july 2016 the messenger newsletter

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Transforming Hearts Through Jesus Christ J u l y 2 0 1 6 | Vo l u m e X X X I | N u m b e r 6

I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

—Genesis 9:13 ESV

S A I N T M I C H A E L ’ S C H U R C HA N G L I C A N

C h a r l e s t o n , S o u t h C a r o l i n a

Rainbow Appears after Tables of Ten FinishedA City Wide (Pop-up) Bible Study Event in Remembrance of The Emanuel NineIn Fr. Frank Seignous' words, "It was a God day." This picture was taken by Grace Beahm with the Post & Courier. A complete (double) rainbow appeared at Breach Inlet just as the Tables of Ten Bible Studies around the city were wrapping up. We prayed and asked God to show us his glory. He showed up in many ways. With this one we got a photo. — Linda Prince

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F R O M T H E R E C T O R

That English Anglican Priest and legend, John Stott, has always been one of my heroes. He was named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential Christian Leaders in 2005. A

couple of years ago and before he died at age 90, I attended one of his lectures in Washington. I’ll never forget the story he told when he became Rector of All Soul’s, Langham Place in London. He was 29 and several years into it, something happened to him that is truly the nightmare and horror of every preacher. One Sunday, he climbs into the pulpit at All Souls and realizes something is missing.

H I S S E R M O N !

Terror strikes,

n Where is it? n Did I forget it in my office? n Did the youth group steal it as a practical joke?

Then the profound truth strikes him.

H E F O R G O T T O W R I T E I T .

So exhausted he forgot to write it! Every priests nightmare! This terrifying experience would lead John into a rhythm of Sabbath. For every twelve days pastoring, in addition to time off, he would spend a day in retreat and would carry that out for every:

n 24 n 36n and 48 days n for the rest of his life

So my friends, today, I want to talk to you about Sabbath.

The word Sabbath literally means:

n TO CEASEn TO LAY IT DOWN

Now, what I love about St. Michael’s is that when trying to understand something, we always begin in the Old Testament and work our way into the New Testament. As proof of that we have the only pulpit I know of that has both a star of David and a cross.

It’s also the reason the book of Hebrews is written. The book of Hebrews is written to the Hebrew-Christians. The Jews turned Christ followers to say, “Don’t throw the 'Old Testament baby'out with the bath water!” Meaning, we will never understand Sabbath until we understand the Jewish reason for Sabbath. In Genesis chapter 2, we find the creation story. Where we read that on the seventh day God took Sabbath and rested. Why? To enjoy His artwork! He enjoyed it so much that it’s the only day of the week he gave a name!

The seventh day is given the name SABBATH. So we take Sabbath, as well, to enjoy guilt-free God’s authorship of creation! But we take Sabbath because it’s also a commandment. It's the fourth of the Ten Commandments in Exodus.

Remember the Sabbath Day and keep it Holy.

Did you know God says more about the fourth commandment. than any other. God uses four words to say don’t murder. God uses 94 words to say lay it down.

So clearly we are wired to take a break and rest. But now, buckle your seat belts for the turbo power of the New Testament!

n Unlike the Jews, we keep Sabbath not on Saturday, the last day of the week.

n We keep Sabbath on the first day of the week, Sunday because of the Resurrection.

In John 10, Jesus says:

n I lay down my life for the sheepn I lay down my life

Lay It Down - Sunday June 5, 2016 Sermon on Hebrews 4:9-13 + Luke 7:11-17Help us Lord to be so connected to you that we might become the servants of others. Take our lips and speak through them, our minds and think through them, and take our hearts, and set them on fire.

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Jesus Himself lay down his life so that through Him we would have:

n Forgiveness n A living relationship with our Creatorn And Eternal life

So my friends, from this there are four Biblical reasons you and I need to take Sabbath. Four things that we must lay down each week. First, we lay down control. We lay down our life and ministry every week to remind ourselves we are not God. We are God’s created miracles! Forgiven and free!

It’s so easy to produce all week long and therefore get an inflated and self centered idea that, "Yes, I’m king of my life. I deserve what I have worked for. I am God."

No, God is really in charge! So, we lay down control.

Second, we lay down the Do’s. Guilt free. One Jewish rabbi described Sabbath this way. The Sabbath is a gift from God to help us realize we are not working animals, born to eat and work.

n We are not human doings, we are human beings who exist to give glory to God.n Every time we stop and say, "My work

does not define me," we are given peace and freedom!

It is what makes our Jewish-Christian heritage different from every other world religion! Ancient religions thought people were worthwhile only when they were working. In fact, Roman scholars mocked the Jews and their concept of Sabbath, calling the Jews lazy. God has given us the gift of the Sabbath to say you are worth more than what you do!

n You have value even when doing nothing! n Why? Because you are the apple

of God’s eye who spent his time creating every ounce of you.

n It’s that one day of the week we are reminded we are dispensable at work, and are NOT defined by it.

So Sabbath:

n Lay down control n Lay down the do’s n And thirdly, we take Sabbath to lay down

our souls, so they can be recharged

We aren’t wired to go on day after day, year after year. We have to plug in like that iPhone for recharging! Sabbath is taking all the good and all the bad and weekly saying, "Lord, I’m laying it down. I give it back to you, recharge my soul."

P S A L M 2 3 : “He leads me beside the still waters, He restores my soul.”

I S A I A H 4 0 : “They that wait upon the Lord, He will renew their strength.”

n Are you tired this morning?n Are you burned out?n School is over, kids, grandkids are around n You’ve been working long hoursn Are you are breathless?

Lay it down, because you’re not wired to go and go and go. Lay down your soul. Lay down control. Lay down the do’s..

But finally, God uses the Sabbath to help His people remember what He did for them.

n Yes at creation n Yes at the rescue from Egypt and Pharaohn And yes at the Resurrection!

Where we remember we have victory over:

n Sinn Deathn Unforgivenessn Bad decisions!

Lord, I’m laying it down… I give it back to you, recharge my soul.



So the Sabbath is that weekly shout out. God’s got this! We have eternal life and He can scale any mountain! It’s that Sunday Sabbath reminder to forgive as we have been forgiven. It’s the Sunday Sabbath reminder to love as we are loved. For God so loved that He gave Jesus! Which means lay down the junk!

n Fearn Worryn Unforgivenessn All that junk in our trunkn It’s been crucified on the Cross!

So, Sabbath; the day we:

1. Lay down control2. Lay down the do’s3. Lay down our souls4. Lay down the junk; Jesus died

to take it!

Which is why every Sunday is kind of a test. Every Sunday reveals who our real Lord is. If we ignore the Sabbath we’re essentially saying:

n I'm Godn I’m Lord of my life

The Bible says every seven days, lay it down! In the Anglican Church, the tradition has been extended to every seven years take an extended Sabbath.

A great tradition not just for clergy but for all of us!

Well my friends. To be obedient to this seven and seven Sabbath vision, at midnight tonight, I will lay it down.

n I will lay down my rector-ship, n My leadership n My spiritual oversightn The privilege of being your shepherd,

all of it. n I will lay it down for 90 days,

3 months.n I confess this has been really hard for

me, harder than I thought. Laying down control. Wow!

n I also confess I’ve been disobedient to this vision.

n I’ve not taken a sabbatical once in my 19 years of ordained life.

And I will admit to you. I feel both this mix of fear, like wow, what will I do tomorrow! And relief because my soul needs recharging.

I need to lay it down. After:

n 48 funeralsn 95 weddingsn Relational blessings and challengesn Raising teenagers in a rectory.

I’m tired.

Tim Keller puts it this way:

n The more we know Jesus, the more we feel the sadness’s of the worldn The more we know Jesus, the more we take on the burdens of the world.

If we don’t lay those burdens down before the Lord, we get crushed.

So, after taking the advice of my Bishop, mentors and friends, I have divided this laying down time into three chapters:

n Pilgrimagen Pouring in n And reflection

We will start this Wednesday by driving to Boston.

C O N F E S S I O N :

I will pick up the collar next Sunday to preach for my father who after 54 years, and at the age of 84 is retiring from parish ministry. This will be the third retirement sermon I’ve preached for him and we will see if it takes. But most importantly, this first month is about pilgrimage, connecting my children to their Jewish heritage.

So my father will gather my children at the Baptismal font in the Church of the Advent on Beacon Hill where as a Jew he was baptized and became a Christian.

S A B B A T H The origin of the Hebrew sabbat [t'B;v] is uncertain, but it seems to have derived from the verb sabat, meaning to stop, to cease, or to keep. Its theological meaning is rooted in God's rest following the six days of creation (Gen 2:2-3 ). The Greek noun sabbat [savbbaton] translates the Hebrew noun sabbat [t'B;v]. The noun form is used primarily to denote the seventh day of the week, though it may occasionally refer to the Sabbath week ( Lev 23:15-16 ) at the end of every seven Sabbaths or fifty days, or the Sabbath year ( Lev 25:1-7 ) in which the land was to be at complete rest.

—Defintion from Bible Study Tools


F R O M T H E R E C T O RHe will tell my children why he became a follower of Jesus.

From there we will continue to tell the story of both the Zadig family and the Christian story of faith as we travel to lands beyond.

My wife and children will then come back to Charleston mid-July and I will begin the second month by being poured into at Gordon Seminary in Boston for continuing education.

O K A Y , 2 N D C O N F E S S I O N . .

I did call the Boston Red Sox to see if during my sabbatical I could be a team Chaplain for a week.

This is the response I got back:

Sorry Al, but just to be very plain and direct: What you are asking is impossible. There is no way we could offer access to the team to you. Or to anyone!

Sincerely,

Major League Baseball

In other words, never call us again.

The third month will be spent just writing and reflecting. The great thing about the Sabbath is that yes, foundationally it’s every seven days. Yes, traditionally every seven years for an extended Sabbath. But it can also be the first part of every day!

So, I have an invitation for you. This summer, join the Zadig family in your own rhythm of Sabbath!

How? Know and remember Sabbath isn’t just about “Not doing something.” It’s not just the “Absence of work," Sabbath is not time off, Sabbath is time in. The Sabbath is all about drawing close to Jesus.

n It’s asking Jesus what needs to be laid down.

n It’s sitting in a hammock memorizing Psalm 23.

n It’s walking along the battery singing “Surely it is God who Saves me!”

n It’s pressing in.

n It’s looking at family members in the eye and seeing Jesus.

n It’s not inactivity, but harmonious involvement in God’s heart.

Rick Warren in writing on the Sabbath said, God wants you to know HIM as well as HE knows you.

I absolutely promise you two things. All year long we’ve been studying discipleship. Sabbath is the cornerstone of discipleship helping us look, live and love more like Jesus. You will be made a stronger disciple through Sabbath but I also promise you that something supernatural happens when we lay our lives down.

Luke Chapter Seven tells the heart wrenching story of a widow who loses her only son. We don’t know the cause of his death, but we know Jesus is profoundly moved by the grieving mother. At some point in this miracle, the widow lays down her control over her son and allows Jesus to step in.

She lays down:

n Her broken heartn Her painn And her grief

And allows Jesus to step in to the fray.

What does Jesus do?

Everything stops:

n Jesus touches the coffin n The young man comes back to life n And Jesus gives him back to

his mother

Here is the eternal Sabbath Truth, I never want you to forget. When we rest in God, we receive the best of God.

n God’s Rest, n Brings God’s Best

You will never experience the best of Jesus until you lay IT down. You all know what your IT is.

Y O U R :n Fearn Your financial anxietyn Your unforgiveness-esn Your relational worryn Even the mundane-ness of your

routine life.

Lay it down let Jesus transform it! God’s rest brings God’s best.

L A Y D O W N :n Controln The Do’sn Your Souln Your Junk

And watch a miracle happen.

Well, as I began with a hero of faith, let me end with another. Sally Nevius, a friend from Washington. After she lost her husband she said her true healing began when the Lord led her in this simple Sabbath exercise.

He led her to hold out her hand and say:

n Lord I release to you that which you want me to lay downn I will keep what you want me

to keepn And Lord, I receive from you that

which you have for me.

Can we do that everyday together? Start that way?

n I release, I lay it all down n I keepn I receive

Sabbath, lay it down. God’s rest, brings God’s best.

— The Rev. Alfred T. K. Zadig, Jr.

The Bible says every seven days, lay it down! In the

Anglican Church, the tradition has been extended to every seven years to take

an extended Sabbath.


Tables of Ten meets at White Point Gardens to pray for Mother Emanuel

Vacation Bible School - June 13 - 17 at East Cooper Baptist Church

Arthur Bailey suits up to be cruciferField games at VBS

Graduation Sunday - May 22, 2016



Freedom in relationships? What do I mean by that? In short, I mean we must let go of the demands we put on life for people to be a certain way or do certain things in order for us to be happy. If we don’t let those “demands” go, then

we will inevitably seek to control and manipulate others to get what we want. Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote a great little book on community called Life Together. In that book, he distinguishes between human love and spiritual love. In particular, he discusses the difference between our human love which yearns for (desires) community but seeks that community for our own purposes, and the spiritual love which loves others in and for Christ.

Bonhoeffer writes, “Because Christ stands between me and others, I dare not desire direct fellowship with them. As only Christ can speak to me in such a way that I may be saved, so others, too, can be saved only by Christ himself. This means that I must release the other person from every attempt of mine to regulate, coerce, and dominate him with my love. The other person needs to retain his independence of me; to be loved for what he is, as one for whom Christ became man, died, and rose again, for whom Christ bought forgiveness of sins and eternal life.” Bonhoeffer is really getting at our tendency to make everything and every relationship “all about me.” He goes on to explain, “Human love constructs its own image of the other person, of what he is and what he should become. It takes the life of the other person into its own hands. Spiritual love recognizes the true image of the other person which he has received from Jesus Christ… Spiritual love does not desire but rather serves… Human love lives by uncontrollable dark desires… Human love produces human subjection, dependence, constraint; spiritual love creates freedom of the brethren under the Word… The existences of any Christian life together depends on whether it succeeds at the right time in bringing out the ability to distinguish between a human ideal and God’s reality, between spiritual and human community.”

“Huh?” some of you are thinking. “That was a bunch of gobbly gook.” Perhaps the human love spoken of above can best be illustrated by an excerpt from CS Lewis’ The Great Divorce. In that book, Lewis imagines a series of encounters between departed souls

in hell and departed souls in heaven. Those in hell are allowed to take a bus trip to the outskirts of heaven to meet with folks they had known in this earthly life. In these encounters, Lewis shows us that some souls not only never embrace the joys of heaven, but these same folks would also keep others from the joys of heaven if they could. Thus Lewis arrives at the notion of the “great divorce,” the ultimate separation of heaven and hell so that heaven is never held captive to the tyrannies and miseries of hell.

The excerpt following is about an encounter between a woman and possibly her sister in-law. The woman from hell is speaking

of how she was always laboring to try to make her husband, Robert, into the “right sort” of man. If only she could continue her labors after death, perhaps she could eventually whip Robert into shape… “If I am given a fee hand I’ll take charge of him again. I will take up my burden once more. But I must have a free hand. With all the time one would have here, I believe I could still make something of him… He’s not fit to be on his own. Put me in charge of him. He wants firm handling. I know him better than you do… Don’t consult him: just give him to me. I’m his wife, aren’t I? I was only beginning. There’s lots, lots, lots of things I still want to do with him. No listen, Hilda. Please, please! I’m so miserable. I must have someone to – to do things to. It’s simply frightful down there [in hell]. No one minds about me at all. I can’t alter them. It’s dreadful to see them sitting about and not be able to do anything with them. Give him back to me…

I want Robert. What right have you to keep him from me? I hate you. How can I pay him out if you won’t let me have him?” It isn’t hard to imagine what life with this woman would have been like. Thankfully, Robert found rest in Christ and was safe from the hell to which his wife would have subjected him.

If in heaven our relationships will finally be rooted in a perfect love that gives perfect freedom, perhaps we should practice serving others rather than manipulating them, loving them for Christ’s sake rather than for what we hope to get from them, giving ourselves without strings attached. Something to think about this summer. And why not pick up a copy of both Life Together and The Great Divorce. Worthwhile reading.

—The Rev. Mark Avera

More Than Human Love Stewarding Freedom in Relationships

F R O M T H E C L E R G Y


F R O M T H E R E C T O R F R O M T H E C L E R G Y

Sloughing the Summer Slump

Perhaps it’s the wall of humidity that hits you when you walk out the door. Maybe it’s the blistering heat. The sometimes brutal southern summer weather may be enough to bring on a certain languid lethargy and

tendency to retreat to indoor spaces with working air conditioning. I don’t know about you, but summer can be a rather difficult time for me. Nothing against summer, per se, but I find that summer lacks the rhythm and routine of the rest of the year. I tend to be more wistful. I daydream more. Folks are in and out of town on vacation. School is out. Church attendance declines. Just writing all that (or for you, reading that) seems to beg for a yawn and a nap. Apparently, I’m not alone. Some statistician somewhere has tabulated that 25% of workers feel less productive in the summer months. And what parent doesn’t know about the challenges of keeping the kids busy in the summer in order to prevent them turning into couch potatoes?

Enough of the whine. What to do about the summer slump? My hunch is that the non-summer months have enough structure to them so that the days largely schedule themselves. The demands of weekday life during the school year keep most folks busy just trying to keep up. And then summer comes and it feels like driving on Highway 17 at 45 miles per hour after being on the interstate at 75 for two hours straight. Forty-five feels slower than it usually does. Now instead of being busy whether you want to be or not, you have to work at keeping busy. And that’s the point. If I don’t intentionally plan out my days in the summer, then I don’t get as much done. So why not seek to redeem the time the summer seems to give us:

n Use the time when you would have taken the kids to school to begin the Bible in One Year devotional stmichaelschurch.net/bioy.

n Use the afternoon carpool time to join a Bible study or do some volunteer work at an outreach ministry like Barnabas Next Steps, Lowcountry Pregnancy Center, or Water Mission International.

n Call a friend or neighbor to check on them during lulls at the office

n Take a family walk after dinner and talk/pray about how God might want you to be a part of healing the hurts in our community.

n When your mind drifts and you tend to check your phone or social media, pray for someone instead.

Maybe you just need to catch up on some rest or spend some more time with the family. That’s okay too. You get the idea. But since our Lord is the Lord of all seasons, let’s seek to kick the summer slump by doing all things to the glory of God. Have a great summer!

—The Rev. Mark Avera

When your mind drifts and you tend to check your phone or social media, pray for someone instead.


F R O M T H E R E C T O RF R O M T H E V E S T R Y

At its May 26 meeting, the Vestry officially elected its officers: Hal Frampton IV as Secretary; Hamlin O’Kelley III, as Recording Secretary; Wade Logan as Solicitor; John

Massalon as Assistant Solicitor; Gary DiCamillo as Treasurer; Capers Grimball as Assistant Treasurer; and Bubber Cockrell as Historian. New Sunday collections procedures were discussed, as well as plans for finishing the restoration of the Dependency and for establishing a task force to develop a five- to ten-year Master Plan for advancing the vision of St Michael’s.

The Vestry went on retreat starting Friday, May 27, and continuing through Saturday, May 28. The retreat was an opportunity for the new Vestry to get to know each other and forge good working relationships, while reviewing the Annual Meeting (Festival of Faith) and the Restoration Conference with Russ Parker. The Vestry considered feedback from these events and starting casting a vision and making plans for improvements going forward. The following is a summary of key points and action items from the retreat:

n The Vestry was reminded that they are both fiduciary agents of the church, and also spiritual elders of the church

n We were reminded that the Church is the vehicle God has chosen to reach the world

n Feedback from Festival of Faith and the Restoration Conference was reviewed

BLESSINGS TO CELEBRATE:

• Alpha and marriage courses• Healing prayer ministry• Music/worship• Life Groups and Bible studies• Children’s ministry and VBS

• Holy Spirit-filled ministry• Ministry and life centered on the Word of God• Strong outreach and mission ministries

ISSUES – PARTS OF STORY THAT NEED TO BE HEALED:

• Personnel – staff choices, administrative leadership, turnover

• Lack of transparency with finances and how decisions are made

• Loss of power/input/voice for congregation with end of Commission structure and the shift to being a staff-led church

• Lawsuit with the National Church and related loss of members

RUSS PARKER HIGHLIGHTED THAT STAFF JOB

DESCRIPTIONS NEEDED REGULAR REVIEW AND

THE STAFF NEEDED ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS.

n The Vestry zeroed in on two key areas to address immediately:

GREATER FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AND

COMMUNICATION

• Treasurer report and/or executive summary of vestry meeting financials published in the Messenger

• Financial info touches in weekly bulletins• Quarterly financials on website

DEVELOPING A BETTER SYSTEM FOR

CONGREGATIONAL INPUT AND FEEDBACK

• Vestry to contact and shepherd members over age 65• Vestry “open house” meetings two or three times a year• Quarterly Rector’s forum at Tool Time• Vestry emails listed in publications

Vestry News

New vestry commissioned Vestry Retreat 2016


F R O M T H E R E C T O RF R O M T H E V E S T R Y

Through the first four months of 2016, the financial condition of St. Michael’s continues to be sound. Cash on hand for our operating, restricted and missions accounts has been ample

to meet our monthly payments. Income has exceeded cash expenses through April. However, as we enter the summer months, weekly giving historically drops versus the fall and winter months. As a result we may need to borrow funds to make our monthly expense payments. Please remember this as you consider your tithe giving schedule this summer.

Financial condition: Cash available for operations was $149,408 at the end of April, or about two thirds of our monthly expenses. Separately, the missions account has $151,737 in cash, which is ample for our planned missions expenses for the next few months. Finally, the restricted account is now $911,468, which seems high, but includes a recent bequest of $682,000 that is being held for long-term maintenance and capital improvements to the St Michael’s campus.

FINANCIAL CONDITION AS OF 4/30/16

Operating funds $149,408Missions funds $151,737Restricted funds $911,468

Monthly income and expenses: After four months year to date, income totaled $758,656 or about 35% of our annual operating budget of $2,155,655. Although this seems healthy (we are at 33.3% of the year through April), this percentage will slip during the summer months when attendance and pledge/non-pledged payments decline. Expenses through April totaled $736,881 or about 32% of our annual budget. These expense payments remain fairly constant each month and generally range between $185,000 and $220,000 per month. Most of our expenses are for salaries, wages and benefits for the clergy and staff. We also have a Diocesan pledge that totals about $215,000 for the year (roughly 10% of our annual operating income).

APRIL YTD INCOME AND EXPENSES

Income $758,656Expenses $736,881Difference $21,775

As a reminder, there are many ways you can keep the church’s borrowing costs down throughout the summer months. These include online giving through the St. Michael’s website. It’s easy to do. If you need help, just let me or Meredith Buyck know via the church office.

—Gary DiCamillo Treasurer, St. Michael’s Church ([email protected])

Treasurer’s Report Through April 2016

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Births: Welcoming!

Baptisms: We receive you into the household of God…

June 19, 2016 Elizabeth Sterling Barnhart, daughter of James Richard and Laura Cheney Cheatham BarnhartJune 19, 2016 Samuel Matthews Barton, son of Andrew Francis and Erin Matthews Barton June 19, 2016 Charles “Charlie” Roger Holum, son of Nikolaus Scott and Susan Elizabeth Driver Holum Marriage: Congratulations!

June 25, 2016 Edward Blake Edmunds and Kristin Anne Hansen at St. Michaels Church by The Rev. Mark W. Avera

Deaths: Rest Eternal

June 07, 2016 Margaret “Meta” Charbonnier Space MooreJune 10.2016 Anne Louise Bailey MiddletonJune 16, 2016 Wilson “Billy” Heath Orvin Jr.

Transferred In: Welcome!

May 19, 2016 Barry Davis and Maggie Wolman Evans and their children,

Davis Halper and Elizabeth Marie From St. Philip’s Church, Charleston, SC June 14, 2016 Timothy Adam Douglas Peterson From The Church of the Good Samaritan, Knoxville, TN June 14, 2016 Margaret “Lee” Gordon Kirk From Christ Church, Mt. Pleasant, SC June 15, 2016 James Michael and Helen Anne Trent Alford From First (Scots) Presbyterian Church, Charleston, SC

PAROCHIAL Updates | June 2016 | From the Parish Register

The Rev. Al Zadig, the Rev. Rich Giersch and Brittany Gordon at Fenway Park in Boston

Taking a break to Fenway Park to see the Boston Red Sox

Boston Youth Mission Team

Rich Giersch and Hudson Zadig cheering

Youth Mission Boston Trip


F R O M T H E R E C T O R T R A N S F O R M AT I O N

Family of Friends (45 + singles)If you are currently living alone and are 45 years old or more, the Family of Friends is a ministry group worth much consideration! With “change” an ever present part of our society and personal lives, the Family of Friends offers support, encouragement, and growing friendships. Whether you’ve recently moved here, lost a loved one, or are just looking for a Christian friend, God’s hand in your “change” is ever valuable.

Come join us singles on Sunday, July 24th at 12:15 pm at California Dreaming for Christian fellowship and a great meal. We will meet in the Kinloch Room after the 10:30 service and carpool to the restaurant. Must call 843.532.4125 to reserve your place that day in the Family of Friends. Next date ~ Sunday, August 28th at 12:15 pm.

New Study on Mark beginning with Monday's Men’s Bible Study12:30 PM | (CONNECTION CENTER - 71 BROAD STREET)Contact Joe Nicholson 843.559.4413 | [email protected]

In the New Testament Gospel of Mark, we meet Jesus, the man who is King. But this king comes to serve— not to be served. He eats with sinners rather than royalty. His crown is made of thorns instead of gold. This study guide introduces you to the compassionate, suffering, astonishing king who calls us to follow him.

1. Gospel Roots - Mark 1:1-132. Portraits of Jesus - Mark 1:14-393. Friend of Outcasts - Mark 1:40--2:174. Conflict in Galilee - Mark 2:18--3:355. Kingdom Parables - Mark 4:1-346. Fear & Faith - Mark 4:35--6:67. Understanding the Loaves - Mark 6:6-528. Violating Tradition - Mark 6:53--7:379. Who Do You Say I Am? - Mark 8:1--9:1

P A R T 2 : W H Y D I D J E S U S C O M E ? M A R K 9 - 1 6

10. Suffering & Glory - Mark 9:2-3211. The First & the Last - Mark 9:33-5012. New Relationships - Mark 10:1-3113. Blindness & Sight - Mark 10:32-5214. Palm Sunday - Mark 11:1-2515. Tempting Questions - Mark 11:27--12:2716. An End to Questions - Mark 12:28-4417. Keep Watch - Mark 1318. The Betrayer Approaches - Mark 14:1-4219. Betrayed! - Mark 14:43-7220. Victory Snatched from Defeat - Mark 15--16

Family of Friends Group



We are pleased to announce that Life to the Limit 2016 will be held September 22 – 25, 2016 at Cabin Bluff in Woodbine, Ga.

“Life to the Limit” isn't just another men's retreat. That's the last thing anybody needs. The reason most messages for men ultimately fail is simple: They ignore what is deep and true to a man's heart and try to shape him up through various forms of pressure and/or guilt. Not “Life to The Limit.” This weekend is an honest, no-BS trek into the deep passions and desires of a man's heart, the healing of the wounds he's taken in this battle, the realm of fatherhood and sex and God and calling — life as it was meant to be lived — abundant and true. “Life to the Limit” is based on John Eldridge’s book Wild at Heart. Through the sessions, times of quiet reflection, movies, adventures and downtime, you will discover something profound about the heart of God and the heart he gave you as a man.

Life to the Limit is a four-day experience with 30 men set in the heart of the beauty of Cabin Bluff on the Cumberland River in Woodbine, Georgia (www.Cabinbluff.com). During the downtimes, you will have access to golf, fishing, sporting clays and more. If you are called to attend, we expect that you will say it is one of the greatest weekends of your life.

Here is what some of the men had to say about Life to the Limit 2015:

I knew coming into this event that I had plenty of problems. I would readily admit that I was stubborn, bossy and rude. I just wrote those traits off as “part of my personality.” Listening to you guys discuss the wounds we all carry, the expressions of those wounds in our lives, and the remedy there is in letting God Father heal us has been a

tremendous eye-opener. I now realize that I’m not broken because of some unchangeable personality trait, but rather I’m’ fixably wounded and primed for God’s healing. —Anonymous

I’ve attended many men’s retreats during the last 15 years and this was by far the best retreat I ever attended. The message, the place, and the take away were all far beyond my expectation. —Scott

This event was life changing and has potential to make me not just survive but thrive in life. “It is best explained that turning over and shining light on my wounds I was also able to see my strengths they’d hid.” I cannot explain in one page the power of the type of experience. —Ned

To read what other men have said about Life to the Limit, please visit www.charlestonbandofbrothers.com/quotes.

Please consider joining us for the adventure, and bring a friend!!

The cost of the weekend (Thursday – Sunday) is $1,000 per person, which includes all meals, beverages, lodging, golf and sporting clays.

Your $500 deposit will save you a spot. To register, please visit www.lifetothelimit.org.

For more questions please visit www.LifetotheLimit.org; or call or email one of us:

Jay DeMarco – [email protected] – 843.343.8373Capers Barr – [email protected] – 843.224.2631Rich Giersch – [email protected] – 336.262.0844Allen Hughes – [email protected] – 843.530.7393

Life to the Limit 2016 | September 22-25, 2016 | Cabin Bluff Woodbine, GA

What does it look like to be a man who is ALIVE, FREE and TRUE?



Diocesan Night at the Riverdogs

The Rt. Rev. Mark Lawrence threw the first pitch

The Rev. David Booman and his son DanielThe Rt. Rev. Alex and Jane Dickson


F R O M T H E R E C T O R A C T I O N

When God Doesn’t Make Sense

It’s Not Clear Before leaving in the car, smear mud/dirt on the window making it hard to see through.

A S K

Is it hard to see out the window? Why? It has dirt on it blocking the view.

C L E A N O F F T H E W I N D S H I E L D

What happened when we cleaned the windshield? We could see clearly; we could drive the car; etc.

Paul wrote in the Bible that looking at life is like looking through a

dirty glass (1 Corinthians 13:12). We cannot always see things clearly.

We do not always know what God is doing. We may not understand

why certain things happen.

God’s Word (the Bible) can clear away our confusion and make us

clean (Ephesians 5:26). It shows us the right way to live and gives

us power to do what is right. When we don’t understand why some

things happen, we must remember the truth from the Bible so we

can think and see clearly.

B E F O R E P R A Y E R A T B E D T I M E , A S K Y O U R C H I L D

Are you going through a difficult situation?

Are you having a hard time doing the right thing?

Do you need God’s help?

Share with your kids about a hard time you had (a temptation that

God helped you overcome, a trial where you felt distant from God,

a time of need when you wondered if God was going to help you).

Share what helped you get through it.

Pray for your child and then give him/her a big hug!

Splink is a simple way to link your family together spiritually. Through FREE weekly emails packed with ideas, Splink helps you and your family engage in conversation. Whether it’s making memories or having fun together, Splink allows you to capture those teachable moments to impress spiritual truths and life lessons on your kids. No matter where you are, there’s always time to Splink! www.d6family.com/splink

IncompleteI T E M N E E D E D : P U Z Z L E

Ask the kids to put together a puzzle, but hold back several pieces (without them knowing it). When they get to the end and realize that several pieces are missing, give them the other pieces.

Why was it hard to put the puzzle together? Some of the pieces were missing.

Some parts of life are like a puzzle. We see things happening that just don’t make sense. Sometimes people do WRONG things and it seems as if they get away with it. Sometimes people do the RIGHT thing and they have trouble.

Even though we don’t understand why something is happening, we can still trust God. Just like Job, someday we will see God and there will be no pain or sadness in Heaven. Then the picture will be complete. Remembering this can give us hope when we don’t understand why something is happening.

Some parts of life are like a puzzle.



Why Disciple Children?

God has given parents primary responsibility for the spiritual training of their children. But many parents don’t know where to begin. They feel overwhelmed with this responsibility. So,

parents often entrust this task to the Church or to chance.

In Matthew 28:19-20 Jesus Christ commissioned the Church with the task to “make disciples.” Regarding children, many churches today are doing a poor job discharging that responsibility. If Jesus paid us a surprise visit, we could show Him our nice classrooms and resource centers. We might introduce Him to our teaching staff, invite Him to share snacks with preschoolers, and ask Him to teach the older kids. Afterwards, my guess is that Jesus might say: “Thank you for the tour. I can see that you’re having a good time together. You’ve invested in resources and environments. But I came today for another reason. Remember the one thing I commanded you to do? Now, please show Me your disciples.” What will you and I say when Jesus asks us that question?

Disciplemaking is the most pivotal ministry that churches can provide. It’s time for churches to encourage and equip parents to carry out their responsibility. The vitality of the next generation of Christians pivots on its willingness to do so. Churches must plan purposeful ministries to disciple parents and children. As your church considers the needs of children, please remember Jesus’ highest priority. Discipleship is the one thing we cannot neglect.

H O W C A N W E M O T I V A T E K I D S ?

Many kids in America have lost interest in spiritual matters. They are discouraged about trying to please God. From their perspective, it is not “cool” to be godly. So they focus on their own desires and let the world guide them. The number one challenge in churches today is to overcome apathy, Christian kids who are satisfied with lukewarmness.

To counteract this trend, some churches have replaced content-rich children’s ministries with high-energy programs. This may keep kids from being bored and it may reduce the need to recruit

volunteers, but it also severs teacher-learner relationships that foster discipleship. If we routinely motivate kids with flashy events, we are doomed to the “bigger and better” cycle. Each new program must offer more energy, excitement, and “wow” than the previous one.

Instead, we must move kids from extrinsic to intrinsic motivation. Throughout the Bible, God uses a variety of cause-effect techniques to

motivate His people. Some are positive and some are punitive; some are fascinating and some are frightening; some are earthly

and some are eternal. Remind children that every human being will someday meet the Creator

face-to-face and give an account to Him.

Every child can be motivated, though not every child responds to the same stimuli. Find ways to lift your child’s eyes from self to God. Help him or her realize that our omnipresent God is both loving and just. Establish an appropriate system of rules and rewards. Reinforce attitudes and

behaviors that honor God. Show how faith is relevant to life. Always

encourage. Always affirm. Always model. Always pray.

S U M M A R Y

Unless a force greater than the influence of gravity is exerted on an object, it will fall to the earth. Unless

Christianity exerts a stronger influence than the world, the enemy’s persuasive tactics will pull our kids from the truth and ultimately cause them to fall away. The Great Commission hinges on the effectiveness of the church’s educational ministries.

Discipleship is the one thing that kids REALLY need. To navigate the turbulent seas and reach the spiritual harbors that God intends, kids need a firm foundation in God’s Word. They need help to grow into solid disciples of Jesus Christ. They need our help. Children’s discipleship is the hope of the world!

For more Children and Family Ministry teachings, contact Cyndee Cave: [email protected]

Mark Steiner is the CEO and founder of Through the Bible Publishing.

DiscipleLand's Children's Discipleship System™ ensures that children achieve balanced growth in bible knowledge, Christ-like character, and faithful conduct.

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WE WILL EXPLORE WITH LIVE ANIMALS, CRAFTS & GAMES, SNACKS & LOTS

OF GODLY FUN!

WHERE Belser BuildingWHEN 8:30 am - 12:30 pm

WHO Ages 2 — 4Cost $125 for each camp

Contact Cyndee Cave with questions: [email protected]

Register online at: www.StMichaelsChurch.net/biblecamp

S T . M I C H A E L ’ S C H U R C H

Preschool Bible Camps

J U LY 18 - 22 Under the Sea Camp

We will submerge ourselves in God’s Word as we discover that JESUS didn’t just see what’s on the outside

of people; HE looked deep down on the inside!

A U G U S T 8 - 12 Barnyard Camp

“Jesus is the Good Shepherd.” John 10:1-18

“Jesus cares, now and forever.” Psalm 23:1

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Prayer CornerPlease pray for St. Michael’s Church and our mission, which is to transform every heart and home, the Holy City, the Hurting Coast, and the Hungering World through Jesus Christ. Pray specifically for the Rt. Rev. Mark Lawrence and his family; for Lowcountry Pregnancy Center, Next Steps and Barnabas Ministries of Charleston, Living Hope, The Pink Bus Ministry with St. John’s Chapel, Sanders Clyde School -Lunch Buddies & Alpha Sprouts; Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy; Meals on Wheels; Star Gospel Mission, Rural Mission, and for the Rev. Hamilton Smith and his church plant in north Mt. Pleasant; for the Rev. Dan Rogers with Christ the King, Dorchester and for Pastor Claire Sullivan and The Hope Center in Lynn MA, for Freddie, Onesphore, and Simon and the church in Burundi, Tabitha and her mission in China; Bishop Dutta and the church in India; Cornelius and Zira Jacobs and Caleb and Rebecca Hudson and their mission in the 10/40 Window with Anglican Frontier Mission.

P R A Y E R S F O R D E P L O Y E D M I L I T A R Y

Alex Gora, 2nd Class Nuclear Submarine, Grandson-in-law of Beverly Howell

William M. Richardson, George H.W. Bush Carrier, Son of Shelly Richardson

1st Lt. Matthew Hendley, Son of David & Doreen Hendley

P A R E N T S - T O - B E P R A Y E R L I S T

Matt and Whitney Ozment (July 2016)Rachel and Bram Colonna (July 2016)Tricia and Mike Ard (July 2016)Laura and Mike Able ( September 2016)Allyn and Corey Fidler (November 2016)

Reeves and Billy Howard

"God said, Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.”

—Jeremiah 1:5



Ever thought of going on a short-term mission trip?Perhaps you should consider joining this year’s Healing Mission to Burundi.September 30 - October 11, 2016

After much prayer, we feel the time is right to return to Burundi. Our plan is to have a Healing Prayer focus for this trip, as, given its unsettled political situation, Burundi is a country that needs prayer as much as anywhere in the world. We hope to offer some short courses in prayer ministry to equip local partners/pastors/lay people to be more effective in prayer in their own churches.

The team will leave on Friday, September 30th, and arrive on Saturday, October 1st. We normally offer testimonies or homilies in churches on Sundays and then offer short courses through the week around the country. We also offer personal prayer to anyone who asks. We will depart on Monday, October 10th and arrive home on the 11th.

We would love to take mature prayer ministers who can share their experiences and testimonies and teach as well. I can say from my own experience that this is the most satisfying work I have ever done. The people and ministry partners we have served and worked with are so very friendly and grateful. Those interested should contact me at your nearest convenience at [email protected], or by phone at 843-270-1270. Information Meeting this Sunday, June 26 at 12:15 pm in the Connection Center. I look forward to speaking with you.

—Dave Soutter

P H O T O C A P T I O N Ash Wednesday on Mount Songa, the highest peak in Gitega, Burundi. Al Zadig is imposing ashes on a Burundi homeless orphan, while Dave Soutter, our local partner Freddy Tuyzire and Joe Nicholson, as well as other orphans, look on. St. Michael's mission teams traditionally climb this mount and pray for Burundi, for peace, for safety, for our partners. Photo by Bill Lyles.



The first team to Nyahururu, Kenya (Central Highlands) from St. Michael’s Church has already gone and returned, and we are

the second team of 10 going to learn about the ongoing efforts to extend the reach of the Gospel of Jesus into an unreached tribe of 300,000 people. Moreover, we will get to know senior leaders of the Body of Christ in the rural and undeveloped portions of Kenya who are bringing the good news of the Gospel to those people who have little or no access to know who Jesus is.

We are going as “listeners and learners,” seeking to learn what is God’s Mission. We are being careful not get our priority reversed by asking God to bless what we

are doing, but to seek to join Him in what He is doing. We are not doing some one-off short-term mission; instead, this will be a different kind of mission trip than many understand. Our leader is William M. “Bill” Johnson whose Faith Ventures Foundation has been involved in Kenya since 2001 and, for the past ten years, in Samburu County. We will be discovering how 500 “Preaching Points” having almost 25,000 worshippers/believers has blossomed since it started in February of 2012 with only 158 churches having 6,000 worshippers.

Standing as a Christian witness, we offer something far bigger than we can appreciate — an extraordinary concept for anyone. Those we meet will be encouraged to learn

that we will have come 10,000 miles just to visit with them because of the love of God for them.

Our leader has coached us to prepare our personal story of the encounter each of us has had with the risen Lord Jesus. We believe that God will introduce us to someone along our route who will want to hear our story. Each member of the team will have our Gifts of the Spirit deployed by our Lord in ways not now known to us. We are listening for this opportunity to be a vessel for what He wants to do through us. Will we be ready? Will we be able to comprehend everything we see and hear? Our cultural bias, economics and worldview are so different from the Samburu leaders with whom we will spend almost two weeks.

Is God’s Mission My Mission? Preparing for a short-term mission trip to Kenya

A C T I O N



The answer to one question brings another direction, but it all turns back to the faith that one embraces to step forward for such a trip. Our leader is teaching us that “obedience to God’s call begets more obedience.” This will be a spiritual safari, seeing outward and inward to gain perspective and discernment about material AND spiritual poverty — what really matters in this life that transcends all cultures.

The new and different spaces and faces in Samburu County, from the chilly region of Maralal (6,300 feet above MSL) to the arid desert of the Wamba (3,600 feet above MSL), will have a way of challenging the comfort zones of our home culture. The chatter and buzz of reality TV and presidential politics

will fade from our memories as we visit with families living in rudimentary ways. We will worship with new Christians who are still joyous, despite their modest physical circumstances. During our five months of pre-trip training, our leader has cautioned us that we will “never be the same” after this trip.

We will all learn from the leadership of the Rev. Simon Mwaura’s independent denomination, God’s Grace For All Nations (GGFAN), and the para-church ministry of Samburu County Nkalup Vision Committee in Samburu. St. Michael’s Church is in partnership with the Faith Ventures Foundation to be the guests of Pastor Simon and his extended, cross-cultural network.

The Samburu County Nkalup Vision (SCNV) is to plant 1,000 churches with at least 50,000 followers of Jesus, so that this county becomes a “reached county for Jesus,” which means that at least 20 percent of the population will have access to a Bible in their language, a church in their village and a follower of Jesus in their life.

The St. Michael’s team has been meeting since February to discuss the trip and what we are to do — and not do. We have been studying maps, briefing papers, photos of those we will meet, rudimentary Swahili and various cultural guides. In addition, we have read and discussed the book “Helping Without Hurting in Short-Term Missions.” The book provokes thinking about what is

A C T I O N

P H O T O C A P T I O N The St. Michael's July Team On God’s Mission in Kenya gathered June 12 for a traditional Kenyan meal and plan for their upcoming trip. Participants include (clockwise) Ray Hardwick, Jennifer and Dan Polon, Susu Waring, Bill Johnson (leader), Lori Moore, Betsy Henderson, Nancy Hardwick and Charles Waring. (Ellie Moore is on the team but not pictured). Photo by Fraser Henderson.



appropriate and effective when going on any short-term mission; it is clear that we seek to avoid offending our hosts and start to appreciate how we learn from those with completely different perspectives and life experiences. We have learned to notice the physical and spiritual assets of the village, not our opinion of their needs, based on our cultural norms.

After landing in Nairobi on July 8, we will fly the next day on a small Mission Aviation Fellowship aircraft up to Nyahururu, a town in the Kenyan Highlands. We will meet the leaders of Pastor Simon’s GGFAN and visit the 65 children at The Home of the Good Shepherd, an orphanage founded in 2007 by Pastor Simon and his wife, Lucy. During two weeks in June, another team from St. Michael’s Church, including our Nena Jackson, will have already ministered with the children in vacation Bible schools (VBS) and will have empowered 15 GGFAN regional leaders to conduct their own Alpha courses. A mother-daughter duo from the

July Team will remain in Nyahururu to extend the development of leaders in the GGFAN Pastor’s Bible School and at the orphanage.

In the afternoon, we will head northeast to an area the size of the nation of Israel — Samburu County, composed of 300,000 persons and dominated by the pastoralist tribe of the Samburu. The Pokot, Turkana, Borana, Rendille and Somali communities also make this area their home. In reaching all of the residents of Samburu County, the leaders of the Nkalup Vision hope to plant seeds that will travel east, north and west into the larger unreached tribes adjacent to Samburu County.

We will travel across difficult terrain to 18 of the 350 villages where “Nkalup Preaching Points” have been established during the last four years. We will worship and enjoy fellowship with 900 new followers of Jesus. We will participate in the commissioning of 11 new 20’ X 40’ buildings constructed

from lodge poles and iron sheets (funded by Faith Ventures Foundation). These simple structures will be used for schools, worship centers and medical clinics. As we travel in Samburu County for ten days, we will be listening and learning about Samburu culture and the spread of the Gospel from the 16 board members of SCNV, with whom we will spend most of our time. We expect we will have more than a few surprises — this is common in Africa.

Indeed, we will be in a region with no paved roads, no safe drinking water and little access to even a primary-level education. We will meet village leaders who provide for their people without having much in the way of resources. All these interactions will inspire cross-cultural learning that we look forward to discussing upon our return. Asante sana (thank you very much) for your prayers, rafiki (friends).

—Charles Waring and Bill Johnson


F R O M T H E R E C T O R C A L E N D A R

There’s an App for That!A Free Mobile App to Stay Connected to St. Michael’s Church on the GoAll you need to do is sign up online by going to www.stmichaelschurch.net and clicking on the blue “Log in” button on the homepage.

Click “Need a log in? Click Here” and it will ask you for your e-mail address, first name, last name, and suffix (if you are a Jr., III, IV, V). An e-mail will be sent to you with a temporary password and a link to change it to one you will remember. You then use your e-mail address and your newly created password to sign into the app. Site # 151770 if it needs it. Click remember me so you don’t have to always sign in to the app.

Go to the App Store on your Smart Phone or tablet & search for “ACS Church Life” Install & Open. Username: your email address that you used to sign up for Access ACS. Password: your personal password you created when you set up your Access ACS account.

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A Free App to HELP YOU let us know when you are available to serve at St. Michael’s ChurchWe use a software program called Ministry Scheduler Pro to help us manage the 400+ volunteers who gladly serve at St. Michael’s Church. An e-mail goes out every week with a reminder of when you are scheduled to serve. We encourage you to follow the link into the Web Terminal to set up your account (so you can download the app) and your preferences. If you have a smart phone or tablet, you can download Ministry Scheduler Pro from the App Store. The App is another version of the Web Terminal which allows you, as a volunteer, to access your schedule and serving resource (ie. readings, prayers, manuals) from anywhere.

Y O U C A N• View and update your schedule• Sign up for unfilled position• Find substitutes online and optionally trade assignments• Update your future availablility online• Customize when and how you receive your reminder• Add your serving calendar to your gmail, outlook

or iCal CalendarPlease contact Trish McGuinn with any questions regarding the schedule. ([email protected]) She has graciously volunteered to manage this program and help assign volunteers.

Susan Waring ([email protected]) and Vicki Vazquez ([email protected]) are also available to help with providing resources (readings, prayers) and technical support. 843.723.0603.

If you have internet access, but do not have an e-mail set up, Vicki will help you set up a free e-mail account and show you how to access it. If you have a tablet or cell phone and it happens to be a smart phone, we will help you download the app and connect your e-mail to your phone.

Need Help? Schedule a time for training with Vicki Vazquez, Director of Communications by calling 843.724.7571.

Go to the App Store on your Smart Phone or tablet

Search for “Ministry Scheduler Pro”

Install & OpenOrganization ID:

saintmichaelschurch1751Username: the first letter of your

first name and your last name spelled out Password: your personal

password you created when you set up your MSP account

• Go to the App Store on your Smart Phone

• Search for “ACS Church Life” Install & Open

• Username: your email address that you used to sign up for Access ACS Password: your personal password you created when you set up your Access ACS account online through the web browser

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T r a n s f o r m i n g H e a r t s T h r o u g h J e s u s C h r i s t

Sloughing the Summer Slump

New Study on Mark

Why Disciple Children?

Life to the Limit 2016

Preparing for a Short-term Mission Trip to Kenya

DIOCESANThe Rt. Rev. Mark J. Lawrence, Bishop

CLERGYThe Rev. Alfred T. K. Zadig, Jr., Rector The Rev. Mark W. Avera, Assistant for Stewardship & TransformationThe Rev. David P. Booman, Assistant for Pastoral Care & Healing Prayer MinistryThe Rev. Rich Giersch, Director of Student MinistriesThe Rt. Rev. Alex D. Dickson, Bishop-in-Residence for Anglican EssentialsThe Rev. Dr. Peter C. Moore, Scholar-in-Residence

VOLUNTEER CLERGYThe Rev. Edward T. McNabb, Jr., Volunteer PriestThe Rev. Canon Douglas Peterson, Volunteer PriestThe Rev. Jed Hermes, Deacon for Pastoral Care

STAFFMatthew Wilkinson, Organist & ChoirmasterMelanie Wilkinson, Administrative Assistant for Music, Children’s Choir Director, Cantor in ResidenceJo Vroon, Organist in ResidenceCyndee Cave, Nursery/Preschool/Children and Family Ministries DirectorNena Jackson, Director of Connections & AlphaBrittany Gordon, Assistant for Student MinistriesScott Myers, Director of Audio/VisualMelody B. Martini, Psy. D, Licensed Clinical Psychologist/VolunteerJeanine Branham, Care CoordinatorVicki Vázquez, Director of CommunicationsMeredith Buyck, Rector’s Assistant for the Ministry of Finance & Human ResourcesSusan Waring, Executive Assistant to the RectorCatherine Bowen, Information SpecialistRobert W. McRae, Property ManagerArthur Bailey, SextonAngela Stanley, Housekeeper

VESTRYMikell Scarborough, Sr. WardenHeidi Ravenel, Jr. WardenJo CoxHal Frampton, SecretaryFred WillisGrant InscoeRhett SmithCurry SmoakGene MartiniJerry RevesDave SoutterGary DiCamillo, TreasurerHamlin O'Kelley, Recording Secretary

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