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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.

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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 LaShon Christen Pam Coghlan Michelle Cox Sheri Crandall Micah Crissey Haley Dettra Scott Dettra Melinda Draper G. Noel Gross Shelley Eisenlohr Steven Haal Gay Hayslett Mark Howell Carol Kadel Martha Lang Alesha LeBlanc Kaycee Logsdon Anne Mackintosh Dusty Matthews Steffanie Methvin Charlie Moore Brian Mountjoy Lynn Neill Erin Pendleton Keith Quarterman Robert Vasquez Ryan Waller Marie Walls

Graphic Designer Incarnation Academy Business Mgr. Mission:75204 Project Manager Director of Contemporary Music Uptown Ministries Admin. Assistant Middle School Ministry Admin. Asst. Middle School Minister Director of Development Children & Family Min. Admin. Asst. Incarnation Academy Head of School Assistant to Fr. Wheatley Music Director Bookstore Co-Manager Web & Media Services Controller Director of Communications Assistant to the Rector Manager of Technology Resources Front Office Manager Director of Missions & Outreach Assistant to Fr. Hermerding Music Dept. Administrator High School/College Admin. Asst. Bookstore Co-Manager Dir. of Children & Family Ministries Youth Choir Director High School/College Minister Business Office Manager Mission & Outreach Project Mgr. Director of Ministry Support Facilities Manager Young Adults Minister Assistant to the Vice-Rector

SUNDAY SERVICE TIMES 7:30am Traditional, no music, Church 9am Family Traditional, Church Uptown Contemporary, Chapel 11:15am Full Choral, Church Uptown Contemporary, Great Hall 5pm Spoken Evensong & Holy Communion, Church 5:30pm Uptown Contemporary, Chapel

A Message from the Editor photos, Photos, PHOTOS! Incarnation has been hard at work, both reaching out in ministry to those around us, and sharing life together—deepening relationships and the sense of community that continues to grow and shape the parish we call home. Take a few moments to peruse these pages filled with small vignettes of our life together. It is evidence that together we can accomplish great things! We have also been making very intentional the pursuit of the calling of our heavenly father upon us — of the mission we hold at the core of our priorities: Worshiping in the Great Tradition, making disciples, caring for the poor, and raising up leaders. As you look through the pages of this edition, you’ll see the fruits of the labor of so many in these areas. Read on page 6 about our new Beecherl Corrigan Fellows program, cultivating leadership in new graduates, and on page 18, showing our efforts to help John F. Kennedy Learning Center through our annual Day of Service. But it is not just about work—as I was laying out the photo section for Parish Life, I was amazed at how many opportunities had transpired, giving us the chance to be together—laughing, sharing and talking with one another. This, too, is important, for in those moments we cling to community, we minister one to another. I believe this can be attributed to a continually growing heart for ministry and community. As we push forward in that ministry to which we are called, let us be people of intention. Intentional about our worship, our love for one another and relationships, our volunteerism, and for some, our involvement with leadership opportunities that continually arise. If there are any that haven’t yet taken that step deeper in to community by helping to lead, please consider attending the 2013 Leadership Summit, happening this Fall. It will be an opportunity for training, and to have answered any questions you may have. We are blessed — it’s so obvious to see; but let us not take it for granted. As the motto of this year’s Day of Service challenges, “What can you do?”

WEEKDAY SERVICE TIMES 8am Morning Prayer & Holy Communion, Chapel Noon Holy Communion with Anointing for Healing, Wednesdays only in Chapel 4:40pm Evening Prayer, Chapel Confessions are heard by appointment, with any Parish Priest

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THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF CHURCH OF THE INCARNATION

Departments

Features

A Message from the Editor

Beecherl Corrigan Fellows Program

Service Times

A Time For Thanks

PHOTOS: Parish Life!

Hashtags & Handshakes

PHOTOS: Ordination of Priests

Meet Our Newest Staff Members

PHOTOS: Incarnation in the Holy Lands

PHOTOS: Day of Service 2013

Altar Arrangements

Parish Calendar for July & August

What are the Clergy Reading? The Bishop Edition

Births & Deaths

FULL-TIME CLERGY Rector | The Rt. Rev’d Anthony J. Burton Vice-Rector | The Rev’d T. Gregory Methvin Associate Rector, Pastoral Care & Senior Adult Ministries | The Rev’d. Harry H. Hill Associate Rector, Worship & Adult Formation | The Rev’d Paul Wheatley Associate Rector, Small/Growth Groups| The Rev’d Joseph Hermerding 20s/30s Ministry | PART-TIME CLERGY Assisting | The Rev’d Robert H. Johnston III Deacon | The Rev’d Dorothy Budd Deacon | The Rev’d Judy Frizzell RETIRED CLERGY Assisting | The Rev’d Frederick C. Philputt Assisting | The Rev’d Thomas G. Keithly Assisting | The Rev’d Grover C. McElyea

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JULY 7 RICHARD C. JONES Living for Christ in the Film Industry A theatre, film and television star, that has also been featured in commercials, music videos and print ads. You can spot him in the films Dragon Day, Titans and the web series, Broken Bonds. Also see him in the recent hit from the Sundance, SXSW, and Dallas International film festivals, Pit Stop. Richard also serves on associate staff with the CRU ministry.

JULY 21 CHEF SARAH BAUMERT The Spiritual Art of Hospitality Classically trained French Chef Sarah Baumert is a graduate of the prestigious culinary school at Le Cordon Bleu, Paris, France. After earning her Le Grand Diplome in both cuisine and pastry, she worked at the Michelin 3-Starred Hotel le Meurice and Hotel de Crillon. Upon returning to the U.S., Chef Baumert continued to work in fine-dining restaurants in Ohio (The Refectory) and Arizona (Quiessence, True Food Kitchen), as well as the executive chef at a private residence/ranch in Dallas, Texas. She is a private chef and chef instructor at Sur La Table. She is currently in the process of writing a cook book to be published in 2013. Visit Sarah’s website for more on all things culinary, including some recipes!

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JULY 14 THE VERY REVEREND PAUL F. M. ZAHL Christianity & The Arts The former Rector to All Saints Church in Chevy Chase, MD, Dean of the Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry in Pittsburgh, PA, Dean of the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham, AL, Rector to St. James’ Church in Charleston, SC, and Rector to St. Mary’s Church in Scarborough, NY. Rev. Zahl is the author of several books including Grace in Practice: A Theology of Everyday Life, and The First Christian: Universal Truth in the Teachings of Jesus.

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RECEPTION FOR FR. MATTHEW OLVER Help us warmly congratulate Fr. Matthew on his acceptance into the doctoral program in Systematic Theology at Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI, which will begin this coming fall! We wish him and his family EVERY blessing in the years ahead, and look forward to thanking them as a parish at this event.

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That’s where “the many” come in. The O’Donnell’s generous gift makes possible the recruitment and placement of Fellows at the individual cost of $3500 for nine months – a fraction of the total expense. For the program to grow in size and significance, growing numbers of us must signify our faith in these young people’s labors. We must commit our own resources. New resources? Just as we’re winding up a capital campaign? The Author of all blessings – God – reminds us, to our great benefit, that “all we have is thine alone/A trust, O Lord, from thee.” Please consider supporting the ministry of the Beecherl Corrigan Fellows Program in perpetuity by leaving a gift in your will to the Beecherl Corrigan Endowment at the Incarnation Foundation. For further information, contact Michelle Cox at mcox@incarnation.org.

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FR. WHEATLEY WITH RYAN POLLUCK, LAURA FREDRICKS & SHEA GILLELELAND

BEECHERL CORRIGAN FELLOWS PROGRAM

ell, he knew he liked the idea of “church work.” That was a start. How to get at it, though?

put together at Church of the Incarnation to answer that very simple and potentially life-changing question, “What does the Lord want of me?”

At just about this crucial point, then-Deacon Paul Wheatley stepped into the life of Shea Gilleleland, taking note of a word seemingly planted in this new friend’s ear by the Lord Himself.

As the fall semester commences for students of all sorts, at all levels, Shea Gilleleland and five other new college graduates will buckle down to an endeavor that will draw them into every aspect of Christian life and service. By next May, when the ninemonth program winds up, all six will possess insights and wisdom beyond the experience of many others in the swelling cadre of American young people turning to Christ as Lord and Savior.

Gilleleland, born and raised a Southern Baptist, and educated at the Baptist bastion, Criswell College, was at the time taking Episcopal confirmation classes at Incarnation. Wheatley, awaiting his own priestly ordination, saw in Shea “a depth of character and leadership” proceeding from “who he is and who he understands himself to be in Christ.” SHEA GILLELELAND

The Lord’s call, as we’re wonderfully reminded by the planting among us of the Beecherl Corrigan Fellows program, is to the many, not just the few. Mr. and Mrs. Peter O’Donnell, Jr.’s, gift of $1 million to get the program rolling marks the start but hardly the end of Incarnation’s commitment to raise up through this long-range program a new generation of Christian leaders for service to a troubled world.

What about, said the deacon to the seeker, helping launch a program being

“One of the things the Holy Spirit has been showing us,” says Bishop Tony Burton, “is that He is calling the Church of the Incarnation to raise up leaders for the renewal of the Church.”

Mr. O’Donnell, an investor and one-time Incarnation senior warden, is widely recognized for substantial gifts, through The O’Donnell Foundation, that support science and engineering education, especially at the University of Texas. The Beecherl Corrigan Fellows Program honors two late friends of Mr. and Mrs. O’Donnell – Louis A. Beecherl, Jr., and Leo F. Corrigan, Jr. – philanthropists in their own right as well as longtime Incarnation lay leaders. The Beecherl Corrigan program is modeled on similar programs at 19 other churches – chiefly Episcopal and Presbyterian – that belong to The Fellows Initiative. The Initiative is a private group committed, according to its website, to “preparing tomorrow’s leaders to live faithfully and to be thoughtful agents of God’s goodness, beauty and truth in the Church and the world by exploring an all-encompassing faith, nurturing a heart for the Church, and answering a hunger to create and engage the culture.” Overseen by a lay committee comprising seven members (with former senior warden Allen Dickason as chairman) and working closely with clergy, the Beecherl Corrigan program has plans both extensive and intensive. Fellows will work, to be sure,

but not just around the church. All will labor three days a week in secular jobs that may or may not overlap currently perceived career objectives. LAURA FREDRICKS

The parish’s newly instituted Beecherl Corrigan Fellows Program tracks that mission with large and prayerful precision. A fellow – the term covers both men and women – signs on for a course of intensive Christian study and service. A grant from Mr. and Mrs. Peter O’Donnell, Jr., pays most of the expense of housing, meals, and the like. This reduces to $3500 the sum each fellow pays to participate in the program.

Service to the poor is a key element of the Fellows program: which is what grabbed Laura Fredericks’ attention. A 2012 social work graduate of Texas Women’s University, Laura long has liked, and benefited from, working with middle schoolers and younger children. At 24, this lifelong Incarnation communicant looks forward to working with lower-income kids. She hopes to achieve “a better understanding of how to incorporate my faith into the work that I do. Just being so immersed in the Christian faith every day for nine months, doing what God wants me to do in my field – I don’t think anything else could be as important or valuable as that.” She’s come, it appears, to the right place. The Incarnation Mission and Outreach Department will build Fellows participation into weekly programs of service to the poor. Then there’s direct and specific Christian knowledge to be gained – lots of it – in course work directed by the Rev. Dr. Joseph (Skip) Ryan, Presbyterian minister and frequent collaborator with Incarnation ministries. Dr. Ryan is chancellor of Redeemer Seminary in Dallas,

an independent institution in the Presbyterian tradition, where Fellows will take courses Monday mornings on spiritual theology and gospel communication. Additionally, at weekly Monday night seminars, Fellows will tackle such topics as “Philosophy of Forgiveness,” “Spiritual Direction,” and “The Gift of Imperfection.” Says Shea Gilliland: “I’d like to see how the whole church functions and get into every little nook and cranny, every ministry, and say, ‘OK, how can I help?’ Whether it’s cleaning toilets or teaching classes.” Guess what: He’s about to get his wish. The Fellows program will insert Fellows, as helpers and learners, into practically every Incarnation activity and enterprise. Ushering, praying, chalice bearing, working with youth, telling Sunday morning comers where to park – if there’s a job to be done at Incarnation, the doing of it is sure to compass members of the Fellows program. Regular meetings with mentors are yet another feature of the program, for regular sorting-out of questions, cares, concerns, inspirations. Well, they’ll have Saturdays free. Unless needed by one parish-related organization or another. Meanwhile, personal ties should tighten – such is the plan – with five of this year’s Fellows living essentially as a family in a parish-provided group home. (Shea, and wife Summer, will remain in their own apartment, near the church). Where is all this supposed to go? Bishop Tony Burton acknowledges that this part of the deal is in the hands of the Spirit. “Not all of these

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A TIME FOR THANKS

Leadership Appreciation Dinner

On May 19, over 200 hundred of our church leaders gathered for a fun evening designed to accomplish one thing: to say thanks. Our clergy and staff know that the amazing life and growth taking place in our parish is due, in large part, to the numerous hours, ideas, and efforts generously offered by our parishioners. Those in attendance represent only a fraction of the actual leaders that make ministry and worship happen. Given our limited meeting space, the gathering consisted mostly of those leading ministries, championing mission and outreach efforts, chairing committees and teaching classes. We serve not for the rewards, but there is something beautiful and inspiring

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that takes place when we offer genuine thanks. Each person received a travel mug with our Incarnation logo, a pack of Life Savers to represent the significance of their work, and a signed thank you note from our clergy -- who manned the serving lines for dinner and discovered there is an art even to dishing out entrees! Special raffle gifts, many from church members, were shared throughout the evening as each clergy and department leader offered a personal word of thanks for those serving alongside them through our regular program year. At the conclusion of the evening, many were struck by what is required to make our basic ministries go. The numbers gathered reminded us that we are not alone in our areas of service and ministry, but linked to hundreds of other

faithful members passionately giving of their time and talents to Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kingdom. We also walked away with a bigger idea of our church. With each clergy person and lay leader that shared about their work and gratitude for volunteers, a giant picture of our church emerged. We are more than just worship services on Sunday. Down every hallway, every day and evening, ministry is happening on and off our campus. Church leadership is a complex subject because, in a sense, each member of the church is a minister. Each person exerts a measure of influence by the way they worship, serve, give and participate. Saying thanks to ALL of the leaders is so difficult in a church of our size. Many of the greatest sacrifices are offered quietly and anonymously through prayer and offerings of various sizes and shapes. Leaders include every person engaged in influencing others to accomplish grand objectives. In a church, the objectives could not be more grandâ&#x20AC;Śleading others continued page 26 THE ANGELUS | JULY-AUGUST 2013

Campaign Co-Chairs Stuart Bush, Jean Barrow, Susan Beecherl and George Reynolds with Bishop Burton

fter more than three years of planning and praying, Church of the Incarnation initiated the Lift High the Cross capital campaign in early 2013. The objectives of this campaign support the construction of an additional worship facility, a welcome center, new education ministry facility, critical maintenance and modifications to existing buildings and

equipment, and expansion of our mission and outreach ministries. On Sunday, May 12 we announced that sacrificial gifts and pledges surpassed $25.2 million… and commitments are still coming in. We are grateful for your generosity – and for the privilege of serving with you at this historic time in the church’s history. God is plainly doing remarkable work among us and your support will make a difference both now and for future generations. If you are still considering a gift toward Lift High the Cross, we would like to encourage you to join the 600+ families and friends of our parish that made this historic milestone possible. Ad-

ditional information regarding the campaign and how you can pledge your support can be found at the website URL below, or contact Michelle Cox in the Development Office at 214-521-5101. With warm good wishes, The Rt. Rev’d Anthony J. Burton, Rector Jean Barrow, Campaign Co-Chair Stuart Bush, Campaign Co-Chair

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e human beings are hopelessly social. God made us that way. We need each other, and we are almost unconsciously drawn together. We crave human interaction—not just surfacey interaction, not just Twitter and Facebook, but deep and meaningful interaction. That is, we crave community. However, the psychologists and sociologists tell us that as Americans today, we live in the most hyper-individualized culture in the history of the world. Period. Over the past five centuries or so, the Western world has seen a social disintegration which has culminated in the atomized society you and I live in today. Our culture’s fundamental maxim seems to be “live and let live.” It is no surprise that this same phenomenon can be seen in the Church as well. Christian culture has been infected and undermined by this thoroughly unbiblical model of Christian community. In many cases Christians “baptize” this social disintegration with churchey language. My personal emotionally-

felt needs, my worship preferences, my individual salvation, my interpretation of the Bible—these are my primary concerns when I come to Church. My life, my family, my stuff, my job, my time, my money. This disintegration affects not only individual life, but family life as well. Peter J. Leithart writes, “It’s a truism among social historians that the nuclear family is not the traditional family. Peter Berger and Hansfried Kellner pointed out years ago that marriages used to be “firmly embedded in a matrix of wider community relationships.” Husbands and wives knew each other long before they were married, and their marriage “pulsed” with the same life as the wider community. Today, by contrast, “each family constitutes its own segregated subworld,” a subworld that married couples have to exert “much greater effort” to construct. For today’s couples, “success or failure hinges on the present idiosyncrasies of only two individuals.” Once, it took a village. Now two are enough to tango.” But this way of life isn’t working. And its not enough. The breakdown

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a sense of friendship, of connectedness, of obligation to suffer with and care for one another. We are seeing it firsthand!

of relationships is evident everywhere in our culture, and we feel in the pit of our stomachs that something is wrong. So One of the ways that this where does this leave counter-cultural movement us? Without hope, withof the Spirit is captured out friendships, without and cultivated amongst us support for our marriages here at Incarnation, is our and families? No! Quite Growth Group ministry. the contrary, in fact. There is a distinct sense among What are Growth Groups? people here at Church of In any given week, there the Incarnation that says, are small groups of people “We are sick of being that meet together all lonely. We are sick of goaround the city. These ing it alone. We are sick people are young and old, of our culture’s system new parishioners and old of values. We want to do parishioners, Uptown and life together. We want to Traditional, men and wombuild deep friendships that en, married and single. go beyond hashtags and continued page 27 handshakes.” We believe that this movement comes from the Holy Spirit, Who on the day “We are sick of of Pentecost being lonely. We broke down all the divisions are sick of going of language in it alone. We are that first church service. The Holy sick of our culture’s Spirit continues system of values. this ministry in our very midst toWe want to do day! The Church is the only place life together [and] where the natural build deep friendinterdependence of human life can ships that go bebe recovered. yond hashtags and And people are beginning to handshakes.” regain a sense of community,

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1. LIFT HIGH THE CROSS Capital Campaign Announcement Sunday —the West Lawn was overflowing with parishioners excited to hear the campaign results! 2. LIFT HIGH THE CROSS: Bishop Burton announces that we have reached our goal of $25M! 3. Madeleine Wright and Lainey Haal decorating crosses, to be used for fund raising, at the “Cross Dressing Party” 4. June was Theology Live time again, and our continued trend of packing out the Ginger Man Pub was in full swing! 6. LEADERSHIP APPRECIATION DINNER: Pat Carrigan, George Longino & Charles Powell smile for the camera 6. Newly-minted priest, Fr. Matthew Larsen, talking with friends Shaun Menary and wife, after having just celebrated Holy Communion for the first time since his ordination 7. Parishioner Jeff Jacobie and son 8. Incarnation Director of Ministry Support Keith Quarterman with wife Pam 9. First Communion Class! 10. LEADERSHIP APPRECIATION DINNER: Bishop Burton, Gay Hayslett and Fr. Greg working

the food service line 11. The Vacation Bible School team leading the kiddos in some fun songs! 12. MOMS & MIMOSAS: Meg Fahrenbrook, Lainey Haal and Brad Nitschke joining good friend Buddy Apple and his parents for a quick photo 13. MOMS & MIMOSAS: Jen and Jake Trousdale with baby Hank 14. LEADERSHIP APPRECIATION DINNER: Bishop Burton hails the next customer in line to get their food 15. Also newly-minted priest, Fr. Paul Wheatley, leads the processional team in prayer before the morning service begins. 16. FIRST COMMUNION: Fr. Matthew with daughter Claire, who just received Holy Communion for the first time! 17. The group joking entitled the “Cross Dressers”, working intently to adorn crosses to offered for fund raising sales. 18. Children & Family Ministries Director Steffanie Methvin with Jr. Warden Kathy Boyett, at the Leadership Appreciation dinner.

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ORDINATION: PAUL WHEATLEY & MATTHEW LARSEN

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Introducing Fr. Matthew Larsen (L) and Fr. Paul Wheatley (R)

1. Clergy members from the area gathered in the chapel to pray and greet one another before the ordination 2. (2 photos) Lying prostrate during the singing of the Litany 3. The Reading of the Gospel 4. (2 photos) The Examination 5. The Laying on of Hands 6. The Consecration 7. Receiving the Bible 8. Bishop Stanton signing the Oaths and Subscriptions 9. The Presentation to the Congregation

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HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGE 2013

7 1. Incarnation goes to the Holy Lands! 2. Michelle Anderson and Barb Dickason after baptisms in the Jordan River 3. Tom Cromwell pictured with the Temple Mount in the background 4. Fr. Greg talking with one of the locals 5. Michelle Anderson poses at a Memorial for Moses at Mt. Nebo 6. Vicki Moomaw rides a camel! 7. Ellen and Thad Moore pictured in front of Petra 8. Jr. Warden Kathy Boyett is all smiles 9. Kathy Boyett, Michelle Anderson and Barb Dickason braving the heat of the desert 10. Fr. Greg baptizing people in the Jordan River 11. Thais Conway and Children & Family Ministries director Steffanie Methvin at a scenic overlook 12. The Treasury, at Petra. Petra was established possibly as early as 312 BC as the capital city of the Nabataeans, and it is a symbol of Jordan (Wiki). 13. Karl & Barbara Hammack enjoying some time indoors 14. Carl Anderson and Ed, the Jordanian guide 15. Lunchtime! 16. In Jerusalem: the famous Wailing Wall, a site for Jewish prayers and pilgrimage, is located at the foot of the western side of the Temple Mount. It is a remnant of the ancient wall that surrounded the Jewish Templeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s courtyard.

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DAY OF SERVICE 2013 | JOHN F. KENNEDY LEARNING CENTER

y God’s mercy and the selfless devotion of so many parishioners, Church of the Incarnation’s Day of Service 2013 was a huge success! Thank you to everyone who joined the effort to show Christ’s love to the students and faculty at the John F. Kennedy Learning Center. President Kennedy called his listeners to ask what you can do. As a Parish, we answered his call with vigor: • • • • •

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Assembling 550 Teacher Appreciation gifts. Creating 120 Cathedral Gardens gifts. Building 150 homeless packs for children. Installing a community garden Painting offices, classrooms, and a hallway mural.

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Landscaping front and back of the Learning Center Decorating four teacher lounges and workrooms Feeding over 350 volunteers Building bleachers Painting the playground

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1. Repainting the basketball court 2. Installation of the gardens 3. Our massive DAY OF SERVICE crew! 4. Replacing the grass with new sod 5. In the library, mission central for the indoors activity. 6. Before and After: adding new murals to decorate hallway walls 7. Team meeting to coordinate the day!

Our most heartfelt thanks to the Day of Service Champions, Jeff Jacobie, Megan Rain, and Gary Brown, whose efforts and devotion made this day possible. Thankful recognition goes especially to the outstanding team of captains, Kimberly Chumlea, Dianne LaRoe, Kathy Daume, David Carroum, Tom Hooper, Peter Ferris, Sam Kincaid, Barbara Kincaid, Alesha LeBlanc, Lynn Bisset, Cathy Ammermann, Nancy Gienger, Uli Gienger, Peter Overland, Pam Coghlan, Charles Powell, Allen Dickason, Andrew Pendleton, Todd Ammermann, Jim Moomaw, Brian Mountjoy, Jim Rain, Warren White, Anna Carlton, Kyle Carlton, Megan Eakins, and Sheri Crandall, who effectively managed over 350 volunteers! We filled the day with worship, hard work, and fellowship; giving thanks to God through Jesus Christ for the opportunity to share His love in a tangible way. Your time and energy were invaluable in making this day the success that it was. THE ANGELUS | JULY-AUGUST 2013

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NEW STAFF! RYAN WALLER, Young Adults Minister

DAVID WANTLAND, Duke Divinity Seminary Intern

Ryan studied philosophy and religion at the University of Southern California before moving home to Texas to attend law school at SMU. While there he enrolled at Perkins School of Theology and earned a Masters in Theology along with his law degree. For the past three years, he has taught religious studies at All Saints’ Episcopal School in Fort Worth. Many of you may know Ryan from the Young Adults Sunday school class where he and his wife, Caroline, have been serving for the past few years.

David is serving as our Seminary Intern, serving until August 4. He hails from Dallas, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in French. David has intern experience related to agricultural systems in places including South Carolina, Kentucky and Belgium. He also studied public health, government and micro-finance in Dakar, Senegal. Please feel free to ask David about his very interesting experiences and studies related to global agriculture and, of course, all things theological.

Ryan is ecstatic to be joining the parish full-time where he believes God to be at work in unique and surprising ways – particularly with respect to the deepening commitment of young Christians into the life of the body of Christ. When Ryan isn’t working, he can be found rooting obnoxiously for the USC Trojans, running far too many miles, eating copious amounts of guacamole, and trying very hard to write good fiction.

While he is at Incarnation, he will be teaching a Bible study on Praying the Psalms at noon on Thursdays, June 13 through July 25. He will also be serving as a Sub-Deacon at various Sunday services and will lead morning prayer, one day weekly. David will be shadowing our clergy in their day to day ministries and generally be immersed in the life of our parish!

The Pre-Marriage Weekend covers important topics for those entering into a Christian Marriage and seeking Pre-Marriage Counseling. Course talks include: Sacrament of Marriage, Spiritual Intimacy, Conflict Resolution, Finances, Understanding Your Spouse, Sexual Intimacy, and Marriage and In-Law Expectations.

Pre-Marriage W E E K E N D

SEPT 13–15

F R I D AY 6 : 3 0 – 9 P M SATURDAY 9AM – 5PM SUNDAY 9AM –12:30PM

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Alesha at: aleblanc@incarnation.org

This course is required for couples getting married at Incarnation; however, the weekend is open to all engaged couples who would like to attend. Cost: $200 / couple due by August 16. Contact Info: Alesha LeBlanc at: aleblanc@incarnation.org OR Fr. Joe Hermerding at: jhermerding@incarnation.org

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SAT, AUGUST 24 1 - 3PM SPONSORED BY CHURCH OF THE INCARNATION IMMUNIZATIONS BY CARING FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION CARE VAN™

You MUST bring your Child’s Complete Immunization Record. Child must be accompanied by parent or guardian. Must be “Vaccine for Children” eligible. Your child is eligible if he/she has Medicaid, has no insurance, has insurance that does not cover vaccine, or is an American Indian or Alaskan Native. If you have private insurance that covers vaccines or CHIP, you are not eligible for these services. Immunization events are subject to change due to vaccine availability and/or weather conditions. For additional information, please visit www.carevan.org

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ALTAR ARRANGEMENTS are given to the glory of God... May 5 In loving memory of Timothy George Kirkendall, Sr., and Erin MacKenzie Peck; and in celebration of the wedding of Page Elizabeth Stafford & Michael Dawson Clark on May 4th.

Skorburg; and in celebration of the wedding of Bradley Josephine Agather & Cole Cowden Means II on May 18th.

June 23

May 26

In celebration of the 35th wedding anniversary of Sherri & Scotty Minter, and the wedding of Anne Cooper Lineberry and Brad Terry Irick on June 22nd.

In loving memory of Robert Seaman (Bob) Bush.

June 30

In loving memory of Nellie Maye Harris, Patricia Cavin King, Susan Powell, Helen Chambers Price, and Marsha Ward.

June 2

In loving memory of Margaret Rosalez, and Cynthia Blancke Bartholow.

May 19

In loving memory of Waldo Powell, Sidney Leo Shull, and Edward Niebur Kerr.

May 12

In loving memory of Betty and Fontaine Alexander, Edward T. Stalcup, Nancy Gleason Taylor, and Elizabeth Alexander Thomas; in celebration of the baptism on this day of Olive Ann Hardy, Rebecca Lynn Williamson, and Margaret Grace

In loving memory of Margaret Hanks.

June 9

June 16

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

In loving memory of Mike Holberg, Bill Harris, John King, Jr., and David Derek Moore.

INCA NATION 101

AUG 25 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8PM This event is offered several times per year and is the avenue for people to become members of the parish. Come get to know the Rector, Bishop Tony Burton, hear his vision for the Church of the Incarnation, and learn more about various parish programs, ways to get involved, and what parish membership entails. Dinner and childcare available with a RSVP. Contact: Alesha LeBlanc at aleblanc@incarnation.org

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Leadership SU MMIT

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develop the gifts God has given you for service

We are calling all of our present leaders and those considering taking an active role in our church to join us for this special event.

Questions?

CONTACT ALESHA AT: aleblanc@incarnation.org

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Kids who have completed Kindergarten – 5th grade

WHAT:

A one-day mini-camp where kids can make friends and learn cool, new skills. Available to kids who have completed kindergarten through 5th grade.

WHERE:

Church of the Incarnation and off-campus

WHEN:

Wednesdays NOW-July 24

WHY:

For the fun of it! Kids will make new friends, learn about God, learn new skills, and JUST HAVE FUN!! Register at incarnation.org Have questions? Email scrandall@incarnation.org

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OFFICE CLOSED FOR JULY 4 HOLIDAY Sunday, July 7 10:20am in the Chapel | Summer Art Wave with Richard Jones

“LIVING FOR CHRIST IN THE FILM INDUSTRY” see full description & ad on page 5

Wednesday, July 10 | 9am-Noon | at Incarnation

WILD N WACKY WEDNESDAYS!

Sizzlin’ Soccer Skills Clinic or “Art with Heart” Workshop: Something for the athlete or the artist! Choose either the soccer clinic or the art class — both are fun and instructional. Bring a friend! Registration and money due no later than Sunday, July 7 | $20 Friday, July 12

I-45 MOVIE NIGHT: “DESPICABLE ME”

Kids who have completed 4th and 5th grade are invited to join us to see Despicable Me 2, Friday, July 12. Time and theater TBA. Email Kyle Goodier, kgoodier@incarnation.org to sign up and receive more information. Sunday, July 14 10:20am in the Chapel | Summer Art Wave with The Very Rev. Paul F. M. Zahl

“CHRISTIANITY & THE ARTS”

see full description & ad on page 5 Sunday, July 14

BAPTISMS AT BOTH 11:15AM SERVICES Wednesday, July 17 | 9am-Noon | at Incarnation

WILD N WACKY WEDNESDAYS!

COTI Kids Cooking Class with a Dash of Manners: Kids will learn cooking skills with Chef Ellen McDowell of The Cooking School while preparing their own lunch plus, we’ll sneak in a side of Mrs. McVeigh’s Manners! Bring a friend! Registration and money due no later than Sunday, July 14 | $20 July 21-30

HIGH SCHOOL MISSION TRIP TO SPAIN

be in prayer for our students as they travel abroad! Sunday, July 21 10:20am in the Chapel | Summer Art Wave with Sarah Baumert

“THE SPIRITUAL ART OF HOSPITALITY” see full description & ad on page 5

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CALENDAR Saturday, August 24 1pm-3pm in the Great Hall

What are the Clergy Reading?

(The Bishop Edition...)

THE LORD

COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR

see full description & ad on page 21 100 volunteers needed! For more information or to volunteer, please contact us at outreach@incarnation.org. Wednesday, July 24 | 10am-Noon | at Incarnation

WILD N WACKY WEDNESDAYS!

Join us for water slides, games & fun!! Don’t forget to wear your sunscreen!! FREE| Bring a friend!! RSVP to kgoodier@incarnation.org by Tuesday, July 23 Sunday, July 28 10:20am | Venue TBA

RECEPTION FOR FR. MATTHEW OLVER see full description & ad on page 5 Sunday, August 25

RALLY DAY!

see ad on back cover Join us for a combined “Mass on the Grass” accompanied with a family picnic! As our parish continues to grow, this will be a wonderful time to gather AL SPECIISH PAR NT! together as a growing family — deepening friendships and creating new EVE ones!

by Romano Guardini Monsignor Guardini... has written more than just a life of Jesus. He places that life in the context of history and shows how the teachings of Jesus are related to the whole body of church doctrine and practice. -The New York Times Bishop Burton

“This book is a masterpiece. It embodies the wealth of modern exegetical criticism opened by Protestant theologians like Karl Barth; the great traditions of ‘devotio moderna’; French 17th century thought; the great insights of the Catholic mystics; and the matured speculation of scholasticism. But above all, it is an approach to Christ through the Gospels”. -Commonwealth.

RESTLESS

Sunday, August 25

by William Boyd

6pm - 8pm INCARNATION 101

see ad on page 22 This event is offered several times per year and is the avenue for people to become members of the parish. Come get to know the Rector, Bishop Tony Burton, hear his vision for the Church of the Incarnation, and learn more about various parish programs, ways to get involved, and what parish membership entails. A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM CHILDREN & FAMILY MINISTRIES: Find your place to serve in Children & Family Ministries at Incarnation! We are looking for adults who love kids and want to use their time and talent for the Lord! Would you consider teaching Sunday School? Greeting? Helping maintain Sunday School classrooms about 1 hour per week? Helping with family events? We would love to have you join our team of dedicated volunteers. Please contact Steffanie Methvin with any questions or to sign up to serve!! smethvin@incarnation.org.

Bishop Burton

Winner of the Costa Novel Award 2006

It is 1939. Eva Delectorskaya is a beautiful 28-year-old Russian émigrée living in Paris. As war breaks out she is recruited for the British Secret Service by Lucas Romer, a mysterious Englishman and under his tutelage she learns to become the perfect spy, to mask her emotions and trust no one, including those she loves most. Since then Eva has carefully rebuilt her life as the very English wife and mother Sally Gilmartin — but once a spy, always a spy. Now she must complete one final assignment. This time though Eva can’t do it alone: she needs her daughter’s help. Description courtesy of author’s website

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A TIME FOR THANKS cont from pg 9

BIRTHS

to a meaningful and transformative relationship with the living God.

April (Post Printing) 4/14 Ford Casey Waller 4/27 Margaret Sophia Hermerding May 5/30 John Hammond Clifton June None at time of printing DEATHS April (Post Printing) 4/1 Jack Blocker 4/10 Betsy Jane Dryden 4/19 Jack Singh 4/22 Curtis Bush Roberts May 5/4 Carroll Ross Graham 5/22 John Michael Henderson June 6/10 Mary Ellis Livingston 6/16 Michael David Brooks Pasahow 6/17 Gloria Elizabeth Brydon

times, most agree that loving God by serving others is the most fulfilling experience available to us this side of Heaven.

That is why we began a tradition of But the fact remains that we are only gathering to promote the value of able to grow as far as our leaders will leadership in our church, and to help as take us. Despite the number of amazmany people connect their gifts with the ing volunteers, each ministry area feels unique opportunities to serve through under-manned. As we move towards our church. We call this annual event a bigger opportunity to reach people The Leadership Summit. Last year, over through a bigger campus, our need for 400 people came for dedicated leaders a Saturday morning only multiplies. As filled with inspirational We are more than just best as we can tell, teaching and practical God continues to helps that launched worship services on lead large numbers new waves of leaders Sunday. Down every of new people to our and volunteers in our hallway, every day church in order to ministry. worship, grow and and evening, ministry serve in His name. This year the Leaderis happening on and ship Summit will be off our campus. We explain to all held on our campus considering memberSaturday, September ship in our church 7. Once again, we will through Incarnation 101 that leadinvite our existing leaders and all those ership isn’t a duty that you owe the interested in serving in ANY ministry church. It’s an opportunity to grow in area to join our clergy and staff for a your faith and experience new levels of fun morning of worship and equipjoy. As exhausting as the work can be at ping. Please look for your invitation to

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Training is provided by The Shelton School!

JULY 22 –AUG 9 8:30 am - 12 noon CONTACT BETSEY FREDERICKS BY JULY 15: befred@tx.rr.com

discover your spiritual gifts and explore the available opportunities for service. As James Kouzes and Barry Posner stated in The Leadership Challenge, “Leaders are pioneers. People who take the lead are the foot soldiers in the campaigns for change… The unique reason for having leaders is to move us forward. Leaders get us going someplace.” Incarnation is going someplace special…a place that brings blessing, health and hope through the love and power of God in Christ Jesus. Will you help us get there? FELLOW

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HASHTAGS & HANDSHAKES cont from pg 11

The one thing they have in common is that they have decided not to go it alone; they have decided not to buy in to the cultural atomization and hyper-individualization which rules our wider culture. Growth Groups are groups of people from Incarnation that meet together, usually every-other week, to eat, talk, study Scripture, and build relationships. How do I join a Growth Group? Many of our Growth Groups pause during the summer months and begin again in the Fall. This coming Fall is unique because we will be extending a parish-wide invitation for everyone who is interested to join a Growth Group. There will be a group meeting in a neighborhood near you. The initiative is called “Modern Life. Ancient Faith.” It will be a short-term, six-session study, covering some of the best writings on the Christian life from the history of the Church. Together, we can foster a radically counter-cultural movement of Christian disciples here at our church who are committed to each other, who are committed to more than themselves, who are committed to living out God’s calling on their lives—together. Are you ready for the deep community? Are you ready to build deeper friendships? To live deeper lives? More information will be coming to you about “Modern Life. Ancient Faith.” later in the Summer. Stay tuned—this is gonna be awesome!

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things are for us to control. I do think we can get behind what He’s doing by putting some structures in place.” One thing that will happen, beyond question, is personal discovery: through work, through prayer, through study. “It’s going to do a lot of good for developing character,” says Deacon Wheatley. A vision of the Lord’s calling should shape itself in each Fellow’s mind, Bishop Burton believes. Likewise Incarnation – already recognized within the Episcopal Church for phenomenal growth in the face of parish decline almost everywhere else – should benefit substantially. In other parishes with similar programs, says Bishop Burton, “it has turbocharged ministry to teenagers. Few things are more arresting to a teenager than a very together, focused Christian, 23 years old, and by having some of the Fellows engage directly in the youth department, I think we’re going to see that department flourish in a way it has never flourished before. The other

departments will benefit as well, particularly the outreach department, because it’s important for these Fellows to work among the poor, partly to learn something about themselves and their own spirituality and commitment.” Are we making new priests and deacons here? Not necessarily, says Bishop Burton. “It’s not intended to be a program for proto-priests. It’s for all comers. The majority will end up as Christian laymen, and the program is designed to that end. But I should be surprised if it didn’t throw off a vocation or two every year. Especially, perhaps, as the number of Fellows increases: six this go-round, a target of 12 for next year. Fellows director Carin Asby is at work already, recruiting prospects for 2014-15, wondering how to double an explosion of service and commitment. It’s kind of the way you operate when the Lord speaks a word in ears wide open to His voice.

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