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S T . J O H N ’ S E P I S C O P A L

The Chimes

Changing SeasonsLiving Together In Community

Our season has changed agains we have gone from hot, humid springo an even hotter, humid summer. This is season where so many just want tourvive by staying indoors, keeping coolnd catching up on their reading. I haveot been able to stay indoors and cool,ut I have been reading the works of 

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German theologiannd martyr of the twentieth century. Somef his famous writings were done in a

Gestapo prison where he was executedust before the end of World War II. I ameading parts of these writings and wanto share them with you because theypeak to what it means to live in a

Christian Community.As a theologian, Bonhoeffer did

ot believe Christianity could be merelyn intellectual theory divorced from life,ut must be responsible, obedient action

n every situation of everyday life. Weannot take for granted that the Christian

has the privilege of living together amongother Christians. Bonhoeffer stated,“Jesus Christ lived among his enemies;and at the end all of his disciplesdeserted Him, leaving him to die alonesurrounded by evildoers and mockers.

The Christian today also belongsin the thick of his enemies. “He who willnot suffer this does not want to be of theKingdom of Christ; he wants to be amongfriends, to sit among roses and lilies, not

with the bad people, but devout people. If 

Christ had done what you are doing wwould ever have been spared?” (Luth

God’s people must be amongunbelievers, the poor and thedisenfranchised, sharing the love of Christ and spreading his Word.

Bonhoeffer writes, “The physipresence of other Christians is a sourof incomparable joy and strength to thbeliever.”

Further, he says, “Among earChristians in the Church today there isgrowing desire to meet together withother Christians in the rest of their wofor common life under the Word.

Communal life is again being recognizby Christians today as the grace it is, the extraordinary, the ‘roses and lilies’the Christian life.”

How privileged we arlive in daily fellowship of life with eachother where we worship together, reacout to others together and have fun

together. We can be thankful, praise Gand say, “It is by grace, nothing but grthat we in St. John’s Sealy can live inChristian Community together.”

  Rev

St. John’s Episcopal Church is a loving community of faith and worship, showing

the love of God to each other and the world.

ontact us:

Hwy 36 N at 6th St.ealy, Texas

Office Hours :M-F 9 am - 12 pm

hone: 979-885-2359ax: 979-885-2100mail:tjohn_episcopal@sbcglbal.net

Website:www.stjohnssealy.com

Here’s The Scoop

What’s happening in

 your fellow parishioner’slives.Page 2

Birthdays and

 Anniversaries

See who is celebratingthese important eventsthis monthPage 2

Keep in your Prayers

Please remember theseindividuals in yourprayersPage 3

Focus on Service

Daughters of the KingPage 3

Reminders

Page 3

Being Episcopalian

A grab bag of articles -Things you wonder

about, laugh about,Anglicans in the news ...Page 4

Senior Warden’s

Message

Brian keeps us upd

on the happenings the VestryPage 5

a publication of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Sealy, Texas July 20

Celebrating Liberators and Prophets-

 four women who changed a nation

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T H E C H I M E S

irthdays, Anniversaries and Hospitality List

Birthdays

7/2!  Jane Brechin

7/9! Wayne Hintz

7/10! William Allen Kellner

7/13! Phil HuffmanSmith Scarborough

7/15! Perry FordCody Brandon

/16! Polly Goodner

/18! Lucie Pawlak 

/20! Kelsey Leslie

/23! Ruth Burwell

/25! Matt ChildressToni Franklin

7/29! Andrea Ford

Anniversaries

7/5! Charles & Melissa Ford

/30! Camille & Brandon Herring

Hospitality

7/3! Bonnie Onks & Carol Heath

7/10! Polly Goodner & BobbieSummerlin

7/17! Suzanne & Jeff Whitzel

7/24! Wayne Hintz & LaJuan Farrell

/31! Lianne & Mike Jelson

Elise spent a week inLouisiana with heraunt. She attended aWetlands Camp at the

Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center inThibodaux, LA.

Will and Andrea joined Elise inThibodaux after her week was up. Theyspent time with Mimi and met the real-life alligator hunters from “SwampPeople!”

Trapper Joe, Will, Elise & Trigger Tommy 

Patty McAlexander, Mary Emerson andJudy Johnson attended Eric's graduationat Camp Allen.  The service waswonderful, with the sermon by our ownFr. Sam!  After the service we joined Eric

and his wife, Mary Lou, at their table forlunch.  This was Patty's first trip to CampAllen and she loved it!  All in all, it was agreat day!  Congratulations, Eric!!

The Owen family is on vacation in SaltLake City.

Pictured at right - front, Bubba , Bobbie,

Marion, back, Brian, Fr. Sam,Pat, Rev. Eric

and Kathleen

Marge Michaelis spent a week inPecos,visiting sons and her formerchurch, St. Mark’s Episcopal.

Jim & Bonnie Carr's daughter, Kasey,flew in from Denver to surprise her dafor Father's Day. Their other daughterMelissa, husband, Jeff, and their 6 yr. twins, Katie and Jacob, drove in fromFrisco, TX to join the surprise party. Tall took a trip to the beach to escape thheat.

Sarah Michaelis, grandaughter of Marand Godchild/niece of John & Pat Klois on a 16 day tour of Europe with StaTexas Ambassadors of Music. Sarah 4th chair flute. The group will performmultiple concerts in England, France,Switzerland, Austria and Germany. Sis a senior in Orange and a member ofPaul’s.

A group from St. John’s attended Ericordination as a Deacon at Christ ChuCathederal on June 18, 2011. Check the photo and the link to a slideshow othe service.

http://www.epicenter.org/sermon/

deacons-ordination-2011/

You sent a gracious rain, O God, upon your inheritance; you refreshed the land when it was wear

Psalm 68:9

Quote of the Month

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T H E C H I M E S

From the Front Page

Have you ever noticed that themages posted on the front page, don’tecessarily coincide with the frontage article, ‘Changing Seasons’? Itas the editor’s intent to place a

eligious image that matched theurigical calendar 

In the month of July, thepiscopal Church calendar 

ommemorates four 19th centurymerican women – what we might call

modern day saints”. All four womenay be more known for their social

ctivism and their place in politicalstory; yet, for each, their belief in Godnd their religious faith was theornerstone of their activism.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Championof women’s rights in Church andsociety

Isabella Sojourner Truth, Abolitionist

and traveling preacher 

Amelia Jenks Bloomer, Christianmissionary, temperance advocate,and liberator of women

Harriet Ross Tubman, Liberator of slaves and women

search of an image to match thealendar, “God Bless America” washosen to clebrate these remarkableomen and the anniversary of the birthf our nation.

F O C U S O N S E R V I C E

St. John’s has a very active chapter. We

concentrate on prayer and study. We

meet monthly during the school year and

once during the summer. Our studies

have covered many of the Psalms, study

books and our favorite saints. Once we

all took turns telling our personal spiritual

life journey. Our prayer list is continuously

updated and confidential.Our chapter was started in 1990 and is

named in memory of Dori Brandon. Dori

was a faithful member of St. John’s and a

true inspiration to all.

† Mary Emerson

† Rilla Youngblood

† Carol Heath

† Jean Jones

† Susan Love

† Gloria Noy

† Andrea Ford

† Sandy Scarborough

† Judy Johnson, President

 

Community News

FOOD PANTRY NEWS

  In May we were able to distribu

food to 185 families, which involved 6

individuals. We will always be in needpaper grocery bags. Please ask for theat the grocery store and save them for u

On Saturday May 14th, the SePostal Department had an area wide fodrive to benefit the pantry. The followTuesday morning, the postal employedelivered 1,320 pounds of food staplesus. This couldn’t have come at a bettime since we are trying to build up ostoreroom, getting geared up for tsummer. Thanks to these people sponsoring a food drive and everyoelse who showers the pantry w

abundant contributions that help make tall possible.Vernon Ekarius, Coordina

Trinity Lutheran Church will host a “Driv

Thru for Others” campaign during tsummer. A drive to collect supplies U.S. Troops will be held on Friday, J15th. Supplies and toiletries will collected to send to young men awomen who are serving abroad. Tcollection area will be set-up at the corn

of Highway 36 and 4th Street from 7:a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Keep in Your Prayers• The military and their families

• Peter and Susan Conaty

• Victims of tornadoes and floods

• The areas who are suffering fromdrought, may they receive much neededrain.

• Ford Pamily

Almighty God, we commend to your

gracious care and keeping

all the men and women of our armed

forces at home and abroad.Defend them day by day with your

heavenly grace;

strengthen them in their trials and

temptations;

give them courage to face the perils

which beset them;

and grant them a sense of your abidin

presence wherever they may be;

through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen

(Book of Common Prayer, pg. 823)

RemindersRemember to post your outreachministry reports on the new bulletin

board in the Parish Hall!

ishop Andy Doyle throwing out the

1st pitch at an Astros game.

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T H E C H I M E S

Being Episcopalian

hurch History continued from last month - ended

with the signing of the Magna Carta.

Discontent with Roman

dministration of the church.

The beginning of the sixteenth century

howed significant discontent with theRoman church. Martin Luther's famous5 Theses were nailed to the door of he church in Wittenburg in 1517, andews of this challenge had certainlyeached England when, 20 years later,he Anglican branch of the churchormally challenged the authority of 

Rome. Henry VIII dissolved themonasteries and abbeys in 1536.

There is a public perception, especiallyn the United States, that Henry VIIIreated the Anglican church in anger ver the Pope's refusal to grant hisivorce, but the historical record

ndicates that Henry spent most of hiseign challenging the authority of 

Rome, and that the divorce issue wasust one of a series of acts thatollectively split the English churchrom the Roman church in much theame way that the Orthodox churchad split off five hundred years before.

Defining the new church

The newly-separated Anglican churchwas given some formal structure in562 during the reign of Elizabeth I.

That structure is not a managementrocess or governing organization.

What binds us together is not commondministration but shared tradition andhared belief. Our belief is writtenown in the Holy Bible and the Articlesf Religion; our tradition is in partmbodied in our Book of Common

Prayer. The first Book of CommonPrayer was produced in 1549. In it theatin liturgy was radically simplified

nd translated into English, and for therst time a single 'use' was enforcedhroughout England. It has beenevised numer ous times since then, the

most significant revision being the first,n 1552. All revisions since then, before

he modern era, were very

onservative revisions. The 1662English Book of Common Prayer formshe historical basis for most Anglicanturgy around the world. While several

ountries have their own prayer

ECW Luncheon

 St. John’s ECW recently celebrated the

insallation of officers at an end of yearlunch at Nancy’s Steak HouseinColumbus. Since photos are worth athousand words, I ‘ll let you decide onhow the day went!

Our “new” Vice President and Presiden

Mu

One of our Mom & Daughter pairs

I hope they share what is so funny witthe rest of us….

LaJuan sharing her dessert withRosemary.

books, all borrow heavily from theEnglish tradition rooted in Cranmer'soriginal work.

Further Information

Church history has been an importantpart of the cultural history of everynation, and through the centuriesthousands of books have been writtenabout it. Every library and every 

encyclopedia will cover it to somedegree. An informative online startingpoint for learning more about the historyof the Anglican Church is The AnglicanTimeline, produced by the Americanphysician Ed Friedlander, MD. It listsseveral hundred notable events in thehistory of the Anglican church, with largenumbers of links to reference materialsand primary sources.

(reprinted from Anglican.org

Blast from the Past

provided by Marge, c. 1955/56

Recipe of the MonthJalapeno Breakfast Pie

Cody Edwards

Butter a 9x9 pan. Place jalepenos (totaste) in bottom of pan. Mix 7 eggs and 2cups of sharp cheddar and bake @ 350degrees. Check for doneness - whenknife comes out clean, it’s ready to eat!

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