THIS WEEK IN MISSION AND MINISTRY

The Rev. Jamie Stutler, rector 770-324-2035 frjamie@stclementscanton.org

Church & Parish Hall, 2795 Ridge Rd.

Office & Ministry Center, 2707 Ridge Rd. Hours: Wednesday 10-3 (or by appt.)

Office: 770-345-6722 stclements@stclementscanton.org

Outreach: 678-493-8124

Mailing Address: PO Box 4156, Canton, GA, 30114

Friday, September 29 2017

The Anchor

Contents Page

Sabbath Thinking 2

Outreach 3

Fall Special

Events

4

Diocesan

October Events

5

Youth 6

Christian Ed. 7

Fall Clean Up &

Grounds Project

8

Community

News

9

Disaster

Recovery

10

Parish Groups 11

The Week Ahead

& Weekly Cap-

tion Contest

12

Disaster

Recovery For more infor-

mation on the response of the church to the devastation of the latest hurri-cane in the Carib-bean and the earthquakes in Mexico see inside this issue on page

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The Blessing of the Animals Saturday, September 30 10:30 am in front of the church. Bring the pets who have blessed you so we can ask God to return the favor!

Fall Parish Clean-Up! Saturday, October 7th Beginning at 9:30. Details: Page 8

Stewardship 2018 Oct. 8– Nov. 5

Page 2 Sabbath Thinking

Who Do You Think You Are?

In the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke ,after Jesus enters Jerusalem on what we call Palm Sunday, he goes to the Temple and turns over the tables of the money changers. He then drives out the merchants engaged in the traditional commercial activities going on there (he does the same in John but in a different

time frame). This is a challenge to the status quo and its guardi-ans, the high priests and scribes, are inclined to return the chal-lenge. We think of authority in terms of someone being in charge. That is certainly how the high priests see themselves and so they ask Jesus “by what authority do you do these things?”. Jesus chal-lenges the question itself by asking how they understood the authority of John in his baptism of repentance. Their feigning of ignorance reveals the answer to their own question. Jesus clari-fies this with a simple story. Authority is revealed not by status or rank or even by words but by actually doing the will of God. The daily act of repentance and conversion is both the revelation and the power of God at work in human beings and the world. The great song of Christ in the letter to the Philippians which celebrates the humility of Christ’s incarnation inspires us with this gospel-given authority to live lives together in loving kindness which alone is worthy of the Christ we claim as Lord.

Fr. Jamie+

Peril

Matthew 21:23-32

Jesus told dangerous stories. Sto-

ries about hope founded in God

and not the market. Stories about

abnormal generosity that com-

mend sharing not accumulation.

Religious people were always un-

comfortable speaking and listen-

ing to Jesus then. Imagine that, un-

comfortable about justice and dig-

nity for all. It’s as if they were

pinned between two giant boul-

ders. One, of worldly respectabil-

ity. The other, divine intervention.

Must be a terrible thing to be

haunted by the suspicion that the

world you have contrived is made

of fragile glass and God has a ham-

mer in God’s hand. So glad we’re

not in any peril like those folks.

The Rt. Rev. Robeert Writght

Bishop of Atlanta

“To love someone fiercely, to believe

in something with your whole heart,

to celebrate a fleeting moment in

time, to fully engage in a life that

doesn’t come with guarantees –

these are risks that involve vulnera-

bility and often pain. But, I’m learn-

ing that recognizing and leaning into

the discomfort of vulnerability

teaches us how to live with joy,

gratitude and grace.”

― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection

“The Sabbath is a day for the sake of life.” -Abraham Heschel

Page 3 Outreach

St. Clement’s Outreach

Ministries Over-view

1st Sunday: Loose offering goes to Outreach

2nd Sunday: MUST basket

Call-In Ministry Helping folks in need week-to-week.

Seasonal Ministries

Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving: shar-ing the celebration of God’s grace.

Children’s Ministries Summer Lunches School Backpacks

Cooperative Ministries: MUST Habitat for Humanity Path to Shine

We support: Camp Mikell Holy Comforter Emmaus House South American Missionaries Bethesda Community Clinic

An Appeal from the Cherokee Family Violence Center

Can you help a family move?

We need volunteers with trucks and/or trailers to assist our families with moving their valuables. CFVC has approximately 2-3 new families move in each month and most have no way to transport nor anyone to help them move their possessions so they end up abandoning their furniture. This is a painful and costly way to start new so our goal is to enlist volunteers who are willing to sign up where they have availability to as-sist families with moving their possessions.

If this sounds like something you or your group can assist us with, please contact CFVC's Moving Coordinator, Shannon Coats, via email at: shannon@digitaldeskpro.com or by phone/text to 770-342-8945.

We appreciate your consideration and volunteer service to our families! Thank you!

Page 10 September– December Special Events

September 30, Saturday:

The Blessing of the Animals 10:30am in front of the church

October 7, Saturday:

Parish Clean-Up Starting at 9am.

October 8 through November 5:

Annual Parish Stewardship October 8, Sunday:

Fr. Frank Baltz, Guest Preacher October 22, Sunday:

The Rt. Rev. Don Wimberley, Assisting Bishop Visits October 29, Sunday:

The Blessing of the Bikes

November 5, Sunday:

All Saints’ Sunday Celebration November 10-11:

Annual Diocesan Council November 12, Sunday:

December 17, Sunday:

Annual Parish Meeting December 24, Sunday:

4th Advent, in the Morning Christmas Eve in the Evening

Page 7 October Diocesan Events, click for more information

The service will be sung by the exceptional Cathedral Schola under the direc-tion of Canon for Music, Dale Adelmann, Ph. Oct 12 7:30pm-10pm Integrity Atlanta’s 29th Pride Eucharist All Saints’ Episcopal Church The preacher for the service is the Reverend Doctor Tommie L. Watkins, . The organist for the service is Trey Clegg who will be bringing the Trey Clegg Singers to lead the music. Oct 13 10:00am1:30 pm Festival Choir for Presiding Bishop Michael Curry Friday, October 13, 2017

St. Luke's Episcopal Church Oct 14 to Oct 15 Diocesan Booth at Pride Festival The Pride Parade will step off from the Civic Center MARTA Station (not the Civic Center itself) at noon on Sunday, October 15. We will have a Diocesan contingent in the parade, including a float. We encourage as many as possible to walk with us. Oct 15 12:00pm-2:00pm Ninth Annual Ugly Pants Brunch to Benefit Path to Shine Pro-gram St. Benedict’s Episcopal Church (map) View Event → Share Oct 20 to Oct 22

Register for Camp Mikell Fall Folk School Tucked away in the Northeast Georgia mountains, Camp Mikell offers the only folk school in Georgia! The Folk School runs Friday, October 20 –Sunday, October 22, 2017, and costs $190.00-$290.00 per person. Please register by 10/13. If you have any questions, please call Amanda Price 706-886-7515 or send an email to amanda@campmikell.com.

Oct 21 4:00pm 6:30pm Choral Guild of ATL Concert: An Appalachian Celebration 3480 E. Main Street Atlanta, GA, 30337 United States (map) Choral music in bluegrass style accompanied by a bluegrass band. Works include: This is a collaboration between St. John's and the Choral Guild of ATL. Oct 26 8:30am11:30am Covenant House Job Fair Oct 28 8:45am-4:45am Reclaiming Hope Through Remembering: A Memorial Pilgrimage to a Mar-tyrdom Site Chestnut Grove Baptist Church (map) The Beloved Community: Commission for Dismantling Racism for the Epis-copal Diocese of Atlanta and The Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing invite you on a pilgrimage to the historic Chestnut Grove Baptist Church in Athens. Oct 29 to Nov 3 Progoff Intensive Journal Workshop at the DuBose Conference Center Monteagle Tennessee

Oct 2 to Oct 6 Chattahoochee Valley Episcopal Ministry Online Auction Mon, Oct 2, 2017 12:00pm 12:00pm Fri, Oct 6, 2017 6:00pm 6:00pm Oct 4, The Cathedral of St. Philip ,6:00pm Film Screening and Discussion. Join us for a showing of the film 13th on Wednesday, October 4, at 6 pm. 13th explores the intersection of race, justice, and mass incarceration in the United States. Oct 7 Cathedral of St. Phillip 5:30pm 8:30pm Taste of Latin America Dinner Saturday, October 7, 2017 5:30pm 8:30pm 17:30 20:30 Oct 7 Rainbow Village, "We Are Family" Benefit Gala Atlanta Athletic Club 5:30pm 10:30pm Oct 8 Grace Church Gainesville 6:30pm 8pm The Circle: A Gathering of Contemplative Prayer and Study Oct 9 Lake Oconee Brewery 6:30pm 9:30pm Oktoberfest Fundraiser for Lake Oconee Community Outreach Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Oct 10 to Oct 15 Shower of Stoles Display All Saints’ Episcopal Church Oct 11 6:30pm 8pm A Story of Calling, Resistance, and Grace All Saints’ Episcopal Church The Rev. Connie Tuttle was the first out lesbian to finish Co-lumbia Theological Seminary on the ordination track. Join us as she shares her story of calling, resistance, and grace. Oct 11 7:00pm 7:00- 9pm Presiding Bishop Curry Keynote Address at Candler School of Theology “Racial Realities and the Beloved Community" Oct 12 10:30am-4:30pm Praying, Contemplating, and Healing with Beads Thursday, October 12, 2017 10:30am 4:30pm 10:30 16:30 Lake Logan Conference Center Kristen E. Vincent is the award-winning author of A Bead and Prayer Oct 12 7:15pm 9:15pm Cathedral of St. Philip Choral Evensong and Homily The Right Reverend Keith Whitmore will offer the homily.

Page 4 Youth!!! Keeping up With Abel and Youth

Events I send out notifications and information

about events through remind 101 software. This is the easiest way for you to know what is going on because it goes directly to your phone via text. I do not spam, any messages you re-ceive are important updates about youth and I try to keep them to a minimum. To join my class text @stclemeyc to the number 81010

Make sure to follow the Diocese and

us on Instagram:

Instagram handle: @stclementseyc @eycdioatl

Diocesan Youth Page: http://www.eycdioatl.org

Sep 30: New Begin-

nings 38 Team Train-

ing, St. Philip's

Oct 6-8: New Begin-

nings 38

Oct 27-28: Happening

68 Team Training, St.

Catherine's

Nov 10-11: Youth Lock

-In @ Annual Council,

First Baptist Gaines-

ville

Nov 17-19: Happening

68, Camp Mikell

Nov 30 thru Dec 3:

Province IV Network-

ing Meeting

Dec 1-3: Jr. DYC 2017

Youth Lock-In @ Annual Council | November 11-12 at First Baptist Gainesville | $35 Every November, we gather at Annual Council as an entire Diocese. The youth segment is no differ-ent. We start our night by feeding 10,000 with Rise Against Hunger. Af-ter packaging the meals, we get "locked-in" at Coun-cil where we play games, sing songs, have midnight mass, and end the night with a movie on our the big screen. The next morning, we lead worship for over 500 folks.

The Little Lambs Nursery is located in the church building in the narthex. Children, newborns to 3 years old are welcome during the 9AM & 11AM services. Volunteers needed. If you are interested in helping out, contact or email Katie McDonald at katie.mcdonald@mckesson.com or 404-338-4662.

Page 5 Christian Education & Formation

We are looking for 2-3 vol-unteers to add to our group of teachers. We strive to have 3 teachers assigned to every room so that being a volunteer does not require you to be in attendance every Sunday, but rather 2-3 Sunday’s a month, and work with the other volun-teers for your class to cre-ate a schedule that is flexi-ble enough for you to meet other obligations. We use a curriculum which comes with colorful handouts for the kids and a teacher’s guide with recommended activities and follows the gospel lesson we use in the service. If you would like to learn more, please con-tact Katie McDonald at Katie.mcdonald@mckesson.com.

2017-2018 Sunday School Teachers

Grace Place 1 (Pre-School to Pre-K) Junior Anchors (Middle School) Jennifer Morgan Katie McDonald Chad Morgan Carlotta Ford Jenny Cain

Grace Place 2 (K - 1st Grade) Senior Anchors (High School) Pam York Lori Flynn Open Position David Ford

Grace Place 3 (2nd – 3rd Grade) Substitutes Nancy Bennett Melissa McCarty, Scott McCarty, Open Position Tim Woltering

Grace Place 4 (4th – 5th Grade) Please take a minute to pray for these Danette Schilling volunteers and thank them for giving Chris Emerson of their time and talents!

Sunday

School/

Grace

Place

Fall Sunday Forum Beginning Sunday, Oct. 15 a new series on the history and tradition of Christian Worship will begin in Davis Hall during the 10am Educa-tional hour. Look here for more de-tails to come!

Tuesday Bible Study

Tuesday, Bible Study will meet this week studying the lectionary readings for the coming Sunday. Please join us at 10:30 AM in Davis Hall. And help Fr. Jamie come up with a good sermon!

Page 6 Parish News

Volunteers needed! Join us on Saturday, October 7 at 9 am to plant Fall flowers,

spread mulch, and clean up our Prayer Garden!

Bring your gloves, rakes, shovels, and weed-eaters!

This is both a clean-up and the beginning of a more com-prehensive plan to restore the prayer garden with sturdy benches and extend ground maintenance to-ward the street along the south edge of the parking lot. There are also plans in the works to beautify around our banner area right at the street and around the mail box. The north edge of the parking lot has also seen extensive weed growth due to the removal of sever-al large trees. Clearing out these edges of the parking lot which have become overgrown is also part of this larger plan.

Page 8 The Community

This is a public service program from the Department of Human Service, Child Support Services, leading people to employment opportuni-ties. To learn more or to tune in to this live stream event: CLICK HERE

If you are looking for volunteer opportunities right here in Cherokee county, Cherokee FOCUS is the hub for all kinds of services to old, young, dis-abled, and at-risk populations. For more information: CLICK HERE.

Page 9 Disaster Recovery

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Episcopal Relief & Development Re-sponds to Earthquakes in Mexico Episcopal Relief & Development has reached out to church partners after a 7.1 magni-tude earthquake rocked the central part of Mexi-co on Tuesday, September 19, causing major damage and destruction in Mexico City, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Morelos and Puebla. It struck on the 32nd anniversary of an earthquake that killed over 5,000 people in 1985. Dozens of buildings collapsed, including two schools, with over 200 deaths reported and leaving thousands trapped under the rubble. Res-cue efforts were hampered by 23 aftershocks throughout the region as rescue efforts by police, firefighters, the military and volunteers work desperately to search for survivors. Over 4.6 mil-lion people are left without power and shelters have opened in several common spaces in affect-ed areas. This is the second major earthquake to hit Mexico this month. On September 7, an 8.2 mag-nitude quake caused approximately 100 deaths and damaged and destroyed hundreds of homes and buildings in Oaxaca and Chiapas. Episcopal Relief & Development is coordi-nating with church partners to provide emergen-cy assistance. The organization has been in con-tact with Bishop Benito Juarez-Martinez of the Anglican Diocese of Southeastern Mexico since the first earthquake struck. At that time, the dio-cese requested food, water and reconstruction materials to help 300 families in Oaxaca and Chiapas. As a result of the second quake, critical needs of the impacted communities are being re-assessed and new areas of response added..

Episcopal Relief & Development Sup-ports Relief Efforts in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as Hurricane Maria Strikes As Hurricane Maria made landfall on Wednes-day, September 20 in Puerto Rico after pum-meling the already devastated Virgin Islands earlier in the day, Episcopal Relief & Develop-ment continues to partner with the Episcopal Diocese of Puerto Rico to assess urgent needs while maintaining support for the islands of Cu-lebra and Vieques. The organization is supporting relief efforts with the Episcopal Diocese of the Virgin Islands and the Convoy of Hope to deliver critical water and other necessities to two of the most devas-tated islands following Hurricane Irma. Emer-gency support was sent to church partners in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands to help pur-chase supplies in advance of Hurricane Maria. Parts of the British and US Virgin Islands, al-ready decimated by the ferocity of Hurricane Irma, braced themselves as Maria hit on Wednesday with 8 to16 inches of rain and hur-ricane force winds. The full impact of the storm is still unknown. As a direct response to the impact of Hurricane Irma, Episcopal Relief & Development is part-nering with the Diocese of the Virgin Islands and the Convoy of Hope, a faith-based humani-tarian organization located in Missouri, to ship critical emergency supplies to residents of the islands of Tortola and Virgin Gorda. The ap-proach of Hurricane Maria and a curfew on the islands forced the ship to move offshore.The shipment includes food, two portable kitchens, two refrigeration containers, 350,000 gallons of drinking water, 9,900 gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel, tarps, plywood and nails as well as hygiene and infant care kits.

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The Altar Guild is looking for new members to join their teams. If this very rewarding ministry is something you would be interested in, please contact Trish Cole at 770-377-4348 or email patrciaocole@hotmail.com.

The Daughters of the King is a Lay Order in the Episcopal Church. During the months of October through January, DOK will meet on the 2nd Sunday of each month at 1:00 in Davis Hall.

The Lunch Bunch will meet on Thursday, September 14th at 12:30 P.M. at 7 Tequilas at 5947 Holly Springs Pkwy #201, Holly Springs, GA 30188. Next meeting is October 12,

ECW (Episcopal Church Women) Meets on the 3rd Monday of the Month. next meeting Monday, October 16 at 7 pm at Davis Hall…last business meeting of the year. For additional information contact Wanda Carr at wandacarr@gmail.com.

Parish Groups and Organizations

Book Club: The next book club meeting will be on Monday, October 9th at 1:30 in the home of Mary Ann Hindman to discuss the book The ZooKeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman and view the movie, based on the book.

The iPhone group meets the 2nd Thursday of the month at 10:30 AM in Davis Hall. Sessions last about an hour and are $5.00. Contact Terri Dover for additional infor-mation at 303-475-6779.

The Men's Discussion Group meets every Friday at 12 noon at IHOP in Canton next to Canton Marketplace. We welcome men and women to join us.

Weight Loss Group meets in Davis Hall every Wednesday morning at 9:30AM, For information, call Barbara Tilley at 770-735-2285 or come to the meeting on Wednesdays.

Tuesday 10/3

Bible Study,

AA, 8:00 pm DH

Wednesday 9/27

Morning Prayer 9am

TOPS 9:30am

Office Hours 10am-3pm

Holy Eucharist 6:30pm

Page 10 Week Schedule & Weekly Caption Contest

THE WEEK

Saturday 9/30

Blessing Animal10:30am

Sunday 10/1

8, 9, & 11am Services

Sunday School at 10

Real Love at 5:30pm

Youth Group 5:30pm

Thursday 9/28

Path /Shine

2:30-4:30pm

AA, 8:00 PM, DH

Friday 9/29

Men’s Group IHOP

Saturday 9/30

Parish Clean UP

9:30 am

Weekly Caption Contest

Send entries to stclements@stclementscanton.org We will post them next week.