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Lent 2018

Thoughts from the Senior Warden

Yesterday, during Mickie William’s memorial service, I was thinking about the people who founded St. David’s in 1959. Some of the first meetings to start an Episcopal Church in Brown County were held in Mickie and John’s home. Each year there are fewer and fewer remaining founding members.

I am sure they had hopes and plans for the future of the Brown County Episcopal Mission. I am sure that there was also a lot of faith that somehow the new church would grow. We know that by 1969 they were able to move the school house, now Ackerman Hall, to its present loca-tion and build the building that is now our sanctuary. That is how I remember St. David’s when Judy and I joined in 1998. In 2009 the Gathering Place was added and the next year Ackerman Hall was refurbished which brings St. David’s grounds to where they are today.

I suppose that at each step along the way members had hopes and careful plans but faith in the future was always an important component. It is no different today. We are again in a transi-tion between priests. We all believe that St. David’s will remain a place when people can be active yet be nourished. The budget that the Vestry approved supports an active set of pro-grams while having funds for an assistant to help a ½ time priest. Like our founders, we are planning and laboring and have a deep faith that our labors will bear fruit, that St. David’s will continue to flourish.

St. David’s building may look different in another 60 years, but hopefully St. David’s will still be a place where people are involved, nourished and growing spiritually.

Search Update

It may look like St. David’s has done nothing, but I believe in this case St. David’s needed some time to pass before starting the search for a new priest. If we had started the search last fall it probably would have been for a ¾ priest, but we now believe ½ time is more appropriate.

St. David’s has had time to heal; now we need to start the search process. It seems like every time we search the process is different. Reading the information we have received seems very different now than 5 years ago when we started the last search. The Vestry is going to meet with Canon Kissinger on February 17. She will explain the present procedure and be able to answer our many questions.

At that point, the Vestry will know what preliminary work needs to be done and can choose the search process that is best for St. David’s. The Vestry will report back to the congregation shortly after the February 17th meeting and will, of course, keep people informed as the search progresses.

Jim Huber Senior Warden

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St. David’s

Episcopal Church

corner of SR 45 and SR 135 in Beanblossom,

5 miles north of Nashville PO Box 1798, Nashville, IN 47448

Website: www.stdavidsbb.org

Church office: 812-988-1038

Senior Warden: Jim Huber

(812) 320-0424 jim@haushuber.com

Choir Director: Rich Rodriquez-Hill

Organist: Adrienne Shipley

Information for parish distribution to:

secretary@stdavidsbb.org

Jim Huber Senior Warden

Finance Committee P.O. Box 1278

Nashville, IN 47448 (812) 320-0424

jim@haushuber.com

Jan Holloway Junior Warden

Communications 4646 State Road 45 Nashville, IN 47447

(812) 325-1018 holloway@indiana.edu

Sharon Kitchens Parish Life

435 Virginia Ave. Unit 204

Indianapolis, IN 46203 (317) 695-4266

kitchens435@gmail.com

Mike Day Christian Formation 436 Pine Ridge Road Nashville, IN 47448

(317)695-0196 mikeday47@gmail.com

Dona Glentzer Buildings & Grounds 562 St. Road 135 N. Nashville, IN 47448

(812) 752-5091

dglentzer@yahoo.com

Jan Benham Pastoral Care

7538 Hamilton Creek Road Columbus, IN 47201

(812) 345-6292 Janicebenham@gmail.com

Ed Kacena Fresh Expression Ministry

2225 Greasy Creek Road, Nashville, IN 47448

(765) 212-4908 bcin988@gmail.com

Parish Treasurer Ralph Linscott (812)350-1379

rmlinscott@gmail.com

Assistant Parish Treasurer Sandy Ridenour (812) 597-0135

jsridenour@live.com

St. David’s Vestry 2017

"I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God's holy Word. And, to make a right beginning of repentance, and as a mark of our mortal nature, let us now kneel be-fore the Lord, our maker and re-deemer."

Ash Wednesday Service, Book of Common Prayer, p 26

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Giving up Something for Lent

My brother used to say he was going to give up watermelon for Lent. He’s an Episcopalian. Can’t you tell? Much is made of giving up something for Lent. It’s probably a good idea. We have quite a bit, and we can certainly spare something, perhaps a lot of things. Some people say we should get rid of some of the clutter of our lives. Throwing or giving something away every day and two things on Sunday, has been suggested. Some of it might be more useful to someone else. Goodness knows it would certainly make things a lot simpler for those who have to clean up after us when we are gone. When the last of my elders passed on, the auction table for dishes and glassware alone stretched for what seemed like half a block. I still have some of it; never use it, and don’t know the foggiest what to do with it. Simplification of daily life is a good thing, and sacrifice gives an invigorating feeling. However, I once heard a fellow advocating adding something for Lent. What could a person do that is different: add a friend; get closer to some of our relatives; smile more; help someone reduce tension and relax; change worrying into faith-ing, in ourselves and maybe in some rapid- transit, busy, tense, and worried person we know. This is not an easy task, but I think it beats giving up watermelon for Lent. Charles McClure Hill, Feb. 2, 2018.

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You have life; now have it abundantly. 2-4-18 Sermon by Rev. Timothy Hallett, supply priest at St. David’s Episcopal Church Gospel reading for that day: Mark 1:29-39

A couple of Sundays ago, we heard the story of Jesus calling Simon (better known to us as Pe-ter) and his brother Andrew, and the Zebedee boys, Janes and John. Today, it seems that Si-mon and Andrew have brought Jesus and James and John home for a visit. Simon’s mother-in-law is sick. Jesus heals her – just what you’d expect. She gets up and serves them lunch. Just what you’d expect. “Glad you’re feeling better, Mom. Can we have something to eat?” This is a scene most of us have played, one part or the other. “Hey, Ma! Me and my friends are hungry.” “Just give me a minute, Dear.” Jesus’ career is off to a great start. He calls his disciples. They’re going to follow him uncon-ditionally. He ends up following them, home, to heal the mother-in-law so she can give them lunch. This is the last time, the first time the only time in all the gospels we’ll see Jesus acquiesce to traditional patterns, conventional relations, assumed customs. This is the last time he will stand by and let a woman be treated in the way men think she should be treated; this is the last time he will allow men to be treated in the way they think they should be treated, or women in the they think they should be treated, or anybody in the way they think they should be treated. To those who think they deserve little, he always gives lots; to those think they deserve much he also gives lots – lots less than they think they’re entitled to. As his own Mom puts it so nicely, “He has put down the mighty from their seat, and has exalted the humble and meek. He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty.” Or as John’s gospel puts it: “I have come that they may have life and may have it more abun-dantly.” Not, “I have come that they may have life so that they may serve me lunch.” Quite the contrary. In a few weeks we’ll hear that he came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many. Think of Jesus’ dealings with women throughout the gospels—with Mary and Martha, Mary Magdalen, the woman at the well, the woman taken in adultery, the Syro-Phoenician woman, the women on the way to the cross, the women at the tomb – all dealt with as full and equal partners in humanity, persona with real personhood, not frozen in roles, cloaked in custom, choked by convention, not limited by femininity, but human beings, people who have a life, or who can have a life if they will take it. Think of Jesus’ dealing with men – with the Zebedee boys, with Peter, with Judas, with lepers and demoniacs, with priests and politicos, Pharisees and rummies, weak and powerful, rich or down and out. Always, invariably, he explodes their assumptions about themselves, reverses their expectations of themselves, deals with them as potential persons with real personhood not measured by machismo, not constrained by class, not limited by masculinity, but human beings, potential people, people who have a life, or who can have it if they take it. It doesn’t matter who he’s dealing with – fishermen, housewives, husbandmen, clerics, harlots, zealots, sickies, self-righteous, unrighteous, single, married, widowed, divorced, parents, chil-dren, libertines, ascetics, male, female. He’s always got some bomb set to explode in the old consciousness, some spiritual grenade that blows to smithereens everything you ever knew for sure about yourself, the world, reality, relationship, experience, God, humanity. And when the

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mushroom cloud lifts, when everything you ever thought or knew or did or didn’t or hoped or feared is vaporized in the presence of God, the one thing that can never be reconstructed is in-difference – because now you know and have seen that it really matters, you really matter, your life, your integrity, your authenticity really matters your relationships really matter, your will-ingness to involve yourself in history really matters, and what matters most is that you do it re-ally, truly with real personhood free and untrammeled by sex or sexism, class of classism, na-tion or nationalism – that you have a life – you’ve been given it if you will take it. You have a life and you can have it abundantly. This is what the gospel is about. It takes quite a turnaround for us to grasp it – a complete turn-around for us to grasp it. Did you know that the work “repent” simply means, “turn around; do a 180; about face”. And word “gospel” means “good news.” We heard this a few Sundays ago: “Repent, and believe in the gospel.” It doesn’t mean, “Tighten up and purse your lips and don’t you ever do that again.” It means: “There’s a high probability that you’re looking at a high proportion of your life in the wrong way. Take another look, a different slant, a radically new perspective. It may scare the bejesus out of you, but it will be good news. In fact, it will certainly scare the bejesus out of you and that will be good news.” And you’ll have life, and have it abundantly. You have life; now have it abundantly.

This is Rev. Hallett at his last service (June 12, 2011) at Chapel of St. John the Divine in Champaign Illinois where he served for 35 years.

All those in church on February 4 were amazed by this sermon and several people wanted a copy. Rev. Hallett was kind enough to agree to sharing. ed.

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Haiti Mission trip, January, 2018 Three brave souls from the Diocese of Indianapolis traveled to Haiti - January 25-29. Fr. Jeff Bower (Diocesan Global Mission Chair), Brad Ayers and Marylin Day visited with our partners in Mithon, Haiti and saw much of the good work the Episcopal Church does throughout Haiti. Our host was Fr. Jn Michelin, a priest based in Leogane’ and with two assistants, leads 8 churches located in the mountainous countryside. Our first day began with riding in a four-wheel drive Land Rover (courtesy of Hospital St. Croix) up the mountainside to Mithon. This is a harrowing trip as the only “road” is a motorcy-cle track. Hairpin corners, 150’ drops to each side and people walking/riding motorcycles or horses make the way very dangerous. To go 8 miles took 1 ½ hours! But then, after going up and over the mountain, we arrived in the village of Mithon! The school is beautiful! Even with the recent hurricane it only lost a small portion of the roof because the construction was built to withstand natural disasters. The children welcomed us with songs and dances. Currently, 180+ children attend Mithon – grades K-6. Many of these children walk 2 hours, one way to attend classes. the Lessons and Lunches program helps with costs of teachers, supplies and gives each child a hot meal daily. To sponsor a child for the 10-month school year is $99 – you can participate by contacting Marylin Day at mikeandmarylin@gmail.com or 317-431-1989. Your Global Missions has also begun another program with the villagers in Mithon. The Crop’s Project provides $600 to 100 families to grow pistachios and black beans for their own use and to sell. This includes a new gas pump (no electricity in Mithon) and hoses to create irrigation from the river, tools, seeds, fertilizer and pesticide/herbicide. Additionally, an expert in Agricultural Science was consulted to help educate the people in proper usage/maintenance of equipment, grow crops resistant to natural disasters and how to sell their produce. This is a self-sustainment project to help these residents support their community, their church and school without continuous help from outside sources. Driving in Haiti is a real challenge and when a car is rented, a driver comes with the rental car. No stop signs, stop lights (well, there is one in Port Au Prince installed by the US!), no dividing lines in the roads and many roads are rough cobblestone. Also, since the earthquake in 2011, many roads outside of Port Au Prince have huge cracks or potholes making it impossible to go more than 10 mph. Our driver took us to several projects started by the Episcopal Church of Haiti – a home that houses 50+ severely handicapped children and adults, a nursing college started in 2005 that graduates 35-40 nurses annually and a health clinic in Leogane’ whose focus is pregnancy and well-baby care. While we hear many stories of woe in Haiti, the Episcopal Church in Haiti is helping to educate children, provide health care and protection for the neediest residents. Let’s celebrate with our friends in Haiti. All children deserve a chance for an education and nourishment for their body. Together we can work as Jesus commanded, “love one another!” Marylin Day Global Missions Commission Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis

Global Mission Update

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The beautiful school built by the Diocese of Indianapolis 3 years ago!

Kindergarten in Mithon, Haiti - Fr. Jn Michel-in and the teacher.

This little girl in her Sunday best at church.

Tap tap taxi! This is Haiti!

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St. David’s History from Marge Grimm

1960 – A year of Dedicated Work and Continued Organization

“Under the leadership of Bishop Crane in Indianapolis, his Archdeacon Canon Fredric Wil-liams, Rev. William Cassady, Rev. R. Stewart Wood Jr. and visiting priests the year 1960 was off to an energetic and productive start for our new small congregation”, wrote Secretary Eliza-beth Percival.

The first Baptismal Service was held on January 10, 1960, by Rev. James H. Kirkhoffer. Those baptized were: Mabel Allbright, Elaine Boyd and her four children, Anthony, Gladys, Pamela and Marion Boyd.

January 31, 1960 two fine men received training and begin to serve as Lay Leaders- Mr. Andy Rogers and John Williams. In February 23,1960, Elizabeth writes again.

“In February after much discussion of the pros and cons, whether to purchase the present site or purchase elsewhere as we had to vacate the present quarters by May 23, 1960. A parish meeting was held, which turned into an old fashioned New England town meeting. It was decided to purchase the building where we were meeting if we could get the necessary diocese approval. The Diocese gave it’s approval.”

A parish meeting was held on February 23, a motion was made and approved, that we buy the old school property on the corner of 135 and 45 in Bean Blossom. The price for the property was $9000 to be paid at $97.68 a month to Nashville State Bank.

The first Confirmation was held April 12, 1960 at Evening Prayer by Bishop Craine for: Mabel Allbright Elmer W. Strode Gladys Cox Lennis Baughman Helen L. Strode Joseph L. Galton Judy Baughman James L. Strode Nell J. Meyrick James Baughman Anthony Boyd Robert A. Percival Donna E. Bohannan Elaine Boyd Elizabeth Percival Mary Jeannette Rigley

The first Easter Service was held April 17, by Rev. Chester Minton. The first Vacation Bible School was held June 6-10, 1960. Mr. Andy Rogers led a short worship service each morning. Teachers and helpers were. Judy Rogers Irene Welch Betty Percival Mickie Williams Mrs. Smith Judy Baughman Ellen Rigley Jane Raines Gladys Boyd

In June Rev. R. Stewart Wood Jr. was appointed to be Priest-In-Charge of the Brown Count Mission. He quickly introduced the “Commission Plan” for the church. Those appointed were: Christian Education- John Williams Fellowship- Bernice Bohannon Worship-Nell Meyrick Finance & Outreach-James Mara Christian Relations-Gladys Cox Property-Lennis Baughman

Note: Some of these names we can recognize. Andy and Judy Rogers are the parents of our own editor Jane (Rogers) Herr. Lennis and Judy Baughman-Judy is bedfast in her home in Brown County and keeps up on our current news. John and Mickie Williams-Mickie recently passed away at BC Health and Living Center. Her obituary is on the bulletin board. These three people were original members.

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Treasurer’s Notes

Since the deadline for this is before the January financial statement is complete the numbers below are basically a summary of the year end statement compared to last years. The budgeted expenses were for a year that had many things planned and exceeded the budgeted revenue. If all had gone according to plan this would have resulted in drawing down our reserves by almost $12,000 in 2017. Unfortunately, things did not go according to plan, our expenses were dra-matically reduced and instead of being drawn down the reserves have actually increased by over $7,500. The actual total assets show an increase of greater than the aforementioned but that is primarily due to restricted funds that do not show up in revenues or expenses. The two primary items being prepayment of pledges and grants towards a consultant.

In 2018 there are two new items being funded in the budget which are an administrative assis-tant and a cleaning service. These will be reflected in the expenses but total less than $10,000 for 2018. The biggest impact on the budget, however, is by far the clergy salary and related line items and as long as we have no priest we can expect our financial reserves to continue to grow this year.

2017 Year End Actual / 2018 Budget

Ralph Linscott Treasurer

Assets

Last Year 2017

Fifth Third Accounts $15,887.82 $24,099.03

IUCU Accounts $51,979.51 $24,223.40

IUCU Investments (CD's) $30,037.65 $66,270.69

Total Assets $97,904.98 $114,593.12

Revenues & Expenses

2017 Actual 2018 Budget

Revenues $110,033.87 $121,459.00

Expenses $102,380.92 $133,256.00

Net $7,652.95 -$11,797.00

Pledge revenue $101,076.88 $108,000.00

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Fun

Bean Blossom Music Series

How to Know You Are Growing Older Everything hurts and what doesn’t hurt doesn’t work. The gleam in your eye is from the sun hitting your bifocals. You feel like the night before and you haven’t been anywhere. Your little black book contains only names ending in M.D. You get winded playing cards. You join a health club and don’t go. You know all the answers, but nobody asks you the questions. You look forward to a dull evening. You need glasses to find your glasses. You turn out the lights for economic rather romantic reasons. You sit in a rocking chair and can’t get it going. Your knees buckle but your belt won’t. Your back goes out more than you do. You have too much room in the house and not enough room in the medicine chest. You sink your teeth in a steak and they stay there.

YOU WONDER WHY MORE PEOPLE DON’T USE THIS SIZE PRINT. —from Sandy Fittz

Upcoming: Early April: Piano Quartet...piano, cello, violin and viola. Exact date TBA Friday, June 8, 7 pm: Bob Dylan tribute concert.

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Birthdays and Anniversaries

FEBRUARY

2 Tim Stant 2 Ed Kacena 2 Sarah Eads 4 Mike Day 5 Jaden Fish (Niednagel’s grandson) 7 Logan Fittz 15 Sandy Fittz

MARCH

11 Charles Hill 12 Angie Aumage 21 Kyle Fittz 28 Laurie Stant 28 Bess Smith (Joan Amati’s daughter)

APRIL

6 Sean Cole

8 Andrea & Larry Barber – Anniversary 11 Jane Savage 15 Eric & Bess Cole’s anniversary 24 Ian Fleser

MAY

6 Coral Hamlin 10 Jan Halladay 20 Ray Laffin 26 Dona Glentzer 27 Jim & Judy Huber – Anniversary 27 Gene & Donna Niednagel –Anniversary 28 Marge Wright 29 Charles & Margie Hill - Anniversary 30 Joe Ridenour Don’t see your birthday or anniversary - drop me a line at jane@rjherr.com

Newsletter Submissions?

Please send your news items, stories of spiritual growth, book reviews, jokes, cartoons, reci-pes, etc. to Jane Herr (812)320-2340 or 4923 Stevens Rd., Nashville, 47448 or (the preferred method!): jane@rjherr.com

Next deadline for submissions:

Pentecost: May 6, 2018 Fall: August 26, 2018

Advent: November 18, 2018

News from our friends in the West: It is with sadness of my heart that I must tell you and the congregation at St. David’s that my wife Judy has breast cancer and will begin chemo treatments on Friday, January 19th for 8 weeks. She then will have one week of and then will have radiation treatments for 5 weeks—5 days per week. I have to stay "up" to provide support for Judy thru this long dark tunnel. We do have faith in Jesus that come the end of June, Judy will be free (hope) of any cancerous cells. Ray Laffin

2/3/18 update from Ray: The weather here is in the upper 70;s and we have no (0) snow. Judy is still taking chemo shots until the end of April, then she will have radiation for another four weeks (five days per week) We hope and could use all the prayers from St. David's Episcopal church to join the prayers from Advent Episcopal church (ours) here in Arizona. Please- give all of our friends at St. Davids our best wishes.

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Schedule of Special Services and Parish Events

Saturday Feb. 10 Bean Blossom Music Series 7 pm St. David’s “Go for Baroque” Tuesday Feb. 13 Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner 5:30 pm Nashville United

Methodist Church

Wednesday Feb. 14 Ash Wednesday (Lenten season begins) 7 pm St. David’s Sunday March 25 Palm Sunday 9:30 am St. David’s

Thursday March 29 Maundy Thursday 7 pm St. David’

Friday March 30 Good Friday 7 pm St. David’s

Sunday April 1 Easter Service 9:30 am St. David’s Thursday April 5 Pub Theology Topic: TBA 6 PM TBA

Sunday May 6 deadline for Pentecost newsletter

Sunday May 20 Pentecost 9:30 am St. David’s

Friday May 25 Farmer’s Market at St. David’s 4—7 pm St. D parking lot (will continue on Fridays through Aug. 31)