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THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE of CHURCH of the INCARNATION
DEPARTMENTS
FEATURES DISCIPLE NOW RECAP
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3 STAFF LISTING
FELLOWS BRIEF
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3 SERVICE TIMES
STARS, INC.
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4 CHILDREN & FAMILY MINISTRIES
DAY OF SERVICE RECAP
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6 MIDDLE SCHOOL MINISTRY
COMMUNITY OF 75204+
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8 HIGH SCHOOL MINISTRY
INCARNATION LAND
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12 MISSION & OUTREACH
WATCH US GROW: CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
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23 BIRTHS & DEATHS
GROWTH GROUPS: STORIES OF BELONGING
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23 ALTAR ARRANGEMENTS
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
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.
2014 VESTRY
Bishop Burton, Rector, Kathy Boyett, Senior Warden; Carla Bush, Junior Warden; Jim Grau, Chancellor; Mark LaRoe, Foundation President; Dow Crocker, Treasurer; Liz Johnson, Clerk; Chris Adams, Michelle Anderson, Gil Besing, Lynn Bissett, Holland Gary, Andrew Leonie, Mary Livingston, George Longino, Chase Skorburg, Larry Tate and Warren White.
THE PARISH STAFF Alberto Auillon Jennifer Alarcon Courtney Barrow Jill Bellew Jacob Bottom Justin Brooks Tiffany Brooks Pam Coghlan Michelle Cox Sheri Crandall Micah Crissey Haley Dettra Scott Dettra Melinda Draper Shelley Eisenlohr Laura Fredericks G. Noel Gross Gay Hayslett Mark Howell Carol Kadel Martha Lang Alesha LeBlanc Kaycee Logsdon Anne Mackintosh Dusty Matthews Steffanie Methvin Charlie Moore Erin Pendleton Keith Quarterman Sarah Quarterman Graham Schultz Donna Stack Andy Taylor Robert Vasquez Ryan Waller Marie Walls Maci Young
Head Sexton Children's Ministry Music Associate Director of Graphics & Production Incarnation Academy Business Manager 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 Director of Music & Organist Bookstore Manager Controller Middle School Ministry Associate Web & Media Services Assistant to the Rector Manager of Technology Resources Front Office Manager Director of Missions & Outreach Event Coordinator, Asst. to Fr. Hermerding Music Department Administrator Mission & Outreach Admin. Assistant Bookstore Manager Director of Children & Family Ministries Youth Choir Director Mission & Outreach Project Manager Director of Ministry Support Assistant Development Director Assistant Organist Student Ministry Admin. Assistant Business Office Associate Facilities Manager Young Adults Minister Assistant to the Vice-Rector High School Ministry Associate
Moms & Mimosas M OT H E R ' S DAY 2 0 1 4 MAY 11 • 10:20 – 11:05 A.M. THE CLOISTER
FATH ER'S D AY June 1 5
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
10:20 – 11:05 A.M.
5 p.m. Solemn Choral Evensong and Holy Communion, Church
THE CLOISTER
5:30 p.m. Uptown Contemporary, Chapel
WEEKDAY SERVICE TIMES 7:30 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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COTI Kids Summer Reading Program
I KIDS T O C
JUNE 9 – AUGUST 17
CFM is partnering with the Incarnation library to offer a summer reading program for kids in kindergarten through 5th grade. Prizes will be awarded at Rally Day, August 24th. For more information contact Mary Griffith in the lncarnation library.
Fall Family Retreat
SIGN UP BEGINS MAY 18 | DATES OCTOBER 3 – 5
Vacation Bible School
Join us as we spend a relaxing weekend at Camp Allen Conference & Retreat Center in Navasota, TX. You’ll get to know other Incarnation families and have time to reconnect with your own. Activities include pool, nature trails, bonfire, hayride, and much more. Cost is only $375 per family for a double room and includes all meals. Non-refundable $50 deposit due at sign-up. Balance is due September 7. For more information go to www.incarnation.org and www.campallen.org.
JUNE 9 – 13, 9 A.M. – NOON
Children who were three by Sept. 1, 2013 through children completing 5th grade are welcome at VBS. At WOW VBS, kids will discover how the ordinary becomes extraordinary with God. Experience the love of Jesus. Start an adventure. Use your imagination and creativity to build your faith. Meet people from the Bible who used what they had to produce something amazing with God. Use your heart, mind, and imagination to participate in the creative life of God, the one who works wonders! Moms, dads and teens, we’d love to have your help as a volunteer! For more info, please contact Steffanie Methvin at smethvin@incarnation.org. Cost is $25 per child and $65 family max. Register at www.incarnation.org.
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Join us as after church on Sunday, August 17, as we celebrate the end of summer at Hawaiian Falls in Garland. Special group tickets are $15.99 per person, children under 2 are free. Tickets may be purchased during Sunday school upstairs in the children's area or contact Sheri Crandall for more information at scrandall@incarnation.org. THE ANGELUS | MAY-JUNE 2014
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CFM SUMMER 2014
Summer Sunday School for Kids
JUNE 1 – AUGUST 3 | 10:20 A.M. – 11:05 A.M. Upstairs in the Education Building Children who were 3 years old by 9/1/2013 and potty trained through those completing 5th grade are invited to join us as we explore the Bible in fun, creative ways this summer.
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SUMMER 2014 MIDDLE SCHOOL
Summer Sunday School 10:20 – 11:05 a.m. in the Porch
pam coghlan, director of student ministry pcoghlan@incarnation.org DONNA STACK, STUDENT MINISTRY ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
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Vacation Bible School June 9 – 13 Great Hall' Mon – Fri, 9 – noon Please contact Donna to sign up and to order a t-shirt Donna: dstack@incarnation.org
Summer Youth Group Kick Off Pool Party
June 11, Wednesday Night Natalie Ward’s House ǀ 6 – 8 p.m. It is summer and TEAMS are back on WEDNESDAY NIGHTS! Get ready! Students are challenged to: work together on a team, accomplish tasks, and win the finale. Each week holds a new adventure with exciting twists and turns as the teams fight to come out on top as the winner. The teams kick off this Wednesday night with a pool party, food, and competition in the park!
Jonathan Creek Summer Camp June 14 – 20 Jonathan Creek in Hardin, KY Cost: $ 670, (deposit $ 150
Pool Parties Wednesday Night Youth Group 6 – 8 p.m.
REGISTER TODAY: WWW.COTIJCREEK2014.EVENTBRITE.COM
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SUMMER 2014 HIGH SCHOOL
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SUNDAY SCHOOL SCHEDULE
CURRICULUM: HOLY SPIRIT AND SPIRITUAL GIFTS | THE FLAT
The Holy Spirit and Spiritual Gifts studies will help students grasp a deeper understand of God’s identity and how that relates to them personally. This study will focus on the “fruits of the spirit” found in the New Testament and the influence these foundational elements have on their daily lives. JUNE 1, 8, 15, 22 ,29 JULY 6, 27 AUGUST 3
TUESDAY NIGHT YOUTH GROUP | 7 – 9 P.M. JUNE 10 Bradley Bilbo’s House JUNE 17 Bradley Bilbo’s House JUNE 24 Emily Johnson’s House JULY 8 Stephanie Arnold’s House JULY 29 TBA
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
JUNE 9 – 13 | GREAT HALL | MONDAY – FRIDAY | 9 – NOON Calling all High School students! VBS is looking for workers to help out with snacks, crafts, music team, recreation, or assisting with a class. There is a place for everyone and this is a great way to serve. Please contact Donna to sign up and to order a t-shirt at 214.217.5638 or dstack@incarnation.org
GUATEMALA MISSION TRIP
JULY 13 – 21 | 9 – 12TH GRADE This summer our High School students will travel to Guatemala to serve in a small community outside of Guatemala City. We will be building 4 homes, 12 outdoor stoves, and feeding children at the local school. Student Ministry has been serving in the mission field over the past 22 years, and what a wonderful foundation this has been and will continue to be for the next generation!
LAKE DAY AUGUST 1
Join us for the event of the summer as we travel to the lake for fun in the sun, jet skiing, tubing, cookouts, games and so much more. Details about Lake Day found in the weekly email. Please contact Donna to sign up and to order a t-shirt at 214.217.5638 or dstack@incarnation.org
PAM COGHLAN, DIRECTOR OF STUDENT MINISTRY PCOGHLAN@INCARNATION.ORG DONNA STACK, STUDENT MINISTRY ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT DSTACK@INCARNATION.ORG
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DISCIPLE
NOW Kasey Weadon Ministry Associate, Student Ministry
After months of planning, prayer and preparation, Student Ministry had a wonderfully successful Disciple Now “DNOW” weekend. During the weekend of February 14 –16, we had over 70 high school and middle school students, 11 host families, 19 bible study leaders, and over 30 parents participating. What is DNOW you might ask? For those unfamiliar, DNOW is a weekend retreat where students are formed into small groups which are led by college students. The students stay in host homes accommodated by members of the church. During the morning and evening of each day, the groups have meals, fellowship, and Bible studies together in their designated host homes. During the day on Saturday, all of the groups come together and participate in an event. This year we went to Stony Ranch in Ponder, TX where we had the opportunity to experience thrilling ropes courses, zip lines, rock wall, and team building activities.
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It wasn’t just the help and generosity of those involved that made the DNOW weekend a great success. Neither was it all of the fun that we had during the weekend. The success of the weekend goes much deeper. The immense amount of hard work, service, generosity and hospitality were all necessary means for the most impacting result — the lives of our youth being impacted by the gospel, and the Christian character of our youth being transformed by the example of those around them. When the weekend was over and the memories were made, our youth came back seeking to deepen their relationships and build on the character that was established during the DNOW weekend. Now we worship together and look forward in anticipation to an even more impacting DNOW weekend next year!
THE FELLOWS BRIEF Part of a series on the 2013–2014 class of the Beecherl Corrigan Fellows Program
By Brian Wiese
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ife was never created to walk through alone. In fact, we were just not built for it. We are naturally social beings constantly searching for others to share our experiences with. We thrive in communities that support us while we question the world around us and follow in pursuit of life’s ever elusive answers. I know without a doubt that I would not be who I am today if it were not for the incredible men and women that God has placed before me. It seems that at every stage of my life God has strategically positioned wise and loving individuals along my path. They have come in many forms including my family, friends, strangers in line, and mentors that have in many cases taken the time to seek me out.
the program has been a huge blessing, and I feel that it has allowed me to grow as a person, both professionally and spiritually. I must admit being the mentee of an executive coach has its perks, especially one who puts his faith in Christ. David Boyett has taught me many things and I am extremely grateful for the time I get to spend with him. We usually meet on Friday afternoons to break bread together and discuss what is going on in our lives, future plans, prayer requests, or even the latest business strategies. I am continually amazed by the knowledge I can absorb within the hour we spend together. It is a knowledge one can only obtain from years of experience or hearing a firsthand account from someone who has lived it.
If there is one thing David has taught me, it is to never be afraid of asking questions. That may seem like simple advice, but how often do we keep silent when one question would have clarified a thought, permitted us to learn more, or possibly opened up new doors. This type of guidance has allowed me to be more deliberate in my actions and in my life as Brian Wiese on the Boyett ranch a whole. At this point in my life, I have found As a part of the Fellows Program, each it vital to have the little extra push of a Fellow is paired with a mentor from mentor or a friend to be proactive and Church of the Incarnation with whom make things happen, all the while having they have the opportunity to spend time faith that God will guide my feet and with during the week. This aspect of use my hands wherever I may go.
Brian with Chris Yoder (Fellows Assistant) and Bishop Burton Sometimes God uses my hands on David’s ranch in what I like to call “Ranch Therapy”. Out in the middle of nowhere under the blazing sun, fixing up old foundations or torching giant brush mounds, I have come to find a deep peace in what some might refer to as hard physical labor. There is something serene about having your boots in the dirt and sweat dripping down your brow while you look out over the golden horizon into God’s masterpiece. How better to spend that daylight than working next to another man of God with a wealth of knowledge? As we work we talk about almost everything and sometimes nothing at all, just letting the silence envelop the world around us while we enjoy the harmony of true fellowship. On behalf of all the Fellows, I would like to thank the mentors that have graciously given up their time for us, and I would like to encourage anyone and everyone to find a mentor or become a mentor after personally experiencing its profound influence in my life.
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By Jeff Lockart, Incarnation Volunteer Champion
TUTOR/FRIEND/MENTOR/DISCIPLE When I came to Incarnation several years ago, I began to look at ways to become more involved and to make a difference. I looked into a ministry that Incarnation calls STARS, INC. This is a mentoring program that Incarnation and Big Brothers Big Sisters offers at North Dallas High School. North Dallas High School is one of Incarnation’s closest neighbors, and is a natural fit for Incarnation’s outreach goal of serving the needs of our immediate neighborhood. It seemed simple enough, but I had some reservations and wondered if the program was right for me. The Big Brothers Big Sisters mission statement includes, “placing caring adults in the lives of children in one-to-one mentoring relationships.” Reading the mission statement gave me even more reservations. While I consider myself a caring adult, a one-to-one mentoring relationship with at an at-risk student seemed like a serious undertaking. I pictured needing to be part expert physics tutor, part psychologist, part parental figure and part friend. Luckily for me, the friend part is what the program is about and what the program thrives on. So what do we do? It’s simple – we start by eating lunch together. Incarnation hosts a monthly pizza lunch where the Incarnation mentors have lunch with their mentees in the library at North Dallas High School. While lunch is not a big deal for most of us, a non-cafeteria lunch is a really special treat for the majority of the students. For many of them meals are not a given, and having a Big who shows up with lunch and is willing to listen and share stories goes a long way in building a relationship. Besides the monthly group gathering, the program asks that you meet your mentee for lunch at least one other time per month. After a year, there are opportunities to meet outside of school and further develop the relationship. Through every step, the Big Brothers and Big Sisters staff is very helpful and has a great support system in place.
Naturally I was a little nervous about what I would have in common with a 14 year old. North Dallas is a DISD school with over 1,300 students, and almost all come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. My nerves were quickly calmed when I found out that my mentee was not looking for someone to solve all of his problems and be an expert in all things teen. He was looking for someone to talk to and spend time with. Of course, we talk about the importance of school work and life after high school and other “mentor appropriate” topics, but the majority of the time we just talk and get to know each other. In just under two years, along with building a relationship, I’ve seen some very tangible results. He is playing an organized sport (baseball) for the first time. He is more outgoing and inquisitive, and it is a fun process to be a part of. Having an adult who is willing to be there and be a stable factor in a student’s world that can be very volatile is an encouraging thing for the mentees. We share stories and laugh, and while our backgrounds are very different, common ground is easy to find. Showing up and being a friend is what the kids need most and it’s a big relief to know I don’t need a special degree or volumes of sage wisdom to be appreciated as a mentor. Please consider joining in this important and meaningful ministry!
For more info, Contact: outreach@incarnation.org
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DAY OF SERVICE AT A .W. SPENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL
On Saturday, March 29 over 300 volunteers arrived at A. W. Spence Middle School to help bring life to its hallways and encouragement to its staff and students. Parishioners of all ages came to work hard and enjoy fellowship and made Incarnation’s annual Day of Service a huge success once again. Thank you for all of your hard work! Our champions for Day of Service deserve many thanks for their tireless work and planning: Megan Rain, Gary Brown, and Jim Moomaw! None of the projects could have been accomplished without the expertise and hard work of our team captains. Thank you for everything you did Rick Hayslett, Tom Hooper, David Carroum, Kimberly Chumlea, Joe Chumlea, Diane LaRoe, Kathy Daume, Cathy Ammermann, Todd Ammermann, Nancy Gienger, Uli Gienger, Peter Overland, Anna Carlton, Kyle Carlton, Jim Wills, Jim Rain, Craig Johnson, Sam Kincaid, Barbara Kincaid, Pam Coghlan, Jean Barrow, Jim Barrow, and Libby Albritton. Also, a special thanks to the Incarnation Foundation for their support in transforming the courtyard into a beautiful and usable space for students for years to come. Incarnation consistently seeks to reach out to our neighbors and serve with humility and energy. If you would like to continue to serve in some way at A. W. Spence please contact Jacob Bottom at jbottom@incarnation.org.
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SOME OF THE THINGS WE ACCOMPLISHED: • • • • • • • • • • •
Constructed 12 benches and 2 picnic tables Decorated the Community Liaison’s office, Clinic, Teacher’s Lounge, Front Office and Library Painted (2) 4-square games and a huge US Map in play area outside Hung 5 new school mascots for school spirit Planted 60 Rose bushes and 5 Cypress trees around the perimeter of the school Spread decomposed granite around outdoor portables to reduce mud flow Reorganized and moved 6 pallets of unused textbooks Painted numerous areas of the school purple and gold (school colors), including the cafeteria, gym, front entrance, hallway, library, clinic, and admissions office Created an art gallery and new trophy case out of the once unused trophy case Built 101 ft. of chain link fence for added security Transformed interior courtyard into usable space with: 3 new picnic tables, a freshly painted mural, and many flowers and trees
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center on communities and education
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A story of contrast, challenge, and compassion From a story of families and chan
Part 4 of a 6-Part Series on Understanding Our Community, And How to Reach Out to Them By Deacon Dorothy Budd and the Mission & Outreach Ministry Department
HOMELESS STUDENTS Church of the Incarnation has been involved in reaching out to the homeless in our city for decades. We send teams to Austin Street Center and serve over 900 meals each month to homeless adults there. But like most of the homeless shelters in Dallas, Austin Street Center is for adults and the only children allowed are the ones accompanied by their parents. Federal law defines homeless children as those without a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence. This includes living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, camp grounds, emergency shelters, cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, and bus or train stations. Dallas Independent School District has identified 2,750 students enrolled in our city who qualify as homeless and estimate that the true number of homeless students is substantially higher. Our demographic study revealed that 300+ of these identified students go to the public schools in our parish neighborhood. Every elementary school in our zip code has young children who are living with homeless parents. There are over 185 students attending our elementary schools who qualify as homeless. This fact was brought home to us when we were asked to prepare backpacks for the homeless students at Cesar Chavez Elementary School. When we asked how many they would need, we were told over 70. There is however, another population of homeless students that tend to be invisible and much more vulnerable—the teenagers. Many of them no longer live with their parents and therefore do not have the homeless shelters as a resource. When we began Mission: 75204, one of the first things we did was go across the street to North Dallas High School and ask the principal how we could be a better neighbor. One of the first requests we received was to try to help provide support to the homeless student population there so that once they registered in school they would stay in school. It was then we learned that North Dallas High School has the highest population of homeless students in the city. If these students enroll and then are forced by their circumstances to drop out, it affects the school’s rankings and more importantly it means that a child who is the victim of homelessness is now also suffering from lack of education. Without a high school diploma, the cycle of poverty and homelessness becomes difficult to break.
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Many young people who find themselves homeless take to the streets, but some choose to continue to strive for an education in spite of the challenges of being homeless. Each day at Spence Middle School and North Dallas High School, approximately 170 homeless students come to school because they have decided that getting an education matters to them. However, these students face special challenges that make it hard for them to stay in school and succeed. As we surveyed principals, social workers, teachers, and community liaisons, we learned that to stay in school homeless youth need assistance with basic tangible needs, such as clean clothes, hygiene supplies and the ability to shower. We found out those homeless students who have transportation issues often have trouble getting to school in time to take advantage of the free breakfast for which they qualify and
so begin the school day hungry and worried about what they will have to eat in the evening or over the weekends. Getting school uniforms, basic school supplies and backpacks is difficult for them. Sometimes outside of the school day they have no peaceful place to concentrate and do homework or just take a break from the chaos that is their daily existence. We also were told that the homeless students were often ashamed of their situations and so would not admit to being homeless or were reluctant to ask for help. School personnel told us again and again about how isolated the homeless students were within the schools and how the fact that it was difficult for them to take part in afterschool activities, sports teams or clubs, made it even more difficult for them to feel a part of the school they were attending.
Young Life participants play a game
A COMPELLING NEED Because our demographic study showed the plight of these homeless students in our neighborhood to be such a pressing need, Incarnation has already begun to respond with a program we call Drop-in-Friday. Each Friday morning, for two hours before the school bell rings, Incarnation volunteers partner with DISD personnel and other community partner agencies to meet these teens as they arrive at school. We provide simple basics like a hot breakfast, access to DART passes, hygiene kits, warm clothes and supplemental weekend food. More importantly, by having a select group of volunteers from our church who come week after week along with agency professionals, these kids who are often wary and weary, have slowly developed relationships with adults who they’ve come to trust. Through these relationships as needs become known, our volunteers can help advocate for these students. This pilot program has just begun its second year and the percentage of homeless students willing to come forward, identify themselves as homeless and share their stories has steadily increased. The good news is that this program is working and is making a real difference. Statistics reveal that the homeless students who regularly attend our Drop-in-Friday program have a 95% school attendance record. This is over 20% higher than the homeless students who are not regular participants. Additionally, students who come to Drop-inFriday have learned about other Incarnation ministries at their school. Some now have mentors through our Stars INC mentoring program. Many of these students are now active members of our thriving Young Life ministry where weekly their lives grow closer to Christ.
Through summer internships, Incarnation has helped meet the huge need that these students have for employment. This past summer our homeless high school interns helped staff the DISD summer program at Cesar Chavez Elementary School for younger homeless students. Another wonderful phenomenon has occurred! These homeless high school students we have sought to serve are now joining us in serving others. They have served as vital volunteers at our Community Health Fair, Angel Tree and Day of Service. As a next step, we have begun Drop-in-Tuesday where our homeless students who are staying for Young Life can spend an hour immediately after school meeting with our volunteers to get homework help and create art projects. Meeting with these students for a few hours twice a week has been a first step. Incarnation has begun the process of gaining their trust, but they have daily needs and challenges. To really help them stay in school and graduate, they need a place where they feel safe and where the help they need is consistently available. Members of Incarnation are working together with school personnel, and other community partners to explore how we can help see that these students needs are met.
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Incarnation Land
by William Murchison
“We need this land,” said Bill Dillard. Good-natured, unfailingly gracious William Woolldridge Dillard, Jr., wasn’t the sort to wart friends with superfluous assessments and viewpoints. If Bill Dillard, with his profound knowledge of the real estate market, saw the need for Church of the Incarnation to snap up some newly available parcels of neighborhood land, that amounted to a major claim on Tom Graves’ attention. “He took me by the arm,” recalls sometime parish treasurer Graves, then serving as president of the Incarnation Foundation. “He said the thing was imperative. We needed land to expand. The owners of five lots to the north, along McKinney Avenue, wanted to sell. We needed to buy. Bill said it was imperative. I think for one thing he was still a little stung by the fact that some 20 years earlier we’d turned down the chance to buy an available property to the south for $35,000. We were about to get ‘land-locked’ as development moved north from downtown.” Graves and Dillard walked the properties to the north. They pondered, and also dreamed a bit. Nearly a decade would pass before bulldozers began munching and crunching the soil the two men saw as essential to Incarnation’s future as an outwardly focused, community-serving center of holiness. When came the time, the soil was ready.
When came the time, the soil was ready.
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Bill Dillard’s was the initial vision. A real estate man to his fingertips – associated at various career stages with the likes of Angus Wynne Jr., Ben Carpenter, and Trammell Crow — he saw what had to be done. Responsibility for the doing of it passed quickly to the Incarnation Foundation. This figured. The Foundation — a lay committee entrusted with managing Incarnation’s permanent assets and funds — was accustomed to handling large projects: though perhaps not one with so many implications as the one just presented it. There was as yet no thought of $25 million-plus capital campaigns to come — called “Lift High the Cross” — or of doubling Incarnation’s geographical footprint. Incarnation all the same knew growth was coming. Foundation board member Chris Harris, developer of a large apartment complex to the church’s immediate south, recalls: “At first the motive was parking space. It just became apparent that Uptown Dallas was expanding at a high rate of speed. Everything around us was being snapped up. If we wanted to grow, we couldn’t. The project was somewhat defensive in nature.” With support from Incarnation’s rector, the Rev. Larry P. Smith, Dillard, Graves, and the Foundation struck a deal with the partnership that owned the five lots. The parish acquired, by trade, a sixth lot from the neighboring Seventh Day Adventist Church of Dallas. The Foundation’s attention fell next upon the three lots nearest Incarnation — occupied by what parish planners colloquially called “the pink condos.” There ensued a successful multimonth quest, led by a real estate broker, to purchase the individual units. In February 2005, wrecking crews took down the pink condos. Incarnation found itself the owner of a tract that stretched in unbroken segments northward up McKinney Avenue, nearly to Elizabeth Street, before it halted just short of the Kensington Court condos and an adjacent office building.
The going rate for the Foundation proved to be $156,000 per lot — a vindication of Bill Dillard’s original thinking about expansion. Why, oh, why, Dillard kept wondering, had not the parish, in a carpe diem moment, spent a bargain-basement $35,000 on the southward property occupied at the time by a culinarily negligible Chinese joint called the China Clipper, where staff members often lunched on chow mein and egg rolls? The question was worth pursuing not so much in howcould-we-have-blown-this vein than as a goad to buy what could still be bought at affordable prices. "It was a total leap of faith,” Graves recalls.
Amid upheaval and anxieties, The Incarnation Foundation’s commitment to the project never wavered. The Foundation at one point borrowed more than $1 million to flesh out its acquisitions. “Everyone,” recalls Foundation board member Jim Graves, “was on the hook at that point. All excess liquidity was used up. The crash pounded our portfolios. No one flinched, including the bank. Gradually new gifts and recovering markets put us in a position to pay off the loans, and even make a $500,000 gift to the capital campaign.” Faith, hard work, reverence, business know-how, the generosity of parishioners inspired by a holy vision — the combination proved too strong for objections and obstacles. And so it came to pass: A parish grateful for its resources made up its mind to share those resources wherever, whenever, with whoever, in the name of its Lord. A new Incarnation seemed ready to arise — new in its strategies for Christian engagement; old — very, very old — in its commitment to the truths of the faith:
The new construction site
not least the truth that they who wait upon the Lord shall mount up with wings as eagles.
It was a holding action as well. Developing a plan for the property would take time that the parish chose to bide, while considering its options, as well as its fund-raising capacity. Parishioner Peter Ferris jumped in at one point with a proposal to turn the lots into a community garden. And so, to the skirl of bagpipes, the garden came into being: only to fade as the impracticability of a short-term project loomed against the backdrop of the Grand Plan everyone sensed would take hold at last. By 2007, with the purchase and demolition of the celebrated “pink condos,” the parameters and geography of the undertaking had been defined. A year later came the global financial crisis that contributed to the deferral of building schemes large and small.
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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Watch us Grow! Thanks Be to God. Construction has commenced! The more than three year journey of vision and effort has included strategic planning, a campus utilization study, numerous architectural concepts and schematics, cost estimates and revisions and an historic capital campaign. In approximately 18 months, we look forward to holding services, classes and coffee hour in our new space.
After a thorough selection process and negotiation of a fixed price contract to construct our new facilities, we are happy to announce that we have selected Lee Lewis Construction, Inc. as our General Contractor (www.leelewis.com). Lee Lewis was formed in 1976 and has grown to become one of the largest construction firms in Texas and the US. In the past five years, Lee Lewis has completed over $1.3 billion in construction business. They have been named as Contractor of the Year by the Dallas Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Lee Lewis has worked on numerous church projects and renovations and additions to historic structures and new construction. Recent projects have included the professional soccer stadium in Frisco, Christ the King Church, Dallas and the Town of Highland Park renovation and expansion of its town hall. We have further retained Pritchard Associates (www.pritchardassociates.com) to be our Owner's Representative. Pritchard Associates has been in business since 1994 and is solely dedicated to representing clients to manage the construction phase of their projects. Recent engagements have included the Dallas Country Club new clubhouse, Hilton Anatole Ser Restaurant and Main Lobby, Crow Holdings Campus and the Town of Highland Park renovation and expansion of its town hall.
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It is important that the parish is kept abreast of our construction progress. Regular updates from the Building Committee and parking adjustments will be provided through Incarnation’s weekly eNews. In addition, all reports, pictures and additional information can be found at incarnation.org/cc-news. This is an historic time for Church of the Incarnation. We are in a season of change that will ultimately culminate in a beautifully expanded campus we are all proud to share with the community and glorify God in the fall of 2015.
Church of the Incarnation staff prays over the new construction site
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Whenever there is growth, there are often growing pains. One of the most noticeable “pains” for those of us attending church is the loss of our Cambrick parking lot and adjoining spaces. To assist some of our members and guests with this transition, you will see new signs (see below) offering dedicated parking for our Silver Saints (you know who you are) and any visitors that are coming to see what all our excitement is all about. If you don’t fall into these two categories, please respect these folks and try to find parking elsewhere.
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To that end, anyone can park at any of the lots adjacent to North Dallas High School, as well as the lot at the Northeast corner of Elizabeth and McKinney. We also are able to park on both sides of McKinney on Sundays. Because parking has spread out significantly, look for the shuttle bus looping from McKinney and Cole and picking up/dropping off at the circular drive in front of Memorial Chapel. The shuttle will run continuously from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m.
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summer adult formation at Incarnation MUSICIANS, VISUAL ARTISTS, AND MORE WILL EXPLORE HOW OUR CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP IS DEEPENED WHEN OUR LOVE FOR THE ARTS, AND OUR LOVE FOR GOD, COME TOGETHER. YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS SUNDAY SCHOOL THIS SUMMER!
DR. RALPH WOOD
UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY AND LITERATURE AT BAYLOR
DR. BENJAMIN BRAND
PROFESSOR OF MUSIC HISTORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
JANE LADIK
MASTER ICONOGRAPHER
growth groups ...and more!
STORIES OF BELONGING by Jared Shelton
We came from different faith backgrounds; Kathryn was raised Catholic and I grew up in the Methodist church. When we got married, we felt it was very important that we find a church that we could both relate to and would provide an environment that would nurture our relationship with God and each other. We must have gone to a dozen different churches in the beginning, but when we attended Church of the Incarnation for the first time, we thought that we had perhaps found something special. We attended a few services, and while we enjoyed the liturgy and the clergy that we met, the Church was so big that we felt disconnected.
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Luckily, Father Thomas Kincaid recommended that we give the Fahrenbrook Growth Group a try, so we did and what a life-changing experience it has been. Meg and Michael have been incredible leaders in this space; they welcomed us with open arms and made us feel like we’d been with the group since its inception. Our group has grown and diversified in the year and a half that we’ve been involved, and we’ve had the chance to fellowship with a number of interesting and faithful individuals that we would have otherwise not ever met. Our semi-monthly meetings challenge us to think deeper about our faith and provide a safe environment where we can share our experiences and ask tough questions. We have also developed some very close friendships that continue to bless our lives and we are very grateful that the Church has supported growth groups like ours. We now feel like we “belong” and are tied into the life of the Church, and that is a good place to be.
BIRTHS DEATHS
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BIRTHS March None
April 4/7
Ashlyn Elise Secor
DEATHS
February (Post printing) 2/23 Paul Max Pace
March 3/7 3/22 3/25 3/30
John Elliott McCormick Robert Edward Seibold John Roland Lynn Ray Hutchison
are given to the glory of God...
March 2nd In loving memory of Josephine Posey Farmer; and in celebration of the wedding of Melissa Michelle Howell and Thomas George Southam on March 1st.
March 30th In loving memory of Cynthia and Ted Bartholow.
March 9th In loving memory of Julie Haltom Lord and Helen Chambers Price.
April 13th In celebration of the birthday of Lane Fleming Longino.
March 16th In loving memory of James Henry Clarke and Dr. Andrew B. Small, Jr. (March 19th); and in celebration of the lives of Annabelle Carleton Small (Mar. 13th) and Sarah Margaret Small (Mar. 4th).
April 27th In celebration of the first anniversary of the marriage of Caroline and Kyle Randolph and the marriage of Emily McDowell and Alex Cameron on April 26th.
April 6th In loving memory of James Philip Gores.
March 23rd In memory of Sue Rollins Longino.
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4/22 Horace Ewing Dryden 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
UPCOMING EVENTS
Supper
CLUB
MAY 9
Sil ver Saints SUMMER LUNCHEON
7PM
Bring your own beverage
$15
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THE WELCH HOME RSVP BY MAY 6 SUPPERCLUB@INCARNATION.ORG MORE DETAILS AVAILABLE AT: WWW.INCARNATION.ORG
JUNE 19 11:30 A.M. – 1 P.M. GREAT HALL
socializing & LUNCHEON
SOCIAL HOUR
MAY 15
6P.M.
SOCIAL HOUR FOR YOUNG ADULTS TO CONNECT AT KATY TRAIL ICE HOUSE THE ANGELUS | MAY-JUNE 2014
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3966 MCKINNEY AVENUE, DALLAS, TX 75204
CONCERT ORGANIST
TUES, MAY 20 GENERAL ADMISSION $10
7:30 P.M.
STUDENTS & SENIORS $5
A star among young classical musicians, concert organist Nathan J. Laube has quickly earned a place among the organ world’s elite performers. His brilliant playing and gracious demeanor have thrilled audiences and presenters across the United States and in Europe, and his creative programming of repertoire spanning five centuries, including his own virtuoso transcriptions of orchestral works, have earned high praise from critics and peers alike.
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