eNews for January 31, 2019

NEWS FOR OUR PARISH COMMUNITY January 31, 2019

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Inside this Issue (Download pdf here) February Messenger

This Sunday's Schedule

Adult Formation

Parish Hall Forum

Midweek Evenings @ GSL

Preparing for Sunday

Upcoming Events

Scout Sunday

Organ Concert

Daytime Book Group

Meredith's Ordination

Save the Date

Women's Retreat

Children & Youth

Episcopal Youth Community

Choirs Take Note

VBS Survey

Vestry Ministry Areas

Lost & Found

The February Messenger

Follow this link to the February 2019 issue of the Messenger.

Issuu version ~ Full-size PDF ~ Small-size PDF

Inside this issue: 39ers, Altar Gifts, Athletics, Calendar Highlights, Christian Formation, Contemplative Prayer, Daytime Book Group, EYC, Food Pantry Facts, Holy Baptism, Lay

Ministers Schedule, Looking Towards Sunday, Membership Updates, Memorials & Honoraria, Meredith's Ordination, Message from the Rector, Organ Concert, Outreach Ministry, School News, Scout Sunday, Third Thursday, VBS Survey, Women's Retreat Please note: For those of you who also get the paper edition of the Messenger, it has been mailed. If you are NOT getting the paper copy and would like to have it mailed to you, please let Lucy know. If you are unable to open the pdf file, updating Adobe Reader will most likely fix the problem. Contact Lucy with any question.

Adult Formation

Parish Hall Forum: Welcoming Our Neighbor: A Conversation on Immigration and Faith with Charlie Pazar and the Rector This offering will reflect on the conflicting impulses related to the issue of immigration, including what the holy scriptures teach and what the church preaches amid the reality of this dilemma in American life.

Join us in Trezevant Hall for breakfast at 8:45 a.m. followed by the Parish Hall Forum from 9:30-10:20.

To view this Sunday's full schedule: see below.

Midweek Evenings at GSL: Becoming American (Feb. 6, 13, & 20) Join us this Wednesday evening, February 6, 6-7:30 p.m., for the first of the “Becoming American” series hosted by retired Immigration Judge, Charlie Pazar. Each week we will explore a different aspect of immigration through film, lecture, and discussion. Light refreshments provided.

This week’s topic: “The Century of Immigration” chronicles the period when 40 million immigrants entered the United States making immigration a major and defining aspect of American life. The film explores the impact of mass immigration on New York City in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Preparing for Sunday This week's readings: Jeremiah 1:4-10 · 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 · Luke 4:21-30 · Psalm 71:1-6 www.gracestlukes.org/discover/this-sundays-texts/

Upcoming Events

Scout Sunday Scout Sunday is Feb. 3 and Grace-St. Luke’s, along with churches worldwide, are recognizing Scouts during their church services. GSL scouts will process in and sit together during the 10:30 service. We give thanks for the scouts of GSL and their leaders (past and present). For more information about scouting at GSL, visit our website at www.gracestlukes.org/scouting.

Organ Concert at GSL (Feb. 4) Tennessee’s oldest chapter (the Memphis Chapter) of the American Guild of Organists is meeting at GSL on Monday, February 4, to hear a concert by guest organist Dr. Gail Archer. Dr. Archer is an international concert organist, recording artist, choral conductor and lecturer. She is college organist at Vassar College, and director of the music program at Barnard College, Columbia University. Dr. Archer’s program will include a segment spotlighting women composers. Beginning at 7:30 p.m., the concert is free and all are welcome.

Daytime Book Group (Feb. 14) Our next discussion is February 14 with The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald. This is an open group…no invitation or requirements other than a love of reading. We meet in the Red Room from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bring a sack lunch. The group is facilitated by Janie Morris (morrishome1@bellsouth.net) and Carol Ann Mallory (cam2269@aol.com). A list of books for upcoming months may be found at www.gracestlukes.org/events/daytime-book-group.

Ordination to the Priesthood By the Grace of God and with the consent of the people, the Right Reverend Don E. Johnson, Third Bishop of West Tennessee, will ordain Meredith Jane Day to the Sacred Order of Priests in Christ’s One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on Saturday, February 16, at 10:30 a.m. at Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. Your prayers and presence are requested.

Clergy: red stoles.

Reception following.

Nursery available 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

2019 Women’s Retreat (Feb. 22-24) Saying Yes to Joy: The Rev. Amy George, associate rector at Grace St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, will again be our wise and witty guide as we consider “joy.” Where is it? What is it? Who is it? This concept resonates deeply as we all yearn in different ways for the essence of “joy.” For more information and to register, visit www.gracestlukes.org/events/womensretreat.

Save These Dates!

Third Thursday, with Roger & Margery Wolcott. (Feb. 21, 6:00 p.m.)

39ers, with Adam Nelson. (Feb. 27, noon)

Old-Fashioned Southern Potluck. (Mar. 3, following the 10:30 service)

Details are in your February Messenger ( www.gracestlukes.org/the-messenger).

Take Note

Please Fill Out Our Survey Dear GSL Parish Family, Vacation Bible School is one of our most valued Children’s Formation offerings, and as its director, I’m eager to explore possible updates to this program so it might better serve our parish.

Please take a moment to complete this 2-minute, anonymous survey about VBS: https://tinyurl.com/GSLVBSSurvey.

Whether you’re the parent of a VBS-aged child, or a parishioner who might enjoy volunteering

with VBS, or if you just have observations you’d like to share, your feedback is important and ensures the needs of this unique faith community are at the forefront of our planning.

Thanks so much for your time, and for helping to make VBS 2019 our best one yet!

–Sharon Campbell

Vestry Ministry Areas Vestry members communicate and plan proactively with staff persons and team leaders responsible for the ministry area to which she or he has been assigned. Each ministry area (Athletics, Congregational Development, Fellowship, Formation, Outreach & Justice, Pastoral Care, Stewardship, Worship) is composed of one or more teams to carry out its purpose.

Grant Adams (Worship), Jimpsie Ayres (Congregational Development), Wight Boggs (Fellowship), Patrick Burnett (Jr. Warden & Youth Formation), Nina Callan (Pastoral Care), Jim Greer (Worship), Linda Khumalo (Worship), Stinson Liles (Outreach & Justice), Julia McDonald (Clerk & Children’s Formation), Murray McKay (Adult Formation), Kurt Patton (Sr. Warden & Athletics), Charlie Pazar (Outreach & Justice), Tom Stephenson (Stewardship), Bev Trojan (Treasurer), Simon Wadsworth (Stewardship), and Gavin Wigginson (Congregational Development) To contact a member of the vestry, email vestry@gracestlukes.org.

Lost and Found Dear friends of lost items: Take a look in the credenza in the entry way (outside Lucy's office).

Found items are located in the top left drawar and bottom cabinets. If it is a smaller item, like a piece of jewelry, contact Lucy (901-252-6333 or lowens@gracestlukes.org).

Children & Youth

Sunday Morning Classes To view this Sunday's class schedule, see below.

Episcopal Youth Community Feb. 3, 5-7 p.m.: Diocean-wide Super Bowl Party @ GSL. Biscuits and Bible: This Wednesday morning Bible study is a favorite for our Middle School students. We meet from 6:45-7:45 a.m. to explore the Gospel for the week and its relevance to our lives. Breakfast is provided, and all are welcome, regardless of church or school attendance (early pick-up is available for non-GSL students).

Email Addison Combs (acombs@gracestlukes.org) for more information.

Children's Choirs GSL’s two youth choirs, St. Cecilia Choir and Canterbury Choir, rehearse on Wednesdays. Rehearsal times are 4:30–5 p.m. for St. Cecilia Choir (for boys and girls in SK–2nd grade) and 5–6 p.m. for Canterbury Choir (for boys and girls in grades 3–6). Both choirs meet in the choir room at GSL and are under the direction of Music Associate Debbie Smith. For more information or to register your child, contact Debbie at 901-299-9313 or email her at dsmith@gracestlukes.org.

This Sunday at GSL

Join us for worship, formation, and fellowship.

8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist 8:45 a.m. – Delicious home-cooked breakfast.

9:30 a.m. – Christian Formation classes for adults (details above) 9:30 a.m. – Christian Formation classes for children Nursery

Infant Room (Newborn–Walking) Toddler Room (Walking–Potty Training) Little Lambs Room (Potty Training–Atrium Ready) Location: Church Nursery with the Nursery Staff Catechesis of the Good Shepherd: Atrium I 3–6 year olds: Pre–K, JK and SK Location: Atrium I (Green Room) Catechesis of the Good Shepherd: Atrium II 6–9 year olds: 1st, 2nd and 3rd Grade Location: Atrium II (Purple Room) Project Purpose 4th–5th Grade Location: Yellow Room 9:30 a.m. – Christian Formation classes for youth Rite 13

6th–8th Grade Location: Red Room J2A

9th–12th Grade Location: Room 212 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist Following the 10:30 service – Coffee Hour in Trezevant Hall Nursery – The nursery is available from 7:30 a.m. through the end of the 10:30 service

5:30 p.m. – Holy Eucharist Episcopal Youth Community (details above).

More about Christian Formation at GSL

Children: www.gracestlukes.org/sunday-school

Youth: www.gracestlukes.org/youth-formation

Adults: www.gracestlukes.org/sunday-morning/

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