Please keep in your prayers The Deans

Family, Peggy Blackmon, Brantley Elliott,

Ruth & Johnnie B. Glass, Seth Smith Sr.,

Harold & Marie Hughes, Jack & Alice Babb,

Lisa Richey’s mother (Edna Bearnes), Elsie

Campbell’s niece (Brenda) and niece-in-law

(Debbie), Jerry Jupina’s brother (Michael),

the Jupina’s daughter (Vicki Di Muzio),

Margaret Palmer’s father (Shep), Peggy

Blackmon’s sister-in-law (Jennifer Yoder),

Kay Horne’s uncle (Jack Terrell), Jacqui

Lye’s husband (Michael Newton), Alice

Murphy’s sister-in-law (Nancy) and brother

(Tony), all in war’s way, the unemployed,

underemployed, and those in financial crises.

A complete list of prayer requests is located

in the on the bulletin board by the rector’s

office.

We extend Christian sympathy to Delane

Shelley on the death of his mother.

May her soul, and the souls of all the

departed, rest in peace. Amen.

A big THANK YOU to all who made our

Advent and Christmas celebrations so

joyous: our Advent preachers Rev’d Dr.

Anne Natoli and Rev’d Paul Stallsworth

(Whiteville UMC); Advent Luncheon cooks;

Vestry members who prepared the Christmas

Eve reception; the “Deans men” who set up

the tree; the Altar and Flower Guilds who

worked so hard to decorate the sanctuary; all

those who purchased, wrapped and delivered

gifts for our Christmas families; those who

organized Grace Family Night Pizza and

Present Wrapping Party; and, of course,

Jamie Faulk and the choir who provided us

with such lovely music throughout the

season. Special thanks to Paula Blanchard

and Elsie Campbell (Fellowship) and Kay

Horne (Outreach) for organizing our many

December events.

Your new vestry members: Paula

Blanchard and Alice Murphy will begin their

three-year terms in January 2015. They will

be installed on Sunday, January 18 at 9:30.

We appreciate greatly the leadership

provided by Jackie Brooks while she was

here and are pleased Paula Blanchard has

returned for a repeat term.

Diocesan Convention – February 5-7,

2015 The 132

th Annual Convention of

the Episcopal Diocese of East

Carolina will convene in New

Bern on Thursday, February 5th

through Saturday, February 7th

. At our

Annual Parish Meeting in October, we

The Apostle

monthly newsletter for

Grace Episcopal Church

including the Lutherans of Christ the King

January 2015

105 S Madison Street, Whiteville, NC, 28472

www.gracechrist.com T: 910.642.4784

elected Bill and Kay Horne to represent our

congregation. Paula Blanchard is our alternate

delegate. To get a preview of the convention, the

resolutions under consideration, and the issues to be

discussed, check out the diocesan web page at

http://www.diocese-

eastcarolina.org/Governance/annual-

convention.html.

The Pre-Convention Deanery Meeting will be held

at St. Andrew’s On the Sound, Wilmington, on

Wednesday, January 21 at 7 p.m. All delegates and

alternates are urged to attend. NOTE: Due to this

meeting, the usual mid-week service and Family

Night activities are cancelled for that evening.

Family Night has been re-scheduled for January 14

at 6:30 p.m.

The kitchen walls, cabinets, and all exterior church

doors have been painted. What a lovely sight!

(Thank you to Ray and Donna Thigpen for helping

defray the cost!) Also, new under-cabinet lighting

has been installed in above the kitchen sink.

Unfortunantely, another leak has been reported in

the roof at Grace House. Jerry Jupina, our Junior

Warden, is seeking bids for those repairs.

RECYCLING: There is a new large

GREEN trash can in the kitchen for

recycling purposes. Please place all paper,

cardboard, plastic cups & dishes (check for

the recycling triangle symbol), foil trays,

glass, and cans in this container. NO

STYROFOAM cups or plates, please! NO BAGS

or GARBAGE, either. Please be kind to “this

fragile earth, our island home” (BCP,

p.370).please! NO BAGS or GARBAGE, either.

Please be kind to “this fragile earth, our island

home” (BCP, p.370).

An ecumenical service honoring Rev’d

Martin Luther King, Jr. will be held on

Sunday evening, January 18 at St. Mark’s AME

Zion Church, 114 West Virgil Street, Whiteville at 6

pm. All are invited to attend.

A ‘thank you’ note

from the bishop’s wife:

“To the dear people of Grace,

Thank you for all your kindness shown to me this

past Sunday [Dec 7]. Thanks for the flowers, the

lovely bracelet, and the yummy pickles . . . my

favorite kind! Your thoughtfulness is much

appreciated. Sincerely, Sandy Skirving”

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How YOU can serve?

Food Pantry: We have a continued need

for canned meats, fish, stew, and pastas; dry

pasta and spaghetti sauce; bags of rice, lima

and pinto beans; canned veggies (tomatoes,

green beans, green peas, succotash, yams);

cans of soup (especially chicken noodle);

coffee and tea, jelly; dish and laundry soap,

toilet tissue and hygiene items; cooking

supplies such as oil, sugar, and flour.

Box tops for Education: Do not forget to

look for and clip Box Tops for Education

coupons as you shop for your meal

preparation supplies.

Rector’s Discretionary Account: Please

consider making a contribution to the

Rector’s Discretionary Account to assist

our neighbors needing help with power bills

in the coming cold weather. You may

place your donation in the small brown

envelopes in the pew. If you write a check,

please make a note on the memo line

indicating that you want your funds to go to

the Discretionary Account. For either a

cash or check contribution, mark the

appropriate box on the front of the

envelope. Gift cards ($10) for gas money

are also welcome.

OUR DECEMBER STEWARDSHP

DATE ATTENDANCE OFFERING SPECIAL GIFTS______

12/07/14 34 $ 2,678.00 Families First Cash $ 20.00

12/14/14 34 $ 1,135.00 Help Mission $ 35.00

12/21/14 29 $ 1,268.00 Food Pantry $ 65.00

12/24/14 38 $ 81.00 Christmas Flowers $ 276.00

12/28/14 40 $ 6,248.31 Bake Sale $ 173.50

Total $11,410.31 Bishop’s Discretionary $ 135.00

Church Capital Imp. $ 127.25

Our weekly Ministry needs $ 9,522.40 Budget needs YTD $ 123,791.35

are $ 2,380.60 1,887.91 Over Income YTD $ 121,343.16

* Transfer from MRS Savings $ 5,500.00 included in YTD total.

SERVICE SCHEDULE January ad the first Sunday in February

Day/Service Acolytes Lectors Usher/Greeter Altar Guild Fellowship Vestry People

of the day

January 4 Ray T© John D Ruth G Elsie C Ray T

Christmas 2 volunteer Donna T Paula B John D

HE II 9:30

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Jan 11 Lisa R© Bill H same as Lisa R Jerry J

Lisa R Kay H above Connie G Epiphany 1

H.E. 9:30

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________ Lutheran

Jan 18 LynnC

Lisa R© John D Dulice B Kay H Epiphany 2

HE I 9:30 Lisa R Alice M Hilly H Alice M

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Jan 25 Gary B© Willie W Margaret P Susan Da Paula B

volunteer Peggy B Susan W Connie G Epiphany 3

HE II 9:30

February 1 Donna T© volunteer same as Gary & Sheryl B Ray T

volunteer Ray T a Jerry J Epiphany 4

HE II 9:30

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

THANKS FOR FINDING A REPLACEMENT (and letting Anne & Connie know)

IF YOU CANNOT SERVE YOUR SCHEDULED TIME.

Grace Episcopal Church

105 S Madison Street

Whiteville NC 28472

January 2015 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 office closed Feast of Holy

Name

2 office closed

3

4 Christmas 2 9:00 choir

9:30 Episcopal HE

II

5 6 Feast of the

Epiphany

7 6 PM HE II

6:30 Bible study & meal

8

6 PM Choir

rehearsal

9 office closed

10

11Epiphany 1 9:00 choir

9:30 Lutheran HE

12 7 PM

Compassionate

Friends Meeting

13 noon Clericus

St. James, Wilmington

14 6 PM HE II

6:30 Family Night

15

6 PM Choir

rehearsal

16 office closed

17

18 Epiphany 2 9:30 Episcopal HE I

Vestry Installation

6 pm MLK service St. Mark’s AME

Zion

19 M L King, Jr. Day

20 12:30 Clergy

Spirituality Grp,

Wilmington 6:30 Vestry Mtg

21 7pm Pre-Convention

Deanery Mtg, Wilmington

St Andrew’s On the

Sound

NO mid-week service

NO bible study or meal

22

6 PM Choir

rehearsal

23 office closed

24

25 Epiphany 3 9:00 choir

9:30 Episcopal HE

II

26 27 28 6 PM HE II

6:30 Bible study & meal

29

6 PM Choir

rehearsal

30 office closed

31