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Holy Nativity Episcopal Church • Panama City, Florida June/July 2016 Volume 20, Issue 5

SHELL ISLAND SUNDAY!

JUNE 12, 2016

WORSHIP SERVICE BEGINS AT 11 AM!

BRING YOUR FAVORITE DRINK AND A SIDE DISH TO SHARE FOR THE PICNIC!

COME OUT ON YOUR BOAT, OR HITCH A RIDE WITH A FRIEND,

OR SIGN UP TO RIDE THE FERRY

(LOOK FOR THE DISPLAY IN BATTIN HALL, SPACE IS LIMITED)!

ALSO SIGN UP AND BUY A T-SHIRT!

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The English Tea and Fashion Show July 9, 2016 at 2:00 pm

Tickets are for sale ($15) at the Welcome Table on Sunday mornings or in the church office during the week.

If you would like to model, decorate a table, or prepare food, or help in any way, please call the church office at 747-4000. All proceeds go to help local charities in Panama City.

SummerTime returns June 1st!

Holy Nativity SummerTime is a

wonderful time of worship, food,

and fellowship. What started

three years ago on a whim has

become part of the Holy Nativity

"tradition!" We gather Wednes-

days at 6pm for Evening Prayer

worship from throughout the

Anglican Communion, enjoy a

themed "pot luck" dinner to-

gether after worship, then finish the evening with fellowship

for adults and “supervised playtime” for the kids.

Summer doesn't take a break with Holy Nativity

SummerTime. It just moves forward 30 minutes. So mark

your calendars now, June 1st through the last Wednesday

before school starts, and plan on joining us for SummerTime

at 6pm.

Watch weekly bulletins and newsletters for the food theme

and what to bring. Hint for first week: our traditional Sum-

merTime kick-off meal of spaghetti and all the trim-

mings. Bring meat sauce (yes, Ragu counts!) and

"Episcopal beverages." Noodles, bread, and salad pro-

vided.

Hard to believe, but another SummerTime is upon us! See

you June 1st at 6pm.

By the way, bring a friend so they can experience the Holy

Nativity hospitality!

ACOLYTE

FESTIVAL

IN AUGUST!

Acolytes and parents are

asked to “Save The Date”

August 19th and 20th for the

first-in-a-long-time Acolyte

Festival at Christ Church

Cathedral (our diocesan

cathedral) in Mobile. We’ll

spend the night Friday night

at Camp Beckwith and have some pre-festival fun

for acolytes and parents!

On Saturday, we will begin the day with

registration at 8:30 am, Eucharist at 10:00 am

with the dedication of acolytes, lunch, and

afternoon workshops. Learn why we do what we

do, learn how to use a thurible, learn about the

Cathedral, compete in a trivia contest led by

Bishop Russell, learn how to set the Table, and

much more.

Please go to the Youth and Young Adults

Ministry diocesan webpage to register for both

the Festival and Beckwith: register.cgcyouth.org

We’ll have a parents meeting to go over the

details of the weekend several Sundays prior to

the festival weekend.

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June/July 2016 Page 3

Jun 4 Missie Coley, Michele Hahn, Stacey Holliday, Bruce Josten

Jun 5 Madelyn Reeder

Jun 6 Garrett Healey

Jun 7 Diana Place Jun 8 Dan Johnson

Jun 9 Pat Nease

Jun 11 Michael Lovcuk

Jun 12 Lisa McLendon Jun 13 Sarah Eaton

Jun 14 Charlie Commander, Don Hodges

Jun 16 Harry Cooper, Griffin Russell, Rick Stuart

Jun 17 Dorbre McMullen, Jason Smith Jun 18 Mary Ellen Harding, Conner Healey,

Deborah Pack

Jun 19 George Fontaine, Kim Syfrett

Jun 20 Kenneth Davis Jun 23 Taylor Bradley

Jun 24 Greg Pickette

Jun 25 Charlie Pickette

Jun 26 Sue Eddleman Jun 27 Bryan Dick

Jun 28 Susan Frazier, Arthur Reedie

Jun 29 Tim Madden, Katherine Pride

Jun 30 Donna Baird Jul 1 Sarah Lam

Jul 3 Malinda Bates, Amanda Wilkins

Jul 5 Candee Lovchuk, Kirsten McCord, John

Thompson Jul 6 Peggy Caldwell, Christian Cole, Miles Godwin,

Ed Lockard

Jul 7 Trey Hutt, Bekah Leebrick, Kate Leebrick

Jul 9 Tom Ledman, Celia Stamps Jul 10 Paul Brust, Natacha Camenzind, Mary Darrah,

Drew Dickey Mary Kathryn San Juan,

Linda Weller Jul 11 Ted McLane

Jul 12 Molly Grace Bradford, Carrie Hickman

Jul 13 Cole Davis, Mike Dickey, Boopie McInnis

Jul 14 Morgan Williams Jul 15 Florence Fortier, James Miller

Jul 17 Caleb Jeffery, John Mason

Jul 18 Jenny Collier

Jul 19 Matthew Duncan Jul 21 Charles Bonham

Jul 22 Dick Hebert

Jul 25 Ginny Leebrick, Kathy Mills

Jul 26 Dennis Boston, Joe Ciccarelli, Mary Katherine Clemons, Jim Hixson

Jul 28 Shana Duncan, Sarah Mason

Jul 29 Laura Johnson

Jul 31 Kimberly Gailfoil, Maggie Wattenbarger

Jun 2 Arthur and Michelle Kraut Jun 6 Tom and Dana Ledman Jun 7 Charles and Mary Bonham Tony and Jenny Collier Jun 9 Phillip and Deborah Pack Jun 10 Parker and Connie McClellan Jun 11 David and Michele Dawe Jeremy and Amanda Wilkins Jun 12 Al and Judi Lawrence Arthur and Mary Ellen Reedie Jun 13 Dick and Nancy Hebert Benny and Ann Watts Jun 14 George and Anna Walrond Jun 15 John and Teresa Durgan Jun 16 Don and Dianne Hodges Jun 18 George and Boopie McInnis Jun 19 Earnest and Evelyn Jordon Jun 20 John and Joy Thompson Jun 22 Russell and Beth Brock Jun 24 Mark and Nina Godwin Jun 27 Jan and Stacy Herring Jun 29 Tom and Linda Weller Jun 30 Scott and Pat Clemons

Mother’s Day 2016!


With summertime here, we look forward to a much needed break, I would

like to thank everyone who supported and tolerate the youth the past sea-

son.

We have changed and grown considerably and this coming season we have

already plans in the making.

Holy Nativity would like to welcome all 6th grade and up to join our youth

group for friendship, growth and fun!

August 14th: Blessing of the Backpacks and Rally Day

Youth Ministry Season Kick-off - Slip, Slide and Welcome.

Wear water clothes and bring a plate to share.

Sunday 18th Sept - Whitewater Rafting Trip

Columbus GA with http://www.whitewaterexpress.com/

Trip will combine zipline and ropes course with a whitewater rafting trip on the Chattahoochee River. All youth

and their parents are invited and space is available for additional adults. Prices and booking forms will be dis-

played in August 2016.

Renovation Rescue

Feb. 3-5 2017 Happening @ HNEC (Look for more info in this newsletter!)

Adult Christian Education: Father Tom

Here we are finished up another education year and spring term, adjourned for summer and looking forward to

an exciting autumn 2016. I'm not throwing in the towel for the summer though. Adult Sunday School will con-

tinue as last year, every Sunday morning 9:15 to about 10:15, in Mary Stuart Poole Library (down the yellow

brick road to the double doors). Topic, subject, will vary time to time depending on what folks want to discuss,

but I plan to be there every Sunday for whoever wants to come, one or many. No registration or commitment,

just come, wander in.

Tuesday morning Bible Seminar, on the other hand, final session May 31 and we'll see what seems to develop

for the fall term. Been on this track since 2009 and folks may like to do something different, or even have a

sabbatical. Stay tuned.

As clergy-person overseeing all adult Christian education, I encourage anyone who has not experienced EfM

to consider it. Education for Ministry is a lay program of theological education locally sponsored by the

School of Theology, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee. Linda and I took EfM 25 or 30 years ago,

and I learned more about the Bible, theology, church history in EfM than I ever did in seminary. It meets lo-

cally once a week through the school year, conveniently Wednesday evenings after our parish Eucharist, and is

the basis for solid grounding in the life of Christ. Highly recommended.

http://www.whitewaterexpress.com/

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Jun

Children’s Church 10:30

In Kids’ Kingdom after the children’s sermon at the beginning of

the worship service. They return to “big church” for

communion.

Nursery 10:15

Younger children enjoy being in the nurs-

ery with Catherine Churchill or Emily

Brock and our faithful nursery Volunteers.

5 “The Parable of the Lost Son”

Sharon Carroll 960-5510

Tiffany Ennis 784-4762

Mary Elizabeth Richardson 319-8983

Sandy Ciccarelli

265-9276

12 Shell Island

No Children’s Church

Kaew Sumpton

624-1290

19 “the Parable of the Pearl of Great Value”

Florencia Pereira 319-4870

Judy Bennett 215-1579

Pat Spangler

215-5247

26 “The Parable of the Ten Bridesmaids”

Casey Cole 319-4376

Liz Ward 864-420-5855

Teresa Durgan

913-3471

Children’s Ministry June/July 2016 by Beverly McDaniel

July

3

“God Bless Our Country”

Judy Bennett 215-1579

Beverly McDaniel 265-8033

Sandy Ciccarelli

265-9276

10 “The Parable of Workers in the Vineyard”

Elizabeth Moore 522-0644

Karen Shores 867-1084

Kaew Sumpton

624-1290

17 “The Parable of the Three Servants”

Lindsey Crelling 319-6226

Christy Smith 258-9394

Pat Spangler

215-5247

24 “The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector”

Florencia Pereira 319-4870

Mary Elizabeth Richardson 319-8983

Teresa Durgan

913-3471

31 “The Parable of the Persistent Widow”

Kathy Brust 814-8014

Beverly McDaniel 265-8033

Katy Bradford

819-6277

Did you enjoy having the children lead the 10:30 worship service on Mother’s Day? I think they did a great

job and they really seemed to be comfortable and to enjoy it. I am so thankful that Holy Nativity offers our

children opportunities for church participation and for developing confidence, poise, and good manners in a

nurturing, non-threatening environment.

Our Big News in Children’s Ministry is that we want to resume using the Godly Play curriculum at HNEC.

Florencia Pereira, Liz Ward, and Anna Eberhard have attended the first of three training sessions and they

loved the program. We want to introduce (or remind) you of this Montessori “I Wonder” approach to teaching

and learning, especially as applied to deeper spiritual concepts. Please SAVE THE DATE Wednesday, July

27, to gather in Battin Hall after SummerTime Evening Prayer to hear about this program… and we want to

hear your thoughts and responses. Everyone is invited, but I certainly want our parents, both mothers and fa-

thers, to attend. Aren’t we glad that we allow our children to wonder?


Happening #53 February 3-5, 2017

Hosted

by Holy Nativity

Happening is a spiritual formation weekend presented BY teenagers

FOR teenagers with the help of clergy and lay adult leadership. Hap-

pening seeks to bring young people to a fuller personal knowledge of

and relationship with Jesus, and to a deeper level of commitment and

apostleship. During the Happening weekend, there are activities de-

signed for fun and Christian community building among participants in-

cluding: talks given by teenage staff and clergy, games, music, prayer,

and unique worship experiences. Holy Nativity will be transformed

over the weekend into a sacred space just for this event. It is an honor

for us to host this event next year and your help is needed. On the next

page, you’ll find a list of parish responsibilities. Please prayerfully con-

sider how you can help whether you have teenagers or not. If you’d like

to volunteer, please call the Church office.



Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

6:00 pm-SummerTime

2

3

4

5 3 Pentecost

8:00 am - Holy Eucharist/Rite One

9:15 am - Adult Christian

Education 9:30 am: Choir Practice

10:30 am - Holy

Eucharist/Rite Two with Children’s Chapel

6 7 8

6:00 pm-SummerTime

9

2:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Supper at Grace volunteer work

10 11

12 4 Pentecost

Shell Island Sunday

8:00 am - Holy

Eucharist/Rite One 9:15 am - Adult Christian

Education

9:30 am: Choir Practice 10:30 am - Holy

Eucharist/Rite Two with

Children’s Chapel 11:00 am: Holy Eucharist

Rite Two at Shell Island

13 14 15

46:00 pm-

SummerTime

16

17

18

19 5 Pentecost

Father’s Day

8:00 am - Holy

Eucharist/Rite One

9:15 am - Adult Christian Education

9:30 am: Choir Practice

10:30 am - Holy Eucharist/Rite Two with

Children’s Chapel

20

21 22

6:00 pm-SummerTime

23

24

25

26 6 Pentecost



Education 19:30 am: Choir Practice

9:30 am - Holy

Eucharist/Rite Two with Children’s Chapel

27

5:30 pm-Book Club At Panera Bread

6:30 pm-Book Club

at the Parish House

28 29

6:00 pm-SummerTime

30


Worship Lay Ministry Schedule for June 2016

June 5, 2016

June 12, 2016

Shell Island

June 19, 2016

June 26, 2016

Altar Guild: Tim and

Monica Phillips, Mary

Mittiga, and David

Burris

Altar Guild: Nancy Hebert

and Inge Churchill

Altar Guild: Max and Joyce

Dannecker, Gene and Kath-

leen Wicker

Altar Guild: Kaew Sumpton,

Nancy Dingus, Inge Chur-

chill

Greeters

8:00 am: Dorbre

McMullen

10:30 am: Kate Watson

and Kacey McEwen

Greeters

8:00 am: Larry and Kay

Young

10:30 am: Charlie Com-

mander and Mary Ellen Pettis

Greeters

8:00 am: Donna Jangula

10:30 am: Charles and Mary

Bonham

Greeters

8:00 am: Monica and Alex

Phillips

10:30 am: Sue White and

Mary Ellen Harding

Ushers

8:00 am: Dan and Laura

Johnson

10:30 am: Bob and Lisa

McLendon

Ushers

8:00 am: Susan Nelson and

Jerry Darnell

10:30 am: Dick and Nancy

Hebert

Ushers

8:00 am: Terry Jangula and

Tim Pride

10:30 am: Steve Dick and

Bill Bradford

Ushers

8:00 am: Tim Phillps and

Dawn Johnson

10:30 am: John Thompson

and Chris Mills

Chalice Bearers

8:00 am: Karen Tucker

and Byron Matthews

10:30 am: Joe Ciccarelli

and Nancy Breland

Chalice Bearers 8:00 am: Gayle Ahrens and

Gene Wicker

10:30 am: Edyth Brown

Chalice Bearers 8:00 am: Suzanne Grossman

and Theresa Townsend

10:30 am: Todd Williams

and Scott Clemons

Chalice Bearers 8:00 am: Lou and Inge Chur-

chill

10:30 am: George McInnis

and Joyce Dannecker

Acolytes

8:00 am: Lauren Stewart

and Bekah Leebrick

10:30 am: Jack and

Jacob Brock, Bailey

Melzer, Grace Ennis,

Hannah Hickman, An-

drew Collier

Acolytes

Shell Island Sunday

Acolytes

8:00 am: Ginny and Kate

Leebrick

10:30 am: Camyrn Com-

mander, Paul Brust, Linda

Taylor King, Peyton Lam

Acolytes

8:00 am: Lauren Stewart and

Bekah Leebrick

10:30 am: Madelyn Reeder,

James Thompson, Milly

Eberhard, Mia Carroll

Lector at 10:30 am

Lisa McLendon Lector at 10:30 am

None Lector at 10:30 am

Carolyn Cramer Lector at 10:30 am

Jackie Rahn

Tablecloth Ministry:

Teresa Durgan Tablecloth Ministry:

Barbara Knowles Tablecloth Ministry:

Natasha Lithway Tablecloth Ministry:

Nancy Hebert

Only if you are unable to find a replacement for the day you are scheduled,

please call your lay ministry leader.

Acolytes: Mike Harding - 747-0601

Altar Guild: Inge Churchill - 265-6744

Chalice Bearers/Lectors:

8 a.m. Gayle Ahrens 235-4265 10:30 a.m. Edyth Brown - 265-4009

Greeters/Ushers: Terry Jangula - 874-2382

Tablecloth Ministry: Madge Smith - 588-8320


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

2

3 7 Pentecost

8:00 am - Holy

Eucharist/Rite One


Education 10:30 am - Holy


Children’s Chapel

4

Independence Day!

Office Closed

5 6

6:00 pm-SummerTime

7

8 9

2:00 pm-

English Tea

and Fashion

Show

10 8 Pentecost





Children’s Chapel

11 12 13

6:00 pm-SummerTime

14

2:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Supper at Grace

volunteer work

15

16

17 9 Pentecost





Children’s Chapel

18

19 20

6:00 pm-SummerTime

21

22

23

24 10 Pentecost





Children’s Chapel

25

5:30 pm-Book Club At Panera Bread

6:30 pm-Book Club

at the Parish House

26 27

6:00 pm-SummerTime Godly Play Presenta-

tion

28 29 30

31 11 Pentecost





Children’s Chapel


Worship Lay Ministry Schedule for July 2016

July 3, 2016

July 10, 2016

July 17, 2016

July 24, 2016

July 31, 2016

Altar Guild: Nancy

Breland, Victoria

Williams

Altar Guild: Mary

Bonham, Lisa

McLendon, Marla

Churchill

Altar Guild: Amy

Russell, Barbara

Knowles, Inge Chur-

chill

Altar Guild: Tim and

Monica Phillips, Mary

Mittiga, David Burris

Altar Guild: Nancy

Hebert and Inge Chur-

chill

Greeters

8:00 am: Ursula Hix-

son

10:30 am: Tony and

Jenny Collier

Greeters

8:00 am: Dorbre

McMullen

10:30 am: Sandy

Ciccarelli and Joe

Ferante

Greeters

8:00 am: Larry and

Kay Young

10:30 am: Kate Wat-

son and Kacey McE-

wen

Greeters

8:00 am: Donna Jan-

gula

10:30 am: Charlie

Commander and Mary

Ellen Pettis

Greeters

8:00 am: Monica and

Alex Phillips

10:30 am: Sue White

and Mary Ellen Hard-

ing

Ushers

8:00 am: Jim Hixson

and Parker McClellan

10:30 am: John

Thompson and Chris

Mills

Ushers

8:00 am: Dan and

Laura Johnson

10:30 am: Russell and

Beth Brock

Ushers

8:00 am: Susan Nel-

son and Jerry Darnell

10:30 am: Bob and

Lisa McLendon

Ushers

8:00 am: Terry Jan-

gula and Tim Pride

10:30 am: Dick and

Nancy Hebert

Ushers

8:00 am: Tim Phillips

and Dawn Johnson

10:30 am: Steve Dick

and Bill Bradford

Chalice Bearers

8:00 am: Karen

Tucker and Byron

Matthews

10:30 am: Joe Cic-

carelli and Edyth

Brown

Chalice Bearers 8:00 am: Gayle

Ahrens and Gene

Wicker

10:30 am: Nancy Bre-

land and Todd Wil-

liams

Chalice Bearers 8:00 am: Suzanne

Grossman ad Theresa

Townsend

10:30 am: Scott

Clemons and Mike

Dickey

Chalice Bearers 8:00 am: Lou and

Inge Churchill

10:30 am: Joyce Dan-

necker and Todd Wil-

liams

Chalice Bearers 8:00 am: Karen

Tucker and Byron

Matthews

10:30 am: George

McInnis and Joe Cic-

carelli

Acolytes

8:00 am: Ginny and

Late Leebrick

10:30 am: Jack and

Joseph Thompson,

Jacob Brock, Bailey

Melzer, Grace ennis,

Michael Watts, An-

drew Collier

Acolytes

8:00 am: Lauren

Stewart and Bekah

Leebrick

10:30 am: Morgan

and Ashtyn Williams,

Tyler Shores, Bennett

Pickette, Peyton Lam

Acolytes

8:00 am: Ginny and

Late Leebrick

10:30 am: Camryn

Commander, Paul

Brust, Chappell Sy-

frett, Linda Taylor

King, Kate Smith

Acolytes

8:00 am: Lauren

Stewart and Bekah

Leebrick

10:30 am: Madelyn

Reeder, James

Thompson, Nicolas

Pereira, Mia Carroll

Acolytes

8:00 am: Ginny and

Late Leebrick

10:30 am: Paul Brust,

Hannah Hickman, Ha-

iston Cauley, Milly

Eberhard

Lector at 10:30 am

Judy Dickey Lector at 10:30 am

Tom Hairston Lector at 10:30 am

Tom Ledman Lector at 10:30 am

John Darrah Lector at 10:30 am

Daniel Melzer

Tablecloth Ministry:

Candace Leebrick Tablecloth Ministry:

Mary Bonham Tablecloth Ministry:

Mary Ellen Pettis Tablecloth Ministry:

Kacey McEwen Tablecloth Ministry:

Michele Hahn

THE VESTRY

Fr. Steve Bates - Rector

Gayle Ahrens 15-18

Peggy Bowen 16-19

Beth Brock 15-18

Mike Dickey 15-18

Tiffany Ennis 16-19

Mark Godwin - Treasurer

Tom Hairston 16-19

Jim Hixson 15-18

Brian Leebrick 14-17

Madge Smith - Clerk

Hercules Pettis 14-17

Stewart Sumpton 14-17

Joy Thompson 16-19

Todd Williams 14-17

The Nativity Scene is the newsletter of Holy Nativity Episcopal Church. The deadline for announcements and articles is the 15th each month prior to publication .

DIOCESE OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST

The Rt. Rev. Russell Kendrick - Bishop

The Rev. Steven B. Bates - Rector

The Rev. Tom Weller, Associate

Mr. Mike Dickey, Postulant for Holy Orders

CHURCH STAFF

Youth Director - Andrew Jeffery

Children’s CE Director - Beverly McDaniel

Administrative Assistant - Madge Smith

Director of Choirs - Stacey Holliday

Church Organist - John Durgan

Church Bookkeeper – Kathy Mills

Sexton - James Rahn

Nursery Attendants - Catherine Churchill and Emily

Brock

SCHEDULE OF WORSHIP SERVICES

Sunday 8:00 a.m. - Holy Eucharist - Rite I *

9:15 a.m. - Adult and Youth CE, Children’s

Sunday School (Sept. - May)

10:30 a.m. - Holy Eucharist - Rite II**

Wednesday 5:30 pm - five-thirty Eucharist *

and programs

*Nursery Provided

**Children’s Church and Nursery Provided

222 North Bonita Avenue

Panama City, FL 32401

(850) 747-4000 E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.holy-nativity.org

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