August 2012

ST. PAUL’S EPISTLE 250 Hwy 2 NE • P.O. Box 1225 • Corinth, MS 38835 • 662-286-2922

From the Rector On Sunday, I preached about storms, wondering why blessings fall at different speeds and in different measures, why some get plenty and others get plenty of trouble. On Monday, I went out to take photographs to accompany Jan Grady’s article about our outdoor chapel, constructed by Evan Bauer as an Eagle Scout project. On Tuesday, church members discovered what kind of rowdy time the Monday night storm had brought our way: 6 or so trees down in our west field, including two big oaks whose canopy had shaded the outdoor chapel. Change comes in an instant. Storms blow in and blow out. Things fall apart. But God is good, and God stays with us even in the shadowed valleys. There was no harm to the outdoor chapel, or playground, or church building, or—praise be!—to any person. Yes, we’ll have to shoulder both the expense of removing the debris, and the disappointment of the beauty lost. The reality is that our “plenty” is still enough. In the coming weeks, we’ll hear several Bread of Life passages from John’s gospel, when Jesus preaches about the sufficiency of God’s grace. And we’ll say as the disciples said to Jesus, “Give us this bread always.”

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In this Issue

Sunflower update, p. 1 Church Family Life, p. 2 Happy Birthday/Anniversary! p. 2 From the archives, by Jan Grady, p. 2 What’s happening in our supper clubs? p. 2 Christian formation, p. 3 Follow the Harrells on the trail, p. 3 Treasurer’s report, p. 4

Things bright and beautiful

See you at 9:30. With increased attendance and joyful fellowship experienced this summer, many have sug-gested that we’ve hit a good stride with a 9:30 Sunday service. Thus we’ll keep it! Sunday

school will resume after Labor Day, as planned, and will follow the service.

A shade tree for the outdoor chapel fell in a recent storm. The chapel was not harmed.

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From the Archives By Jan Grady

When you turn off Highway 2 and follow the curving drive to our church, look around at the beautiful prop-erty we are blessed to own. Just over eighteen acres is under the stewardship of St. Paul’s. What dreams we can have with the potential that offers. The first vision to be accomplished was in the spring of 2003 when Father Tim Jones, our vicar at that time, suggested an outdoor chapel. There are several large, stately oak trees and one of them could provide a shady canopy. [See before photo, top.] Evan Bauer, older son of Scott and Beth Bauer, was looking for an Eagle Scout Project. A perfect combination. (Match made in heaven?). Evan, with much help from Scott (adults only use chain saws, Kaiser blades and machetes), cleared the

thick jungle of privet, briars, seed-ling trees and poi-son ivy that covered that section of the property. Then Evan measured and drew up the plans, and put in hours of la-bor, hammering and building with help from Scott. The outdoor chapel consists of a raised platform that serves as a chancel area. [See photo at left.] The platform has a wooden altar, lec-tern, credence table

and a bench, backed by a large wooden cross. There are twelve benches seating approximately seventy-two peo-ple. All of the construction was done with treated pine, and the posts are sunk in concrete. Bishop Duncan M. Gray, III consecrated the chapel in the summer of 2003. Unfortunately, Evan was away at camp and missed the consecration! Several services have been held in this peaceful chapel. It is a favorite location for our St. Francis Day Blessing of the Animals service. There has even been a memorial funeral service there. The path to the chapel is now graced by a lovely butterfly garden and a welcoming bluebird house. *Please see update on cover.

Church Family Life News and notes about our parish family

Say hello to newcomers to St. Paul's: John Sneed has re-cently relocated to Corinth from New Albany, and Robin and Darlene Grisewood have moved south from New York state. Help them to feel welcome at St. Paul's! Jimma Lambert is home after a recent hospital stay. Cliff Gephart’s daughter Kay Woody will undergo a stem cell transplant on August 9 as part of her treatment for leu-kemia. Billie Gephart has received an initial diagnosis of a rare pneumonia from tests examining a spot on her lung. Further tests to confirm this will precede any treat-ment. Jean Taylor has been in the hospital, while hus-band Stan is suffering from a pulled back at home. Happy Birthday! Jo Ann Gilmore, 2nd; Jean Gunn, 17th; Callie Emmons, 20th; Jan Soltz, 24th

Happy Anniversary! Hal and Maggie Dilworth, 15th

To add your birthday, anniversary, or news, please call or email the church office at stpaulscorinth@gmail.com.

Supper Club shenanigans By Edie Bland

Jake and I hosted a salad supper for a hot summer eve-ning. One of our members was on vacation, one just completely forgot it, and so there were six of us. During the appetizer period someone spilled the wine. While attempting to soak that up, this person (whose name will not pass my lips) broke a wine glass. By now things are getting pretty hilarious. But wait, there’s more. While we were looking for all the slivers of glass on the table and carpet, the electricity went out—apparently all over our neighborhood. Have you ever looked for glass slivers in the dark, all the while trying to protect your hands from getting cut? Candles to the rescue. You know you can never find them, especially in the dark and especially when you really, really need them. But somehow we lucked up ;and found a couple. Then Jake remembered he had a light that used batteries. To the rescue! Now we could see reasonably well. So we served our plates, took the meal into the dining room, lighted candles on the table, and all was well. It was really a hilarious start for our Supper Club year. Edie Let us know what’s happening with your supper club so we can share it in the next newsletter. If you’d like to

be added to a supper club, contact Hal Dilworth.

Communion bread bakers Thank you to Scott Bauer who will be baking communion bread for us in August.

Upcoming retreats and workshops

General Convention Day with Bishop Gray and deputies to the 77th convention of The Episcopal Church. Questions and discussion. Registration fee of $10 covers lunch. http://www.dioms.org/digital_faith/events/3152752

7th Annual Spiritual Renewal Retreat sponsored by Bishop Gray and the Diocesan Committee on Ministry with LGBT Persons: August 24-26 at Gray Center. Bishop Gray has invited the Rt. Rev. Mary Douglas Glasspool, Bishop Suffragan of the Diocese of Los Angeles, to be our leader.

Bridges out of Poverty will hold a training at St. James’ in Jackson at 9am on Sat., Aug. 25. Designed to help middle-class participants to understand truths about poverty and lay the groundwork to prepare volun-teers to be facilitators of Bridges out of Poverty programs in their own communities. Registration is $45 before August 1. There are Episcopal-led Bridges efforts in Starkville, Jackson, and Tupelo. St. Paul's will be reading the book for our fall study in adult Sunday school.

Candlelight Walk in Oxford to commemorate the enrollment of James Meredith into the University of MS, and mark the deadly riot that followed on Sept. 30, 1962. From Bishop Gray: “We will begin a candlelight procession from St. Peter’s toward the Ole Miss Campus, joined by other churches, the Oxford community and, I hope, people from around the state. We will walk to the scene of the riot in front of the Lyceum Building, before offering prayers for healing and recommitting ourselves to the difficult and elusive task of racial reconciliation at the very place that was desecrated by hatred 50 years before.”

Weekly study with EfM Cody Daniel and Ann Fraser will be mentoring a weekly study and discussion group to begin in early September. "Where is God in all this? And what am I going to do about it?" These questions will guide our discussions in Education for Ministry (EfM), a 4-year course of study and reflection. In Year 1, we will study Old Testament. 2nd-4th year stu-dents study New Testament, Church history, and Christian theology. The course is 4 years, but you only commit for one year at a time. We will study the Old and New Testaments, Church History, and Christian Theology. EfM will meet weekly during the school year, with 6-8 students. The meet-ing time will be based on participants’ input. Registration and $350 tuition due Aug. 15. Scholarships available. Please see Ann or Cody right away if you’d like to take part.

The Harrells march into New England During July, Woody and Cynthia Harrell found more mile-stones to celebrate along the Appalachian Trail. They added New Jersey, New York, Con-necticut and and Massa-chusetts to their states-hiked list. On July 21, they reached the 1400-mile mark, and in another fifty or so miles, passed the 2/3 point of their 2184-mile trek.. Woody celebrated another type of milestone July 22, his 65th birthday. The Harrells spent a night at an AT hiker hostel at St. Tho-mas’ Episcopal Church in Vernon, NJ (pictured), and another night at the Graymoor monastery, where Franciscan monks have been hosting AT hikers since 1972 . You can follow our St. Paul’s hikers on the bulletin board by the water cooler and read their daily trail journal updates online: http://www.trailjournals.com/about.cfm?trailname=12940.

11 General Convention Day at St. James’-Jackson 16 Mission Mississippi at Martha’s Menu, 11:30am 19 Parish Potluck Brunch 20 Vestry Meeting, 6:30pm 21 Pastoral Care Committee Meeting, 3pm 26 Amen Sunday 27 Brotherhood of St. Paul's meeting

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August

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June Treasurer’s Report

Operating Fund Month YTD Budget Pledges 7,158 56,355 107,750 Plate 1,073 9,497 14,250

Building Fund

Building Fund Balance 51,717 Mortgage Balance 53,217

Thank you for keeping your pledge up to date through the summer months.

Your generosity is an investment in our ministry and fellowship together in Christ’s name!

St. Paul's Church P.O. Box 1225 Corinth, MS 38835

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Sunday Schedule: 9:30 Holy Eucharist Nursery available 8:15-11:45 Sunday school resumes 9/9 The Rector and Vestry: The Rev. Ann Benton Fraser, Rector Susan Adams, Senior Warden Paul Smith, Junior Warden Tom Soltz, Treasurer Dana Bullard Francis Criss Darrell Davis David Dierks Maggie Dilworth, Clerk Kari Hughes David Rinehart Contact Information: (662) 286-2922 (Mon-Thurs) stpaulscorinth@gmail.com www.stpaulscorinth.dioms.org Deadline: Please send your newsletter submission by the 21st of each month.

Memorials in honor of Hank Barrett have been given by Jo Ann Gilmore, Jan and Glennan Grady,

Don and Marcia Glisson, Dorothy Hopkins, Charles and Karen Kronbach, Thomas Ledbetter,

Dr. Doug Locke, Dr. and Mrs. Brian McGee, Frances Ramer, and Becky Williams

A gift of thanksgiving has been given by Barbara Barrett