March 2014
St. Mark’s News Volume 17/Issue 3
From the Rector The month of March will begin with two feasts: the first a Cajun feast on Sunday, March 2, and the second our annual Shrove Tuesday pancake supper on March 4. But the feasting will turn quickly to Lenten fasting on Ash Wednesday (March 5) when we will hear again the invitation to the “observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God’s holy Word.” This invitation to a holy Lent gives us the outline for a Lenten discipline that involves both giving up (fasting and self-denial) and taking on (prayer and reading/meditating on the scriptures). In the Litany of Penitence that we prayer on Ash Wednesday we confess that “We have been deaf to your call to serve, as Christ served us.” The first question that comes to mind with respect to Lent is the question of what we will give up. The temptation is to embark on a program for self-improvement that may have very little to do with our relationship to God. What might fasting and self-denial look like during the season of Lent? In her book Girl Meets God Lauren Winner has a chapter about Lent. Winner was attending All Angels Episcopal Church around the corner from Zabar’s in New York City. The morning after Ash Wednesday her rector asked her what discipline she had adopted for Lent. She proudly said that In this Issue she had decided to fast every Friday, which she thought was much more impressive than giving up chocolate or caffeine. He commended her, but From the Rector .........................1 then said he would also like her to give up reading for Lent because Vestry Highlights ........................2 reading was what she most loved. The night before, in his Ash Lent at St. Mark’s .......................3 Parish Life ..................................4 Wednesday homily, he had spoken about the need to give up something Outreach ....................................6 that was truly important; truly yourself. He had also said that the real test Christian Formation ....................7 of self-denial comes in private: will we adhere to our devotions when no Celebrations .............................10 one was looking? Would we be diligent or would we cheat? Winner said Caffeine Ministry ......................10 that at first she was diligent and then she cheated. But even though she ROTA .......................................11 cheated she did not completely abandon the discipline, and in so doing she found that she spent more time in prayer. It was a discipline that did, in fact, move her closer to Jesus. So the question for each of us this Lent is what might we give up that is both truly important to us, and that might move us closer to Jesus. If we fast from food will it make us aware of our hunger and thirst for God? During that Lenten season Lauren Winner discovered that her fasting and self-denial were connected to a rich prayer life: she prayed more because she did not have her usual distraction of constant reading. How might we spend this Lent season praying more and reading more scripture? How might we spend this Lent serving as Christ served us? In October, at the annual clergy conference at Camp Allen, one of the speakers was the Rev. Christopher Martin who is the founder of The Restoration Project. The Restoration Project is a movement devoted to nurturing mature followers of Jesus with a clear call and by utilizing ancient spiritual practices. At its heart are three Practices (Prayer, Worship, Service) and seven vows (Pray, Worship, Serve, Give/tithe,
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March 2014 Learn, Listen and Join a small group). The Restoration Project has issued a Lenten Challenge for 2014: Pray for 20 minutes a day; Worship 1 hour a week; and Serve 4 hours a month. To that challenge I would add reading scripture every day of the week. There are numerous ways to go about doing this: read the lessons appointed each day for the Daily Office (we are currently in Year 2, and the readings for Lent begin in the Book of Common Prayer on page 951); read the Bible in a Year from Lent to Lent (see the website thecenterforbiblicalstudies.org which includes a daily reading of 3 chapters from the Old Testament, one Psalm, and one chapter from the New Testament); or for the truly ambitious you can order The Bible in 90 Days which is published by Zondervan. Another approach is to give your attention to one book of the Bible only. I have recently been doing this with the gospel of Matthew. N.T. Wright has a 2 Part Commentary entitled Matthew for Everyone. A portion of each chapter of the gospel is included, along with a brief commentary. If anyone needs a Bible I have nine hardback copies of the Oxford Annotated NRSV in my office for anyone who might be in need/want of a Bible. Some additional suggestions for a holy Lent include: join the Daughters of the King for the Lenten Quiet Day on March 8; join us for soup and worship each Wednesday during Lent; worship every Sunday and attend Philip’s Adult Formation class; journal; and worship every day during Holy Week. May this month of March be for each of us a holy Lent.
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Vestry Highlights The St. Mark’s Vestry met on Tuesday, February 18, at 7:00 p.m. in the Bennett Wing classroom. After praying the Collect for Martin Luther’s commemoration, and approving the agenda and last month’s minutes, we welcomed two guests, Sloan Kurak and Ellie Reshetnikov, who presented plans for improvement to the Day School entrance and classroom entrances: awnings over the classroom doors, replacement of the chain link fence with another fencing option, a low stone wall bordering the parking lot, and entry posts and sign. The teachers have not yet been shown the proposal(s) so it was suggested that the Day School Board show the teachers as well and get their input. Vestry members signed the Curate Agreement for the Diocese, which is necessary to receive the grant money for Travis’s salary. The vestry also decided to be responsible for making soup for the Lenten soup suppers on April 2. Elizabeth+ spoke about recent theft and vandalism of the Day School building and she gave a summary of the recent Diocesan Council in Galveston. Travis+ reported on the recent Families with Young Children taco lunch on the deck and on the Youth Ministry and their recent service to the Trinity Center. Mr. Kloninger gave the report of the Finance Committee. Pledged income for year-to-date is high because we have received $16,000 in pre-payments for 2014. At the end of 2013 we exceeded our budget by $50,000+, so we moved that $50,000 into our Contingency Reserve. Reports included Education, Outreach, Facilities, Parish Life, Pastoral Care/Health Ministries, Newcomers, Building, and Day School. The next outreach opportunities are the Habitat Build on March 22, an adult diaper drive, and helping a parishioner with repairs to her home. The Marthas/Parish Life committee will be setting up for the Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper and the soup suppers during Lent. The Newcomers’ ministry is busy welcoming guests and involving newcomers in our various ministries. The Day School Board has been in the process of building a budget for the 2014-2015 school year, which includes tuition and salary increases.
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March 2014 There was discussion about health care benefits for our lay employees. Our policy has been to provide health insurance for employees working 30 + hours a week. St. Matthew’s provides it for employees who work over 20 hours a week. We have budgeted $36,000 for Health/Outreach Contingency. The vestry agreed that we ought to be providing health insurance, but the logistics of doing so have yet to be worked out. St. Matthew’s offers HMO policies through the Church Pension Group. It is offered to all employees exceeding 20 hours a week. Diana Stangl and Elizabeth+ will do more research on the best way to proceed. The meeting ended with Compline.
Lent at St. Mark’s Tuesday, March 4 – Better than IHOP! Don’t miss our annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper of pancakes, sausage, fruit cups and 100% maple syrup. The perfect way to feast before our Lenten fast! The dinner starts at 6:00 in the Parish Hall. Wednesday, March 5 – Ash Wednesday. The season of Lent begins with Ash Wednesday on March 5. 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. Saturday, March 8, 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. Wednesday Evenings in Lent 6:00 p.m. Soup Supper in the Parish Hall (sign up to bring a soup!) 7:00 p.m. Meditations and Music - Holy Eucharist, Rite II This year the theme for our Wednesday evening meditative readings is the Lenten Collects. Our guest musician will be classical guitarist Stephen Krishnan. Before moving to Austin, Stephen studied guitar with nationally known performer Alan Johnston in Minneapolis for twelve years. During that time, Stephen was featured in NPR’s prestigious “From the Top” broadcast. Stephen currently studies with Adam Holzman at the University of Texas. He is a frequent performer throughout the Austin area, and he was recently featured in the Cactus Café’s “Classical Cactus” series. He plays in the UT Guitar Quartet, which has been honored at competitions throughout Texas. Please plan on attending Wednesday evenings in Lent, where Stephen’s meditative guitar selections will be paired with readings and reflections that call us to a Holy Lent. Lenten Sunday Worship 7:30 a.m. Rite I Holy Eucharist 9:00 a.m. Rite II Holy Eucharist 11:00 a.m. Rite I Holy Eucharist
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Parish Life First Friday Book Group March 7 at 11:00 a.m. in the Bennett Wing Classroom Benediction, by Kent Haruf Kent Haruf has written three novels set in Holt, Colorado: Plainsong, Eventide, and Benediction. The First Friday Book Group will be discussing Benediction, having already read the first two in the series. Chris Schluep said this about Benediction: “The experience of reading Haruf is a slow burn, but as we meet the people who gather around Dad Lewis in his final days we begin to see that this is a book about community, about the things that bind us, as well as the secrets we keep to ourselves. Haruf writes with a tense, quiet realism that elevates life and death, granting both a dignity that touches on poetry.” On Friday, April 4, we will read Heft by Liz Moore On Friday, May 2, we will read Canada by Richard Ford
Women’s News March is a busy month. On Sunday, March 2, the little “blue boxes” (United Thank Offering) will be available at all three services. March 2nd is the last Sunday before Lent. The UTO boxes will be our traditional Lenten practice: almsgiving. We will give alms and thanks during the season of Lent using our Lenten alms/mite boxes. We will return them on April 27, the Sunday following Easter. Tuesday, March 4, is the Pancake Supper. The Marthas will be decorating the Parish Hall for this event. All the necessary ingredients will be purchased for the men to get all the delicious pancakes cooked. In Lent we begin our Lenten Soup Supper series. The women will provide soups on Wednesday, March 12. Please check the signup sheet in the Parish Hall and add your name if
you can provide a soup. We need at least 10 soups, including two vegetarian soups. Saturday, March 15, the Diocesan ECW Spiritual Growth Workshop, “Tending Your Spiritual Garden,” is in Salado. The amazingly beautiful St. Joseph Chapel originally was a shed sitting in a field. You must register at epicenter.org/spiritual-growth-event to attend this free workshop. After attending workshop stations to gather advice on taking care of ourselves, we can spend the rest of the day in Salado having lunch and shopping. Please add your name to the posted flyer in the Parish Hall after you register. Attendance is limited to 70 in the Austin Convocation. We gather again on Monday, March 24, for Potluck and Bunco. Come eat and play! Last but not least, Monday, March 31, is the due date for Vera Gang Scott Applications. Young women who are graduating seniors this year can get the available applications online at http://www.epicenter.org/ecw-funds/
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Garden Guild Brrrrrrr! This has been the coldest February in a long time! What this means for us gardeners is a much delayed spring spree! Much will need to be trimmed in a winter cleanup effort! Guilders will enjoy a work party once spring finally arrives. Punxsutawney Phil may or may not have seen his shadow, but Armand the Armadillo definitely did! Al McKinney has continued his work on the flowerbed at the church entrance drive, cleaning up around the beautiful oak tree that was unveiled last year. It was previously in shadows of many cedars and other “trash trees.” Recently, tree trimmers came to prune up the oak, while Al has been out in the area on many a cold day, removing more brush as well as logs that had been sitting since last year’s initial cleanup. At this writing much of our plantings are dormant and reacting in a stalwart way to the frigid seesaw weather we have had of late. Spring will come in March this year, for a change! Watch our gardeners bring it back. MEETING NOTICE: Becky would like to meet with all of us garden guilders and anyone else who might be interested, on Sunday, March 2, at 10:15 a.m., on the deck so that we can make a plan for reinvigorating our existing areas and spring into action. The earth laughs in flowers ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Becky Nolan and Diane Brewer
Music Notes Throughout Lent, Holy Week, and the Easter Season, the St. Mark’s music ministry will present special choral and instrumental music to help you reflect on these meaningful times of the liturgical year. Sunday, March 2, is the Last Sunday after Epiphany. The choir will sing a stunning arrangement of “Fairest Lord Jesus” and the hymns will resound with “alleluias” as we celebrate the transfiguration of our Lord and the last Sunday before Lent. Wednesday, March 5, is Ash Wednesday. Meditative hymns and organ pieces will help you to enter into a holy Lent. The choir will sing Parry’s introspective anthem “Dear Lord and Father of Mankind.” The choir will also sing the 16th-century English anthem, “Lord, for thy Tender Mercy’s Sake.” Sunday, March 9, is the First Sunday in Lent. We will begin the 9:00 and 11:00 services by chanting the Great Litany. Wednesday Evening Prayer Services will be held in the Chapel at 7:00 during Lent. Classical guitarist Stephen Krishnan will provide music for these services of readings, prayers, and time for reflection. Sunday, March 30, marks the midpoint of Lent, and is sometimes called “Laetare (Rejoicing) Sunday.” In some traditions, it was a time for a mild relaxation of Lenten discipline during the penitential season. On Mid-Lent Sunday this year, the Adult Choir and Choristers will sing “Children of Light.” The Choristers will also sing a beautiful arrangement of “Hymn of Promise” with clarinet accompaniment. April 13 is Palm Sunday. The Choristers and Adult Choir will sing an introit before the start of the outdoor procession at the 9:00 and 11:00 services. April 17 is Maundy Thursday. The choir will sing works of Mozart, including the Missa Brevis in D Minor, Laudate Dominum, and Ave Verum Corpus. Please plan to attend what promises to be a meaningful worship service as we remember the Last Supper and prepare for Good Friday. April 20 is Easter Sunday. The choir will sing joyous music with organ and trumpets at 9:00 and 11:00.
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Outreach Diaper Collection for March We will be collecting adult diapers in March for the Austin Diaper Bank (www.austindiapers.org). All sizes are needed. Please place items in the El Buen Samaritano bin in the Parish Hall.
Volunteer Opportunity: Park Clean-up Day March 1 It’s My Park Day, on March 1, is sponsored by the Austin Parks Foundation. This is the Foundation’s biggest volunteer event, working throughout the city to improve parks and greenbelts. St. Mark’s will be participating in It's My Park Day on March 1, 2014, from 9 a.m.1 p.m. Pre-registration is required and helps the project hosts plan accordingly— there’s a free t-shirt involved! Go to http://www.austinparks.org/its-my-parkday.html and sign-up for Barton Creek Greenbelt, Homedale Entrance. Everyone, all ages, are invited to join this effort. Bring gardening items, including a shovel, or weed-wrench, gloves and help out with the many opportunities.
St. Mark’s Day School Admissions Timeline
Priority applications for active members of St. Mark's Church will be processed from February 17 through March 3. Applications will be available for church members in the Parish Hall beginning on Sunday, February 16.
Current Day School students, siblings of current and former students, along with family members of Day School staff will be given the opportunity to apply beginning on Monday, March 3. At the end of school on March 3, applications will be distributed in all cubbies. Copies will also be available in the school office at pick-up time. An email will be sent to all current families including a PDF of the application.
All other applicants are given the opportunity to apply beginning on Monday, March 24. A PDF of the application will be emailed to all families on the Prospective Parent Email List. On that day a PDF application will also be uploaded to the website. Printed copies will be available in the school office. Priority will be given to families who have paid to be placed on the waitlist.
Applications for Summer Camp follows the same schedule.
Don’t Forget! Daylight Saving Time 2014 begins at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, March 9.
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Christian Formation Children’s Christian Formation, Cathy Nelson, DRE Christian educators constantly discuss the role the Church plays in a changing society. Often the discussion leans toward glossier programming to entice people into the building, other times it is about meeting people outside the church or becoming more like the secular world, and sometimes it is to remain constant to its roots in the early church. The Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada has taken on this debate, beginning by questioning its policies about who is welcome at Communion—baptized, confirmed, and believers in the “real presence” in the elements, or some combination of the three. Soon, they realized that the question led to bigger questions, that it was not simply a question of how to be more welcoming but learning what it means to be a Christian. The Primate says that the only way for the Church to grow in a time when people no longer “go to church to maintain their reputation as good citizens” much less relate to God in everyday life, is for Christians to gather, read the scriptures, experience the sacraments, ask questions, reflect and respond to God’s word, or in other words, resurrect the early church’s catechumenal process of formation. And so the task force created Becoming the Story We Tell: renewing our engagement with Christ crucified and risen, a Lent and Easter program that asks Christians to “re-enter the deep drama at the heart of the biblical story,” to “refocus our life together around the defining moment in our story: the life, death and resurrection of our Lord.” The lectionary of the Church year invites us to enter this drama found in the scriptures and follow Jesus through his birth, ministry, rejection, crucifixion, resurrection and ascension. Only then will we “rediscover our calling as disciples of the Lord, and as his Body, the Church.” The Primate’s Proposal says that Lent is a particularly important time in our ongoing work to become disciples of Jesus because during Lent we are with Jesus as he makes his way to the cross, and we remember how he was rejected by the world and crucified. Only then do we begin to understand “God’s triumph over evil in raising him from the dead” and want to share the good news with others. http://www.anglican.ca/primate/files/2013/12/ThePrimates-Proposal.pdf
Looking for Lenten activities to do at home?
Beulah Enterprises offers a full range of Christian books and toys, including butterfly gardens. (www.beulahenterprises.org)
CandlePress booklets offer a variety of activities on a theme that can take place over the weeks of Lent. www.candlepress.com
Bible for Kids app By LifeChurch.tv, free for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The app has seven Bible stories including the story of Easter, for children to read or listen to.
Adapted from Print Resources for Families & MultiGenerations, Copyright © 2013. All rights reserved. Sharon Ely Pearson—Church Publishing Inc. www.churchpublishing.org/media/custom/INFormation/Lent2013.pdf
So, what does this say to St. Mark’s families? We continue doing what we do so well. We continue to bring our children to worship together with the St. Mark’s community; to participate in the rituals and liturgy of the Church; to read the scriptures; to ask questions, reflect and respond to God’s word. And when it is time to celebrate Easter with the traditional Easter Egg Hunt, we will better understand the “deep drama at the heart of the biblical story,” to “refocus our life together around the defining moment in our story: the life, death and resurrection of our Lord.” And recognize this story that is also our story, one that we want to share. With that in mind, I invite you to bring your children to the many services offered at St. Mark’s church during Lent, as well as the Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper preceding Lent and the Wednesday night soup suppers and services.
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March 2014 Almost as important as being a part of corporate worship is families incorporating some Lenten practices into home life. St. Mark’s has many books in our library with ideas for celebrating Lent at home. Some ideas are saying a daily prayer together; reading the stories or the scriptures in the Daily Office found in the Book of Common Prayer; participating in an outreach project or filling a UTO box; researching the traditions behind why pretzels are baked during Lent and then baking your own; and starting a butterfly garden and releasing the newly hatched butterfly on Easter. Celebrating together at home reminds us that God is part of our daily lives, not just something we experience at church on Sundays. This month at church, we will begin the Season of Lent on Ash Wednesday, March 5. Following the example of Jesus during his time of fasting in the wilderness before he began his ministry, the church will spend the next forty days in preparation for the celebration of Easter. In Church School classes this month, the children will be preparing for Easter as well. In the Godly Play class for Pre-Kindergartners and Kindergartners and the Godly Play Two class for 1st and 2nd graders, the children will begin to prepare for Lent and Easter. On March 2, the classes will hear The Holy Family to mark the change in the season of the Church, and get ready for Lent with the story The Mystery of Easter. On March 9, 16, 23 and 30, they will hear the stories of Jesus’ journey to the cross in the Lenten series The Faces of Easter. The 3rd, 4th and 5th graders will meet with David Genet and parent helpers to hear more of the stories of the first deacons & Steven (Acts 6- 8:1a) Lent I— Simon the Sorcerer (Acts 8:9-25) Lent II— Peter and Dorcas (Acts 8:32-43) Lent III— Peter, Cornelius and the big dream (Acts 10) Lent IV— Saul & Barnabas on Cyprus (Acts 13: 1-12). The Youth Class for Middle School and High School youth will meet with Travis Smith and teachers Danielle Adkins, Jay Brown, and Kathy Genet in the Bennett Wing for Bible study.
Adult Formation On March 2 our senior seminarian, Vivian Orndorff, will teach a class on Preparing for a Holy Lent. On March 9, Philip Turner will begin his Lenten series entitled A Christian Perspective on Death and Dying. Lent is that season during which we focus our attention on our Lord’s death on Good Friday. This is Philip’s description of his class: “Death is a universal fact of life. Care of the dying has been a central Christian ministry, but in recent years this care has been outsourced to medical professionals. Things have changed. One of the most significant is how we think about death and what we do about it. What do Christians believe about death and dying and what do those beliefs suggest about care of those in the last days of their lives?”
Save the Date: Summer Activities for St. Mark’s Children Heifer Living Gift Market & Graduation Sunday, Sunday, June 1 @ 11 a.m. on the lawn. Vacation Bible School, June 16-20, 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 this year. We’d love to share this great experience with both you and your children! Camp Allen camps and events for rising 3rd through 12th graders opens on June 8. Check Camp Allen’s website, http://campallen.org/summercamp/calendar, for on-line registration, registration forms, information, and the calendar for campers and counselors.
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Parishioner Highlights As I read this I thought how fortunate we are that James and Carolyn Wier traded the Baptist life for one with St. Mark’s. From public service to service at St. Mark’s the Wiers have covered a lot of interesting ground in their service careers and work history. The sister that Carolyn speaks of in the article, Millie Casparis, do they resemble each other, or not? See what you think. They sit together in the first pew on the left side of the church for the 11 o’clock service. And how rare to watch a national TV show and see your grandchild and his girlfriend taking third place in the contest. So we thank both James and Carolyn for their beautiful artistic additions and all their support and participation in making St. Mark’s a fabulous parish.
Beth Chenoweth Carolyn & James Wier We are true Texans. Both James and I, and our sons, Mike and David, were born in Austin and have lived in the Oak Hill and Enfield areas. We currently live in Buda, in the Ruby Ranch Neighborhood. While in Oak Hill, James and I were volunteer fire fighters where James was a senior coordinator for EMS and I was ECA. We moved closer to downtown Austin in the Enfield area when James began traveling more for work so I could be closer to my work. We moved to Buda about 7 years ago and decided to adopt a Blue Healer female dog from the Austin Dog Shelter named Dixie. Two years later we adopted an Australian Shepherd named Pumpkin. Not long after we got her, we learned she had a bad hip, which led to surgery. Pumpkin has a lot of energy and loves to herd the Axis, Antelope, and White tail deer that are very plentiful in our area, which led to getting a fence. She is one costly but loveable dog. Our oldest son Mike married and has two children, Benjamin & Shannon. David is married to Gari and they have three sons: Mc, Coty, and Trey. Grandsons Coty and Trey both graduated from UT. Trey was on the UT Football team where he received his T-Ring under Mac Brown. After graduating, Trey and his then-girlfriend were on the TV show, The Amazing Race, winning 3rd place. This past summer Trey and his girlfriend were married, celebrating with a huge wedding.
I was raised in the Austin First Baptist Church and taught Sunday school for 5+ years. James was a member of Hyde Park Baptist Church. We started looking for a smaller church and my sister, Millie Casparis, asked us to attend St. Mark’s. After the first visit we knew we were home. I currently serve on the following ministries at St. Mark’s: office volunteer, Martha’s, Altar Guild, ushering, and Daughters of the King in addition to anything else needed. James is an usher, a member of the Men’s Group, and a general handy-man whenever Elizabeth calls. James is also responsible for the beautiful iron cross on the outside wall of the Columbarium, crosses on the Meditation trail and instigator of St. Francis in Al’s garden. James has been in the construction and paving business all of his life. I worked for the Texas Department of Public Safety and retired several years ago but continued to work in the law enforcement field as a coordinator with A&M Homeland Security program in College Station until their contract ended. I received my private investigative license doing employment background investigations. Hobbies for James include time spent in his workshop I call the “Man Cave.” James was on the Board of our Home Owners Neighborhood Association for four years and we have hosted our first Ruby Ranch National Night Out. I like to meet the girls at Nordstrom and do a little shopping. We are interested in traveling and have made several trips to Israel, Greece and other European countries and hope to take a Baltic Sea cruise next year.
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March Celebrations Birthdays Samuel Smith Bennett Whalen Bonnie Brode John DeMarines Max Genet Evan Overstreet Emily Black Aimee Tennant Ken Whalen Robert Borja Drew Edgerton Jean Main Liz Davis Asher Eaton Roy Smithers Ross Ramsey Jennifer Santos Rocio Chagollan Nico Williamson Silvia Gates Cecilia Smith Debbie Thornal Tom Hourin Brett Pitt Ann Williams Phil Aboussie Joey Albers Carmen Smith Gregg LaMontagne Landon Phillips
03/01 03/01 03/03 03/03 03/03 03/03 03/04 03/04 03/05 03/06 03/06 03/06 03/07 03/07 03/07 03/08 03/08 03/09 03/09 03/10 03/10 03/10 03/11 03/11 03/12 03/14 03/14 03/14 03/15 03/15
Tara Pitt Lindy Siegismund Greta Gonzales Jim Ramsey Luke Smith Patricia Bullock Nancy Bachschmid Hunter Rogers Robert Dew Dominic Mayor George Anthony Pazdral Becky Poynot L.A. Williams Matt Schulz Emily Rogers Reagan Tso Christine Duke Nicholas Forrest Christopher Considine Jon Nogarede John Rogers Sarah Stasney-Chun Carol Cofer Mike Brode Amanda Lindeman Elizabeth Minne Mark Santos James Spindler John Delamater Piper Williamson
03/15 03/15 03/16 03/16 03/16 03/18 03/19 03/19 03/20 03/20 03/21 03/21 03/21 03/22 03/24 03/24 03/25 03/25 03/26 03/27 03/27 03/27 03/28 03/29 03/29 03/29 03/30 03/30 03/31 03/31
03/02 03/04 03/07 03/17 03/18
Jeannie & Glenn Lightsey Carolyn & James Wier Joanne Foote & Ariston Awitan Judy & Dave Elkins
03/20 03/20 03/21 03/30
Anniversaries Sue & James Crowson Eve & Sean Nunes Becky Brownlee & Ross Ramsey Claire & Chaz Ripoll Barbara & David Sharpe
Caffeine Ministry 3/2
Early: Late:
Kim Kiplin Becky Janes and Lisa Martin
3/23
Early: Late:
Glen and Jeannie Lightsey Laurie and Jonathon Mayor
3/9
Early: Late:
Marjie Lawrence and daughters Maria and Scott Lubeck
3/30
Early: Late:
Nancy Middlebrook & Margarita Moreno Michael Meigs and Karen Milton
3/16
Early: Late:
Al McKinney and Beth Chenoweth Ryan Marquess and Shelly Botkin
Early: Arrive 15 minutes before 9 o’clock service to make lemonade and set out cookies. Late: Replenish cookies and lemonade after 11 o’clock service. After hospitality time is over, clean and put away containers. If you are unable to make your assigned time, contact the vestry member responsible for March, Becky Janes.
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7:30
March ROTA
Jonea Raney Danielle Adkins Stephen White
March 2
LECTOR LEM / ACOLYTE USHERS LECTORS LEM
9:00 a.m.
Jill Collins
March 9 Youth Sunday Jon Dullnig
MINISTRY
ACOLYTES
USHERS
GREETERS LECTORS LEM
Becky Janes (1) Mary-Alis Kelly (2) Mike Thomasson Tom Schneider Connor Lightsey Clara Bogard Claire Dempsey Ryan Dempsey Carol, Kim B. Mark Breen Dee Ann Thomason Dodie Wells Glen Baumgart Maria & Mike Fuhrman
11:00 a.m.
Max Genet
GREETERS
ALTAR GUILD
Emmaline BaxterHarwell
Julia Comer Cindy, Jay
USHERS
Sat. 9:00
March 30 Choristers Jon Dullnig
Jill Collins-9
Jill Collins
Pattie Rose
Jonea Raney
Jill Collins
Jonea Raney
Judith & Jon Dullnig
Ed Shipsey Al McKinney
Jill Collins
Beth Chenoweth Mary Smith
Danielle Adkins Stephen White
April 6
Carol Oppel Gary Taylor
Mike Thomasson (1) Nancy Kibler (2) Bill Kibler Lynn Edgerton
Tom Schneider Kim Buckner
Mike Fuhrman (1) Ken Whalen (2) Vivien Orndorff Mike Thomasson
Connor Fuhrman Davis Fuhrman Ethan Fuhrman Hunter Rogers Carol
Abbe Kelly Will Kelly Nora Kelly TBD Carol
Carson Buckner Clay Buckner Claire Dempsey Ryan Dempsey Kim B.
Bennett Whalen Ariston Awitan IV Julia Comer Claudia Janes Kim B.
Glenn Lightsey (1) Cindy Bogard (2) Tom Schneider Carol Oppel Connor Lightsey Clara Bogard Abigail Goff Eleanor Goff Carol
Mike Brode Phil Aboussie Ross Ramsey
Ken Whalen Ariston Awitan Dan Bogard
John Edgerton Lynn Edgerton Kevin Cromack
Meredith Childs Kevin Cromack
Cindy & Dan Bogard
Kim Buckner Michael Meigs
Mark Breen Mike Brode Ken Whalen John Edgerton Meredith Childs Kevin Cromack
Mark Breen Dee Ann Thomason Dodie Wells Glen Baumgart Maria & Mike Fuhrman
Dave Elkins (1) Meredith Childs (2) Jay Brown Michele Bonner
Kimberly Horne (1) Kay Brown (2) Roger Seyler Ann Seyler
Liz Davis (1) Phil Aboussie (2) Rex White Brenda White
Karen Milton (1) Michael Meigs (2) Vivien Orndorff Dru Cabler
Wenlan Lawrence Sophie Lawrence Elijah Gallardo Evan Overstreet Cindy, Jay
Michael Brode Asher Eaton Bonnie Brode Evelyn Eaton Cindy, Jay
Wes Johns Matt Forrest Ben Forrest Sam Forrest Cindy, Jay
Patrick Camp Max Genet Josef Genet Claire Cabler Cindy, Jay
YOUTH
Andrea Michael (1) Andrew Poynot (1) Ann Seyler (2) Melissa Blanding (2) Ann Seyler Dru Cabler Tom Schneider Liz Davis Winston BaxterHarwell
ACOLYTES
Amelia Sondgeroth
March 23 Youth Sunday Margarita Moreno
March 16
Jay Brown Meredith Childs Michele Bonner Jay Brown Jay, Cindy
Carolyn Wier James Wier Bo Overstreet Rick Tennant John De Marines John Works Jean & Frank Severn
Jim Casparis Charles Brewer Bob Peterek Manuel de la Rosa Jim Nolan Ryan Marquess Jay Doran Diana Stangl
Jonea Raney-TC Jill Collins Carolyn Wier Henry Olivas
Meredith Childs-TC Diana Stangl-TC Karen Milton Dodie Wells Helen Anderson Tina Stonebarger Barbara Dody Susan Baxter-Harwell Liz Davis
Henry Olivas Lark Anthony Yvonne Chavez Darlene Goodnight Debbie Thornal Shelly Botkin & Ryan Marquess
YOUTH
Frank Severn Jean Severn Jay Doran Jodi Doran Pam Johns David Johns Lark Anthony Barbara Dody Dee Ann Thomasson-TC Judy Elkins Cynthia Archer Elijah Gallardo
Jay Doran Diana Stangl
Carolyn Wier James Wier Bo Overstreet Rick Tennant John De Marines John Works Jean & Frank Severn
Millie Casparis-TC Darlene Goodnight Debbie Thornal Pat Bullock Lynn Edgerton
Jonea Raney-TC Jill Collins Carolyn Wier Barbara Dody Pat Bullock
Carolyn Wier Jim Casparis Henry Olivas Frank Severn
Depositor
Bo Overstreet
Jim Nolan
Shelly Botkin
Al McKinney
Frank Severn
TBD
WED. 6 p.m.
March 5: 7 p.m. Ash Wednesday
March 12
March 19
March 26
April 2
April 9
Lectors
Meredith & Kevin Childs
Soup Supper/ Eucharist - TBD
Soup Supper/ Eucharist - TBD
Soup Supper/ Eucharist - TBD
Soup Supper/ Eucharist - TBD
Soup Supper/ Eucharist - TBD
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Vestry Kathy Genet, Sr. Warden J.P. Kloninger, Jr. Warden
Vestry members: Dan Bogard, Susan Bonnen, Shelly Botkin, Mark Breen, Suzann Dvorken, Becky Janes, David Johns, Nancy Kibler, J.P. Kloninger, Karen Milton, Jim Nolan, Bo Overstreet, David Randle, and Diana Stangl
Committees Acolytes: Jay Brown, Carol Oppel, Mary Cromack, Kim Kiplin, and Kim Buckner Altar Guild: Millie Casparis
Director of Religious Education Cathy Nelson
Christian Formation: Cathy Nelson Communications: Pattie Rose
Organist/Director of Music Mark Reed
Daughters of the King: Lisa Martin
Seminarians Vivian Orndorff Tom Schneider
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
Rector The Rev. Elizabeth Zarelli Turner Assistant Rector The Rev. Travis Smith
Building Committee: Amelia Sondgeroth
Women of St. Mark’s: Dee Ann Thomasson
Deadline for the April 2014 St. Mark’s News is Monday, March 17, 2014. Please submit your article by email as an attachment to: office@stmarksaustin.org.
Staff
Head of Day School Anne Wingler Parish Administrator Joanne Foote Newsletter Editor Becky Janes
Ushers: Henry Olivas
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church 2128 Barton Hills Drive Austin, TX 78704 512.444.1449 www.stmarksaustin.org office@stmarksaustin.org
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