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The Chronicler May 2016 Spotsylvania, VA
New Life Grants Awarded Just a reminder, the New Life Grants came about as the result of an extraordinary gift to
my discretionary fund last year. It just suggested an opportunity to me to promote something
new. So I set aside $1,000 to fund new ministry endeavors.
There were a total of five submissions of proposals. One of them was for a project that
could be done without any funds, and will be. Another was a terrific idea, but again didn’t
absolutely need a major funding source. I expect that project to happen too. The remaining
three will each receive funding in the form of a New Life Grant. Here are the three winners and
their projects.
Jill Bates will receive $250 for a project she calls “College Connections”. The idea is
basically to keep in touch with our members who graduate from high school and go off to
college, or other educational opportunities, or even the military. The name is not intended to
limit it only to those people attending college. Jill proposed that a birthday card be sent from the
congregation, and one or two other cards per semester, plus one care package sent each semester.
Care packages would include little items, food, holiday trinkets, maybe even artwork from the
Sunday school kids. The intention of this project is to keep the love and support that children
have experienced from their home parish going while they transition into college and other adult
pursuits. This ongoing witness would show them that we still care about them and remind them
that God goes with them wherever they go.
Allen and Allison Bareford will receive $350 to build a “Prayer Wall” in front of the
property along the sidewalk. A Prayer Wall is simply a plywood wall painted with chalkboard
paint and the words, “Today I pray for_________” stenciled on it with many lines for people to
write their personal prayers using chalk provided. This will be an outreach to the community,
and an invitation to share their prayer concerns with us. These prayers could be incorporated
into our weekly Prayers of the People, perhaps using a select few to be read in church. They can
also be incorporated into social media sharing so a maximum number of people could both share
their prayer concerns and offer their prayers for others. This project makes the parish more
visible and more open to anyone who walks by on the sidewalk. The Prayer Wall would be
displayed for a period of time, then removed and stored to preserve its fresh appeal. It could be
put out again after some time.
Sian Packard and Tina Strausbaugh will receive $400 to establish a pilot project for
an “After School Arts Program” for elementary students. The program will be a six-week
program of once per week classes focusing on various arts offered to the students at Robert E.
Lee elementary school. Students will be given a snack before the class starts. The entire time of
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THE MISSION OF CHRIST CHURCH is to bring all persons to the saving
knowledge of Jesus Christ through Word, Sacraments, and instruction, as taught through the Episcopal tradition, that all
may know the joy and grace of faith, and to share that grace through outreach.
MAY 2016 LAY MINISTERS SCHEDULE
Lector Chalice Bearer Acolytes Ushers Altar Guild Nursery
May 1
MORNING PRAYER
8:00 Calib Garland (1)
Beth Goshin (2)
Officiant:
The Rev. Margaret Haight
Robert Truslow Magin Team
10:30 Mary Williams (1)
Beverly McNeill (2)
Officiant:
The Rev. Margaret Haight
Rachel Stockli
Chloe Stockli
Hank Mausolf
Tim Watts
Erin Senters
May 8
8:00 Joseph L. Ilk Deacon Margaret Joseph L. Ilk Wieland Team
10:30 Sian Packard
Tim Watts
Kristi Gross
Jack DiFilippo
Drew DiFilippo
Aaron DiFilippo
Frank Stewart
Werner Wieland
Molly Watts
May 15
8:00 Dana Houck
Edd Houck Calib Garland Williams Team
(Pentecost)
10:30 Martha Clark
Linda Rooney
Jeff Massey
Alex Watts
Hunter Clifford
David Packard
Bob McGann
Judi O’Neill
Amanda Watts
May 22
8:00 Beth Goshin
Deacon Margaret Barbara Deal
Magin Team
10:30 Marilyn Greene
Joe Junod
Donna Nuzum
Justin Phillips
Hannah Clifford
Colby Clifford
Bob Massey
Ron Magin
Lindsey Bates
May 29
8:00 Thom Smelter
Tricia Smelter
Jack Cheeseman
Wieland Team
10:30 Judi O’Neill Jenny LeBlanc
Tim Watts
Rachel Stockli
Chloe Stockli
Stephen Wallach
Frank Carosella
Bill Estes
McKenzie
Goldberg
You are responsible for finding your own replacement in the event that you cannot serve as a Lector/Chalice Bearer when scheduled. If
you are unable to find one, please contact Penny Knepp at [email protected] or 891-6299 and she will assist you. Notify parish office of
replacement(s).
Choir Director
Denise Gregory
Organist Hannah Massey
Secretary Ruth Feltner
Newsletter Coordinator Ruth Feltner
Christ Episcopal Church 8951 Courthouse Road
Spotsylvania, Virginia 22553
Phone (540) 582-5033
www.christchurchspotsy.com
Rector
The Reverend Jeffrey A. Packard
Director of Christian
Education Jenny LeBlanc
Vestry Senior Warden
Linda Wieland
Jr. Warden
Tim Watts
Treasurer
Mary Williams
Asst Treasurer
Linda Smith
Register
Martha Clark
Members
Bill Butler
Martha Clark
David Fagiano
Missie Jarman
Jim Kenkel
Beverly McNeill
Sue Roberts
Tim Watts
Linda Wieland
May 2016
CHRONICLER
Our church family welcomes Tom and Judy Murphy
as new members of Christ Church. They transferred
from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Morris Plains, NJ
and quickly joined the choir. Also, Janie Cudworth
transferred from St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in
Richmond. Last but not least, we welcome Ken and Jo
Middleton who transferred their membership from
Trinity Church in Fredericksburg and also joined our
Choir. We welcome you and hope, if you haven’t
already, feel the love, warmth and friendship our church
members have for each other and extend to you.
We send warm greetings to those who recently
attended our services: Robert and Holly Ackerman;
Libby Baker and Kyle Allwine; Michael and Rosemary
Goshin; Carol and Scott Mitchell; The Romasser’s; and
Sandy Thatcher. We pray that those of you who
attended or just visited, can and will return.
MAY 2016
05/02 Brian Howell
05/06 Michelle Ruth
05/06 Jack Lord II
05/07 Velyn Beall
05/09 Alison Bareford
05/09 Judi O’Neill
05/10 Missie Jarman
05/12 Andrew Smith
05/12 Gavin Smith
05/14 Ellen Johnson
05/16 Pat Clark
05/18 Mary Griffin
05/20 Colby Clifford
05/21 Susan Frank
05/21 David Packard
05/24 Jo Christensen
05/25 Hannah Massey
05/26 Joan Gurniak
05/27 Sue Ann Thomas
05/28 Anne Williams
05/29 Werner Wieland
05/29 Matthew LeBlanc
CONGRATULATIONS to ED AND RUBY STRYSKO: MARRIED ON APRIL 14, 1951, AND CELEBRATED THEIR 65TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY THIS MONTH!
Ed and Ruby were married in Clinton, MD and became members of Christ Church in 2004.
Ed proudly served as a WWII veteran and was a ball turret gunner in a B-24.
Ed and Ruby have two grown children, Deborah Warf, Manager of the Virginia Employment
Agency, and a son, Mark, who lives in Mooresville, North Carolina. Deborah has a son, Christopher
Loar and a daughter, Kimberly McDaniel. Kimberly is a tenth grade English teacher at Courtland
High School.
Ed and Ruby are blessed with 2 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.
For those of you who remember those beautifully made wooden pens sold at Christ Church events, a
few years ago, they were personally handcrafted by Ed from old wood he retrieved from Christ
Church when the church was enlarged. Those of you who still have them, are lucky indeed!
Ed lives in Thornburg, while Ruby is in an Assisted Living home, Brookdale, in Fredericksburg,
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each class, including transportation from the school and snack, will be one and a half hours. The
first class to be offered will be dance taught by Sian. It is hoped that this pilot program will go
well, and that other parishioners will get involved to offer classes in other areas of the arts, such as
music, visual arts, cooking, gardening, or whatever interests people and may interest the children.
It is envisioned as a program that could be ongoing with six-week sessions happening throughout
the school year. The goals of the program are to provide enriching arts programs for elementary
students, and to increase the visibility of Christ Church in the community.
None of the three proposals that are receiving funds will get the entire amount that they
requested. If individuals wish to contribute more to help fund one or more of these projects, please
let me know. As I said at the beginning of this article, this grant program was the result of an
extraordinary donation to my discretionary fund. If people are excited about these programs, I
would be delighted to do this again next year and see if we can generate more ideas for new
ministries. In order to do that, there would need to be some fundraising outside of our regular
budget. For now, let’s get excited about these three new programs, all wonderful ideas.
Our youth group is kicking off a spare change fund raiser. They intend to fund a service project for our food
pantry clients as well as something fun for themselves. Proceeds will be split fifty-fifty between a special
breakfast they will cook and serve to our food pantry volunteers and clients, and a trip for the youth to an
amusement park this summer. So please collect your spare change during the week and bring it to church on
Sunday. Jars will be located in the Great Hall and in the church office. Contact Molly Watts or Father Packard for
questions and details.
On Easter Day we dedicated a new ambry (sometimes called a tabernacle). Ours was made by our own Cecil
Jarman, and given by Deacon Margaret Haight. It is a beautiful addition to the interior of the church. The ambry
is where we keep the reserved sacrament—bread and wine that has been consecrated for Communion. The candle
that burns on top of the ambry is called a sanctuary light. It represents the light of Christ that is present in the
reserved elements. When the sanctuary light is burning, the body and the blood are present in the ambry.
Eventually we will have a red globe on the sanctuary light, but they were not available when we ordered it. Cecil
inlaid a cross in the door of the ambry. He made the cross from the same wood as the large cross at the front of the
church, and its twin in the Great Hall of All Saints Hall, and modeled its shape after those crosses. That wood was
part of the original church built in 1841. They were floor joists that needed to be replaced when the addition was
built in 1987. The reason we didn’t advertise the new ambry is that we didn’t know for sure when Cecil was going
to be finished with it. He presented it complete during Holy Week, so we went ahead and mounted it to the wall
on Saturday and dedicated it on Sunday. Thanks to Cecil for his fine work, and to Deacon Margaret for her
initiation of this project and her generosity in making it happen.
Youth News Cha-Ching!
A New Ambry
Look Who’s Graduating ~
Look Who’s Graduating.
Do you have someone in your family who is graduating from high school, college, or some other
educational/training program? Please let us know. We will celebrate them all in the next edition of the
Chronicler.
On Jun 5 the graduating high school seniors in our parish will be honored in the 10:30 service. The youth
group will be responsible for this special service, and perform all of the associated lay ministries that day.
All Saints Hall Refinanced
In January 2015 we kicked off the Sharing in Ministry (SIM) capital campaign with the goal of
eliminating the debt on All Saints Hall. Donations have been coming in ever since. During that time, we
have continued to make the monthly payments on our loan from the parish budget while the capital campaign
income accumulated. Our loan was set to be refinanced this summer, but we decided to go ahead and start
the process early. In March we sent $175,000 to the Diocesan Missionary Society (DMS), which is the
entity within the Diocese of Virginia that holds our loan. That money, from the SIM campaign, paid down
the principal on our loan. In the process of refinancing our interest rate also dropped a full percentage point.
The combination of less principal and lower interest has resulted in the reduction of our monthly payment
from $3,207 to $1,593. This year’s budget was set with the expectation of a lower loan payment starting in
April. We accomplished that, and even lowered the payment by a little more than anticipated. By initiating
the process of refinancing early we saved around $5,000 in our budget this year.
SIM money is expected to continue coming in until the end of 2017. It may make sense for us to
refinance the debt again before the end of the campaign. The two reasons that this may make sense are 1)
the generosity of those who have pledged to the SIM campaign and their regularity in giving, and 2) the fact
that the costs associated with refinancing are remarkably low. The savings could more than offset the
expense, which is expected to be less than $1,000 for this current refinancing. The goal is still the same:
eliminate the debt on All Saints Hall. By refinancing we do not wish to extend the life of the loan, but to
lower the current burden on our annual budget. All donations to the SIM campaign have been, and will
continue to go, only toward the principal on the loan. If you have not had the opportunity to participate in
the Sharing in Ministry campaign, look for that opportunity this summer.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH WOMEN enjoyed a beautiful and profitable day on Saturday at
our annual Plant and Bake Sale. The food Vendor Rodeo attracted a lot of people to the area and
our Thrift Shop hosting a yard sale on church grounds really aided us in sales.
Special thanks to Bill Butler for all his help - Elaine Wyant for her advertising efforts and hard
work, Kim Hoffman and Pine Hollow Nurseries for the beautiful plants, Jeanne Gupton and the
RAAI for the lovely geraniums they donate every year and to all of our church family who
baked, worked the sale and donated plants from their gardens. Thanks to all of you we made
$683.00 in sales and we once again have much needed funds to aid us in our ministry.
May will be our last regular meeting before we break for the summer. We will take our annual
road trip to a Historic Episcopal Church and enjoy lunch afterwards. Plans are still being worked
so check upcoming bulletins for the church and final details.
SCHEDULED MEETINGS
SUNLIGHT GARDEN CLUB
We hope those who can, will join us.
May 10th meeting will be at the Locust Grove campus of Germanna Community College. We
will meet in the parking lot at 5:30 PM. Michael Reid will be our guide of a nature walk.
Afterward we will have dinner at nearby Bella de Cuccina.
June 14th, 5:30 PM. We will meet at the Friends of the Rappahannock facility in
Fredericksburg for a tour to see what is blooming along the river.
July 12th, 6:15 PM. Chancellor’s Village. We will be assisting residents in the construction of
small arrangements with a patriotic theme.
The July and August meetings have not been finalized. Details will be sent out as soon as they
are received.
Forward Day by Day
The May/Jun/July 2016 issue of this most worthwhile publication has arrived and
is just waiting for you to pick up a copy. This is excellent down-time reading and
will assist you in living a more simple, sincere, and serene life. Please pick up
your copy in the back of the church (coming or leaving) and in the
Communications Center.
Fellowship Commission
We want and need you to share yourself and your time hosting Fellowship on Sundays.
Fellowship hour is a very important ministry as it gives us time to socialize once a week as a
church family. You can honor someone or in celebration of an event by signing up. Talk to Bill
Butler about hosting and then sign up at the Communication Center. Even once a month will
help.
Sunday morning worship schedule and Children’s Chapel and Sunday school: Two services
8:00 and 10:30, (Children’s Chapel is held in the Choir Room during the 10:30 service) with
Christian Education for all ages from 9:15 to 10:15. Children’s Chapel is not held on the first
Sunday of the month.
Episcopal Church Women meet the 3rd
Tuesday of each month in the Great Hall @ 11:30 AM.
The ECM meets for lunch at noon on the 4th Monday of each month at a local restaurant. An
announcement will be put out as soon as the location is determined.
The Vestry meets on the 2nd
Thursday of the month at 7:00 PM in room #8, All Saints Hall.
Sunday bulletin announcements due by: noon Wednesday, call 582-5033.
Deadline for the Summer Chronicler is May 20. Please send articles in Microsoft word
document to Ruth Feltner: [email protected]
8:00am RAAI, ASH
8:30am Morning Prayer
318:00am RAAI, ASH
8:30am Morning Prayer
308:00am HE Rite 1
9:15am Christian Education
10:30am Children's Chapel
10:30am HE Rite II
11:45am Fellowship, GH
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288:00am RAAI, ASH
8:30am Morning Prayer
8:00pm AA Mtg
278:00am RAAI, ASH
8:30am Morning Prayer
10:30am Quilters, ASH #8
268:00am RAAI, ASH
8:30am Morning Prayer
258:00am RAAI, ASH
8:30am Morning Prayer
10:00am Food Pantry, ASH
248:00am RAAI, ASH
8:30am Morning Prayer
12:00pm ECM Mtg/Luncheon
238:00am HE Rite 1
9:15am Christian Education
10:30am HE Rite II
10:30am Children's Chapel
11:45am Fellowship, GH
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6:00pm Kuhl/Steven Wedding, Church
7:30pm Wedding Reception, GH
218:00am RAAI, ASH
8:30am Morning Prayer
5:00pm Wedding Rehearsal
8:00pm AA Mtg
208:00am RAAI, ASH
8:30am Morning Prayer
10:30am Quilters, ASH #8
198:00am RAAI, ASH
8:30am Morning Prayer
188:00am RAAI, ASH
8:30am Morning Prayer
11:30am ECW Meeting, GH
178:00am RAAI, ASH
8:30am Morning Prayer
168:00am HE Rite 1
9:15am Christian Education
10:30am HE Rite II
10:30am Children's Chapel
11:45am Fellowship, GH
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148:00am RAAI, ASH
8:30am Morning Prayer
8:00pm AA Mtg
138:00am RAAI, ASH
8:30am Morning Prayer
10:30am Quilters, ASH #8
7:00pm Vestry Meeting, ASH #8
128:00am RAAI, ASH
8:30am Morning Prayer
118:00am RAAI, ASH
9:00am Food Pantry Morning Prayer
10:00am Food Pantry, ASH
6:00pm Sunlight Garden Club, ASH #6,7
108:00am RAAI, ASH
8:30am Morning Prayer
98:00am HE Rite 1
9:15am Christian Education
10:30am Children's Chapel
10:30am HE Rite II
11:45am Fellowship, GH
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78:00am RAAI, ASH
8:30am Morning Prayer
8:00pm AA Mtg
68:00am RAAI, ASH
8:30am Morning Prayer
10:30am Quilters, ASH #8
11:00am National Day of Prayer
58:00am RAAI, ASH
8:30am Morning Prayer
7:15pm Choir Rehearsal
48:00am RAAI, ASH
8:30am Morning Prayer
38:00am RAAI, ASH
8:30am Morning Prayer
28:00am MP Rite I
9:15am Christian Education
10:30am MP Rite II
11:45am Fellowship, GH
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