May 5, 2010
In the diocesan cycle we pray for the people of St. Mark’s Church, Portland (1891), and Marshall, their Vicar
In our companion diocese of Lui, we pray for the people of Kediba Archdeaconry, and Hilary, their Priest

IN THIS EDITION
 
The Gift of Water, One Well at a Time
l Walkathon this Saturday
8 am, Saturday, May 8, 2010 l Floods, Oil Spill, ongoing
Will you turn out of bed early on prayers
l New Ventures in
a Saturday morning and head Community Ministries
over to St. Martin's Walkathon? l Newsline

BISHOP'S VISITATIONS &

Michael Peters will. Part of St. SCHEDULE
Martin's High School Youth
Group, Michael will be carrying Sun, May 9, Christ Church-
Cape Girardeau
this jug filled with water over the Thu, May 13, 6:30 PM   
five mile route, and challenged Ordination of Eric Lobsinger.
to the Sacred Order of
his fellow school athletes to join Deacons , St. Paul’s Parish,
him. Surprised at the weight, he 2430 K Street, Washington,
D.C. Clergy: White stoles
is carrying the water both as a Sat, May 15, Confirmation,
demonstration and to highlight Cathedral
Sun, May 16, St. Peter's-
the daily reality for women and Ladue
girls in Lui. Unable to walk? Sat, May 22, 10:00 AM  
Ordination of Robert Ard Jr. to
Please consider an donation, the Transitional Diaconate
link provided below. Christ Church Cathedral,
Clergy: Red stoles
Sun, Jun 6, Church of the
Ascension-Northwoods
l 1 mile / 3 mile / 5 mile Sun, Jun 13, Ft. Leonard
l 8 a.m. Check-In Wood
Sat, Jun 19, Ordination of
l 8:30 Start Time Pamela Dolan to the Sacred
l Start & Finish at St. Order of Priests, Christ Church
Cathedral
Martin’s Sun, Jun 20, Trinity-Jefferson
l How much water would County
you have to carry each
day? Life of the Diocese

l Registration Form Sat, May 8, 8 AM  

l Pledge Form Water for Sudan Walk, St.
Martin’s Ellisville More info
l Maps of One Mile, Three
Mile, Five Mile Walks Sat, May 8
The Peace Meal Project at St.
John's-Tower Grove, every
The walk consists of three routes-a 1-mile fun run/walk and a 3 or 5-mile Saturday . Serving from 4-6
p.m. To sign up as a
route through Ellisville. Runners, bicyclists, friendly dogs on leashes, volunteer, please contact
strollers are all welcomed. Scott Splater. A full shift is
from 2-6:30 p.m. and a half
shift would be 2-4:30 p.m.
Registration the day of the event will begin at 8 am and the walk will begin (food prep and cook) or 4-
6:30 (serve and clean up).
with a prayer at 8:30 am. Runners and cyclists will be sent off first. Walkers
will follow. All three routes begin and end at St. Martin’s Church. Sat, May 15
REGISTRATION DUE Camp
Phoenix , July 25-31, 2010,
The advanced registration fee is $15, which includes a “Walk for Sudan” t- More info

shirt. The registration fee on the day of the event will be $20. A limited Sat, May 15
supply of t-shirts will be available. Each walker is asked to collect miles-to- Metro IV Convocation meeting

be-walked pledge contributions. Young children may participate for free with Saint Martin’s, Ellisville
a registered adult.
Sun, May 16, 7:00 pm
Compline, Trinity Episcopal
Church-Central West End.

Thu, May 20, 10:00 AM-3:00

PM   Clergy Day 

Tue, May 25
l St Martin-Ellisville St. Martin's Episcopal Church, 15764 Clayton 2010 Standing Committee
meeting Details
Road, Ellisville, MO 63011, ph 636-227-1484,
www.stmartinschurch.org Mon, May 31 7:30 PM   
ESM Book Club Online
For an invitation by email
  contact Fr. Rod Wiltse,
wiltse@charter.net In May we
  discuss The Sacred Meal by
Nora Gallagher.
 
Prayers and Support for Tennessee, Gulf Coast Sat, Jun 5
states, Haiti, Lui 2010 Diocesan Council
meeting Details
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori responded to the devastating
earthquake in Haiti at the national prayer service on January 17: "We Women's Wellness and
respond in lament and grief and sorrow, we push back against the Fellowship Day May 15
senseless mystery of life’s pain. We yield to those ancient questions: Why?
The Episcopal Church Women
What sort of a God permits destruction like this? What can I do, how can I o f All Saints' Church in St.
help? Those questions can’t ever be fully answered fully, yet they are most Louis present Women's
Wellness and Fellowship Day on
important in times like these. The reality is that life is not safe or Saturday, May 15th from
predictable, but what we do with our lives gives them meaning. God does 10:00a.m. to 2:00p.m.
not cause suffering or punish people with it, but God is present and known
Special guests will be the Rev.
more intimately in the midst of suffering. Above all, we become more human Karen Anderson, Richelle S.
through our broken hearts. That ability to suffer with, to feel compassion, is Clark, and Charley Johnson.  
Dress casually for light
one of the gifts of being fully human. We may only be able to be respond exercise. 
through being with, by standing alongside, even at a distance. We can pray
with the grieving, and we can reach out..." (Complete sermon in pdf.) All Saints' is located at 5010
Terry Street. Lunch will be
provided. Please RSVP at
Flooding in Tennessee. Torrential rains in the Tennessee area over the 314-367-2314 by May 8,
2010.  
weekend resulted in flooding of Nashville and many other parts of the state.
The Rt. Rev. John C. Bauerschmidt, Bishop of Tennessee, has confirmed Discernment Conference
the death of two parishioners from St. George’s Church in Nashville and June 6-8
reported that significant damage has been caused at St. George’s, All
The Discernment Conference,
Saints’ Church in Smyrna and other diocesan institutions. Immediate danger sponsored by the Commission
to the Diocesan Offices from levee failure has passed, but power has not yet on Ministry of the Diocese of
Missouri, is open to cand-
been restored, and access is limited.  The Diocesan Office remains closed  idates, postulants, aspirants,
until further notice.  Staff can be contacted by e-mail, and are ready to help. and those contemplating dis-
cernment for ministry.
Updates from the Diocese of Tennessee online...
Download a registration form
Oil Spill catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico. The Rev. Beverly Gibson,   online, and submit
registrations by no later than
Sub-Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Mobile, offers this prayer; the last part Friday, May 21 to: Cory
is from the Prayer for the Conservation of Natural Resources, BCP, p. Hoehn, Episcopal Diocese of
Missouri 1210 Locust St. St.
827. The Cathedral in Mobile will be using this prayer weekly throughout the  Louis, MO 63103 Questions?
oil spill crisis. (via Cindy McCrory, communications director in the Diocese Please contact Cory at (314)
255-1383 or
of the Central Gulf Coast) choehn@diocesemo.org.

Prayer for the Gulf of Mexico Dismantling Racism

St. Peter's-Ladue, July 9-10
We pray today for the preservation of our natural environment, especially the
Gulf of Mexico and the lands and waters it touches: Brochure
Guide those who labor to contain the oil that endangers the Registration (doc format)
Registration (pdf)
creatures of sea and land;
Strengthen those who work to protect them; HOLY WOMEN, HOLY MEN
Have mercy on those whose livelihoods will suffer;
Forgive us for our carelessness in using the resources of nature, May 7
Harriet Starr Cannon
and give us wisdom and reverence so to manage them in the future, Religious, 1896
that no one may suffer from our abuse of them, and that generations
yet to come may continue to praise you for your bounty; I I Gracious God, you called
Mother Harriet and her
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. companions to revive the
religious life in the Episcopal
Church by founding the
Images and maps of the progression of the Gulf of Mexico oil slick online at religious community of St.
www.skytruth.org, Deepwater Horizon Response, or on Google Earth.   Mary, and to dedicate their
lives to you: Grant that, after
their example, we may ever
Haiti response continues. It is estimated that one in three Haitians were    surrender ourselves to the
revelation of your holy will;
affected by the January 12 earthquake - roughly three million people. The through our Savior Jesus
Episcopal Church's missioner to Haiti, the Rev. Lauren Stanley, keeps the Christ, who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
most current collection of stories and information on her blog, Go Into The one God, for ever and ever.
World. Amen.

Cannon, Harriet Starr [May 7,

Ongoing drought in south Sudan. An extremely serious food crisis 1823-April 9, 1896] Mother
threatens southern Sudan and the Companion Diocese Relationship Harriet was first a member of
the Sisterhood of the Holy
Committee asks for our ongoing prayers. Centered in the Akobo region, the Communion, founded on the
number of malnourished people is three times the World Health model of the Lutheran
deaconesses by William
Organization’s threshold for an emergency. The UN estimates 4.3 million Augustus Muhlenberg. However,
people in south Sudan are in urgent need of food assistance. Most priests in she longed for something that
blended contemplation with work
the Diocese of Lui receive no compensation for ministry work, they are so broke away with four other
subsistence farmers raising food for their own families. If you have questions women to found the Community
of Saint Mary which still
for our missioners to Lui, or would like to keep apprised of the situation in endures. Although they founded
Lui, please join us online at Lui Network. a number of charitable
institutions, several of which
survive, Mother Harriet was
notable for her deep
  spirituality and her
understanding of fully devoting
 
New Ventures in Community Ministries: Grant one’s life to Christ.

Information and Timeline May 10

from Peg Cooper, Diocesan Council: Nicolaus Ludwig von
Zinzendorf
Prophetic Witness, 1760
The Diocesan Outreach Endowment Fund was established as a result of the
generosity of Missouri Episcopalians through pledges to the Making All I I God of life made new in
Christ, you call your Church to
Things New capital campaign. Its purpose is to challenge congregations keep on rising from the dead:
to make a difference where they are and to improve the quality of life in and We remember before you the
bold witness of your servant
with their communities, to identify pressing social needs and to design Nicolaus von Zinzendorf,
strategies to meet those needs. through whom your Spirit
moved to draw many in
Europe and the American
This is to be done by funding grants, NEW VENTURES IN COMMUNITY colonies to faith and
conversion of life; and we
MINISTRIES GRANTS, which are meant to be start-up funds to develop new pray that we, like him, may
projects. These projects are to be doable, manageable, replicable and rejoice to sing your praise,
live your love and rest secure
sustainable by congregations. in the safekeeping of the
Lord; who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
l More information and timeline online. one God, now and for ever.
l Grant materials and application available in the Offices of the Bishop: Amen.
contact Tracy Grigsby, tgrigsby@diocesemo.org, 314-231-1220.
von Zinzendorf, Count Nicolaus
 Ludwig [1700-May 9, 1760]
Founder of the Herrnhuter
  Brüdergemeinde or Moravian 
  Brotherhood. A reformer of the
Holiness Movement, who
Newsline believed in "religion of the
heart," and worked to infuse new
Church of the Transfiguration, 1860 Lake St. Louis Boulevard, Lake St. life into Protestant orthodoxy.
Louis, has a Nursery Worker position open. Duties are taking care of the
The resolution to General
children of parents who attend the 10:15 a.m. service, about 1.5 hours each Convention which contains the
Sunday. Additional occasional work for other church events.  If you are suggested additions to Holy
Women, Holy Men is available
interested, please call Transfiguration at 636-561-8951 for an application. online as a large pdf file. The
The pay is $13 an hour; the nursery worker is paid if no parents use the edited and official version will be
published and available next
nursery that Sunday. year.

From the Very Rev. Mike Kinman. For those unable to attend Flower DIOCESAN PUBLICATIONS
Festival, a highlight of the weekend was the Rev. Becca Stevens, who
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moved us deeply with her preaching on both Saturday and Sunday (go to The Rt. Rev. Wayne Smith
yourcathedral.blogspot.com to listen to both) ... and between services on Bishop of Missouri
Sunday entered into a deep conversation with many of us about the roots of
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the life of the world. Many have expressed concern about Becca's safe Director of Communications
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return to flood-ravaged Nashville. She was stranded here Sunday evening ... bfelice@diocesemo.org
which allowed her to slip in the back and experience Evensong (which she 314-255-1387
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adored), and then after a trip to the Botanical Gardens on Monday made it
back safely late Monday afternoon. She described flying in over the Archives
overflowed rivers as humbling ...and is currently working with many iSeek, weekly news;
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parishioners who have sustained damage to their homes and businesses.
Please keep Becca, the women of Magdalene, and all the people of
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Nashville in your prayers. ( Flower Festival photos.)
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CSMSG Evensong. On Sunday, May 16, at 5:00 pm the Choir of The Diocesan Calendar
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Church of St. Michael & St. George will sing the Office of Evensong at the Lui Network-community site
Abbey Church of St. Mary and St. Louis in Creve Coeur (also known as the Missouri deputation-blog
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Priory and St. Anselm's parish). This liturgy is part of CSMSG's ongoing Facebook-social network
ecumenical relationship with the monks of St. Louis Abbey. LinkedIn
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Vacation Bible School (VBS) at Trinity-St. Charles, 318 S Duchesne. Flickr-photo gallery
Vimeo-videos
Trinity's bible school challenges your notion of the "same old thing." First, it Scribd-publications
is intergenerational. Second, it is held in the evenings (the week of June 7).
The culmination is a presentation of the musical Adam’s Apple--the story of IN THIS EDITION
Adam and Eve, forbidden fruit, the sneaky snake and temptation--on June 11
l Walkathon this Saturday
at 7pm. There are singing parts and speaking parts, and there is a parallel l Floods, Oil Spill, ongoing
bible study going on for VBS participants who would rather watch the prayers
l New Ventures in
production from behind the lights. Each evening's study begins with a light Community Ministries
supper. l Newsline

Trinity's Music Director, John Hawn, will be working with Adam's Apple
participants on the four preceding Wednesdays, May 12, 19, 26, and June
2. These “Music Learning Days” begin with a light supper 5:45 pm followed
by rehearsal. To register or for more info call Trinity's office at 636-949-0160.

Vacation Bible School (VBS) at St. Martin's-Ellisville. St.

Martin’s invites families (children and adults) throughout our
area to join us in this summer's ReNew: The Green VBS.
Learn about Jesus, help build our community, and grow as
you become stewards of God’s creation.

l Dates:  June 23 – 27
l Times:  9 a.m. till Noon, Wednesday – Saturday
l 11:30 a.m. till 3:00 p.m., Sunday (lunch included)
l Ages:  Preschool – 6th Grade, Wednesday – Sunday

l Teens & Adults, Saturday & Sunday

l Cost:  Children = $20, Adults = $10, Family Max = $50
(due at registration)
l Registration:  Now through June 6
l Contact:  Janis Greenbaum, Christian Formation Director
jgreenbaum@stmartinschurch.org
636-227-1484

Looking forward to Pentecost. Here is a fast, fun video Molly Etheridge

made last year to encourage parishioners to wear red to Christ Church,
Winnetka, IL. How will you celebrate Pentecost Sunday, May 23?

 
 

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