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Westminster Choir
Westminster Choir College of Princeton, NJ
Tuesday, January 14 | 7:30pm in the Church
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etting the standard for choral excellence for 90 years, the Westminster Choir is composed of students at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, N.J. Praised by The New York Times for its “full-bodied, incisive singing,” the Westminster Choir is one of the country’s superb collegiate choirs and has performed and recorded with the leading conductors and orchestras of our time.
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incarnation.org/events/westminster-choir GENERAL ADMISSION$20 STUDENTS & SENIORS $15
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2013 VESTRY
Bishop Burton, Rector, Charles Powell, Senior Warden, Kathy Boyett, Junior Warden; Orrin Harrison, Chancellor; Jim Grau, Assistant Chancellor, Mark LaRoe, Foundation President, Dow Crocker, Treasurer; Liz Johnson, Clerk; Chris Adams, Michelle Anderson, Lynn Bissett, Carla Bush, Jacqueline Hill, Carol Roehrig, David Aughinbaugh, Gil Besing, Holland Gary, Joe Harper, George Longino and Chase Skorburg.
2013 DIOCESAN CONVENTION DELEGATES
Cathy Ammermann, Kathy Boyett, Jr. Warden, Pam Quarterman, Bruce Clark, Sam Kincaid, Andrew Leonie, George Longino, Bill Murchison, Charles Powell, Sr. Warden
THE PARISH STAFF Courtney Barrow Jill Bellew Jacob Bottom Justin Brooks Tiffany Brooks Pam Coghlan Michelle Cox Sheri Crandall Micah Crissey Haley Dettra Scott Dettra Melinda Draper Laura Fredericks G. Noel Gross Shelley Eisenlohr Gay Hayslett Mark Howell Carol Kadel Martha Lang Alesha LeBlanc Kaycee Logsdon Anne Mackintosh Dusty Matthews Steffanie Methvin Lynn Neill Erin Pendleton Keith Quarterman Graham Schultz Robert Vasquez Kasey Weadon Ryan Waller Marie Walls Maci Young
Graphic Designer Incarnation Academy Business Mgr. Mission:75204 Project Manager Director of Contemporary Music Uptown Ministries Admin. Assistant Director of Student Ministries Director of Development Children & Family Min. Admin. Asst. Incarnation Academy Head of School Assistant to Fr. Wheatley Music Director Bookstore Co-Manager Middle School Assoc. Minister Web & Media Services Controller Assistant to the Rector Manager of Technology Resources Front Office Manager Director of Missions & Outreach Assistant to Fr. Hermerding Music Dept. Administrator Mission & Outreach Admin. Asst. Bookstore Co-Manager Dir. of Children & Family Ministries Business Office Manager Mission & Outreach Project Mgr. Director of Ministry Support Assistant Organist Facilities Manager High School Assoc. Minister Young Adults Minister Assistant to the Vice-Rector High School Assoc. Minister
SUNDAY SERVICE TIMES 7:30 a.m. Traditional, no music, Church 9 a.m. Family Traditional, Church Uptown Contemporary, Great Hall 11:15 a.m. Full Choral, Church Uptown Contemporary, Great Hall 5 p.m. Solemn Choral Evensong and Holy Communion, Church 5:30 p.m. Uptown Contemporary, Chapel
MARCH 4
6–8 P.M.
GREAT HALL
Join us for a delicious catered dinner of pancakes, eggs, bacon and sausage, live music, a real Mardi Gras parade and more!!
COST IS $7/PERSON, $25 FAMILY MAX. Please RSVP to CFM@incarnation.org
WEEKDAY SERVICE TIMES 8 a.m. Morning Prayer & Holy Communion, Chapel Noon Holy Communion with Anointing for Healing, Wednesdays only in Chapel 4:40 p.m. Evening Prayer, Chapel Confessions are heard by appointment, with any Parish Priest
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FEATURES
DEPARTMENTS STAFF LISTING
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5 BEECHERL CORRIGAN FELLOWS BRIEF
SERVICE TIMES
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6 WHEN CARING COMES YOUR WAY
PARISH CALENDAR FOR JANUARY – FEBRUARY
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8 BISHOP GARRETT SOCIETY & FOUNDATION
PHOTOS: AROUND OUR PARISH
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10 WATCH US GROW: LIFT HIGH THE CROSS
VESTRY NOMINATIONS
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14 COMMUNITY OF 75204+
BIRTHS & DEATHS
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18 MACK’S BACK {YARD} ATTACK
ALTAR ARRANGEMENTS
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FULL-TIME CLERGY Rector | The Rt. Rev. Anthony J. Burton Vice-Rector | The Rev. T. Gregory Methvin Associate Rector, Pastoral Care & Senior Adult Ministries | The Rev. Harry H. Hill Associate Rector, Worship & Young Adults | The Rev. Paul Wheatley Associate Rector, Small/Growth Groups| The Rev. Joseph Hermerding PART-TIME CLERGY Assisting | The Rev. Robert H. Johnston III Deacon | The Rev. Dorothy Budd Deacon | The Rev. Judy Frizzell RETIRED CLERGY Assisting | The Rev. Frederick C. Philputt Assisting | The Rev. Thomas G. Keithly Assisting | The Rev. Grover C. McElyea
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The Angelus (USPS 003430) is published bi-monthly by the Church of the Incarnation, 3966 McKinney Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75204. Periodical postage paid at Dallas, TX. Postmaster, send address changes to: Angelus, Church of the Incarnation, 3966 McKinney Avenue, Dallas, TX 75204. Telephone: 214.521.5101 Fax: 214.528.7209 Bookstore 214.522.2815 Marmion Library: 214.217.5625 Nursery: 214.522.0160
www.incarnation.org In case of an emergency after-hours, you may leave a message for a priest at 214.521.5101 ext. 2100.
THE FELLOWS BRIEF The second in a series on the 2013–2014 class of the Beecherl Corrigan Fellows Program.
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n the previous issue, we introduced the inaugural class of the Beecherl Corrigan Fellows Program, Church of the Incarnation’s nine-month leadership development program for recent college graduates who seek to build Christ’s kingdom in their future vocations. Since they arrived in September, the five Fellows have been engaged in various ways in the community and in the life of Incarnation. The primary ways in which the Fellows have been involved at Incarnation are through service to the parish and worship leadership. Each of the Fellows is assigned to a department in the parish to assist with program development and to gain ministry experience. The Fellows’ roles vary according to which department they serve. Emily May and Ryan Pollock work with Children & Family Ministries, teaching Sunday School classes and assisting with Kingdom Kids. Student Ministries benefit from the energy of Laura Fredericks and Brian Wiese, who serve middle school and high school students, respectively.
Shea Gilliland Shea Gilliland assists Fr. Paul Wheatley with the Young Adults ministry. Through their involvement, the Fellows are forming habits of regular service to the church. The Fellows also are trained and deployed in various worship leadership positions to further their spiritual development. Every week, the Fellows assist in the leadership of worship services at Incarnation. On Sundays, they may serve as a chalice bearer, lector or acolyte in the Traditional services, or as intercessory prayer ministers and lectors in the Uptown contemporary services. On weekdays, they may serve as the server at Morning Prayer & Holy Eucharist. In diverse ways, the Fellows are contributing to—and being formed by—our worship of God in the great tradition of the church. To gain a better picture of how service to the parish and worship leadership impacts the Fellows, we asked Shea Gilliland some questions about his experience thus far:
Q: What is one thing you’ve learned in your service to the parish that has surprised you? Shea: I have been surprised at just how much work goes into every aspect of parish life; from putting together the smallest class to preparing the Eucharistic liturgy. The amount of cooperation and dedication from all those who serve at Incarnation is incredible. Q: How has your service to the parish impacted how you think about your future ministry in the church? Shea: Getting to participate in the ‘behind-the-scenes’ aspects of ministry has helped clarify exactly what ministry looks like at the parish level. The amount of work and the willingness with which everyone here serves has helped me to understand just how crucial every little aspect and every individual is to the life of the Church. Q: How has participation in worship leadership contributed to your spiritual development? Shea: Since starting the Fellows program, I have served in Morning Prayer and Holy Communion on Mondays, as well as the Traditional service on Sundays as an acolyte and chalice bearer. Getting to directly participate in these liturgical positions has impressed upon me just how intentional, reverent, and sacred the act of worshiping God is. Q: How, if at all, has your experience in worship leadership contributed to vocational discernment? Shea: My experience in worship leadership has re-affirmed my desire to start the Discernment Process for the Priesthood, as I prayerfully seek God’s will for my vocation.
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“ WHEN CAREGIVING Comes Your Way ” featuring Pam Nelson a TEDx SMU presentation
x=independently organized TED event. Used with permission. Sunday, September 9, we attended church with many of the visiting authors. I remember the historian David McCullough was there. Monday, September 10, we flew back home to Dallas.
Pam & Bill Nelson
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am an artist who put making art and myself above everything; a committed, intense, ambitious artist with a rigorous studio practice. Every day for decades, I went into my studio, painting work that celebrates repetitive patterns, that celebrates makers of handmade textiles, stitch by stitch. MY pattern was to work every day. My earliest influence was watching my grandmother’s hands using scraps to make improvised geometry. I think of a quote by Virginia Woolf: Arrange whatever pieces that come your way. What came my way is an atypical 9-11 story. My husband Bill and I had been invited to stay for the weekend at the White House by President and Mrs. Bush. Laura and I have been friends since we were children. Saturday, September 8, we all went to Laura’s first National Book Festival on the mall.
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On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, Bill had a scheduled day surgery for a routine hernia repair. We knew about the first plane right before he went in. The hospital was in emergency mode, preparing for anything. I wonder, were the doctors in the operating room watching tv like everyone else? It was hard for him to come out of the anesthetic. Instead of day surgery, he was kept overnight, a horrible night, and never felt “right” again. He woke up into a personal new world, as the country’s world was spinning. Bill has an atypical form of Parkinsonism. It’s called PSP, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, for twelve years now. For the last five years, I have been his total care partner. We are in partnership with this disease. We’re partners in marriage for 45 years, SMU college sweethearts, two sons, and plenty of ups and plenty of downs. He first started drooling, a lot. He noticed difficulty fitting his key into the lock. Then came falling, a lot, a dozen times a week. One by one, he had to give up riding his bike to work, his job at the zoo; then driving, reading, playing golf and piano, using the computer. PSP has been a thief, stealing his independence.
He says he is illegally blind, since he never took the legally blind test. He sees double and blurred. Mostly his eyes just won’t open. He has trouble swallowing , needs to be fed, and bathed and dressed. He sleeps a lot and has very little stamina. So, what does he have left ? Humor and wit, great joy with our grandchildren and children, interest in movies, and is a huge sports fan, especially for the Boston Red Sox. He exercises daily with help, listens to audio books, and often plays chess. He loves eating, even though it is a long, slow struggle. Bill is not “fighting” or “battling” his disease. It is untreatable. He is making his most meaningful life with PSP. As our sons say, “Dad is showing us how to make the best of a bad situation.” As his body weakens, his spirit seems to strengthen. Bill has shown me and everyone that loves him dignity in extreme illness. There is his grace with patience and acceptance. It sometimes takes him 5 minutes to pry his eyes open. I have never heard one complaint (really!) His wisdom is in knowing what is truly important and he’s taught us to love what is. I am always reading and searching for tips on how to cope and care. Even with the same diagnosis, each case is individual. From our own experiences, here are my twelve tips to pass along.
Color Equations by Pam Nelson at Northpark Center
on TIPS HOW TO COPE & CARE
Patch by Pam Nelson
and Pause// Breathe// I am telling 7. Flow myself this all the time. As you move
from task to task; flow// pause// breathe.
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What you do repeatedly has great power to change you, for better or worse. You become what you do.
yourself on days you hate 8. Remind everything: How do I want to act? With
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Laugh...with each other, at movies, with friends, whatever it takes, just laugh.
out of the four walls, every day if 9. Get possible. Try to think of something out
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Get help, paid or unpaid. It is impossible alone. And self pity sucks.
4. 5. 6.
Exercise helps with depression. I love yoga and swimming. We both go to a chair dance class. Music lifts spirits. Keep the music coming. Remember, you can only choose your reactions, not the situations.
The past twelve years have brought us beyond close. We do everything together, know each other more deeply than we used to, when each was pursuing our separate interests. He led his life for many years as an entrepreneur, then an actor, singer, monorail driver at the zoo. I spent all my time in the studio, never thinking I’d live a life of service. I believed that sacrifice was supposed to be for art. Not many couples have this open door to intimacy. I’m continually amazed by the process. Every part is important, not just the healthy times. [My] painting, Keeping Watch, is about the routine
kindness and courage.
of your routine.
each other and forgive yourself. 10. Forgive Repeat as needed. advice, while trusting that you 11. Filter understand what works for you. changing the solutions as the 12. Keep problems change. Arrange whatever pieces that come your way.
of daily life, our daily bread, adding the days, each one a little different, like a sampler. What we’ve done on a regular basis has acted like water, slowly smoothing a stone into a new shape. Bill and I have been able to fulfill each one of our wedding vows we made as kids. We had no real idea what we were promising at the time. Truly we’ve been better and worse, rich and poor, and through sickness and health, til death us do part. We’ve developed many rituals. When settled finally into bed, reading light out, we hold hands and review the day.
Then each chooses the highlight of the day. Often surprising. We pause to think about it, then we sing Taps : Day is done. Gone the sun. From the lakes, from the hills, from the sky. All is well. Safely dwell. God is nigh. Then we pray together the Lord’s Prayer. No more talking. We fall asleep listening to classical music. For ever and ever, Amen. Bill Nelson passed away in December this year and will be greatly missed by all those who knew and loved him. THE ANGELUS | JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2014
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Bishop Garrett’s Historic Investment You can tell it was a while back. Three hundred fifty dollars bought more than a tablet with a high-definition screen. Or a pair of Monolo Blahniks. It bought, in fact, a piece of land on the north side of a hustling, bustling Texas town called Dallas. Which is to say, in a sense, it bought the future mission and witness of Church of the Incarnation, founded 137 years ago at the insistence of the Rt. Rev. Alexander Charles Garrett.
The bishop’s horse and mud-splattered buggy, the reins in his own hands, became familiar sights on the rude, rustic roads of a frontier establishing its own identity, its own understandings of place and obligation. Alexander C. Garrett baptized, buried, wed, preached, prayed, communicated, counseled, worked his way into the hearts of generations. Literally generations. His ministry to Northern Texas, and Dallas, ran from 1874 until his death, at age 91, on Feb. 18, 1924.
How so? Garrett, the Irish-born, indefatigable bishop of the Episcopal Church’s newly formed Northern Texas missionary district, had come to Dallas determined not just to plant but to expand the faith. His labors excited admiration.
Church of the Incarnation, under such patronage, seemed destined from the start for a special role in proclamation and witness.
One admirer, knowing the decennial Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops to be coming up in London, tendered Bishop Garrett the wherewithal to attend and, while there, visit his family in Ireland. Garrett pondered. An overseas expedition or a here-and-now gesture of faith in the Lord’s purposes? He chose the latter—using the money he had received to buy the land at Harwood and McKinney streets on which he would site a chapel of his cathedral, St. Matthew’s.
Incarnation was born in a moment of selfless offering, founded on the conviction that the Lord of Heaven and Earth, if served with the faith and attention rightly due Him, would richly repay the sacrifice.
Bishop Alexander C. Garrett
The parish moved northward in due course to its present location, 3966 McKinney Ave. Bishop Alexander Garrett’s $350 investment in its future has multiplied countless times. In 2001 Church of the Incarnation and the Incarnation Foundation began to honor those who have made planned gifts to our parish since its creation and recognize those who choose to do so in the future. The Bishop Garrett Society honors the spirit and vision of its great friend and earthly father by encouraging bequests that build upon his legacy of work, and upon the faith with which he went among the people. Alexander Charles Garrett, bishop in the Church of God, understood with sure and certain hope the blessings God pours out upon those called according to His purpose.
Dallas , TX in 1920
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Garrett would go on to spread Episcopal witness throughout North Texas—Corsicana, Abilene, Fort Worth, Waxahachie, Cleburne; a score and more of towns and cities; anywhere a core group of Episcopalians might be collected, or folk with looser church ties (if any at all) might be made Episcopalians.
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Church of the Incarnation Choir 1908–1913
the Bishop Garrett Society To Mark LaRoe, it’s a family thing: brothers and sisters in the Lord, worshiping together, working together; responding, encouraging, consoling, rejoicing; growing daily, weekly, yearly as members of a community with Christ himself as the head and cornerstone. Why wouldn’t we want to make sure it goes on and on and on—even without us there to raise our palms in receipt of the Sacrament or to scramble for chocolate chip cookies between services? That’s where LaRoe comes in, as one of the driving spirits behind the fellowship bearing the name of the great Episcopal bishop, Alexander Garrett, whose own act of financial faith (see previous article) brought Church of the Incarnation into being. “A major part of the reason we have so many great things going on at Incarnation,” says LaRoe, “is that we have the ability to have so many great things going on.”
times that many long-established churches face in a secularizing age, Incarnation is on the verge of doubling its physical footprint on McKinney Avenue, following an extraordinarily successful capital campaign. “We have established ourselves as a national training ground for young priests,” LaRoe says. “I think we are going to be looked at as innovators and creators—at the same time that we keep steadily to our tradition of holy, orthodox, and joyous worship. I see us as a growth engine: kind of going back to the days when we planted churches like St. Michael and All Angels, and Church of the Resurrection. I think doing that again is on our agenda. It absolutely is.” Worship and outreach go hand in hand, according to the parish’s holy strategy: on the one hand, more money for music and choral programs; on the other hand, funds for a developing program of assistance and support for homeless teens.
And we got that ability... where? In large measure from wills and planned gifts—the seed corn of resource crops that flourish under the prudent, farseeing management of the Incarnation Foundation.
LaRoe wants one thing, among others, made plain: The Bishop Garrett Society is no marble-and-mahogany hang-out for “millionaires and billionaires,” as a familiar phrase has it. The smallest bequests are as welcome, and as blessed, as the largest.
LaRoe, a banker and president of the Foundation, sees planned giving as crucial to achievement of the vision parish leaders and clergy have for Incarnation now and in years to come. Far from shrinking during the hard
It could be called stewardship for the long haul—very long. Following serious consultation with the Lord, you “pledge”—e.g., by last will and testament, living trust, life insurance policy, retirement plan—the sum you
The future of Church of the Incarnation see as meet and right. Some givers stipulate in detail how they want their beneficences used. Perfectly fine. LaRoe, at the same time, can’t help putting in a word for unrestricted gifts. “It allows us to do so much more with the money.” What he especially appreciates is advance knowledge—the tidings, delivered to the Foundation, that X sum is designated to arrive at Y moment in time. It’s good for planning purposes. “Sometimes,” he says, “we get a gift that’s a big surprise to us.” (Not that some big surprises can’t be very nice indeed!) In the meantime, the Garrett Society will make its gratitude known. According to the Society, members will find their names “permanently acknowledged in a new commemorative exhibit…inscribed in a beautifully bound book maintained in the Church archives, and honored each year at an annual event hosted by the Incarnation Foundation.” Call it the “family Bible” if you like— the record of people who so long ago lived and loved together they couldn’t envision life apart from the center of that life, that love. v William Murchison
If you have established a planned gift or bequest to Church of the Incarnation please let us know. If you have any questions about the Bishop Garrett Society or the many ways you may support the mission and vision of the Church, please contact The Incarnation Foundation at 214.521.5101 or foundation@incarnation.org.
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G Watch us Grow!
building committee update
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unday, November 13, 2013, was an historic day for Church of the Incarnation nearly four years in the making. It was a day of celebration and reflection for the
parish. And it was a day befitting a proper Groundbreaking where a great tradition and a great future come together. The Building Committee has continued its diligent work to prepare for construction to commence. In the coming New Year, a general contractor will be selected and our efforts to move our plans through the City will be completed. We will be anxious to share additional construction details such as timelines, alternative parking arrangements and detailed schemes as they become available. It has been a remarkable year for our church. And together we look forward to watching our campus transform in 2014.
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Groundbreaking lift high the cross
Incarnation Choir with Director, Scott Dettra
A running of the ribbon represented the footprint of our expanding campus.
Large drawings of the new facilities
A great turn out for our Groundbreaking celebration
Donor name recognition
Andy Welch, Building Committee Chair, Bishop Burton & Bishop Stanton
The Running of the Ribbon
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PARISH CALENDAR
EVENT INFO AT WWW.INCARNATION.ORG
JANUARY 12 BAPTISMS AT 11:15 A.M. TRADITIONAL & UPTOWN SERVICES
14 WESTMINSTER CHOIR CONCERT AT 7:30 P.M.
IN THE CHURCH • TICKET INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT WWW.INCARNATION.ORG
16 YOUNG ADULTS SOCIAL HOUR AT 6 P.M.
AT THE RUSTIC, 3656 HOWELL STREET, 75204 • CONNECT WITH OTHER YOUNG ADULTS!
19 INCARNATION 101 AT 6 P.M.
IN THE GREAT HALL • LEARN ABOUT PARISH PROGRAMS & WHAT MEMBERSHIP ENTAILS
20 HONDURAS INFORMATION MEETING AT 5:30 P.M.
TIMES TEN CELLARS IN LAKEWOOD, 6324 PROSPECT AVENUE, 75214 • MISSION TRIP INFO
26 ANNUAL PARISH MEETING AT 10:20 A.M.
IN THE GREAT HALL • ELECT VESTRY AND DIOCESAN CONVENTION DELEGATES
FEBRUARY
11 ANONYMOUS 4 CONCERT AT 7:30 P.M.
IN THE CHURCH • TICKET INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT WWW.INCARNATION.ORG
14- DISCIPLE NOW WEEKEND 16 STUDENT MINISTRY • RSVP WITH PAM COGHLAN AT PCOGHLAN@INCARNATION.ORG 16 BAPTISM PREP FOR PARENTS AT 11:15 A.M.
IN THE FLAT • CONTACT HALEY DETTRA AT HDETTRA@INCARNATION.ORG
21- YOUNG ADULTS RETREAT 23 WOLF RUN RANCH • CONTACT RYAN WALLER AT RWALLER@INCARNATION.ORG 28- PRE-MARRIAGE WEEKEND 02 TIMES VARY • RSVP WITH ALESHA LEBLANC AT ALEBLANC@INCARNATION.ORG 12
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TUES, FEB 11 AT 7:30PM
STELLAR
EARLY-MUSIC VOCAL QUARTET —VIVIEN SCHWEITZER, THE NEW YORK TIMES
Four women got together for a music reading session one afternoon in the spring of 1986; they wanted to hear what medieval chant and polyphony would sound like when sung by female voices. Twenty-seven years later, Anonymous 4 has performed for sold-out audiences on major concert series and at festivals throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East; and has made 19 recordings, selling over two million copies. GENERAL ADMISSION$20 STUDENTS & SENIORS $15
UPCOMING EVENTS ON THE
CANTE BURY TR AIL Sundays beginning January 5 at 10:20 a.m. with Fr. Wheatley in the Choir Room
INCA NATION 101
JAN 19 6–8PM
IN THE GREAT HALL
Come and get to know us! Learn more about various ways to get involved in our growing community life & what membership at Incarnation means! On the Canterbury Trail is the way to find out about being a Christian as well as what Episcopalians and Anglicans believe. no question is out of bounds!
For more info, contact Alesha LeBlanc at aleblanc@incarnation.org
Dinner and childcare are provided with an RSVP. WWW.INCARNATION.ORG/101 RSVP: ALEBLANC@INCARNATION.ORG
Pre-Marriage W E E K E N D
FEB 28 - MARCH 2
F R I D AY 6 : 3 0 – 9 P M SATURDAY 9AM – 5PM SUNDAY 9AM –12:30PM
WWW.INCARNATION.ORG
RSVP BY JAN 28
ALEBLANC@INCARNATION.ORG
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center on communities and education
Communityof75204+
A story of contrast, challenge, and compassion From a story of families and change
A 6-Part Series on Understanding Our Community, And How to Reach Out to Them By Deacon Dorothy Budd and the Mission and Outreach Department
In the last Angelus, we looked at the impetus for our demographic study: our desire to be a transformative force in our neighborhood led to the preliminary step of gathering information about our neighborhood. Last time, we offered a brief overview of the data, but we wanted to continue to share with you the specifics also, in order that we, as a parish, may have an informed interaction with our neighborhood. Therefore, this article will focus on some of the specifics of who our neighbors are, inasmuch as they have been represented in the data from our study.
26,279 people live in our 75204, 13.2% of them are under 20 years of age and 4.8% are under 6 years of age. Our zip code has both pockets of great wealth and pockets of poverty, and in order to make sense of the data it was necessary to break 75204 into the 25 individual census tracts.
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The ethnic make-up of the neighborhood has shifted as the Hispanic population has grown. The Hispanic population is predominant in areas of non-white majority; and in the census tracts where the Hispanic population is the predominant ethnicity, Spanish is the language most often spoken at home. Moreover, more than 13,000 non-U.S. citizens live in 75204. Incomes and rates of poverty vary dramatically in the various census tracts. Of the 25 tracts, 10 have average incomes greater than $100,000 but the remaining tracts have much lower incomes. Excluding the tracts where less than 10% of the families live in poverty, in the rest of the zip code 29.4% of the families live below the poverty line. These areas also have the greatest number of households with children, the largest families, and the most single parent households. Central expressway divides our neighborhood and across that divide the educational and employment pictures diverge sharply. On Incarnation’s side of Central Expressway (West side) more than 80% of the population have received a post-secondary diploma.
On the other side of Central (East side) over 60% of the population have not completed high school. These neighbors then have curtailed earning potential because of their lack of education. They are forced to provide for their families working at jobs that require limited educational skills. Unemployment in those areas (10.8%) is 3.5% higher than the Dallas average of 7.3% meaning that in those neighborhoods 1 out of 10 adults is not working. Also, the renter to owner ratio, 20/80% (20% own their own house/80% rent their place of residence), is much higher than the Dallas average, which is 54.8/45.2%. Transportation is also a limiting factor as 15.3% of households in 75204 that have incomes below $65,000 a year have no household vehicle available. The reality reflected by these statistics deeply influence the lives of many of our neighbors, and are the factors that Incarnation’s ministries such as The Granger Ministry and our Angel Tree Program seek to address. In the next Angelus issue we will look at information about the schools our neighborhood children attend and some of the challenges they face.
TRACT NUMBERS
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2013 All Saints’ Parade
The Kellerman Foundation, Uganda
Father Johnston baptizes a baby
Married Only Date Night
The Red Cross Blood Drive
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The Annual Incarnation Children's Christmas Pageant
Our Parish AROUND
Young Life Ministry at Cole Park
Hearts & Hammers
A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols 2013
The Turkey Cup Benefiting Ben Milam Elementary
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Mack’s Back {yard} Attack
Ellen McDowell, Helen Delph, Petula Draper, Nancy Gienger, Martha Lang, Kay Gentsch and Louise Watkins “Bring your shovels and work gloves” the email reminder said. This was not going to be our usual Bible Study meeting. This meeting had been germinating for months in our Growth Group. Under the leadership of Rob Delph, we were here to change things as our three years of Growth Group had been changing us. The Challenge: One of our members, Stephen Mackintosh, nature lover and former gardener extraordinaire could not venture into his garden because it was not wheelchair friendly. Our Solution: out with the old and in with a new wide flagstone path so Stephen could navigate through his garage into the garden and out to the front.
Breaking through the tough clay dirt was more challenging than we imagined but we heaved gardening forks and shovels until slowly the pathway took shape. Boosted by some nourishment provided by Anne and words of wisdom (ahem, directions) doled out by Stephen, we kept at the job throughout the day. By late afternoon as the sun was setting, the flagstone path was coming into being. The finishing touches would have to wait until tomorrow to be completed, but we could finally envision the new backyard. With much rejoicing (and a few beers), we thanked God for our successful day, the beautiful weather, and the blessing of our friendships.
Saturday morning started out clear and cool with donuts, coffee and prayers from Martha Lang, our Outreach Director, as we gathered in the backyard of Anne and Stephen Mackintosh. We warmed up quickly by hauling out the old footpath and set to work leveling and clearing the yard.
An added bonus: we got an extra hour of sleep to recuperate that night as Daylight Saving Time ended.
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Anne and Stephen Mackintosh with Lauise Watkins
Angels
among us The Great Hall filled with food and gifts for families
In early December, all of the parish families brought their gifts and food into the Great Hall and filled it to the brim. What a sight it was to see all of the families with their gifts alongside the volunteers, working and laughing, all to bring Christmas cheer to those in need. There was no doubt that Church of the Incarnation was filled with kind, thoughtful and compassionate members.
"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows." —James 1:17 It started in November with the baskets around the church. Parishioners brought cereal, peanut butter and macaroni & cheese for the November food ingathering. Then the Christmas trees went up. One was in the hallway outside of the big church and one in the Great Hall. The trees were full of angel ornaments and envelopes. All this is part of Incarnation’s Angel Tree initiative that has been going on here since the 1960s. Angel Tree is a parish wide project that provides food and gifts primarily to our neighbors in the 75204 zip code who are in need of help. Here’s how it went down this past December: First, the Mission & Outreach Department contacted the schools in our area in early October to identify families that needed assistance. The schools and institutions included AIDS services of Dallas (Spencer Gardens), Alex W. Spence MLC and TAG Academy, Ben Milam Elementary, Cesar Chavez Learning Center, Esperanza Hope Medrano Academy, J.W. Ray Learning Center, John F. Kennedy Learning Center, North Dallas High School, Sam Houston Elementary, Central Dallas Ministries and Gateway of Grace. The families each received a “wish list” to fill out, which included clothing and shoe sizes as well as space for other needs the family might have. And, of course, the families were encouraged to list a toy or two that their children would have liked to get on Christmas morning. These lists then went into individual envelopes and up onto the Angel Tree. Also included on the Angel Tree were children currently in Child Protective Services who were identified by area social workers. Once the Angel Trees were up and full of envelopes, the adoption process began. Members of the parish selected a family or CPS child’s envelope from the tree and, once registered, shopped for and wrapped all of the gifts. For many Incarnation members, this had become an annual family tradition and a wonderful teaching tool about caring for your neighbor. When ready, the gifts were brought up to the church to either be delivered or picked up.
NDHS students and staff working, with Rafael Rodriguez & Erin Pendleton On December 14, families from the neighborhood arrived to pickup their presents and families from the parish delivered gifts to those who were unable to come. Volunteers from Incarnation and North Dallas High School’s Young Life group helped load cars as well as any last minute wrapping. There is no way to know what impact the gifts and food had on the adopted families. They may never have seen or known who purchased the gifts and they may never have fully understood the act of charity. In this great tradition, it is hard to say who was more blessed at the end of the day, those who gave or those who received. We like to think it was both, equally sharing in God’s generosity, who came away enriched. I have shown you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remember the words the Lord Jesus himself said.
“It is more blessed to give than to receive.” — Acts 23:35 The Mission & Outreach Department and the Angel Tree champions wish to thank all the volunteers who made 2013 Angel Tree a success! v Dianne LaRoe
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Candidates Nominated* for the Five Open Vestry Positions * Candidates are nominated by the Nominating Committee. Qualifications for Vestry: Any confirmed communicant in good standing who is at least 18 years of age and who has been a financial contributor of record for one year before the election takes place is eligible to serve as a Vestry member.
Orrin Harrison
Orrin has been at Incarnation since birth. Married to Paula, and they have three children and 6 grandchildren. He is a graduate of Sewanee, currently serving as a Trustee of the University, is prominent in the community and his profession. Strong churchman and devoted family man. In 2002 he served as Chair of the Strategic Plan Committee, which lead to revitalization of many outreach programs, followed by a tenure in 2005 as Senior Warden. Since Bishop Burton’s arrival, he has served as Chancellor to the Vestry and, most recently, on the Capital Campaign Steering Committee. He has great leadership qualities and strategic vision. Respected attorney, skilled negotiator, careful listener, thoughtful and faithful Christian. Orrin is a Partner at Gruber / Hurst / Johansen / Hail / Shank. He has been on the Commission on Ministry and Assistant Chancellor to the Diocese. He is a past president of the Dallas Bar Association. He has also served as a board member of United Way, Dallas Heritage Village, and Business Council for the Arts.
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Andrew Leonie
Andrew and his family joined Church of the Incarnation in 2000 and all have continued as active members in various roles of service in the Church. Andrew has been an integral part of the Incarnation Men’s Fellowship, co-leader of the First Friday community life group, Sunday School table leader for the youth, an Alpha Group leader, an Usher, an Intercessory Prayer Minister, Chalice Bearer, Verger, and member of the Columbarium Guild. Andrew serves as a Mentor in the Beecherl-Corrigan Fellows program at Incarnation helping to nurture the spiritual development and discernment of an assigned Fellow. He has continued theological education with studies at the Stanton Center of St. Matthew’s Cathedral, is a Fellow of the Vergers Guild of the Episcopal Church, a life member of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, a 30-year member of the Order of St. Luke the Physician, a member of the American Anglican Council, the Society of St. Mary of Walsingham, the Prayer Book Society, and the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church. Andrew has been appointed by Bishop Stanton as a Sergeant-atArms, served as Verger and has twice served as an elected Incarnation Delegate to the Dallas Diocesan Convention. Andrew is a litigation attorney, Judge, mediator and government agency manager. Currently he serves as an Assistant Attorney General and Dallas Regional Chief of Consumer Protection for Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott representing the State of Texas. Andrew is a member of the Christian Legal Society and regularly publishes and serves on faculty for continuing legal education. He was selected by the State Bar of Texas as the Most Outstanding Texas Municipal Court Judge, is a Founding Life Member of the Dallas Young Lawyers Foundation and was elected a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation. He is a Board member of the Rockwall Housing Development Corporation and has worked with Habitat for Humanity and led a number of mission trips to Mexico for Casas por Christo.
Mary Livingston
Warren White
Mary Corrigan Livingston is the spiritual backbone of her family, a lifetime member of Incarnation and a devoted servant to the Lord. Mary and her husband of 30 years Peter Livingston, a 45-year member of Incarnation, raised their two grown children John and Hannah in the Church, where Hannah has been active in the youth program.
Warren and wife Pam were married at Incarnation in 1990, where he was subsequently confirmed in the Episcopal Church in 1996. Warren and Pam have raised their children, Madalyn, 14, and Matthew, 12, at the church where both kids participate actively in the Middle School program. Pam is an active member of Incarnation’s Altar Guild.
Mary’s service to the Church has been centered in the youth program since her college days at SMU. Mary and Peter became youth sponsors and accompanied the EYC on multiple trips in Texas and abroad. During those important years, Mary has been involved in the youth program as a confirmation-class teacher; youth auction leader, VBS, mission trip sponsor and a member of the youth minister search committee. Mary’s heart and sole are tied to the youth of the Incarnation.
Warren currently serves as an usher, chalice bearer, Middle School Sunday school leader and teacher and member of the Austin Street Center outreach group. A member of the Men’s Fellowship Group, Warren has served as a team leader in Father Greg’s XP Discipleship course. In addition, Warren served on the 2002 Strategic Planning Committee, Rector Search Committee and is a certified Godly Play teacher in the early Childhood department. He’s mentored North Dallas High School students, been a team leader and active participant in Incarnation’s annual Day of Service.
Today, she is a board member of the Beecherl-Corrigan Fellows Program. She and Peter have made a strong commitment to the COTI Belize mission and the continued expansion of the Outreach ministry. And she has proudly devoted over 25 years of service to the Incarnation Altar Guild.
Larry Tate
Larry has been a member of Incarnation since 1996. He is very active in mission work and has been a part of the Honduras Mission for 8 years – 7 of those years as a mission leader. Larry has been an usher for many years as well as a Chalice Bearer in the Traditional services. Incarnation’s Outreach program is close to Larry’s heart. He is currently Chairman of the Adult Missions Committee, member of the Outreach Committee, is part of the Granger Ministry, works on Angel Tree, Day of Service and worked with Incarnation’s Habitat for Humanity construction projects. He was a Diocesan Convention Delegate and has served on a Parish Committee on Vocation for the discernment program. Larry has been a student of the Alpha Course and has since been active in a Growth Group. Larry is a 4th generation Dallasite and a 5th generation Texan. His work is in Real Estate. After a transfer to Washington, D.C., he quickly became a member of Incarnation upon his return to Dallas!
Outside of Incarnation, Warren is the founder and CEO of 9Y Communications, an integrated marketing communications agency that works with companies in the high tech, healthcare and retail industries. Warren serves on the Parish Episcopal School Board of Trustees where he is Chairman of the Advancement and Strategic Marketing Committees. He also served as the Co-Chair of the school’s Strategic Planning Committee, and helped found the school’s Boy Scout Troop where he serves as the Charter Organization Representative and Assistant Scoutmaster of Parish’s Troop and Pack 59.
Save the Date! THE ANNUAL PARISH MEETING
JANUARY 26
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BIRTHS DEATHS BIRTHS
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ALTAR ARRANGEMENTS November 3rd In loving memory of Charles Watts Flynn III, and Stella La Mond; and in celebration of the wedding of Jennifer Anne Humphry & Christopher Carlton Creel on November 2nd; and in celebration of the baptism of Samuel Allen Pampel.
November 11/5 11/6 11/8 11/26
Leo Thomas Asby Olivia Marie Young Kaia Rose Kirkendall Katherine Elizabeth Dettra
November 17th In loving memory of Charles Watts Flynn III, Erika Mertz Sinor, Andrew Buchanan Small, Jr., and Paul Brenner Wilson; in thanksgiving for the recovery of James Owen from his recent surgery; and in celebration of the wedding of Alexis Bell Bedford & Stephen Robert Prochnow on November 16th.
December None
DEATHS
October (Post printing) 10/30 Betsy Maxson Schmidt Wheeler
November
11/4 Everett Riley Jones, Jr. 11/15 Frank Homer Stephens, Jr. 11/24 Christine Chilton Sanders
November 24th In loving memory of Trevor Lindstedt, Ray Bradford and Robert A. Johnson, Jr.; in thanksgiving for the ministry of Father Matthew Olver; and in celebration of the wedding of Michel Elizabeth Daniel & Larry Robert Button, Jr., on November 23rd.
December 12/5 12/6 12/9 12/10
Elizabeth Faneuf Underhill William Edrington Nelson Roy LeGrand Taylor, Jr. Margaret Elizabeth Wonder
are given to the glory of God...
December 1st In loving memory of Floyd Ricker, and in celebration of the baptism of Eloise Diane Hart. December 8th In loving memory of Stephen Bond Jones, William Hervey Humlong, and William Hervey Humlong, Jr. December 15th In loving memory of Roger Leo Rodriguez, Lorene Faye Yadon Hysinger, and Nancy Wright Small December 22nd In loving memory of Geraldine Starr Newsom, Aaron Ashbrook, Susan & Waldo Powell, Barbara Frey Wilson, Mert Lewellen, Clara Frey, Herbert Frey, Mary Josephine Lewellen, Margaret Hrachovina, and Frank King, Sr. Join a rich tradition at Incarnation by donating altar flowers as a commemoration both in the memory of loved ones, and also blessed events that happen in our lives! www.incarnation.org/donate-flowers
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Honduras Mission Trip JUNE 20 - 27
application deadline: March 1, 2014 APPLY ONLINE AT:
www.incarnation.org
HEY MOMS!
Join us for spiritual refreshment & inspirational teaching while making lasting friendships! 1st & 3rd Thursdays of the month | January - May 2014 9:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. in the Great Hall Dining Room Childcare is available. Please reserve at jbellew@incarnation.org New Participants: Register for Moms Talk online at www.incarnation.org, including child’s info even if you’re NOT going to need childcare. Thank you! Contact: Steffanie Methvin at smethvin@incarnation.org
Kingdom Kids Worship for young children (ages 3 – 1st grade)
Parents, drop off your child at room 102 before the 9 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. services. They’ll hear a Bible story, sing, and play with friends until we bring them back to you for Communion. Parent volunteers are needed and serve once a month.
INFORMATION MEETING:
Mon, Jan 20 at 5:30pm at Times Ten Cellars 6324 Prospect Ave, 75214 Help improve the living conditions of a remote Honduran community and share Christ’s love through: Christian Education, Medical & Dental Clinic, Light Construction, Water Well Drilling
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For more info, contact Steffanie Methvin, smethvin@incarnation.org
Children's Children's
Ash Wednesday Service March 5 • 6 p.m.
This service is appropriate for potty-trained children ages 3 and up. The service will include a Godly Play story, an explanation of “why ashes,” and the imposition of ashes. A pizza supper will be served. Parents should drop off their children in the Dining Hall. Nursery will be available for children 3 and under. Pizza supper will be served to children attending the Children’s service only.
Sublime music. Incense. Candlelight.
Sundays at 5pm in the Church
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