HHiigghh TTiiddiinnggss St. Andrew’s Episcopal

Church

Panama City

OUR VISION

A Vision of Mission: St. Andrew’s will begin a new way to routinely reach out to those who do not know Christ (or who do not have a church home). The primary focus of the Church is to minister to those who have yet to enter our doors. Each of us is an evangelist.

A Vision of Worship: Make worship transforming and accessible, so that when people leave they are thirsting to come back for more.

A Vision of Hospitality: Practice Radical Hospitality. Besides worship, newcomer ministry must be the most important ministry in the parish.

OUR MISSION STATEMENT

To Encounter God and Have Our Spirits Formed

through Christian Worship in Episcopal Tradition,

Community, Mission, and Education

The Rev. Dr. Margaret S. Shepard

Rector

Message from Margaret:

Frederic Debuyst, in Modern Architecture and Christian

Celebration, writes: “The Christian church is neither a sacred

monument built to express God’s glory, nor a simple gathering

centre for biblical lectures or social proceedings. It is a Paschal

meeting-room, a place where the assembled community

experiments and exercises the full impact of the paschal

Mystery.” (p.20) This means that in liturgical design, we are

not primarily concerned with a series of objects (ambo, font,

altar, etc.) but with creating a space in which the “subject”

(those who worship there) can give full and deep expression to

its life in the Risen Christ.

Here the Christian community has much to learn from

the theatre. The stage designer sets the scene, creates the space,

in which the written text of the play is brought to life, and the

audience is transported to another world, even carried to another

plane of existence. The detailed design of the stage will have a

tremendous impact on how the players interpret the play, and

what extent the audience is caught up in the action. Many of

you have heard me say that on the night before Jesus was

betrayed, he asked the disciples to rent a theatre (room), and in

that theatre they would do the play of the King’s Feast. And

this is what we continue to do each Sunday as we re-enact what

happened that night in the upper room. All of us become actors

in the play.

But if we restrict ourselves too much, if we are cramped,

or confine people to specific areas because they can’t climb

steps, not everyone is able to act in the play. The theatre

reminds us that the performance is everything. No matter how

inspirational the set, it is the actors who bring the play to life. It

is the players alone who can transfix us and carry us to new

worlds.

Continued on p.2

October 2012

Continued from p.1

At the heart of Christian worship there lies the mystery of the transformation of the people of God

themselves into temples of the Holy Spirit. Once a Christian community has begun to realize its true and

unique identity under God, once we know who we really are, how can the whole body of the local church be

stirred to act upon these discoveries? If we are going to attempt to make the ‘house of the church’ a real home

for the community of faith; if it is to be the setting for a missionary congregation’s exploration and encounter

in prayer and worship and service, then we are talking about revolutionizing our space.

We are dealing with a spiritual process, which we might call liturgical formation, in which a

community of faith discovers its identity and vocation under God and determines how to express those

characteristics in the physical environment of its worship and work.

Blessings and love,

Margaret+

The Feast of St. Francis and the Blessing of the Animals

Saturday, October 6th

All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small. All things wise and

wonderful-the Lord God made them all! On Saturday, October 6th, we will have the annual

Blessing of the Animals in celebration of the Feast of St. Francis. If you cannot come on

Saturday, you are welcome to bring your pet to church on Sunday for it to receive a blessing.

On both days pets need to be on leashes, in cages, bowls, etc. We will do the blessing Sunday

at the time of the announcements. This year, the blessing on Saturday will take place in the

front yard of the church, on Beach Drive. So bring all of your pets, big or small to be blessed

and receive a St. Francis medal.

COMING EVENTS

Feast of St. Francis

Saturday, Oct. 6th

10:00 a.m.

Front Lawn

Choral Evensong

Sunday, Oct. 14th

4:30 p.m.

OSL Meeting

Sunday, Oct. 21st

After 10:00 service

St. Mary’s Guild

Tuesday, Oct. 9th

10:00 a.m.

Supper at Grace

Thursday, Oct. 18th

6:00 p.m.

Book Club

Tuesday, Oct. 23rd

11:30 a.m., Books-a-Million

WOW

Wednesday, Oct. 10th

6:00 p.m.

Byrne Hall

Pampered Chef

Saturday, Oct. 20th

10:30 a.m.

Byrne Hall

Cursillo #149

Friday– Sunday

Oct. 31st

Beckwith Lodge

Happenings ST. MARY’S GUILD

After a successful start last month, St. Mary’s Guild will meet in October in

Byrne Hall to hear a presentation by the Coordinator of the Bay Med Volunteers.

That’s Tuesday, October 9th at 10:00 a.m. and and all ladies of the Church are

invited to participate. Ann Bruce, Snookie Raines and Nell Barnett will be the

hostesses. For more information contact Mary Wimpenny (872-7999) or Shirley

Gobat (785-1131).

ORDER OF ST. LUKE

Members of OSL are available for intercessory prayer during the Eucharist on

Sunday mornings. If you want someone to pray with or for you, stop by the chapel after you take Communion. OSL members also prepare and bless prayer shawls for the sick, and visit the homebound. They meet on the third Sunday each month after the 10:00 service—October 21st this month.

GROCERY CART

The groceries are having lots of “Buy One, Get One (BOGO)” items so you

can save money and fill up the Grocery Cart at the same time! All foods are

donated to the food pantry at St. Andrew Baptist Benevolence Ministry for

distribution to people in our community. Cereal is almost always on sale this way

and can be used for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Plan to pick up some cereal to

share this month.

PREP FOR BAY LIGHTS

SILENT AUCTION

HUDSONS &

FLOORE

JAILED FOR MDA

The Bean Trees is a book readers have taken to their hearts. It is now a standard in college

literature classes across the nation and has been translated for a readership stretching from Japan to

Romania.When it was first published, however, its author was unknown. Word of mouth spread

slowly among booksellers, librarians, critics and readers with a passion to share their favorite

books. In The Bean Trees they found a spirited protagonist, Taylor Greer, who grew up in poor in

rural Kentucky with the goals of avoiding pregnancy and getting away. But when Taylor heads west

with high hopes and a barely functional car, she meets the human condition head-on. By the time

she arrives in Tucson, she has acquired a completely unexpected child and must somehow come to

terms with both motherhood and the necessity for putting down roots. Hers is a story about love and

friendship, abandonment and belonging, and the discovery of surprising resources in apparently

empty places.

PAMPERED CHEF PARTY TO FILL OUT KITCHEN SUPPLIES

We are going to have a Pampered Chef party on Saturday, October 20th @ 10:30 a.m.

for church parishioners and their friends. There will be demonstrations, games, and of

course, nibbles! Any credit for sales will be used to purchase items for the kitchen in Byrne

Hall. RSVP Linne' Morgan 784-0824 no later than Wednesday, October 17th. See you

there!

Members Helping Members!

There is a growing need for people in the parish who need rides to and from church, who

need transportation to the doctor or to the grocery store. Nancy Young, through Vision inside the

Church is looking for folks who would be glad to offer someone a ride on Sunday morning to

church and back. Also if you have repair skills and would be willing to help make some very minor

repairs, this, too is needed. If you would like to be a part of this ministry, please see the list under

Vision Inside the Church on the “white” side of the bulletin board, and sign up. Thanks!!

News You Can Use The Bean

Trees by Barbara

Kingsolver

Oct. 23rd

ST. ANDREW’S EPISCOPAL BOOK CLUB

4th Tuesdays

Books-a-Million 11:30 a.m.

Another opportunity to attend Cursillo! Cursillo #149 (Dale Miley, Lay Rector) October 31

st - November 4

th

Cursillo is held at Camp Beckwith in Weeks Bay, Alabama. It is a three-day weekend

that introduces people to simple methods for nurturing and growing their relationships with

Christ. It provides an experience of living in a Christian community centered in worship,

prayer, study of scripture, and interaction with other Christians. Its mission is to build up our

parish churches by encouraging and empowering their members to prepare for doing the work

of the church - the spreading of the Gospel. Participants are not pressured to say or do

anything that makes them uncomfortable during the weekend. Although such a program may

sound serious, it often includes a lot of laughter, joy and love.

Why Go? It is free. It is relaxing. It is fun. It is a rare opportunity to spend three days

of undistracted attention to what God has to say to us. If you think you may be interested,

please see Linne' Morgan for an application or ask at the church office.

Part of Cursillo is experiencing the love of other Christians--your fellow parishioners, even

strangers who care about you.

If you are interested in going to Cursillo, see Linne Morgan or Margaret!

Also, if you are interested in serving on staff, fill out a staff registration form.

It’s Scarecrow Time in St. Andrew’s Village If you would like to gather several friends and make a scarecrow to advertise St. Andrew’s

church and have it displayed in the village of St. Andrew at the annual Scarecrow Festival, then

please see the entry information on the bulletin board. This would be a fun afternoon to have a

beverage and sandwich and create a good advertisement for us! There are prizes galore!

Memorial Checks

If you give a donation in memory of someone, please add their name to the memo line of

your check. Thank you.

Cursillo

Thank You to the Following Who Have Made Recent Donations to the St. Andrew’s Memorial Fund:

In Memory of Margaret Griffih Gross Belle Casler David and Glenda Dean Robert and Lucy Dozar Mary Johnson Gene Sapp Dick and Margaret Seeberger Diane Tate Tom and Barbara Sontag Iva O. Walter Art and Mary Wimpenny Anna F. Beckham Anne Staley Rosemary E. Long Wyn and Laurie Ayers Frank and Kathy Lopez Snookie Raines

In Memory of Dail Williams The Rev. Dr. Margaret Shepard

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI

We are told that St. Francis used to spend whole nights praying the same prayer: “Who

are you, God? And who am I?” Evelyn Underhill claims it’s almost the perfect prayer.

The abyss of your own soul and the abyss of the nature of God have opened up, and

you are falling into both of them simultaneously. Now you are in a new realm of

Mystery and grace, where everything good happens!

Things To Do

SUPPER AT GRACE IS COMING UP AGAIN

Thanks to all the people who signed up during the Ministry Fair to help serve supper to

the hungry at Grace Episcopal Church. Our next opportunity will be the 3rd

Thursday in

October, the 18th

. Faye Hutt will be cooking Red Beans and Rice (it was so successful in

August, we decided to make it our “signature” dish and serve it every time!) Wednesday night;

if you’d like to help, call her at 785-6240.

On Thursday Marilyn Hermansen and others will be gathering at Byrne Hall at 2:00 p.m.

to carry the food out to Grace, where we will prepare sandwiches, cook rice (Does anyone have

a rice cooker we could use—we need 2 more!), set tables, wrap bread, and get ready to serve.

Dinner is from 6:00 to 7:00, and clean-up is usually finished by 8:00. Faye has promised to

make an extra pot of red beans so the workers can eat too!

For more information, contact Marilyn (522-6449) or Teri Floore (763-239).

CHORAL EVENSONG

One of the loveliest and oldest services in the Anglican Church is that of Choral

Evensong. Our wonderful choir will present a Service of Evensong on October 14th

at

4:30 p.m. The service includes musical settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis as

well as anthems. Based on the services held daily in the Medieval Church, Choral

Evensong as arranged in the Book of Common Prayer of the Anglican Church has been

sung regularly since the Sixteenth Century. Many people who are new to worship prefer

to come to Choral Evensong because it is relatively passive. The service includes

readings (just as would occur at Evening Prayer) and prayers led and chanted by a priest.

You do not want to miss this wonderful service. Bring your friends!

Is not this the fast that I choose:

to loose the bonds of injustice,

to undo the thongs of the yoke,

to let the oppressed go free,

and to break every yoke?

Is it not to share your bread with the hungry,

and bring the homeless poor into your house;

when you see the naked, to cover them,

and not to hide yourself from your own kin?

Then your light shall break forth like the dawn,

and your healing shall spring up quickly;

your vindicator shall go before you,

the glory of the LORD shall be your rearguard.

Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer;

you shall cry for help, and [God] will say, Here I am. - Isaiah 58:6-9

As fall comes upon us, we begin to hewn our focus on Faith Commitment, even though

our gifts to God from God’s very generous gifts to us are a part of our every day thought. This

year we will have Cottage Meetings, or times to get together in small groups for a light dinner

in various homes to focus on our thankfulness, the gift of one another, and our gifts back to our

generous God. If you would be willing to have such a meeting in your home, and to fix dinner

for 8-10 people, please speak with Margaret.

MINISTRY FAIR

Faith Commitment

DATE

October 7

19th

Sunday

after Pentecost

October 14

20th

Sunday after

Pentecost

October 21

21st Sunday

after Pentecost

October 28

22nd

Sunday after

Pentecost

Readings

1st

Psalm

2nd

Gospel

Job 1:1; 2:18-24

8

Hebrews 1:1-4,

2:5-12

Mark 10:2-16

Job 23:1-9, 16-17

90:12-17

Hebrew’s 4:12-16

Mark 10:17-31

Job 38:1-7

91:9-16

Hebrews 5:1-

10

Mark 10:35-45

Job 42:1-6, 10-17

34:1-8

Hebrews 7:23-28

Mark 10-46-52

Thurifer

Crucifer/Server

Torch 1

Torch 2

Banner

Chalice/Chapel

Chalice/Ambo

Reader 1

Psalm

Reader 2

Prayers

Greeter1

Greeter 2

Intercess.

Prayers

Anne Staley

T. Czupric

Belle Casler

Helen Graves

Ken Graves

Heather Hudson

J. Cole

Wishart

Seeberger

J Cheshire, V.

Zekas

Cirks, Young

T. Broome

C. Broome

Regan Hall

Belle Casler

Jeff Cole

Teri Floore

J. Yon

Wishart

B. McKay, S.

Gobat

Joanie Cole/Yon

Stanleys

Jeff Cole

J. Hudson

Al Tremaine

Bill Gobat

B. Banks

R. Long

D. Dean

Wishart

S. Raines, A.

Bruce

L. Harden, F.

Tate

Temple/Dean

Tom Sontag

Bill Gobat

Bill Reed

Jerry Richmond

Nancy Young

C. Schilling

F. Lopez

Wishart

Davises /Zekas

Barnetts

Bruce/Walter

Ushers

Oblations

Key Minister

Lay Euch.

Visitor

Raj Chatterjea,

Jeanette Riley

M. Hermansen,

M. Johnson

T. Gladstone

B. Temple

Al Tremaine, M

Hermansen

C. & F. Schilling

T. Gladstone

N. Young

Wimpennys

Al Tremaine, A.

McLemore

T. Gladstone

J. Cole

Lopezes

Floores

T. Gladstone

B. Gobat

Ministry Schedule

or Two Beers and a Bible!!

St. Andrew’s has a new ministry through Vision Outside the Church. We will meet at “The Place”

restaurant on Harrison Avenue in downtown Panama City at 6:00 p.m. to hoist one, eat a sandwich, and

have Bible Study for anyone who wants to join us. The clergy will lead this at first, but then we hope

anyone interested will sign up to lead the Bible Study. It will be structured so that you do not have to

know all the answers!! We hope this will turn out to be a helpful ministry for the community. So join

us Monday night, October 1st at 6:00. See you at The Place!!

PADDLE & PRAY

Pub Theology

6:00 P.M.

THE PLACE

DOWN TOWN PANAMA

CITY

MONDAY NIGHTS

SPONSORED BY

ST. ANDREW’S EPISCOPAL

CHURCH

PASTORAL CARE

If you or someone you know is in the hospital or in need of a pastoral care visit or call, please call Rosemary Long at the Church Office 763-7636.

EMERGENCY PRAYER CHAIN

If you need immediate prayer because of an emergency situation, the St. Andrew’s prayer chain is available. Please contact Ann Bruce at (850) 814-5234.

If you are in the Hospital and would like a visit please contact Margaret at 850-419-7440 or John at 850-784-9887.

► PARISH PRAYER LIST◄

Names will remain on the Prayer List for six weeks. If

prayer is needed beyond that period, please place a note

in the offering plate, or call the Church Office at 763-

7636.

*Prayer Cards - If you would like to have a name included in the list below, please be sure to write “Bulletin” on the Prayer Card and sign the card.

For the Sick and Those in Need: Iva, Sandra, SaZane,

Dee, Greg, Charles, Judy, Barbara, Dick, Sandra, Amanda, John, Alice, Linda, Polly, Jeremy, Bo, Dorothee, Terry, Mike, Sandra, Helen, Dorothy, Courtney, Tom, Agatha, Julian, Glenda, Rose, Bernice

For the Military: Jeff Anderson, Bowe Bergdahl, James Bracken, Andrew Cole, Ronnie Grissett, Kenneth Kline, Evan McClain, Ryan McGlothlin, Joe Murphy, Nate Nemeth, Richard Smith, David Stanley, Brian Wimpenny, Jason L. White, Billy Yon, Mike d’Albertis, Joseph Deramo, Colin Weaver

For the Departed:

ST. ANDREW’S

EPISCOPAL CHURCH

DIOCESE OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST

The Right Rev. Philip M. Duncan, II

Bishop

The Rev. Dr. Margaret S. Shepard

Rector

The Rev. John E. Wave

Associate for Pastoral Care

The Rev. Deacon Ray Wishart

Staff

Sue Webb Miriam Gladstone

Choirmaster Organist

Fran Tate Christine Howk

Secretary Sexton

The Vestry of St. Andrew’s

Anne Staley (2012) Sr. Warden

763-5995

Christine Howk (2014), Jr. Warden

319-3308

Jason Mitchell (2014), 770-9935

Jeff Cole (2013), 481-2563

Teri Floore (2012) 763-2439

Melinda Hall (2012) 348-1289

Marilyn Hermansen (2012) 522-6449

Belle Casler (2013) 522-0332

Nancy Young (2013) 522-8650

Bill Gobat, Treasurer 785-1131

Weekly Services

10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Choir

1608 Baker Court

Panama City, Florida 32401-1900

(850) 763-7636

email4standrews@knology.net

www.standrewsbythebay.org

Office Hours

Monday: 9 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Tuesday-Friday: 9 a.m.-3:3:0 p.m.