February 2013
St. Mark’s News Volume 16/Issue 2
From the Rector It seems a cruel irony that Valentine’s Day, with its heart shaped boxes of candy, should be the day after Ash Wednesday when many of us will have chosen to eliminate sweets from our diet. It will surely be a challenge to our Lenten discipline. Yes, Lent is now only a couple of weeks away and once again we will choose some Lenten discipline for the season. Some of us will give up something (sweets, alcohol, meat….), while others of us will take something on (reading the Daily Office, daily Bible reading, daily prayers, acts of charity). At the first of the year I once again began the Bible Challenge and am reading through the Bible in a year. I have gotten a head start on that particular Lenten discipline. Each day I read three chapters of the Old Testament, one from the New Testament, and a Psalm. Because life gets busy there are occasionally days when I have to catch up, as it were. I will also give up a few things. The intent of Lent is to walk the way of the cross from our Lord’s temptation in the wilderness to his crucifixion on Good Friday. On Ash Wednesday we will be invited to the observance of a Holy Lent “by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and selfdenial; and by reading and meditating on God’s Holy Word.” I would invite each of us to do all of the above, rather than to choose only one or two of them. Music during Lent is another tool for reflecting on the meaning of the season. Here are the words to Hymn 145, written by Percy Dearmer (1867-1936): Now quit your care and anxious fear and worry; for schemes are vain and fretting brings no gain. Lent calls to prayer, trust and dedication; God brings new beauty nigh; reply, reply, reply with love to love most high; reply, reply, reply with love to love most high. To bow the head in sackcloth and in ashes, or rend the soul, such grief is not Lent’s goal; but to be led to where God’s glory flashes, his beauty to come near. Make clear, make clear, make clear where truth and light appear; Make clear, make clear, make clear where truth and light appear.
In this Issue
From the Rector ..................................... 1 Vestry Highlights .................................... 2 Lent at St. Mark’s ................................... 3 Outreach ................................................ 4 Parish Life .............................................. 5 Christian Formation ................................ 6 Parishioner Highlights ............................ 8 Birthdays & Anniversaries .................... 10 ROTA ................................................... 11
For is not this the fast that I have chosen? (The prophet spoke) To shatter every yoke, of wickedness the grievous bands to loosen, oppression put to flight, to fight to fight, to fight till every wrong’s set right. To fight, to fight, to fight till every wrong’s set right. For righteousness and peace will show their faces to those who feed the hungry in their need, and wrongs redress, who build the old waste places, and in the darkness shine. Divine, divine, divine it is when all combine! Divine, divine, divine, it is when all combine!
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February 2013 Then shall your light break forth as doth the morning; your health shall spring, the friends you make shall bring God’s glory bright, your way through life adorning; and love shall be the prize. Arise, arise, arise! And make a paradise! Arise, arise, arise! And make a paradise! EZT+
Vestry Highlights The St. Mark’s Vestry met on Tuesday, January 15, at 7:00 p.m. in the Bennett Wing Classroom. It was the last meeting for our outgoing vestry members (Beth Chenoweth, Danielle Adkins, Meredith Childs, Brian Kelly, and Al McKinney), and Elizabeth+ thanked them for their service on the vestry. The vestry last met on December 18, at the home of Elizabeth and Philip Turner, for a brief meeting followed by a holiday dinner. Since that last meeting there have been several significant Parish events, most notably Christmas (Eve and morning), Travis’ ordination to the Priesthood on January 9, and a Newcomers’ lunch on January 13. Christmas Eve at 5:30 we had 291 people present, and at 10:00 p.m. there were 160 people. On Christmas morning there were 14 people present. The Rt. Rev. Jeff Fisher, Suffragan Bishop for the eastern portion of the Diocese, was with us to ordain Travis. Many thanks to all of you who made that evening so special for Travis and the congregation. The Newcomers’ lunch was standing room only on the 13th and included Newcomers who have been at St. Mark’s for as long as a year, or as briefly as the past 3 weeks. Elizabeth+ reported that as of January 15 we have 154 pledges for a total of $476,696. There was no Finance report because December data had not been completely entered. But at the end of November we were at 102.52% of anticipated income. We have not been billed by the City of Austin since October, so we still do not know the anticipated impact of rate changes. We are anticipating the Annual Parish Meeting on the 20th of January, and the Bishop’s Annual Visitation on the 27th. When Bishop Harrison is with us we will have 4 baptisms, 9 youth Confirmations, 2 adult Receptions, 3 adult Confirmations, and 1 adult Renewal of Baptismal Vows. Andrew Poynot arrived at the meeting having just been at a Habitat for Humanity planning session for the spring Episcopal build. The St. Mark’s date for participating is Saturday, May 18. We will need 20 volunteers to work, and more volunteers to prepare lunch for the work crew. Kathy Genet reported on the work being planned for the choir loft: new flooring, risers and pews for the other side of the piano and organ, improved lighting. And finally, the Marthas have been kept busy with cookie exchange, Epiphany, and Travis’ ordination and will continue to be so with Lent just around the corner.
Looking Ahead to May! Plan on spending your May weekends with St. Mark’s! It will be a full month of food, fellowship, worship, fun, and service. Saturday, May 4 is the Annual Chicken BBQ and Parish Picnic. Sunday, May 5 we will have a service of Evensong at 5:00 p.m. Saturday, May 11 is the date for the annual Men’s Scholarship Golf Tournament (and in the evening a Families with Young Children Parents’ Night Out at the Alamo Drafthouse, with children being cared for at the church). Saturday, May 18 is our date to work on the Habitat for Humanity Build. We need 20 volunteers for the build.
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Lent at St. Mark’s Tuesday, February 12 – Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper at 6:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall, with artistic activities for the Families with Young Children in the Common Room (Mardi Gras Masks). Wednesday, February 13 – Ash Wednesday. The season of Lent begins with Ash Wednesday on February 13. We will have three services for the imposition of ashes and Holy Eucharist: 7:15 a.m., 12:15 p.m., and 7:00 p.m. There will be choir and hymns at the 7:00 p.m. Eucharist. Saturday, February 16, 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Quiet Day. The Daughters of the King invite all members of the parish to a Lenten Quiet Day to help prepare us for this most holy season. Sunday, February 17 – We will begin our Lenten study of Patterns of Life in the Spirit at 10:00 a.m. in Grace Chapel and our Bible study of the Epistle to Hebrews at noon. Wednesday, February 20 – The first of our 5 Lenten soup suppers and Meditative Eucharists. We gather for soup at 6:00 p.m. and then proceed into Grace Chapel for our meditative service. Once again this year we will welcome a harpist for the musical meditations. The theme of our reflections is Forty Days and Forty Nights: A Journey from the Wilderness to Jerusalem. February 20: Temptation February 27: Sin March 6: Repentance March 13: The Cross March 20: Forgiveness
The Wednesday Evening Soup Schedule Each week members of various Parish groups provide the soup for our soup suppers. In addition to making the soup (about a crock pot full) those who provide soup help serve and clean up as well. Here is the schedule for Lent 2013: February 20: Staff February 27: Vestry March 6: Young Adults and Families with Young Children March 13: Women March 20: Men There will be signup sheets on the bulletin board so that anyone who would like to make a soup on any of the Wednesday nights may do so.
The Day School will be accepting applications from St. Mark's parishioners between the middle and end of February, before returning-student and general public applications are taken in March. The Day School serves children ages 2 through Pre-K.
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Outreach For February the Outreach Committee is collecting peanut butter and jelly in plastic containers on behalf of El Buen Samaritano. Help stock the food pantry by bringing your donations to the Parish Hall! The Outreach Committee would also like to enlist some new volunteers to help with dropping off the collected donations on the last Friday of every month during the morning. This would merely entail picking up items from the church and delivering them to El Buen (near Manchaca and William Cannon). You don’t need a big car or big muscles to do this! If we get 12 volunteers, each person would only deliver one time per year! If you are interested in helping out and delivering to El Buen, please contact Becky Poynot at badpoynot@yahoo.com.
Save the Date! May 18 St. Mark’s will participate in a Habitat for Humanity Build. We need 20 volunteers to build and additional volunteers for the lunch crew.
Musical Notes The seasons of Lent and Easter take us on a profound journey. We begin with a time of reflection and self-evaluation. We experience the momentary jubilation of Palm Sunday, only to be humbled by the events surrounding Christ’s Last Supper, his prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane, and his death for us on the cross. We reach triumphant heights in the celebration of his resurrection and ascension, and finally give thanks for the gift of God’s Holy Spirit. The penitential Forty Days of Lent and the Great Fifty Days of Eastertide have inspired composers to write some of the best sacred music ever composed. This spring, our choirs will help us to encounter Christ along this journey in new and deeper ways. Some special services to mark on your calendar are: Ash Wednesday (February 13): Adult Choir sings for the 7:00 p.m. service Wednesday Evenings in Lent: Harpist Lisa Lamb plays for the 7:00 p.m. Chapel services Palm Sunday (March 24): Choristers and Adult Choir lead the procession at 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. Maundy Thursday (March 28): Adult Choir sings Palestrina and Mozart for the 7:00 p.m. service Easter Sunday (March 31): Festival Music for Choir, Trumpet, and Organ at 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. Festal Evensong for Eastertide (May 5): Choral Service with Adult Choir and Flute at 5:00 p.m. Please plan to attend the special service of Evensong at 5:00 p.m. on May 5. This will be a beautiful and moving choral service in the Anglican tradition. The Adult Choir will sing the magnificent Stanford Service in C. We will sing an ethereal setting of the Phos hilaron by Houston composer David Ashley White, and a beautiful new anthem for choir, piano and flute by composer Howard Helvey. Glorious hymns, Anglican chant, and the profound liturgy of Evening Prayer will combine to create a powerful worship experience.
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Parish Life First Friday Book Group The First Friday Book Group is meeting on the second Friday (February 8), rather the first Friday in February. We will be discussing The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendkler. The book jacket says, “The Art of Hearing Heartbeats is a magical and uplifting tale of hardship and resilience, and the unyielding power of love to move mountains.” There is no meeting in March, to allow more time to read Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Friday, April 5.
Women’s News February is a busy month... February 3rd is the Super Bowl February 12th is Mardi Gras & Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper @ 6 p.m. February 13th is Ash Wednesday. Services at 7:15 a.m., 12:15 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. February 14th is Valentine's Day February 18th is Presidents' Day February 24th is The Academy Awards
And last, but not least . . . February 25th is Bunco. The dynamic duo of dice and dishes is back in 2013. Join us at 6:30 p.m. If you have never joined in for a night of Bunco, please do not hesitate to put the evening on your new calendar and come join the FUN. I realize we are all working hard to keep our resolutions and I came across a tiny tidbit in a piece of Dove dark chocolate that says "It's OK to be fabulous AND flawed!" Cheers, Yvonne Chavez Remember to Keep a Smile on Your Face and Love in Your Heart
From the Garden
Families with Young Children
January rain was a welcome relief in the long dry spell we have been experiencing! St. Mark’s gardeners are still taking a little break as we wait for spring and seasonal color. February can be such a lovely time for enjoying pretty weather and the last days of winter. It is also a great time for planning spring projects and winter cleanup. The grounds are waiting for fresh ideas from YOU! Adopt a spot and watch it grow!
FWYC organizes activities and outings for families with young children (age 10 and under). To add yourself to the FWYC mailing and evite list, email Bradley Johnson (bradleysphotography@gmail.com) and Laura Merritt (lmerritt@wsgr.com) with your contact information.
Diane Brewer, Coordinator
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Starting Friday, February 15 , at 12 there will be a walking group for parents with young children. We will meet at the south side of the Mopac pedestrian bridge every other Friday and head out for a walk. Pace and distance can be determined depending on the kids and weather conditions. Upcoming dates are February 15 and March 1, 15, and 29. The following events are on the FWYC calendar: Feb. 12 – 6:00 p.m. pancake supper and Mardi Gras mask craft at the church. March 24 – Easter Egg dying and pot luck lunch following the 11 a.m. service. March 31 – Easter Egg hunt.
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Christian Formation For Children and Youth (by Cathy Nelson, Director of Religious Education) The final Sunday of the season of Epiphany will be February 10. During the rest of February, the children’s programs will shift their focus from the “green, growing season” of Epiphany to the season of Lent and preparation for Easter. But before we begin Lent, the Families with Young Children group will really make our traditional Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper a party for children, with crafts to go along with the pancakes! Join us to celebrate the end of Epiphany. Join us on February 12 at 6:00 p.m. for pancakes and crafts! Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 13. Families can attend one of three services here at St. Mark’s, at 7:15 a.m., 12:15 p.m. or 7:00 p.m., for the imposition of ashes. Our Lenten Soup Supper, service and music program on Wednesdays, Sunday classes and the worship services during Lent and Holy Week invite all of us to experience transformation into Easter people. Lenten calendars and publications for children and adults will be available in the Parish Hall to help us along our journey. Our church library, found in the Parish Hall, contains books for families seeking ways to practice Lenten disciplines in the home. I also recommend the following collection of material about Lent provided by Church Publishing for those who wish to learn more about the history and meaning of Lent in the church. www.churchpublishing.org/media/custom/IN-Formation/Lent2013.pdf In the article are definitions, ideas and suggestions for church educators and individuals. According to this document, one of the origins of the word “Lent” may derive from the Latin lentare, which means, “to bend.” This understanding reinforces a sense of Lent as a time of preparation for personal and collective transformation. Having nurtured ourselves through Advent, Christmas and Epiphany, Lent becomes the time to look truthfully at ourselves and make changes.” This may be a difficult idea to explain to children but I was inspired by an article I read about “ennui” in children, or for that matter, in our own lives. I wondered if we could take advantage of the everyday moments to make small changes in our lives. Sally Thomas is a Godly Play Trainer in Denver whose article, Ennui and the Still Small Voice, was posted on the Building Faith Online Christian Ed Community website. Thomas talked about the quiet wondering called for in the Godly Play program, as well as in life. I wonder if this could be a focus for us and our children this Lent. Following is an excerpt from her article: Boredom, popular culture seemed to say, was unacceptable and needed to be fixed by parents and teachers. For our short 45 minutes a week in Godly Play, our program heartily and humbly disagrees. A little space in your day, between your thoughts, and between your scheduled events is a good thing. Perhaps the issue is more the meaning of the word. When children say, “I am bored,” they may, in fact be bored. That is an opportunity for that person to figure out what works best to solve their sense of boredom. The old “Give a man a fish versus teach him to fish” story. Alternatively, I wonder if maybe the issue is with our current lexicon. “Boring” from a child’s perspective may not mean boring at all but rather it is the only word they know to describe the sense of not being completely absorbed or engaged. The dopamine and adrenaline surge that floods all our brains with hyper-stimulation has eased off a little and leaves you feeling uneasy. (How often do you say to yourself, “I should be doing
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February 2013 something!”) Perhaps, that in-between place is actually a gift. A time where one’s mind, heart, and spirit can slow down enough to really, deeply pay attention to what is around them and just wonder. For wonder invites a deeper wisdom (to paraphrase Walt Whitman) and I think we are too busy being busy to notice that we, in fact, are not ‘bored’ enough. Without a quiet heart, how can we hear “that still small voice” that so often is God’s reaching out to us? Next time a child moans that they are bored, consider not fixing the situation right away. Instead try, “I know when that boring feeling happens, if I wait just a few moments usually something really cool happens.” I bet it will. And in that in-between time, maybe that still, small voice can be heard. http://www.buildfaith.org/2013/01/15/ennui-and-the-still-smallvoice/ I pray that our moments of ennui will bring us moments of Lenten transformation. Godly Play/Godly Play Two: Pre-Kindergartners, Kindergartners, and 1st and 2nd graders, respectively. Children will hear one of the parables Jesus told as he taught his followers, the Parable of the Good
Samaritan, and then prepare for Lent with The Holy Family and the Mystery of Easter. On the first Sunday of Lent they will begin the Lenten series, The Faces of Easter.
3rd, 4th and 5th graders: Various stories of Jesus’ ministry Jesus and Legion (Mark 5:1-20) and Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-10). During Lent, the class will begin reading a series of stories about important moments in Jesus’ life as he
prepares for his ministry, beginning with Jesus’ Baptism (Mark 1:9-12) and Jesus’ temptation (Luke 4:112). Middle School/High School: Classes will meet with Travis Smith and teachers Danielle Adkins, Jay Brown, Kathy Genet, and Harry Lipp for Bible study. Birth of Jesus and His Presentation at the Temple (Luke 2), 12-year-old Jesus at the Temple (Luke 2:41-
52). The stories during Lent include Jesus’ baptism (Luke 3:21-23) and Jesus’ Temptation in the Wilderness
(Luke 4:1-13) and Jesus’ Rejection in Nazareth and by Herod (Luke 4:14-31 & 13:31-35).
Save the Date: Summer Activities for St. Mark’s Children Sunday, June 2: The annual Heifer Living Gift Market will be held on the lawn at 11:00 a.m. Join us for the fun!
June 17-21: Vacation Bible School for children 4 years through 6th grade. There will be childcare for young children of parent leaders. A VBS team will be formed next month to begin planning. Please talk to Cathy Nelson if you are interested in helping with VBS this year. We’d love to share this great experience with both you and your children!
Camp Allen camps and events for children ages 8 through 18 years open on June 9. Check the board in the Parish Hall for applications, or go to Camp Allen’s website. Registration is under way! http://www.campallen.org/summercamp/calendar, for online registration, registration forms, information, and the calendar for campers and counselors.
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Adult Formation Our Adult Formation classes resume in February. On the first two weeks of February we will prepare for Lent by being led in a discussion of the value of journaling and having a Rule of Life. Parishioner Nancy Middlebrook will lead the discussion about a Rule of Life on February 10. The first Sunday of Lent is February 17, at which time we will begin our Lenten study of Patterns of Life in the Spirit, taught by Philip Turner. During the Tuesday noon Brown Bag Bible study we will be working our way through Frank Spina’s book, The Faith of an Outsider. And on Sunday, February 17, we will begin a new Bible study at noon, which will be taught by our senior seminarians, Jeremiah Griffin and Jonathan Hansen, on the book of Hebrews. February 3 at 10 in Grace Chapel: Preparing for a Holy Lent (Mary Ann Huston) February 10 at 10 in Grace Chapel: A Rule of Life (Nancy Middlebrook) February 17 at 10 in Grace Chapel: Patterns of Life in the Spirit (Philip Turner) February 17 at noon: A study of Hebrews (Jeremiah Griffin and Jonathan Hansen) February 24 at 10 in Grace Chapel: Patterns of Life in the Spirit (Philip Turner) February 24 at noon: A study of Hebrews (Jeremiah Griffin and Jonathan Hansen)
Parishioner Highlights I love the collaboration that Mike & Dee Ann did on this. They then wrote it in third person ending with a statement that speaks to so many of us related to the fact that we indeed are different individuals and “the whole really can be greater than the sum of its parts.” I so enjoy watching these two at church make this statement work for the betterment of St. Mark’s. What more can I say. Beth Chenoweth
Dee Ann and Mike Thomasson It always starts with gettin’ born: Dee Ann (Lundgren) in Brady, Texas, and Mike in Dallas. As a preemie, she spent the first two months of her life in an apple box in the sterilization room in what passed for a hospital in that small town. He lived in a nice brick house owned by his newly widowed grandmother and his Mom and Dad. Tough times in rural Texas during the great drought of the ‘50s finally drove the proud descendants of Swedish immigrants off the farm, which had never fully sustained them, to Abilene. A tall, skinny adolescent girl found herself in a much wider world than she had imagined. Job promotions sent the Thomassons first to San Antonio then to Oklahoma City, and Mike
began to understand that even unfamiliar places can provide a comfortable home. Mike began college at McMurry in Abilene a few weeks after high school graduation when his family made another relocation. Two years later, Dee Ann enrolled there and within a couple of months they started dating. It quickly became obvious that she liked to do things such as gardening, mowing the lawn, and washing cars that he also liked--- to watch. His father had the cleanest car on the block and he began to see the potential in Dee Ann as a partner. She loved flowers and every day he brought her a fresh cut flower from his family’s flower bed. It was only fitting because she had probably planted, watered, and fertilized them. After graduation he went off to graduate school in Nacogdoches, and she wrote him every day during
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February 2013 her senior year and included the Brenda Starr comic strip from the paper so he could keep up. She was president of her social club and was elected Valentine Queen. She had been a cheerleader as a sophomore, so for Dee Ann college was full of fun and hard work. They married in August before beginning his second year in graduate school. Two days later she began her first job at Nacogdoches Business College teaching various business practice courses. Mike was teaching an American History course at Stephen F. Austin and writing his thesis. She spent many evenings typing that project and claims to this day that the main reason he married her was so she could do the typing. After graduation, they spent two years at Temple Junior College each teaching in their professional field, until one day Mike announced that he wanted to move to Austin to study to be an Episcopal priest. That move came in the summer of 1967 and he spent the next year learning that perhaps he was not ready or fully committed to all that was involved in such a choice. After a year teaching mathematics at Lanier High School—pray for all public school teachers for they need all the help they can get—he entered the PhD program in the History Department at UT. All this time, Dee Ann had worked at the Texas Education Agency in increasingly responsible positions, but it was obvious to both of them that if they were going to have children, it needed to be given some priority in their life. After completing PhD course work, passing oral examination and beginning to write his dissertation, it became clear that beginning a family kept being pushed farther into the future. With openings for college teaching jobs drying up, and the growing realization that Austin was going to be hard to leave, they decided it was time to put the dissertation in a box—where it rests peacefully to this day—and set about having kids. Mike soon took a job as Executive Director of the Texas Environmental Coalition, a group with a noble goal— forming an alliance of all environmental organizations in the state for effective education and action—but woefully inadequate funding. A stable, paying job was essential with a child on the way so he began full time work with a State Senator as Consumer Affairs Committee Staff Director. In 1975, this committee produced the legislation that created the Public Utility Commission of Texas. Texas holds the distinction as the LAST state in the nation to enact
a comprehensive system of regulation for utility monopolies. During this time Dee Ann continued to work for TEA and then for the Office of Early Childhood Development, one of the cornerstone programs of LBJ’s Great Society. After leaving the Senate committee position, Mike went on to legislative and regulatory liaison work for electric cooperatives and then investor-owned electric utilities before retiring in 2005. Dee Ann subsequently worked part-time for an educational consulting services firm, as office manager for Camp Fire Boys and Girls, and as St. Mark’s Parish Administrator. Their daughters are Sarah Elizabeth Tso born January 1974 and Anne Catherine Geraci born rd November 1978. Sarah teaches 3 grade at Barton Hills Elementary where she has been for 12 years. She and husband Philip, a detective investigator for the Travis County Attorney, have two children, Benton, a kindergartner at Barton Hills, and Reagan, a pre-k student at St. Mark’s Day School. Anne lives in Sugar Land with husband Sam, a partner in an energy trading firm, along with Alexandra Grace (3) and Vincent Michael (20 months). Dee Ann and Mike’s history at St. Mark’s goes back to the time Mike was in Seminary, although they did not transfer their letter until the late 70s when they purchased a lot along the Barton Creek Greenbelt and began construction on a home in the neighborhood. They have both served on the Vestry—Mike having served under every rector beginning with Father Don Raish. They have been involved in the wide spectrum of activities from liturgical (acolyte master, altar guild, lay Eucharist minister, usher) to fellowship (chicken BBQ, Red Door Players, Martha’s, Garden Guild) and have loved every minute. Dee Ann was selected this past fall as an Honored Woman of the Diocese of Texas for 2012, being nominated by the Women of St. Marks. Just think how boring life would be if every person was exactly like everyone else. They are two very different individuals, but their story is a great example that the whole really can be greater than the sum of its parts. A small town West Texas girl and a guy who was raised in big cities meet at a Methodist college in Abilene, Texas, and spend the next 52 years (so far) discovering that in an atmosphere of love and respect, complementary interests, skills and talents can produce a joyful life. They feel richly blessed .
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Celebrations February Birthdays Marie Aboussie
02/02
Heather Azarmehr
02/12
Margaret Schlankey
02/21
Sherrie Johnson
02/02
Joe Eaton
02/12
Tim Hendricks
02/22
Annaclaire Kepple
02/02
Adam Gates
02/12
Dolores Minor
02/22
Evelyn Eaton
02/03
Stephen Sharpe
02/12
James Nelson
02/22
Flora Chambers
02/04
Brian Kelly
02/13
Pam Wood
02/22
Casey Smith
02/04
Michael Portman
02/13
Nicholas Berndt
02/23
Paul Crigger
02/05
David Randle
02/13
Meredith Childs
02/23
Jennifer Baumgart
02/06
Laura Van Wyk
02/13
Manuel de la Rosa
02/23
Ella Hoopman
02/06
Vicky Hill
02/14
Greta Olivas
02/23
Connor Lightsey
02/06
Ariston Awitan
02/16
Millie Casparis
02/24
Mateo Moreno
02/06
Maria Fuhrman
02/16
Stephanie Craven
02/24
Barbara Wilson
02/06
Robert Glover
02/16
Jeanne Erichson
02/24
Sarah Boyd
02/07
Jim Clark
02/19
Ashlynn Russey
02/25
Sam Green
02/08
Cort Considine
02/19
Wenlan Lawrence
02/26
Phillip Harwell
02/08
Sloan Kurak
02/19
James Beesley
02/27
Michael Huston
02/09
Avery Loyd
02/20
Jackie Hall
02/27
Maria Lubeck
02/09
Clint Rogers
02/20
Laurie Mayor
02/27
John Chenoweth
02/10
Audrey Stephenson
02/20
Liz Badger
02/28
Jonathon Mayor
02/10
Kava Lipp
02/21
Amy Newman
02/28
February Anniversaries Darcy & Eric Goff
02/02
Jean & Frank Severn
02/02
Melissa & Thomas Pollard
02/10
Kay & Jay Brown
02/25
Jewellyn & Scott Forrest
02/27
February Caffeine Ministry 3rd
10th
17th
24th
Early – Danielle Adkins
Early – Terry Dempsey & Marsha Topham
Early – Judith & Jon Dullnig
Early – Lynn & John Edgerton
Late – Amalia & Manuel de la Rosa
Late – George & John De Marines
Late – Jeff Doidge, Lisa Leach
Late – Sue & Jim Crowson
Early: Arrive 15 minutes before 9 a.m. service, make lemonade, set out cookies, etc. (Coffee will already be made.) Late: After 11 a.m. service, replenish cookies, and other supplies. After hospitality time, clean up all containers. Complete instructions are in the kitchen above the coffee maker. *If you are unable to make your time, contact the vestry member for February, Kathy Genet.
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ROTA February 3
LECTOR
Amelia Sondgeroth
Pattie Rose
Jill Collins
Amelia Sondgeroth
Jon Dullnig
LEM and ACOLYTE
Pattie Rose
Jill Collins
Jonea Raney
Nancy Middlebrook
Pattie Rose
USHERS
Jonea Raney Jill Collins
Danielle Adkins Stephen White
Ed Shipsey Al McKinney
Beth Chenoweth Mary Smith
Jon & Judith Dullnig
LECTORS
9:00 SERVICE
LEM
ACOLYTES
USHERS
GREETERS LECTORS
11:00 SERVICE
LEM
ALTAR GUILD
ACOLYTES
Mary-Alis Kelly (1) Brian Kelly (2) Bill Kibler Lynn Edgerton Abbe Kelly Will Kelly Abigail Goff Claudia Janes Kim B. Mark Breen Dee Ann Thomasson Dick Wells Dodie Wells Glen Baumgart Barbette & John Cooper
Youth Sunday
February 17
February 24
MINISTRY
7:30 SERVICE
February 10
TIME
Youth Sunday
March 3
Mary Ann Huston Jonathan Hansen
Mike Thomasson (1) Cindy Bogard (2) Jeremiah Griffin Lynn Edgerton
Vivian Orndorff Gary Taylor
Becky Janes (1) Ken Whalen (2) Mike Thomasson (only one needed
Connor Fuhrman Davis Fuhrman Ethan Fuhrman TBD
Bennett Whalen Ariston Awitan IV Matthew Awitan Clara Bogard
Connor Lightsey Suzanne Lightsey TBD TBD
Abbe Kelly Will Kelly Abigail Goff Claudia Janes
Mike Brode Phil Aboussie Ross Ramsey
Ken Whalen Ariston Awitan III Dan Bogard
John Edgerton Casey Edgerton Kevin Cromack
Mark Breen Dee Ann Thomasson Dick Wells Dodie Wells Glen Baumgart
Meredith Childs Kevin Cromack
Cindy & Dan Bogard
Kim Buckner Michael Meigs
Barbette & John Cooper
Andrea Michael (1) Jim Crowson (2)
Phil Aboussie (1) Barbara Dody (2)
Steve Niemeyer (1) Kimberly Horne (2)
Karen Milton (1) Michael Meigs (2)
Matt Lamon (1) Liz Davis (2)
Jeremiah Griffin Liz Davis Patrick Camp Max Genet Claire Dempsey Ryan Dempsey Jay, Mary Ann
Mary Ann Huston Dru Cabler
Jim Casparis Vivian Orndorff
Brenda White Rex White
Jeremiah Griffin (only one needed
Wes Johns
Sara Thiessen Katey Orndorff Asher Eaton Luke Thiessen
Carey Stangl Matt Forrest Ben Forrest Sam Forrest
Michael Brode Bonnie Brode Elijah Gallardo Evan Overstreet
Youth
Winston Baxter- Harwell Emmaline BaxterHarwell
Claire Cabler
Youth
USHERS
Carolyn Wier James Wier Bo Overstreet Rick Tennant John De Marines
Jim Casparis Charles Brewer Bob Peterek Manuel de la Rosa Jim Nolan Ryan Marquess
Henry Olivas Lark Anthony Yvonne Chavez
Frank Severn Jean Severn Jay Doran Jodie Doran
Carolyn Wier James Wier Bo Overstreet Rick Tennant John De Marines
GREETERS
Jean & Frank Severn
Jay Doran
Shelly Botkin Ryan Marquess
Lark Anthony Barbara Dody
Jean & Frank Severn
Sat. 9:00
Jonea Raney-TC Jill Collins Carolyn Wier Karen Milton Lynn Edgerton
Diana Stangl-TC Liz Davis Judy Elkins Barbara Dody Pat Bullock
Jonea Raney-TC Jill Collins Carolyn Wier Cynthia Archer
Depositor
Millie Casparis-TC Dee Ann Thomasson-TC Helen Anderson Dodie Wells Henry Olivas Tina Stonebarger Cynthia Archer Doris Edgar Susan Baxter-Harwell Millie Casparis
Bo Overstreet
Jim Nolan
Dru Cabler
Al McKinney
Frank Severn
WED. 6 p.m.
February 6
February 13 Ash Wednesday
February 20
February 27
March 6
Lector
Meredith Childs
Rex White Dodie Wells
TBD
TBD
TBD
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February 2013
Vestry Andrew Poynot, Sr. Warden
Vestry members: Dan Bogard, Susan Bonnen, Shelly Botkin, Kim Buckner, Lynn Edgerton, Kathy Genet, Becky Janes, David Johns, Nancy Kibler, J.P. Kloninger Jim Nolan, Bo Overstreet, Ross Ramsey, Rex White
Deadline for the March 2013 St. Mark’s News is Friday, February 15, 2013. Please submit your article by email as an attachment to: office@stmarksaustin.org.
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church 2128 Barton Hills Drive Austin, TX 78704 512.444.1449 www.stmarksaustin.org office@stmarksaustin.org
Committees
Staff
Acolytes: Jay Brown, Carol Oppel, Mary Cromack, Kim Kiplin, and Kim Buckner Altar Guild: Millie Casparis Building Committee: Amelia Sondgeroth Christian Formation: Cathy Nelson Communications: Pattie Rose Daughters of the King: Jonea C.S. Raney Women of St. Mark’s: Yvonne Chavez and Judy Elkins Facilities: Ray Smith Finance: John Edgerton Outreach: Becky Poynot and Laurie Mayor Parish Life: Brenda White Pastoral Care/Health Ministry: Jonea C.S. Raney Stewardship: Amelia Sondgeroth Ushers: Henry Olivas
Rector The Rev. Elizabeth Zarelli Turner Curate The Rev. Travis Smith Director of Religious Education Cathy Nelson Organist/Director of Music Mark Reed Seminarians Jeremiah Griffin Jonathan Hansen Vivian Orndorff Head of Day School Gina Newton Parish Administrator Joanne Foote Newsletter Editor Becky Janes
CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED
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