Date: June 25th 2010

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IN THIS ISSUE:

> This Sunday’s Lessons
> Rector’s Message
> Outreach Opportunities
> The Feast of St. James
> Announcements
> Youth & Children's News
> Summer Camp Opportunities
> Calendar
> Birthdays & Anniversaries
> Servants in Worship
> Prayer List
> Church Staff


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THIS SUNDAY’S LESSONS – The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14
Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20
Galatians 5:1, 13-25
Luke 9:51-62

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RECTOR’S MESSAGE

June 23, 2010

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I came to St. James eighteen months ago because in my discernment process for this call I sensed that St. James was a healthy church with all the strengths one would want and very few of the weaknesses with which many churches struggle.

One of the great strengths of this parish that was articulated over and over again – and became a part of the new mission statement created by your vestry – was a hunger for and devotion to outreach ministries.

If we look back over the last six months, we can see just how vital that ministry has been. While there are too many outreach activities to list here, I do want to remark on three of them and congratulate all of you for the role you played – and continue to play – in making them a mark of what it means to be St. James Episcopal Church.

First, in response to the hurricane that devastated the nation of Haiti, the leadership of this parish and individuals within the parish acted quickly and generously to do anything we could to help. The vestry determined that a portion of the surplus from last year’s budget (a hallmark of the great stewardship the people in the parish practice) should go directly to the diocesan fund to help the people of Haiti.

When it came to the attention of the parish that two of our own – Kathryn and Rimes McElveen - were involved in a ministry in Haiti and were each going to spend a week assisting the people in Fondwa, you all responded with generous gifts of clothing, shoes, school supplies, and countless other items. Extraordinary gifts to the discretionary fund made it possible to help cover the high cost of transportation for our people to go and serve, thereby making the concept of our parish being one body in Christ even more of a physical reality.

In our own city, Alice and Ken Littlejohn brought to our attention the opportunity to send children from the Frazee Hope Center (an organization that serves inner-city children) to Camp Bob at Kanuga in the mountains of North Carolina. The opportunity to attend a place such as Camp Bob is one that few if any of these children would ever have. Our men’s group, the St. Joseph Society, issued a challenge to the people of St. James in which they would match contributions dollar for dollar. Through your great generosity, we were able to raise the money necessary to send all of the eighteen children eligible to the camp.

But we are about more than money, and Alice Littlejohn and Tempest Brevard, our youth minister, went with the children, having the opportunity to be in community with them and others, showing forth the unconditional love of Christ.

Finally, within our own diocese, we are practicing the radical hospitality to which we are called by Christ by sharing our space with the people of St. Francis. This is outreach in its most wonderful form in that we will have the opportunity to meet and serve with our brothers and sisters in Christ, people with whom most of us would not have an opportunity to serve. And it is outreach in a wonderful form because it extends in both directions: we offer space and facilities to a vital worshipping community, and they offer the gift of their talents and the joy of more children in our midst.

Alice Littlejohn reminded me that I told her that if the people doing the outreach are not changed every bit as much as the people to whom we are reaching out, then we are not doing outreach well. All of the outreach activities above, and perhaps especially that with St. Francis, are transformative for us. We are called by virtue of our baptism to be transformed more and more each day into the Body of Christ. It is by serving others that we are most quickly and powerfully recreated and made new in the image of Christ.

I congratulate all of you for being people of integrity – literally integrated people – who live lives that reflect what we believe and what we say. I congratulate you all for your good work, your good spirit, and your willingness to show forth love without counting the cost, knowing that to love is to simply give unconditionally.

Finally, I congratulate you all for living into the words of St. Paul who wrote, “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God--what is good and acceptable and perfect.” (Romans 12:2).

Yours in Christ,

Fr. Geoff+

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OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUTREACH

United Ministries: For information on what is happening now, what events are coming soon and how you can become involved, visit www.united-ministries.org.


How You Can Help the People of Fondwa, Haiti

What you can do right now:
1) Decide to be a sponsor. You can sponsor a child in the St. Antione School for $25/month to provide 5 meals a week, daily vitamins, regular anti-parasite medication and yearly nutritional assessments. More than 300 students are
unsponsored at this time. You can sponsor a teacher's salary/training for
$85/month. For more information, go to www.familyhm.org or call/email Kathryn.
2) Make a donation to Family Health Ministries: on-line or by mail to: PO Box 16725, Chapel Hill, NC, 27516-6725
3) Consider what specialized skills, natural abilities/gifts, personal interests you have that may be helpful. Pray about what you can do to support the people of Haiti.

Other opportunities available in the future:
1) Travel to Haiti with a mission team. There will be many future opportunities to travel to Haiti for relief work. There will be a need for both skilled and unskilled labor. If you are interested in being a part of a future mission team, please email or call Kathryn or Rimes McElveen.
2) Opportunities to financially support larger projects (school, guesthouse, medical clinic, or orphanage reconstruction; digging wells/cistern systems; building homes, etc.) As specific strategies are developed by the APF and partner organizations, there will be opportunities to support their efforts.

Resources for more information:
Family Health Ministries website: www.familyhm.org
"The Road to Fondwa" movie: www.fondwa.org
Kathryn McElveen: kathrynmcelveen@gmail.com, 864-991-7055 (m), 864-834-7144 (h)
Rimes McElveen: rimes.mcelveen@gmail.com, 864-908-7892 (m), 864-834-7144 (h)


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The Feast of St. James

For centuries it has been the tradition for churches to mark the feast day of their patron saint with special liturgies and celebrations. On Sunday, July 25, we will keep that tradition in recognition of our patron, St. James.

The first part of the celebration will be the presence of our guest preacher, The Right Rev’d Stacy F. Sauls, Bishop of Lexington, Kentucky. Bishop Sauls was unable to be here to ordain Mother Roxanne, and it was our great pleasure to find such an august event for him to have another opportunity to be with us. As many of you know, Bishop Sauls was Mother Roxanne’s sponsoring bishop, and he was my sponsoring rector when I began the discernment process for the priesthood.

Following the 11:00 AM service, we hold a Parish Fellowship Luncheon in the Parish Life Center. This potluck event will be our feast for the Feast of St. James. Bishops Sauls will join us as will the people of St. Francis. This will be a wonderful opportunity to get to know our brothers and sisters in Christ from St. Francis before we begin to share our home and our church programs with them August 1.

It is particularly fitting that the people of St. Francis join us for our patronal feast, as St. James is the patron saint of pilgrims. The loss of a worship space makes the people of St. Francis pilgrims in one of the truest and most difficult senses. It is incumbent upon us as the people of St. James, the one to whom pilgrims pray for intercession with God, that we serve and welcome pilgrims in our midst.


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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Communications Survey from St. James Episcopal Church Communications Task Force:
We appreciate the excellent response to the survey. You may still submit your opinions about communications at St. James through Sunday, June 27 at midnight. Just click on the link and submit your responses (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/stjamesgreenville). Thank you for participating.

African Team Ministries Craft Sale: July 11-18, 2010
St. James will be offering native crafts made for African Team Ministries after services on Sundays, July 11 & 18, and during the intervening week. The display will be set up in the main hallway. All proceeds from the sale benefit a mission of the Episcopal Church which provides literacy, health and training programs in East Africa.

2010 Altar Flower & Sanctuary Lamp Calendars:
Please sign up on the calendars posted on the wall above the signup table in the hallway if you would like to provide flowers for the altar ($50) or the candle for the sanctuary lamp ($10). You will be contacted near the date regarding wording for the bulletin. Two individuals or families may share a week and split the cost.
Available dates for Altar Flowers: August 1, 22, November 7.
Available dates for Sanctuary Lamp: July 11, August 1, 8, October 17, December 12.

Summer Music Opportunities:
With the children’s and adult choirs on their summer rehearsal break, parishioners are invited to sing or play a short musical piece during the offertory at the 9:00 and 11:00 AM Sunday services. The “musical offering” at the offertory is part of the congregation’s offering of praise to God, and it is an important part of the liturgy. A calendar with available dates and times is posted outside the choir room – please help us fill these dates. Karen Eshelman can help you find music, and is also available to practice with you. Please call or stop by the organ after church to discuss possible music.

Servants in Worship Subs Needed for Summer
If you would like to help substitute as an acolyte, greeter, usher, or in the nursery this summer, please add your name to the appropriate rosters by contacting Susan Preusse (servants@stjamesgreenville.org).

eNotes & bulletin announcements
The deadline for submitting announcements is noon on the Wednesday prior to publication. Please send announcements by e-mail to admin@stjamesgreenville.org .

Missed the consecration of our new bishop? You can now watch the video on demand at www.edusc.org/Consecration.

Subscribe To Diocesan News (printed and electronic): http://www.edusc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=208&Itemid=42


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YOUTH & CHILDREN'S NEWS

Children’s Church Summer Schedule:
Children in K5-grade 3 are invited to attend an age-appropriate worship service in Room 222 during the 9:00 service. They will join their parents at The Peace. Children who attend the 11:00 service will remain with their parents throughout the service.


For more information regarding Youth and Children’s Ministries at St. James Episcopal Church, please contact Tempest Brevard (youth@stjamesgreenville.org, 244-6358 ext. 303).


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SUMMER CAMP OPPORTUNITIES


Camp Kanuga: A Special Incentive For St. James Parishioners: $100 Discount for New Campers
About the Discount: To thank St. James for sending their Parish Retreat to Kanuga, Camp Kanuga is offering this special discount for parishioners who want to see that their Church’s young people are actively involved in the Church. If you choose to enroll your child or grandchild for 2010 camp sessions and want to take advantage of the $100 discount, please write CK100 in big bold letters across the top of your registration form. This discount is for new campers only and cannot be applied to existing registrations made prior to May 1, 2010.

About Camp Kanuga: Camp Kanuga is a traditional coed overnight summer camping program in Western North Carolina sponsored by Kanuga Conferences. Camp Kanuga offers young people ages 7-15 an enjoyable and memorable experience in a uniquely Episcopal outdoor setting. The program enables campers to grow emotionally and spiritually while at the same time developing new interests, skills and friendships. Programs include archery, sports, climbing/adventure, camping, arts and crafts, performing arts, Christian exploration, music, and aquatics. For more information, please visit www.campkanuga.org. Financial aid may be made available to interested families so please inquire.

2010 Camp Kanuga Sessions:
Session 3: July 1-14, 2010, $1265
Session 4: July 17-30, 2010, $1265
Session 5: August 1-10, 2010, $875


Camp Gravatt
For information on summer camps at the Bishop Gravatt Center or to register, go to http://www.bishopgravatt.org/camp_registration_fees.asp


Some exciting opportunities at The Peace Center!
This summer, The Peace Center is offering arts camps and classes for children in our area. Creative Arts (Tuesdays, July 6-August 3, 9:30-10:15 AM; tuition: $65 for 5 weeks) is a class for children in preschool/kindergarten (ages 3-5) and their parents to participate in together, and Discovery (Tuesdays, July 6-August 3, 10:30-11:15 AM; tuition: $65 for 5 weeks) is a class for rising 1st and 2nd graders. In these classes, children will explore art, dance, drama, and music through creative activities which focus on literature and language. Register online at: http://www.peacecenter.org/education_outreach/community_outreach.php.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Staci Dillard at sdillard@peacecenter.org or 864-467-3007.


Summer Roller Skating Camps at the Parish Life Center:
July 26-30 Showbiz week!
August 9-13 End of Summer Blowout week!
For more information, contact Angela Pitts (angela@rollertime.net).


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Opportunities for Worship, Fellowship, and Service: Week of June 27, 2010

Sunday, June 27 – The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 8
7:45 AM Holy Eucharist – Rite I
9:00 AM Holy Eucharist; nursery available; Children’s Church (K5 - grade 3)
11:00 AM Holy Eucharist; nursery available.

Tuesday, June 29
9:00 AM Camp Fun!
10:00 AM Staff Meeting
12:00 PM ECW Board, Conference Room

Wednesday, June 30
6:30 PM Celtic Evening Eucharist

Thursday, July 1
9:00 AM Camp Fun!
10:45 AM Bible Study, library
12:05 PM Holy Eucharist and Healing Service

Saturday, July 3
9:00 AM Altar Guild – worship service preparations

Sunday, July 4 – The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 9
7:45 AM Holy Eucharist – Rite I
9:00 AM Holy Eucharist; nursery available; Children’s Church (K5 - grade 3)
11:00 AM Holy Eucharist; nursery available.


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THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS:

June 29 Emerson Allen
June 30 Walt Chandler
June 30 Kimberly Hudson
June 30 Catherine Sennyey
June 30 Brice Tiffany

July 1 Barney Posey Jr.
July 2 Karen Wolfe
July 2 Emily Childress
July 3 Pat Seay
July 3 Kathryn McElveen
July 3 Richard Kellett



ANNIVERSARIES

June 29 Lee & Lavinia Plumblee
June 30 Joe & Laura Kolarik

July 1 Ed & Pam Snape
July 2 Frank & Elizabeth Bauer
July 3 Melissa & Michael Radecki



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SERVANTS IN WORSHIP

**Please note: If you cannot serve when scheduled, please find a substitute.

Finding Subs – There are two ways to find a sub:
1. Select “reply all” to the ministry distribution list which was sent to you and everyone else who serves in your particular ministry. You should hear back soon from someone who would be happy to switch with you.
OR
2. Follow this link http://www.ministryschedulerpro.com?user=stjamesgreenville and login using the username and password which were sent to you by e-mail. Everyone, please check the site often to see if there are requests you can help to fill.

To sign up for a ministry or if you have questions about scheduling (including username and password information), please contact Susan Preusse at servants@stjamesgreenville.org .



SERVANTS IN WORSHIP FOR SUNDAY, JUNE 27

Altar Guild: Lib Jones (Flowers), Elaine Paine (Captain), Sandra Miller, Susan Preusse, Karen Wolfe.

7:45 - Rector’s Aide/Usher: Reece Blackwell; Usher: Gus Osborne; Greeter: Elaine Wells; Lector: Debbie Spear; Eucharistic Ministers: Gigi Blackwell, Bills Wells.

9:00 - Rector’s Aide/Usher: Ken Littlejohn; Ushers: John Hardaway, Luke Mitchell; Greeter: Janis Bandelin; Lectors: Elizabeth Bauer (L), Susan Bishop (P); Eucharistic Minister: George Lafaye; Acolytes: Brace Plumblee (C), Campbell Plumblee (T), Stevie Keese (T).

Coffee Hour: Lisa Colby.

11:00 - Rector’s Aide/Usher: Tommy King; Ushers: Scott Goepper, Bill Violette; Greeters: Mary McGee, Steve Teague; Lectors: Barbara Hackett (L), Chris Turgeon (L), Claudia McCreesh (P); Eucharistic Minister: Barbara Hackett; Acolytes: Jack Pinckney (C), Virginia Britt (T), Jake Tingom (T).

Nursery: 8:45AM – Katherine Tiffany, Amy Wood (infants/toddlers), Stacy Pirrone (3-4 yr olds); 10:45: Madeline & Parrish Fletcher (infants/toddlers), Becky Goepper, George Lipscomb (3-4 yr olds). Nursery Contact: Becky Goepper (346-9885).



SERVANTS IN WORSHIP FOR SUNDAY, JULY 4

Altar Guild: Dottie Turner (Flowers), Brenda Mathews (Captain), Lilly Stover, Gail Tomkins, Elaine Wells.

7:45 - Rector’s Aide/Usher: Butch Scott; Usher: Carl Landes; Greeter: Shirley Landes; Lector: Carl Landes; Eucharistic Ministers: Carmie Cook, Mike Marcus.

9:00 - Rector’s Aide/Usher: Cam Walters; Ushers: Erik Anderson, Bill Mathews; Greeter: Cherie Keese; Lectors: Margaret Oakes (L), Jim Ghrist (P); Eucharistic Minister: Royce Ann Woody; Acolytes: Vivian Tompkins
(C) Stevie Keese (T), Mary Frances Zeager (T).

Coffee Hour: Calhoun & Julie Clark.

11:00 - Rector’s Aide/Usher: Lynn Vines; Ushers: Shaun Arness, Ed Frierson; Greeters: Rosemarie Cothran, Jeanie Reed; Lectors: Elisabeth Allen (L), Cindy Hayes (L), Lynn Vines (P); Eucharistic Minister: Louise Fore; Acolytes: Victoria Allen (C), Robbie Allen (T), Hannah Hayes (T).

Nursery: 8:45AM – Diane Zeager, Robin Pearson (infants/toddlers), Sherry Sponseller, Julia Britt (3-4 yr olds). 10:45AM: Amber Burger, Robin Pearson (infants/toddlers), Carol Bettencourt, Grace Sammons (3-4 yr olds). Nursery Contact: Becky Goepper (346-9885).


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Remember In Your Prayers

> those who are sick, confined indoors, and others dear to us:
Alby, Lee, Vicki, Mara Zetta Anderson, Martin Anderson, Tom Bandelin, *Mike Battistini, Sophie Borders, Branyon family, Rosemarie Brevard, John Cash, Halle Ching, Johnny & Ann Coleman, *Daphne Felber, *Mary Fray, Trey Garland+, John Gossett, Clifford Harbin, Tray Alan Herbert, *Jerina family, *Lib Jones, Shannon Landis, *Dianne Latham, Holly Miller, Andrew Pickens Moyd, Manuel Pardo Jr., *Al & Karen Parr, *Peggy Pielou, Beth & Don Price, Ellen Rogers, Jennie Ronalter, Carrie Scheman, *Cookie Sloan, *Nick Strange, *Kay Teague.

> Ironman Race: The Jerina family left on Thursday morning for their trip out west. They will be staying in Spokane Thursday - Sunday nights. The race is on Sunday, June 27. Please pray for the safety of all who are traveling to this race and for the athletes that will be competing that day. They have trained for months and are physically ready, but much of it is mental as well. It is a long day: 2.4 Mile Swim, 112 Mile Bike and then a marathon (26.2 miles). If interested, you can follow Ron’s progress online at http://www.ironmanlive.com/ OR www.ironman.com. Look for race day coverage. The race starts at 7am pacific time, so 10 am eastern time. Ron's bib # is 1189

> We commend to the prayers of the parish Geraldine Cantrell, sister of John Holliday. May her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace, and may light perpetual shine upon them.

> expectant parents:
Ford & Lawson McGee, Heather & Ben Trombetta, Neal & Lindsey Woody

> service men & women:
Jessica & Steven Ballue, Maurice Brown, Ray Brown, Craig Cantrell, Dustin Cantrell, Mark Dietz, Billy Eckstein, Mark Giblin, Chris Goepper, Landon Russell Hayes, *Woody Hayes, Byron Lee Kemp, David Mathews, Jesse Moon, John Nelson, Matt Patterson, Dave Ridley.


* denotes member of the St. James community

Prayer list update:
In order to keep our prayer list current, each name will stay on the printed list for four weeks and then be removed. If you wish to have a name added or returned to the prayer list, please contact the parish office (admin@stjamesgreenville.org or 244-6358).


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St. James Episcopal Church staff:

The Rev’d D. Geoffrey Taylor, Rector, rector@stjamesgreenville.org
The Rev’d Roxanne Ruggles, Assistant Rector, assistantrector@stjamesgreenville.org
The Rev’d Deacon Carolee S. Quinn, Deacon Associate, deacon@stjamesgreenville.org
Ms. Tempest A. Brevard, Youth & Children’s Minister, youth@stjamesgreenville.org
Dr. Karen A. Eshelman, Music Director and Organist, music@stjamesgreenville.org
Mrs. Dena Veazey, Parish Administrator, admin@stjamesgreenville.org
Ms. Carol Clark, Office Assistant, office@stjamesgreenville.org