FISHERMAN’S NET Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church • Lakewood, Ohio

Volume 49, Number 06 • February 2016

Growing a Rule of Life

The best thing any of us can do in the season of Lent is to take on some kind of spiritual exercise or

discipline. Usually, we think of Lent in terms of giving up, of fasting from some vice, pleasure, or such.

This is fine, as far as it goes. But a really good Lent, I think, invites us to a positive embrace of spiritual

discipline, not just a brief denial of a pleasure.

Bishop Hollingsworth has invited us to join with Episcopalians all over Ohio, all over the country, in

a shared spiritual exercise this Lent. Growing a Rule of Life is a seven week program produced through

a collaboration between the Virginia Theological Seminary and the Society of Saint John the Evangelist

(an order of Episcopal monks). The program begins on Ash Wednesday, February 10, and concludes at

Easter. I have purchased sufficient participant books for every household in the parish. The books will

be available in church on January 24th.

To facilitate this program, and as an experiment, I am making a change in our normal weekly

schedule. For some time now, I have been wondering whether our Wednesday 9:30 a.m. Eucharist

meets parish needs. I love this service, but the faithful community that attends it has dwindled to less

than a half-dozen. Many Wednesdays, there may be just me and one other

person present. I have wondered if more folks

might take advantage of this worship opportunity at

the beginning, end, or middle of the day. So,

beginning on February 17, the Holy Eucharist will

be celebrated every Wednesday at 7:00 a.m. and

6:00 p.m. in the Bethlehem Chapel. We will

continue this pattern through Holy Week. We can

decide at that point whether a permanent change

makes sense.

For those taking part in Growing a Rule of Life, both

Wednesday services will be followed by a time for

eating, fellowship and conversation. In the morning,

we'll have coffee and pastries. In the evening, we will

have a light supper. As we eat, we'll spend about 45

minutes talking together about what we're learning and experiencing in the Rule program.

Other Lenten opportunities abound. I know many of you had a great time last year with Lent Madness,

the light-hearted riff on "March Madness" that takes you through a tournament style bracket of holy men and

holy women vying for the coveted "Golden Halo." You can find it once again at www.lentmadness.org. For

those of you who prefer the reading route, I highly commend to you The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything,

by Fr. James Martin, a concise, easy to read, fun introduction to Ignatian Spirituality.

I pray for you all a most holy season of Lent. However you increase your attention to fasting,

almsgiving, and prayer, I pray it will bring you closer in these holy weeks to our Lord, who desires nothing

greater than to draw close to you.

Your Brother in Christ,

— Keith

Wednesdays in Lent February 17 - March 23

7:00 a.m. - Holy Eucharist & Healing Juice, pastries, coffee

and conversation follow 6:00 p.m. - Holy Eucharist & Healing

Light supper and conversation follow

Come One, Come All! The Greatest Pancake Breakfast Bar, EVER!!!

Join us Sunday,

February 7th

at 9:00 am

as the Youth Group and

their families host this

month’s first Sunday

Parish Breakfast.

We will be offering

“All You Can Eat”

pancakes with all the trimming you can imagine,

from Nutella to Blackberry syrup & crumbled

bacon to mini M&M’s!

Additionally, we’ll have sausage links, patties,

yogurt, fresh fruit, and more. All donations support

our summer mission trip to Pittsburgh, PA where

we will be building a house. This fundraiser

replaces our Super Bowl Pizza Sale. (Donations

will be accepted if you are unable to attend the

breakfast – please mark your checks Youth Mission

Trip.) Thank you very much.

February Outreach Focus of the Month:

COUNCIL OF CHILDREN IN NEED

ASSOCIATION

(C.O.C.I.N.A.)

Cultivating Hope in Haiti,

One Life at a Time

COCINA is once again our monthly Outreach

Focus Partner. It is a nationwide group of Christian

people who have united to support an extraordinary

ministry in Arrondissement Ouanaminthe, an

impoverished city of 120,000 people in the

northeastern corner of Haiti. Parishioners Karen

Bradley and Tom Norton have, for years, been

supporters and board members of this ministry.

At the end of February, Karen Bradley and Keith

Owen will travel for a week to Ouanaminthe for

what we hope will be the first of several future

mission trips by St. Peter's folk.

Since 1994, COCINA has focused on three

principal missions: education, healthcare, and

economic development. COCINA supports Institut

Univers, a kindergarten - grade 13 school which

currently hosts 2300 students. Many IU graduates

are sponsored to come to the United States for

college, returning to Haiti in the hopes of seeding

future development there.

Univers Centre Medical provides primary and

emergency care for 35,000 patient visits each year.

COCINA economic development efforts help

local folks start and build small businesses.

COCINA members were recently instrumental in

building and operating a large capacity bakery,

providing jobs and affordable food for the

community. Many of the IU graduates who attend

college in the U.S. return home with skills and

knowledge to start these businesses.

In addition to your weekly loose plate gifts, we

hope to collect some basic items such as printer ink

cartridges, batteries, and simple school supplies.

Stay tuned for news about this in church on

Sundays.

If you'd like to learn more, visit the COCINA

website at http://www.haiticocina.org. Check out

some of the literature that will be available in the

undercroft, or contact Karen Bradley.

Please pray for Keith and Karen, and the nationwide

team they will join, when they visit Ouanaminthe

from February 27 - March 3.

ASH WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE:

February 10 Imposition of Ashes and Holy Eucharist

7:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m.

2:00 p.m. at The Normandy

7:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary 7:30 p.m. Children’s Service

I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, 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.

Nancy’s Corner

“When you find yourself

more likely to cling to

schedules, rules, lists, and

personal agendas rather

than to the needs of those

around you, beware. There

is something amiss in

the compass of your heart.” Joan Chittister

The Radical Christian Life: A Year With Saint

Benedict

How easy it is to forget what is important in lives,

our own and those standing in front of us. In this

season of political shouting, it is very apparent that

there is "something amiss in the compass of many

hearts".

The reality of intolerance and hate-speak that has

grabbed such a large part of the citizenry gives rise

to the need for some Lenten disciplines that might

help 'turn folks around' whatever the religious

preferences.

The reality is that Lent is upon us earlier this

year, and cannot come too soon. The Book of

Common Prayer is clear (p.265) in its 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."

Too many seem clueless about how to make time

for prayer and self-examination, and meditating on

God's holy Word. So here are some easy

suggestions: grab a copy of the Forward Day By

Day to read daily. If your work requires a commute

use the quiet times in your car to self-examine those

things done and left undone that need remembering

and perhaps changing.

Try the Lenten discipline suggested by Bishop

Mark, “Growing a Rule of Life". This series can be

done at home or on a lunch break. Ask Fr. Keith to

get the workbook for you or go to the Diocese of

Ohio's web page. A Rule is a way to make your

spiritual life something more than a hit or miss

experience. A Rule is a path to follow even when

Lent is over. It is a way to structure a life lived as a

disciple between Sundays.

If you are like most of us, there is never enough

time to focus on the love of God for each of us.

However, this could be the Lent that changes, you

and so those around you, as you move into a new

reality not dictated by the social media. May our

hearts heal as we continue to become Jesus’

disciples in a world so very much in need.

~ Nancy H. Wittig

Children’s Ash Wednesday Service

We will meet in the undercroft at 7:30 p.m. Parents

may drop off their children Kindergarten thru 5th

grade and then head upstairs to the sanctuary.

The children (and leaders) will discuss the season

of Lent and how we will put away the word

“Alleluia” (we will literally put the word away letter

by letter into envelopes and into a box to be tucked

away in a special place at the child’s home until

Easter morning). At this same station the children

will make a prayer chain containing their prayers

that we will "tear off" each Sunday and read during

the 40 days of Lent (this will remain here at church;

it will not to go home).

We will move through four more interactive

stations experiencing, water, oil, light, and the

imposition of Ashes. If time lends itself we will

read a short story about Lent.

Childcare will be offered for infant/toddler/pre-K

during the Ash Wednesday evening service. If you

have any questions, please contact Michelle.

Women Welcoming Women

At February’s Women Welcoming Women on

February 23, at Panera in Rocky River at 7 p.m,

there will lots of

fun conversation

with the

exchange of

ideas, advise and

compassion. The

mission of the

group is to

foster friends and

fellowship. Our theme is

“Scatter seeds of kindness wherever

you go...and watch friendships

bloom.” For more information contact

Lorna Jordan 216-227-0163 or ljcookie@cox.net.

St. Cecilia’s Guild

If you were moved

by the Academy

Award-nominated

film Shadowlands,

or by A Grief

Observed, C. S.

Lewis’s anguished

examination of loss

and faith following

the death of his wife,

Joy Davidman; if

you are an admirer

of Lewis’s writing

and scholarship (or

of his Narnia books);

if you would like to

know more about the

divorced Jewish

atheist who embraced Christianity after

experiencing a moment of transcendent grace,

kindled by Lewis’s intellectual explorations; or if

you simply love a great love story and want to know

who inspired such ardor late in Lewis's life, this is

your opportunity.

The St. Cecilia’s Guild is hosting a discussion of

the biography Joy: Poet, Seeker, and the Woman

who Captivated C. S. Lewis, by Abigail Santamaria

(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015). This book

discussion—with tea, savories, and sweets—will

take place on Wednesday, February 17, beginning

at noon at the home of Tina Uible, 20025 Beach

Cliff Boulevard, Rocky River. You can purchase

the book at your favorite independent bookstore, at

Barnes and Noble, or on Amazon. Lending copies

are also available at Rocky River, Lakewood, and

other local public libraries. This is a free event.

Please RSVP to Marci Rich by Sunday, February 14

(marci.keyword@gmail.com or 804-833-4975).

Joy was honored with an Award of Merit in

Christianity Today's 2016 Book Awards, and

Library Journal’s review says “those who want to

know the real Davidman will discover a woman in

search of purpose and meaning who finally finds it

in the faith and person of [C.S.] Lewis.”

Child Care News

It was a pleasure to be in

church for the Annual

Meeting again this year

and to have a chance to

interact and speak with

folks that we do not see all

the time. We are always

happy to report and share the goings-on of the

Center and are obviously very interested (and

nervous) with what is going to be happening to the

building in the next year or so.

If you are interested, the

Child Care Center is

launching its annual

Malley’s Easter

Chocol ate sale to

begin February.

Forms are available on

our information table

outside the Center. YOU order, and WE have it

delivered here to the church in plenty of time for

holiday baskets. You may also have orders shipped

directly to you by ordering online:

http://www.malleys.com/st-peters-child-care

LOOKING FOR SUMMER ADVENTURES

FOR YOUR CHILD? Take time to think about St.

Peter’s Child Care Summer Camp Program. Open

enrollment begins on February 8. If you or any one you know is in need of child

care during the summer months, consider our

summer camp program. The program is designed to

fit the needs of school age children who have

completed Kindergarten through those entering 5th

grade. Each day is filled with different activities.

Our children participate in bowling, swimming,

library, Metroparks adventures, educational

activities, visiting local playgrounds, on-site visitors

and weekly field trips. If you are interested in more

information please contact Courtney or Denise at

216-226-2840. Spaces are filling quickly!

~ Denise Minor and Courtney Nerad

Thank you to all the children, drop-in and otherwise, for a fabulous production. Also, a special thanks to all the parents who assisted

with the costumes, the ushers who helped get all the children to the Chapel for dressing,

Tom Newman for getting us everything we needed to make our production happen,

Michael Miller for the music, Fr. Keith and Nancy for their assistance in once again bringing this to fruition, and all of our

parishioners who support the Children and Youth program throughout the year. We

can’t wait for next year’s Drop-in Pageant!

Sunday Forums FEBRUARY 2016

9:00 AM TO 9:45 AM

The Adult Forum with Biblical Israel will continue.

Come and join us as we resume this wonderful

series. Everyone is welcome. Childcare is

available. For more information, see Nancy

Youth Group Attends…

Christian Music’s Largest Annual Tour!

ALL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US ON

(you don't have to be a youth group'er')

Sunday, February 21st; WINTER JAM at Cleveland

State University; $10 cash at the door

http://2016.jamtour.com/

Show Time: 5:45 PM; Doors Open: 5:00PM

Leave the Church: 3:00PM

We will need to leave the church and head down at

3:00pm as it's first come, first serve, and we've

missed out before by getting into line too late.

Summer Youth Mission Trip

It has been decided! After being presented with five

options for mission this summer, our group decided

on Rochester, PA (just south of Pittsburgh).

Plans are underway to join Hosanna Industries

July 17-22, 2016. We plan to arrive Sunday evening

and participate in orientation and registration.

Monday we will all spend the day in the training

and education building learning more about

building and construction skills. Then Tuesday,

Wednesday, Thursday we will be out in the field

either on a Blitz build or similar construction

projects that we did in Appalachia.

You can learn more about Hosanna Industries by

visiting their website at

http://hosannaindustries.org/

Our 2016 Mission trip team consists of 33

already! Please keep our youth and adult leaders in

your thoughts and prayers over the next few

months. If you have any questions about the

mission trip, please see Michelle.

St. Peter’s Foundation:

If you are considering St. Peter’s Church Foundation in your giving and estate planning, and would like more

information, please go to St. Peter’s website at www.stpeterslakewood.org, and click on the link to

the Foundation. You may also call the church office for assistance. This is an opportunity for you to give to the

future of our church, in building and in mission.

Youth Group Ski Trip

ALL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US!

You don't have to be a youth group'er'!!!

We are planning to ski on a

SUPER SAVER SUNDAY,

either 2/7/16 or 3/6/16 from

4-9pm. The cost for a lift

ticket and rental is PRESALE

$30 and at the door $35. Please

call the church to let us know which

date you would like to go

and/or drop off your money

to let us know you would like us to order a presale

ticket by Monday, February 1st. We'll notify you of

the decided upon date ASAP. More details will be

in the What’s Happening section of your Sunday

leaflet, via email, and our Facebook page.

Youth Group: You Deserve It… Pat Yourselves on the Back!!!

Instead of

participating

in the

Homeless

Sleep-Out,

this year we

spent the

entire month

of January

serving

others.

Our month looked like this:

Sunday, January 3rd

: We cleaned toys and

put together furniture for the brand new

Down Syndrome facility, Gigi’s Playhouse,

http://gigisplayhouse.org/cleveland/ opening

up right here in Lakewood;

Sunday, January 10th

: We baked over 100

cupcakes including cooling and frosting for

our own Saint Peter’s Community Meal;

Sunday, January 17th

: ½ of our

group participated in “Feed our Family” at

Our Family Center, a storefront in East

Cleveland, to provide a nourishing, hot meal

to 50 - 70 men, women and children; and

Sunday, January 31st: the second ½ of our

group participated in “Feed our Family”

event.

Intergenerational Lent Event

Sunday,

February 14th

at 9:00 a.m.!

Please join us

in the

Undercroft

for another

much

anticipated

Labyrinth

spiritual

walk. Only

this time we'll

have a short

video for you

to enjoy

before

heading into the walk. This video will help you

prepare for prayer and help to focus your thoughts

as you meditate through the walk. Upon completion

of the Lenten journey you will have the opportunity

to write a prayer or two on a cotton prayer flag. All

the flags will be joined and hung here at Saint

Peter’s to help us all visualize each other's prayers

and needs during Lent.

~Tibetans believe that when the prayers fade

and fray away to the wind they will soon be

answered. ~

Coffee Hour

Below are our host families for February &

March. We will not have host families on

our breakfast Sundays as we have found

that there are enough leftovers from

breakfast. Also, there will no

coffee hour on Palm Sunday

March 20 & Easter March 27.

Just to remind us all how this

works: 6 households will be assigned

each Sunday. No one will have to do this more than

a couple times each year. We ask that you plan to

bring along with you on Sunday a plate of

something to put out for coffee hour. Baking is no

required, but is always welcomed! The items you

bring can be as simple as a bag of goldfish crackers,

fresh fruit such as grapes, baby carrots and dip,

grapes, crackers & cheese, you name it. Just bring

enough to share with maybe two dozen people, and

please make sure it’s ready to service(i.e., on a

platter, sliced, whatever). All you have to do is

leave the item in the kitchen before church. The

verger will take care of putting things out and

cleaning up (though you are always welcome to

help!) Tom Newman will help out by getting the

coffee & lemonade started. THANK YOU Tom!

If you cannot cover your assigned Sunday, it

would be most helpful if you call someone and

switch Sundays. You many opt entirely out of the

rotation simply by contacting Amanda Chambers

440-669-6352 or amandaschambers@hotmail.com

With much gratitude, Amanda Chambers

February 7

Mike and Hillary Bickerton – verger

Parish Breakfast

February 14

Anida Balmer - verger

Gary & Megan Sindelar

Lois Smith

Cathe Step & Ryan Vogelgesang

Ron Stach & Doug Hoffman

Carl & Shirley Tabar

Dave Tabar

February 21

Sarah Taylor - verger

Ken & Martha Taylor

Jeff Tennant

George & Barbara Thomas

Tina Uible

Brad & Deb Vandrasik

February 28

Sara Ferry- verger

Pat Wielinski

Angela & Kevin Wisser

Nancy Wittig & Pam Darling

Kathy Woolner

Chuck & Ann Wright

John & Betsy Yingling

March 6

Tina Uible – verger

Parish Breakfast

March 13

Nan Archibold- verger

Lynn Allman

Rebecca Austin

Tom & Jenni Baker

Cherie Bauer

Stephen Bickerton

Ann Bish

Miss Church? Listen Anyway!

You can now listen to

Keith and Nancy’s

sermons if you miss a

Sunday. Texts and

audio are available via

the parish website, and

audio can be accessed

via the parish

Facebook page.

The parish website

address is www.stpeterslakewood.org. You can get

to our Facebook page via the website or you can go

directly to it via Facebook via

http://www.facebook.com/stpeterslakewood.

Youth Group and the January

“Serving Others” Activities

February Events Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Prayer / Book Group,

1:00 pm

2

3 Holy Eucharist & Healing, 9:30 am

Bible Study,

10:30 am

4

Choir 7:30 pm

5

Men’s Bible Study, 7:00 am

Vestry Retreat

6

7 Holy Eucharist,

8:00 & 10:00 am Pancake Breakfast.,

9:00 am Sunday School

9:45 am Coffee Hour,

11:30 am

8 Prayer / Book Group,

1:00 pm

9

Community Meal, 6:00 pm

10 Ash

Wednesday

Holy Eucharist,

7:00 am, noon,

7:30 pm Children’s Service,

7:30 pm

2:00 pm Normandy Service

11

Choir 7:30 pm

12

Men’s Bible Study, 7:00 am

13

14 Holy Eucharist,

8:00 & 10:00 am

Intergenerational Event., 9:00 am

Sunday School

9:45 am Coffee Hour,

11:30 am

15 President’s

Day

Prayer / Book Group,

1:00 pm

Fisherman’s NET deadline

OFFICE CLOSED

16

17 Holy Eucharist & Healing, 7:00 am

Bible Study,

10:30 am

Holy Eucharist & Healing, 6:00 pm

18

Choir 7:30 pm

19 Men’s Bible Study,

7:00 am

20

21 Holy Eucharist,

8:00 & 10:00 am Adult Ed., 9:00 am

Sunday School

9:45 am Coffee Hour,

11:30 am Youth Group,

Ski Trip

22

Prayer / Book Group, 1:00 pm

23

WWW @ Panera’s, 7:00 pm

24 Holy Eucharist & Healing, 9:30 am

Bible Study,

10:30 am

25

Choir 7:30 pm

26 Men’s Bible Study,

7:00 am

Normandy Service, 11:00 am

27

28 Holy Eucharist,

8:00 & 10:00 am Adult Ed. 9:00 am

Sunday School,

9:45am Coffee Hour,

11:30 am

29

Prayer / Book Group,

1:00 pm

Parish Prayer Rota for February

Please use this parish prayer rota in your daily prayers. We will pray for all the families and individuals in the

parish serially over the course of a few months, we’ll then start over again. Clip this page and keep it with your

daily devotions for easy access.

Feb 1 Barbara Caravona

Leo Carlin

Feb 2 Jennifer Carlson

John & Janis Carlson

Feb 3 Amanda & Amy Chambers

Tren, Lisa, Hale & Noah Cheshier

Feb 4 Connie Chisamore

Linda Chisamore

Feb 5 Ray Chisamore

Dorothy Cibula

Feb 6 Mary Clark

Mary Coe

Feb 7 Jim, Carrie & Jaime Cofer

Warren, Leslie, Palmer & Warren Coleman

Feb 8 Craig, Janet, Beatrice, Madelyn & James Cook

Michael, Jamina, Annika & Calixte Cook

Feb 9 Hal & Connie Cooper

Ann Cordes

Feb 10 Alberta Crawford

Bill, Liz, Madeleine & Will Crosby

Feb 11 Mary Daniel

Pam DarlingClark & Mella Davies

Feb 12 Margaret DeArmnond

Jon, Lesley & Lucy Demagall

Feb 13 Matt, Heidi, Alison & Brooklyn Demaline

Sandy DeMart

Feb 14 Gretchen Derethik

Jordon, Kelly & Emily Dillon

Feb 15 Terry & Patti Dobro

Chris Donaldson

Feb 16 Eric & Nadia Dorenkott

Dennis Driscoll & Susan Murnane and

Octavia & Nora

Feb 17 Ruth Duttweiler

Tim Elliot

Feb 18 Kevin, Emily & Maggie Fagan

Peter Fahrenkopf

Feb 19 Steve Felder

Sara Ferry

Feb 20 Betty Fifner

Doug & Elaine Fifner

Feb 21 George Filko

Andy, Samantha, Jonathan, Patrick,

Anna & Katherine Fitz

Feb 22 Scott & Mary Fitz

Jim Ford

Feb 23 Joan Foster

Paul, Kristin & Liam Francois

Feb 24 Richard Furry

Jeff, Kristen, Evan, Isaac & Keira Gardner

Feb 25 Ann Garland

Chas & Patti Geiger

Feb 26 Lawrence & Geri Gibson

Bobbi Gillen

Feb 27 Jim & Linda Good

Dan, Sarah, Emmet, Jordan & Meredith Gourash

Feb 28 Bill, Kathy, KC & TJ Grane

Nancy Gray

Feb 29 Bob Gray

Mike, Jennifer, Gaby,

Jacob & Elisa Hammarlund & Alex Theis

Don’t forget to clip this page.

The Rev. G. Keith Owen, II, Rector keithowen@stpeterslakewood.org

The Rev. Canon Nancy H. Wittig, Assisting Priest n.wittig@att.net

The Rev. John S. Keller, Retired Assisting Priest jskandpk@aol.com

Leslie Hannan, Parish Administrator office@stpeterslakewood.org

Donna Felleisen, Parish Accountant finance@stpeterslakewood.org

Michelle Killin-Keith, Coordinator for Youth, Children & Family dartwoman@sbcglobal.net

Barrett T. Newman, Sexton stpetersepiscopalsexton@gmail.com

Michael Miller, Director of Music & Organist mmillerohio@msn.com

John Carlson, Spiritual Director jfcpeace@yahoo.com

Doug Fifner, Senior Warden

Sara Ferry, Junior Warden

Amanda Wolf, Clerk

Dan Lammers, Treasurer

Vestry members: Karen Bradley-Norton, Pete Wheeler, Jan Babbit, Mike Bickerton, Chris Hill,

Lorna Jordan, Tom Andrews, Mark Lekan, Ryan Vogelgesang, James Cook

Sunday Services: 8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m.

Website: www.stpeterslakewood.org

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