. See you soon!

Caroline Book Club The Caroline Book Club will meet and share summer reading reports on Friday

September 11th at 3:00pm in the Parish House. Come and join us. Questions? Call Al Galloway, 473-3767.

Coffee & Fellowship Hour Host/Hostess

Sign up for 2014/2015 Please feel free to sign up for this wonderful time of sharing. Open to families, organi-zations or individuals who would like to share their ‘hostess’ gifts. The sign up list is on the clip board in the MCS building. You may either just sign up on the list, call the parish office at 941-4245 or contact Len Calone at 928-2019.

Don’t Forget…….

Buy Gift Cards for Stop & Shop / King Kullen /

Wild by Nature

At coffee hour on Sunday or at the church office during the week!

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As we will begin our

Fall Season with three services on

Sunday, September 13th

8:00 a.m., 9:30 a.m. & 11:15 a.m. We will have the Installation of Teachers/Helpers at the 9:30am Service on Sunday, September 13th, followed by the beginning of Church School at 9:30am in the MCS building.

Home Bible Study The Home Bible Study will resume for the fall season on September 21, at 7:00pm for refreshments and 7:30pm for our continued study of The Acts of the Apostles. Each week before we begin our study we spend some time sharing articles pertaining to faith found in newspa-pers or periodicals. All are welcome.

Wayne Johnson, Convener 631-834-7547

‘Explore The Word’ Bible Study ‘Explore the Word’ bible study Bible Study will resume on Monday, September 14th, 6:45 in the MCS building. We are studying the book of Romans. Come, hear, share, discuss and learn the Word of God. We meet eve-ry other Monday. Come for one session or all. Whatev-er is comfortable for you. Hope to see you there.

Spencer Edelbaum/Sue Seel Convener, 631-689-0683

All are welcome to join us!

Come to the first fall meeting and

POT LUCK SUPPER

of the

North Shore Ultreya!

Friday, September 25th, 2015

6:30 p.m.

Caroline Church of Brookhaven

Marco C. Smith Building

941-4245

Come and join us for Food, Prayer, Praise, and Fellowship.

Please bring a covered dish, a salad or dessert.

Drinks will be provided.

Prayer Shawl Ministry

Our prayer shawl ministry continues to serve the peo-ple of our community. We have a devoted group of women who gather regularly on the third Saturday of each month at 8:30am in different people's homes.

Our group is ecumenical and expanding all the time. We represent many different churches and encourage anyone who is interested, to attend and bring a friend. You do not have to be experienced to come. We are willing to teach you!

We open with prayer, discuss patterns and colors, teach others, pray for others, and listen to a short medi-tation. During a time of silence we focus on God, our knitting, and the clicking of our needles.

We have given away over 125 shawls. The shawls and lap robes have been warmly and graciously received. We trust that the shawls we have created send a mes-sage of God's love and compassion to all who receive them.

Our next gathering is still to be determined. Watch the weekly bulletins for the start up date and time.

Please call for information and locations: Sue Seel/ 631-689-0683

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“Whatever gift each of you may have received, use it in service to one another…” 1 Peter 4:10

Parish Ministry Opportunities

Church School Teachers and Pianists Many of last year’s Sunday School teachers are returning this year to teach. For this we praise the Lord! However, there are a few spots where we could use another teacher to be part of a team or as a substitute. We also need a once a month pianist, adult or child, to accompany the Children’s Chapel program on Sunday mornings from 9:30 am to 10:00 a.m. If you can help please contact Jan Visconti or the parish office.

Children and Teen Singers

Our Youth Choir, aka Joyful Noise Choir is a Ministry. Through singing in a choir, a child or young teenager can serve as a leader in the most important gatherings of the congregation. Your child does not need to match pitches or sing beautifully in order to be a Chorister. In our Joy-ful Noise Choir of children and youth all will learn to sing well. They will learn to use a great gift—their sing-ing voices—and they will have fun and fellowship in the process. Their friends who are not members of the parish but are interested in singing are also welcome. Please encourage your child or young teen to contribute to the life of our church by singing as choristers – a small deed that is well within the reach of each child at Caro-line. If you would like to know more about the program, or to sign up your child or young teen, please contact our new Youth Choir director, Mrs. Janani Sridhar, JSOp-era.Voice@gmail.com or the parish office.

We would like to remember in prayer, those who are serving in the Armed Forces.

Michael Cardamone, Melanie Gonzalez, Don Gonzalez, Andrew Gaebelein

May God protect them, bless them,

and bring them home soon.

Buildings & Grounds  Only two weeks have passed since the August edition of The Carillon was revised to include the storm, so little has changed. Things are moving along and by the time you read this, the floors in the MCS Building should be sparkling. Our tree service will have put in a second day cleaning up after the thunderstorm that passed through on August 4. There is much damage in the Rookery woods, where hanging limbs must be removed for safety reasons. The stair lifts mentioned in last month’s article should have been installed or at least scheduled. Likewise, the fire prevention improvements (which can not be sched-uled until the Town signs off on the plans) should be scheduled. Finally, the job refinishing of wood floors in the Sacristy and altar area has been awarded and should be accomplished by early September. So there will be some disruption with use of the facilities during this peri-od. Please bear with us as we prepare for the fall.

Chris Haring, Chair Buildings and Grounds

New Phone/address Office Directory:

Will be printed in October. If ANY of your information has changed since 10/13/14, or if you are NOT in the directory and would like to be, please contact Janet BY October 15th Please review the last Directory, dated 10/31/14 (ivory color) to see if your information needs to be changed.

You may email me at: office@carolinechurch.net,

or phone me at 941-4245.

The new Office Directories will be handed out starting November 1st at all three services.

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Liturgical Calendar August

Baptism: Isaac Robert LaRosa

Theophilus Healing Mission A Chapter of The Order of St. Luke the Physician

The next Healing Service is Friday, September 4th at Caroline Church at 7:30pm. We have been a chapter at Caroline Church for 21 years. The Order of St. Luke the Physician (OSL) has been around since the early 1950’s and it’s members, clergy, laity, medical profession laity are dedicated to praying for those who are ill in body, mind or spirit. We are also charged with bringing Jesus’ healing ministry back to churches. We also have prayer teams available after the 9:30am Sunday Services in the church. All are welcome.

Ginny Apmann, Ann Lallos

Caring for the Caregiver Support Group

How exciting that we will soon begin another “church year” together and with that a wonderful opportunity to take a moment and learn more about the Caregiver Sup-port Group, an active community outreach ministry at Caroline Church. Knowing the specific logistics of the ministry, i.e. meet-ings are non-disease specific, free, open to the communi-ty, facilitated by a geriatric social worker, held on the second and fourth Saturday of the month from 9:30-11:00 upstairs in the Parish House are important, but it is more important to be aware of those you intereact with in your daily lives and to be sensitive to the appearance of care-giver related stresses in their lives. It is also more im-portant to request several colored fliers that you can post in locations that you frequent and potentially reach a neighbor whose life you could enrich by so doing. Community awareness of the Caregiver Support Group Ministry is vital to its existence. Every parishioner of Caroline Church can and should participate in helping to achieve and maintain an ever growing presence of the group as a stable community resource within the Three Village and surrounding communities. Please note that there is always a need for volunteers for both behind-the-scenes work as well as those interested in helping to facilitate the group. Contact Virginia Cash, Caregiver Support Group Facilitator, at 428-0902 or vcash5msw@aol.com to request fliers or for further in-formation. Meetings in September will be held on Saturday, Septem-ber 12th and 26th.

CYC PLEASE NOTE regular CYC meet-ings do not resume until September 20! Come one come all (well, 6th-12th graders that is!) to the Cave (basement of MCS building) for our first meeting of the school year, Sun-

day September 20th from 4:00pm-6:00pm! Please wear "getting messy" duds, as we will be playing some ooey gooey games! Also, please bring a snack or bottle of soda to share so we can feast while sharing our summer tales. See you then! Any questions or information contact Lindsay Porter at:

Lindsay.baldwin.porter@gmail.com

Daughters of the King

We now have a Chapter of the Daughters of the King at Caroline Church. Our name is St. Teresa of Avila Chap-ter. Daughters of the King are dedicated to a service of prayer and service. We had a time of study and discern-ment before we felt called to start a chapter here at Caro-line Church. As a service to our Caroline Church families we will be praying for your prayer requests. How? There will be blue prayer cards in the pew racks for you to use either requesting prayer or giving thanks. We will have a box in the vestibule for you to drop your cards into. We will keep you in our daily prayers for a month (unless you request longer). As always all prayer requests are kept confidential. Thank you for letting us provide this service to you.

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Caroline Church of Brookhaven Church School Registration 2015-2016 Father’s Name______________________ Mother’s Name_______________________

Address:________________________________________________________________

Town_________________________ E-Mail__________________________________

Phone:__________________Dad Cell_______________Mom Cell________________ Religious Affiliation of Father:__________________________________ Mother:_________________________________ Children reside with Mom Dad Both or Other Who is allowed to pick up children from class?____________________________

Signature of Parent/Guardian__________________________________Date___________

Child 2 Name________________________________ Grade ___________ Age____________ Birth Date__________________ Allergies___________________ Interest/Talents___________________ Baptized/Date_______________ Confirmed /Date_____________

Child 3 Name_________________________________ Grade ________ Age________ Birth Date____________________ Allergies___________________________ Interest/Talents_______________________ Baptized/Date______________ Confirmed /Date_____________

Child 1 Name________________________________ Grade ______________ Age_________ Birth Date________________________ Allergies____________________________ Interest/Talents_______________________ Baptized/Date _______________ Confirmed /Date______________

Child 4 Name________________________________ Grade ____________ Age___________ Birth Date_________________ Allergies_____________________________ Interest/Talents_______________________ Baptized/Date ______________ Confirmed /Date_______________

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All Souls’ Events The Race is On! October 4th. Our 7th An-nual SOLES for All Souls’ Sponsorship Drive has begun. Runners and walkers can now sign up online with a professional race service at www.active.com, which will bring in a lot more participants. Contact Sue Kerr at 689-7832 or sbkerrs@aol.com. Second Sundays Poetry Reading, Septem-ber 12th, 11:00am-1:00pm. The Second Sat-urday morning poetry series will be returning to All Souls’ Church on, September 12th from 11:00am to 1:00pm. Please bring a can of food to donate if you want to help feed the poor in our area. “Lend a hand. Bring a can.”

Grand Ultreya September 19th

10:00am-1:00pm

Location: Cathedral House

Garden City

Prayer, Witness Talks, Singing of Old & New Songs, Refreshments &

Fellowship!

Bring a Friend!

All are Welcome!

Young Parishioners (20s/30s): This month the Young Parishioners will be playing and cheering on the Volleyball game against SPC! Game starts at 3:00.

Anyone for Volleyball?? We are having another volleyball match on the Village Green on September 26 with a rain date of the 27th. A team of at least 10 people will be formed. There will also be a kids' game for the under 13 crowd. And we will be playing against other congregations in the area. Caroline Church is on board for a rematch and I hope you all can join in and see just how much fun this is and how rewarding to have fellowship with other congregations! We have worked it in the past as a $20 donation to play and a $10 donation to watch and cheer. We bring drinks and snacks and baked goods to sell at the Concession stand. The winners take a little higher percentage of the proceeds and each Church chooses for themselves where their share of the "prize" will go.

If you have a competitive spirit and are interested in playing,

please contact Lindsay Porter at: Lindsay.baldwin.porter@gmail.com

Protestant Campus Ministry Treasurer Position Open

The Treasurer on the Board of Directors of Protestant Campus Ministry at Stony Brook University is retir-ing. The Board hopes to find a new treasurer among our parishioners. If you have an interest in helping this wonderful ministry, please see the job descrip-tion posted on our bulletin board in the MCS main room. Or, you may contact Herta Wulff at 631-751-7078 for more information.

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Brotherhood of Saint Andrew Thank you all for attending our mid-summer BBQ. We had a great crowd come out for some burgers and dogs with all the trimmings. It was also a wonderful support to our youth who presented their thoughts and experiences on the DC and Cuba mis-sion trips. Good job CYC. Special thanks to our kitchen help, who as usual car-ried the work load. Thank You, again. Our first Brotherhood meeting is scheduled for Sep-tember 12th. We start at 8:00am with our Eucharist. Hope to see you all there. Blessings Br. Mark

Joyful Noise Choir! Come join us in our Joyful Noise Choir! If your child is between 2nd-9th grade and likes to sing and make music, we would love to invite them to use their voices for the Lord! The Joyful Noise Choir is a great way for children to be involved in serving at the church, and it is also lots of fun! We do not hold auditions nor do we require prior musical experience. We invite everyone, so please consider joining us. The more the merrier! Regular rehearsals are Sundays 11-11:45am after the 9:30am service. We sing in church on the first and third Sundays at the 9:30am service, between the second reading and the gospel. We will start with a rehearsal on Sunday, September 27th at 11:00am. Our first Sunday to sing will be October 4th at the 9:30am Service.

If you have any questions, please contact me at: jsopera.voice@gmail.com Thank you and I look forward to seeing you soon.

Warmly, Janani

Director

Blessing of the Animals

To all Caroline Church pets, be sure you communi-cate to your caring owners that you want to come to Caroline Church for your yearly blessing. You know how much they enjoy worshipping God in a faith af-firming community, so don’t be shy about asking the Lord to bless you as an important part of the family. The Blessing of the Animals will take place on Satur-day, October 3rd at 10:00 a.m. at the Carriage Shed in the Church Parking lot. This unique service in cele-bration of St. Francis of Assisi’s love for all of God’s creation has always been a special time for all mem-bers of our parish family, even those that wag their tales or chirp. We will also take an informal vote on the most exotic pet presented for a blessing.

Service Saturdays at Camp DeWolfe

Another season of summer camp has just come to a close out at Camp DeWolfe! To ensure that the camp is spruced up and ready for programs throughout the coming program year, friends of the camp throughout the diocese are invited to help with service projects during a series of Saturdays in the fall. Each day provides an opportunity to participate in the stewardship of the camp grounds, engage in communi-ty, and enjoy a day out east in the natural setting on the Long Island Sound!

September 5, 12, 19, and October 3. 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

Visit www.campdewolfe.orgfor more info.

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Fall Interfaith Activities Planned Molloy Institute for Interfaith Dialogue is hosting an educational forum from an interfaith perspective. Please join them to hear about Humanism, Knowledge, Freedom and Culture at Molloy College. Mark your Calen-dars: All programs are on Sundays at 3:00 p.m.

September 20----October 11-----November 8-----December 6

At Molloy College, 100 Hempstead Ave. in Rockville Centre

Larini Room—2nd Floor---Public Square Building---rear of campus For more information, please call 516-323-3941 or 3940.

The Long Island Council of Churches, The Long Island Multi Faith Forum & The New Apostolic Church In-vite You to the 5th ANNIVERSAY CELEBRATION of the UN International Day of Peace on Monday Sep-tember 21, 2015 at 6:30 PM at the New Apostolic Church, 145 Crossways Park Drive West, Woodbury NY 11797 Previous hosts:

Westbury Friends meeting house (Quakers) 2011 Global Harmony House (Brahma Kumaris) 2012 Masjid Darul Quran (Islam) 2013 Brookville Church (Multifaith Campus) 2014

Please RSVP: Rev. Thomas Goodhue tomgoodhue@optonline.net

Montessori School Comes to Caroline Church

Beginning this month, Caroline Church will be undertaking a new community outreach. We will be hosting a Montes-sori Pre-School for 3-5 year olds. The classes will begin mid-September and be held Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. in the main room of the MCS building. Before and after school care may also be offered. The Montessori Method of teaching will be practiced as closely as possible, helping children progress through stages of mental, physical, and spiritual growth at different rates. The environment is structured so that children have maximum freedom to gravitate toward material that enhances their current state of development. Children are encouraged to choose their own activities with teacher’s support and guidance. This atmosphere fosters the growth of inner discipline and independence that leads to a healthy self-image. By nurturing children as individuals, the school seeks to develop confidence, intellectual growth, creativity and a joy of learning. Admission is open to all children and is non-sectarian, and non-denominational. However, the school will offer a Cat-echesis of the Good Shepherd spiritual development tract for interested parents to have their children participate. Although we realize that the use of our MCS building by the School will impact some group meetings, we are blessed with several buildings here at Caroline Church that will allow us to continue to accommodate them. If you would like further information about the new school and program either for your children or someone you know, please contact the Director of the Montessori School, Mrs. Ditas McHugh. Her e-mail address is ditasalcala@gmail.com or call her cell at 631-599-4080.

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SEPTEMBER 2015

1 9:00 AM OPEN HOUSE / MONTESSORI SCHOOL 12:30 PM -6:30pm Ford-ham Reading Program in MCS building 3:30 PM Soup Kitchen at CCUM 6:30 PM No Shore Cham-ber Choir in upper parish house 6:30 PM Stewardship Meeting

2 9:00 AM -5:30pm Fordham Reading Program in MCS building

3 10:00 AM 3 Village Homemakers in MCS 10:30 AM Pastoral Team to Sunrise Asst. 12:00 PM H.E & Heal-ing Service

4 9:00 AM OPEN HOUSE / MON-TESSORI SCHOOL 7:30 PM OSL Healing Service at Caroline Church

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6 8:00am & 10:00am Services 10:00 AM Camp Caroline

7 LABOR DAY WEEKEND/OFFICE CLOSED

8 3:30 PM Soup Kitchen at CCUM 6:30 PM No Shore Cham-ber Choir in upper parish house

9 10 10:00 AM 3 Village Homemakers in P.H. 10:30 AM Pastoral Team to Woodhaven 12:00 PM H.E & Heal-ing Service 7:00 PM Choir rehearsal

11 2:00 PM Church Tour-Bev 3:00 PM Book Club meets in Parish House

12 8:00 AM Brotherhood of St. Andrew meets 9:30 AM Caring for Caregivers Support Group in Parish House 5:00 PM Choir BBQ Party at Ellis' house

13 8:00am, 9:30am, 11:15am Services BACK TO CHURCH SUNDAY special coffee hour 9:30 AM 1st Day of Sunday School 9:30 AM Teachers Installation

14 4:15 PM Staff Meeting 6:45 PM 'Explore the Word' Bible study

15 10:00 AM ECW MB meets in MCS room 6:30 PM No Shore Cham-ber Choir in upper parish house

16 8:30 AM Montessori School 7:00 PM Vestry Meeting

17 8:30 AM Montessori School 10:00 AM 3 Village Homemakers in P.H. 10:30 AM Pastoral Team to PJ Health 12:00 PM H.E & Heal-ing Service 7:00 PM Senior Choir rehearsal

18 8:30 AM Montessori School 7:30 PM OSL Meeting in MCS building

19 8:30 AM Shawl Ministry in people's homes

20 8:00am, 9:30am, 11:15am Services 11:15 AM 2 Baptisms 1:00 PM MCS building in Use 4:00 PM Youth Group meets in the 'Cave'

21 8:30 AM Montessori School 4:15 PM Staff Meeting 7:30 PM Home Bible Study in Upper Room of Parish House (start of season)

22 8:30 AM Montessori School 10:00 AM ECW MB meets in Parish House 6:30 PM No Shore Cham-ber Choir in upper parish house

23 8:30 AM Montessori School DEADLINE FOR THE CARILLON

24 8:30 AM Montessori School 10:00 AM 3 Village Homemakers in P.H. 10:30 AM Pastoral Team to Jefferson Ferry 12:00 PM H.E & Heal-ing Service 7:00 PM Grief Support Group meets 7:00 PM Senior Choir rehearsal

25 8:30 AM Montessori School 6:30 PM No. Shore POT LUCK SUPPER ULTREYA at Caroline

26 9:30 AM Caring for Caregivers Support Group in Parish House 3:00 PM Volleyball on Green SPS vs CC

27 8:00am, 9:30am, 11:15am Services Fr. Farrell on vacation 11:00 AM Joyful Noise Choir rehearsal 3:00 PM Raindate for Voll-eyball on Green 4:00 PM Youth Group meets in the 'Cave'

28 Fr. Farrell on vacation 8:30 AM Montessori School 4:15 PM Staff Meeting 6:45 PM 'Explore the Word' Bible study 7:30 PM Home Bible Study in Upper Room of Parish House

29 Fr. Farrell on vacation 8:30 AM Montessori School 9:00 AM DoK meet in Parish House 10:00 AM ECW MB meets in Parish House

30 Fr. Farrell on vacation 8:30 AM Montessori School

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T C C a r o l i n e C h u r c h o f B r o o k h a v e n

The Rev. Cn. Richard D. Visconti, Rector One Dyke Road Setauket, NY 11733-3014

Non-Profit Organization

U.S. POSTAGE PAID

PERMIT #53 East Setauket

New York

C a r o l i n e C h u r c h o f B r o o k h a v e n Sunday Services: 8:00 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:15 a.m.

Tel. (631)941-4245 Fax (631)941-0280 Parish Office E-mail: office@carolinechurch.net

Web site: www.carolinechurch.net

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Back to Church Sunday

September 13th

3 Services Resume

8:00am, 9:30am, 11:15am

Church school at 9:30am