Crossways


The Newsletter of All Saints' Episcopal Church
Johnson City, New York
Vol. 58. No. 2 March 2010



Rector's Corner
Letter from the Diocese
Lenten Program
Palm Sunday Liturgy
Via Media - aka Confirmation
Great Vigil of Easter
Letter to the Vestry and Response
Coffee Hour Volunteers
Why Do We Call That ???
Julie&Julia - March 20th
Outreach-"Soup Box"
Parish Registry Updates Link to Print Sanctuary Lamp Form
Anniversaries Swine Flu
Altar Flowers and Greens
Sanctuary Candles $$$ and Sense Deadline for Next Crossways Link to Print Flower Fund Birthdays Life Goes On

 




Rector's Corner


The Feast of St. Matthias
February 24, 2010
                                       
Dear Friend in Christ,

The Feast of St. Matthias, February 24th is always during Lent.  As such it is one of the few “red letter” feast days that occurs early enough in Lent not to be eliminated by the supremacy of Holy Week.  Consequently at seminary the solemn evensong for the vigil of the Feast of St. Matthias always eliminated what would have been the regular evening prayer on the lesser feast of St. Polycarp on February 23rd.  I often wondered if St. Polycarp thought this meticulous keeping of the church calendar was fair.  After all St. Polycarp was a bishop and was spectacularly martyred at Smyrna in 156 AD.  Whereas nothing is known about St. Mathias other than he was chosen by lot to join the remaining eleven original disciples after Judas died.  Not much of a claim to fame, but enough to bump poor St. Polycarp out of an evening prayer.

Church history and liturgical practices are full of such intrigues of status.  One would think that Lent should be so full of “self-examination, repentance, prayer, fasting, self-denial and reading and meditating on God’s holy Word”1 that one would simply concentrate on Lent rather than on other feasts or fasts.  But no, we are Episcopalians, Anglicans, who endeavor always to keep the middle way by choosing to do both Lent and St. Mathias and St. Polycarp at the same time.

This means that for us, Lent is a busy time of the year.  There are special Lenten Programs and services.  There are liturgies that are done only once a year and the regular celebration of Sunday as a Feast of Our Lord.  There’s Holy Week with services every day of the week.  There all the things we do individually for Lent: days of special devotion or fasting, additional prayers and/or readings and good deeds or activities.  Then there are all the things we do to prepare for Easter: spring cleaning of the church, silver and brass, special vestments and altar linens, hangings, vessels, etc.

So what’s to do?  Do what ever works for you.  Choose one or more from the Church’s Invitation to a holy Lent: self-examination, repentance, prayer, fasting, self-denial and reading and meditating on God’s holy Word.  Jesus spent 40 days fasting in the desert to prepare himself for his ministry.  Lent is our preparation for Easter and for renewal of our Baptismal Covenant.  Observing a holy Lent will help us keep our Baptismal Covenant.  Observing a holy Lent will help us follow Jesus all throughout the year.

Faithfully,

The Rev. Christine J. Day
Rector           

 
1Book of Common Prayer, 1979 Ash Wednesday Liturgy 







Why Do We Call That???


Ever wonder why Maundy Thursday is well, Maundy? Or why Good Friday is Good?  Check out these questions and more at the Season resources section of anglicansonline.org.  Anglicans Online is an excellent resource where you can find about almost anything Anglican: from online Books of Common Prayer, Bibles and much, much more.  Check it out!







Soft Space1  Update


  It’s been nine months since the Vestry accepted and approved the recommendations of the Worship Committee and Christian Ed to create a “soft space” for families with small children.  It’s been three months since a second “soft space” was created to provide more space for All Saints’ babies, toddlers and their families.  It’s time for an update.

Both areas have been carpeted and gated.  There are rocking chairs, soft toys, age appropriate books, hassocks, Eucharist and Baptism magic cubes and fabric bins for storage in both “soft spaces.”  In addition, one of the spaces has a bean bag chair.  At the next work day, March 27th, colorful felt dividers or curtains will be attached under the pews in the “soft spaces” to provide more softness, safety and sound absorption.  Eventually there will also be cushions on the “soft spaces’” pews also to help with reverberation.

The “soft spaces” have been used many of All Saints’ nineteen young children, babies and their families—most often at the 10 AM celebration of Holy Eucharist.  (News alert—five more babies are expected this spring!)  Some new members have made All Saints’ their church because the church is so welcoming with the “soft spaces.”  It is hoped that come September there will be a Toddlers’ Sunday School class that will meet during the 10 AM service sermon time.  This will supplement with Bible Stories and activities what the children learn by example in worship.  As the adage goes, “It takes a village to raise a child,” it takes an entire parish to teach a child love God with one’s heart, mind and soul.  If you would like to help out with the “soft spaces,” maybe be a parent’s helper please contact Nancy Elwood (telephone: 785-9397 or e-mail nelwood1@stny.rr.com). 

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1 For those of you who are “Newcomers,” a “soft space” is an area in church with rugs, cushions, pillows—for sound absorption—soft toys, perhaps child-sized furniture and maybe a rocker or two.  The “soft space” allows families with small children to sit together during worship services in a comfortable and inviting space.  There active little children can safely move around while the adults are able participate in the liturgy. 







“Jesus Christ Superstar” Lent Program
Continues at 5:30 PM on Sundays in Lent
  
  Come on Sundays during Lent at 5:30 PM to explore Jesus Christ Superstar.  Through the familiar and not so familiar words and music of Jesus Christ Superstar and Passion Gospels Jesus’ last week, what we call Holy Week, will be examined and discussed.  Nearly forty years ago, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice shook the worlds of music and faith with the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar.  Musically it was a new genre—rock opera.  While the rock idiom was part of 1970’s popular music, the fact that it had no spoken dialogue, made it an opera, not a musical.  Plus the title number, “Jesus Christ Superstar” had been released as a “concept” album nearly a year before its Broadway debut performance.  This was both a unique and rather backwards way to market and produce a Broadway show. 

Meanwhile people of faith were divided about the work itself.  Handel’s Messiah, a baroque oratorio was one thing: sacred classical music in a concert performance.  Jesus Christ Superstar was not.  It was rock and a staged Broadway performance.  While based on the Bible, unlike the Messiah, most of the libretto was not scriptural.  Then, of course there was the problem of ending Superstar with John 19: 41 (Jesus’ burial) rather than with Jesus’ resurrection.  It was either blasphemy or brilliant and the show was both picketed and sold-out!  Come on Sundays at 5:30 PM continues on Sundays, and find out “What’s the buzz?”  Sign-up in the Narthex. 







“Soup Box” Offerings


Lent is fast approaching, and this leads me to remember the generosity of the parish through last year's Soup Box offerings for the Soup and Sandwich Saturday lunches.  We collected enough money to supply good nutritious meals for many people .  As noted in the annual report, our numbers are going up, and we think there are many folks who have  come to depend on our program.  My hope is that we can do it all again.   This is how it works.  Many people give something up during Lent.  For example, chocolate, or between meal snacks, or their daily lottery ticket.  The money saved is put into a soup box (provided by the Sunday School) and collected on Easter Day.  If you need a new box, please let Nancy Elwood know.  Thanks, in advance, for participating. 
As always,  I am awed by the generosity of All Saints! 
Debbie Thorpe, Chair of the Outreach Committee








  Julie & Julia and All Saints’s on March 20th—Yum!


Looking for something yummy and fun to do in the middle of Lent?  Come on Saturday, March 20th at 3 PM to help Chef David Pierce and the Rector prepare Julia Child’s famous and delicious “Boeuf Bourguignon” and all the fixings.  Then while it cooks, attend the 5 PM celebration of Holy Eucharist, or not.  Return at 6:15 PM to watch Meryl Streep portray Julia Child in Julie & Julia. In the movie Julia Child, a culinary legend provides a frustrated office worker, Julie Powell, with a new recipe for life. It is writer-director Nora Ephron's adaptation of how Julia Child's (Meryl Streep) memoir and cookbook inspired fledgling writer Julie Powell (Amy Adams) to whip up 524 recipes in 365 days.  Yum!  “Boeuf Bourguignon” is mentioned so many times in the film that you’ll be glad to eat it—it’ll be ready by this time—right after the movie!  Sign up in the Narthex.  Cost for the meal TBD.  BYO bottle of wine. 







Palm Sunday Liturgy on March 28th Begins with a Procession and
the Journey Continues Using Projected Images and Drama

On Palm Sunday Jesus began his Passion by a triumphal entry into Jerusalem.  Come and join the choir and church school in the singing of “All Glory Laud and Honor” as we process around the church.  After the Liturgy of the Palms, the Sunday School will go downstairs to participate in their own dramatization of Jesus’ Passion complete with the Stations of the Cross which used to adorn the church.

Meanwhile upstairs paintings and artwork depicting Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem and the Passion will be projected on to the wall of the chancel.  After the Collect and lessons from the Old and New Testaments, Prayers of the People, the Peace and Offertory, the reading of Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke will begin.  When the Passion reading reaches the Last Supper, we will pause to celebrate Holy Communion surrounded by depictions of the Upper Room.  Following Communion the dramatic reading of the Passion will conclude.  The liturgy will end with a solemn blessing and dismissal from the Book of Occasional Services.  Thanks in advance to Bob Steber for helping with the Power Point projections for this special liturgy and to Property and Grounds for the making of the projection shelf.







Experience the Great Vigil of Easter at Christ Church
with the Presiding Bishop, the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori,
on Saturday, April 3rd at 7 PM.

The Great Vigil of Easter is one of the oldest liturgies in the Church.  It is a graceful and meandering service that around a “liturgical campfire” gathers the faith community in the Easter Light of Christ to tell the story of salvation history and celebrate the first Easter with baptisms or renewal of baptismal vows and Holy Eucharist.  This year, Christ Church’s 200th anniversary, the Great Vigil will be held at Christ Church, Binghamton and the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori will preside.  Come to the Vigil, get an early start on Easter and be part of this powerful celebration of Our Lord’s Resurrection.








Via Media – AKA Confirmation Classes Start on April 11th  9AM!

There is more to the Episcopal faith than sitting in the pews on a Sunday morning.  Get involved and be inspired by your faith.  The Episcopal Church has so much to offer and you are invited to experience the true colors of our faith tradition in an 8-week course called, Via Media.  Via Media will be offered on Sundays at 9 AM beginning April 11th  (Easter 2) in the Library.  If you are new to the parish, if you had been confirmed in another denomination, if you’ve never been confirmed, if you just want to know more about your faith—please sign-up in the narthex so that enough materials may be prepared for you.

Via Media brings people together with a program that teaches about the Episcopal Church and what it means to be an Episcopalian in today’s world.  Hear from well-known and respected theologians and religious scholars as they break down the door of ancient tradition and uncover the truth and reality of the Episcopal Church today and what it means to be a part of a progressive movement in religion.  Don’t be passive about your faith, learn about it, understand how it evolved, most of all learn to love it and be proud of what it stands for.  District Confirmation is scheduled for June 20th at St. Mark’s, Chenango Bridge. 


  



Letter to the Vestry and Response

To:     The Wardens and Vestry of All Saints Episcopal Church   
Date:     January 21, 2010
From:     David Pierce

Leaders of All Saints,
The time has come to address some issues that are tearing apart the foundation of our beloved church.

As a life-long member, former warden and vestry member, I love my church and want to see it grow and prosper. I see as most do, we can not grow without new and young people as members. I also believe that we as a church can not turn our backs on the other parishioners, who have been and still are the monetary back-bone of the church. Plainly speaking, the soft area has become a distraction of ambient noise to the detriment of the church service. It takes a lot to bring me to distracting, but I can no longer find a spiritual quietness to conduct my prayers or to find solace in the service or sermon, I know that I speak not just for myself, but for many that gather in the bathrooms, hallways and parking lots of church and other places to agree that this experiment needs to be contained.

While many have been against this soft space from the beginning, (I myself, spoke out against it at the annual meeting 2 years ago), I did marvel at the numbers of children and parents using the space. This in and of its self is not the problem. Yes, we have parents and children in the church proper; it's the parents that don't seem to know when their children or they themselves are causing a commotion! "They don't have the good sense that God gave them," to quote a parishioner, to make the decision to remove the child and allow the congregation to participate in the service.

Having served as a leader, I am not complaining with out offering a solution. I am recommending that, someone be given the responsibility to enforce a shhhh—policy, (for lack of a better word). These people or person, it makes sense to me should be the usher(s.) They are the ones who can most easily represent authority to remind offenders, in any part of the church, that it's time to remove the child or children to the nursery or to a room of the parent's choosing, so as to not disrupt the service any further. This can also mean any loud-talking parent who is conversing while the service is going on. They then can offer assistance in watching remaining children or directions to the nursery.

I have firmly believed that we need to educate our congregation as to what is expected of them as Christians and the steps how to achieve it. This is no different a teaching than time, talent or treasure.
We are all called to be servants of Christ. Sometimes that means doing the hard work of learning to put ourselves last. I write this in hopes of finding a middle ground and solving a problem. I know many are threatening to stop coming, give less or leave the church all together. I believe that there is a solution, even if it is not mine, to bring back reverence, solemnity, and courtesy to our service. I request to hear a formal response from you, the leaders of our church.

Yours,
David P. Pierce

   
[Response from Rector and Wardens follows:]

Dear David and all parishioners at All Saints,

Thank you for your letter, the concerns you have relayed and your thoughtful suggestions.  We hear you.  The Vestry has been working on ways to make our weekly worship at All Saints’ positive for all for several months.  Like you we have been searching for middle ground.  (Perhaps that’s our Anglican ethos of “via media.”) Not surprisingly it has been taking sometime: everyone has an opinion and feelings are running high.  The one thing we know is that when the disciples tried to keep the children away from Jesus, he said,  “Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs.’ 15 And he laid his hands on them and went on his way. (Matthew 19:14-15)  The other thing we know is that it will take all of us working together to make our worship services welcoming for everyone.

So we are working on the following:
•    Vestry member Nancy Elwood has been talking with parents, one-on-one, so that they are aware that children’s voices and adult conversations interfere with many people’s hearing aids.  Plus she and Vestry members Joyanne Kasmarcik and Eileen Patch have volunteered to help out in the Soft Spaces as needed.

•    Former Vestry member Matt Labosky has investigated the purchase of “hearing buds” that would enable parishioners to hear the microphones more clearly.

•    New signs, as suggested by former Vestry member Debbie Thorpe, have been posted in the “Soft Spaces” reading “We welcome children in our worship and we encourage parents to use the two “Soft Spaces,” Nursery and programs designed for their benefit.  Please be considerate to those near you and use the Narthex or Nursery to walk, feed or comfort your children. You will be able to hear through the speakers provided there. Please ask the ushers if you need assistance or information.”  This same notice is also in each bulletin.

•    We also have been trying to implement your suggestion of utilizing ushers to help with the “soft spaces” but have not yet found a way to do so.  (There are no usher meetings and so far no one has volunteered to helpwith this strategy.)

As you can see from the above the response to your letter is a work in process.  It is also an invitation to for you and others who are interested to come to the next Vestry meeting and work with us to help make our celebrations of Holy Eucharist a service of worship, praise and thanksgiving.

Faithfully,

Judy Horton        Thomas A. Johnson        The Rev. Christine J. Day
Warden                        Warden                                  Rector


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Letter From the Diocese

February 18, 2010

Dear Clergy and People of Central New York:

Some of you, mostly in the southern tier, have heard and seen recent reports on the television and in print regarding Mr. Ralph Johnson, a former priest of this Diocese, who was deposed in 2006.  The reason this has come to the fore at this time is that he was recently arrested by the Pennsylvania State Police and charged with several counts involving sexual misconduct with a minor in the 1970's.  The alleged victim came forward to a diocesan official within the last few weeks and reported the alleged incidents to the State Police in Pennsylvania which prompted Mr. Johnson's arrest.  He is presently free on bail as I understand it.

Because of the various ways in which the media has reported these events, one fairly accurate and others quite erroneous, I now write to you to give an accounting of the Diocese's response which has been by our Safe Church protocol and reinforces the no-tolerance policy of the Diocese when it comes to matters of misconduct.

The Very Rev. John Martinichio is our intake person when allegations are made known to us.  I want to assure you that Father Martinichio informed me of the recent allegation immediately when it became known to him and he has been diligent and attentive to the alleged victim.  Our response was immediate as well as we were able to provide support and therapy for the alleged victim in his state of residence.  He has reported to us that he is now in counseling.  We also established right away that he had gone to the appropriate authorities and he informed us that at some later date there may be an arrest made which has now occurred.

Perhaps some history would also be helpful.  In 2003, I was first made aware of an allegation that Ralph Johnson engaged in sexual misconduct with a minor in the 1970's when he was a parish priest in this Diocese.  With the help of the Diocesan Chancellor and others we attempted to identify this alleged victim and encourage the person to come forward.  Unfortunately, the left vague contact information and our attempts to identify the source of this contact, even having someone go by an address given in another state, produced no results.  The address, as it turns out, did not exist.  As a part of this process we also made contact with every parish where Mr. Johnson had served in order to alert them and in case they had any information which might be helpful to an investigation.

I also subsequently became aware of at least two other alleged victims of Mr. Johnson through a third party and not directly to me or our Diocesan response person.  I was informed that one person, perhaps the one who made the first contact, did make himself known to two priests of the Diocese.   When the clergy persons were asked to present contact information to me, I was told the alleged victims did not want to be known to the Diocese.  After some time, one person did come forward to Father Martinichio and me but did not want to pursue legal action.  We followed proper Response Team procedures and again notified the appropriate authorities.  From the very beginning, we did report these incidents to the District Attorney's Office in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, Mr. Johnson's place of residence, and to the District Attorney's Office of Broome County, New York.  They said there was no action they could take without a victim willing to come forward directly to them. 

I want to assure everyone that we attempted at every turn to be responsive to alleged victims.  They are of the utmost concern to us.  However, it makes ecclesial disciplinary processes difficult when no accuser is willing to come forward publically.   Moreover, since Mr. Johnson was long retired, I was assured that he had no opportunity for contact with minors in any parish setting.  During the Response Team's investigation, it became apparent that the alleged victim's stories were credible and after many months of following canonical process, Mr. Johnson voluntarily submitted himself to the Church's discipline and was deposed in 2006.  He did, however, do this with no admission of guilt.

In a matter that has been attached to reports regarding Mr. Johnson are statements made regarding the Rev. David Bollinger.  I would not speak on this publicly and have resisted doing so except that, again, much of the reporting has been inaccurate.  It is not true that David Bollinger was exonerated by the Ecclesiastical Court of the charges of the misuse of parish funds.  What did occur is that the merits of the case were never allowed or heard by the Court due to a procedural error by the church attorney (not the Chancellor), thus no further action could be taken by the Diocese.  It is true, however, and this is a matter of public record, that the Attorney General's Office of Syracuse has established that $96,414.13 of parish funds were misused by David Bollinger.  The Attorney General is requiring that a portion of that total - $20,000 - is to be paid back to the parish through David Bollinger's bankruptcy proceeding, which is now occurring. 

I hope the above account is able to establish the integrity of the process for dealing with matters of misconduct in the Diocese of Central New York.  Please keep in your prayer any victims of Mr. Johnson and if your charity allows, prayer for Mr. Johnson as well.  Also hold in your prayer David Bollinger and his family.

May God's mercy, love and forgiveness be made known to us all.

Faithfully,
+Skip Adams
Gladstone B. Adams III
Bishop

GBA/kdm

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$$$ and Sense - January 2010

All Saints’ 2010 budget is once again a “faith-based” budget—based on faith: faith that All Saints’ will receive what it needs for its ministry.  In the secular world, this would have been called a “deficit” budget: a deficit of $1,310.  At All Saints’ it is a budget based upon the known resources, expected expenses and faith that with “God all things are possible” (Mt. 19:26)—including an extra $10,000 or so! 

In 2010 a monthly income of $13,650 will be needed to balance the expenses.  As this update of All Saints’ finances is prepared before the end of the month, this report will reflect the status as January 31, 2010.


Income
Through January 2010
Annual Budget 2010
Offering & Pledges
$   12,983
$143,600
Fundraising
$        244
$    9,500
Other Income
$          10
$    9,395
Faith Income
$         * 0
$    1,310
Total Income
$   13,237
$163,805
Total Expenses
$   14,307
$163,805
Profit(Loss)
$    ( 1,070)
$0


Questions?  Ask Treasurer Don Thorpe, a Warden or a Vestry member.




Life Goes On

Our March luncheon will take place at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 17th at The Fish Fry in Endicott. If you are planning to attend, please phone Arlene Foley so that she can make adequate reservations.




Coffee Hour Volunteers Needed

Please consider volunteering to host a Coffee Hour. All that is involved is providing goodies for about 40 people. The Goodies can be home made or just bought from a store. I usually make the coffee on Sunday morning as I have to be to church early as Dave has Choir practice at 9 AM. You just have to clean up after everyone leaves usually by 11:45 AM. February, March and April have many open Sundays.  If you have any questions, give me a call at home in the evenings or see me at church. If anyone wants to provide a cake to celebrate a special occasion, just let the person that has signed up know 
 — Judy Horton









Swine Flu and Seasonal Flu* Concerns
By Barbara Chaffee, MD
Reprinted Trinity Times, Volume 3 –no.10

Everyone is nervous about the H1N1 ("swine flu") influenza, and there is reason to be concerned. However, remember that the influenza we see every year ("seasonal flu") is associated with more deaths than H1N1.

H1N1 is more likely to spread among children and young adults; people born before 1957 may have  partial immunity. For this reason, the vaccine will be distributed first to children, pregnant women, health care workers, and those with other illnesses that put them at risk. However, if possible everyone should get BOTH the vaccine for seasonal flu AND the vaccine for H1N1 flu.  Here are the other suggestions from the Centers for Disease Control:

    ♥  Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze.
   
    ♥  Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.

    ♥  Wash your hands often with soap and water. If soap and water are not available,
         use an alcohol-based hand rub (sanitizer).

    ♥  Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth. Germs spread this way.

    ♥  Try to avoid close contact with sick people.

    ♥  If you are sick with flu-like illness*, CDC recommends that you stay home
     for at least 24 hours after your fever is gone except to get medical care or
     for other necessities. (Your fever should be gone without the use of a
     fever-reducing medicine.)

    ♥  While sick, limit contact with others as much as possible to keep from
      infecting them.

    ♥  Follow public health advice regarding school closures, avoiding crowds and
     other measures to keep our distance from each other to lessen the spread of flu.

What does this means for us in church?
We will have sanitizer available at church. Wash your hands or use the sanitizer as you enter church and as you leave. It also makes sense to use it as you come forward for communion.

It is generally safe to shake hands when you pass the peace, but if you feel more comfortable just making eye contact and greeting your neighbor, that is a reasonable choice.

Do not come to church if you are sick*.
Get your Vaccine for seasonal flu and for H1N1.
They will be available from your doctor or the health department
* "flu-like illness" means fever, achy muscles, cough and/ or runny nose. Some people get diarrhea, but influenza typically does NOT cause stomach symptoms. However if you have vomiting or diarrhea, you may have another virus, for which hand-washing and staying home until you are well is also very important.

News from the Office:

We have sanitizer available at the church.  Please wash your hands or use the sanitizer as you enter church and as your leave.  It also makes sense to use it as you come forward for communion.  It is generally safe to shake hands when you pass the peace, but if you feel more comfortable just making eye contact and greeting your neighbor, that is a reasonable choice.






Celebrations
Birthdays In March
01   Dallas Elwood
       Ralph Holloway
04   Mary Goodwin
       Elaine McBride   
07  Bobbi Zurn   
08  Nancy Elwood
      Anthony M. Policare, III
09  Richard Hrebin, Jr.
12  Esther Hall
13  Wyona Vollrath
14  Eleanor Genthner
21 Cynthia Anderson
     Robert Cole                       
     Marilyn Doersam
     Amanda Policare
23  Margaret Zablosky
24  Lindsey Hrebin
25  Tucker Sholtes
27  Alberta Gingell
29  Arthur Elwood
31  Herbert Lake


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Anniversaries In March
14 Ralph & Patricia Holloway
21 Richard and Lois Kimble
31 Don & Sandy Brewster

   

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Sanctuary Candle
Mar 7
given in thanksgiving for the birthday of her sister, Elaine Natale Davidson, by Roberta Steflik. 
Mar 14
given by Betty Keough in memory of Clifford Greene and Pauline Ogden; and
given by Ralph and Pat Holloway in memory of Pat’s family, Mildred, Harry and David Hancock.
Mar 21
given by Roberta Steflik in honor of Marilyn Doersam’s birthday.
Mar 28
given by Jane Chomyszak in thanksgiving for her twin great-granddaughters, Abby and April Columbia.



 Please use a Sanctuary Candle form to submit name(s) and leave the form and your donation in the office door mailbox.  Forms can be found in the periodical rack in the narthex above the newsletters or on this website.

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Please use Flower Fund and Sanctuary Candle Fund forms (available at the Tract Rack & Memorial Desk) to add memorials and leave the form(s) and your donation in the office  door mailbox..     Thank You!
Flowers and Greens
Mar 7
given in memory of her husband, Marty Cwikla by Ceil Cwikla.                      
Mar 14
given in thanksgiving for the birthday of their son, John Gasdaska, by Art and Mariliyn Doersam.
Mar 21
given in thanksgiving for the birthday of Marilyn Doersam, by Marilyn and Art Doersam;
given in thanksgiving for the birthday of her grandmother, Cynthia Anderson, by Kelly Dotolo; and
given in thanksgiving for the birthday of  her son, Brendan McKeon, by Lonna Pierce.
Mar 28
given in thanksgiving for the birthday of their daughter-in-law, Lynda Doersam, by Marilyn and Art Doersam

Easter Memorials as recorded in the office by this printing are available for review at the Memorial Desk
through March 24th.    Additional memorials for Easter should be submitted on a Flower or Sanctuary     
Candle Form and then left in the office door mail box.   The deadline for Easter  Memorials is Wednesday,
 March 24th  

Additional names should be submitted on a Flower Fund form [found at the Memorial Desk or tract rack] and leave the form and your donation in the office door mailbox.







Additions/Changes to the Parish  Registers

Confirmations

None

Reception

  None

Baptisms

Kelly Cynthia Dotolo   
February 28nd
         Daughter of Wendy and Joseph Dotoloone

Deaths/Burials

None

Transfers Out
None

Transfers In
None

Weddings

None

 
 




Deadline for the next  issue of the Crossway

  March 15
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