Services of the Sacred Hills Regional Ministry
Sunday, September 5:
Holy
Eucharist at St. Paul’s and St. Mary’s Sunday, September 12:
Holy Eucharist at St. Paul’s and St. Oswald’s;
Morning Prayer at St. Mary’s Sunday,
September 19:
Holy Eucharist at St. Paul’s and St. Mary’s Sunday, September 26:
Holy Eucharist at St.
Paul’s and St. Oswald’s; Morning Prayer at St. Mary’s.
Future Events
A Northern Deanery meeting is
scheduled for Tuesday, September 21. Watch for further information.
Please mark Sunday, October 3,
on your calendars for Harvest Festival at St. Oswald’s. Plan now to attend!
For those of you who have not been there before, it’s a great celebration! The potluck meal
afterward is always abundant and delicious. Please bring your place setting and a covered dish to share.
St. Oswald's members will
have a "working Sunday" on September 26 beginning at 9 am. Decorating the church for Harvest Festival
begins at 9 am. Services with Fr. Sid follow at 11 am. A potluck lunch follows the service. Decorating includes
tying and hanging corn and placing pumpkins and gourds around the sanctuary and in the windows. Wear comfy work clothes
and come help if you wish! Also
St. Oswald’s is launching a Capital Campaign for Painting the Exterior of the Church for 2011.
Expected costs are over $8,000. This campaign will be launched at Harvest Festival. Greg Hall of St. Mary’s wished to announce that worship at St. Mary’s
will be cancelled on October 3, 2010, so that more people can attend St. Oswald in-the-Fields Harvest Festival.
Relay for Life: You
Can Walk or Wok Don’t forget that
the Relay for Life will be held on Sept 11-12, 2010, at Beal Park! See Mike Graham for details.
Campus Ministry In a renewed effort to keep Campus Ministry going, Rachel Ost has planned a calendar
of events for students, at least one of which will involve other members of St. Paul’s: Ask an Episcopalian - panel and open discussion
September 7th, 2010
6 pm - 9 pm
Location TBA
Some members of St. Paul’s will try to answer questions students may have about the Episcopal Church, St.
Paul's, and even faith on a personal level. (Fr. Sid Breese, who plans to participate, calls it “stump the
priest”.) Come with an open mind, an open heart and plenty of good questions! Rachel is hoping to have four or five volunteers on the panel. Let
her know if you are interested.
News from Our College Students Nancy Zeliff has reported that Lauren and Leslie Zeliff have
returned to college. Lauren is a senior at Northwest majoring in Child and Family Studies and will graduate in December
2010. Lauren spent the summer at Whiteman Air Force Base on an internship. Leslie is a sophomore at the University
of Missouri in Columbia and majoring in Event Planning and is on the Golden Girl Dance Squad.
Greg Hall
said that his daughter Lauren is a junior at Iowa State in Ames, Iowa. She is continuing her degree in
Pre Med and the ROTC program. She had a summer trip to Puerto Rico for volunteer mission work.
Thank You! St Mary’s
has been blessed by the countless hours of volunteer work this summer. Many thanks to those who cleaned
and polished the dining hall floor, it looks great. Wesley Holland earned his Eagle Scout award by painting
the exterior of the church building. He recruited the Holland family as his support crew to help get the
job done. St. Mary’s is looking good thanks to all the hard work. Thank You!
First Sunday Offering The
First Sunday Offering for September will go Our Little Roses Home in Honduras, an Episcopal home and school for girls who
would otherwise be homeless. Please remember that checks should be marked for the First Sunday Offering,
or cash put in a marked envelope. Writing for the e-Beacon
If anyone would like to contribute congregational news, a seasonal reflection or a bit of history to the Beacon,
send it either to Louise Horner at lhorner@cebridge.net (to avoid possible duplication) or directly to Diana Taylor at stmop@embarqmail.com before the last week in the month. Due to costs, long articles will be sent via e-mail but not included in the printed
version, so keep them short if possible.
Want to read news from around the diocese? Check out the E-Spirit.
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Sacred Hills Days of Celebration
Birthdays
Logan
Holland 9/5
St. Mary's Nancy Zeliff
9/9 St. Oswald's Lauren Leach-Steffens 9/11 St. Paul's Louise Horner
9/12 St. Paul's Diana
Taylor
9/17 Sacred Hills Edna
Pearl Close 9/21 St.
Oswald's
Anniversaries
Janice (Bowness) and Bill Walker will celebrate
their 50th Wedding Anniversary at the Community Room in Fairfax on Saturday, October 2. They were married at St. Oswald’s
on October 1, 1960.
Report and Photos from the Amanzes’ Visit
Diana and Fr. James Amanze packaging tea for clients
of Maryville Ministry Center food pantry.
Fr. James Amanze (left) concelebrating with Fr.
Bill Fasel (center) at house church in Bethany
From Rivendell
in the south to Maryville in the north, Chillicothe in the east to St. Oswald’s-in-the-Fields in the west; from the
house church in Bethany to the Cathedral in Kansas City; from being hearers of the word at the installation of the new rector
at Grace Church (Chillicothe) to being doers of the word at the Maryville Ministry Center food pantry, Fr. James and Diana
Amanze experienced it all during their week-long visit in the Diocese of West Missouri. They met many people
and – perhaps more important – many people in West Missouri had an opportunity to meet them. Fr.
James was interested in the simple floor plan of St. Oswald’s, since one of his congregations would like to build a
new church soon. Diana loved the beauty of St. Luke’s in Excelsior Springs and Grace Church, Chillicothe,
and the flowers everywhere. They appreciated the hospitality of the Rivendell Community, and were very
pleased with the Sunday celebration service at Grace and Holy Trinity and the launching of our joint Palapye Day Care Center
project. In one of the messages received
since their return home, Diana said, “Words fail me to thank you adequately for all the love you have shown us. You
opened not only your homes, but your hearts to us. Thank you too, for showing us so much of your home diocese!”
And from James: “May God bless the tireless
efforts that are being made by countless brothers and sisters in your diocese.”
Did you know? In the Botswana
Prayer Cycle recently, we prayed for the church of St. Carantoc in Francistown, and Fr. Sid probably spoke for the entire
congregation when he asked, “Who was St. Carantoc?” The West Missouri group that traveled in
Botswana posed the same question, and was told that he had worked with St. Patrick, and since the older church in Francistown
was dedicated to St. Patrick, the second one was named for his friend. Both churches are now over 100 years
old; one has services in English, the other in Setswana. According to various web sites, Carantoc lived in the fifth or sixth century, was the son of a Welsh chieftain or
the grandson of a king, learned Christianity from Patrick or helped him evangelize Ireland. Fantastic legends
associate him with King Arthur. There are churches named for him in Wales, Ireland, Brittany, and Cornwall.
Twinkies and Root Beer A
little boy wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with Twinkies and
a six-pack of Root Beer and he started his journey.
When he had gone about three blocks, he met an elderly man. The
man was sitting in the park just feeding some pigeons.
The boy sat down next to him and opened his suitcase. He was
about to take a drink from his root beer when he noticed that the man looked hungry, so he offered him a Twinkie. The man gratefully accepted it and smiled at boy. His smile
was so pleasant that the boy wanted to see it again, so he offered him a root beer. Again, the man smiled
at him. The boy was delighted! They sat there all afternoon eating and smiling, but they never said a word.
As it grew dark, the boy realized
how tired he was and he got up to leave, but before he had gone more than a few steps, he turned around, ran back to the man,
and gave him a hug. The man gave him his biggest smile ever.
When the boy opened the door to his own house a short time
later, his mother was surprised by the look of joy on his face. She asked him, "What did you do today that made you so
happy?
"He replied, "I had lunch with God." But before his mother could respond, he added, "You
know what? God's got the biggest best smile I've ever seen!"
Meanwhile, the elderly man, also radiant
with joy, returned to his home. His son was stunned by the look of peace on his face and he asked," Dad, what did you
do today that made you so happy?"
He replied, "I
ate Twinkies in the park with God." However, before his son responded, he added," You know, he's much younger
than I expected."
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest
compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. People come into our lives
for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. Embrace all equally!
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