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Resurrection Life Resurrection Episcopal Church, 12355 Fort Caroline Road, Jacksonville, FL 32225 Volume 2012 Issue 9 SEPT. Newsletter 2012 Resurrection Episcopal Church Resurrection Life Stumbling blocks and foolishness . . . For Jews demand signs and Greeks desire wisdom, but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. (1 Cor 1:22-24) Dear Friends: We celebrate and honor the cross of Christ on September 14. The feast goes by the name of the Exaltation of the Cross of Christ or simply Holy Cross Day, and in the Western Church it commemorates the recovery of the supposed true cross of Christ in 629 by the Emperor Heraclius from the Persians who had swiped it in 614. Of course we do not know the veracity of the claim that it was the “true cross of Christ,” but Holy Cross Day is nonetheless a major feast of the Christian year. The story that Christianity had to tell in Paul’s day sounded like nonsense to the cultured Greek and the pious Jew, and Paul loosely quotes Isaiah in attacking the limitations of human so-called wisdom. The history of humankind’s quest for God is littered with evidence that in our halting, flawed, and clumsy way we never really do find God; rather God finds us. If we have any wisdom at all, it will never suffice to identify, find, and apprehend God, but maybe it will be sufficient to convince us of the limitations of humankind. The Jews of Paul’s day simply couldn’t get their arms around the idea that God’s Chosen One could end up on a cross. In their searching for Messiah they would have been on the constant lookout for signs that would herald the golden age of God, and crucifixion didn’t qualify. For their part, the Greeks’ conception of God was one without feelings, one so distant from human nature that the whole idea of incarnation was revolting to them. In their search for excellence they extolled the clever mind and the silver tongue, and the blunt message and crude delivery of the Christian prophets didn’t measure up. On our trip through East Europe I spoke to Catholic and Orthodox alike, principally laity, to try to understand how Christianity is faring in that part of the developing world. Their problems with apostasy, lack of faithfulness we might say, is not unlike our own—although sometimes I think the more developed the country the bigger the problem. Humankind in Paul’s day consistently outsmarted itself, and the trend seems alive and well today on both sides of the Atlantic, in rich countries and poor, in big nations and small. Discipleship, ministry, extravagant generosity: are these stumbling blocks and foolishness to so many of us because we are so full of wisdom? Or are we as clueless as the Jews and Greeks of Paul’s day? Faithfully, Fr. Reed+

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Resurrection Life

Resurrection Episcopal Church, 12355 Fort Caroline Road, Jacksonville, FL 32225

Volume 2012 Issue 9

SEPT. Newsletter 2012

Resurrection Episcopal Church

Resurrection Life

Stumbling blocks and foolishness . . .

For Jews demand signs and Greeks desire wisdom, but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews

and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and

the wisdom of God. (1 Cor 1:22-24)

Dear Friends:

We celebrate and honor the cross of Christ on September 14. The feast goes by the name of the

Exaltation of the Cross of Christ or simply Holy Cross Day, and in the Western Church it

commemorates the recovery of the supposed true cross of Christ in 629 by the Emperor Heraclius from

the Persians who had swiped it in 614. Of course we do not know the veracity of the claim that it was

the “true cross of Christ,” but Holy Cross Day is nonetheless a major feast of the Christian year.

The story that Christianity had to tell in Paul’s day sounded like nonsense to the cultured Greek and the

pious Jew, and Paul loosely quotes Isaiah in attacking the limitations of human so-called wisdom. The

history of humankind’s quest for God is littered with evidence that in our halting, flawed, and clumsy

way we never really do find God; rather God finds us. If we have any wisdom at all, it will never

suffice to identify, find, and apprehend God, but maybe it will be sufficient to convince us of the

limitations of humankind.

The Jews of Paul’s day simply couldn’t get their arms around the idea that God’s Chosen One could

end up on a cross. In their searching for Messiah they would have been on the constant lookout for

signs that would herald the golden age of God, and crucifixion didn’t qualify. For their part, the

Greeks’ conception of God was one without feelings, one so distant from human nature that the whole

idea of incarnation was revolting to them. In their search for excellence they extolled the clever mind

and the silver tongue, and the blunt message and crude delivery of the Christian prophets didn’t

measure up.

On our trip through East Europe I spoke to Catholic and Orthodox alike, principally laity, to try to understand

how Christianity is faring in that part of the developing world. Their problems with apostasy, lack of

faithfulness we might say, is not unlike our own—although sometimes I think the more developed the country

the bigger the problem. Humankind in Paul’s day consistently outsmarted itself, and the trend seems alive and

well today on both sides of the Atlantic, in rich countries and poor, in big nations and small. Discipleship,

ministry, extravagant generosity: are these stumbling blocks and foolishness to so many of us because we are so

full of wisdom? Or are we as clueless as the Jews and Greeks of Paul’s day?

Faithfully,

Fr. Reed+

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All women in the church are

automatically members of the

ECW. We cordially invite the new

women members of the church to

attend our meetings

& bring a friend!

ECW meeting Sat. Sept. 22nd

11 a.m. Please bring a snack to

share.

Join us and let’s get to know each other.

Jane Carr, President, ECW

Our ECW Episcopal Church Women

Our President: Jane Carr 641-5410, [email protected]

Our Vice Pres: Brenda Goodnow 603-566-1443, [email protected]

Our Treasurer: Claudette Peck 642-1068, [email protected]

We have set a date for our next

Garage Sale: November 10/2012,

we have a couple of months yet to

plan on it, but try to keep your

articles for us as space is limited at the

church. If you must bring them soon-

er, we keep them behind the "Fence"

on stage in the Chapel. The Sale is a

great way for our church to supple-

ment our income and is already part

of our budget. The last one netted

around $1,000.00.The ECW also

raises money with the Bake Sale.

The Bishop will be coming to worship

with us Sunday, September 23rd. We

will be having a reception following the

service.

What do

they do at

those

ECW

meetings?

I don’t

know…

let’s go

and find out!

Cleanup DAY Aug. 2012

After Bushwhacking-East parking lot John finds a drain

Drain after clearing

The BUTT Bucket

East entrance AFTER

The last CLEANUP DAY resulted in over 20 people who went at their various tasks with gusto…

Brenda Goodnow, ECW VP and Judy Drexler manned the kitchen and presented us with a wonderful Lunch with Hot Dogs and all the trimmings including potato salad and desserts.

The east parking lot & vegetation was trimmed, raked, picked up, a drain discovered, the wild growth cut back, and was pronounced "much better" by Bogie Singleton, Buildings and Grounds. Don Carlson, Dick Michaelson, Jeff English, John Thomas, and Rob Gordon shared a shed full of tools, bushwhacked, blew off the remaining bits, and got the job done. Will Peck painted many doors. Claudette worked on mulching and flower beds. Wild flowers were found peeking out in the sunlight, birds were singing, the day was bright and sunny after days of rain.

Greg Euston worked the length of the new stone wall in front along Fort Caroline, trimming and carting away lots of sand and debris.

Ann, Cassandra and Michael Brackin worked the back under the deck, & playground Cassandra's oldest son Johnathan manned the power mower on the "back 40."

You are all appreciated...there is always much to do..."many hands make light

work."

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Our Wednesday

Night Family Dinners

are back! Plan to join

us on Wednesday,

September 12th at 6:30

p.m. in the Parish Hall.

Always delicious food,

fun and fellowship.

As always we thank all providers of Refreshments for Fellowship

time after the 10:30 service.

Claudette Peck

STEWARDSHIP Greg Euston

Has everyone noticed that the city has completed the new stone wall in front of the church and planted some grass? What an improvement! Please take a moment to admire it.

Also, Resurrection has taken responsibility for Ft. Caroline Rd. from Charles Bennett to Mount Pleasant. Check it out; Resurrection Episcopal Church is on the Keep Jacksonville Beautiful signs! We are demonstrating our stewardship of the environment and reaching out to the community to say, “we are here and we care.”

The Vestry, Father Reed and Rev. Carrie are very grateful for the support we received in our 13th Month campaign to fill the unexpected hole in our 2012 budget. We were hoping to receive $7000 in immediate and pledged support, and we have done so. In addition to the individual donors, the EWC contributed $800, the proceeds from their Christmas in July sale. Thanks to everyone who responded to the call.

Beginning in October, we will introduce “Extravagant Generosity”, our stewardship campaign for 2013. We will be reaching out to you in letters, services, prayers and meetings to share the idea that generous sharing is a core value of Christianity, and that we show our discipleship by sharing to the fullest extent God’s gifts of time, talent and treasure.

Your first letter will arrive in late September and include a booklet entitled “Practicing Extravagant Generosity, Daily Readings on the Grace of Giving.”

Each of the four sermons in October will expand on the readings in this book.

Also, on each Sunday in October, we will have a “Cottage Meeting” in the Parish Hall to further discuss Extravagant Generosity, to show you the details of the church’s finances and to answer your questions. You will receive an invitation to one of the meetings that are expected to last from 60 to 90 minutes.

The Extravagant Generosity stewardship campaign will end on Commitment Sunday, November 5th.

Brenda Goodwin & Judy Drexler

prepared lunch for all the workers on

cleanup DAY August, 2012

Looking East at new Stone Wall & Sod from west REC entrance

The “Crazy ECW Gals” ( Claudette,

Kitty, Brenda & Judy D.) arrive back

from a great trip to Camp Weed and the

Summer ECW Meeting & Lunch. Kathy is

taking the picture.

“Thanks for driving, Kitty.”

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Walter, Bob and Sara, Bree, Justin & Isaac, Bogie and JoAnne, Delores, Sally & Paul, Elesa and Grafton, Julie, Kathy & Ron, Nancy, Trish, Bill, Carol, Debbie, Dianne, Doug,

Edna, Gerry, Joan, John, Kim, Kirk, Kurt, LaTina, Linda, Lois, Mary, Mel, Neil, Pat, Paula, Peggy, Sabrina, Sam, Stacy, Stedman, Tim, Vanessa, William, and for our Resurrection families, friends and leaders. For all our Military here and abroad, active and retired.

HELP !!! URGENT !!!

ARLINGTON COMMUNITY

SERVICES:

***vital list of needs:***

Canned Meats, Soup

Packets of dry milk

Cans of chili

Bottles or cans of juice

Jiffy mix

Boxes of cereal

Dry pasta, Jelly

Macaroni and cheese

Dry beans

Ramen noodles

Side dishes, including pasta

sides

Tuna helper

Laundry Detergent

Coffee/Tea

WE ARE IN URGENT NEED OF

FOOD...As always,

thank you for all

you do.

Many Blessings,

Joyce Pruitt

DONATION BOX

The ECW has joined with our

local USO in

“Operation Packages from

Home”

Our Donation box is on the ta-

ble at the back of the church, and

a list of supplies our troops need

and want is available. We appreci-

ate your help in providing enough

small supplies to fill a box once a

month to be shipped to the troops

through the USO. Many Thanks

to all who have donated so far !!

Thank you for caring and sharing.

For more info, contact

Kathy Faryon at 476-5537

SEPTEMBER

Remember ...Our Healing

Service does much to help.

A hand, a hug, a smile

go a long way ...

HEALING SERVICE

WILL BE HELD

THE LAST SUNDAY OF THE

MONTH

SEPTEMBER 30TH

REMEMBER TO GIVE

ONE TO SOMEONE

TODAY

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We will have our

Blessing of the Animals

on Sunday, Sept. 30th at

4 p.m

The Blessing of the Animals is an event in

which pets are invited to receive God's bless-

ing in memory of St Francis of Assisi, the

patron saint of animals. Most churches and

religious organizations invite all types of pets

to attend their Blessing of the Animals events.

Although typically dogs and cats are in the

majority, it is not unusual to see pets such as

birds, fish, hamsters, rabbits, turtles, lizards,

snakes and more. Some pet owners elect instead

to bring photographs of their pets if they are unable

to attend the Blessing of the Animals in person. Pets

are expected to be under control at all times by their

owners and must be restrained by a leash or confined

to a cage or other applicable enclosure.

Cleanup DAY August 2012

Some of the group AFTER...ready for the Luncheon!

Bogie Singleton, Dick Michaelson, Don Carlson

have a large pile of vegetation cleared!

Lord,

Help me

remember that

nothing is going to

happen to me

today that

You and I

can’t handle.

Blueberry Cobbler

14 oz.can or fresh Blueberries

1 C sugar

1 stick butter

Mix & heat on stove until butter is melted.

Pour into 8” sq. pan.

In bowl, stir together:

1 C flour

1 C sugar

1C Buttermilk

Put this on top...sinks to bottom

Cook at 325° - 45 minutes or ’til brown

Can use strawberries & blueberries, also

good with can peaches or raspberries .

Anne Young, Jax

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Please Note: Sunday Worship Schedule: Sunday School - 9:00am

Holy Eucharist - 10:30am Refreshments served in Parish Hall

following the service.

Youth Group -12:00 noon _________________________

Choir News

Welcome !!!

Choir Practice is held each Thursday at 6:00pm. All are welcome.

_____________________

Diocese

of Florida

The Hamilton West Diocesan Center

325 Market Street, Jacksonville,

FL 32202 Phone: 904-356-1328

www.diocesefl.org

To sign up for the weekly Dialogue:

http://diocesefl.org/news-events/news/the-dio-logue-weekly-

enewsletter.aspx

Youth Calendar

There will be no Youth for the first

two Sundays in September, which

are September 1st and 8th.

Scott, Claire, and I will be going on a

family vacation together. We will

resume youth group on the following

Sunday which is the 15th and meet

in the Youth room after Church.

Last month the youth embarked on

an afternoon of fishing at the

Jacksonville pier. The youth had a

great time in fellowship while fishing

together. They started the afternoon

with a bite to eat at church and then

loaded up and headed to the pier.

Scott prepared the rigging and had

the bait ready for the group to catch

some dinner :) The group had a great

time, and while unfortunately not

enough for dinner was caught Mason

did leave with a whiting!

Rachel & Scott Peden

EVENTS

A Whiting

The Altar Guild is looking for

a few good men and women to cre and

prepare the altar for our worship ser-

vices. We will have a training meeting

(to be announced.) If you feel called to

servce in this ministry please let Nancy

Turner, or Kitty Michaelson know.

Please leave your name and phone

no. at the office, 641-8177.

Thank You.

Nancy Turner

________________

Aluminum cans can be recycled to

supplement the church budget. The last

time cans were turned in, the amount

netted $4.95 which was from just two

families who brought their cans to the

gray receptacle just inside the door or

the chapel building.

The double bonus is that the benefits of

recycling works both ways: the energy

from 3 cans can run your T.V. for 3

hours. If you’d like to help, please

deposit your aluminum cans.

Thank you.

We also need steel.

A good excuse

Is one you can use

Over and over

Bishop Howard

Is coming to see us Sunday

September 23rd

A Reception will be held.

Please plan to attend.

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ALTAR FLOWERS:

If you would like to dedicate

the weekly floral arrange-

ments to loved ones, in

honor of an event, anniversary, etc…, please sign up

alone ($50) or sharing with another family ($25).

Sign up on the Flower Calendar located on the

Parish Hall Bulletin Board in the Parish Hall.

REFRESHMENTS:

Sign-up sheet is located

inside the Parish Hall on bulletin

board next to the steps. Help

us fellowship together each

Sunday after worship service with a light snack

and drink. Help with setup is available

It’s a great chance to catch up!

NOTE: IF YOUR BIRTHDAY OR ANNIVERSARY IS NOT

RECOGNIZED IN CHURCH ON SUNDAY, OR IN THE

NEWSLETTER, IT IS BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE YOUR

INFORMATION. PLEASE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL

INFORMATION UPDATED WITH THE CHURCH OFFICE.

WE DO NOT WANT TO MISS ANYONE WHO IS

CELEBRATING A BIRTHDAY OR ANNIVERARY.

Call 641-8177, or

Email: [email protected]

_______________________

INPUT TO THE WEEKLY CHURCH BULLETIN IS

DUE BY END OF DAY TUESDAY (SO THERE IS

ENOUGH TIME TO PREPARE THE BULLETIN

FOR SUNDAY’S SERVICE).

Sunday

Refreshments

volunteers needed.

SEPTEMBER

Kim DeLettre 11

Ella LaBranche 18

Ricky Mills 22

Rebecca Hodges 27

Fr,Grafton McFadden 27

Carol Ray 29

WE NEED YOU

September

BIRTHDAYS

(Note: No September Anniversaries this time )

Do you have an article, photo or

idea you’d like to share...please

send it to us for the Newslet-

ter...drop off at the church office,

or email to:

Kitty at

[email protected]

NEWSLETTER DEADLINE

SEPTEMBER 24TH MONDAY

Greeters, Art & Julie Zammit, by GE

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KF

NEXT CLEAN UP DAY

Is scheduled for Saturday,

Sept. 15th, 9 - Noon.

Bring your gloves, rakes and

positive spirit as we make

ready for Bishop Howard’s

visit to REC on Sunday

Sept. 23rd.

Lunch will be provided for

all volunteers.

See you here!

FAMILY

DINNER

NIGHT

WEDNESDAY

SEPTEMBER

12TH

6:30

The September ECW meeting

will be held on Saturday, Sept. 22nd at

11:00 a.m. in the Parish Hall.

After the meeting the ladies will decorate

the Parish Hall for the Reception for

Bishop Howard and all the baptized,

confirmed, and received candidates on

Sunday Sept. 23rd

ECW President, Jane Carr, will need

volunteers to help with the food for the

reception. If you would like to help, please

contact :

Jane Carr at 641-5410 or

Claudette Peck at 642-1068 or

Church office – 641-8177.

This will be a very special day for all the

candidates.

—-HOLY HUMOR —-

“Walter & The Chief”

One day Walter Sikes was working for the FAA at the Jax

airport tower, when The Chief of Operations arrived

from D.C. Prior to this he had said anyone caught napping

would no longer be employed. In the radar room, Walter

saw the Chief zero in on a man, wearing his headset with

his head bowed...he walked up behind him.

The Controller raised his head, ( obviously had been

taking forty winks,) and then said, “Ahhh,Men!”

The Chief shook his head, & moved along…

A fellow controller had warned his colleague

via his headset!

kf

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From The Parish of Resurrection Episcopal Church

12355 Fort Caroline Road Jacksonville, FL 32225 (904) 641-8177

www.ResurrectionJax.org

Church Office [email protected] General Mailbox

Priest-In-Charge [email protected] Rev Dr. Reed Freeman

Senior Warden [email protected] Ken Steel

Junior Warden [email protected] Bogie Singleton

Accounting [email protected] Frances Bridgers

Treasurer [email protected] Susan Grubbs

Altar Guild [email protected] Nancy Turner

Youth Director [email protected] Scott and Rachel Peden

Parish Administrator [email protected] Kitty Michaelson

Sexton Dick Michaelson [email protected]

Webmaster [email protected] NEW Kathy Faryon

Newsletter Editor Susan Grubbs [email protected]

RESURRECTION EMAIL ADDRESSES

2012

TO: SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER

SERVICES

Contemporary Music Service will be held the

1st Sunday of Sept. - 2nd

Healing Service held the

last Sunday of the month,

Sept. 30th

Sally Schmidt Harter,

Worship

We welcome articles & pictures, & input from

YOU for the Newsletter. Please send to: Kitty

Michaelson at the office Email:

[email protected] Thank You !