notes July 2014

Grace

OUR TEAM

OFFICE OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR

Bay GreenHill COMMUNICATIONS ADMINISTRATOR

Hope Johnstone FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR

Anne Jones INTERN

Mark Harris

CHILDREN 9 A.M. CHILDREN’S CHAPEL COORDINATOR

Ben Bergstrom GODLY PLAY DIRECTOR Meredith Bergstrom

KITCHEN AND NURSERY COORDINATOR Angie Chaney

11 A.M. CHILDREN’S CHAPEL COORDINATOR Travis Chaney

MUSIC ASSISTANT CHOIRMASTER

Liesl Dromi DIRECTOR OF MUSIC & ORGANIST

Dr. Jan Wubbena CHILDREN’S CHOIR SCHOOL DIRECTOR

Terri Wubbena

MINISTRIES Altar Guild Outreach

Episcopal Peace Fellowship / G.A.P.P. Meals on Wheels

Prayer Chain

VESTRY Meredith Bergstrom

Andy Bossler Ben Hill

Rob Lambert Amanda Orcutt

Debi Selby Curtis Smith Robert Smith

Mike Moss, Treasurer Hope Johnstone, Clerk

COMMITTEES Building & Grounds Christian Formation

Community Life Finance

Outreach Worship

Stan McKinnon RECTOR

stan@gracesiloam.org

Lora Walsh CURATE

lora@gracesiloam.org

Larry R. Benfield BISHOP

bishopbenfield@mac.com

WORSHIP SCHEDULE SUN Holy Eucharist, 9:00 A.M. Christian Formation (all ages), 10:00 A.M. Holy Eucharist, 11:15 A.M. WED Holy Eucharist & Healing, 12:10 P.M. MON-FRI Yoga Morning Prayer at Studio, 7:00 A.M.

CHURCH OFFICE HOURS Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

DISPATCH FROM MATERNITY LEAVE I've been on maternity leave for a few Sundays, and

I wanted to let you all know how our family is

doing. Our daughter Aletta Fontabel Smith was

born on June 10 at 10:45am. Delivery and recovery

have been much easier the second time around, so

we are very grateful.

In preparation for Aletta's birth, my family and two

priests (including Stan) came to the hospital to

pray. I also received the laying on of hands and

anointing with holy oil. Although I've anointed and

prayed with people in the hospital, I had never

been on the receiving end of these gifts of the

church before. The prayers, the reassuring hands,

and the anointing helped me to adopt a trusting

spirit, which I needed very much.

Because Zadok's birth had been so complicated,

Aletta's birth was a scheduled C-section. When I

entered the operating room, I started shaking

involuntarily because I was afraid. But as I recalled

the ceremony around my bedside, God was able to

answer that instinctive fear with a deeper sense of

peace.

The surgery went smoothly, and before long I was

holding our little girl. We named her Aletta

Fontabel after Josh's two grandmothers. They have

played a huge role in his life, and they are both still

living. We are planning a trip to visit them both in

Illinois sometime in August so that they can meet

their namesake.

Zadok (20 mos.) is really enjoying his baby sister.

He asks to hold her, and he goes looking for her

whenever he comes home from anywhere. He

watches her intently, hoping that she will sneeze,

which Zadok finds absolutely hilarious. When

Zadok touches his sister, he says "gentle, gentle."

We have had a lot of help for the first three weeks

from friends and family. Josh's mother and my

mother were both here for the birth, and they have

taken turns staying with us afterward. I still can't

really lift anything heavier than Aletta, so the extra

hands are a huge help. We've also had friends and

Grace folks bringing meals for us, which we

appreciate so much!

In fact, the biggest difference between the birth of

our son and the birth of our daughter has been our

connection to friends and to a church family.

Zadok was born less than three months after we

moved to Fayetteville, so we didn't have many

people to lean on. I loved that time of becoming a

new family, but I am also so grateful that this time

we have a real community of support around us.

So, in addition to becoming a family in the past two

years, it turns out that we have been welcomed

into a community as well. We're feeling so very

blessed.

Food Tidings

Please call the

office to sign

up for a meal

or check the

Monday

Miscellany for

link

WHAT’S IN A NAME? by Jan Wubbena In recent months I have focused on the importance of the content of the hymn texts that we sing. Even

though I have said nothing about the writers of hymn texts, one does not study hymnody

and not find names that pop up repeatedly. You may find the index of authors, translators, and sources in

the back of the hymnal (p. 936) to be of interest. Who has the highest number of credits in The Hymnal

1982? The answer may surprise you. No, it’s not Charles Wesley, Isaac Watts, nor that very active fellow,

Anonymous. Take a look – I’m not telling.

This month I’m going to move over to the other side of the hymn coin, the music. Turn to any hymn in our

hymnal and you will find the credits below each hymn, first for the text, then for the music. The first piece

of information listed about the latter is a word or words in italics. That is the name of the hymn tune. Did

you know that hymn tunes have names independent of the hymn texts with which they are commonly

associated?

Church musicians learn the names of the tunes and are as conversant with them as they are with hymn

texts. One parish may sing “All hail the power of Jesus’ Name” to the tune Coronation, and another to the

tune Miles Lane. (Which do we use? Turn to Hymns 450 and 451 and figure it out!) In the Easter season

recently concluded we sang “The King of love my shepherd” twice, once to St. Columba (Hymn 645), once

to Dominus regit me (Hymn 646). There are two versions of some hymn tunes, both versions sung to the

same hymn text (e.g., Ein feste Burg, “A mighty fortress,” Hymns 687 and 688).

When possible, I like to use hymn tune-based music for the prelude and postlude. You may have noted

that quite often the title listed in the service booklet is “Hymn-prelude on italicized word or phrase [Hymn

number].” The hymn number listed is always one of the five hymns we sing at the 11:15 service, but to

identify the text of that hymn you would have to turn to the referenced hymn in the hymnal, because the

title listed is that of the hymn tune, not that of the text that we will sing to that tune. Why? The piece of

organ music is based on a tune, not on a text sung to that tune.

In addition to the hymnal’s index of authors, translators, and sources, and the comparable index of

composers, arrangers, and sources (p. 943), there is an index of tune names (p. 949). You will note that

some tunes are used more than once. Already this year we have sung The Third Tune twice, once with the

text “I heard the voice of Jesus say” (Hymn 692), once with “To mock your reign, O dearest Lord” (Hymn

170).

You will also note that some tunes have more than one name. In many

hymnals the very familiar tune of “Amazing grace” is named Amazing

Grace; in The Hymnal 1982 it’s named New Britain (its original name,

before becoming so closely associated with John Newton’s text). In

anticipation of some confusion, both are listed in the index of tunes. If

you look first for the tune name Amazing Grace, you are told to “see: New

Britain.” I.e., the hymnal will “set you straight” with the officially sanctioned

Episcopal name for the tune and refuse to divulge the hymn number

unless you look under the “correct” name.

But sometimes our hymnal’s index doesn’t offer this help to

someone looking for a tune under a different tune name. In

many hymnals (I would guess it’s a majority) the tune we use

for “Fairest Lord Jesus” (Hymn 383) is Crusader’s Hymn. Our

hymnal doesn’t recognize that name at all – it’s St.

Elizabeth and that only. (Yes, I find these matters to be an

amusing slap-on-the-wrist .)

Interested? Stay tuned for the August column, the

subject of which will be the tune names themselves.

And in September you’ll learn about the series of digits

on the right margin, opposite the music credit on the

right margin.

Ms. Betty L. Wright and

The Rev. Charles E. Walling invite

the parish family of Grace Episcopal Church

to the celebration of their marriage

at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

Fayetteville, Arkansas

Saturday

July 12, 2014

at 2:00 p.m.

Reception following

RECEPTION If you would like to help supply food for the

Walling wedding reception, please contact

Mary Benjamin at 479-524-8121 or 479-524-

2748. Fruit trays, finger sandwiches, salads,

and snack foods, are all welcome.

Thank you!

CHOIR Choir will rehearse July 9

th at 6:00 p.m.

St. Paul’s, Fayetteville…

St. Paul's Fayetteville will take registration forms for Vacation Bible

School, July 8-11, 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for students ages 3 to 5th

grade. Download a registration form online:

http://stpaulsfay.org/vbs2014.pdf.

Summer Camp Schedule

Junior High Camp July 13-18 Entering 7th

through 8th

Dick Johnston Camp July 20-25 Specialty camp

Middler Camp July 27-Aug. 1 Entering 4th

through 6th

Robert R Brown 2 August 3-7 Specialty camp

Family Camp Aug 7-10 Families experience camp together

Leg Huggers Aug 7+ Younger children + a parent/guardian

Celebrates 4 year education goal…

Education for Ministry (EFM) is a four year program through The

University of the South at Sewanee. Grace has 14 participants and 9

graduates!

George Benjamin

Gary Guinn

Mary Ann Guinn

Laurie McKinnon

Kathy Moss

Mike Moss

Martha Reimer

Ben Rhoades

Shereen West

S

Summer Meal Program…

No Kid Hungry is a program through Grace that gives free meals to

children and families once a week in the summer at the Saturday

farmers market in Siloam Springs. If you would like to lend a hand

preparing or passing out meals this summer, please contact Patty

Gambill 479-220-8171. To learn more about this program, visit

https://www.nokidhungry.org/

Ark Fellows, the local Episcopal Service Corps program based in

Fayetteville, is recruiting recent college grads for a year of service,

community living, and spiritual growth. Visit Ark Fellows

(http://arkfellows.org) online to learn more. The next program year

begins September 2.

Marcia Wheeler…

Marcia Wheeler has

served on Altar Guild for

the last 20 years. We

recognized this service on

Sunday, June 15th

, with

the presentation of a

historic page from a 17th

century Book of Common

Prayer. This page was part

of Charles Kester’s

collection, soon to be

available through the Charles Kester Memorial Bookstore at Grace.

A huge THANK YOU again to Marcia Wheeler for serving on Altar

Guild. We thank you for your commitment and effort!

New Altar Guild Chairs…

Colleen Anderson and Trish Lynn have been appointed new co-

chairs of Altar Guild. Colleen and Trish will host an Altar Guild

reception for current and interested members on Saturday, July 19th

at 2:00 p.m. at Grace. All are welcome to participate in fellowship,

education, and baked goods!

#Episcopal was a huge success!

Thanks to all who participated in Social Media Sunday on Sunday,

June 29th

. Throughout social media the hashtag #Episcopal was

tagged, posted, and shared thousands of times. To see the images

and posts, search #Episcopal! Keep tagging! @GraceSiloam

Church-wide BBQ, July 20th

…

Summer fun! All are welcome to attend a summer BBQ at Jim &

Susie Gilbert’s home (location details will be announced soon!) on

Sunday, July 20th

at 5:00 p.m. Grace will provide meat, buns, fixings,

and drinks- please bring a side dish, salad or dessert and join us for

our annual summer BBQ with music, games, and fun!

Wednesdays through Aug. 13th

…

Grace on Tap will continue on

Wednesdays in July, from 7:00-8:00

p.m. at 28 Springs. Childcare is

available at Grace from 6:45 to

8:15 p.m. for those attending. We

will continue our study of one of

the most important voices in the

emergent movement of

Christianity, Brian McLaren, and his

book A New Kind of Christianity. All

are welcome to join! Books available for

$15.

Would you like to learn more? Check out this youtube video to hear

more from Bryan: http://youtu.be/w6wukp-l8i4.

Offices Closed, July 4th

…

In honor of Independence Day, the church offices will be closed on

Friday, July 4th

.

Additional details will be available closer to each date

Jul. 20, 2014 Summer BBQ (at The Gilbert’s)

Aug. 17, 2014

Rally Day Potluck

July 6 July 13 Track 2

Zechariah 9:9-12

Psalm 145: 8 - 15

Romans 7:15-25a

Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30

Track 2

Isaiah 55:10-13

Psalm 65: (1-8), 9-14

Romans 8:1-11

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

July 20 July 27 Track 2

Wisdom of Solomon 12:13, 16-19

or Isaiah 44:6-8

Psalm 86:11-17

Romans 8:12-25

Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

Track 2

1 Kings 3:5-12

Psalm 119:129-136

Romans 8:26-39

Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52

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