St. Timothy’s Tidings

February 2019

Souper Sunday This Sunday brings Super Bowl LIII (at least, if there’s not snow putting At-lanta into shut-down). Let’s make it a SOUPER Sunday: bring a couple cans of canned soup to place before the altar. Food items collected will find their way to the PCU Food Pantry – just as the holiday “outpouring” begins to be drawn down from the shelves. Let this outpouring of soup be a tangible reminder and witness that God will use the tools already around us to share God’s love! Remember: the Patriots and Rams game cover-age begins at 6:30 pm. For most of us, that’s ample time to permit commuting to and from worship on Sunday…

Fellowship Calendar – Save the Dates in 2019! We know your calendars are already filling up, so here are the dates of Fellowship events so far. If any or all of these events are of interest to you, please save the dates. Then -go one step further: invite a friend (or more) to join you. Show them that “church people can have fun, too!” Sunday March 10: After coffee hour, we will show a family-friendly movie in the parish hall. Lunch will be served to moviegoers: sloppy joes, macaroni and cheese, dessert, etc. Popcorn will be provided during the movie. The tentative movie choice is “ET, the Extra-Terrestrial.” Watch for a sign-up sheet near the kitchen door in mid-February, so we can plan how much food to prepare.

Friday April 12: At 6:30 pm in the parish hall, we will host a Bingo Night/White Elephant Exchange for adults only. Dinner will be catered; a free-will offering will be collected. Watch for more details in a future newsletter.

Thursday July 4: We will gather on the grounds at Spiegel Grove in Fremont at 1:00pm for a picnic lunch prior to the 2:00-3:30 pm 4th of July concert performed by the Toledo Symphony Concert Band on the verandah of the historic Hayes Home. Civil War reenactors will punctuate the performance of the “1812 Overture” with cannon fire. Also of interest, but not being undertaken as a parish group fellow-ship event: The Walleye will host a special pregame 'Faith and Family' event at the Huntington Center on Sunday, February 10, before the 5:00 pm game vs Indy Fuel. Doors open at 3:00 pm – Live Christian band, discussion panel with team chaplain and Walleye players. Ticket price reduced to $15; $6 food voucher (hot dog, chips & water/soda). Call Rita (419-725-9258) or email rnatter@toledowalleye.com Direct questions to Laura Smith flower4367@yahoo.com

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George Winters serves as our vestry liaison for congregational develop-ment – a moniker that embraces all things evangelism, communications and church growth-related. In vari-ous conversations, George has been heard to say, “Anything to get people through the doors!” Context lends much more depth to those words, but many of the collabora-tions and uses of the facility our forebears have given us exist with the intention of getting this place – and then, our people and offerings – known beyond our walls. Several collaborations bring news this month. Guiding Pathways – Respite Care “Guiding Pathways” is a gathering for those with mild-to-moderate cognitive impairment and is a respite opportunity for their caregivers. These sessions focus on providing a variety of opportunities in a relaxing and engaging environment, including: educational learning activities, social engagement, physical activities, art and music, and small group activities. Partici-pants are encouraged to engage in all planned activities. Guiding Path-ways will begin with a monthly (1st Wednesdays, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm) offering. Collaborators include the Wood County Committee on Aging, ARISTA Home Care Solutions, and St. Timothy’s. The Wood County Committee on Aging, Inc. (WCCOA) will be rescheduling the Guiding Pathway’s open house – initially scheduled to be held Wednesday, January 30 – to Wednesday, February 13 from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon. The location will be the same:

St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, 871 E. Boundary Street, Perrysburg, Ohio. The open house will include a tour of the facilities and a variety of sam-ple activities so that attendees have an opportunity to see what this program has to provide. Twelve-Step Groups By design, these “anonymous” groups operate rather quietly in our midst. One of the groups – an AA group for women that meets twice per week – has become one of the most sought-after groups in the metro area. Recently, a local women’s rehabilitation center has begun to bring a van of its clients to join these powerfully supportive and healing offerings. (FYI, four other 12-step groups meet weekly here, offering much-needed service to our community).

Perrysburg Musical Theatre The same people who brought PARADE! to the Parish Hall have been rehearsing their February 1-3 Children’s musical, The Grunch, here since Christmas. Our gathering spaces will have six-weeks’ break from PMT rehearsals before

auditions for their large-cast June show, NEWSIES, are held here in March, (anticipated to bring 150 – 200 hopefuls through our doors) - followed by two months of rehears-als.

Cabaret Perrysburg Chorale’s rehearsals have moved across town to the venue for its March 17 Celtic Concert – but a related fundraiser – A NIGHT OF BROADWAY (directed by Pam Williams-Rumer) is currently in rehearsal here. Book tickets soon for this cabaret performance – to be held at 7:00 pm on Saturday, February 23. Tickets are $20, available from Wendie Kiskaddon, 419-874-9126 or 419-705-9888; wendiekiskaddon@gmail.com

Congregational Development

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St Tim’s Discovers

February brings two spectacular concerts – both drawn from the amazing collection of artists now resident at Bowling Green State University (and you won’t want to miss our own Michael Gartz’ faculty recital in Bowling Green – more info below).

BGSU Collegiate Chorale – 7:00 pm Wednesday, February 20 Under the direction of Dr. Richard Schnipke and with accompanist, Michael Gartz, the Bowling Green State University Collegiate Chorale is a highly select vocal ensemble comprised of undergraduate and graduate students primarily major-ing in music. The Chorale strives for the highest level of musicianship, performing challenging and exciting repertoire each semester in order to captivate and inspire their audienc-es. This varied repertoire spans centuries and continents, including music by time-tested greats like Hans Leo Hassler, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Johannes Brahms, as well as contemporary composers including Craig Hella Johnson, Jake Runestad, Eric Whita-cre, and Gwyneth Walker. With the support of the College of the Musical Arts, the Collegiate Chorale also regularly commissions new

works for BGSU Choral Series. This year, the Chorale is excited to be partnering with Dominick DiOrio on a work that will be premiered later this spring. As ambassadors of the university, the ensemble tours annually, bringing their performanc-es to various churches, schools, and communities across the country. St. Tim’s is the “first stop” on the Chorale’s spring concert tour sched-ule.

Yevgeny Yontov, Piano – 3:00 pm Sunday, February 24 Four compositions composed during

World War I: Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951):

4 Fairy Tales, Op. 35 Claude Debussy (1862-1918):

Etudes, Book II Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953):

Vision fugitives, Op. 22 Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Le tombeau de Couperin

Yevgeny Yontov has established himself as one of the most promis-ing Israeli pianists of his generation. Winner of numerous international piano competitions, Yontov is also a

founding member of icarus Quartet, a two piano/two percussion chamber group. He has performed chamber music in Israel, Europe, Asia, and North and South America, in venues that include Carnegie Hall and the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington D.C. As a soloist, Mr. Yontov has performed on stages across Israel, the US, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, and many European countries. He also performed on Is-raeli national TV, and recorded for Israeli, US, Portuguese and Spanish radios. Mr. Yontov's debut CD, "Schubert Piano Variations," was released on Naxos Records in 2017, and includes seldom performed piano variations and fragments by Schubert, as well as his relatively newly discovered Grazer Fantasie.

Michael Gartz, Organ – 4:00 pm Sunday, February 10 St. Aloysius Catholic Church, 150 S. Enterprise, Bowling Green While not part of the Discovers series, you’ll want to catch Michael’s faculty recital at “St. Al.” He is

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Adjunct Assistant Professor of Organ at Bowling Green State University, where he is also Choral Accompanist. In addition to serving as St. Timothy’s organist, Michael is organist for the Toledo Diocesan Choir at Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral. He is organist for the Canterbury Singers, USA, with whom he has played at several English cathedrals, including Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's, Ely, Norwich, Chester, Liverpool, South-wark, Christ Cathedral, Oxford, York Minster, and St. George’s, Wind-sor. He is well known internationally as the owner of "Liberty Music", a mail-order firm specializing in rare classical 78-rpm records. Many records from his personal collection of 35,000 discs have been used in various CD transfers, on labels such as Decca, APR, Pearl, Naxos, Pris-tine, Somm, Tahra and Arbiter. His particular field of study, uniting his background as a performing musician and record collector, is performance practice of the Roman-tic era, with emphasis on early recordings by composers and their pupils.

Mobile Food and Clothing In December, Hope Jarvis and Nan Myers ventured into territory chart-ed through relationships that Natalie Dielman (one of our vestry Outreach liaisons) has been building with the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo (IGCT). IGCT provides a

monthly mobile food pantry to two stops in urban core neighborhoods – and now there’s also a clothing table, provided by St. Timothy’s Clothesline. In January, Nan was joined by Joan Morton, Valerie Giovannucci, and Allison Fisher – offering not only food and warm clothing, but their inimitable warm smiles. Ask any of these ladies about this new ministry and collabo-ration. The greatest need for the Mo-bile Clothesline on February 9. Clothesline Clothesline is “hopeless,” since Hope Jarvis has retired, but we are hopeful that our group of volunteers will be able to keep up the good work that Hope established and maintained over the past ten years. So how can you help during this transition and beyond? Volunteer as needed to help sort do-nations on Thursday mornings from 9:00 am - 12:00 noon or to help dur-ing Clothesline open hours from 9:30 - 11:00 am on Fridays. On-the-job training is available both days. Once you are trained, you can come anytime during the week to sort a bag or two of donations as well as bringing donations into the building to be sorted. Men and women are

welcome to volunteer. Donate items. Please try to bring items that are “in season,” as we have no room to store out-of-season clothing, housewares, and the like.

Outreach In our community

St Tim’s Discovers continued

Geoffrey Gwyn 1

Penny Campbell 4

Kathie Johnson 5

Natalie Dielman 8

Terry Hoff 9

Mary Tudor 9

Helen Nwauwa 10

Eric Lehman 12

Ethan King 15

Bonnie Martin-Kudner 15

Michael Krueger 16

Eloise Smith 18

Shannon Mack 19

Paula Davis 19

Hazel Morgan 23

Ryan Ebright 27

Brent Myers 29

Don Leary and Becky Fuhrman 1

Jeff and Barb Day 10

Dave and Diane Kleeberger 13

Phil and Deb Schmidt 14

Russ and Judy Snyder 17

Outreach

Anniversaries and Birthdays

56th Annual Meeting – January 20, 2019

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Despite single digit temps, St. Tim’s mustered the necessary numbers for a quorum and our 56th Annual Meeting went forward. A new class of vestry members, as well as Diocesan Convention delegates, were elected to office (and installed during services of January 27). Written reports were received, oral reports made by our Endowment officer (Jeff Day), Treasurer (Becky Fitzpatrick), retiring Sr. Warden (Ruth Hancock) and rector. Retiring vestry members were recognized and the annual Rector’s Ministry Award recipient announced to be Hope Jarvis (who received her award during the 8:00 am service of January 27). An edited version of the slide/movie review of 2018 will soon be available on YouTube (watch for link in TWIST). Those

elected to the class of 2022 include: Dennis Ciaciuch (Properties liaison) Susan Nelson (Administration & Finance liaison) Richard Leichtamer (sharing role with Joan Van Gunten) Trina Secor (Warden-in-Training) Joan Osborn VanGunten (Worship liaison) In addition, George Winters (Congregational Development) was elected to fulfill the one remaining year of James Wott’s term. Phil Smith, Joe Ferguson and Dennis Ciaciuch were elected to serve as parish delegates to Diocesan Convention in November 2019. During the first meeting of the new vestry, held immediately following the 10:00 am worship on January 20, the following officers were elect-ed/affirmed: Phil Smith, Sr. Warden Joe Ferguson, Jr. Warden George Winters, Secretary Becky Fitzpatrick (Treasurer, reaffirmed) Phil Schmidt (Chancellor, reaffirmed)

St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church offers a warm, Christ-centered church home.

We welcome all, worship from a base

of tradition, and strive to grow

into the communities we serve.

We find strength in diversity,

offer a progressive approach without

sacrificing tradition,

and are a giving, compassionate, and community-oriented

family. St. Tim’s is

God’s work in progress. God loves you – no exceptions!

Flower Guild

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What began as a simple “heads-up” to the flower guild that our creche figures had been relocated to the retable (behind the altar) for Epiphany Sunday, became the beginning of a friendly challenge to create flower arrangements direct-ly related to the propers appointed for Sunday. The rector has brain-stormed some (often some really random) ideas with coming Sunday’s flower guild team mem-bers, they’ve prayed, stewed, and dreamed together – and amazing creativity has been unleashed. Epiphany, the wedding at Cana, Jesus’ first sermon in Nazareth… what else may unfold? Come and see!

March will come in like a lion (of Judah?), beginning with our

03 - LAST GASP BEFORE LENT DixieJazz Mass

(Sunday, March 3, 10:00 am)

06 - ASH WEDNESDAY will once again bring Ashes to Go

on the streets of Perrysburg (morning rush hour location tbd)

and in front of BGSU’s Student Union (11:00 am – 12:30 pm)

The Liturgy of Ash Wednesday will

be offered at St. John’s, BG at 1:00 pm and at St. Timothy’s at 7:00 pm.

10 – LUNCH & A MOVIE Sunday Coffee Hour will extend

into lunch & a movie (“ET”). In line with the Presiding Bishop’s

“Becoming the Beloved Community” initiative, this year’s

Midweek Lenten Special will explore tolerance and acceptance,

each week taking up ALLY commitment (to stand with those

of the LGBTQ? Communities), racial dimensions, sexism,

ABLEism, and concluding with a Human Library experience.

To make the evening more family-with-children-friendly, we’re

pushing supper up to 5:30 pm with (weekly sign-up to bring soup,

salad or bread), offering nursery/child care, program at 6:00 pm, and

worship (for those who choose to remain) at 7:00 pm.

17 – Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day

with ministry partner, The Perrysburg Chorale will offer its Celtic Concert at 1st

United Methodist (Walnut at 2nd Streets), 2:30 pm

(Identical concert offered 3/10, 2:30 pm at Community of

Christ Lutheran in Whitehouse) 21 & 24 – Perrysburg Musical

Theatre holds auditions here for NEWSIES – this year’s summer show

Coming In March

SOS!!! For Sunday School Helpers are needed especially for the 1st-4th grade class. Please sign up in the classrooms. No training or preparation is necessary. St. Tim's Sunday School students will really appreciate your help.

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February February 3 February 10 February 17 February 24

Flowers Susan Nelson Mary Tudor

Pam Davis Polly White

Barb Day Gini Rothman

Virginia Keller Susan Winters

8:00 am

Altar Guild Evelyn Lane Joan VanGunten Evelyn Lane Barb Day

LEM Diane Kleeberger Bob Campbell Joe Sharp Joe Mason

Lector Diane Kleeberger Phil Schmidt Joe Mason Joe Sharp

Usher/Greeter Maryjane Getz Paul and Hazel Morgan

Joe and Sally Mason

Bob Campbell

10:00 am

Acolytes Reagan Otley Mary Tudor

Molly Fitzpatrick Jacob Neidt

Michael Foster Reagan Otley

Caleb Neidt Will Swartzbeck

Altar Guild Carol Williams Ruth Hancock Joan Morton

Allison Fisher Susan Winters

Greeters Eric and Linda Lehman

Joan Morton Ella Mae Griner

Gingi Rothman Carol Williams

Dick and Joyce Fries

LEM Patsy Ciaciuch Judy Snyder Mary Tudor

Ginger Brown Barry Cox Pam Davis

Ginger Brown Joe Ferguson

David Gemmill

Barry Cox Pam Davis

Mary Tudor

Lector 1 Lector 2

Susan Winters Mary Jane Anderson

Ginger Brown George Winters

Denis Ciaciuch Mary Ann Mead

Pam Davis Ann Corrigan

Teller Asst. Teller

Judy Snyder Barry Cox

Dick Fries Allison Fisher

Hope Jarvis Bonnie Ferguson

Denis Ciaciuch Mike Foster

Usher Dick and Joyce Fries

Joe and Bonnie Ferguson

George and Susan Winters

Allison Fisher Dottie Wilkerson

March March 3 March 10 March 17 March 24 March 31

Flowers Mary Tudor Polly White

8:00 am

Altar Guild Bob Campbell Joan VanGunten Evelyn Lane Barb Day Bob Campbell

LEM Bob Campbell Diane Kleeberger Joe Mason Joe Sharp Bob Campbell

Lector Phil Schmidt Joe Sharp Joan VanGunten Joe Mason Diane Kleeberger

Usher/Greeter Maryjane Getz Joe and Sally Mason

Paul and Hazel Morgan

Bob Campbell Paul and Hazel Morgan

10:00 am Acolytes David Gemmill

Jacob Neidt Michael Foster Reagan Otley

Caleb Neidt Will Swartzbeck

David Gemmill Molly Fitzpatrick

Reagan Otley Mary Tudor

Altar Guild Carol Williams Ruth Hancock Joan Morton

Allison Fisher Susan Winters Carol Williams

Greeters Eric and Linda Lehman

Joan Morton Ell

Gingi Rothman Carol Williams

Joe and Bonnie Ferguson

Eric and Linda Lehman

LEM David Gemmill Judy Snyder

Joe Ferguson

Ginger Brown Patsy Ciaciuch

Mary Tudor

Ginger Brown Barry Cox Pam Davis

Patsy Ciaciuch David Gemmill

Judy Snyder

Barry Cox Joe Ferguson Mary Tudor

Lector 1 Lector 2

Rick Hoff Allison Fisher

Kristin Otley Clint Mauk

Susan Winters Mary Jane Anderson

George Winters Ginger Brown

Mary Ann Mead Denis Ciaciuch

Teller Asst. Teller

Judy Snyder Barry Cox

Dick Fries Allison Fisher

Hope Jarvis Bonnie Ferguson

Denis Ciaciuch Mike Foster

Denis Ciaciuch Mike Foster

Usher Denis and Patsy Ciaciuch

Joe and Bonnie Ferguson

Dick and Joyce Fries

George and Susan Winters

Allison Fisher Dottie Wilkerson

Diocese of Ohio

Bishop The Rt. Rev. Mark Hollingsworth, Jr.

Rector The Rev. Jeffry L. Bunke

Staff

Administrative Assistant Diana Kiser

Bookkeeper Kelsey Hartford

Choir Director Ann Corrigan

Organist Michael Gartz

Sextons Jim and Debi Dollar

Vestry members

Senior Warden Phil Smith

Junior Warden & Personnel Joe Ferguson

Warden-in-Training/Clerk Trinia Secor

Christian Formation Katie Ranck

Congregational Dev./Comm George Winters

Fellowship Dottie Wilkerson

Finance, Administration, & Stewardship

Susan Nelson

Outreach & Collaboration Mary Ann Mead Natalie Dielman

Property, Grounds, & Buildings

Denis Ciaciuch

Worship Joan VanGunten Dick Leichtamer

Offices to the vestry

Chancellor Phil Schmidt

Treasurer Becky Fitzpatrick

Asst. Treasurer Jeff Day

Sunday Services

8:00 & 10:00 AM Holy Eucharist

9:45 AM

Pre K-8 Sunday School Fall - Spring

Wednesday

6:00 PM Worship

Thursday 11:00 AM

Healing Service

Holy Days: as announced

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