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MESSENGERMESSENGERMESSENGER Volume 32, Number 31

September 21, 2012

September 23, 2012 The Seventeenth

Sunday after Pentecost

8:00 a.m. Holy Communion*

9:00 a.m. Greeters’ Breakfast*

10:00 a.m. Morning Prayer*

with Teacher Dedication

10:00 a.m. Preschool & K Chapel*

10:30 a.m. Preschool & K

Sunday School*

10:40 a.m. Grades 1-4 Sunday School*

11:15 a.m.

Grades 5-6 Sunday School*

11:15 a.m. Grades 7-9 Sunday School*

11:15 a.m. Grades 10-12 Sunday School*

11:15 a.m. Adult Education with Sam Negus discussing

The 39 Articles*

11:50 a.m. Children’s Choir*

12:00 p.m. Sunday School Lunch Meeting*

4:00 p.m. New Wineskins Meeting

Sunday Scriptures Wisdom 1:16-2:1(6-11)12-22 James 3:16--4:6 Mark 9:30-37 Psalm 54

Recently Ginger and I

were just sitting

around and chatting

about a particular

Sunday’s worship

service at St.

Andrew’s. She said

something interesting.

I heard her say, “You

know that final hymn

of the service, our

recessional hymn, I

absolutely want that

hymn to be sung at

my funeral.” I

responded that I

would surely precede

her in death, but that if having that hymn at her funeral

was really that important to her, she should certainly

write that down so that someone would remember the

fact. She said she would. This little discussion got me

thinking.

On Monday we buried one of the great ladies, one of

the great saints of the parish, Colleen Geren. The

number of people who dearly loved this sweet woman

was obvious. There simply wasn’t room for

everyone. We even ran out of standing room at the

back of the church. Those wishing to show their

respects spilled out into the courtyard. It was

touching. It was amazing. What a special woman! I

had a very special affection for her.

I had a pretty good idea about Colleen’s heart. She did

not leave me guessing. In my roughly seven years

here in Fort Worth I had come to experience the

intensity and the

earnestness of her deep

Christian faith week after

week. Sundays, when I

traditionally greet people

at the door as they are

exiting the church,

Colleen had always made

it crystal clear just how

deeply moved she was

by our historic and

traditional Anglican

worship, and by the

faithful ministry of the

Word of God. She was

very earnest and devout

in her Christian faith.

And she never failed to express that to me each

Sunday.

Well, Colleen’s family and I spent some good time

together talking about which psalms, which hymns,

which readings might in a special way express her

robust Christian faith. It was no generic funeral. It

was carefully designed to reflect something particular

about that particular saint. And I strongly suspect she

watched down from above with a beatific smile of

approval.

This experience, also, has got me thinking. Don’t you

think your funeral might just be your ultimate

opportunity to make a statement to those who have

loved you, those who have constituted the fabric of

your life as to what you really held dear in your life?

People gathered together to remember the dead, to pay

their respects to the deceased and their surviving

Living Our Lives with the End in View The Rev’d Dr. R. William Dickson

(cont’d on page 2)

Cont’d. from page 1

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family invariably come together with a certain seriousness of mind,

a special non-distracted intensity of focus. Nothing seems to clear

the head of trivialities like a funeral service. For of necessity we

confront the giant issues of human existence. So almost invariably,

people are paying close attention.

I want to do something. I want to make available to every member

of our parish a funeral planning form, which forces upon you some

important questions about what you want to have emphasized at

your own funeral. What hymns would particularly express your

heart, your relationship with God? What Psalms have over the

years been particularly dear to you? What Scripture readings really

speak to you and have done so over the years in a particularly deep

and personal way? What themes of your life, of your experience of

God’s grace and love would you like to see accentuated in the

funeral homily? Like Colleen’s beautiful service, our funeral

service should reflect something particular about you, your

passions, your particular experience of God and his

grace.

What I would like to do is encourage all of us to

live our lives with the end in view. And to help us

all do that, I’m going to urge us all to carefully and

prayerfully reflect upon our own funeral service,

and then to put some ideas down in print. This is

certainly not toward the end of our becoming

morose or morbid, but rather simply recognizing

that our mortal lives are in fact brief. And it is right

that we should live those mortal lives in the full awareness of their

brevity. As Moses prayed in Psalm 90, So teach us to number our

days that we may get a heart of wisdom.

In the next few weeks I’m going to simplify and revise and tweak

our funeral planning sheet. Then I’m going to make it available to

everyone in the parish. And then I’m going to make myself

available to come visit with you and talk over with each of you

what kind of funeral service would best express to your family and

loving community that which is/was at the very center of your life,

of your relationship with God. I’ll pay you a pastoral visit. If it

would be helpful, I’ll come to your house. Over a cup of coffee

we’ll come to understand just what you feel really needs to be said

at that special moment, your own funeral. We will then put your

funeral planning sheet in our church database, ACS. Obviously,

should you over the years change your mind about any of your

choices, we will gladly and easily modify the record in our

database. But the important thing is that we should all start

to live our lives with the end in view. And as Christian

people our understanding of the notion of “end” will

surely be that Biblical and Greek idea of telos – the

goal, the culmination, the consummation, the perfect

completion of our earthly lives. For it is absolutely true

what we often say, that when a Christian crosses the

threshold of life from mortality to the very presence of

God, that he/she has literally, really and truly entered the

larger life. So it is with Colleen. And so it is with all

those who have believed the good news of the gospel.

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MICHAELMAS: ANGELS and ARCHANGELS

at SAINT ANDREW’S

by Dean William McKeachie

Whether you are reading this Messenger article in a hard copy of the St. Andrew’s newsletter – and, not so incidentally, angelos in Greek means ‘messenger’ – or in its on-line version, it is intended to put you in mind of one of the strangest yet strongest, one of the loveliest yet most misunderstood mysteries of Biblical Revelation: that we are not alone in the universe; that on the contrary - according to that ancient, very human harpist, the Psalmist David - God, in His order of Creation, made Man not only to “have dominion” over other earthly creatures but, in the even bigger picture, to be “a little lower than the angels” yet ultimately to be crowned “with glory and worship” (Psalm 8:5). Among other things, this is why -- notwithstanding popular sentimentality about beloved grandmothers dying and becoming harp-playing angels (sitting on clouds!) -- part of the message and meaning of the Incarnation, Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ascension of the Son of God as Son of Man is that the destiny of sinful yet repentant human beings “in Christ” is, by His grace, to be “born again” (or better translated, “born from above”) not as angels but as even “higher” and “more excellent” than they. Who and what are angels? They are, like us, creatures of God; yet, unlike us, they are not destined to be children of the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. At St. Andrew’s our beautiful stained glass visually reminds us that Christian art is vivid with the depiction of angels -- seraphic, cherubic, winged, armored, translucent. Billy Graham in his book Angels: God’s Secret Agents reclaimed for a wider evangelical constituency the fully biblical (and for that matter ‘catholic’) affirmation that angels, unlike leprechauns or unicorns, really are really real! In the face of the sentimentality of what might be called Hallmark Card religion, Dr. Graham of course affirmed Biblical truth, exhorting Christians to “look up, take courage. The angels are nearer than you think.” But perhaps for us traditional Anglicans it is the liturgical and musical tradition of Prayer Book worship that most profoundly, transportingly ushers us into the proximity of those realms of glory already and always inhabited by angels and archangels, and all the

minions and courtiers of the celestial hierarchy under Christ the King of men and angels. Thus, one of the most beloved of Prayer Book festivals celebrated musically in Anglicanism down through the ages has ever been that of Saint Michael and All Angels (1928 BCP, pages 251/3). It is known as Michaelmas for the archangel who, according to the twelfth chapter of the Book of Revelation, is both the appointed nemesis in heaven of Lucifer, the fallen angel, and Man’s supernatural protector from evil throughout our own mortal life on earth. The content of the message of Evensong for Michaelmas is biblical; the beauty of the language is that of Archbishop Cranmer’s Prayer Book and the King James Version of the Bible; the rapturous character of the music reflects a great choral catena from the l6th century

down to our own day, as sung by our own parish choir under the leadership of Jason Runnels, choirmaster, and Glenda Robinson, organist. Why does St. Andrew’s -- when more than 99% of Americans will be doing other and very different things! -- set aside an hour on one Sunday afternoon in the autumn of the year to celebrate angels and invite you to come apart again, to join in this rich and rare celebration? The answer is simple yet stupendous: to offer a Narnia-like experience apart from the hurly burly of our frenetic lives, through which in heart and mind and soul we can be transported, as it were on angels’ wings, numinously, into the nearer Presence of the Triune God, joining through timeless prayer and praise with the entire Communion of Saints, human and angelic, for whom Christ is “the fair glory of the holy angels, the maker of all men,” that He might grant to us “steps up to heaven” (Hymn 123, 1940 Hymnal). In the words of Jacob at Bethel: “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!” (Genesis 28:17). Don’t fail to be here, Sunday, September 30, at 5 o’clock in the afternoon for Choral Evensong. Your week, your year, your life may be angelically transformed.

A favorite summer pastime enjoyed by my grandchildren was an evening we called “Camp Night”. Everyone brought their sleeping bags and back packs filled with their favorite things….bedtime stories, stuffed animals and any other essentials for a night out. As Camp Director I chose the location, and as most 3, 4 and 6 year olds don’t seem to mind, the camping grounds were in my bedroom. The Camp Director slept in a bed while the little ones braved the open floor. At this point of life it does not take too much to entertain them. A sack full of treats, a quick game of Slap Jack or Go Fishing, some toasted s’mores, a compass and the ever popular individual flashlight! Actually, I discovered that a flashlight can hold their attention a lot longer than a bag of M&M’s. A brief ride in the golf cart searching for lightning bugs and signs of wildlife was a thrill a minute as long as you had …the flashlight. Following this adventure and bedding down for the night with lights out, all was well in the dark as long as we had….the flashlight. Oh, there were flashlight wars as we would try to catch one another’s shadow on the ceiling, lots of excitement and finally “ALL lights out, night, night.” As they so often do, these little people once again showed me that no one is afraid of the dark as long as you have……light or as they discovered, a flashlight. But what if you do not have a “light” to guide you in the dark? How many times have you traveled to a foreign place, residing in a hotel or some other unfamiliar location, awakening in the middle of the night and stumbling through the room trying to find the exit door? Maybe in a deep sleep you open the door to the outside instead of the door to the hallway, stumbling in the dark. Where is the light? This year’s Rally Day theme was about being a light to others. Many joined in all of the activities and learned about various ways of how one can be a light to others, others who may be stumbling in the dark. Some may have also come in search of that open door, that little night light to take away the fears and the unknowns of the dark. The Women’s Fall Bible study, Jonah, Navigating an Interrupted Life (Priscilla Shirer) presents the familiar story of the minor prophet Jonah. It is a story that has been passed on from generation to generation. Poets, writers and painters have depicted this story. It is one of the smallest books in the Bible but in the four short chapters, one is able to see the grandeur of our God. The story of Jonah is not about the whale; it is about God. Jonah was the only prophet who received instructions from God and ran from what God told him to do. Has God called you to be a light to others? Is God calling you to see the light, the light of His word? Has God interrupted your life with His call?

“The word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai saying: ‘Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and preach against it,

because its wickedness has come up before Me.’ “ Jonah 1:1-2

God spoke. God allowed a mere human to hear His voice. The interrupted life is the privileged life. A life interrupted is a divine

intervention. When the interrupted life comes, say “I got it.” Be a generation of being able to say, “I got it” and mean it. God is allowing us the opportunity to work with Him, to partner with Him, to see His light, to be a light to others. Priscilla Shirer, Jonah (Session One)

How has your life been interrupted lately? How have you responded? Don’t stumble around; look for the light, be a light. The interrupted life is the significant life. The interrupted life is the cure for the search for significance. Jonah stumbled out of the dark. He saw the light. He saw the significance of an interrupted life, and he saw the blessing after his life was interrupted.

WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY

NAVIGATING A LIFE INTERRUPTED

JONAH STUDY/FALL 2012

Evening Class

Wednesday, September 12 (every Wednesday)

6:30-8:00 p.m. (Please note time change)

Koslow Library

Morning Class

Thursday, September 13

9:30-11:30

Moncrief Hall

Nursery Provided

“The Lord said to Jonah, ‘Arise, go to Ninevah, that great city,

And call out against it the message that I tell you.’”

Jonah 3:2

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Women’s Ministry

Stumbling in the Dark by Marsland Moncrief

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On September 2nd, it was a joy to present a number of attendance awards to children and youth in our Sunday School. The Cross and Crown Attendance Awards are a longtime tradition here at St. Andrew’s. They are based on Sunday School class attendance, rather than on general church attendance. These awards are presented to children in the Nursery Toddler Class (who have attended this class for at least a few months) all the way up through high school students who have attended their youth Sunday School classes faithfully. To be eligible for a general attendance award, a student must have attended class for at least a percentage of 75% of the number of sessions offered from mid-September (the opening of Fall Sunday School) through May, the end of the school year. (We do

not “count attendance,” for the purpose of Sunday School awards, in the summer months because of family vacation times, summer camps, etc.) To receive an excellence attendance award, a child or youth may not have missed more than 6 class sessions throughout the past school year, and to receive a superb attendance award, a student may not have missed more than 3 class sessions during the past year. We do not count attendance on a couple of major holiday weekends during the year. We realize that illness and extenuating family situations and emergencies can hit families very hard during some years, and we are very empathetic toward these situations, but in order to call these “attendance awards,” we have to draw the line at some point. Also, if a family moves here and/or children and teens beginning attending St. Andrew’s at the mid-point in the year, we base attendance awards on a percentage of class times attended, though some of the specialized awards (excellence and superb attendance awards) apply only to those who have been in class throughout the entire past school year. In addition, the attendance awards are cumulative, based on the number of years a child or teen has received an attendance award. Congratulations to the following children and youth, and to their parents who enabled them to get to Sunday School faithfully during the past school year. Good work! - Judy Mayo

CROSS & CROWN ATTENDANCE PINS (at least 75% class attendance during past school year) 1ST Year Pins: Arthur Allison, Annabelle Grable, Mary Frances Grable, Hayes Casey, Lucy Sell, Elijah Rumfelt, Elijah Pate, Emerson Pate, Ella Pate, Iris Castillo, Juliana Castillo, Charlotte Stephenson, Jane Stephenson, Christina Kelly 2nd Year Wreaths: Lily Runnels, Jackson Diver, Julia Bryant, Carsynn Oakes, Reagan Felton, Liam Felton, Kenna Felton 3rd Year Bars: Abbie Morgan, Evie Runnels, Madelynn Sill, Tre Sill, Caroline Watkins, Adam Watkins 4th Year Bars: Briggs DeMott, Brandon Oakes, Allison Reece, Nathan Reece, Jacob Reece, Dylan York 5th Year Bars: Lewis Morgan, Ben Morgan, Olivia Melton, Justin Waldrop 6th Year Bars: Turner DeMott, Henry Harveson, Eden Harveson, Jeffrey Waldrop, Andrea (Andy) Brown 7

th Year Bars: John Runnels, Margaret Lambert, Meredith Lambert,

Kate Tempel 8th Year Bars: Anna Melton, Willing DeMott, Evy Oram 9th Year Bars: Jackie Rakestraw, Sarah Clark, Ella DeMott 10th Year Bars: Sawyer Blackman, Aaron Turner 11th Year Bars: Reilly Clark, Alannah Rakestraw 12th Year Bars: None this year 13th Year Bars: None this year 14th Year Bar: Nick Rakestraw

EXCELLENCE ATTENDANCE MEDALS (no more than 6 absences during past school year) Elijah Rumfelt, Charlotte Stephenson, Jane Stephenson, Lily Runnels, Evie Runnels, John Runnels, Reagan Felton, Liam Felton, Kenna Felton, Abbie Morgan, Ben Morgan, Lewis Morgan, Madelynn Sill, Tre Sill, Caroline Watkins, Adam Watkins, Briggs DeMott, Turner DeMott, Willing DeMott, Ella DeMott, Olivia Melton, Anna Melton, Margaret Lambert, Meredith Lambert, Sarah Clark, Reilly Clark, Evy Oram, Sawyer Blackman, Dylan York, Christina Kelly

SUPERB ATTENDANCE TROPHIES (no more than 3 absences during past school year) Lily Runnels, Evie Runnels, John Runnels, Reagan Felton, Liam Felton, Kenna Felton, Briggs DeMott, Turner DeMott, Ella DeMott, Caroline Watkins, Adam Watkins

PERFECT ATTENDANCE TROPHY John Runnels

Future Champion

Attendance Awards 2011-2012

ATTENDANCE TROPHY RUNNERS-UP (1 absence during past school year) Caroline and Adam Watkins

Some of our Attendance Award winners. Many are not pictured.

On September 2nd, a number of ribbons, pins, medals and trophies were presented to all children, age pre-K through 5th grade, who participated in the past school year’s Memory Work-Bible Olympics Program to any degree. The memory work program includes memorization from the Bible, Prayer Book, and Hymnal, as well as an assortment of assignments based on our liturgical year. There are 15 ribbons in our Bible Olympics Program, each denoting varying levels of interest, participation, and accomplishment. I wish space permitted me to list all our children’s accomplishments in every area, for they are impressive! ALL effort and participation have been applauded! I wish to express continuing, heartfelt thanks to Bonnie and Don Goodwin for their excellent, faithful work with our parish’s Bible Olympics program for many years. They are well loved

by all our children. Congratulations to all! - Judy Mayo

MANY DIFFERENT RIBBONS EARNED

Pre-K/K Class (simple start in memory work): Brooke Berzina, Julia Bryant, Briggs DeMott, Ryan Dickey, Jackson Diver, Alexander Escobar, Abbie Morgan, Ben Morgan, Carolina Murrin, Carsynn Oakes, Ella Pate, Emerson Pate, Sam Prim, Virginia Prim, Evie Runnels, Lily Runnels, Luke Scarborough

1st Grade: Mimi Cauble, Turner DeMott, Reagan Felton, Tatum McDaniel, Olivia Melton, Brandon Oakes, Elijah Pate, Allison Reece, Elijah Rumfelt, Ian Smith 2nd Grade: Iris Castillo, Lewis Morgan, John Runnels, Madelynn Sill 3rd Grade: Liam Felton, Kaytlin King, Margaret Lambert, Emily McLaughlin, Anna Melton, Nathan Reece, Tré Sill, Erin Smith, Charlotte Stephenson, Justin Waldrop 4th Grade: Juliana Castillo, Grace Elizabeth Cauble, Willing DeMott, Henry Harveson, Meredith Lambert, Graham Lee, Hannah McDaniel, Jackie Rakestraw, Mary Elizabeth Murrin, Caroline Watkins 5th Grade: Chris Berzina, Sarah Clark, Ella DeMott, Catherine Elsey, Kenna Felton, Eden Harveson, Edward Lee, Evy Oram, Jacob Reece, Quinn Smith, Jane Stephenson, Matthew Vories, Jeffrey Waldrop

BLACK CHALLENGE RIBBONS (Personal Challenge Awards, the highest ribbons in Bible Olympics) Turner DeMott, Reagan Felton, Olivia Melton, Allison Reece, Elijah Pate, Elijah Rumfelt, Anna Melton, Liam Felton, Willing DeMott, Caroline Watkins, Evy Oram, Kenna Felton, Catherine Elsey, Sarah Clark, Ella DeMott

SUPERB EFFORT TROPHIES Reagan Felton, Liam Felton, Kenna Felton, Sarah Clark, Catherine Elsey, Evy Oram, Ella DeMott, Turner DeMott, Willing DeMott, Anna Melton, Olivia Melton, Margaret Lambert, Meredith Lambert, John Runnels, Allison Reece, Nathan Reece, Jacob Reece, Elijah Rumfelt, Jeffrey Waldrop, Justin Waldrop, Caroline Watkins

GREAT ATTITUDE & HARD WORK TROPHIES Iris Castillo, Juliana Castillo, Olivia Melton, Anna Melton, Charlotte Stephenson, Jane Stephenson, Margaret Lambert, Meredith Lambert, Caroline Watkins, Allison Reece, Nathan Reece, Jacob Reece, Madelynn Sill, Tré Sill

SPECIAL, OVERALL AWARDS Overall Bible Olympics Champion 2011-2012: Evy Oram Fabulous Work Trophies: Kenna Felton, Catherine Elsey Steady, Persistent Work Trophy: Ella DeMott Quiz Kid Trophies: Sarah Clark, Jacob Reece Great Ambition Trophies: Reagan Felton, Liam Felton

DIVISION CHAMPIONS Primary Division (Pre-K through 1st Grade): Turner DeMott Junior Division (2nd and 3rd Grades): Anna Melton Senior Division (4th and 5th Grades): Evy Oram

SPECIALTY MEDALS

Improvement & Progress Gold: Charlotte Stephenson Silver: Jane Stephenson Bronze: Olivia Melton

Worksheets Gold: Kenna Felton Silver: Liam Felton

Bronze: Reagan Felton

Ambition (at a young age) Gold: Turner DeMott Silver: Allison Reece Bronze: Elijah Rumfelt

Hymnal & Prayer Book Gold: Catherine Elsey

Silver: Anna Melton Bronze: John Runnels

Enthusiastic Participation & Great Spirit Gold: Nathan Reece Silver: Jacob Reece Bronze: Allison Reece

Overall Bible Olympics Champion, Evy Oram,

pictured with Bonnie &

Don Goodwin

Bible Olympics Awards 2011-2012

SENIOR MINISTRY

by Rita Palm, Director of Senior Ministries

Laughter is the medicine of life.

A friend is someone who reaches for

your hand but touches your heart

NEVER underestimate a child’s ability to

get into more trouble.

Age is mind over matter. If you

don’t mind, it does not matter.

Growing old is inevitable. Growing

up is optional.

Falling in love is easy. Staying in love is

something very special.

Grace grants us the wisdom to learn to live with

ourselves and the hearts to extend that courtesy

to the rest of the world.

Love doesn’t make the world go round but it

sure makes it worthwhile.

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Jesus Calls Us…Outreach and Serving Opportunities A regular column featuring information about St. Andrew’s Outreach and current Serving Opportunities

First Sunday Fellowship & MINISTRY PARTNER SPOTLIGHT:

TarrantNet’s Read2Win

Sunday, October 7th, we’ll come together for fellowship, enjoy Grace Guild’s delicious fare, and shine the “spotlight” on Read2Win, recently launched by Tarrant Net to eliminate illiteracy in the FWISD by furnishing a reading coach for every single 1st grader needing a little extra coaching. Ed Palm and Debbie Mitchell will bring us up to date about this special volunteer literacy initiative that has been adopted and strongly supported by the Fort

Worth ISD and Mayor Betsy Price. Churches in the city (there are 626 total) will adopt a school of their choice (only 84 schools) and furnish sufficient reading coaches to assist every 1st grader needing additional help in that school. St. Andrew’s partner school is East Handley Elementary which has 12 children needing help this year. Reading coaches volunteer to spend 1 hour each week working with 2 children for 30 minutes each using a set curriculum. As this is done each year over the next five years the school will become 100% literate, and St. Andrew’s will be able to say we made this possible by partnering with the school. As other churches do the same for the other 83 elementary schools, illiteracy will be a thing of the past. The really good news is that Read2Win is not just another temporary program with no end in sight, but rather a permanent initiative to solve a problem and give a kid a chance at a productive life. The social and economic potential is enormous. An added benefit is that a coach is not required to be a teaching professional, but simply a caring person who has a heart for a needy child and understands that unless that child learns to read, he or she has little chance in today’s world.

Join us in Moncrief Hall on Sunday, October 7th, following the

10 am service for this special presentation!

Sundays ~ 8:45 to 9:45 am in Koslow Library

(coffee & treats to help with the early hour )

Open to all interested adults!

September 30

October 7, 14, 21, 28

November 4

This is your time to

pause and consider

how the Lord may be

calling you to engage in ministry! Meet and get to know other parishioners. Learn

ways to try out serving opportunities. Questions? To sign up now (so we can order study guides) -- email Nancy

Komatsu asap at calling@st-andrew.com.

Excerpt from the National Right to Read Founda-

tion According to the National Adult Literacy Sur-

vey, 42 million adult Americans can't read; 50 million

can recognize so few printed words they are limited to

a 4th or 5th grade reading level; one out of every four

teenagers drops out of high school, and of those who

graduate, one out of every four has the equivalent or

less of an eighth grade education. According to cur-

rent estimates, the number of functionally illiterate

adults is increasing by approximately two and one

quarter million persons each year. This number in-

cludes nearly 1 million young people who drop out of

school before graduation, 400,000 legal immigrants,

100,000 refugees, and 800,000 illegal immigrants, and

20 % of all high school graduates. Eighty-four percent

of the 23,000 people who took an exam for entry-level

jobs at New York Telephone in 1988, failed. More

than half of Fortune 500 companies have become edu-

cators of last resort, with the cost of remedial em-

ployee training in the three R's reaching more than 300

million dollars a year. One estimate places the yearly

cost in welfare programs and unemployment compen-

sation due to illiteracy at six billion dollars. An addi-

tional 237 billion dollars a year in unrealized earnings

is forfeited by persons who lack basic reading skills,

according to Literacy Volunteers of America.

Check it out on the web! STAY CONNECTED / Events - SHAPE – View Video

at www.st-andrew.com

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30th ANNUAL MEETING

of the

Diocesan Church Women

Diocese of Fort Worth

October 13, 2012 All Saints’ Church

4629 Bryce

Eucharist celebrated

by Rt. Rev. Jack Leo Iker

Presentation by Robi W. Ley

Speaking in Boxes

For more information and Registration Forms

contact your Deanery Representative or Barbara Mills, President at 817-966-3485 or

Julie Cosgrove, President Elect at 904-625-6684 or click on the notice at www.st-andrew.com

As we get ready to publish our new directory, we need to be sure we have your correct name(s), address, phone number, and email address.

PLEASE DO NOT ASSUME THAT OUR INFORMATION FOR YOU IS

CORRECT. Instead, stop by the table in Ryan House to verify your information. We will be available after both services. If you have any questions, please contact Paula Perkins in the church office. 817-332-3191, paulaperkins2012@gmail.com. Thank you!

Weekday Worship Schedule Tuesday 10:00 a.m. Holy Communion Thursday 7:00 a.m. Holy Communion

Daily Schedule Monday, September 24

11:50 a.m. Don Anderson, Moncrief Tuesday, September 25 6:30 a.m. Men’s Bible Study, Koslow 10:00 a.m. Holy Communion, Chapel 1:30 p.m. Staff Meeting, Koslow Wednesday, September 26 12:00 p.m. Rector’s Bible Study, Koslow 4:30 p.m. Vestry,* Koslow 6:00 p.m. FX | Family Experience,* Moncrief 6:30 p.m. Women’s Evening Bible Study,* Koslow 7:00 p.m. St . Andrew’s Choir Practice,* Choir Rm. Thursday, September 27 7:00 a.m. Holy Communion, Chapel 9:30 a.m. Women’s Morning Bible Study,* Moncrief 7:00 p.m. Greek Class, McFarland 11:30 p.m. Messenger Deadline Friday, September 28 5:00 p.m. Diocesan Men’s Retreat, Camp Crucis Saturday, September 29 8:00 a.m. Diocesan Men’s Retreat, Camp Crucis Sunday, September 30 The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost 8:00 a.m. Holy Communion, Chapel 8:45 a.m. SHAPE Class,* Koslow 10:00 a.m. Morning Prayer,* Church 10:00 a.m. Preschool & K Chapel,* Children’s Chapel 10:30 a.m. Preschool & K Sunday School,* Preschool Area 10:40 a.m. Grades 1-4 Sunday School,* Guild Room & Elementary Area 11:15 a.m. Grades 5-6 Sunday School,* Confirmation Room 11:15 a.m. Grades 7-9 Sunday School,* Youth Lounge

September 23 Melinda Kirby

Meredith Helm

September 24

Dana Compton

September 25

Edythe Sesnick

Elisabeth McKeachie

Kelly Nichols

Amanda Ellis

Jeff Waldrop

September 26

Elizabeth Egger

September 27 Kelli Brazzel September 28 Carl Davis Dorothy Bignell Pam Rhoads Denise Bonin Todd Kelly Lundy Johnson Melissa Purvis September 29 Warren VanderBurgh Nila Riddle Anna Melissa Philpott

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SAINT ANDREW’S MESSENGER is published weekly, except bi-weekly during the summer and the week after Christmas, by St. Andrew’s Parish. Periodical postage is paid at Fort Worth, TX. USPS 5898-90.

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The Rt. Rev’d Jack L. Iker, D.D. Bishop The Rev’d Dr. R. William Dickson Rector The Rev’d Richard Clark Pastoral Care The Very Rev’d William N. McKeachie Vicar Kendall Felton Director of Youth Ministries Jason Runnels Choirmaster Glenda Robinson Organist Judy Mayo Director of Children’s Ministries Marsland Moncrief Liaison to Women’s Ministries Rita Palm Director of Senior Ministries

Peggy Rush Editor/Publications

Mission Statement St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church exists to worship God in the beauty of holiness and in Spirit and truth; to win the lost to Jesus Christ and disciple every believer; to equip and empower every member for ministry; and to spread God’s kingdom through charitable, righteous works locally and globally.

THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH

Prayer Chain Reminder:

Names may be submitted weekly to Carrie Brent at 817-738-6496 by 8 p.m. Sunday evening. Permission should be obtained before submitting the name of someone other than oneself.

The flowers for Sunday, September 23

are given to the glory of God

at the Church altar

in celebration of the wedding of

Danielle Lee & Lance Lorman

and at the

Children’s Chapel altar

in honor of the tenth birthday of

Anna Elizabeth Melton

Our Deepest Sympathy

on the death of

Colleen Edwards Geren wife of

Preston M. Geren, Jr.

devoted mother, grandmother,

great-grandmother, and aunt to a

large, wonderful family

September 13, 2012

Get Smart...Please Check Your Directory Information

11:15 a.m. Grades 10-12 Sunday School,* Youth Cafe 11:15 a.m. Adult Education with Sam Negus* discussing the 39 Articles, Moncrief 11:50 a.m. Children’s Choir,* Choir Room 5:00 p.m. Choral Evensong,* Church

*Nursery provided