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Vol. 32, Issue 5* May 2016 * Christ Episcopal Church, Norway, ME 04268 * 207-743-6782

Email: christch@megalink.net * Website: www.christchurchnorway.me * Like us on Facebook

Dear Ones,

Lady’s Mantle is one of my favorite plants. I had a beautiful, big lush one in my garden in Milo, and I

look forward to establishing it again in the new raised bed garden I’m building here in Oxford Coun-

ty. Its ruffled leaves are velvety soft and shaped in such a way that they collect rain and dew. I

knew an older woman who once said her favorite thing to do after a rain storm was go out and drink

the drops captured by the foliage.

The thing I love most about Lady’s Mantle, though, is that it always renews my belief in new life af-

ter death. The best thing you can do is to let the plant die off in the fall and then just leave it alone.

Not just through the fall and winter. You have to resist the urge to pull all that old dead foliage up as

soon as the snow has melted off. You have to wait and watch. Lift the dead stuff up every so often

and peek underneath. Sooner or later, you’ll see the tiny curled up fronds of vibrant green pushing

through. It’s only once those new plants have firmly rooted themselves that you can slowly and

carefully pull all the old dead stuff out and make room for new growth.

I think this is an important metaphor for the church these days. We have to trust that God is not

done with us yet, that God is doing something new beneath the surface. We have to keep watching

for the new growth, be patient enough to allow old, dying systems to nurture it for as long as possi-

ble, and then have the courage and faith to pull out the things that are getting in the way of the new

life.

And then to remember that even this new thing will one day have lived out its life cycle and need to

be pulled aside for the new thing growing up underneath it.

So this leads me to ask a few questions about the life of

our congregation, now that I’ve been here two years.

Where is new life poking its head out from underneath the

things that have reached the end of their lives? What do

we need to clear away in order to make room? What do

we need to leave in place a little longer so that what we

have already done will nourish what we are about to do?

We will be trying a few new things over the summer, and I

ask that you give them a try. They won’t always feel com-

fortable or familiar, but you may discover that they hold

the Living Water in a new way, offering you the chance to

drink and be refreshed.

Blessings,

Nancy+

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MAY BIRTHDAYS

Keep current with events at Christ Church.

Website: www.christchurchnorway.me

Facebook: Christ Episcopal Church- Norway, Maine

SUNDAY WORSHIP—10:30 A.M.

EUCHARIST—Wednesday at 9:00 A.M.

2016 CHRIST CHURCH LEADERSHIP DIRECTORY

Rector: The Rev. Canon Nancy L. Moore

Deacon: The Rev. Lanny Wenthe

Members of the Vestry

Parish Secretary: Linda Caradonna 743-6782 Mary Bickford 515-1521

Warden:: Barbi Tinder 928-3603 Susan Dovell 583-8054

Warden: Doug Wall 583-2994 Susan Emerson 743-5406

Clerk: Peter Hammond 743-5277 Ted Kehn 527-2313

Treasurer: Tom Knight 743-8629 Frances Martin 743-0011

Br. Matthias Tanner 998-5654

JUST A REMINDER….

THE DEADLINE FOR

SUBMITTING ARTICLES FOR THE BEE-

HIVE IS THE 20th OF THE MONTH!!

MAY CALENDAR

(SUNDAY SERVICE TIME —10:30 A.M.)

(Wednesday Eucharist—9:00 A.M.)

01 11:50 A.M. Choir rehearsal

04 10:00 A.M. “Embracing the Silence”

11:30 A.M. Bible Study

08 10:30 A.M. Bishop’s visitation and Luncheon

11 11:30 A.M. Bible Study

15 10:30 A.M. Pentecost! (wear Red!) and Baptism

11:50 A.M. Choir rehearsal

18 10:00 A.M. “Embracing the Silence” Vestry

11:30 A.M. Bible Study

19 11:30 A.M. Lunch with Nancy

20 Beehive deadline!

22 11:50 A.M. Choir rehearsal

7:30 P.M. Calderwood Consort Concert

25 11:30 A.M. Bible Study

29 11:50 A.M. Choir rehearsal

Do you want to get your Beehive by

email? Just let us know!

02 Donald Adamson

06 Mary Bickford

08 Veronica Perry

Michael Cullinan

11 Russell Tornrose

16 Jim Kroitzsh

17 Alison Whitney

22 John Eaton

26 Harry Harper

27 Rebecca Whitney

28 Chris Brennan

31 John Tucker

FOOD FOR THOUGHT….

“Freedom is not worth having if it does not

include the freedom to make mistakes.”

Mahatma Gandhi

“Really great people make you feel that you,

too, can become great.” Mark Twain

“Only love can be divided endlessly, and still

not diminish.” Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“Live so that your friends can defend you, but

never have to.” Arnold H. Glasgow

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The Deacon’s Lens

As I write this we have been having a spate of fine weather. After almost a year during which fa-tigue has kept me out of my gardens, I can finally return to the spring chores of cleaning the winter detritus and planning the beds.

This is no small chore as I have measured 3500 square feet of garden beds. Almost all are filled with perennials so my work is mostly cleaning up, pruning and separating and planting the veg-gies.

When I am in my gardens I feel close to God. Often I find myself singing hymns as I dirty my hands in the warm soil and watch the earth worms go about their aerating business.

The birds return to sing and my dogs play “catch me catch me” until they collapse at my side and fall asleep in the grass.

When planting is over in the veggie garden I like to imagine the fruits of my labors. My dogs must do the same as they usually enjoy said fruits before I do – one of them eats cherry tomatoes right off the vine and all of them pull the carrots and leave me with tiny orange circles attached to long, limp greens.

As I raked and weeded this morning I sang the hymn which celebrated my joy at the renewal of life:

All things bright and beautiful

All creatures great and small

All things wise and wonderful

The Lord God made them all…

Rev. Lanny

UNITED THANK OFFERING

As you read the following, think of all that you are thankful for and put a coin or two into your BLUE BOX:

SIX TINY STORIES "WITH GREAT MEANINGS"

"Once all villagers decided to pray for rain, on the day of prayer all the people gathered, but only one boy came with an umbrella. That's FAITH

When you throw a baby in the air, she laughs because she knows you will catch her, That's TRUST

Every night we go to bed, without any assurance of being alive the next morning but still we set the alarms to wake up, That's HOPE

We plan big things for tomorrow in spite of zero knowledge of the future, That's CONFIDENCE

We see the world suffering, but still we get married and have children, That's LOVE

On an old man's shirt was written a sentence 'I am not 90 years old.. I am sweet 16 with 74 years experience', That's ATTITUDE"

Remember to bring your Blue Box or Envelope to Church May 15th.

- Priscilla McFarland

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Do you want to get your Beehive by email?

Just let us know!

Spring Training 2016

I attended the Diocese of Maine’s Spring Training on Saturday April 9th. It was held at St Paul’s

Episcopal Church in Brunswick.

The first session I attended was “God Quest- Holy Journeys”. We were showed ways to have peo-

ple share their spiritual journey with one another. It was stated that this would strengthen church

communities. This was definitely something that Christ Church should consider doing.

Fr Craig Hanson of St Peters Church in Bridgton and I led a session on “Centering Prayer”. After

introducing the history of contemplative prayer, we had the opportunity to share our practice of

Centering Prayer and to experience it. It’s interesting to note that enough people signed up for this

session to have two groups exploring Centering Prayer. There seems to be a thirst for learning

new ways to be with God. Centering Prayer is just one way among many.

For the last session, Ted Kehn and I attended “Music for Any Kid of Any Age: an Approach to Con-

gregational Singing”. We experienced a number of ways that music can allow adults and children

to have a more energetic and delightful church experience. We have a number of ideas that could

be used in the near future at Christ Church.

There were twenty workshops offered throughout the day. There are a lot of great things happen-

ing in the Diocese of Maine. In the coming weeks, we’ll be hearing about some of these from

those who attended.

- Doug Wall

Warden

cancerBUSTers Relaying it Again

Team cancerBUSTers will participate in the 2016 Relay for Life of Oxford Hills, scheduled for June 18, 11AM to 11PM at the Oxford County Fair Grounds. All are welcome to join Tom and Hannah Gallant, their friend Kim Grondin-Barker and The Rev. Nancy Moore as they pack the track and raise money for the American Cancer Society (ACS). ACS is the largest private non profit organi-zation to fund life saving research to cure cancer. Join us May 26, 5-7 at Trinity Lutheran Church for a Spaghetti Dinner. Cost is $5 for a plate of Spaghetti, 4 meatballs, garlic bread, salad and a dessert.

Community PackOut

Trinity Lutheran Church member Tom Gallant is currently serving a second term with the Ameri-Corps VISTA program. VISTA is the original domestic Peace Corps program envisioned by JFK and established by Lyndon Johnson in 1965. In 1993 VISTA was incorporated in the AmeriCorps National Service programs. For the last year Tom has been working with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension coordinating the Maine Hunger Dialogue, a state wide conference for high-er education institutions, to talk about hunger in Maine and what they can do to solve it. Join Tom June 4 from 2-4, at Trinity Lutheran Church and learn what student groups developed and imple-mented on campuses all throughout Maine. This will be followed by a pack-out, where we will pack 10,000 nutritious mac and cheese meals to be distributed throughout Oxford Hills to various food pantries. I need volunteers to help unload the product, set up the tables, load the machines to pack the mac and cheese meals, etc. Please email me at tjgallant77@yahoo.com if you are interested.

- submitted by Tom Gallant Trinity Lutheran Church Parishioner

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CALDERWOOD CONSORT

PERFORMANCE AT CHRIST CHURCH

SUNDAY, May 22, 7:30 P.M.

Members of the Calderwood Consort sing and

perform on replica period instruments: harp, psal-

tery, viols, crumhorns, recorders and percussion

and each piece is introduced by a narrator.

Admission is $10 at the door

(see flyers posted in the church hallway)

Gleanings from the Diocesan Spring Training Workshop:

One has to sing the music of the church in order to be spiritually formed

We are being God’s hands in the world.

If 2 churches are beginning to

collaborate, have the choirs sing

together first.

- Ted Kehn

Norway Paris Solid Waste in partnership with

Is happy to announce that we now offer drop-off composting. Bring your food scraps in a separate container (no packaging, please!) and drop it off at the designated

TOTE at the Transfer Station. For more information, call the Norway Paris Transfer Station: 207-743-8518

Composting saves tax dollars!

If it was ALIVE, it is COMPOSTABLE:

Fruits & vegetables

Chicken, Meat & fish scraps (yes, bones, too)

eggshells, avocado & peach pits, etc

paper napkins and paper cups

coffee grounds and filters

bread and baked goods

rice & pasta

If not, it is T R A S H:

Plastic Metal Wax-coated packaging Tin foil Condiment packets Bulky wood Leather

www.wecompostit.com

(Official) Welcome to Susan Glines!

We are delighted to welcome Susan Glines as

our new music minister.

I think we all knew the first time she sat down

at the organ back in January that she would be

a good fit.

Wouldn't this be a great time to give choir a

try?

Pentecost Baptisms

Sunday, May 15 is Pentecost (wear red!) and

an opportunity for baptism. If you know of

someone who might be interested in baptism,

please have them contact Nancy as soon as

possible.

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BION Camp is important because it gives kids in middle and high school a chance to spend five days out-doors with their peers in a setting which is fun, accepting and open to exploration about God. We create, talk, learn, play and hang out. Friendships are made, and people open up to God and others. At BION, teens can choose activities like ultimate frisbee, beads & hemp, kayaking, swimming, theatre games, ar-chery and many more. They'll participate in interesting focus groups. Examples from past years include Finding God in Art or Music or Nature, Soul Collage, Adventures with Paul, Helping Your Hurting Friends, Traveling with Jesus, Life University, etc. We'll also play capture the flag, worship God, enjoy campfires, and toast s'mores.

BION Camp is for everyone completing grades 6-12. It's Tuesday through Saturday August 16-20, and it's located at Bishopswood. The camp is a collaboration by people from churches all over our diocese. Kerry Mansir, from Mustard Seeds and St. Bart's, will be the Camp Director. Clergy this year will be the Revs. Christopher Szarke, Laura Peckham and maybe one more. Thew Elliott will lead music. Because most counselors are volunteers, the early-bird price (before June 20) is $255. After that date, the cost is $285. Financial aid is available, and many churches help with aid, too.

Please also invite kids age 6-16 to the regular season of Camp Bishopswood. Bishopswood is your quin-tessential Maine summer camp. Choose from one of the seven week-long sessions or come for multiple weeks. There's also Mini Camp for kids age 6-8. Enjoy the your traditional summer camp activities such as Swimming, Sailing and Kayaking, Arts and Crafts, Camp Craft/Nature Studies, Archery, Low Ropes Challenge Course and Performing Arts. Camp is a safe place to try new activities, meet new friends, and make memories that last a lifetime. Part of the Bishopswood experience emphasizes stewardship and liv-ing in a Christian community. Registration and info are at campbishopswood.org.

Bishop’s Visitation

On Sunday, May 8, we will welcome Bishop Steve Lane for his official Visitation to Christ Church.

This is an opportunity for you to hear his vision for the diocese and our role in bringing that to frui-

tion, to ask any questions or share any concerns you may have, and just have an opportunity to

get to know our leader a little better. Vestry will meet with the bishop at 9:00 over light refresh-

ments. At the service we will be receiving the Perrys into the Episcopal Church and maybe even

confirming someone. After church we will gather downstairs for a TRUE pot luck lunch. What’s

that mean, you ask? In my former congregations they always referred to it as a “Nancy pot luck”—

one that didn’t have a bunch of planning in the background to make sure we had an even number

of main dishes, breads, salads and desserts. A true pot luck is an exercise in faith, trusting that

everyone will find enough to eat. The way to make it work is this: bring something that you know

YOU will eat. That way, everyone can be sure that they have something they would eat. And yes,

if you would be willing to eat only dessert, then by all means, bring dessert! Trust me—IT AL-

WAYS WORKS OUT. For me, there is also a spiritual aspect to this. Church is, in many ways, a

similar kind of pot luck. We all bring our own gifts, and trust that together they will be enough to

feed us and make us better disciples in the world.

Sue Emerson and Mary Bickford are coordinating the particulars and are looking for volunteers to

help set up, serve, and clean up. Please speak to one of them to find out how you can help.

Intergenerational Christian Formation Morning—June 5

Our activity on the morning of Sunday, June 5, will be a little different than usual. We will still gath-

er together at 10:30, but we will start off with some time for learning about The Lord’s Prayer. Our

little ones will meet with Nancy and Barbi to learn why it’s such an important part of our worship

(and MAYBE even learn it in sign language!), the parents are invited to meet with Carolyn Tanner

to talk about how they incorporate prayer into their families’ lives. Doug Wall will offer a time of

guided meditation structured around the Lord’s Prayer…and I’m looking for a few more people to

offer other ways of reflecting upon or digging into this foundational prayer. We will then come back

together in the sanctuary for Eucharist at 11:15. After that we will gather for lunch (another pot

luck!) so that we can share with each other all the things we learned.

AN INVITATION TO BION CAMP: for middle and high schoolers

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FILLING

Summer Opportunities

Christ Episcopal and Trinity Lutheran are both congregations with a significant ‘summer’ popula-

tion. Some churches see a drop in attendance during June, July and August—but our numbers go

up! I want to give us a variety of ways to get to know one another this summer. Here are some

ideas I’ve come up with:

A return of Lunch with Nancy, the third week of each month, Tuesdays (5/17, 6/21, 7/19 and

8/16) at Trinity and Thursdays (5/19, 6/23, 7/21 and 8/18) at Christ Church. Bring a lunch and join

me around 11:30 for informal conversation and fellowship. You may come to either church—a

chance to get to know our cross-town cousins!

Dinner Church, June 15, 5:30 at Trinity Lutheran

Dinner Church is a format developed by the St. Lydia’s community in Brooklyn. They gather regu-

larly to worship God, share communion, reflect together on Scripture—all while enjoying a won-

derful pot luck dinner together. It’s a GREAT opportunity to invite non-churchy friends to join us for

worship in a much more relaxed environment—and if nothing else they get to eat! I will need lots

of volunteers to cook, set up, serve, and clean up. I would like this to be an offering from both con-

gregations (and if it’s well-received we’ll do another one at Christ Church before the end of the

summer).

Evening Celtic Eucharist at Christ Church, July 10 at 5:00 PM

The Celtic tradition within Christianity is very attuned to the ways in which we experience the pres-

ence and love of God in nature, and what more perfect way to celebrate summer than to gather

outdoors (weather permitting) to worship God, sing some familiar hymns from the Celtic tradition

and celebrate the Eucharist? If the weather doesn’t cooperate, we will still gather inside.

Combined Church Worship Service and Picnic

Sunday, August 21, 10:00 AM at Trinity

We’ll have our chance to worship outdoors at Trinity this summer, as well. Both congregations will

gather at Trinity at 10:00 on Sunday, August 21 for a fun and informal Eucharist, followed by a pot

luck picnic. In years past we have held this at the home of some parishioners out on the lake, but

we’d like to try it in town this year, to see if we can encourage more people to attend. If the weath-

er doesn’t cooperate, we’ll create a worship space in the parish hall, to hold onto that more fun

and relaxed atmosphere.

Outreach Ministry with The Progress Center

We continue our conversations to see ways in which members of Trinity Lutheran and Christ Epis-

copal can serve God by serving their neighbors at The Progress Center in Norway. Stay tuned for

more info in June!

Join us for a weekend at Camp Bishopswood on beautiful Lake Megunticook near Camden, and explore your connection with the many dimensions of Jesus, the Christ. This retreat is for everyone who wonders how Jesus made a difference in his own day and how he makes a difference today. How will you find your life story in the life story of Jesus? Come ready to experience God's love in the beauty of nature, in your relationship with Jesus and in new friendships.

There is financial aid for everyone who needs it, and also scholarships for Sunday school teachers and youth event volunteers.

For more information, contact Jane Hartwell at jhartwell@episcopalmaine.org. Download an infor-mation flyer and register at www.tinyurl.com/AdultRetreat2016.

Jesus Then and Now

a diocesan retreat for adults - June 17 - 19

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CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

35 Paris Street, Noway, ME 04268

2016

MAY 01 MAY 08 MAY 15 May 22 May 29

EUCH.

MINISTER

Carlyn Kroitzsh

Sue Emerson

Doug Wall

Mary Bickford

Tom Knight

ACOLYTE Doug Wall Peter Hammond Priscilla McFarland Peter Bickford Peter Hammond

LECTORS

C. Kroitzsh-OT/Pr.

S. Dovell-Ps/NT

S. Emerson-OT/Pr.

C. Jones-Ps/NT

K. Willoughby-OT/Pr.

B. Chaffee-Ps/NT

M. Bickford-OT/Pr.

Br. Matthias-PS/NT

T. Knight-OT/Pr.

S. Jones-Ps/NT

USHERS Tom Knight

Beulah Ayer

Steve & Carol

Jones

Tom Knight

Wes McFarland

Tom Knight

Rosemary Laban

Steve & Carol

Jones

COUNTERS Carlyn Kroitzsh

Tom Knight

Susan Dovell

Steve Jones

Merton Lord

Priscilla McFarland

Tom Knight

Bill Gibson

Peter Hammond

Steve Jones

COFFEE Fran Martin Carolyn Tanner Susan Dovell Beulah Ayer Nancy Rideout

ALTAR GUILD April 23-May 06

Bernice Kehn

Bonnie Trundy

May 07-May 20

Jan Wall

Merton Lord

May 21-June 03

Martha Eaton

T. Cunningham

JUNE 05

JUNE 12

JUNE 19

JUNE 26

EUCH.

MINISTER

Holly Tornrose

Allan Crane

Beth Chaffee

Priscilla McFarland

ACOLYTE Priscilla McFarland Carlyn Kroitzsh Peter Hammond Doug Wall

LECTORS

H. Tornrose-OT/Pr.

S. Dovell-Ps./NT

A. Crane-OT/Pr.

R. Tornrose-Ps./NT

B. Chaffee-OT/Pr.

H. Tornrose-Ps./NT

P. McFarland-OT/Pr.

T. Kehn-Ps./NT

USHERS Beulah Ayer

Russ Tornrose

Steve & Carol

Jones

Peter & Mary

Bickford

Wes McFarland

Rosemary Laban

COUNTERS Tom Knight

Susan Dovell

Steve Jones

Jan Wall

Bill Gibson

Peter Hammond

Priscilla McFarland

Merton Lord

COFFEE

Carlyn Kroitzsh

Jen Lehr

Marcia Pottle

Mary Ginder ALTAR GUILD May 21—June 03

Martha Eaton

Thelma Cunningham

June 04-June 17

Mary Bickford

Carlyn Kroitzsh

June 18-July 01

Bernice Kehn

Bonnie Trundy

WORSHIP & OTHER PERSONNEL—APRIL & MAY 2016

PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO SERVE ON A SCHEDULED DATE, PLEASE FIND A REPLACEMENT. LET

THE CHURCH OFFICE KNOW THAT PERSON’S NAME BY THE TUES. MORNING BEFORE YOUR SCHEDULED DAY.

Coffee Hour will be AFTER church. Coffee is also available in the Guild Room before the church service.

PLEASE NOTE: THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL CHANGES TO THE MAY SCHEDULE SINCE IT

WAS PUBLISHED IN THE APRIL NEWSLETTER!!