Volume 49 Issue 11 November, 2005

The Orbit St. George’s Episcopal Church Dayton, Ohio

Inside this issue… Visions 2000 Page 2 Personal Notes Page 3 Thanksgiving Day Service Page 3 Adult Education Page 4 & 6 Christian Formation Page 5 Shadowland Reflections Page 6 Coming Attractions/Updates Page 7-8 Social Issues Page 9 From the Mailbox Page 10 Special Ministries Page 11 What’s new -www.stgeorgeohio.org Page 12

the Youth Group overnight lock-in already in progress in the Parish Hall, thanks to the help of Laura Gentner and Thomas Rodgers. And, of course, Paul will also celebrate the Eucharist at 8:00 and 10:30 on Sunday.

The 10:30 service on Sunday will feature the glorious, traditional All Saints’ hymns, the baptism of four children, prayers for those departed who have been buried from St. George’s in the past year, and, what is becoming a new tradition, a processional dance to the altar by Nigerian members of our congregation, in thanksgiving for baptism. I love All Saints’ Day, when we celebrate the communion of saints

From the Rector

Let me describe an upcoming weekend in St. George’s: the weekend of November 5-6, when we celebrate the Feast of All Saints.

Saturday morning, one of our renters, Jackie’s Dance, will have their usual 9:30 session moved into the Parish Hall because the Undercroft will be filled with people shopping at the Mistletoe Mart, an annual Christmas fair staged by a group of crafts people who rent our space once a year. Meanwhile, upstairs, the Altar Guild will be setting up for the weekend worship services. In the Welcome Area,, Deacon Connie will lead a preparation session for parents, godparents, and two young people who will be part of the baptism service the next day.

Saturday evening, Paul will celebrate the Eucharist at the 5:00 and 6:30 Cornerstone service and then walk into the sanctuary to officiate at a 7:30 wedding. With St. George’s custodial help, the Mistletoe Mart will have cleared out of the Undercroft by 4:00, so that people can come and decorate for the wedding reception scheduled for 8:30. When the reception ends around midnight, Custodial Assistant Ken James will come in to be sure the Undercroft is clean and ready for another family celebration scheduled for Sunday afternoon. After the wedding, Paul will join

in all times and all places of Christendom: the famous and the unknown, and historic figures of history and the newly baptized, and the diversity of Christianity as evidenced in our own congregation.

I’ve described the whole weekend as a sample of the fullness of life at St. George’s, a church with a 24-hour, 7-day-a-week mission, a BIG mission in our Dayton area. We make our building available to the wider community. We continually welcome guests and newcomers to our worship. We provide sacramental and pastoral services for a large congregation. We run an incredibly active program life. We strive to glorify God in all that we do.

In November, as pledge cards continue to arrive in the offering plate and in the mail, we wait to see how close we will come to achieving our target budget for 2006, the budget we really need to carry out all the ministry to which God seems to be calling us. Your pledges fund our ministry. We have a big budget because we have a big mission, and a big responsibility as leaders in the community and in the diocese.

As we celebrate and give thanks for God’s abundance in our lives, we pray for our budget and the big dreams for ministry that it represents.

Carol +

“Growing in Christ’s love and service”

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Staff:

The Rev. Carol W. Hull Rector rector@stgeorgeohio.org

The Rev. K. Paul St. Germain Associate Rector associate@stgeorgeohio.org

The Rev. Roger B. Rollins Affiliate Priest email@stgeorgeohio.org

The Rev. Connie McCarroll Deacon Conniejodo@cs.com

The Rev. Steven Bilsbury Transitional Deacon

Patti King Minister for Christian Formation formation@stgeorgeohio.org

Dr. Richard Benedum Choirmaster and Organist richard.benedum@notes.udayton.edu

Jan Gimbrone Parish Administrator administrator@stgeorgeohio.org

Mitzi Stoner Business Manager business@stgeorgeohio.org

Rick Thomas Facilities Manager maintenance@stgeorgeohio.org

Ken James Custodial Assistant maintenance@stgeorgeohio.org Monthly Orbit information deadline is the 15th of each month for the upcoming month.

Sunday Orbit information must be submitted by noon each Tuesday for the following Sunday.

Schedule of Services

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist 6:30 p.m. Holy Eucharist

Sunday 8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist

Wednesday 11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist

Dear People of St. George’s, Mary Ann and I have begun to experience the season of gather-ing. “Your mom said she’s doing Thanksgiving this year, but she doesn’t know which day.” Mary Ann said. “She just turned seventy-nine, why is she doing it?” I asked. “Too many little kids,” Mary Ann said was my mother’s reply, “they’ll be all over the place.” Mom felt we could all control the mob better in the lower level of her house. I was then informed that our daughter Katie and fiancé, Aaron, needed to be up in northwest Ohio that Thanksgiving Saturday.

“Well, they’re going to have their fill of turkey because we’re going to burn one our-selves somewhere in all of this,” I said, “if Greenville has a celebration on Thursday, Centerville will have its own on Friday or vice-versa.” Mary Ann looked at me, “What about Joe and May, Aunt Glenna, Charlie and Andy?” I smiled. “You’re a logistics expert. You can work it out,” I confidently replied. Mary Ann smiled. At the request of Carol Hull, she had just pulled off a pretty good gathering of St. George’s folks for a stewardship celebration. What a night! And what a lot of work. She was on the phone every night leading up to the event making sure everything was just right. The topic of the event evoked the international flavor of our church and the food served that night hit that theme right in the palette. A crowd of well over a hundred got an unusual feast, inspirational words and a great feeling of community. Elsewhere in this Orbit, Mary Ann thanks the wonderful people that helped her put on such a terrific feed. So I’ll just say Thank You to her for a job-well-done. Fortunately, we gathered for the International Stewardship Dinner early enough in the season that heat was not an issue (the Indian vegetable curry kept things hot on its own!). Both of the undercroft kitchen heaters died last season but we (the Implemen-tation Committee and Vestry) have taken steps to take care of that. After soliciting bids from heating contractors, one group suggested that refurbishing the old units would be economical and not require any more use of space. We accepted that pro-posal and the units will be restored and ready for the coming cold months and, of course, the up-coming Spaghetti Dinner! We are doing other things to assure that St. George's remains our favorite gathering place. Hot water heat will soon be restored to the Parish Hall wing. New lighting is about to be installed in the sacristy which will make work easier for the Altar Guild. Our latest set of new doors will be installed at the northwest entrance of the church. We are looking at our heating and air conditioning needs as a total system in terms of use and efficiency. Washington Township will be making street improvements to Far Hills Avenue and we are exploring this as an opportunity for improving our land-scaped-look to passers-by (and potential new members). Remember, we gathered together for this dinner for a reason…Stewardship. Help St. George’s sustain, maintain and flourish. Make a pledge, pledge early and be generous to the church. Uh, Oh! We seem to have acquired a gathering of ground hogs in our backyard. Phoebe the Dog is anxious to take back her territory. Gotta open the back door…Gotta Go!! Peace be with you, Patrick MacKenzie

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PERSONAL NOTES

condolences …to Carol and Bill Herrick and their family on the death of Bill’s uncle.

…to Jason and Karen Plosch and Maggie on the recent death of Jason’s mother Anna Plosch.

…to Mary and Tim Maclean, Ashley and Jason, on the recent death of Mary’s mother Gretchen Gausby. .

…to Edna Palileo and her family on the death of her husband Lauro (Larry) Palileo October 10. Larry was a long-time faithful worshipper at the 5:00 service and helped for many years with St. George’s ministry to the homeless. .

ST. GEORGE’S OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED NOVEMBER 24-25.

THANKSGIVING DAY SERVICE Thursday, November 24, 10:00 a.m.

The Rev Joanne Stearns, Celebrant and Preacher

Joanne Stearns recently retired as Rector of St. Christopher’s in Fairborn. The Thanksgiving offering will help the local food bank meet hunger needs in our area.

rector to study with st. george’s college Thanks in part to a diocesan Professional Development grant, the Rector will be away for Continuing Education November 5-23, following the footsteps of “St. Paul in Greece” and a spending few days on the island of Rho-des. The study course is led by faculty from St. George’s College, an Anglican academy based in Jerusalem. In addition to visiting the sites in Greece associated with the New Testament ministry and letters of Paul, the course also traces the theological impact of Paul’s thought on contemporary Orthodoxy, Greek monasticism, the spiritu-ality of icons, and the challenges of Christian life in post-modern times.

congratulations …to Olivia Templeton Roup and Jude Maximillian Ehr-bar who were married October 8 at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Cold Spring Harbor, New York. Olivia is the daughter of Charles Roup.

…to Elizabeth Worthen Walsh and Michael Curtis Cotton, married at St. George’s on October 15. Elizabeth is the daughter of Mahlon and Carol Walsh.

…to Steve and Gail DiIullo and their family on the baptism October 16 of Sean Anthony DiIullo. thank you … to Dan Strawn for his four years of service as St. George’s Treasurer. The Vestry has elected Josh Feld-meth to take up this position.

…to Bill Gallienne, who is retiring as an usher after many years of faithful service in this important ministry of hospi-tality.

…to Mary Ann Hoffman and Marjo van Patten for their many months of dedicated work in organizing St. George’s archives.

Thanks to all of you who helped make the dinner portion of our October 2005 Stewardship International Dinner a success...The International Decor was provided courtesy of the Montgomery's (and her crew) - the flags looked great! Maureen Adebonojo and her entourage cooked and presented delicious Nigerian cuisine, Priya Cherian served up the Indian Curry prepared by Mohammad Hanafy, Sheri Bennett represented our Spanish speaking culture with the delicious enchiladas, Thelma Best served the Greek Salad and Susan Daly served the All-American cuisine - the hot dogs! The Russian Trifle was a big hit - (could it have been otherwise with our own illustrious Master Chef Paul putting it together!) And we cannot forget the providers of the liquid refresh-ment ...Carol Herrick kept us in hot coffee and the Hansells served up the "grape juice!"

Stephanie Bange provided the international music (courtesy of the Montgomery County Library) and the listening portion was made possible by Brandon Haley. The Youth Group turned out in record numbers to make sure eve-rything got served and cleaned up in record time.... (Kudos to our dishwasher, Greg, as well...he was workin' up a sweat back in the kitchen!)

Patti King's entourage was most entertaining (as usual) and Jim Sullivan, of St. Patrick’s, Dublin, speaker for the evening was truly inspirational! Mary Ann MacKenzie

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men’s group at st. george’s saturday a.m.

Most groups meet at the church and are open to everyone.

Newcomers and first-time participants are always welcome ...every week, 9:30 –10:15 a.m. in the Parish Hall. Pick up your service bulle-tin (with its lectionary insert) and join a conversation on the reading for the day from Matthew’s gos-pel. Find out what the preacher couldn’t include in the sermon and what God might have to say to you to-day through the gospel! ...November 28th at 7:00 p.m. we will discuss The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay.

Set in a world torn apart, where man enslaves his fellow man and freedom remains elusive, The Power of One is the moving story of one young man's search for the love that binds friends, the passion that binds lovers, and the realization that it takes only one to change the world. A weak and friendless boy growing up in South Africa during World War II, Peekay turns to two older men, one black and one white, to show him how to find the courage to dream, to succeed, to triumph over a world when all seems lost, and to inspire him to summon up the most irresistible force of all: the Power of One. This book is available through local booksellers and libraries. The discussion group is led by parishioner Laurie Benner of Reader’s Choice bookstore in Centerville, 434-5795 or readerschoice@sbcglobal …“In this house are many doors… But only one leads to another world.”

Theatrical trailer for The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (A major motion picture event coming in December)

...Walk into another world with the C.S. Lewis Reading Group as we read the beloved Chronicles of Narnia, starting with The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. The group meets at 7:30 on Tuesdays in the Youth Center. (The group will not meet November 22 nor 29.) See Paul St. Germain more information.

..“Paul’s Letters to the Corinthians,” 9:30-11:00 in the Parish Hall. Note the class will NOT meet Novem-ber 9, 16, and 23, and will resume November 30. ...The men meet the second Saturday of every month at 8:00 am to enjoy fellowship, continental breakfast and a variety of programs. Frank Gentner will provide the November 12 program topic. Tom Hull, thull@woh.rr.com. … the Daughters of the King meet twice monthly. On the second Sunday of each month, we attend the 8:00 service and then meet for breakfast and prayer. On the fourth Saturday of each month, we meet at 10:00 a.m. in the chapel for study and a short business meeting. The Daughters of the King is a group of lay-women who support each other in spiritual growth. We welcome guests and new members. For additional information, please call Jean Tarr, 434-2491.

daughters of the king saturday and/or sunday

ADULT EDUCATION and Opportunities

sunday morning bible study

monday evening reading group

c.s. lewis reading group tuesday evening

wednesday morning bible study.

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CHRISTIAN FORMATION News

This little light of mine, I’m gonna make it shine…

in preparation for advent, our Sunday School classes are already immersed in the miracle of the season as they continue the Unit entitled, “Jesus is Born.” On November 27th we will be switching gears and beginning work on the Christmas Pageant! Speaking of Christmas, those of you who enjoyed making the graham cracker Gin-gerbread houses last year will want to join us on December 4th from 3 to 5 as we make more of those candy creations. wonder-full wednesdays has been off to an awesome start. Nancy Wilda is our chef extraordinaire. Each week we are chal-lenged to find something in our meal that has to do with friendship—our theme for this fall. There is still room for more, so come on down to the Parish Hall on Wednesday nights , joining old friends and mak-ing new ones. May you and your family have a blessed Thanksgiving. In Christ’s love, Patti King second sunday potluck with free childcare The name says it all! Bring a dish to share and join us for fellowship over dinner. Kids will be watched after they eat. We have no agenda; we just want to get to know our friends at St. George’s better. We will meet at 5 pm on the second Sunday of each month and share supper. At least one kids’ cuisine (e.g. Hot Dogs, Mac & Cheese) will be among the entrées, but otherwise what we bring is what we eat! Please join us whether you have little ones or not; we want to get to know you.

Next dinner: Sunday, November 13, 2005 in the Undercroft. More info (not that there is much more I can tell you): William Sangrey, 395-0854.

raising free-thinking, spiritual children The Rev. Jason Leo, Rector of Calvary Church, Cincinnati

Wednesday, November 2, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Join us at the Wonder-full Wednesdays supper tables at 6:00 Nursery care and children’s program available for the evening

Our congregation has a special interest in the spiritual nurture of children. Here at St. George’s we put a lot of love, effort and resources into providing an environment where chil-dren and young people can learn about faith and develop as spiritual people. Inevitably, young people have questions and doubts, just as the adults around them do. The “free-thinking” of the program topic means being able to wrestle with sometimes difficult issues of faith and belief as a way of growing into a deeper, closer relationship with God in Jesus Christ.

A former youth minister and director of the Procter camping program, Jason Leo has extensive experi-ence in working with young people of all ages and understands the kind of issues and questions they have. Join us for a thoughtful presentation and discussion of how we help children develop Christian faith.

After two successful dinners, we have a name!

sponsored by the Social Issues Com-mittee in response to their spring survey.

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What is the scoop on this big new movie in December? Why should Anglicans care about the film? Disney and Walden media have combined to spend $150 million to faithfully bring Lewis’ be-loved The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe to the big screen. Working closely with the C.S. Lewis Estate, this promises to be a magnificent production rich with Christian imagery—truly a modern day parable that will touch millions (yes, Paul is gushing…) The marketers of this production have also spent millions, and much attention has been given to fundamentalist Christians in this country to secure their support in a strategy similar to that em-ployed to roll out Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ. Patti King, Laura Gentner and I re-cently attended the Dayton Preview Event for the film, held at a local Baptist Church. There we heard the pastor tell us of our awesome responsibility as Christians to use this opportunity to bring people to Jesus Christ, and warn us of the vast number of people who go to hell every day because they have not found Christ. He even revealed to us that during every worship service he gives his congregation “The Hell Report”, going through the Dayton Daily News and identify-ing people who will join the damned this week. I was stunned. Patti slid me a note: “Smile, you have a new sermon illustration”. Well, I couldn’t wait. As Anglican Christians, as the church of C.S. Lewis, we have a unique responsibility with the release of this film. While our fundamentalist brothers and sisters use this occasions to “win souls for Jesus”, I believe that you and I have a chance to welcome those who would embrace a traditional Anglican way of thought. We are a church that is built on the blending of scripture, tradition and reason. We are a thinking church, a caring church, a church with a stunningly rich history and a vibrant liturgy. I firmly believe that we are being presented with an enormous op-portunity to reach out as the body of Christ. There is no room for that old joke: “Why, I thought everyone who wanted to be an Episcopalian already was!!!” You and I have the chance this win-ter to help people encounter the faith behind this film and that undergirds what we cherish as Episcopalians and as Anglicans. What can we do? See the film. Invite others to see the film. Help them make the connections - and invite them to church. Show them the C.S Lewis window in the sanctuary!!! It’s time to get busy!!! I guarantee you our more fundamentalist brothers and sisters already are… *

∗ “We’ve seen it—and it’s magnificent! The producers of the movie have taken Lewis’ treasured tale of good versus evil and brought it to life as an amazing cinematic pro-duction that we believe will have broad appeal throughout our culture as a block-buster fantasy and adventure film. At the same time, the producers have retained the underlying themes that have endeared the book to Christians for generations as a classic metaphor for the gospel message. They got it right—and now it’s our turn to “get it right” in using this film to communicate with a world that des-perately needs the hope of Jesus Christ.”

Mission America Coalition

shadowland reflections

ADULT OPPORTUNITIES Continued from Page 4

Thoughts Questions Musings Surrounding the writings of Anglican author C.S. Lewis By The Rev. Paul St. Germain

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the annual spaghetti dinner is scheduled for January 29th. We have had many offers to help, and we need many more volunteers to make this important event a suc-

cess. The many ways to help include set up, clean up, and preparation of salads & cakes. Supper proceeds benefit outreach, and volunteering is a great way to build friendships. Call Bev Montgomery, 433-7575, if you can help. Thank you very much.

vestry and financial update St. George’s had a very full agenda for their October 15 meeting, starting with a “walkabout” of the Far Hills side of the property with Visions Implementation Chair Pat MacKenzie. Pat explained Washington Town-ship plans for constructing a new sidewalk in 2006 and a proposal for solving drainage issues along the prop-erty. He noted that when the Township last surveyed Far Hills traffic in 1999, they estimated that 30,000 cars a day pass by St. George’s. With church location and appearance a major factor in attracting new mem-bers, the Implementation Committee is also looking at plans for a new church sign.

Back inside, Pat continued his presentation from Implementation Committee, and the Vestry approved these allocations from Visions funds: • Heat repair in the Undercroft kitchen ($4400) • Restoration of hot water heat loop in Parish Hall kitchen, north side stairwell, and by the terrace door ($4385) • Improved lighting for the Sacristy ($1995) Deposit of $500 to lock-in a price for burying the utility wires between St. George’s and 41 Manor Lane

The Implementation Committee plans to bring the Vestry a proposal in November for air-conditioning the Undercroft and Choir Loft and installing a cost-saving temperature control system for the entire building.

In other actions, the Vestry: • Accepted the resignation of Dan Strawn and elected Josh Feldmeth to serve as Treasurer, with voice and vote at meetings. • Heard plans for the annual Stewardship campaign, “Grateful and Generous Giving,” including the Octo-ber 23 international-theme dinner. • Received the report of the Archive Committee and appointed a sub-committee to make recommendations about its findings. Authorized transferal of a posthumous gift from parishioner Lillian Zau into the General Fund. financial update for september Current month Year to date 2005 Budget Income Pledges $29,070.00 $317,176.26 $ 466,673.00 Total Income 35,234.42 417,142.41 595,143.00

Expenses 49,400.65 456,934.84 595,015.00 Excess Income/(Expense) ($14,166.23) ($39,792.43) $ 128.00

At the end of September, St. George’s expenses exceeded income for the month and year to date. Pledge pay-ments were not as high as projected in September; but unpledged giving was $3455, the highest it has been in several months. The Finance Committee and staff continue to keep a close rein on expenses. The 2005 budget has all along had three factors which have kept it out of balance: a carryover of about $7000 in ex-penses from 2004 which occurred during the change of business managers in January; an under-budgeting in the cost of changing copier systems, and a need to catch up on some pension benefits for lay employees. At the same time, we have also had a number of unexpected gifts to the General Fund.

Typically, St. George’s receives the greatest amount of its income in November and December. If pledges are completed as presently projected, St. George’s may yet face a deficit of several thousand dollars for 2005. The Finance Committee will consider the need for a special year-end appeal. In the meantime, please help by keeping your pledge payments current and completing your pledge by end of December, and consider remem-bering St. George’s in your year-end charitable giving. Special gifts are always appreciated!

COMING ATTRACTIONS and Updates

COMING ATTRACTIONS continued on page 8

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special music at st. george’s Sunday, November 20 7:00 p.m. Organ Recital by Yun Kum, organist at Christ Church, Dayton 7:30 p.m. Choral Evensong with the St. George’s Choir buy george good for year-long gift-giving

St. George’s Cookbook Like Stars Appearing—Ann Rowland’s wonderful

book about our stained glass windows (and the story of Christianity through the pictures of its saints) with award-winning design by Jayne MacDougall.

50th Anniversary bookmarks—for that book you’re reading right now

St. George window note cards—for any occasion St. George T-shirts, sweatshirts, golf shirts—for

children and adults St. George flags—for waving!

Come by our table in the Welcome Area following the 5:00 p.m. and 10:30 a.m. services P.S. BUY GEORGE needs additional helpers to staff

the sales table. If you can help, please call Diane Gentner (438-1257) or the Rector (434-1781)

the woodhull discourses to honor the life of James Morris Woodhull present The Rev. J. Pittman McGehee, D.D. Episcopal Priest and Psycho-analyst, Saturday, November 5, 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. on the topic “Imagining God” at Cox Arboretum, Main Visitors Building. No reservations required; for more information call St. Paul’s at 293-1154. I AM my brother’s keeper National Donor Sabbath, November 11-13, spreads the message that by giving of ourselves through organ and tissue donation, we give the gift of life. For many the chance to live a full life won’t come without organ and tissue donation. For more information, call Life Con-nection of Ohio at 800-535-9206 or Community Tissue Services at 800-684-7783. Join the Ohio Donor Regis-try at www.donatelifeohio.org.

the care to share program …A $5.00 donation to St. George’s gives you a coupon for 30% off almost everything in the Cen-terville Elder-Beerman store on Saturday, No-vember 12, 7:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.--it’s a great time to get your Christmas shopping done We are looking for volunteers to staff our time frame on the 12th and to help sell coupons. Call Melanie Hitch, 299-1721. All proceeds benefit St. George’s. mvern – miami valley episcopal russian network A BRIEFING session will be held on Sunday, November 20, 2:30 p.m. at St. George’s Episco-pal Church, 5520 Far Hills Avenue, Dayton. From April 19-28, 2006, MVERN travelers will visit major cultural and historic sites in St. Peters-burg, share the stirring ritual of the Easter Vigil at MVERN’s partner church, and participate in a glorious Easter service at St. Isaac’s Cathedral in St. Petersburg. An optional six-day extension (April 28-May 3), will include visits to historic and cultural sites in the ancient cities of Nov-gorod and Moscow. Flyers are available in MVERN churches and brochures with complete information will be available by November 20. Reservations for the trip are requested by Decem-ber 15, 2005. For further information, please contact Linda Spears at 937/435-3550, spearsl@att.net.

during church services... CELLPHONES MUST BE OFF during services as they interfere with our wireless microphones and hearing devices. You may speak to God with-out technology.

COMING ATTRACTIONS and Updates Continued from Page 7

Mvern will be offering/selling Russian Crafts in the Welcome Area on Sunday, December 4 after all services. Come and do some Christmas shopping and help support MVERN’S Youth Exchange Fund. Ma-trouska dolls, lacquered boxes, nativity sets, Christmas ornaments, and many other items will be offered for sale!

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SOCIAL ISSUES

Thanks to all who shared the fruits of their labors with their gardenless friends at St. George’s. $84.81 was donated and will be given to St. Margaret’s Food Pantry to provide fresh food items for the poor. Roger Rollins pics from one who walked the walk (Crop Walk, that is!) The 2005 Crop Hunger Walk was held Saturday, October 8, leaving from Island Park at 9 a.m. The walk was six miles, and took about two hours.

Headed towards the turnaround point during the middle of the walk

Three fellows in baseball caps are from Christ Episcopal Church, the two ladies I chatted with on the way back. The photo was taken at the halfway mark where we got a water bottle and turned around to head back

From Gerald Govin Thanks, Gerry!

thank you! thank you! thank you! ...The final figures are in and we did great! The work-ers were fantastic, and the STUFF you brought in was outstanding. A special thanks to Mary Snyder for the delicious soups that she provided for the many work-ers. The eye glasses and cases will be given to the Rotary Club. Some of the better clothes that were left went to Clothes That Work. Two large boxes of books will go to the Veterans Associations Hospital where they are establishing a library for the patients, and the washable coats went to Coats for Carl. Now what you really want to know: the dollar amount after all bills are paid, $3,987.31. THANK YOU so much for car-ing. This amount will go far in funding Social Ser-vices. Michele Johnson, Jane Gallienne, Pat and Jean Davis. the other place ...The homeless community of Dayton is grow-ing. Please donate food, if you can, for the fourth Saturday morning of each month, when St. George’s serves breakfast at The Other Place. Call Marty De-Marey (671-2512), or Mary Rollins (293-7940) to make arrangements if you are able to donate food. Thank you very much. salvation army (booth house) …Next opportunity to assist will be Wednesday, No-vember 9. Dinner will be prepared in the undercroft kitchen 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Servers carpool to the shel-ter at 4:30 p.m. The dinner crew needs cookies and 9X13 cakes to serve for dessert. Please bring your donation to the undercroft by 3:30 p.m. Contact Mary Maclean, 427-2315 if you would like to join the crew of cooks or servers. ...Due to Katrina and the special needs of its victims, our area food pantries are close to empty. So, please remember to bring non-perishable food items to church and place them in the basket in the narthex. If a donation of money is easier for you, deposit it in the poor box on the wall next to the en-trance to the nave. Thank you for caring and sharing. Roger Rollins.

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FROM THE MAILBOX

Anita and Michael Dohn are physicians serving as missionaries with La Iglesia Episcopal Dominicana through the South American Missionary Society. They live with their four daughters in San Pedro de Macorís in the Dominican Republic. E-mail: DohnFamily@sams-usa.org September, 2005 WVXU in Cincinnati many years ago broadcast an interview with a 74 year-old nun who had spent her entire life working in Korea. “You must be pretty good with the language,” the interviewer commented. “Well, I could always do a little better,” was the nun’s response. More than 50 years living and working in Korea, and she still felt that her language skills could improve.

After more than five years here, our language skills are OK. We still get stuck from time to time. We still have moments of misunderstanding and non-comprehension (but that happened to us in English, too). But, overall, we can get the job done.

However, the demands keep growing and adequate Spanish language proficiency is a moving target. A year ago we were not in round-table discussions with the regional director for public health, the dean of the medical col-lege at Universidad Central de Este, directors for national public health programs, nor program directors of various non-governmental organizations working country-wide. Those meetings demand a higher level of Spanish than patient care, home visits, or teaching workshops in which the participants have only completed eighth grade.

But it is the subtleties of the language that are the most difficult. Knowing all the words does not guarantee that we get the syntax – the way that the words work together to convey shades of meaning – correct. We are doing more medical consultations on really sick people in the hospital or their homes. In English for instance, we can express cautious optimism and still stress the gravity of the situation. In Spanish, are we hitting that point cor-rectly? Are we really communicating what we want or are the words saying something different? We are al-ways watchful of the family members’ responses to what we are saying in those circumstances. Are they re-sponding the way that we anticipated? As with all family members at a loved-one’s bedside, they are listening intently to the physician or consultant. Those are the times when we feel the most difficulties and challenges related to our Spanish abilities (or lack thereof). Well, we could always do a little better. Michael Dohn

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Thank you and the Social Outreach Committee for the contribution of $200 on August 16 to Artemis Center, who will provide services to more that 5,000 domestic violence victims and their children this year. Your sup-port helps Artemis provide services at no cost to our clients. We are committed to breaking the cycle of domes-tic violence in our community, and we thank you for your ongoing support of our efforts. Sincerely, Patti Schwarztrauber, Executive Director, Artemis Allow me to take this opportunity to thank you for your donation of $500. The generosity and support of our community neighbors never ceases to amaze me. While homelessness continues to be a hardship people are faced with every day, we at The Other Place are thankful to be able to continue to provide the services neces-sary to meet the ever increasing need. With the continued support of people like you, we truly believe we can achieve our vision of “A Community Where there is no Homelessness”. Sincerely, Tina M. Patterson, Executive Director Dear Friend of the Catacoustic Consort, I would like to thank you for your support of the Catacoustic Consort. I am writing to inform you of some venue changes for our 2005/06 concert season. Our board of directors has decided to discontinue offering a season of concerts in the Dayton area. Catacoustic will now be offering two Cincinnati area concerts—one on the north side of town, and one in the metropolitan area. We have made some good friends at St. George’s Episcopal Church, and hope that these friends will continue to be at future con-certs. Best regards, Annalisa Pappano, The Catacoustic Consort. Dear Members of St. George’s Episcopal Church, In behalf of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ, I wish to thank you for your generous contributions to the Maria de Mattias School in Guatemala. Your faithful support of our mission there speaks loudly of God’s love for them. We pray that God reward you for your great wit-ness of His love for the poor. With grateful heart, Adorers of the Blood of Christ, Sr. Ruth Marie, ASC.

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SPECIAL MINISTRIES at st. george’s

can you help…with… + st. george’s ministry of hospitality? …We have an urgent need for volunteers. Hospi-tality hour, following the 10:30 service, is an im-portant welcoming time for those new to or visit-ing St. George’s, as well as a special time for ca-maraderie between parishioners. The church pro-vides the fixings for coffee and tea. Volunteers make the coffee and provide simple refreshment snacks & a beverage for children. Please consider becoming one of these special volunteers. The Sign-up Sheet is in the Parish Hall. Questions? Call Carol Herrick 433-0143.

+ the usher ministry? …serving approximately once a month. Men, women and couples are welcome! To volunteer as a 10:30 usher please call Jan Chromick at 439-1869; or the church office. altar flowers: new 2006 charts are posted…and, a few NOVEMBER 2005 DATES ARE STILL AVAILABLE!…If you would like to give altar flowers ($50 each bouquet) as a memorial or thanksgiving gift, please sign one of the two charts on the bulletin board opposite the office, giving full information for that service bulletin no later than the Sunday preceding your desired date. Thank you. If you sign up to give altar flowers, please be sure to send your check to St. George’s business office with “Altar Flow-ers” and the date on the memo line. flower ministry: After the 10:30 service, altar flowers are sent to parishioners and friends who are experiencing illness, bereavement, or other pastoral situations

stephen ministry: Stephen Ministers are trained to serve as caring lay persons to extend the pastoral care efforts of the clergy. A Stephen Minister visits regularly with a person who might be experiencing a difficult period or transition in their life, and who would like to have someone listen objectively, empathetically and confidentially. To request a Stephen Minis-ter, speak with either of the clergy. For more information about the program, contact either of the Stephen Leaders: Jean Case (434-4260) or Fay Layden (433-3867). st. george’s stephen ministry: 2005 Supervision Meetings – Parish Hall Third Saturday of each month (10:30 a.m. – noon) Sunday, Nov. 13 ( 5 p.m. after continuing ed, church TBA) December 17 at St. George’s, regular time lay eucharistic visitors: We have several lay people who are trained and licensed by the diocese to take communion to the homebound, those in hospitals, or residents of nursing homes who cannot get to the services. If you would like to have communion brought to you, please call the church office. This can be done on a temporary or long-term basis. homebound? You can listen to the 10:30 Worship Service: Call the church office to be put on the list to receive audio CD’s for the homebound.

prayer chain requests contact

Yvonne Jennings, 435-0055 kjennings1@woh.rr.com or

Carolyn Thomas, 298-0064 ckttenn@aol.com

A Stewardship prayer All generous God, you poured yourself out in creation; you gave your Son to die for us on the cross; and you continue to give yourself to us through the gift of your Holy Spirit. Give us generous hearts; that in our response to your love our lives may overflow in thanksgiving and generosity. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

St. George’s is supported by the voluntary giving of its members. Pledge cards are available on the Welcome Table, and contribu-tions envelopes by calling the Business Manager

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New Photographs Continue to Pop UP! We consistently hear that St. George’s webpage is visually beautiful. It’s designed to reflect the visual richness of our liturgical tradition. As such, we are always looking to create photographs that bring the life the vitality of our parish and enhance our faith journey. Example, The Chapel of the Holy Spirit page (under Virtual Tour) has a new picture of the devotional area in the corner of the chapel. As the season of Advent approaches, many of us may be in search of a deeper encounter with God amidst the frenzy of the holidays. This photo is a reminder that the chapel has several meditations available on a small table in the back. Looking for Christ in Christmas? Try An Icon Walk, or revisit the Faith Story through the stained glass windows on a bright, cold day. Coming up soon, pictures of the youth group’s wonderful trip to the Acolyte Festival in Washington, DC. Meanwhile, check out the new photographs on the Spirituality page and the Prayer page (through Spirituality). If anyone is interested in learning more about the site—or would be willing to help out for about an hour a month, see Paul St. Germain or Susan Wehmeyer.

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