Wales Tales April 2014

From The Rector’s Desk Canon H.W. Herrmann, SSC, VI Rector Dear Parish Family and Friends:

“Rise up, work of my hands, you who were created in my image. Rise, let us leave this place, for you are in me and I am in you; together we form only one person and we cannot be separated.” From an Ancient Homily on the holy and great Sabbath It has been said that liturgy is the “work of the people”. Here at Saint David of Wales, it takes many people to do that work. In addition to the clergy the many, many serving groups include the altar guild, acolytes, ushers, readers, Lay Eucharistic Ministers, flower arrangers and someone in the office to order, bread, wine, candles and all other liturgical items. Even with all of those serving groups, the liturgy is not complete. Did you know that the clergy can not proceed without God’s people? One of our purposes in life as God’s creation is to worship and love Him. We have the most ancient liturgies of the Church offered during Holy Week and Easter. Come and join us. However, it doesn’t stop there. The service to God begins after the liturgy is over and it includes service to God and service to others. The liturgy spiritually prepares us to go forth in the Name of our Lord as we are spiritually fed.

So come and see. Come and see the passion of our Lord being lived out in a liturgy as we become companions with our Lord from the time in the Upper Room until the discovery of the Empty Tomb. Jesus is alive and bids us to join Him. It takes all of us to do what Holy Week and Easter require but there is great benefit. Be one with Christ and one with your brothers and sisters in Christ. So come and see. Our Lord bids you to come and be fed in every way one can be fed.

See you in church this Holy Week and Easter. The Curate’s Commentary Father Clint Wilson, Curate Dear Saint David's Community:

As you have probably observed, ministry in the area of college students and youth here at Saint David’s is steadily gaining more momentum. Indeed, it is exciting for me to see the growth and excitement (as I am sure it is for you as well), but I look forward to even more good work being done as we try to faithfully follow Christ through “traditioning” or “passing on” our faith to younger generations. As I was pondering some of our recent events two thoughts sprung into my mind (one from my work with UNT Canterbury and the other from my work with the Youth Group), both of which I felt compelled to share with you as a parish community.

(1) Perhaps you have noticed or heard of our recent kickoff of a noonday prayer service at UNT—we invite you to join us (at Goolsby Chapel)! As I was sharing with the students and two staff members at our first meeting, living into the divine offices are like putting on an old t-shirt one has received from a parent or uncle. How so?

We live in a frenetic age where much about our daily existence is constantly changing, and consequently I believe students long for a piety older than the last Pixar series, a piety that refuses to be cast in the forms of the latest and ever-changing cultural fads, whatever they may be. In this sense, praying through noonday prayer, for instance, allows one to “enter into” something that has been passed on.

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April 2014

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One of our students has an amazing leather bomber jacket he received from his Grandfather and I was telling him that noonday prayer is kind of like his jacket; it has substance and history and it speaks of another time. Some of our Christian brothers and sisters have died to pass on the divine offices, which speak from a place of substantive and theological reflection through the employment of robust prayers, songs and passages from Holy Scripture. These anchor us firmly in an ostensively historical faith--one that both looks backwards and forwards (“I believe in God..the creator of heaven and earth…and I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come”). Therefore, when we gather to pray, we do nothing less than take on that which others have sewn and knit together for our comfort, for our growth, for our protection, but even more fundamentally, for praise and glory to God.

(2) My second thought moves in a different direction. In speaking to the Youth this past Sunday I made what I believe to be a critical distinction, one that would set the tone for us as we prepared our minds for our trip down to The Gathering (a church in Thanksgiving Square; primarily made up of homeless/low income individuals & families). I told them if they believe what we were doing was about charity, then they were missing the point. When we do charity we see ourselves as the people in the position of power and strength, able to give and provide blessing and resources. To be sure, we do have resources to give, but the point is that this understanding of charity obfuscates the fact that we have just as much to receive from these our brothers and sisters in Christ. We receive nothing less than Christ himself when we encounter them (Matt 25:40 “And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.’”).

You see, God works on our hearts and forms us through these encounters every bit as much as those whom we perceive to be on the “receiving end.” Indeed, many of our brothers and sisters from The Gathering have a vibrant faith, or an amazing sense of humility, or a profound trust in the Lord despite their circumstances, and more often than not WE are the ones who come away encouraged and deepened in our walk with God. Moreover, in engaging in worship with them we begin to embody in a relational way the theological reality of the larger body of Christ, namely, that they are apart of the same body as us, and to the extent we are distanced from them we are distanced from ourselves (to even make a distinction between them and us is theologically problematic, but rhetorically helpful).

Therefore, the goal is to view our intentions not as charity, but as an opportunity for transformation…of ourselves, potentially of others, and of the larger body of Christ as we become more of who we are already through the work Christ: one body! May it be so…or in other words, Amen! The Deacon’s Corner Deacon Carol Hobson

Yes, We Need Each Other

A good portion of the Gospel stories about Jesus’ healings involve forgiveness of sins. March 31 was the commemoration of John Donne, 17th century priest and poet. I reread several of his meditations and poems. During a period of illness Donne wrote one meditation about how easy it is to sin all by himself, but all but impossible to be raised to health without the help of his fellows. He observed that he couldn’t even get out of bed without the help of his doctor or a family member. His observations bear truth in my own life. I don’t have any trouble at all getting into trouble by myself… don’t need help for that. But I do need the help of the Church and all you believers to get out my messes.

James says in his letter, “Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed”. Bad air between family members or friends can cause all manner of negativity that often ends in some kind of physical ailment. It may manifest in someone having a headache, or coming down with a cold. Maybe you have observed this in your own life. If left unattended, broken relationships can result in addiction or other types of diseases.

That’s not to say that every time we feel bad there is a sin involved. There is a connection, however, between spiritual health and physical well-being. The Scriptures bear that out. The fifth commandment says, “Honor your father and your mother, that you may live long in the land which the Lord your God gives you”. Many of the Psalms affirm the connection between spiritual and physical health. The psalmist in Psalm 32 is wasting away from his sin, groaning and loosing strength. When he confesses his sin to God he is delivered and restored. The prophets also confirm the importance of health of the whole person. In Isaiah 6 God calls the prophet to go to His people so they will hear and see and understand the Word, turn back to God, and be healed.

Jesus ministered to the whole person. When he preached to the crowds from the hillside he fed their spirits but made sure they didn’t have to go home hungry. He gave them fish and bread enough with plenty left over. He welcomed the little children to commune with him. He touched lepers, spoke to women, and even healed Roman soldiers and Samaritans. Jesus even gave Judas all that he had; Jesus allowed Judas to remain in the group even though he knew he was a thief. Could we have done the same? Jesus never left anyone bereft of his love and comfort.

As Episcopalians we are not required to make a sacramental confession. But we are reminded that if we have anything against our neighbor (or our neighbor has something against us), we should leave our gift at the altar and first make peace. Before we make our Easter communion let’s take a good inventory and see if we can’t mend a relationship or right a wrong. That wrong was probably committed all by ourselves, but it will take a face-to-face encounter to request forgiveness. Then our hearts will be free and we can come to the altar rejoicing, whole in body, mind, and spirit. Hang in there. Lent is almost over. Holy Week and Easter at Saint David of Wales

Palm Sunday, April 13, 8:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 5:00 p.m.—celebration of the Palm Sunday Liturgy and Holy Eucharist.

Holy Monday, April 14, 9:30 a.m.—celebration of the Holy Eucharist in the Saint Augustine Chapel. No child care provided.

Holy Tuesday, April 15, 6:30 p.m.—celebration of the Holy Eucharist in the Saint Augustine Chapel. No child care provided.

Holy Wednesday, April 16, 6:30 p.m.—Healing Liturgy and Holy Eucharist in the Saint Augustine Chapel. No child care provided.

Maundy Thursday, March 28, 7:00 p.m.—The term “Maundy” is derived from the Medieval English word mounds, meaning, “command” or “mandate”. The Gospel of Saint John, chapter 13 describes Jesus at His last supper washing the disciple’s feet telling them that everyone is to be treated equally, servant and master, and commanding them to love one another. On this day, we gather in a happy environment (the Passover meal). Jesus gives us a command (often enacted by the washing of feet) and he feeds us (Eucharist). He leaves the upper room and goes to the Garden of Gethsemane (the Blessed Sacrament is taken to the Altar of Repose in the Saint Augustine Chapel), the celebration is over (the stripping of the altar) and he asks us to watch with Him for one hour. Child care is provided.

Jesus asks his disciples a sorrowful question at the Garden of Gethsemane: “Could ye not watch with me one hour?” The “Watch” will take place at Saint David’s this year in the Saint Augustine Chapel at 8:00 p.m. following the Maundy Thursday liturgy and will continue until the Morning Prayer liturgy at 8:40 a.m. on Good Friday.

A sign-up sheet will be in the foyer with one hour time slots. Maundy Thursday liturgy and will continue until the Morning Prayer liturgy at 8:40 a.m. on Good Friday. Fermentum—On Maundy Thursday a piece of consecrated Bread (called Fermentum) from Bishop’s Eucharist on Holy Tuesday will be placed into the chalice after the Lord’s Prayer, and before the Fraction. This rite symbolizes unity with our Bishop in the Eucharistic Fellowship, which is particularly appropriate on this day when Jesus prayed for the unity of all believers. Sign-up sheets to watch for an hour at the Altar of Repose are available in the narthex.

Good Friday, April 18, 12:15 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.—Why would such a sad day be called “good”? The word “good” in this context dates back to the Old English usage of “pious” or “holy”. On Good Friday, Jesus was on the cross from noon until 3:00 p.m. If we have a choice, there should be no television or other form of entertainment from noon until 3:00 p.m. on this day. It is the time Jesus dies for us. The liturgy is the second most ancient liturgy of the entire year, next to the Great Vigil. We will show our sadness by entering in silence….praying for all sorts and conditions of the people, by reading the account of Jesus’ death, by venerating His cross, and by receiving His Body and Blood. We are never permitted to celebrate the Eucharist on Good Friday, we receive from that which was consecrated the night before. The organ is silent as we mourn the death of Christ. The “Good Friday Cantata” and the three hour preaching service are rather new innovations, introduced just over a century ago. However, the liturgy at Saint David’s will follow a liturgy that goes back to a third century man, Egeria. Child care is provided at both liturgies on this day.

Day of Fasting on Good Friday This practice is encouraged for the purpose of drawing spiritually closer to our Lord on that day in which he was sacrificed for us on the cross. The fast may be broken after 3:00 p.m. or after sundown on Good Friday. The practice in the Episcopal Church has always been to abstain from meat on this day and for some, throughout the year on Fridays.

Holy Saturday, April 19, 9:00 a.m.—Celebration of the Holy Eucharist in the Saint Augustine Chapel. No child care provided.

The Great Vigil of Easter, April 19, 8:00 p.m.—We will bless the fire (bursting from the tomb), light the Paschal candle (the Risen Christ), and proclaim the Excultet (ancient hymn of “Pesach” or “passing over”, such as Moses from Egypt to Isreal or Christ from death to life). We will hear our history (prophecies), baptize the catechumens (the only time baptism was celebrated in the early church), join the expectant saints (Library of Saints), and proclaim the Resurrection. This is the most ancient of all Christian liturgies. Following the Great Vigil there will be a reception in the parish hall. Please remember to bring a handbell from home for the liturgy and a finger food to share at the reception. Child care is provided.

Easter Sunday, April 20, 8:00 a.m., 10:30 p.m., 5:00 p.m. Child care is provided at the 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. liturgy. Saint David’s Faith and Film Series This series is part of an ongoing program to help us as Christians better understand and engage culture. Come join us at 6:15 p.m. Sunday, April 6, for dinner and good conversation about faith and film. We will be watching Gabriel Axel's “Babette's Feast”. If you have any questions please contact Dave Sims. Tuesday Evening Lenten Series Each Tuesday during Lent with Stations of the Cross at 6:00 p.m., followed by a soup, bread and salad Lenten meal and a program speaker each week. The theme for this year has been:

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” John 14: 27

April 8 Father Joe Hermerding, Assistant Church of the Incarnation, Dallas, Texas

Around the Parish

Young Families and Families with Kids Gathering—if you are a young family without kids or are a family of any age with kids, then you are invited to an Italian themed potluck at the Sims Manor on Saturday, April 5 at 6:30 p.m. (813 Live Oak Denton, 76209). Bring your favorite Italian dish and your kids and enjoy some time with your Saint David's family. RSVP to Melissa with what you are bringing at [email protected]. Baptism—the next opportunity for Baptism, the first sacrament of the Church is the Easter Vigil, Saturday evening, April 19. Baptism rehearsal will take place on Holy Saturday at 9:30 a.m. Please call the office or let the Rector know if you or someone in your family is a candidate. Sacramental Confessions—will be heard Saturday morning, April 12 at 10:00 a.m. in the chapel or by appointment with the Rector. Prayers for Healing—Sunday, April 6 in the Saint Augustine Chapel. The Order of Saint Luke will be available immediately following the 8:P00 a.m., 10:30 a.m., and 5:00 p.m. liturgies to pray for all who are in need of healing.

Plants and Flowers Needed—as is our custom and tradition, we ask the parish to loan us your potted plants and flowers for the Altar of Repose in the chapel for the all night watch on Maundy Thursday. You may pick up your plants on Good Friday to return to their respective homes. Thank you. Easter Flowers—to order flowers for Easter please see the insert in the Sunday bulletin. The orders should be turned in to the parish office no later than Sunday, April 13. Open Your Home To An Exchange Student!—SHARE!, a non-profit international high school exchange program, is seeking Christian volunteers in your area to host Christian high school exchange students. Christian volunteers, with or without children at home, are needed to host Christian international high school students for 2014-2015 school year. The students speak English, are covered by medical insurance, have spending money for their personal expenses, and hope to arrive in AUGUST for enrollment in their new high school.

For more information, please contact Yvette at SHARE!: 800-941-3738, [email protected], or visit sharesouthwest.org. This is a great way to give back and gain a new family member in the process! Member Information—if you are new to our parish please call Holly in the office at 940.387.2622 or email to [email protected] so that we may collect all of your contact, mailing, and personal information for our member database. This ensures that you receive emails and mailings in a timely manner. Thank you in advance. Christian Education

Adult Bible Study—each Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in the library. We will not meet during Holy Week. Children’s Sunday School—On Sunday, April 20, we not have Sunday School. We will have our annual Easter Egg hunt immediately following the 10:30 a.m. liturgy. Vacation Bible School—Save the date for VBS 2014! June 16 - June 20! Join us for The Wilderness Escape - Where God Guides and Provides!

Early registration begins right now at www.stdavidsdenton.org and click on the VBS link or pick up a registration form in the narthex. VBS Volunteers—Would you like to spend a week helping our youngest parishioners? Do you enjoy hanging out with people under the age of 12? Then volunteering for VBS is for you! We always appreciate your help and VBS is fun! If you are available for even a few hours we value your participation. Contact Joyce at [email protected]. Organizations and Ministries

Canterbury of Denton College Bible Study— Greetings in Christ, my name is Dan Coleman, and I have been attending this parish for over nine months now. I most often attend the evening Sunday liturgy with dear friends of mine from the University of North Texas. During our short time here, God has blessed us with the task of forming a ministry for the Mean Green student body. The Canterbury Student Ministry’s aim is to minister to young Episcopalians and other Christian students during their enormously critical time of formation at university. I have the honor of serving as the first Prime Minister of this bold initiative, and I am infinitely blessed to work with the finest officers we could dare to ask for. Please take a moment if you see her or him and thank Codee Scott, Callie Stiewig, Dalton Wakefield, and J.T. Garrett for their courageous and tireless work in this ministry.

To date, I can report with joy that Canterbury has a sound core of dedicated students and strong momentum that we intend to utilize for growth and mission. We are slowly, but surely, adding students to the ministry, and our opportunities for being a blessing to UNT are growing and becoming actualized. Already we are offering a first-class Bible study with Father Clint Wilson, whose main aim is to instruct beginners in the meta-narrative of Scripture while providing a forum for those familiar with Scripture to chew on questions long-pondered but rarely asked. We host a noonday prayer service on Fridays on campus at UNT. We encourage students to attend a weekly liturgy, and we have a group who regularly attends the evening Sunday liturgy. Next fall, we are looking forward to taking the lead in planning and hosting the biannual College Retreat for the dioceses of Texas and possibly our neighboring states.

The season of Lent challenges us to face our fears and shortcomings and tackle them head-on by the Grace of God. There is no whitewashing it: we have failed in the past. Years ago, an existing Episcopal ministry in Denton for both TWU and UNT contracted in size and vitality and eventually folded. Even now, wounds are still healing, and scars remain. While it does not do to dwell on this with bitterness and defeat, it is equally destructive to politely ignore the past with the hopes that the same issues do not return. While I have no doubts regarding my fellow students’ intentions and energies, I am equally certain of our human limitations. We will trip and stumble. Issues may divide us. Motivation may decline. Direction may be lost. Ignoring these demons only gives them further license to strike. The only way that we can succeed in launching a successful Episcopal student ministry in 2014 is by maintaining a steadfast faith in God’s plan and His ability to guide all things, and through such faith, we must also maintain open hearts ready to love any and all at our door. We can choose defeat and accept decline, but God will not. We can choose pessimism and remain in darkness, but Christ will not. We can choose mundane words and live with empty hearts, but the Holy Spirit certainly will not.

The beginnings of our ministry have given me nothing but cause for rejoicing in the Grace of Our Lord. We are on the right track, and we will make an impact in the lives of students in Denton, God-willing. Furthermore, what accentuates my joy and optimism is you. You, the parishioners of Saint David of Wales, have been the truest servants of God. Your enthusiasm, service, and volunteering of your resources have served as the supports that we are able to build on. You have been more kind and Christ-like than I could have dreamed, and your blessing is humbling and immensely helpful. From the fellow members of Canterbury and myself, thank you and bless you. Cursillo—Cursillo weekends are a time to focus on what is fundamental for being a Christian and to learn the Cursillo method. The three-day Cursillo weekend brings together a group of Episcopalians and Anglicans to share the richness of worship and to broaden each one’s appreciation for the Church. The weekend includes talks which emphasize the doctrine of Grace, the Sacraments, and the Cursillo Foundations: Piety, Study and Action. The Eucharist is celebrated daily, and the Daily Offices are used with time provided for prayer, confession, and spiritual direction. There is also fellowship, singing, good food, time for privacy, meditation and prayer.

As part of our Fourth Day, our weekly Cursillo group reunions at Saint David’s meet on Tuesdays at 9:00 a.m. in the parlor and Wednesdays at noon at a local luncheon location (contact Dave Mays for location of the week).

Our next Ultreya will be a pot luck in the parish hall on Saturday, May 3, at 6:00 p.m., and is open to all! Upcoming Cursillos are: Cursillo #312 at Camp All Saints, August 14-17 and Cursillo #313 at Camp Crucis, October 16-19.

For the latest information on Cursillo or any related youth programs: Mustard Seeds, New Beginning, Happening, and Living Stones, check out the Renewal Center web site: www.episcopalrenewalcenter.org, or contact Dave Mays, 940.323.8158, [email protected], Betsy Kensinger, 940.566.2713, [email protected], or Jolayne LaCour, 940.390.2595, [email protected]. Daughters of the King—the Daughters of the King will meet on April 12 at 10:00 a.m. at Saint Davids. Christine Irving, novelist, playwright, poet has accepted our invitation to be our guest speaker. Her topic will be prayer life and the role of Mary Magdalene. All DOK members are encouraged to come make her welcome, and hear her speak. Junior Daughters of the King—On April 26 we will join the Daughters of the King for their Spring Assembly which will be held at Church of the Epiphany in Richardson. Looking ahead, these 10 young ladies will be formally admitted into the Junior Daughters of the King on Sunday, May 4 during the 10:30am liturgy. They have been studying since October and we are looking forward to the Service of Admission and Institution of a New Chapter, Saint Therese de Lisieux. Men of Saint David’s (MOSD)—the MOSD will meet on Saturday, April 12 at 8:00 a.m. for Morning Prayer, breakfast and short meeting. All men of the parish are welcome and invited to meet with us. Monsignor King Outreach Center—The Monsignor King Outreach Center (MKOC) is an ecumenical outreach to the homeless population in Denton founded by Monsignor King, who was the former pastor of Immaculate Conception Church here in Denton. Monsignor King was concerned about the lack of a place in Denton for the homeless to take shelter in bad weather, so in 2009 he opened the Narthex of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church (ICC) on a cold winter night. At that time on an average night there were 12 residents as compared to the present

when there are an average of 50. Monsignor King envisioned this as an ecumenical outreach effort, simply stating “this is what we are supposed to be doing”.

As participation grew, the Narthex at ICC was quickly outgrown and Denton Bible Church offered the use of a building on their campus while at the same time, Denton Calvary Church offered the use of their bus for transporting people to the shelter. A number of other churches (including Saint David’s) and other groups provide volunteers and supplies. Several local restaurants provide food for the evening meals on a regular basis.

The center is open from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. during inclement weather, which is defined as 32o and lower in the winter and 100o and above in the summer. The guests are provided a nourishing meal, cots and linens for a comfortable night’s sleep and Christian fellowship from the volunteers.

The MKOC is holding a fund raising week in May. May 12 – 19 is Shelter Thy Neighbor, Homeless Awareness Week in Denton. On Monday through Friday there will be local restaurants offering a portion of the proceeds from each sale to the shelter; on Saturday (5/17) the first Annual Casino Night and Wine Tasting will take place at the Denton Knights of Columbus Hall; Sunday (5/18) will be a Ecumenical Day of Prayer in all of our local churches that participate; and Monday (5/19) will be the Monsignor King 11th Annual Open Golf Tournament at Oakmont Country Club with lunch followed by a 12:30 p.m. shotgun start.

If you would like to volunteer, please email Gloria at [email protected].

To learn more about the Monsignor King Outreach Center or Shelter Thy Neighbor Week visit www.kingoutreachcenter.com, or on Facebook, www.facebook.com/ShelterThyNeighbor. The Order of Saint Luke— By David Mays I would like to relate several recent events in which the spirit of the Lord was truly present. While it isn’t necessary to be a member of the Order of Saint Luke to experience this, the training helps open us up to this.

The most recent event took place on the third Sunday of Lent when I went to the Gathering with the Youth of Saint David’s. Following the liturgy two of us approached a number of the homeless and asked if there was anything bothering them and if they would like us to pray for them. They all asked for prayers and we laid hands on them and called for God’s healing to come upon them. If you want to know God’s spirit is working then reach out to others in this spirit. As I said it isn’t necessary to be a member of the OSL to experience this but the training and fellowship helps to prepare you.

The earlier experience was in January when I attended a Healing Conference in Lufkin hosted by the OSL chapter there. I witnessed a number of healing miracles and truly felt the presence of God’s Spirit at work in that place. This was a real ecumenical experience as the chapter is made up of members of several Christian churches and the attendance was similarly made up of Anglicans, Protestants and even Orthodox Christians.

You don’t have to join us to take part in these events, but if you want the training and comfort of the support of others then talk to one of our members about taking part. T-Tapp Fitness Classes—Below is information about the fitness classes that are currently being offered at the church - we'd love to have you join us! We've been working out together for three weeks now, and participants are experiencing new levels of energy - one participant said, "After class I headed to the grocery store - it was the first time I could remember not being exhausted after leaving Kroger!"

What is T-Tapp? It's not tap dancing! T-Tapp is a method of mindful movement, and is a rehabilitative approach to fitness. By putting the body in alignment, and using at least 5-7 muscle groups per move, we can efficiently use our body as a machine to burn fat, increase bone density, lengthen and strengthen muscles, work our lymph system, and strengthen our heart.

Who is T-Tapp for? Anyone of any age (men or women) looking to improve their physical well being. You should be able to stand to do the workout, however, for those who are not able to stand or who are going thru rehabilitation, there is a sitting workout.

When are classes? Classes are offered at the church on Tuesday and Friday at 9:00 a.m.

What do I need? Comfy clothes, tennis shoes, and a water bottle. You need the book, which is $15, and group classes are $5.00 each.

Come join us and get results with T-Tapp! If you would like to take part please contact Melissa at [email protected] or call 940.898.1138. Uganda & Sanyu Babies Home Update—Our Saint David’s missionaries will worship in Kampala at Namirembre Cathedral and visit Bishop Luwalira prior to spending time at Sanyu Babies Home. Later in the week they will visit Uganda Christian University in Mukono and the Chain Foundation Orphanage. Please keep our Saint David’s missionaries, Eddie & Linda Touraine and Merrily Prescott, in your prayers during their journey. Women of Saint David’s—the Golden Nook presented the Women a check for $1,500. The cart will be put into action with several different sales this year so you will need to keep an eye on it. We will again participate in the Interfaith Ministries 'Apple Tree' project of providing new school clothes for some 20 students this year. We should receive our names around the end of May or the first week of June. So watch our bulletin board and select a student. We are reactivating the 'Thank Boxes' project. This is where you put a few coins in a box daily for something that you are thankful about. There are several of the boxes in the Golden Nook area, or you can just make your own container to place your coins in. The offerings will be turned in twice a year with the first one being at the September meeting and the funds collected will go to the Denton Christian Preschool. The second collection will be at the March 2015 meeting with the recipient to be designated in September. A 'Family Game Night' is in the planning stages at a time to be determined. There is also the possibility of having an Afternoon Tea as a fund raiser and/or a Progressive Dinner. For those of you with kids that are planning to attend summer camp at Camp All Saints or Camp Crucis, applications are available to apply for WOSD Camp Scholarships. The deadline to submit the application is May 14. The next Women's meeting will be June 7. Youth Groupies: Mark your calendars!—We will be serving this summer at Annunciation Mission in New Orleans, July 20-26. There will be more details of the trip available in the coming weeks, with regards to cost, activities, etc., but given the fact that there are a limited number of spots we want to make sure you are able to plan in advance. For more information please email Father Clint at [email protected]. Youth of Saint David Are Going to See the Rangers!—Saturday, June 7 the YOSD will be going to Arlington to watch the Rangers take on the Cleveland Indians. More info on the tickets later but…..if you bring one friend, that friend gets in free! Saint of the Month

Dietrich Bonhoeffer Pastor and Theologian

April 9

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was born in 1906 in Germany, the son of a professor of psychiatry and neurology at the University of Berlin. He was an outstanding student, and at the age of 25 became a lecturer in systematic theology at the same university. When Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, Bonhoeffer became a leading spokesman

for the Confessing Church, the center of the Protestant resistance to the Nazis. He organized and for a time led the underground seminary of the Confessing Church. His book Life Together describes the life of the Christian community in that seminary, and his book The Cost Of Discipleship attacks what he calls "cheap grace," meaning grace used as an excuse for moral laxity.

Bonhoeffer had been taught not to "resist the powers that be," but he came to believe that to do so was sometimes the right choice. In 1939 his brother-in-law introduced him to a group planning the overthrow of Hitler, and he made significant contributions to their work. (He was at this time an employee of the Military Intelligence Department.) He was arrested in April 1943 and imprisoned in Berlin. After the failure of the attempt on Hitler's life in April 1944, he was sent first to Buchenwald and then to Schoenberg Prison. His life was spared, because he had a relative who stood high in the government; but then this relative was himself implicated in anti-Nazi plots. On Sunday 8 April 1945, he had just finished conducting a service of worship at Schoenberg, when two soldiers came in, saying, "Prisoner Bonhoeffer, make ready and come with us," the standard summons to a condemned prisoner. As he left, he said to another prisoner, "This is the end -- but for me, the beginning -- of life." He was hanged the next day, less than a week before the Allies reached the camp.

His works in print include the following: The Martyred Christian Letters and Papers from Prison Creation And Fall and Temptation (bound together) Meditating On The Word Life Together The Cost Of Discipleship Ethics Spiritual Care The Psalms: Prayer Book Of The Bible Christ The Center

Some of his later writings insist that many Christians do not take seriously enough the existence and power of evil. Because of this and other statements of his, some theological advocates of "secularist Christianity" in the 1960's attempted to claim him as their own. In my judgement, a study of his writings (even his later writings) as a whole does not support this claim. However, it is true that he never had a chance to edit his prison letters and papers, or put them into context, and accordingly it is not surprising that they contain some statements that baffle the reader.

The following hymn was written by him in the concentration camp, shortly before his death.

“By gracious powers so wonderfully sheltered, and confidently waiting come what may, we know that God is with us night and morning, and never fails to greet us each new day.

Yet is this heart by its old foe tormented, still evil days bring burdens hard to bear; Oh, give our frightened souls the sure salvation for which, O Lord, You taught us to prepare. And when this cup You give is filled to brimming with bitter suffering, hard to understand, we take it thankfully and without trembling, out of so good and so beloved a hand.

Yet when again in this same world You give us the joy we had, the brightness of Your Sun, we shall remember all the days we lived through, and our whole life shall then be Yours alone.

(This hymn can be heard on youtube.com) Prayer

Gracious God, the Beyond in the midst of our life, who gave grace to your servant Dietrich Bonhoeffer to know and teach the truth as it is in Jesus Christ, and to bear the cost of following him: Grant that we, strengthened by his teaching and example, may receive your word and embrace its call with an undivided heart; through Jesus Christ our Savior, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Holy Week History—did you know that we have a pilgrim named Egeria to thank for some of the earliest liturgical practices associated with Holy Week? The following is an account of who she was and what she reported.

Egeria, Peregrinatio Aetheriae, 381-384 AD The most famous of the journals of ancient pilgrimages to the Holy Land was the work of a noble woman from Galicia, a province in Spain. The narrative not only recounts details of the voyage she undertook and the sites she visited but also provides a precious source of information on the liturgy followed by the Church of Jerusalem in the 4th century. Description of the Sunday liturgy at the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre: But on the seventh day, that is on the Lord's Day, the whole multitude assembles before cockcrow, in as great numbers as the place can hold, as at Easter, in the basilica which is near the Anastasis, but outside the doors, where lights are hanging for the purpose. And for fear that they should not be there at cockcrow they come beforehand and sit down there. Hymns as well as antiphons are said, and prayers are made between the several hymns and antiphons, for at the vigils there are always both priests and deacons ready there for the assembling of the multitude, the custom being that the holy places are not opened before cockcrow.

Now as soon as the first cock has crowed, the bishop arrives and enters the cave at the Anastasis; all the doors are opened and the whole multitude enters the Anastasis, where countless lights are already burning. And when the people have entered, one of the priests says a psalm to which all respond, and afterwards prayer is made; then one of the deacons says a psalm and prayer is again made, a third psalm is said by one of the clergy, prayer is made for the third time and there is a commemoration of all. After these three psalms and three prayers are ended, lo! censers are brought into the cave of the Anastasis so that the whole basilica of the Anastasis is filled with odors. And then the bishop, standing within the rails, takes the book of the Gospel, and proceeding to the door, himself reads the (narrative of the) Resurrection of the Lord. And when the reading is begun, there is so great a moaning and groaning among all, with so many tears, that the hardest of heart might be moved to tears for that the Lord had borne such things for us.

After the reading of the Gospel the bishop goes out, and is accompanied to the Cross by all the people with hymns, there again a psalm is said and prayer is made, after which he blesses the faithful and the dismissal takes place, and as he comes out all approach to his hand. And forthwith the bishop betakes himself to his house, and from that hour all the monks return to the Anastasis, where psalms and antiphons, with prayer after each psalm or antiphon, are said until daylight; the priests and deacons also keep watch in turn daily at the Anastasis with the people, but of the lay people, whether men or women, those who are so minded, remain in the place until daybreak, and those who are not, return to their houses and betake themselves to sleep.

Now at daybreak because it is the Lord's Day every one proceeds to the greater church, built by Constantine, which is situated in Golgotha behind the Cross, where all things are done which are customary everywhere on the Lord's Day. But the custom here is that of all the priests who take their seats, as many as are willing, preach, and after them all the bishop preaches, and these sermons are always on the Lord's Day, in order that the people may always be instructed in the Scriptures and in the love of God. The delivery of these sermons greatly delays the dismissal from the church, so that the dismissal does [not] take place before the fourth or perhaps the fifth hour. But when the dismissal from the church is made in the manner that is customary everywhere, the monks accompany the bishop with hymns from the church to the Anastasis, and as he approaches with hymns all the doors of the basilica of the Anastasis are opened, and the people, that is the faithful, enter, but not the catechumens. And after the people the bishop enters, and goes at once within the rails of the cave of the Martyrium. Thanks are first given to God, then prayer is made for all, after which the deacon bids all bow their heads, where they stand, and the bishop standing within the inner rails blesses them and goes out, each one drawing near to his hand as he makes his exit. Thus the dismissal is delayed until nearly the fifth or sixth hour. And in like manner it is done at lucernare [the time when the lamps are lighted], according to daily custom. This then is the custom observed every day throughout the whole year except on solemn days, to the keeping of which we will refer later on. But among all things it is a special feature that they arrange that suitable psalms and antiphons are said on every occasion, both those said by night, or in the morning, as well as those throughout the day, at the sixth hour, the ninth hour, or at lucernare all being so appropriate and so reasonable as to bear on the matter in hand. And they proceed to the greater church, which was built by Constantine, and which is situated in Golgotha, that is, behind the Cross, on every Lord's Day throughout the year except on the one Sunday of Pentecost, when they proceed to Sion, as you will find mentioned below; but even then they go to Sion before the third hour, the dismissal having been first made in the greater church.

Parish Register Welcome to Our New Members!

Jill and Charles Bailey of Roanoke; Jeanette and Randy Burke of Denton; Bret and Beverly Menassa of Corinth and their son, Garrett; Caresse and Owen Monk of Denton; Heather and Eric Newton of Providence Village; Betty Peters of Denton; and Kathleen and Lonnie Simmons of Denton.

April Anniversaries & Birthdays Our Prayers and Best Wishes For Those Celebrating Their Wedding Anniversary: 4/6 Clay and Judy Thurmond; 4/10 Cindy and Steve Knox; 4/22 M and Jack Jones; 4/26 Stephanie and Mark Oliver. Our Prayers and Best Wishes For Those Celebrating Their Birthday: 4/1 Evelyn McMillen, Elizabeth Swaner, George Clerihew; 4/2 Carolyn Briner, Eric Pulido, Florentino Febre; 4/3 Fortunato Sunio; 4/4 Becky Wright; 4/5 Laura Sunio; 4/6 Kathleen LaComb; 4/10 Ryan Ponsonby; 4/12 Brady Brown; 4/14 Mark Youngblood, Jan McGee; 4/16 Sarah Fitzpatrick; 4/18 Lindsay Keffer; 4/19 M Jones, Fay Penley, Rachel Davis; 4/20 Ethan McDonald; 4/22 Evelyn Blankson; 4/23 Gloria Schmitz; 4/24 Colin Carr; 4/26 Tom Sanders; 4/27 Joan Latham; 4/28 Jack Leonard, Lynn Rousey. Sunday Ministry Schedules

Sunday, April 6 Sunday, April 20 Acolytes: Team I Acolytes: Team III

Altar Guild: Team II Altar Guild: Team IV

Golden Nook: 8:00 a.m. Touraine Golden Nook: 8:00 a.m. Touraine 10:30 a.m. Hale 10:30 a.m. Hale

Hospitality: 8:00 a.m. Prescott/Andrews Hospitality: 8:00 a.m. Touraine/Rousey 10:30 a.m. ________/_______ 10:30 a.m. /Bussell

LEM’s: 8:00 a.m. Parker LEM’s: 8:00 a.m. Miller/Rousey 10:30 a.m. Hale/Sanders 10:30 a.m. Stafki/Herrmann 5:00 p.m. Ballantine 5:00 p.m. Sager/Hodges

Ushers: 8:00 a.m. Millard Ushers: 8:00 a.m. Rousey 10:30 a.m. C. Stafki/Easley 10:30 a.m. Mays/Howington 5:00 p.m. Barrera 5:00 p.m. Odom

Vestry Greeters: 8:00 a.m. Millard, 10:30 a.m. Stafki Vestry Greeters: 8:00 a.m. Hays; 10:30 a.m. Ivins Sunday, April 13 Sunday, April 27 Acolytes: Team II Acolytes: Team IV

Altar Guild: Team III Altar Guild: Team I

Golden Nook: 8:00 a.m. Touraine Golden Nook: 8:00 a.m. Touraine 10:30 a.m. Hale 10:30 a.m. Hale

Hospitality: 8:00 a.m. Parker/Chafin Hospitality: 8:00 a.m. Johnson/Reese 10:30 a.m. Seatvet/Siegmund 10:30 a.m. Nichols

LEM’s: 8:00 a.m. Phillips/Chafin LEM’s: 8:00 a.m. Phillips 10:30 a.m. Mays/Kensinger 10:30 a.m. Stafki/Johnston 5:00 p.m. Garret/Fitzpatrick 5:00 p.m. LaCour

Ushers: 8:00 a.m. Touraine Ushers: 8:00 a.m. Miller 10:30 a.m. L. Stafki/Caldwell 10:30 a.m. Fitzpatrick/Caldwell 5:00 p.m. Odom 5:00 p.m. Barrera

Vestry Greeters: 8:00 a.m. Swartz; 10:30 a.m. Sanders Vestry Greeters: 8:00 a.m. Stanphill; 10:30 Davis

Vestry

Canon H.W. Herrmann, SSC, Rector 940.566.5251 [email protected]

Joe Millard, Senior Warden (2016) 940.498.1469 [email protected]

Tom Swartz, Junior Warden (2016) 940.395.1165 [email protected]

Chelsey Stafki, Clerk of the Vestry (2015) 940.482.1901 [email protected]

Tom Sanders, Treasurer (2017) 940.365.0805 [email protected]

Charles Blankson (2015) 940.387.4904 [email protected]

Jesse Davis (2017) 817.253.1132 [email protected]

Edith Hays (2015) 940.387.0732 [email protected]

Bonnie Ivins (2017) 940.536.9234 [email protected]

Lynn Stanphill (2016) 214.549.8246 [email protected]

Financial Report from Treasurer, Tom Sanders: These budgetary numbers were presented and received at the February meeting of the Vestry.

Income Feb Actual $ 30, 370 Feb Budget $ 32, 412 YTD Actual $ 30, 370 YTD Budget $ 32, 412

Expense Feb Actual $ 34, 018 Feb Budget $ 31, 496 YTD Actual $ 34, 018 YTD Budget $ 31, 496 April ’s Sunday Lectionary

Sunday, April 6 Lent V Ezekiel 37: 1-14 Psalm 130 Romans 6: 16-23 John 11: 1-44

Sunday, April 13 The Sunday of the Passion, Palm Sunday Isaiah 45: 21-25 Psalm 22: 1-21 Philippians 2: 5-11 Matthew 26: 36-75

Sunday, April 20 The Resurrection of Our Lord Acts 10: 34-43 Psalm 118: 14-17, 22-24 Colossians 3: 1-4 John 20: 1-18

Sunday, April 27 Easter II Acts 2: 14, 22-32 Psalm 111 1 Peter 1: 3-9 John 20: 19-31

The Church of Saint David of Wales 623 Ector Street, Denton Texas 76201

(940) 387-2622

Sunday Schedule 8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite I 9:15 a.m. Christian Education & Children’s Chapel 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II 5:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II, Folk Mass A nursery is provided for children up to age 5. Please see an usher for directions.

Wednesday Schedule 6:30 p.m. Evening Prayer & Healing Mass Rite II

Thursday Schedule 9:30 a.m. Morning Prayer & Holy Eucharist Rite I 2:30 p.m. Adult Bible Study

Staff

The Reverend Canon H. W. Herrmann, SSC Rector

Home phone: (940) 566-5251 [email protected]

The Reverend Father Clint Wilson Curate

[email protected]

The Reverend Father Jeff Kraemer Assisting Priest

Email: [email protected]

The Reverend Deacon Carol Hobson Email: [email protected]

Pamela Youngblood, DMA, DMus Organist and Choir Director

Joyce Jones-Duffey Coordinator, Children’s Christian Education

June Adams Assistant, Children’s Christian Education

Roger and Wendy Bussell Sextons

Cathy Harazda Nursery Supervisor

Barbara Searcy and Catlyn Carr Nursery

Holly Robinson Secretary to the Rector and Bookkeeper

April Saint Days

April 1 Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest

April 2 James Lloyd Breck, Priest

April 3 Richard, Bishop of Chichester

April 4 Isidore of Seville, Bishop

April 5 Vincent Ferrer, Priest

April 7 John Baptiste de la Salle, Confessor

April 8 William Augustus Muhlenberg, Priest

April 9 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Pastor

April 10 William Law, Priest

April 11 George Augustus Selwyn, Bishop

April 12 Zeno of Verona, Bishop

April 13 The Sunday of the Passion, Palm Sunday

April 14 Holy Monday

April 15 Holy Tuesday

April 16 Holy Wednesday

April 17 Maundy Thursday

April 18 Good Friday

April 19 Holy Saturday

April 20 The Resurrection of Our Lord

April 28 Saint Mark the Evangelist

April 29 Catherine of Siena

APRIL 2014 SUN MON TUES WED THUR FRI SAT

1 9:00 Cursillo Group

9:00 Fitness Class

6:00 Lenten Series

2 6:30 Evening Prayer and Healing Mass

7:30 Inquirer’s Class

3 9:30 Morning Prayer and Holy Eucharist

2:30 Bible Study

4 9:00 Fitness Class College Retreat

Rectors Day Off

5 10:00 Altar Guild College Retreat 6:30 Young Families Gathering

6 8:00 Holy Eucharist

9:15 Christian Ed

10:30 Holy Eucharist

5:00 Holy Eucharist

6:15 Faith and Film

7

Curates Day Off


9:00 Fitness Class

6:00 Lenten Series




2:30 Bible Study

11 9:00 Fitness Class

Rectors Day Off

12 8:00 MOSD

10:00 Sacramental Confession 10:00 DOK


9:15 Christian Ed


5:00 Holy Eucharist

Palm Sunday

14

9:30 Morning Prayer and Holy Eucharist

Holy Monday


9:30 Morning Prayer and Holy Eucharist

Holy Tuesday


No Inquirer’s Class

Holy Wednesday

17 9:30 Morning Prayer

NO Bible Study

7:00 Holy Eucharist

8:30 Maundy Thursday Watch

Maundy Thursday


7:00 Holy Eucharist

Good Friday


8:00 The Great Vigil of Easter

Holy Saturday



5:00 Holy Eucharist

Easter Sunday

21 Parish Office Closed

Curates Day Off


9:00 Fitness Class




2:30 Bible Study

25 9:00 Fitness Class

Rectors Day Off

26


9:15 Christian Ed


5:00 Holy Eucharist

28

Curates Day Off


9:00 Fitness Class



Documents

Wales Tales April 2014