THE CLARIONNewsletter of the Episcopal Churches on the Mountain

Calvary Chapel13318 Mentzer Gap Road, Beartown PA

Transfiguration13646 Summit Ave, Blue Ridge Summit PA

November, 2014It is the mission of Calvary Chapel and the Church of the Transfiguration to witness to Jesus Christ in worship, study, fellowship and care for our community and world.

A Message from Reverend Steve Harris.

Many thanks for the recent welcome!  For a number of us, this is a time of reacquaintance, both from an interim experience in the early 90’s  and the cooperative we had in neighboring congregations.            Beginning our work together, I find myself very much focused on the November calendar of our lives which is full of a number of events – not just church related.            We begin with the time change (fall back) and Election Day with Transfiguration’s Parish Hall being used for voters. Our worship all seems to have items of special note:

*November 2 – All Saints’ Sunday remembering our departed loved ones;

*November 9 – A Sunday to remember those who are serving and have served as Veteran Day approaches;

*November 16 – the offering of pledges for the coming year with allows the congregations to do their planning;

*November 23 – the final Sunday of our “Church Year”;

*November 27 – Thanksgiving Day and a service at Calvary;

*November 30 – the beginning of Advent marked by the four Sundays before Christmas.           

In all, including the gifts of time, talent and

treasure, may our lives be a response to the lives given to us by God.

Faithfully, Steve

From our Senior Warden. A reminder that we will elect vestry members and convention delegates at our January Annual Meeting. This is an opportunity for members of Calvary and Transfiguration to serve in the leadership of our congregations and participate in our discipleship.

We’re looking or 3 delegates and 3 alternates for conventions to be held in March and October. The Vestry positions are for three 3-year openings and two 2-year openings. Our bylaws call for a minimum of two vestry members from both Calvary and Transfiguration.

The vestry meets the third Wednesday of each month in the evening, except for July and August, when we’re on hiatus for the Summer.

All who are interested should contact one of the members of the nominating committee – Isabelle Brown, Linda Jones, or Lee Layman – or any current member of the Vestry.

The Vestry made its pledge to the Stewardship Campaign at the October meeting. Letters were sent out with pledge cards and return envelopes to members of the congregations. We hope that all can pledge and help the Vestry prepare a balanced budget for approval at our annual meeting and continue our ministry to the community. Any questions regarding the Stewardship Campaign or the church budget should be directed to a member of the vestry.

Our church administrative assistant, Penny Yingling, has accepted the role of Vestry secretary and started her new role at our October meeting.

Your Senior Warden,Keith Carr

SEARCH COMMITTEE UPDATEThe committee continues to work diligently on the search process. Currently they are putting the final touches on our Parish Profile.

As always, please reach out to any member of the Search Committee if you have any questions or concerns.

Mike Bunch, Tim Crilley, Lisa Devlin,

Dan Domenick, Debby Hampton,Tom Sheasley, Sally Stanley

SERVICE DATES/TIMESFor November & December:

11/ 2 – All Saints’ Sunday 9am-Calvary 10:30am-Transfiguration

11/16 - Loyalty SundayWhen our commitments for 2015 are invited

9am – Calvary 10:30am-Transfiguration

11/27 – Thanksgiving Service – one service9am - Calvary

Special Offering for Shippensburg Home

11/30 - Advent Sunday 9am-Calvary 10:30am-Transfiguration

12/24 – 8pm – Christmas Eve @ Transfiguration

12/25 – 9am – Christmas Day @ Calvary

WEEKLY EVENTS:Sundays:

9 am – Holy Eucharist and Church School @ Calvary10:30 am – Holy Eucharist @ Transfiguration

Mondays: Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 pmTransfiguration Common Room.

Tuesdays: 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month:Knitting Group – 1 to 3 PM at the home of Jean Lengel, 11924 N. Woodlea Drive, Waynesboro. If you don’t knit or crochet, just come and spend the afternoon with friends. Fridays: Choir rehearsal, Transfiguration, 6:30 p.m.

November Birthdays: 3 - Keeley D Pryor 15 – Joseph B Domenick 4 – Brady Bakner 16 – Lori Miller 11 - Josh Brown 20 – Angela Finneyfrock 11 – Jean Lengel 23 – David McJonathan 12 – Sean Hampton 28 – Scott Pryor 13 – Edie von Jess 28 – Vandelia Zeller 15 – Paul Wyatt

November Anniversaries:Nov 10 – Laura & Ray ChevalierNov 26 – Anna May & Junie Ray

Nov 30 – Linda & Irvin Jones

Prayer Concerns : Tish + Lisa + Barb + Missy + Sondra + Vickie + Charlie + Cliff + Velma & Family + Ruby + Richard + Tammy + Mary + Sandy + Hatty + Tish + Anne + Pat + John + David + Angie + Isaiah + DeQuan + Kory, Norma Jean + Brandon + Liz + Rod + Mindy + Pete + Rick + Peggy + Carl + Heather + Ryan + Jim + Fred + Bonnie + David + Patricia + Paulette + Tyler + Alora + Paul + Kate + Kristin + Zoey + Jenie + Baby Oliver + Jean + Karen + Marilyne + Denzil + Mary + Karl + Scott + Jim + Stanley + Weston + Jack + Geneva + Victor + Toby + Jaime; and our shut-ins: Marjorie, Ruby, Edna, Jean, Peggy, and Edie

FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN THE MILITARY:

Thomas Sheep, USA Loren WilsonBob Buckey, CPL. USMC John AusmusL. Dean Fitz, USN Kristin JohnsonRobert Gharrity IV, POS, USN John Kane, USARobert J. Smith, CW2, USA Rob Schmidt, USANick Psaki, IV, SSG, USA Kirk Calvert, USABruce Allen, LTC, USA William JohnsonOwen Resseguie Michael ResseguieJason Allen CPT. USA Mike CooksieTim Schlaner, lst Lt, USMC James LaRoche USA

Mike Selvage, Sgt USA

Our shut-ins dearly love to hear from friends. Here are names and addresses for sending your regards:

Peggy Brown, Michaux Manor Living Ctr11302 South Mt Road, Fayetteville, PA 17222

Marjorie Cox, Village of Laurel Run,6375 Chambersburg Rd, Fayetteville PA 17222

Ruby Crilley, Genesis Healthcare, Gettysburg Center, 867 York Rd Rm 227,Gettysburg, PA 17325

Jean Dienstag, 609 Springhill Drive,Waynesboro, PA 17268

Edna Flohr, Michaux Manor Living Ctr,11302 South Mt Road, Fayetteville, PA 17222

Edie vonJess, Village of Laurel Run – Ctg 216375 Chambersburg Rd, Fayetteville, PA 17222

Please help us keep these lists up-to-date. Call the office (717-794-2229) or email to transcal@icloud.com.

Please note that costs have increased for altar flowers. Price is now $45.00 and flowers are ordered from

Eichholz Flowers in Waynesboro, since Green Arbor no longer offers floral arrangements.

A Blast from the Past! Thanks to Sally Stanley for her earlier great entries on past church history and happenings, gleaned from former (long-ago) Clarions. These are always informative and such interesting reads. Sally will return in a few months to offer her next find!

PIE SALE SUCCESS! Thanks to all who helped make pies at our annual pie-making. We made 166 and have a few (apple) left for sale at $8.00. If you’ve ordered, they’re ready for pickup beginning Nov 2. –Pat Domenick (717-794-2223). Special thanks to:

Peelers: Vandelia, John, Mike , Barbara, Virginia, Ray, Angie & Kenny Finneyfrock and Courtney Patterson Dough Rollers:  Dan, Patty, Zach  Mixers:  Shirley and Tyler Pie Crust Crimpers:  Sharon and Pat Baggers and Labelers:  Candace and Betty Go-fer:  James

*All checks for pies should be made out to “ECW”.

Transfiguration Sunday.

It is not uncommon for Episcopal churches to set aside a day to recognize the name by which individual churches are known. The Church of the Transfiguration has a feast day that occurs on August 6. The last time that our feast day fell on a Sunday was 2006 and will not fall on a Sunday again until 2017. Being in the middle of the summer and only occasionally occurring on a Sunday, the Feast of the Transfiguration has gotten lost in the shuffle.

We do have a viable alternative. Every year on the last Sunday in the season of Epiphany the gospel reading retells the story of the Transfiguration of Jesus on Mount Tabor. This Sunday is easy to remember since it is the last Sunday before Ash Wednesday and the last day until Easter that “Alleluias” are used as part of our worship services. What a great day to celebrate and re-experience the event for which Church of the Transfiguration was named!

So mark your calendars for Sunday February 15, 2015 – Transfiguration Sunday. - John Edwards

HELP HOTLINE:Foods needed for Thanksgiving are (but not limited to) canned sweet potatoes, sauerkraut, boxed or fresh potatoes, canned gravies, vegees & pineapple. Meats are purchased by the food manager, and/or her helpers, using monies that are in the coffers. The other foods are also purchased by the hotline committee, if there is not a sufficient amount on the shelves. Every day staples (always needed) are soups, cereals, Ramen noodles, mac & cheese, jelly, p-nut butter. AND, remember we not only provide foods, but help with utilities during the harsh Winter months. Checks may be made to the Church of Transfiguration, with “hotline” in the memo line & don’t forget the red “Hotline” cans at the back of the church. Let’s continue to help make our neighbors feel a part of our “mountain family”. They need help occasionally, many through no fault of their own, but just circumstances.“…..give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in Heaven.” St. Mark:10:21

The Music Corner.

RETURN OF MS. Lynda Kuckenbrod

*At Transfiguration 10:30 a.m. service, this coming Jan 16, we will again welcome the wonderful sounds of the harp delivered by Lynda Kuckenbrod. If you haven’t heard her performance, you may want to be here for this

one.

*Thanks to Karen Burke, music director, and all the choir members for the harmonious sounds emanating during

services. Isabelle Brown, Patty Burns, Pat Domenick,

John Edwards, Shirley Fitz, Linda Jones, Sara LaRoche, David McJonathan,

Patrick & Virginia Pascoe, Sally Stanley, Mary Crilley, Amy Rodriguez

*We wish, also, to acknowledgeJean & Larry Lengel, whom graced the choir with their voices

for many years.

*Thanks also to Mary Crilley and Daniel Stapleford, who fill in for Karen when she is not available.

Welcome to newcomer’s at Sunday School!

Demetri – TJ – Monika – Mekenna – BlakeHolly – Amber

We’re so glad that you’ve been joining us. We have a lot of things to learn and enjoy together this coming Fall & Winter.

We hope you had a good Halloween

And have a great Thanksgiving

COMING SOON TO A LOCATION NEAR YOU!

(Return of the Elf!)

THE CALVARY CHRISTMAS BAZAAR!

Mark your calendar!Saturday, Dec 6th 9am to 2pm

Calvary Chapel, Beartown

As always, we will need help – bakers, crafters, cooks, all-around helpers, prior to and during the bazaar. Think about it and help if you can. We’ll need hot soups prepared, baked goods, home-made crafts, and we’ll even have a white-elephant table.

Here’s the schedule:Now until Friday, Dec 5th – crafting and gathering white

elephant items.Week of bazaar – baking and packaging goodies.

Fri – Dec 5th – Deliver your gifts to Calvary(Call Linda for time)

SATURDAY – BAZAAR.(Soups, sandwiches and drinks will be sold that day –

you may eat-in or carry out.)

Linda Jones – 749-3815

POINTS TO PONDER!

For many years the Episcopal Church, unlike some denominations, has a policy of open communion. That process began as the Church recognized that Episcopal families consisted of individuals that had other church affiliations. During prayer book revision, in particular, the policy was expanded from adult membership to those who were baptized. There even has been discussion about the altar table open to all, without reference to church membership.

Church membership in the Episcopal Church, congregation by congregation, can be confusing. On the one hand, the rules (canons) of the Church indicate that when people move from one church to another, they should receive a letter of transfer and present it to the new church to be entered on the Parish Register. That policy isn’t advertised and people become active in another church, sometimes with the expectation that they have been automatically picked up. At other times, and this is true in this area, some will move into a community and retain their membership at their former church for a variety of reasons. Some also attend a church, while wishing to retain their membership in another congregation.

Where possible, we try to enroll in the book known as the Parish Register (in which other items such as baptisms are entered) the names of those who wish to be formally listed as church members. Where possible, transfers are requested, both from Episcopal Churches and those of other denominations. Where such records are unavailable, the Canons (rules of the church) make provision for members being entered.

Whether one becomes a member or not, our open communion is precisely that – it’s the Lord’s table to which we are invited.

(Next month on “Points to Ponder” – the Early Episcopal Church and its first two bishops – two different understandings of the church).

- SDH

The Rev. Dr. Steve Harris, Supply Priest(717) 398-2200/sdirkharris@yahoo.com

Administrative Assistant: Penny Yingling

Director of Music: Karen Burke

Parish Office: transcal@icloud.com

Office phone: (717) 794-222913646 Summit Avenue

Post Office Box BBlue Ridge Summit, PA 17214

Tim Crilley – Calvary TreasurerJohn Edwards – Transfiguration Treasurer

2013 VESTRY MEMBERS : Class of 2014:

Isabelle Brown, John Edwards, Linda Jones,

Ann Orndorff, filling an unexpired termClass of 2015:

Keith Carr, Barbara Layman, Lee LaymanClass of 2016:

David McJonathan

AT THE ANNUAL MEETINGON JANUARY 25, 2015

FIVE people will be elected as Vestry members: THREE to replace Isabelle Brown, John Edwards, and Linda Jones (each of whom has served one term, and are eligible to stand for election to a second term), and TWO to fill the unexpired terms of the Callahan’s (which end with the Annual Meeting of January, 2017). Anne Orndorff is currently serving in one of those positions, and is eligible for election to a full term.

For information or to express your willingness to serve, contact any Vestry member or our Nominating Committee: Isabelle Brown, Linda Jones, and Lee Layman.

Area Events for November/December

Sat Nov 1st. Blue Ridge Summit (BRS) – Mountain Top Fail9am – 3pm – BRS Vol. Fire Co. Hall

Collectible Road Show – 9 – 1 Live Music, Auction, Magic Show, Arts/Crafts

Tue Nov 4th – St Mary’s Episcopal Church 112 E. Second St. Waynesboro (Wbo)Lasagna Dinner – 4:30pm - $7.50 & $3.50

Wed thru Fri Nov 4-6th – Wbo Hospital Pre-HolidaySale – 1st Floor Conf. Rm – 9am-4pm (open until 7PM on Thursday)

Sat Nov 15th – Ft Ritchie Community Center –Fall Indoor Yard Sale – 8am-1pm

Fri Eve Nov 21st – Wbo Tree Lighting Ceremony Center Square

Thu thru Sun – Dec 4 thru 7th. Wbo Children’s Theatre Group. Wbo Middle School,4-5-6 Dec, 7pm Sun 7 Nov 2PM

“Miracle on 34th Street”

NOVEMBER 27 2014