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St . John’s Episcopal Church 1 13 Madison Avenue Montgomery, AL 36104 Phone: 334-262-1937 Fax: 334-262-1931 Emai l : churchoff ice@st johnsmontgomery.org
Non-Profit Organization
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Permit #376
Montgomery, Alabama
36104
The Eagle is available on the internet at
www.stjohnsmontgomery.org
Kick-Off Sunday is Sept. 11
Sunday school for all ages will resume that day
After the 10:30am service there will be hot dogs and a slip & slide
Bring towels and swimsuits for kids!
Holy Cross Day
Wednesday, September 14, 2016 Holy Cross Episcopal School
4400 Bell Road
9:15 am – Litany of Prayer
for The School and our Founders
in The Chapel of the Annunciation
10:00 am – Holy Eucharist
in Melanie Kelley Hall
Reception to follow in the Library
St. John’s Episcopal Church
The Six teenth Sunday af ter Pentecost
N I N E S H A P E S O F S I N , N I N E S H A P E S O F G R A C E
September 4 , 2016
Eagle St. John’s
“Have you not known, have you not heard those who wait for the Lord shall mount
up with wings like eagles.”
Isaiah 40:28,31
St. John’s Episcopal Church 113 Madison Avenue Montgomery, Alabama 36104 334-262-1937 Fax: 334-262-1931 Rector: Robert C. Wisnewski, Jr. Associate Rector: Candice B. Frazer Daniel P. Strandlund Staff: Libby Poole Financial Administrator Fay Worrilow Parish Secretary Anne Tippett Assistant to the Rector Christian Formation Sarah Collier Director of Children’s Christian Formation Caitlin Lollar Director of Youth Ministries Music: Joel Gregory Organist and Choirmaster Maintenance: Mike Jarrell, Superintendent Myron Smoke Mary Parent Vestry of St. John’s: Lawrence Hughes, Sr. Warden Mark Harris, Jr. Warden Class of 2017 Kathleen Bradford Marney Garzon Lawrence Hughes Will Marks Keith Miller Andrea Screws Todd Westhauser Class of 2018 Phillip Brown Libby Fitzpatrick Reggie Hamner Mark Harris Caroline Lawson Jean McDowell Lori White Class of 2019 Ashley Hamlett Jim Marshall III Betty Mathews Dee Moody Chuck Moore Dudley Perry Geoff Stough Treasurer Helen Wells Clerk of the Vestry Anne Tippett
You’ve probably heard that St. John’s is hosting an event called “The Enneagram Conference: Know Your Number” here on October 7th-8th. If you’d like general info on the Enneagram, I’d recommend Googling “Fr. Richard Rohr, Enneagram” and visit-ing his website at the Center for Action and Con-templation. But for now, I’d like to say a little about how the Enneagram has aided me in my own spiritual life. I am a Seven on the Enneagram. One of the key drives for Sevens is the desire to avoid pain, in the broadest sense. Anger, sadness, physical pain, boredom—really anything that isn’t fun, interesting, and as intensely enjoyable as possible. Sevens crave satisfaction but fear that we won’t ever have it. So, we come up with a hundred different plans and little pleasures. (For example, at one point this summer I was trying to learn French, Spanish, and Russian at the same time. It didn’t work.) Sevens put all our energies into what’s next, hoping that the next thing will satisfy us. What’s really going on is that we’re trying to stay ahead of unpleasant feel-ings. We have all these plans, yet because we flit so quickly from this to that, we don’t pursue any of them to completion or with any great depth. Why would we? If we stuck with something, it might get too difficult or boring, and that would be painful! Thus, the ‘original sin’ of Seven personality is glut-tony: pursuing an excess of experiences while sa-voring very little. Suzanne Stabile, one of the teachers coming to St. John’s in October, sums up Seven personality like this: “Sevens settle for more.” More food, more drink, more exercise, more work, more play, more books, more items in a series separated by more commas. As a student of the Enneagram, I’m aware of all this, but awareness is where my work begins. If the original sin of Sevens is gluttony, then the tempta-tion is to develop a series of rigorous disciplines to curb appetites and channel my energies more pro-ductively. “I will not start another book until I fin-ish this one,” or “I will give up eating at restaurants for two weeks,” or “I will say Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, and Compline every day for a month,” or whatever. But look what’s happening: by flying off into more discipline, I’m fighting my Seven-ness with more Seven-ness! I’ve ended up in
the ridiculous position of being a glutton for asceti-cism—which, needless to say, is not satisfying. Like Paul, “I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.” When it comes to the Enneagram, your number is your number is your number. I’ll never not be a Seven; trying to “fix it” through will power won’t work. What I can become is a Seven who is more and more transformed by the grace of God. For Sevens, that means opening to God in the present moment, regardless of whether the present moment is unpleasant or less interesting than I want it to be. It’s not easy. As a Seven, I’m practiced at thinking quickly and darting off to the next thing, both phys-ically and mentally, before I’ve actually felt all the little frustrations and griefs life brings my way. If I’m going to allow the grace of God to transform me into the satisfied, joyful person I want to be, I have to let all those negative feelings catch up and pass through my soul. That’s the baptism to which I’m called as a Seven: going more slowly, feeling all of the bad along with the good, paying attention to the desires of others rather than only my own plans. When I allow God to reach me in this very particular way, I find that not only am I a better husband and priest, but I’m happier, more satisfied, more at home in my life as it is. There are nine Enneagram numbers, so it will likely be different for you. A Five or a Nine, for example, might have to practice identifying priorities and acting on them more often, not less. But whatever your number is, you can rest assured that your path of transformation will involve something you don’t want. That’s the power of the Enneagram as a spir-itual tool: it takes seriously that original sin isn’t just an abstract doctrine without concrete, discerni-ble content. Nor does it pretend that God’s trans-forming grace is simply something that happens in the next life. We are an incarnate people; therefore, both our sins and our experiences of grace have real-life particularities.
St. John’s is offering an Enneagram event on Octo-ber 7th-8th. We’re hosting two gifted and experi-enced teachers who will lead a “Know Your Num-ber” workshop. You’ll leave the event knowing your Enneagram number, or be close to identifying it. Furthermore, no one will tell you what your
“I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.”
–Romans 7:15
Page 2 The Sixteenth Sunday af ter Pentecost
THE LESSONS: Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Psalm 1 Philemon 1-21 Luke 14:25-33 THE HYMNS: 376 Joyful, joyful, we adore thee 675 Take up your cross, the Savior said 610 Lord, whose love through humble service THE COLLECT: Grant us, O Lord, we pray thee, to trust in thee with all our heart; seeing that, as thou dost alway resist the proud who confide in their own strength, so thou dost not forsake those who make their boast of thy mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
The Flowers on the Altar this
Sunday are to the glory of God and in memory of:
Turner Christian Cameron, Jr. Clara Smith Drake Earl Leroy Drake
MINISTERS SERVING THIS SUNDAY
ORGANIST AND CHOIRMASTER: Joel Gregory ACOLYTES: D. Eskridge, M.R. Ste-venson, M. Tippett, A. M. Clark, M. Stevenson, C. Peeples, A. Winter, R. Huffaker LAY EUCHARIST MINISTERS: C. Moore, M. Pacheco-West, R. McLane, C. Harris LAY EUCHARISTIC VISITORS: S. Spratling VESTRY: 7:30 D. Moody 10:30 L. Hughes, T. Westhauser, L. Fitzpatrick, C. Moore ALTAR GUILD: J. McDowell, J. Drummond PASTORAL CARE: M. Moody, N. Bradford, K. Bradford, D. Arrington FLOWER DELIVERY: J. Lynn, M. & D. Moody, M. L. Owens Flowers by the St. John’s Flower Guild
J O Y A N D C O N C E R N Your prayers are requested for the following parishioners: Helen Kelly, Merrily Seawell, Betty Robison, Peggy Gelpi, Avis Gunter, Francis Beaulieu, George West, Eddie McDowell, Doris Kline, Dottis Robinson, Joe McGough, Cynthia Hill. Prayers are also requested for these friends: Samuel Graves Lowrey III, Kayleigh McClendon, Jenny Dodson, Tricia Dunn, Robert Douglass McNeil, Jerome Prevo, Selena Prevo, Anita Hubbard, Alli McQueen, Wayne Williams, Wendy Roller, Avery Holston, Isobel Lisann, Mike Kelley, Jodie Dunlap, Linda Haney, Peggy Lanier, Stephanie and Andrew Hollon, Jannah Bailey, Leslie Tomlin Gettys, Thomas Tartt, Davis Sarrett, MK Fletcher, Chuck Evans, Anna Pruitt Harrison, Jordan Cairo, Jenny Bethea, Camp Hughes, Doug Berry, Mike Moore, Jean Shackelford, James Tauton, Sharon Power, Tony McLain, Marion Randall, Carole Clark, Tonya Booker, Leslie Vallely, Barbra Garrett, Gloria Davis, Cary Anderson, Lonnie Hamilton, Preston Stephens, Leigh Lawrence, Harvey Fillister, Larry Offitt, Hart Stemple, Bailey Brannen, Ann O’Connor, Smiley Kirkpatrick, Emogene Bryan, Peggy Powell, Andy Silverman, Bayron Binkley, Shannon McCrory Nelson.
Please notify us when you are sick or hospitalized so that we might provide pastoral care.
EfM still has an opening for you! Call 334-657-9414 to speak with George West or Maria Pacheco-West or 334-354-9517 to speak with Virginia Banister. Thursday classes meet 7-9 P.M. and Sunday classes meet 5:30 to 7:30 P.M.
For all who have graduated from EfM: Take another look, this is not the old EfM, or your mama's EfM, and for those looking for something to bring deeper meaning to your life, this may be your answer. The program is completely redesigned with new texts, new program guides and an all new approach to theological reflection.
Call today, don't delay- classes begin soon.
Young Adults Events!
First Supper Club is Thursday, September 22nd at the home of Andrew and Carley Monroe, 2639 Girard St. “Game Day Tailgate” is our food theme. Our Young Adults’ Group is for all members and friends of St. John’s who are in their 20s or 30s. If you’re not on the regular distribution list and would like to be, please let Daniel know! And if you ARE a regular member, spread the word! [email protected]
Men’s Group is back!
Our first gathering is on Monday, September 12th at 6pm. We’ll gather for dinner, fellowship, and a friendly trivia competition at the home of Dudley Perry, 2519 Agnew Street. Beef tenderloin, rolls, and beverages will be provided. Please bring a side, salad or dessert to share. RSVP to Daniel.
number is, nor will you be given a test to determine it. The process of discovery and transformation is yours to undertake.
I hope you’ll come.
God’s Peace, Daniel+
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THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN’S
SUNDAY, Sept 4 7:30 am Holy Eucharist 8:15 am Breakfast in the Parish House 9:15 am Living the Good News In the small dining room 10:30 am Holy Eucharist MONDAY, Sept 5 12 Noon Clergy Led Bible Study TUESDAY, Sept 6 7:00 am Holy Eucharist 8:30 am Prayer Group WEDNESDAY, Sept 7 5:30 pm Holy Eucharist THURSDAY, Sept 8 12:05 pm Holy Unction and Holy Eucharist 6:00 pm Adult Choir Practice
St. John’s Faithfulness
Required Weekly
$34,236.77
Received Sunday
$18,466.38
Required to Date
$1,198,286.95
Received to Date
$1,146,235.29
Building Fund Debt
$560,000
Outstanding Building Pledges
$195,230
Enneagram Conference at St. John’s, Friday, Oct 7th 6:30—9:00 pm, Saturday, October 8th 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
St. John’s is thrilled to welcome renowned Enneagram teachers Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile to Montgomery for a ‘know your number’ Enne-agram conference. The Enneagram consists of nine distinct personality ‘types,’ each with a corresponding number. This conference is designed to help you discern what your number is and, if you already know your number, deepen your awareness of the fundamental motivations that drive how you interpret, experience and engage with the world.
To purchase tickets, see the St. John’s website. Early bird prices run until Sept 12th. $75 individuals, $129 per couple.
Episcopal Church Women of Alabama FALL CONFERENCE 2016
Friday, SEPT. 30 – Saturday, OCT. 1 @Camp McDowell
Hosted by the Tennessee Valley Convocation
$45 registration fee includes all meals Overnight lodging is an additional charge,
with several affordable options http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?
oeidk=a07ectq39jmd032a892&llr=6j5tcyxab
ST. JOHN'S BAZAAR 2016 DAY! NOVEMBER 16, 2016
Cooking Workshops
It is almost time for cooking, fun, and fellowship to prepare the delicious food to sell in the Pantry at St. John’s Bazaar on November 16! We need lots of help so mark your calendars for the cooking workshops now! Workshops will begin at 10:00 a.m. September- Tuesday, September 27 and Thursday, September 29 October- Tuesday, October 4; Thursday, October6; Tuesday, October 11; Thursday, October 13; Tuesday, October 18; Thursday, October 20; Tuesday, October 25 and Thursday, October 27 November- Tuesday, November 1; Thursday, November 3; Tuesday, November 8 and Thursday, November 10 We are also seeking new recipes. If you have a recipe that you would like to share and would like to host a workshop, please contact Debbie Schremser at 306-2043 or [email protected] or Jane Barganier at 399-9718 or [email protected]. Look for more specific information every week. We look forward to seeing you for a “cooking good time”.
ECW Sip & See ALL women of St. John's are invited!
Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 6 pm
Drinks and Mediterranean Salad
At the home of Seibels Marshall 3025 Jamestown Ct.
RSVP 334-262-1937 or [email protected]
