A lot of things are about to happen at the same time, and it impacts us, and thrills us, at St. Francis. The first day of Spring is around the corner on March 20, then Easter on April 1. Three days later it is baseball’s opening day, Sandy reminded me this morning. May 13th is Mother’s Day, and by then we’re shining everything up, mopping the floors, power washing the labyrinth, and replenishing the sunscreen - because all those people we have missed so much, who we see only during the Summer, will be showing up. I can’t wait! It just might be nuts. The joy may be too much for us. It’s not that we have had such slim crowds that we are anxious to have some people out there. Actually, we have had amazingly good attendance all Fall and Winter. It’s just that it’s high time for everyone to be together. If you are among those who have been away, we think you will be happy with what you find in your “other” church. The choir has always been good,
but for a long time now they have been incredible. I don’t think there is a single choir down here that can touch them. The St. Clare Chapel, formerly “the porch” is a major worship space for small groups now, and is adorned with a magnificent original icon of St. Clare. The Wednesday noon Celtic Eucharist has grown significantly, with a number of liturgies from Iona on regular rotation. Penn Perry, Director of Trinity Center, reads a poem just before the beginning of many Sunday Services. That is a wildly popular new addition. And there are new people everywhere. We had the largest number of Confirmations and Receptions in the history of the parish when Bishop Rob came this year. And if you happen to be in a chapter of the Daughters of the King, you may be interested in the ministry of our new chapter. You need to bring your checkbook because before long our new cookbook will be back from the printer. You’ll want several for Christmas presents. The sand on the beach is warm. There (continued on page 2)
Everything is Lining Up: Come on Down
The Song of Saint Francis
It’s a Date!
3/2 KOSF/Senior
Center Spaghetti
Supper
3/3 Lenten Retreat
(page 7)
3/7 Lenten Supper #3
3/7 St. Clare
Coffee House
3/14 Lenten Supper #4
3/25 Palm Sunday
3/29 Maundy Thursday
Service with Choir
3/30 Good Friday
4/1 Easter Sunday
9:00 & 11:00
Services
4/6 Grenoldo Frazier
Jazz Concert
4/6 Anne Cowie
Gallery Opening
4/19 ECW Annual
Spring Meeting
Saint Francis by the Sea Episcopal Church ● Salter Path, North Carolina March 2018
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are colorful clothes on the people. I watched for a long time yesterday as a red kite meandered on the air cur-rents at The Circle. There is some-thing satisfying about a red kite against a Carolina blue sky. There are lots of dolphins and squadrons of pel-icans, and little yellow butterflies roll-er-coastering among the shrubbery. And the clouds! So come on down. Get the car ready and load it up. We’ll be looking up and down Hwy 58 for the first sight of you. I am trying to tell you that we’re hav-ing a good time but we miss you. Eve-rything is lining up for a great Spring and Summer. Get in line! Everett+
Vestry View by Terry Smith
“There are people who, in-stead of listening to what is being said to them, are al-ready listening to what they are going to say them-selves." — Albert Guinon
In my job, I do a lot of talking. I have learned that, to serve my clients appropriately, there are times I need to stop talking and start lis-tening. A person will tell you so much more than the words they use. It’s the tone, the emotion of the delivery. There may be a trail-ing thought; something left unsaid. I believe the unsaid can be heard when we listen care-fully. Consider our relationships with God. We do lots of talking to God. Are we listening for Him or already speaking our next thought? Alfred Brendel said, “The word ‘listen’ con-tains the same letters as the word ‘silent.’” Frank Lauback said, ”Listening to God is far more important than giving Him our ideas.”
I invite you to join me in a quest to listen more. We can listen with other senses besides hearing. Let’s use our hearts and minds to listen to each other.
“It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.” Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Everything is Lining Up: Come on
Down
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Grace Notes by Music Director, Linda Laughton
Jazz Service, Sunday, March 11. Those who have worshiped with us for the past several Sunday mornings are aware of the jazz-style service music we have been learning. The choir has worked up a jazz rendition of “Out of the Depths.” You’ll hear a jazz arrangement for piano of “Blessed Assurance” for the prelude, and a jazzy little reflection piece will serve as the meditation for the day. The hymns are traditional melodies and spirituals that lend themselves well to standard jazz-blues progres-sions. We will say good-bye to the blues on Easter Sunday, April 1, and welcome the Happy Morning with all new service music, so embrace the soulful sounds during the remaining weeks of Lent. Grenoldo Frazier Jazz Concert, Friday, April 6.
Grenoldo Frazier, the dynamic per-former and multiple Audelco award-winning composer and director, will perform a concert of jazz music Fri-day, April 6 at 6:30pm. The one-hour event will showcase Grenoldo’s soul-ful jazz voice and piano playing. A re-ception of heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served in the art gallery following the concert. The gallery will show the work of artist Anne Cowie and her students. Ms. Cowie is an abstract painter and calligrapher working in ink and paint, and a favorite among the family of St. Francis by the Sea. The art gallery opening starts at 5:30 and admission is free. The concert is a ticketed event and a major fund-raiser for the church. Tickets ($25) include the post-concert reception
and are available in advance at the church office, at First Citi-zens Bank Atlantic Beach or at the door the night of the perfor-mance.
Volunteers needed for podcast minis-try team. Happily, my husband and I will be sailing our Beneteau 411 “Wild Goose” in the lower Chesapeake Bay for a few weeks in May and June. This creates a need for some capable volunteers to produce the weekly podcasts in my absence, and to work as a team going forward in this ministry. Desire, willingness and availability are the ideal qualifications, as podcast production can be up to a three-hour creative process taking place Sunday after the service. The podcasts are typically completed and post-ed on FACEBOOK by 3:30 Sunday after-noon. Experience with a movie-making program and with a digital audio work-station would decrease training time but they are not mandatory prerequisites. The dates that are involved are Sunday May 20, 27, June 3 and June 10. Please contact me directly by phone (252) 269-9926 if you are interested.
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St. Claire Coffeehouse -
Charlie McCurry
basket for our performer). Coffee and hot
chocolate will be available for a dollar a
cup by Sweet Beans Coffee and Café ,
Morehead City. Come and enjoy a night
of music with a great singer and song-
writer and camaraderie with old and new
friends. Invite a guest to share this won-
derful community we call St. Francis.
Kate Campbell is
the kind of artist
who steps to the
beat of a different
drummer. Over
the course of 20+
years (since her
award-winning
debut album
Songs from the
Levee) she has re-
sisted the tempta-
tion to follow musical trends but instead
chooses to set the pace for her unique
musical journey. This distinction is pal-
pable in her latest release, The K.O.A.
Tapes (Vol. 1), in which many of the
basic tracks were recorded in her living
room on her on her iPhone, including the
revered Southern rock anthem
“Freebird.”
SAVE THE DATES FOR 2018 SUMMER CONCERTS:
Friday, June 1 at 6:30pm Ambrosia Duo performs “Masterpieces for Cello and Piano” fea-turing Beethoven’s Sonata for Cello and Piano, No. 5 in D major, Op. 102, No. 2; and Prokofiev Cello Sonata in C major, Opus 119 (1949). Rebecca S. Gilmore Phillips, cellist and Dr. Dan Lau, pia-nist. Friday, July 6 at 6:30pm Brierwood Ensemble performs “Music by the Sea” a recital of Romantic music inspired by nature and the sea, featuring works by Elgar, Saint-Saens, and others. Linda Estep, violin; Clark Spencer, viola; Helena Spencer, bas-soon; Christina Brier, harp. Friday, August 3 at 6:30pm Karen Hite Jacob and Carolina Pro Musica per-form a concert of Celtic to Baroque and more. Watch for more information to come. Stay tuned! --- Linda
Grace Notes by Music Director,
Linda Laughton (Cont’d from page 3)
Be sure to
mark your cal-
endar for the
next St. Clare
Coffeehouse
performance
at St. Francis.
Admission is
free (though
we’ll pass the
Wednesday March 7, 7-8pm
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The Kids of St. Francis have a lot going on. Among our youth are basketball players, dancers, actors, soccer players, runners, artists, honor students, scouts, gymnasts, vocal and instrumental musicians and more. Little wonder that trying to squeeze into their schedules is quite a challenge. However, somehow they find time for ministry and service at church. Last weekend we rented a booth at the Country Club of the Crystal Coast for the indoor yard sale. Thanks to the generous item donations from you, our parishioners, we raised $350. Youth and parents were there to set up at 7:00 a.m. and stayed until noon to help clean up. Watch for articles here to introduce our young people and our adult volunteers. This month we are highlighting two of our Youth, Ainsley Horton and Jackson Westbrook. AINSLEY HORTON
has been named our Assistant Director of Youth Ministry. In case you don't know her, she is the beautiful young lady who made the announcements on behalf of the Kids of St. Francis at Youth Sunday in February. Ainsley was the first baby to be baptized at St. Francis by the
Sea. She was baptized in 2002 when the
church was still meeting in the shopping center in Atlantic Beach. Ainsley's parents are Jami Turner and Allen Horton. Ainsley is an AP and Honors student at the Epiphany School of Global Studies in New Bern. She is a dancer and a member of the National Honor Society. She serves on the Youth and Government Conference and is a Science Olympiad. Ouch, Ainsley was the first of our youth to earn her drivers license. Somehow, in addition to all that Ainsley
finds time to participate in the life of our church. She has played Mary in the Christmas pageant, she has sung solos, served as an acolyte, helped with fundraisers and she has been an "unofficial" assistant to our youth Minister for
years. We're happy to finally make it official.
For the Kids of St. Francis Marian Goetzinger, Director of Youth Ministry
Congratulations Ainsley!
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JACKSON WESTBROOK has been named Junior Vestry Member. He will serve as a communication point between the Kids of Saint Francis and our priest and parish leaders. Jackson was baptized at St. Francis by the Sea on August 31,
2003 when he was only two weeks old. Father Renfrow Sproul baptized him at the first baptism service in our new building. Jackson’s parents are Dr. Kenneth Leigh and Meredith Westbrook. Jackson attends West Carteret High School where he is an honors student and
plays on the Junior Varsity Soccer Team and is a member of the High School Track Team. He plays on the U15 Classic soccer team for the Seashore Soccer League and is amazing with computers. He enjoys gaming, coding,
programming, and anything to do with computers. St. Francis parishioners have watched
Jackson grow up serving as one of the first youth acolytes in the new building along with his brother Tyler Westbrook and his cousin, Tanner Hahn. Jackson stood to read as our first youth lector and has been actively involved in the life of St. Francis by the Sea his entire life.
Congratulations Jackson!
MARCH Birthdays
For the Kids of St. Francis Marian Goetzinger, Director of Youth Ministry (Cont’d)
1 - Tootie Piver 5 - Jay Randall 5 - Leigh Westbrook 8 - Bowen Ellis 10 - Sharon Whitehurst 12 - Tom Tempel 12 - Jean Turner 14 - Andrew Burns 17 - Pat Shuping 24 - Layne Helwig 24 - Christina Pruitt 26 - Graham Pittman 27 - Tim Bradford 31 - Jean Nelson
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Reaching out with the Love of Christ to others in need” - St. Francis Outreach By
Barbara McCreary
Daughters of the King Request Your Help. Imagine yourself as a parishioner whose family lives far away. You are due to be released from a hospital stay to go home.
However you are not allowed to lift anything and you are not allowed to drive for two weeks. How will you manage? The Daughters of the King have agreed to coordinate help for you. Many of us are fortunate to have support systems in the form of relatives, neighbors, club members, etc. to help us in times of a crisis, but we don’t want any of our parishioners to face a situation alone. To that end, the Daughters of the King have agreed to coordinate volunteers to help with meals, transportation, and running errands. We are looking to develop a bank of
volunteers who are willing to be called
upon for a minimal commitment if such a
need arises. If you can lend a hand
whipping up a casserole or a pot of soup,
if you can drive someone to the doctor or
make a grocery run, or perhaps just sit
and provide company for awhile, please
let us know. We would then contact you
if there is a need to see if you can help at
a particular time. To add your name to
our “volunteer bank,” please e-mail
Barbara McCreary
at [email protected]. For His Sake,
thank you!
Thanks to all who helped in any way with the Tastings! It was beautiful, delicious and quite elegant, if I say so myself. Money is being counted and we are doing well.
Think of all the places we can send ads for future sales both to private persons and to commercial shops. As you know, we gave a discount to advance orders. When we have reconstructed our poster, it will have the new amount on it.
SAVE THE DATE:
The Lenten Retreat is Saturday March 3 at the Trinity Center. Rev. Mary Ogus will be the speaker and her subject is "Sophia, Wisdom of God." Coffee begins at 9:30. The program is from 10:00 - 2:30 with lunch during that time. The cost is $20. Checks should be made to St. Paul's Beaufort and sent to Mary Duane Hale, 215 Ann Street, Beaufort, NC 28516
ECW Annual Spring Meeting will be held at Saint Peter's Episcopal Church in Washington, NC on Thursday, April 19, 2018. Bishop Skirving will be leading our worship and installing the new officers.
Bunco night will be rescheduled and you will be notified about that.
Bobbi Hill
ECW Chair
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St. Francis Outreach by Denise Throckmorton
SOUPER BOWL OF CARING was a
huge success. Thanks to all of you, we
were able to give $404 and 178 non-
perishable food items to Hope
Mission. THANK YOU!
FAMILY PROMISE OF CARTERET COUNTY
We are resuming our collection for Family Promise in Morehead City (men’s and women’s personal hygiene items, cleaning supplies, napkins, toiletries, twin size bedding, and diapers). Additionally, if you’d like to volunteer to help out in their office, they are in need of volunteers to answer phones, help people fill out forms, take donations, sort donations, craft or read to children. As
little as an hour a week would be a tremendous help! Family Promise is a nationwide organization with 200 affiliates. It is a coalition of local churches working together to provide shelter, food, and dignity to families with children who have fallen on hard times and find themselves and their children homeless. Carteret County’s Family Promise Day Center (on Arendell Street in Morehead City) is where their “guests” can receive assistance looking for jobs, furthering their education, navigating the Department of Housing and Urban Development system, looking for affordable housing, and attending to daily needs such as laundry, taking a shower, cooking a meal, attending parenting and financial skills classes. Family Promise is equipped to help 4 families (14 people total) for a time frame of up to 90 days. Each family is vetted by Carteret County’s Social Services Department. Requirements for acceptance into the program are: they must be a family unit, must have no drug, alcohol, domestic violence, or mental health issues, and must be willing to want to better their lives. After 30 days the adult must have obtained a job. There are 13 local churches that are currently filling the role of “host church” where these families actually sleep and eat dinner within the confines of the church for a period of one week. “It’s not a hand out, it’s a hand up” – Sandy Giacobbi (executive director of Family Promise).
March 2018 Lay Ministry Schedule
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March 4 March 11
March 18
Youth Sunday
March 25
Palm Sunday
March 29
Maundy Thurs-
day
7:00pm
March 30
Good Friday
12:00 Noon
Vestry Sharon Watling
Stover Morris
Terry Smith
Layne Helwig
Ted Goetzinger
Barbara McCreary
Greeters
Tom and Elaine
Tempel
George Hirasawa
Kids
Lector George
Hirasawa
Meg Bradford
Kids Marian
Goetzinger
Marian Goetzinger
Meg Bradford
Libba Shelton
Prayers Pat Jones Pat Jones Kids Pat Jones Pat Jones Pat Jones
Crucifer Scott
Shelton
Beth Beswick
Kids Pat Jones Pat Jones Marian
Goetzinger
Chalice
Martha Edward
Pat Jones
Tim Bradford Marian
Goetzinger
Marian Goetzinger Pat Jones
Martha Edwards
Tim Bradford
Martha Edwards Marian
Goetzinger
Pat Jones
Tim Bradford
Altar Guild
Meg Bradford
Elaine Tempel
Linda Davies
Terry Griffin
Linda Davies
Terry Griffin
Linda Davies
Terry Griffin
Meg Bradford
Pat Jones
Meg Bradford
Pat Jones
Torch-bearers
Jami Turner
Martha Edwards
Scott Shelton
Jami Turner
Kids
Sharon Watling
Martha Edwards
Beth Beswick
Terry Griffin
Linda Davies
Pat Jones
Audio Stover Morris
John Marriott
John Marriott
John Clarke
Larry Castle
Gary Keeter
Nursery Beth
Beswick
Terry Griffin
Pam Ball Jeannie Baxter
Geraline Castle
Geraline Castle
Coffee Hour
Pat Jones
George Hirasawa
Kay Brackins Lisa Park
Geraline and Larry
Castle
Meg and Tim
Bradford
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The Song of St. Francis is a monthly publication of
St. Francis by the Sea Episcopal Church.
Sound side of NC 58 between Mile Marker 10 and 10½
920 Salter Path Road ● Salter Path, North Carolina ● 28512
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Save the dates!
Rector The Rev. Everett Thomas, Ph.D.
Priest in Residence The Rev. Chris Carlin
Vergers Tim Bradford Marion Morris
Parish Administrator Open
Treasurer Dan Riddle
Sexton David Shapiro
Vestry Class of 2018 Beth Beswick
Pat Jones, Senior Warden Terry Smith
Vestry Class of 2019 Layne Helwig
George Hirasawa, Junior Warden Barbara McCreary
Vestry Class of 2020 Ted Goetzinger Sharon Watling Stover Morris
Clerk of the Vestry
Korin Gagnon
Music Director Linda Laughton
Art Gallery Director Tim Bradford
ECW Chair
Bobbie Hill
Outreach Chair Denise Throckmorton
Director of Youth Ministry Marian Goetzinger
Sunday Schedule:
9:00 am — Adult Forum; 10:00 am —Eucharist Service
Nursery available; casual dress welcome
Wednesdays — 12:00 noon — Celtic Eucharist
St. Francis by the Sea Episcopal Church is a parish in the Diocese of East Carolina
The Right Reverend Robert Skirving, Bishop