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TheSt. MarianA QUARTERLY PUBLICATION OF ST. MARY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

HIGH POINT, N.C.

PREMIER ISSUE

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T h e S t . M a r i a n M a g a z i n e | S t . M a r y ’ s E p i s c o p a l C h u r c h , H i g h P o i n t , N . C .

THE ST. MARIAN MAGAZINESt. Mary’s Episcopal Church108 West Farriss AvenueHigh Point, North Carolina 27262Phone: 336.886.4756/Fax: 336.886.6150Website: www.stmarysepisc.org

STAFFThe Rev’d David UmphlettRector

The Rev’d Sara PalmerAssistant to the Rector

The Rev’d Nathan FinninPriest Associate

The Rev’d Larry ConradDeacon

Shannon CarterParish Administrator

Katrina ParnellFinancial Secretary

Dr. Harold AndrewsOrganist and Choirmaster

Sarah BentleyDirector of Children’s & Youth Ministry

Dr. Charles HoganDirector of St. Mary’s Choir School

Margaret McDonaldDirector of St. Mary’s Music Academy___________________________________

Publisher - St. Mary’s Episcopal Church

Editors - The Rector, Shannon Carter

Subscriptions/Change of AddressShannon Carter: [email protected]

SubmissionsAll submission ideas are welcomed and considered for publication. E-mail submissions to [email protected]

Photo Credit: Richard Allred

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Dear Friends,

Welcome to the first issue of The St. Marian, St. Mary’s new quarterly magazine. The staff of St. Mary’s, especially Parish Administrator Shannon Carter, has worked long and hard to bring this new format to reality. It is our hope that the long-form stories will give us opportunities to delve more deeply into the ministries and life of the parish.

Unlike the old parish newsletter format, The Herald, which served its purpose well for many years, this publication will only come out four times each year. That means that if you want something included, you’ll need to plan much further ahead. Shannon has published within this edition the due dates for future editions.

The weekly E-Connection will increasingly fill the place of The Herald in getting out more immediate information. Those who do not receive E-Connection will receive telephone calls each week from parish volunteers to catch them up on what’s happening at St. Mary’s. Please read the E-Connection when it arrives in your inbox. Email, weekly announcements in worship, Facebook, and Instagram keep you informed, and sometimes, entertained.

I hope you enjoy receiving a printed hard copy of The St. Marian and will offer a word of thanks to Shannon.

All the best in this new year,

David+

St. Marian Deadlines -

Mar 4 (Apr, May, Jun - Spring Issue) June 3 (Jul, Aug, Sep - Summer Issue)Sept 2 (Oct, Nov, Dec - Fall Issue) Dec 5 (Jan, Feb, Mar - Winter Issue)

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HOME IS WHERE WE ARE KNOWN

“Brother Mitch...She Ain’t Worth It” a.k.a. “Why Our Work is Important”

Q&A Have you ever

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3 WELCOME

7 NEW EDUCATION & ADMINISTRATION BUILDING

11 STAFF TRANSITIONS

19 MUSIC ACADEMY CONCERT SERIES

22 IN THE FIRST PERSON

24 EVENTS CALENDAR

28 HANDEL’S MESSIAH PARTS I & II

29 YOUTH MISSION EXPERIENCE 2016

33 JESUS IN THE HEADLINES

34 BIRTHDAYS

C O N T E N T S MAGAZINE

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T h e S t . M a r i a n M a g a z i n e | S t . M a r y ’ s E p i s c o p a l C h u r c h , H i g h P o i n t , N C

Construction of the new Education and Administrative Building is complete. The staff moved into the building on Monday, January 11 and final furnish-

ings have been delivered. A dedication for our building took place on Wednesday, February 3 at 6:00. Bishop Anne Hidges-Copple attended and the service was fol-lowed by a series of tours. We are so glad that you were able to join us for this special celebration.

The building includes 11,500 square feet of new construction on two levels and renova-tions to the existing parish hall. The exte-rior look of the new building is in keeping with the architecture of the current church and the Community Life Center.

The first level of the new building includes a new curbside entrance with porte cochere for improved access, a large entrance lobby connecting the new building to the existing parish hall, elevator access to the second floor, a large community room, a children’s chapel, two classrooms for our Godly Play program, and updated restroom facilities. Access to the rear courtyard, columbarium, and covered walkway on the rear of the campus is included and new landscaping throughout the campus will also occur.

The second floor includes offices for our Rector, Assistant to the Rector, Parish

Administrator, Financial Secretary, Director of Children’s and Youth Ministry, Organist-Choirmaster, and Deacon. A large commu-nity meeting room/resource center, new rest-rooms, and waiting space are also located on the second floor. Access to the second level of the existing parish hall from the new building will improve flow to those spaces. Renovations to the existing parish hall include a new nursery and a new kitch-enette to support functions in the current parish hall. A new playgroundhas also been constructed.

The total project budget is $3.65 million. The new building is being funded entirely through pledges made in Phase I and Phase II of our Capital Campaign, though the playground was funded by a separate gift.. We are relying on all who made pledges to fulfill their com-mitment in order to provide adequate funds for this exciting project. We are thankful for the numerous members of the parish who have served on our committee over the years. The current committee membership includes John Wall, Audrey Harris, Elizabeth Finch, Johnny Slate, Mark Williamson, Michael McNamara, Beth Penley, David Umphlett, Al Fritzsche, and Jeff Miller.

N E W E D U C AT I O N & A D M I N I S T R AT I O N B U I L D I N G BY JEFF MILLER

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Q&AWhat is the Triduum?

Triduum is from the Latin for three days. It refers to the final three days of Holy Week (Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday). The liturgies of Holy Week build to a peak with the commemoration of the Last Supper, Arrest, Condemnation, Death, and Burial.

What is the Easter Vigil?

The Easter Vigil is the most ancient liturgy in Christianity. Since the earliest days of Christianity, people gath-ered in the darkness early on Easter morning or the night before after sundown to kindle a new flame in remembrance of the light of Christ coming back into the world after Good Friday. Baptisms are especially appropriate in this service of light and darkness, fire and water.

What is a Paschal Candle?

The Paschal Candle is the large candle that is blessed and lit from the new fire at the Easter Vigil. It burns for the 50 days of Easter as a reminder of the resurrected Christ and his post-resurrection ministry among his followers. It is also lit at baptisms and funerals. At baptisms we are buried with Christ and rise with him. At funerals we celebrate our place in eternal life with him, promised in our baptisms.

What is the deal with the kites at Pentecost?

Pentecost is the day we remember the coming of the Holy Spirit after Jesus had ascended to heaven follow-ing his post-resurrection appearances. In the book of Acts, we read that the Spirit descended on those in Jerusalem like tongues of fire. The kites, made by St. Mary’s parishioners, are fun reminders of the wildness of the Holy Spirit, rushing and filling our world with the power of God.

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Meet our new deacon, The Rev’d Larry Conrad. He was ordained on Saturday, February 20 at Phillips Chapel at Canterbury School in Greensboro. His first Sunday with us was on February 21 and he was welcomed with a reception hosted by the Vestry after the 11:00 a.m. service.

Greetings St. Marians! Please allow me to briefly introduce myself. I am a native of Davidson County and currently live in Thomasville. I was raised in the Lutheran Church and while in college discovered the Episcopal Church. I am a gradu-ate of Western Carolina University with a Business degree in Computer Information Systems. In 1988 David and I met at St Mary’s Metropolitan Church (MCC) in Greensboro. After “dating” for 25 years, we were married at St. Clement’s Episcopal Church in New York City in July,

The Rev’d Larry Conrad

From An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church (Church Publishing, 2000):

“Deacons are members of one of three distinct orders or ordained minis-try (with bishops and presbyters). In the Episcopal Church a deacon exer-cises ‘a special ministry of servanthood’ directly under the deacon’s bishop, serving all people and especially those in need (BCP, p. 543). This definition reflects the practice of the early church, in which deacons were ordained ‘not to the priesthood but to the servanthood [diakonia, ‘ministry’] of the bishop (Hippolytus, Apostolic Tradition). In the ancient Greek-speaking world the term diakonos meant an intermediary who acted or spoke for a superior. Christian deacons were agents of the bishop, often with oversight of charity. Since ancient time the liturgical functions of the deacons have suggested the activity of angels. As they proclaim the gospel, lead intercessions, wait at the eucharistic table, and direct the order of the assembly, deacons act as sacred messengers, agents, and attendants. The revival of the order of deacons in the twentieth century has emphasized social care and service. Many bishops in the Episcopal Church expect their deacons to promote care of the needy outside the church.”

Deacons are non-stipendiary, that means they are not paid for their ministry.

2013. I have attended St. Timothy’s in Winston-Salem for almost the last 20 years. During that time, I have served as a Lay Eucharistic Minister and lector, as well as a trainer and scheduler, master of ceremonies, and sub-deacon. In addition, I have served on vestry and participated in St. Timothy’s first adult mission trip to Costa Rica in 2010. When it is time to get away, David and I love to take cruise vacations.

N E W D E A C O N ST. MARY’S

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How can we suffer and

rejoice together if we do not know each other?

“Welcome home to St. Mary’s!” Home is a loaded word, a word that means different things to different people. Home can be a physical location or just a place where people are gath-ered. Home can serve as sanctuary, a place we return to again and again to find comfort and peace. Homes can nurture us, challenge us, and compel us to grow. Home can be a place of healing and reconciliation, but for many, home is an imperfect place, a place of hurt and conflict. Either way home is where we are known.

Home is where people know you are allergic to peanuts, have no tonsils, or make delicious chili. A place where people know you never eat at a fast food restaurant without a coupon or that traffic makes you angry. These small things matter. Feeling known is an integral part of feeling valued and loved. The Gospel of John says the Good Shepherd calls each of his sheep by name. The Good Shepherd knows them. And as followers of the Good Shepherd we are called to know each other in a deep, substantial, challeng-ing, and authentic way.

Knowing someone deeply is not always easy and being known deeply is not always comfortable. Too often we miss opportunities to know and love each other. It is easier to opt

for the perfunctory, “How are you?” “Fine. How are you?” “Doing well. Busy!” It is easier not to know that someone’s sister has an eating disor-der or their dog keeps having acci-dents in the house or their father is in hospice care. And sometimes it seems easier not to share these things with others. But we read in I Corinthians 12:26 that as the Body of Christ we are called to share both joy and pain together, “if one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is honored, all rejoice together with it.” How can we suffer and rejoice together if we do not know each other?

St. Mary’s, like every home I have ever known, is a work in progress. There are so many ways in which St. Marians of all ages are working toward

knowing each other deeply from the smallest children in Godly Play saving a friend her favorite pillow to sit on to the folks who volunteer to call and visit homebound parish-ioners. Youth leaders are sending handwritten letters to teens. Folks are gathering for food, for coffee, for Bible study, and for drinks to know and care for each other. Staff is working hard to build relation-ships and connect people. It is the small and sometimes surprising moments when a child approaches an adult at church after the Parish Retreat and says, “I know you” or an adult compliments a young person by name after they serve as a reader that church becomes home, a place we are known.

St. Mary’s Youth host Retirees at Valentine’s Luncheon in 2015

H O M E I S W H E R E W E A R E K N O W N BY SARAH BENTLEY

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In the life of any organization changes are bound to take place. Usually transition brings up a mixture of sadness, joy, and anxiety. This is certainly true for our transitions in the staff of St. Mary’s.

The Rev’d Sara Palmer, Assistant to the Rector, will celebrate her last Sunday with us on March 20, Palm Sunday. Due to budget constraints, we are no longer able to fill our assistant’s position with a long-serving employee. The Vestry is helping me to discern a more sustainable way forward with regards to the duties of an assistant priest. Mother Sara will remain an employee of St. Mary’s until June 30 and will get to take the sabbatical that she both deserves and has earned.

Mother Sara has brought to our parish and staff team a sense of compassion, kindness, and deep spirituality that go unmatched. She has lifted Bible study to the forefront of our work together as a community, having begun a moth-er’s-of-young-children Bible study and a women’s Bible study. She also initiated The Bible Challenge, to which many responded by reading the scriptures for the first time. Her pastoral presence has calmed many a frayed nerved and assured the sick and grieving alike of God’s love. She has led the way and brought the parish along with her on various Christian social ministries, marching in the Martin Luther King, Jr. parade, leading worship at the Forsyth County Jail, standing in solidarity on Moral Mondays, fostering racial reconciliation by supporting the Unity in Community services, and helping us to see ourselves in others through her work with the World Religions Forum of the High Point Human Relations Committee. Her passionate support of Hispanic ministries has ensured the funding for our ESL programs. Whether you agreed with her stance or not, she lovingly welcomed your perspective. She has preached, taught, cele-brated, and served with enthusiasm and care. Sara is in the midst of discerning what is next for her and would appre-ciate our prayers, I know. I am truly grateful for all she has meant to St. Mary’s for the past six years.

Sarah Bentley, Director of Children’s and Youth Ministries announced her resignation in January. She will be leaving us in May before she marries and begins seminary this summer. In her three years with us, Sarah has created a legacy in children’s and youth ministry that will last for years to come. Her creativity, spirituality, and fun-loving nature have made her an easy fit and an invaluable piece of the ministry team. Under her leadership Godly Play has grown from three children each week to 35. Youth group for middle and high school students has been revitalized. Youth ministry in general has been put on a sustainable path through her work with a consultant from Youth Specialties. She initiated family ministry events and programs that have strengthened our young families and their connections to the parish. She has recruited a devoted team of volunteers and supporters who make the programs go. She will be missed tremen-dously, but I know that she will be superstar at seminary. We wish her all the best in her new life with Richard, her fiance. Work has begun with a search committee to fill the giant shoes she leaves behind.

The Rev’d Larry Conrad, Deacon, joined our team on February 21. You can read more about Deacon Conrad in his article in this magazine. We are thrilled to have him with us, focussing on pastoral care. Everyone who knows Larry has commented to me on how fortunate we are. I guess we hit the Deacon jackpot! Deacons serve directly at the discretion of the bishop and are non-stipendiary, which means that they are not paid.

S TA F F T R A N S I T I O N S BY THE REV’D DAVID UMPHLETT

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Now that we are in a new year, it is important to know what support we can depend on from our con-gregation members. By knowing what you are willing to commit financially, we are able to better plan for the future. Please consider setting up a recurring giving plan. Automating your financial commitments means your contributions will be received on a steady, uninterrupted basis.

To set up a recurring giving schedule, visit us online at www.stmarysepisc.org, locate the “Donate” button and set up your recurring giving schedule by following the on-screen instructions. The first time you give, you will select a password that will enable you to log in at any time and make changes to your giving or view your complete giving history. Or if it’s easier, complete a paper authorization form which is available from Katrina Parnell, Financial Secretary.

For your convenience, we also offer a mobile version of our online giving page to make it easy for you to give anytime from your smart phone. Simply scan the image you see here using your phone’s QR code reader or go to www.stmarysepisc.org and locate the online giving page using your smart phone.

Scan this code using your smart phone’s QR reader.

Moving God’s Kingdom Forward Through Your Generosity

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For more information or assitance with Access ACS or Church Life, please contact Shannon Carter at 886.4756 or [email protected].

Access ACS is a web-based com-panion to ACS’s church manage-ment software which St. Mary’s utilizes for membership. It enables the staff to publish key informa-tion online so people can visit our church’s website (www.stmary-sepisc.org) and find volunteer opportunities, join groups, view your giving history, and more.

Access ACS is a useful tool for everyone involved in the church: staff, leaders, members, and visitors.

Church Life is a module of Access ACS and permits you to have instant access to church member information and events anytime, anywhere, from your smart phone. Can’t remember when worship ser-vices are scheduled? Simply log in to the app and view the calen-dar. This easy-to-use app is free and available for download from the Google Play Store or iTunes. You can even text or call someone while viewing their contact infor-mation from within Church Life. You can view a demo of Church Life in action by visiting www.acstechnologies.com/products/acs/features/acs-church-life.

A C C E S S A C S & C H U R C H L I F E TECHNOLOGY

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Will you allow Jesus to camp near you so you may experience his life-transforming love?

J E S U S P I T C H E D H I S T E N T

A M O N G U S BY THE REV’D SARA PALMER

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“And the Word became flesh and lived among us, full of grace and truth.” At our Christmas

pageant, our Rector said that the trans-lation for “Jesus lived among us” is actually “Jesus pitched his tent among us.” David invited us to imagine pitch-ing a tent on a campsite close to other people...near enough for us to hear the guy snoring in the next tent, close enough to be kept awake until the wee hours of the morning by people across the way having a fun party with their friends.

I don’t know about you. Perhaps you love going camping and have figured out how to have a great time in comfort and style. But I have to say that my few forays into the world of camping were neither particularly comfortable nor pleasant! And so the image of Jesus pitching his tent among us, with little personal space to separate Him from us, Jesus being willing to be uncomfortable not just for the night or weekend, but for 33 years, really made me stop and think.

The idea of God pitching His tent among us goes back to the Old Testament Scriptures, to Exodus (25: 8, 9). God told Moses to make a Tabernacle, a kind of tent, out of animal skin, where God’s presence would dwell among His people as they traveled through the desert, out of slavery in Egypt into the Promised Land. The Tabernacle or tent became the visible location of the invisible God’s presence on earth. When the Israelites had arrived in the Promised Land, God told King Solomon to build a more permanent Temple in Jerusalem in which he would dwell. This magnificent building became the localized reminder of God’s presence living amongst His people, filled with the glory of God. However, God’s glory disappeared when His people contin-ued to disobey Him, and the Temple was destroyed. God was silent for 400

years. Then, finally, at the foreordained time, the invisible God actually came down to earth, taking our human flesh in the person of Jesus. The eternal Word pitched His tent right here, close enough to hear our snoring and to be kept awake by our noise. Jesus’ frail skin was the tent in which He lived, offering little protection from the tornadoes of life. Only His skin separated Jesus from us, from the challenges, temptations, and discomfort that we all know on earth as real flesh and blood people.

I think that Jesus’ willingness to slum it with us is all the more remark-able given the splendor in which Jesus lived with the triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit up in heaven. In heaven, Jesus had everything He wanted and needed. Yet He was willing to pitch His tent among us, to have very little, to show us He cares about us, and is with us at every moment. The Gospels describe Jesus as having nowhere to lay His head; He was of no fixed abode, no comfy home to come to at the end of a weary day with all the modern com-forts of hot running water and a shower, clean sheets, freshly washed clothing, and a home-cooked meal. Jesus traveled around pitching His tent wherever the people were, so that as many as possi-ble could hear the Good News of God’s love. And Jesus knows what it is like for people to get on our last nerve. Jesus traveled around with a group of 12 disci-ples for three whole years. Twelve very different people and large numbers of people also pitched their tents with this group, eating meals together, staying up late, and getting up early. Enough to drive you crazy!

How wonderfully comforting it is to me that Jesus is right here with us in our conflicting emotions and weari-ness. He has felt everything we feel, because He pitched His tent in the midst of the mud and messiness of our lives. I remember one particular messy, yet deeply moving, experience I had in a

tent in Taize, France. A friend took me to celebrate Easter in the community of monks who lived in Taize. Thousands of young people from all over the world flock to Taize every year to worship Christ, pitching their tents together, in close proximity to one another. It was a freezing cold, rainy, March night, and I was chilled to the marrow. The ground was wet and muddy. I could not sleep and did not have much of anything to cover me. I don’t know whether I began to cry or what, but a young person whom I did not know heard my distress and gave me a blanket. This flesh and blood person, who also must have felt cold, sacrificed some of his comfort to help me feel less alone. What generosity and grace!

Friends, I think today of the millions of displaced persons around the world who are living in tents, not through any choice of their own, but because their homes have been destroyed by Islamist terrorists or by brutal governments - no running water, no modern conve-niences, no comfy bed or furniture. Refugees from Syria, Iraq, Egypt and Ethiopia, persecuted Christians as we have learned about in our Forums, with no place to call home. As we remem-ber these flesh and blood brothers and sisters, where might God be inviting us to pitch our tents in the midst of a suf-fering world to show that we care, as Jesus pitched His tent amongst us two thousand years ago? To whom is God’s voice inviting us to give a blanket this New Year? I am so deeply thankful to God that Jesus pitched His tent near me, and called me over to experience His warm hospitality and life-transforming love. And I want to pass that on.

Happy New Year to you all and God bless you.

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The picture here shows 350 occupied seats plus about 75 standing parents and grandparents during Northwood Elementary School’s Christmas Concert, which we hosted in our Great Hall. We continue to cultivate our relationship with the school in hopes that we can make positive impacts on young lives. But, do we grow weary of hearing about the resources devoted to serving community kids? Do we start to begrudge our gen-erosity to those outside our own flock? Here’s why it might matter.

During my time as the Director of Music at Cincinnati’s Christ Church Cathedral, I initiated an after-school program in part-nership with an inner-city school. Every Tuesday afternoon, we transported fifty children to the cathedral for a snack, music, evensong, and dinner. The kids were wonderful, a mix of boys and girls from third- through eighth-grades. Older kids served as leaders, shepherding, disci-plining, and mentoring the younger ones. Students were required to have at least a C average and came on recommendation from their homeroom teachers for good behavior.

The beginning of the year was arduous, at best. Discipline problems were the greatest order of the day; perhaps, “good behavior” actually meant “malleable atti-tude.” But they beamed when they got to dress-up in their cassocks with their neck ruffs, and once one child was promoted to receiving the surplice to wear over it, the communal desire to rise in rank was prodigious.

“BROTHER MITCH...SHE AIN’T WORTH IT” A.K.A. “WHY OUR WORK IS IMPORTANT”BY CHARLES HOGAN

ENTER SHAUNTINA. Shauntina was a seventh-grade girl whom we initially denied admission because of her aggression and dis-cipline record. Our pact with her and other such students was that, upon three consecu-tive weeks without incident, she could join us at the cathedral. Four weeks later, she came to us, initially disruptive, but mallea-ble to be sure.

Through the year, the kids grew to be gentler and progressed in their music reading and the sounds they made—singing evensong every week certainly contributed to that! Early on, the kids sang Ralph Vaughan Williams’s “The Call” from Five Mystical Songs, and they latched on to it. Week after week I’d hear, “Can we sing ‘The Call?’” Week after week they’d hear, “If you behave, we can sing it.” Vaughan Williams! Poor inner-city kids! RVW was my biggest and best carrot to get them to focus and behave.

Shauntina was one of those kids who loved “The Call.” Once she gained admission, she never missed a Tuesday. Her disci-pline record from October to May was spot-less. Her grades improved. Her singing improved. She was a source of consolation to a fellow chorister whose brother was shot and killed during the year. And then, one day in mid-May, she was provoked too much.

Another girl in her homeroom was prod-ding her to the point of meltdown, and she reacted. Desks cleared. Students separated. The two stood toe-to-toe, fists clenched. And then Shauntina flopped back into her chair, alternately batting and squinting her eyes while through gritted teeth she said to her teacher, “Brother Mitch, I’ve got three weeks left, and this girl ain’t worth it.” In an odd way, Love won that day. Love incarnate in RVW; in a desire to be better; in a few peo-ple’s dedication.

EXEUNT SHAUNTINA. Through Communities-In-Schools last year, Barbara Crowell, Marita Gates, Patti Walls and I took on the care of twelve at-risk Northwood Elementary students who needed some tutor-ing and had an affinity for music. We con-solidated our efforts to six girls who came on Thursday afternoons, all of whom scored high on their end-of-grade exams. I cannot help but think that they grew a bit during our time together. Our Northwood endeavor augmented our Choir School program, which nurtures mainly community kids who are children of immigrants. In many of these cases, attitudes have changed. Grades have improved. Opportunities have opened where dead ends were all that were in sight. The music director of the seat of the Anglican Communion walks into the room, remembers

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his nickname for one of ours (“Little Miss High Point”), and faces beam! In the midst of this, these kids receive piano lessons, learn to read music, and become, like Shauntina, better citizens. They sing Rachmaninoff, Howells, and Mozart. Massenet’s “Ave maris stella” is a particular carrot I can currently dangle. Yet, I remain puzzled as to why there are so few.

We are making a difference, St. Mary’s. We are living in the Galilee that our bishop calls us to visit. We are improving lives, instill-ing hope, and feeding hungry children. We will impact more, when we individually make invitations to young participants. We will impact more, when a handful of adults donate two-hours’ time, once a week, for six weeks, to tutor or cook or simply be present. It doesn’t take much to brighten a life! What we do matters. What we do changes lives – may actually save lives. And all we get in return is beautiful music, gratitude, and love while we await our Savior’s words at our end: “Servant, well done.” Come, join us.

PHOTO CREDIT: THE REV’D DAVID UMPHLETT

1. Northwood students make quick work of a map of the U.S.

2. David Flood works with the Choir School

3. Choristers from the Cathedral program

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The Federle Duo will be featured artists of the third concert of this season’s Concert Series. The program is enti-tled Paris Through the Window and will feature music from and inspired by the City of Lights. A highlight of the concert will be selections from soon to be Broadway hit “Paris Through the Window” written and composed by UNCSA Graduates Charles Osborne and Leo Hurley.

April 10, 20163:00 p.m.

S T. M A R Y ’ S M U S I C A C A D E M Y CONCERT SERIES

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Elektra Winds is the Triad’s newest chamber ensemble. Established in 2015, Elektra is comprised of four professional musicians from Forsyth and Guilford Counties. Core members are Lissie Shanahan, flute; Dr. Anna Lampidis, oboe; Dr. Eileen Young, clarinet; and Amber Ferenz, bassoon. Elektra Winds members teach at several universities in the area and all are members of at least six regional orchestras, including the Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and Asheville symphonies. Elektra Winds’ members are dedicated and accom-plished chamber musicians - the ensemble performed its debut at the UUFWS in August and looks forward to performing at St. Mary’s in May. The program will include music by Mozart, Prokofiev, Albeniz, and Francaix - a mix of classical, Spanish, and French quartets in styles from serious to comical, all perfectly suited to the warm, yet animated sound of woodwinds.

MAY 15, 20163:00 p.m

All concerts take place at St. Mary’s Community Life Center.

Admission: $10 Adults; $5 Students - Free for St. Mary’s Music Academy Students

For more information, please call 336.886.7265 or visit www.stmarysmusicacademy.org

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Young people from St. Mary’s offer their retelling of the Christmas story at the early service on Christmas Eve.

For the third year in a row, St. Mary’s has hosted the annual Homeless Memorial Christmas Dinner in conjunction with local agencies.

A M O N T H I N T H E L I F E O F T H E C L C PICTURES

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Young people from St. Mary’s offer their retelling of the Christmas story at the early service on Christmas Eve.

For the third year in a row, St. Mary’s has hosted the annual Homeless Memorial Christmas Dinner in conjunction with local agencies.

The Presbyterian Home Band, with their unusual assortment of instruments, delights the Episcopal Church-women at their December general meeting.

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I N T H E F I R S T P E R S O N BY COLLEEN HARTSOE It’s time for the annual review of our matron saint, Mrs. C.A. Hamner, who arrived on the scene in 1886. The fifteen local Anglicans who, in 1882, orga-nized themselves into Saint James mission, may have been perfectly happy meeting in homes and seeing a priest occa-sionally. But they had not reck-oned with the dynamic Mrs. Hamner.

Not an Episcopalian herself, she began a one-woman campaign to get an Episcopal Church build-ing in High Point. She wrote to Mr. Josiah Remfry, Senior Warden, that she wanted to orga-nize a Ladies Aid Society for this purpose. Tactfully, she invited Mrs. Remfry to be President of this Society. Why didn’t Mr. Remfry suggest it was inappro-priate for a non-Episcopalian to spearhead such a project? Nor do I find any evidence that the Bishop was consulted.

Mrs. Hamner began with an appeal in the High Point Enterprise. These records are on file in our library. Her main point was, “an Episcopal Church here

would bring many good people among us and greatly enhance the beauty of our lovely little town.” She described the fund-raising bazaar and the items which would “please the eye and tempt the appe-tite.” Mr. Crutchfield, editor of the Enterprise, was provided daily with samples of food. Needless to say, he described said samples on the op ed page as well as church build-ing progress. By April 1, 1887, the church members had purchased a lot at the cost of $325 leaving $74.49 to go toward the build-ing itself. Mrs. Hamner not only solicited financial aid from all High Point citizens but according to the Enterprise she “went North to raise funds from the major cities.” In July 1890, construction of the church began at the corner of what is now Hayden and Kivett. The name was changed from Saint James to Saint Mary’s. Mrs. Hamner’s first name was Mary, surely a coincidence. In June 1887, all Hamners except Mr. Hamner were confirmed. He delayed until 1892. I also do not know which denomination lost this family.

Historical tidbits reveal bitter-ness in the congregation. In 1895

the Diocesan Convention passed a resolution to sell the church property and divide the proceeds equally between the Hamners and the Trustees of the Diocese to be held in trust for the congregation toward the erection of a new Saint Mary’s Church. The Hamners refused to accept the settlement of $800 claiming the Diocese owed them $1350 for the erection of the church. That’s the last of any records of the Hamner saga.

I have often complained that record-keeping was either sloppy or non-existent. One interesting fact is that there is a Parish Register dated 1885 and the name is Church of Our Saviour. I have never found an explanation of this. The Church was consecrated in 1912 and had the name Saint Mary’s.

An Episcopal Church here

would bring many good people among us and greatly enhance the beauty of our lovely little town.

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ORIGINAL CHURCH 1890

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06Playground Celebration - Sunday, March 6.

Join us to celebrate the comple-tion of the new playground and the generous donors that made it happen. Cupcakes and lemonade will be served after the 11:00 a.m. service.

20Palm Sunday Brunch - Sunday, March 20 fol-

lowing the 11:00 a.m. service in the Great Hall of the Community Life Center. This is always a fun (and delicious) event. Brunch is spon-sored by the Parish Connections Committee and there is no cost for the meal. At this year’s brunch we will celebrate Mother Palmer and give thanks for her ministry on her last Sunday with us.

27Easter Egg Hunt - March 27 at 10:00 a.m.

in the Garth. Children should meet in the Parish Hall.

28Church Offices are closed on Monday,

March 28th.

07ECW General Meeting & Luncheon - Monday,

March 7 at 12 noon in the Great Hall of the Community Life Center. Guest Speaker will be Lisa Hawley to speak about Feeding Lisa’s Kids. All women of St. Mary’s are invited to attend. Cost is $4.

24Maundy Thursday Holy Eucharist & Foot

Washing, and Stripping of the Altar, Thursday, March 24 at 7:00 p.m. in the church.

25Good Friday Stations of the Cross at 12 noon

and Solemnities of Good Friday at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, March 25. Church Offices close at 12 noon.

26Prayers for Holy Saturday at 9:00 a.m.

and the Great Vigil of Easter at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 26.

A complete listing of events at St. Mary’s can be found on our website at www.stmarysepisc.org or you may use the Church Life app on your smart phone.

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14Piano & Voice Recital - Thursday, April 14th,

7:30 in the Great Hall of the Community Life Center. Join us for a benefit recital for St. Mary’s Choir School. Though the Hogans have been in our midst for over four years now, few St. Marians have heard them perform. The two have performed in venues in Vancouver, Paris, London, Salzburg, San Antonio, Aldeburgh (Benjamin Britten’s festival), and others throughout the U.S. Charles will play piano works by Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Granados, Chopin, and Hallie will sing works by Debussy and Faure. The recital is free to the public, but donations to the Choir School are eagerly anticipated (and tax deductible!).

24Evensong for the Feast of St. Mark

- Sunday, April 24th at 5:00 p.m. in the Chapel.

04ECW General Meeting & Dinner - Wednesday,

May 4 at 6:30 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Community Life Center.

15Awards Day, Last day of Program Year, and

St. Mary’s & Forsyth Prison joint worship service - Sunday, May 15th.

22Fill the Bus 2nd quarter Collection - May 22nd.

Items needed are meats, soups, beans, spaghetti sauce, etc. Collection box is located behind the stairs in the Welcome Center of the Education & Administration Building.

14Celebrate the Old North State - May 9th

- 15th. Saturday, May 14th is a street festival “High Point City Limits ~ 1859’” in which St. Mary’s will open its doors to the church and the Community Life Center from 1:00 - 3:30 p.m. for musi-cal performances and dancers. More information can be found at www.theoldnorthstatehp.com10St. Mary’s Music

Academy Concert - Sunday, April 10th at 3:00 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Community Life Center. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for students. Music Academy students are admitted free.

23Anti-Racism Training, Seeing the Face of

God in Each Other - Saturday, April 23rd, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Community Life Center. If you would like to attend, registration is available on the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina website at www.dionc.org or you may call 1-800-448-8775.

03Handel’s Messiah Parts II & III - Sunday, April 3

at the 11:00 a.m. service.

16High Point Furniture Market - April 16 - 21. 30 Church Offices closed

for Memorial Day.

APRIL

MAY

07Triad Health Project, Ribbons & Roses Event

- Saturday, May 7 at 5:00 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Community Life Center.

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ST. MARY’S MONTHLY TUNA COLLECTIONFor many years St. Mary’s has provided donated tuna to the Open Door Shelter on Centennial Drive in High Point. For several years I have had the privilege of collecting the cans of tuna that St. Marians have deposited either at the Community Life Center or - before construction - the former side entrance to the church. If needed, I purchase tuna with budgeted dollars to add to the contributions. During the past few months we have been more diligent in encour-aging tuna collections with often an outcome of $100.00 or more in monthly savings!

Contributions can be either the very large cans which are only available (to my knowledge) at either Costco or Sam’s Club or smaller cans that can be found in most any store that sells food.

Tuna is a Matthew 25:40 Committee budgeted item. However, the cost of tuna has substantially increased over the years and the donated cans can provide saved dollars for other Matthew 25:40 outreach endeavors.

The goal each month is to have at least 14 large cans (or the equivalent) to deliver to the Open Door Shelter. The des-ignated person who receives food at the back entrance to the Shelter reports that the amount that is delivered each month feeds one lunch to approximately 60 homeless individuals. The Shelter spokesperson reports that tuna is a pre-ferred item, not only because of its nutritional value, but also is a select choice for those who suffer with diabetes and/or heart disease.

If each parish family brought just one can of tuna to church each Sunday, our monthly goal would be reached without difficulty! My ongoing thanks to those of you who remember this important offering.

UNITY IN COMMUNITY SERVICECome join us for our third Unity in Community Service on Palm Sunday, March 20th. We will meet at Mount Zion Baptist Church, 753 East Washington Street, High Point, NC 27260 at 5:45 p.m. Pastor Joe Blankinship will preach.

In November, 75 Christian brothers and sisters from various High Point churches met at Saint Mary’s to worship together and enjoy fellowship and food afterwards. This is a wonderful way to break down barriers and to show our unity in Jesus Christ, the hope and Light of the world.

BY MARITA GATES

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PHOTO CREDIT: DOROTHY DARR

At the February meeting, St. Mary’s member Dorothy Darr was elected the new Chair of the Chartered Committee for Environmental Ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina.

Throughout this year the Committee for Environmental Ministry will be focusing on energy—particularly saving on utility costs in Episcopal facilities throughout the Diocese. The Diocese is made up of approximately 120 parishes and missions. The committee is providing free energy analyses of Episcopal Church buildings. Energy analyses will be scheduled through the Episcopal-originated Interfaith Power and Light, based in Raleigh, whose representatives are willing to travel to any parish throughout the Diocese who would like to participate.

Saving on utility costs through a series of simple steps and adjustments in existing build-ings means more money is available in par-ishes for clerical and lay ministries.

These energy analyses are simple. The results are easy to follow. St. Mary’s had an energy “audit” [what they used to be called] about 10 years ago.

Also available to parishes in our Diocese are “Green Grants” for churches who seek help with upgrading to energy efficient mechanical systems and other “green” measures.

When members of St. Mary’s are talking to members of other parishes, please consider mentioning these wonderful opportunities in the field of energy and utility savings available to all parishes within the Diocese of North Carolina. The Episcopal Church is a leader in the interfaith community in its efforts to care for God’s creation and follow the 5th Mark of Mission of the Anglican Communion “to strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew life of the earth.”

This year the Episcopal Churchwomen United Thank Offering is focusing on the 5th Mark of Mission. It is an effort in which we all can participate and contribute in numerous ways both in our commitment to the Church and in our daily activities.

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Handel’s beloved oratorio, Messiah, will have its concluding two parts presented by Saint Mary’s Choir, soloists, and orchestra, on Sunday morning, April 3 (the Second Sunday of Easter) at 11:00 a.m. Soloists include Shelley Mihm and Ashley Oliveira, sopranos, Allyson Goff, alto, Chris Oliveira, tenor, and James Scarantino and Eric Wilson, basses.

Part One, relying largely on Isaiah and Luke, explored the Old Testament prophecies and birth of Jesus with a conclusion from Matthew (Come unto him; His yoke is easy.)

Part Two begins with John I, 29 (Behold the Lamb of God), returns to Isaiah (He was despised and rejected of men, All we like sheep have gone astray) and the Psalms (All they that see him laugh him to scorn, Lift up your heads, O ye gates), and ends with the work’s most famous moment, the Hallelujah Chorus (from Revelation).

Part Three is largely focused on the words of St. Paul found in I Corinthians (Since by man came death, The trumpet shall sound) and concludes with a chorus from Revelation (Worthy is the Lamb that was slain) in no way inferior to the more famous conclusion of Part Two (and similarly scored for full orchestra with trumpet and timpani).

After the first performance of Messiah in Dublin on April 13, 1742 a local journal wrote as follows:

On Tuesday last Mr Handel’s sacred grand oratorio, the Messiah, was performed at the New Music Hall in Fishamble Street; the best judges allowed it to be the most finished piece of music. Words are wanting to express the exquisite delight it afforded to the admiring crowded audience. The sublime, the grand, and the tender, adapted to the most elevated, majestic and moving words, conspired to transport and charm the

ravished heart and ear.

Our performance, as always, is supported by the generous contributions of our faithful patrons. We invite all to become part of their number.

H A N D E L’ S M E S S I A H P A R T S I I & I I I ST. MARY’S

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All rising 7th grade students through rising college freshmen are invited to attend the 2016 Youth Mission Experience. This year we will be returning to Roanoke, Virginia for our Youth Mission Experience to lead a day camp for children living in a homeless shelter. In his radical min-istry, Jesus gathered to himself those cast out, left behind, and shunned by society and treated them with care, grace, and love. During our time in Virginia, St. Mary’s youth will have the opportunity to love and share God’s grace with children who may often feel left behind, outcast, embarrassed, and out of place. We will depart the morning of Sunday, June 19th and return the evening of Friday, June 24th. During the week we will be staying at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Salem, Virginia. In order to attend, each youth must fill out an application and sign the community covenant. These must be returned to Sarah Bentley by March 21st. In addition, we will have at least one planning meeting, which will be scheduled based on partic-ipants’ availability, and an over-night retreat April 23rd-24th. Each youth will be asked to contribute $150 towards the trip. Scholarships are available. For more information contact Sarah Bentley or Lori Baird.

2015 Youth Mission Team

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VTS New ChapelThe Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia has completed its new Immanuel Chapel after a fire destroyed the historic structure that previously served the seminary community. Designed by the imminent international architect, Robert A.M. Stern, it is intended to be a chapel for the ages. The (then) Presiding Bishop, the Most Rev’d Katharine Jefferts-Schori, consecrated the chapel, the (then) Presiding Bishop-Elect, the Most Rev’d Michael B. Curry, assisted, and the Archbishop of Canterbury, The Most Rev’d Justin Welby, preached (though when three Most Reverends are gathered together, which one really is?).

St. Mary’s has supported theological edu-cation for decades, having now reached a milestone of over $100,000 in cumulative donations to VTS. St. Mary’s made a lead gift toward the construction of the new chapel and had the Paschal Candle stand named in our honor. Many of St. Mary’s Rectors, Assistants, and Seminarians have been trained at this venerable institution, founded in 1823.

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Helen and David Congdon have donated a magnificent new playground to St. Mary’s and our friends. The two huge pieces of equipment, one for 2-5 year olds and the other for 5-12 year olds, meet all ADA specifications and code regu-lations. Located between the nave and Emerywood Apartments, it can be accessed during the week from the gate near the Play Place. Park behind the church and walk between the church and Emerywood Apartments to find it. A keypad lock with soon be installed on that gate to keep everyone safe. Just ask Shannon Carter for the code and have a ball! We are incredibly grateful to Helen and David for recognizing a need and approaching us with a solution for how to fill it.

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What does it mean to be a citizen of heaven? Paul reminds us that our first allegiance is to the Kingdom of God. How then do we live as citizens of heaven while citizens of earth? How does our faith serve as a lens through which we see and understand the world around us? When we read the news or simply watch the world go by, how do we understand our place within it as Christians? What does our faith have to say about the events of our community, nation, and world?

In the Forum this year, we have spent time learning about other world religions, welcom-ing speakers from many different faiths. We have been able to connect with other faiths through their people, seeing our-selves in them. We have learned about various expres- sions of Christianity throughout the world, many that are current ly under persecu-tion, to broaden our understand-ing of what it means to be a Christian today and what it has meant for count- less others in millennia gone by. Now, building on that knowledge base, we look to synthesize what we have learned with what we experience on a daily basis.

In the Sunday Forum, we explore these and other questions as we gather in the downstairs Common Room on Sunday mornings at 10:00 a.m. Using the events of the past week as the starting point, we share freely in a group-wide conversation about where we have seen hope, redemption, truth, or love and how we then train our eyes to see it more readily.

J E S U S I N T H E H E A D L I N E S THE ADULT CHRISTIAN FORMATION COMMITTEE

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MARCH

2 Hodge Cole

3 Nick Nottoli

4 Walker Harris

5 Wink Cottam, White Watkins

6 Charles Crowell, Ben Yowell

7 Florence Woller

8 Judy Harron

11 Linda Collum, Molly Froelich, Will Slate

13 Bill Fenn, Betty Williamson, Sharon Baer, Abbi Murphy

16 Eleanor Rogers, Connie Dearman,

17 David Fisher

19 Dee Fetner

20 Cathy Kuhn, Braxton Lyon

21 Lucy Schernemerhorn, Annabelle Fisher

22 Lindsey Tripp

24 Kevin Oliver

25 Gavin Hoots

26 Beth Tuttle

27 Walt Hurley

31 Harold Andrews, Nicki Idol

APRIL

2 Carol King

3 Doug Witcher, Bill Schermerhorn, Phil Burris

4 Kathy Rohrbeck

5 Courtney Penley, Ella Baer

6 Susan Heard, Bunnie Smith

8 Michael McNamara

9 Aaron Sparks

10 Cornie Warlick, Kathy Mendenhall, Kristina Ficquette

11 James Codgill, Beverly Cogdill, Mike Hennen

12 Laura Simcox, Clay Fetner

13 Jane Freeze, Eleanor Oliver, Delia Rhodes-Smith, Kate Bachmann

14 Ann Marie Johnson, Alicia Hurley

16 Andrew Lyon

18 Sterling Hartnett

19 Marilyn Evans

20 Lori Baird

21 Candy Fenn, Drew Spring

22 Dottie Johnston, David Jones, Marya Rhoton

24 John Burnside

25 Johnny Slate, Eric Grubb, Jacob Johnson

26 Nancy Jenkins, Stephen Coe, Doug Taxiera

27 Cathy Falkson

28 Tom Conley

30 Dudley Moore, Kurt Bachmann

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MAY

JUNE

1 Calvin Biesecker

2 Jules Crowell, Dave Story

4 Mary Gordon

7 Carol Fritzsche, Dane Kratovil, Hank Hurley

8 Judy Jarrell, Margarita Kerkado, Alina Craven

9 Alan McHenry, Blake Brown

11 Reid Falkson

12 Richard Sanders

13 Nancy Robinson, Joyce Manning

14 Judy Boggs, Reaban Burris

15 David Moore

16 Gloria Morris, Bert Adkins, Sterling Smith, Landon Bertschi

17 Suzanne Payne, Kerr Ramsay

18 Robert Gay

19 Colleen Hartsoe, Jim Gane, Sharon Pierce

20 John Rogers, David Idol, Megan Yowell, Lilly Bovio, Michaela Chenevert

21 Rob Sale

22 Robbert Rostand, jon Baird

23 Libby Fisher, Brabara Crowder, aul Ktchum

24 Judy Hennen

25 Edna Landon, Bill McKenzie, Dillard Spring

27 Dan Allen, Emily Fisher, Nick Wolff

28 Kirsten Bertschi

29 Mary Jane Leidecker, Sara Yowell

20 Laura Bachmann

31 Rob Brock, Jane Moreno, Rachel Brewbaker

1 Lindy Goins, Matt Nowell

2 karen Pigman, Kyle Baird

3 Ann Wyche, Dawn Miller, Katherine Ewing

5 Sue Uhlin, Beau Harris

6 Jamey Reagan, Lilly Willett

7 David Fritzsche, Anthony Williams

9 Frankie Coe, Elizabeth Finch

10 Emily Archibald

12 Barbara Ide

13 David Penley, Ford Ramsay

14 Lorri Chubbuck, Joya Shepard

15 Joel Shepard, Janice Davis, Gina Laney

17 Bob Evans, Chris Malcolm

19 Peter Wasmer, Gus Schwenk, George White, Mary Schroeder, James Umphlett

20 Michael Johnson, Megan Williams

22 Barbara Crowell

23 Diane Rankin

24 Leslie Moore

25 Eddie Sams, Julia Smith

28 Ollie Wall

29 Don Archibald

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