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In this issue:

• Rector’s Letter • Brotherhood of St. Andrew • EYCrox Youth Group • Food for Veterans • ECW News • Hello Goodbuy • Vestry • Birthdays & Anniversaries

BRINGING PEOPLE TO CHRIST AND CHRIST TO PEOPLE February 2020

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Dear Parish Family: On January 10th and 11th, your vestry convened at Honey Creek to get to know one another, be formed for 2o2o, and to refine our energy to 3 specific areas of emphasis. At the bottom is a summary of the strengths of this group. Since every group is different, it was important to get to know where the energy and passion was concentrated in the 2o2o class. And then, with the help of a great consultant, Walter Hobgood, to see where these strengths lined up with Fr. Alan's and reflected the energy we felt in the parish. We are so excited to begin working to build on the incredible foundation laid by previous vestries and are thankful for the hard work and dedication offered by Jonathan Havens, Ava Bokker, Brooks Thompson, (plus Jeff Marks and Tess Stuermer) in 2o19. Sincerely, Mike Parrish, Ralph Dembowczyk, and Rosalind Crowder Communications Team 2o2o

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CHRISTMAS SERVICE SCHEDULE:*

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“May God’s love light your way and lead you into a new year that shines with his special joy.

February 25—Strove Tuesday

Pancake Supper 5:30pm

February 26—Ash Wednesday Services:

7:00am, 12noon, & 6:00pm


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THREE AREAS OF EMPHASIS Communication-1VOICE Realm App- Expand Users and Usage 1 Voice/message-Insure all platforms are up to date and saying the same thing. Web Site (next phase)-Take our web site to the "next level" Our team will present SMART goals in February concerning above. If you'd like to help with this team, contact Mike at [email protected] Rosalind Crowder Mike Parrish Ralph Dembowczyk Out and In-Reach-1 Mission Connect Groups -Supper groups, Alpha, Senior groups, Deep dive, Bible Study Listen-Each vestry person hosts listening posts so everyone's voice is heard Involvement in Downtown activities, CoastFest, Stewbilee, MLK parade Our team will present SMART goals in February concerning above. If you'd like to help with this team, contact Edith at [email protected] Edith Gross Julia Gerrett Audrey Postal Rogelio Quintanar Grow Ministry-1 Message Alternative Service-revisit a special service on Sat. night for those new to the faith New Ministries- Alpha and special attention to those who don't know Christ Children- (S.T.E.A.M) and children’s choir through Day School Teenagers- St. Mark’s Youth 1o1. Our team will present SMART goals in February concerning above. If you'd like to help with expanding our Vision, Services, and Space usage, contact Mona at [email protected] Baxter Peffer Dan Burr Mona Irwin Nancy Breland Owen Dorsey


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BROTHERHOOD OF ST. ANDREW St. Mark’s Episcopal Church

Prayer, Study & Service

7th Annual “Night on Bourbon Street” Low Country Boil

February 22, 2020!!! Doors open at 6:00pm

BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW…. LIMITED SEATING!!!

This event sells out quickly….buy your tickets now!!!

Your ticket of $30.00 entitles you to a delicious Low Country Boil dinner and 2 complimentary drinks; additional drinks may be purchased.

All proceeds from this fun filled event are used to help fund the Brotherhood of St. Andrew outreach projects. Some of these projects include Christmas at Morn-ingstar and Morningstar capital equipment purchases, the Annual Brunswick Police and Fire Personnel Thank You Luncheon, Cookouts at Morningstar and other outreach needs that arise during the year. With your help, by supporting our fund raisers, The Brotherhood of St. Andrew has been able to provide over $19,000 in community outreach.

You can purchase your tickets in one of 3 ways: 1. During the Coffee Hour after the 10:15am service. 2. You can purchase your tickets anytime from any member of The Brotherhood. 3. Email: [email protected] or call or text Bill Turner @ 813-503-9027.

SEE YOU ON BOURBON STREET (the parish hall) Saturday, February 22nd!!!!

mailto:[email protected]


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• Bacon Benefactor $250

• Pancake Patron $100

• Maple Syrup Martyr $45

• Plate Pal $.25 per plate

Saint Mark’s

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper 2020

Help sponsor the Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper on February 25th from 5:30-8:00 pm! This event will benefit the youth of Morningstar, the seniors from St Mark's Towers and your EYCrox Youth Group @St. Mark’s. Your sponsorship at the following levels will offset the cost of the meals for the Morningstar youth and the patrons of St. Mark’s Tow-ers:

Can you help? If you can, please fill out form below, and put it in the donation plate. We will follow up with you. If you have some time and would like to come as a volunteer, please let us know - & THANK YOU!! We appreciate your support of your EYC youth and this event, and we look forward to seeing you at the Pancake Supper on February 25th!

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My Family/Company _______________________________ would like to sponsor the EYC Pancake Supper on February 25th at the Following Level:

Email: ______________________________Phone Number: _________________________

Address of Family/Company: ______________________________

If you would like logo representation, please send your logo/artwork for the menu to: [email protected]

Please return this form on Sunday, drop it off at the church office, or e-mail it to the e-mail address listed below by Feb. 19th

Have you logged into Realm lately to make a donation? Log on now and make a donation to the Youth Fund! Use the drop down note to ‘pencil in’ a donation towards the Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper!!

Level Donation Includes

Bacon Benefactor $250 Business or Family Name on Menu

Pancake Patron $100 Business or Family Name on Menu

Maple Syrup Martyr $45 Business or Family Name on Menu

Plate Pal $.25 Example: we serve 200 plates, you can help pay for the plate at $.25 per plate = $50


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Food for Homeless Veterans

Mike Williams of Holy Nativity and his organization GY6 Inc. work with the homeless veterans in our community. Mike estimates that there are at least 85 homeless vets in Glynn county. The first thing they do in the morning is to start looking for food. He will be doing a count of the

homeless vets in March. Our Backpack Team would like for him to be able to give each one a bag of food similar to the bags we deliver to the children at Burroughs Mollette. During the month of February we are asking the parish to bring the following items for the bags:

Vienna sausage Peanut butter Cheese crackers Granola bars Pork and Beans Individual packs of Kleenex Small individually wrapped candy bars

And checks will do just fine too. Just make the check out to St. Mark’s and put For food for homeless vets.

DID YOU KNOW...

Remember

Our

Veterans

Linda Dorsey, known around St. Mark's as one of

the garden ladies, is also a talented pianist. Linda

would like to share her 30 years of teaching and

performing experience to encourage parish mem-

bers to explore their musical gifts. Using the

grand piano in Mixon Hall, Linda is now enrolling students for instruction,

giving preference to St. Mark's for scheduling and cost. Open to adults,

children and in-between, Linda can adapt to any skill level from beginner

to advanced. Linda can be reached at 404.840.1233 to answer questions

or start a conversation.

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During our December meeting we bid farewell to our President Jane Lafferty who moved to Atlanta. In January we are pleased to announce that Charlotte Mullikin has agreed to become the ECW President. Charlotte has a long history of leadership in ECW and in her Guild. The members of ECW were saddened by the deaths of two of our members. Jan Clay was a member of St. Mary’s Guild and The Daughters of the King and Carole Howell who was a member of St. Margaret’s. Christmas is always a busy time. St. Agnes had their Christmas party on December 19th and prepared shoeboxes for the Seafarer’s. Twenty-one St. Mary’s Guild members had their first meeting of 2020 on January 15th and welcomed two guests, one who plans to join! They voted to make a donation to the National Ataxia Foundation in memory of their member Jan Clay. They voted to help the Brotherhood by making brownies for their Low Country Boil in February and also voted to host the second Lenten Supper on March 11th.

St. Margaret’s Guild hosted the reception for the funeral of Carole Howell and helped with the greening of the church. The Altar Guild beautifully decorated the church for the Christmas season, The Greening was very suc-cessful, and they are preparing for Lent and Easter. January brings a new year and our ECW was very busy with several celebrations. The Daughters of the King are planning for the Lenten Service of Lights. During the Lenten season members of the Guilds and other groups will be serving a simple supper after the Wednesday Service of Lights. The representatives of the organizations represented by ECW meet on the 2nd Monday of every month at 11:00 on the parish hall. The next meeting will be on February 10. All are welcome to attend.

The Giving Garden

It has been an exciting couple of weeks since the article about the St Mark’s Brubaker Giving Garden appeared in the Brunswick News! We feel very blessed the author captured our message so completely! Since then, several avenues of opportunity have opened and our new website will launch soon! It will be a teaching-training website which will reflect what we are accom-plishing in our garden and help teach other parishes and organizations to begin their own Giving Gardens. We are excited to share God’s handiwork with all of you and ask that you pray for our ability to meet its challenges. God is so good!

Linda and Edith The Garden Ladies

YEAR IN REVIEW...2019

$814 raised for Animal Rescue in store dona-

tions ($2,147 since 2017)

$640 raised for St. Athanasius Food bank in

store donations ($6,822 since 2012)

5 totes of clothes donated/week for them to

give away – est 260 totes $20/tote = $5,200 worth of clothes donated

20 bags/boxes per week of food collected/donated from the store – est 1,040 bags $5/

bag = $5,200 worth of food donated

120 bags of clothing donated/week to Salvation Army Textile Program – est 6,240 bags at

$20/bag = $124,800 worth of clothes donated

144 totes/week of clothes/misc. household items given away for free – est 7,488 totes at

$5/tote = $37,440 worth of merchandise given away

# Pick-ups – 362

Vouchers/Gifts/In Need - $35,301 - $19,097 = value of merchandise received on behalf of

voucher partners (12 active partners); $21,027 = value of merchandise given away through

voucher program

First Saturday Sales gave away $8,100 – End of year Gifts on behalf volunteers = $2,500 to

12 organizations

Quarterly Give Backs 2019 - $131,513 ($795,497 since 2012)

St. Marks Pledge + Capital Campaign 2019 - $74,372 ($218,451 since 2016)

TOTAL GIVE BACK 2019 - $198,985 ($1,026,269 since 2012)

Stop by the store @ 1523 Glynn Ave on the Corner of Gloucester & Hwy 17 OR Call us at (912)

264-8181

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E.D. Gornto

Willetta McGowen

Sarah Younger Betty Hewitt

William Capitan

Jonathan Bettett

Tomee Sellars Mary Morris

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Tom & Mona Irwin Oscar & Angela Patron

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F E B R U A R y

Andy & Jan Tipaldos

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Dan Burr 2020

Senior Warden/Grow Ministry

435-559-0222 [email protected]

Ralph Dembowczyk 2022 912-580-0926 [email protected]

Julia Gerrett - 2020

Clerk/Out & In Reach


Rosalind Crowder - 2021

Communication


Owen Dorsey—2021

Communication


Mona Irwin—2022

Grow Ministry


Edith Gross—2020

In & Out Reach


Nancy Breland—2022

Grow Ministry


Rogelio Quintinar—2020

In & Out Reach


Baxter Peffer –2021

Grow Ministry


Audrey Postal—2022

In & Out Reach


Mike Parrish 2021 404-805-3450 [email protected]

Rev. Alan Akridge

Rector


Wallace Harrell Chancellor of the Vestry

Joel Arline Parish Treasurer



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