April 2016

The Red Doors

St. Mary’s Episcopal Church

P A R I S H N E W S

THE RED DOORS

is a publication of

St. Mary’s Episcopal Church

163 N. Main Street

P.O. Box 768

Madisonville, KY 42431

(270) 821-3674 stmarys163@gmail.com

http://stmarys.episcopalky.org

Our Mission

At St. Mary’s, our mission is to carry the excitement of the Word of God in Christ to the community.

Parish Staff

Rector: The Rev. Candyce Loescher

Deacon: The Rev. Tom Mills

Parish Secretary: Teresa Jett

Organist: John Horace Cox

Nursery Sitter: Anna Terry

Sexton: Crystal Tyson

Red Doors Guidelines

The Red Doors is a monthly publication.

Submissions need to be turned in to the

parish office no later than the 25th of each

month. (Due date is the 15th in Dec.)

Call the parish office or send via email.

St. Mary’s Episcopal Church e-mail: stmarys163@gmail.com

Rector, The Rev. Candyce Loescher

email: cloescher@gmail.com

VESTRY

Sr. Warden, Elaine Terry home: 825-0277 cell: 836-8770 email: Elaine.terry536@gmail.com Jr. Warden, Frank Jandreau cell: (617) 602-6453 email: frankj02459@gmail.com Clerk, Gertrude Whitmer home: (270) 525-6113 Treasurer Interum, cell: 399-3015 Chris Thorowgood email: thorow@bellsouth.net Paula Crowley home: 821-1216 cell: 619-1122 email: paulaowl@yahoo.com Denise Edwards cell: 836-8777 email: deniseedwards77@yahoo.com Joan Lang cell: 707-1034 Phil Terry cell: 584-0293 email: philhterry1@hotmail.com J. Isaac Ball cell: (865) 306-0898 email: jamesisaacball31@gmail.com

The Financial Future of St. Mary’s

The financial standing of St. Mary’s has deteriorated over the past year resulting in spending down our Hilliard Lyons account to meet expenses. This is not sustainable. However, there is still time to turn our situation around. We are cutting expenses to the bone, but your help is also needed. The Vestry and the Finance Committee strongly encourage everyone to attend one of the cottage meetings listed below to learn more about the status of our finances, answer your questions, and develop a path toward a more stable future.

Please RSVP with your meeting preference to St. Mary’s by email: stmarys163@gmail.com or by phone (270) 821-3674.

Working together, we can make a difference. Joan Lang, Finance Committee Chairman

DATE TIME PLACE

Sun., April 3 After service Mills Hall at St. Mary’s

Wed., April 6 Noon (Lunch Bunch)

Applebee’s 1475 Chelsea Dr.

Tues., April 12 6:00 pm Berry & Kim Adcock’s Home 2541 Club Court

Thurs., April 14 6:00 pm The Tomblinson’s Home 726 Earlwood Dr.

Worship Attendance

Wednesdays: Fridays: Sundays:

3/2 17 3/4 8 3/6 56 3/9 17 3/11 9 3/13 41 3/16 18 3/18 *(see below) 3/20 55 3/23 (No service) (See Holy Week Attendance Below)

* Rev. Candyce and a group of the Friday attenders went to Grace in Hopkinsville for the Bishop’s visit .

Holy Week Attendance

Maundy Thursday 31 The Great Vigil 21 Good Friday (Noon) 28 5:30 pm 12 EASTER 98

Centennial Planning Committee

The Centennial Planning Committee has decided to change their meetings to after services on Sundays twice per month. When do-ing so out of necessity during Lent, they realized there seemed to be more folks participating as they were already here etc. So the meetings in April will be on the Sundays of the 10th and 24th. The Peace Festival is coming up next month, May 14th and the committee is in need of current addresses of folks that have ever been associated with the church that we may not have. They would like to send them an invitation to the homecoming. The contact person for this is Paula Crowley. (Her contact info is on the front page).

The craft department of the CPC is in need of empty oat boxes or coffee cans. So if you could please set these aside and bring in they would be most appreciative. There will be a box located in the parish hall for collection.

LUNCH BUNCH / BOOK CLUB

The Lunch Bunch will meet on Wed., April 6 at Applebee’s 11:30 am. This month’s meeting will be a little different as we will be joined by members of the finance committee to discuss St. Mary’s financial future. (see front page for details).

The Book Club will meet afterward. The book for April is: “The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend” by Katarina Bivald.

If you are looking for an opportunity to get involved in something new, drop in and join in.

Daughters of the King

The DoK will meet this month on Wed., April 6th at 6:00 pm. If you have any questions, con-

tact Paula Crowley. (Info on front page)

NAMI Support Group

The next NAMI Meeting will be on Thursday, April 7th from 6-7:30 pm. NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness; a support group for family members of those suffering from mental illness. If you have any questions, you may call Tom Mills at 821-3670.

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Episcopal Church Women

The ECW will resume their regular meeting schedule this month on Wed., April 20th at 6 pm with Eucharist at 5:30. We hope you can join us. Peace—Gertrude Whitmer

I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.

—George Washington Carver

Backpack Collection Day—April 10th

We continue to support the children (in need) at Grape-vine Elementary by collecting food on the second Sun. of the month. This is food they can take home for the week-end. Items such as: individual bags of chips, cracker, cookies, cheese/peanut butter crackers, etc. Items should be ready to eat and require no refrigeration or re-heating and should open easily.

Thanks for your support of this ministry ! A child will have something to eat because of your kindness & generosity!

April Birthdays

2 John Hunt 14 Makenzie Drake 3 Lillian Wright 18 Katie Schwartz Joseph Vandiver 4 Sue Love Amanda Holmes 21 Brian Rothe 5 James Vandiver 22 Christopher Daniels Joe Thomas Ratliff 23 Chloe Lynn Metcalfe 6 Zachary Chappell George Morgan 24 Elaine Terry 7 Casey Harris 12 Randy Ivy 13 Whitney Calvert

Wedding Anniversaries 5 Joe & Patti Omer 22 Jason & Beth Drake 17 Randy & Bobbi Ivy 26 George & Linda Morgan

If you notice changes/additions that need to be made to this list, please call the church office at 821-3674. We need your help in keeping info. current.

Prayer List

Scott Nutt…………………… healing Nicholas Peckinpaugh………cancer James & Verna Garmon……………. …………………….. health & healing

Tammi Hatfield………battling cancer Donald Qualls …………..…. healing Melissa Williams …… emphysema Cindy Reese ……… battling cancer Bobbie Mills ………………… healing Don Clayton …………………. health

Military Deployed

Amanda Payne Thomas Borders Donna Morgan “I will give you back your health and heal your wounds says the LORD”. —Jeremiah 30:17

About the PRAYER LIST… In an effort to keep our prayer list current, we will be cycling names off that have been on for 30 days or longer. Please look over the list above and if you see names missing that need to remain on, simply contact us and let us know to re-add. Thanks !

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Coffee HourCoffee HourCoffee Hour ‘Coffee Hour’ is a really special time after service for catching up with church friends and family. We have a sign up sheet in the parish hall, (Mills Hall) for parishion-ers to sign up for a certain date to bring in goodies for this time. These can be as simple or elaborate as you wish. Store-bought or homemade. We have dates still open for April, in-cluding this Sunday, April 3rd. If you’d like to be a blessing and fill this spot just give us a call. Thanks so much!

Vestry Meeting—April 13th The Vestry will resume their normal meeting time this month…..the second Wed., which is: April 13 at 6 pm. If you are a Vestry member, please plan to be in attendance. It’s very important during this time that we are all ‘on-board’ and supporting one another so that we may successfully carry St. Mary’s vision forward into the future. If you have any ideas, suggestions, thoughts etc., write them down and bring to the meeting. Thank you!

Easter Flower Dedications

We wish to acknowledge the folks listed below with a special “Thank you”, in gratitude for their contributions made to the “Easter flower fund”. The funds received through this process help us to pay for the beautiful Easter lilies that adorn the church. God bless you for your consideration!

For all our many blessings…… Logan & Jackie Calvert Mike & Maureen Tomblinson Matthew Orange Paula Crowley Leif, Nancy & Joe Ratliff Richard & Carolyn Harris Jim & Sue Love

Billie Adcock ……………….………………..…. Berry & Kimberly Adcock The Jones & The Campbell Families ………...…… Taunya Campbell Joe Burton & Debbie Bearden ………………….. Val & Dave Dreusicke Reuben Lutz, Hubert & Virginia Brown……………….… Denise Edwards Frank Hatler, Greg Hatler, Dorothy Beal, Robert Beal ………………………………....……… Bobbi Ivy Mary Stilles …………………….……………………………. Barbara Lutz W. Decker Humphrey ………………..………………...… Chris Thorowgood

In Thanksgiving ...

In Memory of ...

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Casserole Ministry

For those who may not know… the ‘Casserole Ministry’ was started several years ago as part of our ”In-Reach Ministry” - ministering to one another within our church body. The purpose is to serve as a means to quickly provide food for our church family who are sick, recovering from surgery etc. . The way it works is parishioners prepare a one dish meal in disposable kitchenware that can be frozen such as lasagna or chicken casserole. You would then attach a label listing what your dish is and basic heat-ing instructions. Bring it to church and place in the stand up freezer by the sink.

On taking inventory of our stock recently, we noticed we are run-ning low so help is needed replenishing our supply.

As always... your cooperation is much appreciated! Thank you!

A Little Humor….. Pitcher Up!

Hank & Frank were baseball buddies. They were the biggest fans in the U.S. Both were stars on the Faith Church team, Third Baptist team, and coached the little boys T-ball for elementary school teams.

The guys made an agreement between them that who-ever died first would try to come back and report on whether or not there was baseball in heaven.

Hank died first, and as he promised, he came to Frank in a dream. “Frank, Frank,” Hank whispered into his buddy’s ear, ‘I’ve got good news and I’ve got bad news. The good news is that there is baseball in heav-en.”

“And the bad news?” Frank asked. “You’re pitching tomorrow night!”

Famous Quote

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. - Steve Jobs

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Make Your Day Bright by Thinking Right

Don’t start your day by supposin’ That trouble is just ahead. It’s better to stop supposin’

And start with a prayer instead.

And make it a prayer of thanksgiving For the wonderful things God has wrought,

Like the beautiful sunrise and sunset — God’s gifts that are free and not bought.

For what is the use in supposin’

That dire things could happen to you, Worrying about some misfortune That seldom if ever comes true.

But instead of just idle supposin’,

Step forward to meet each new day Secure in the knowledge God’s near you

To lead you each step of the way.

For supposin’ the worst things will happen Only helps to make them come true,

And you darken the bright, happy moments That the dear Lord has given to you.

So if you desire to be happy

And get rid of the misery of dread, Just give up supposing’ the worst things

And look for the best things instead.

By: Helen Steiner Rice