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Dear Friends,

This year Lent, and therefore Easter, is so late that the Annual Clergy Conference is during the4 th week of Lent. This is a rare opportunity for me, and my fellow clerics, to take some time for

education, reflection and even a little retreat, during the Lenten Season. I must say I am look-ing forward to this time apart in the midst of a season of discernment for us. Our speaker thisyear is the Bishop of Maryland, The Rt. Rev. Eugene Sutton. I have not met, or heard him be-fore, but I have had glowing reports of him so I look forward to his words watering and feedingmy soul.

In the early days of my ministry, the Diocese in which I served had an annual Lenten Retreatfor the clergy. I realize that I have missed that time apart. It is far too easy for me to get caughtup in the busy-ness and business of the church calendar and schedule and not be disciplined

enough to make this retreat time each year. When it is handed to me by CADO (the Clergy As-sociation of the Diocese of Olympia) it would be foolish for me to not take advantage of it. Italso helps me fulfill my annual requirements for Continuing Education, which is a part of myLetter of Agreement and the expectations of the wider Church structure!

I look forward then returning to another full week of Lent before the drama and wonder of HolyWeek! All in all, I would wish each of you a similar kind of break Take some time during thisSeason to pause.

Reflect Listen..

And perhaps let your soul be fed in a new way.

Pax,

Rev. Mary

April 2011


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Vestry Meetings..

After grabbing some coffee and whatever delicious treat thatis always offered each Sunday, we all migrate to the ChurchLibrary to attend our monthly Vestry meeting. When we getthere we are given an agenda and usually start the meeting byhaving someone read a lesson(usually the next weeks Gospel)and then we each share out what word(s) or phrase resonatewith us as we heard it. After every one shares their thoughts,we have another person read it again. We then move to theagenda and discuss the business at hand. We discuss things ina friendly manner and it seems to me the only "fights" we getinto are trying to second motions that are made!( You have tosee it to believe it.) I feel it is a group of people who reallyfeel strongly about the Episcopal church and especially St.Philip's and our journey together for community outreach andthe good news of Jesus. thank you, Mike

From the Senior Warden

Exchange Students From Jacquelyn Trout

Ready for a new chapter in your life that will bring you so much pleasure? Consider hosting a highschool exchange student. You get a new perspective on ordinary Washington outings: Tulip festi-val, ferry rides, picnics on the beach, Auqu Sox baseball, etc. These will be all new to these teenag-ers. Welcoming families host from mid-August to November and permanent families host the fullschool year. Last year we hosted Camilje Alsanli from Serbia and Mohammed Al-Shathri fromSaudi Arabia. I still talk with Camilje on messenger on the computer every Saturday morning. Thisyear, Mohammed returned to stay with us for his senior year of high school. We were also hosting

Najat Salifu from Ghana as a welcome family and had Aziz Alsalem from Saudi Arabia for a fewweeks.

It is so much fun learning about different cultures, languages and religions. The best thing aboutour time together is that these kids WANT to spend time with you. As soon as they walk into your homes, they are a part of your family. These kids are required to do weekly chores and cook occa-sionally. It was great that my daughters were willing to dust each week for me as I hate dusting.

Najat and Mohammed had their assigned nights to cook dinner each week.

If you would like some information, you can call Charla Mosbrucker, 360-659-3603, our CIEEteam leader. CIEE have students from over 30 countries, some have earned scholarships to come.

Food Bank News

The Food Bank received140 pounds of food fromSt. Philips in February/March.

Dont forget to fill thoseshopping carts...thefood is taken in (byCharlie Forbes) after

the third Sunday of eachmonth.


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From an OLD Newsletter


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Notes from the Junior Warden--PeggyJames

Legal duties of Vestry members: RCW: 1,2,7Care, loyalty and obedience.

On Saturday 19 March Janice and I attendeda six hour informative session with BishopGreg, diocesan resource persons and about100 vestry and church members from theDiocese of Olympia. (Sitting at our tablewere representatives from Trinity Seattle andSt. Augustine in the Woods Coupeville ?)

The good news and the bad news, is we, ves-try members have many many responsibili-ties and we need to do the job we wereelected to do! We are really the Board of Di-rectors of a very important organization--andwe need to know the governing structure andwhat policies we have set at St. Philip's. Ithink we know much of this, but there is al-ways more and we need to review our duties.

We met at St. Paul's in Mt. Vernon. Theyhave a large and active Hispanic group intheir church. (For lunch they served hand-made tamales) The entire day was informa-tive and stimulating. Below are some areas Iwill be discussing with the vestry during2011.

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Host families can have kids of any age, be empty

nesters, or have no children at all. They can besingle parents or even single adults or same sexcouples. The host family responsibilities are a

bed for the student to sleep in and two meals aday. The students have their own spendingmoney and medical insurance, and speak good-to- excellent English. Most have no allergies.CIEE has 24/7 emergency lines. The coordina-tors have monthly contact with the family andstudent. The coordinators and families work to-gether on issues if they arise.

Lloyd and I have had so much fun as hosting parents that we will be hosting again next year while Mohammed returns to attend college inSeattle. Lloyd, Mohammed and I are lookingforward to learning about another new cultureand country. I encourage everyone to consider

the possibility of being a welcome family or if possible a host family for an exchange student.There were so many wonderful times and wehave had these past two years that words cannotexpress and learning about the Muslim faith hasstrengthened my faith in God.


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Japan archbishop visits devastated Sendai, issues message to Anglican CommunionBy ENS staff, March 31, 2011

[Episcopal News Service] Archbishop Nathaniel Uematsu of the Nippon Sei Ko Kai , the Anglican Chu rch in Japan, has issued a mes-sage to the Anglican Communion following his visit to Sendai two weeks after an earthquake-triggered tsunami devastated the re-gion, claiming more than 11,000 lives and leaving at least 16,000 people still unaccounted for.

In his message , written in Japanese and translated by staff at the Anglican Communion Office in London, Uematsu said he visitedSendai Christ Church, the cathedral in the Diocese of Tohoku, on March 27 "and saw that parts of the walls had fallen down, thewalls were cracked. It looked to me as [if] the whole building was lopsided. On the floor of the cathedral there were various pilesof goods sent from churches in different parts of Japan such as foodstuff, fuel and clothing."

Because of the frequent aftershocks following the magnitude-9 earthquake on March 11, members of the church council have de-cided that it is too dangerous to use the cathedral for worship and they are holding services in a nearby church hall instead, Ue-matsu explained.

"Due to the continuing aftershocks, some people go to bed fully clothed, wearing shoes. There are those who have not slept at allsince the earthquake and look exhausted."

The earthquake -- estimated to be at least 700 times more powerful than the magnitude-7 temblor that hit Haiti in January 2010 --caused Japan's main island to move about eight feet to the east, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

In Sendai City, "although food is available, it is still very difficult to get hold of petrol and other fuel. So some of the parishionerswho gathered for worship on the Sunday walked a long distance to get there," said Uematsu.

Diocese of Tohoku Bishop Hiromichi Kato, who is running a relief center based at diocesan headquarters in Sendai, preached du ringthe Eucharist, encouraging the congregation "by saying that their faith would lead them to hope even through the hardship anddifficulties of the present situation," Uematsu said.

For many in the congregation this was their first visit to church since the tsunami.

"Following the service parishioners shared updates from their dioceses and gave updates about those parishioners killed by the tsu-nami, parishioners who are still missing, those whose houses were swept away. They also talked about what relief activities weretaking place in the churches and at the diocesan level," Uematsu said.

Following the service, Uematsu and Kato visited the devastated area along the coastline of Sendai City. "The devastation caused by

the tsunami was simply beyond our imagination," Uematsu said. "The tsunami reached the fourth floor of building destroying every-thing. The wreckage of houses and the huge number of cars are simply still lying there. Police and members of the Japan DefenceRegiment were still looking for corpses. There was no sign of life there. Standing in that area surrounded by nothing but wreckage,all we could do was silently look at the scene in front of us and pray."

Added to the devastation caused by the tsunami is the fear of radiation leaks from the nuclear reactor in Fukushima Prefecture."People who live in the 30 kilometer radius of the reactor were told to evacuate. They are having a difficult life in evacuat ion cen-ters in places far away from their homes," said Uematsu. "In fact, the fear of nuclear contamination is felt not only by those peoplewho live within the 30 kilometer radius, but also by people in Tokyo, which is more than 100 kilometers away. Many people areliving with uncertainty."

Episcopal Relief & Development, in a March 29 update , said it is supporting the initial response work of the NSKK in the two mostseverely affected dioceses: Tohoku and Kita Kanto.

In response to the needs at 10 local nursing homes in the city of Iwaki, Onahama St. Timothy Church has been working with otherlocal churches and NGOs to secure food for 400 elderly residents. According to Shinya Yawata , international secretary of the NSKK,"The buildings [have] been damaged to different levels, but most of them have not been damaged very badly. Staff can still cookthere if they can receive supplies of food. So ecumenical groups have started providing food to them as part of the church's missionwork for people in the surrounding community; elderly people in particular."

At the provincial level, Uematsu is developing a response strategy to organize volunteers and direct resources. The food ministry of St. Timothy's is part of this overall relief work.

"Episcopal Relief & Development is supporting the NSKK as they continue to develop their response," said Kirsten Laursen Muth , theagency's senior director for international programs. "We and other Anglican agencies are awaiting the church's assessments regard-ing their needs and ongoing ways we can support their leadership."
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February Schedules:

Date Reader EM Altar Guild CountersApril 3 Carolyn Forbes Diane Jones Janet Labdon Jim Wilson

Scott Halsey Susie Halsey Emily & Fred Larry Wilson

April 10 Mike Wray Janice Saulewicz Susie Halsey Carolyn Forbes

Susie Halsey Pat Wilson Dorothy Armstrong Corleen Wilson

April 17 Jim Wilson Larry Wilson Janet Labdon Pat Wilson

Palm Sunday Bob Tichbourne Mike Wray Jacquelyn Trout Dorothy Armstrong

April 21 Scott Halsey Susie Halsey Dorothy Armstrong, Susie Halsey,

Maundy Thursday Pat Wilson Bob Tichbourne Jacquelyn Trout, Emily & Fred Wade

April 23 Scott Halsey Pat Wilson Dorothy Armstrong, Janet Labdon

Easter Vigil Susie Halsey Diane Jones Jacquelyn Trout,

April 24 Charlotte Champers Mike Wray Emily & Fred Wade Bob TichbourneEASTER Carolyn Forbes Bob Tichbourne Diane Jones

April 30/May 1 Susie Halsey, Emily Wade

April Birthdays & AnniversariesApril 6 Dick Billings April 10 John & Marnie Johnston

April 8 John Johnston April 11 Emily & Fred Wade

April 8 Pat Ballard April 25 Charles & Merlinda Williams

April 9 Nancy Lindsay

April 11 Renata Boyd

April 11 Graham MacKay

April 13 Joelle Mahlum

April 22 Carolyn Forbes

April 29 Todd Mahlum

Wednesday Afternoon Bible Study-4pm

We will be starting after a brief break on April 13th with a study of the Let-ter of James.

Wednesday Morning Study-10:30 am

Starting a study of the Psalms onApril 13th!


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Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper a delight!

Thanks to the Men of the parish, with an assist from Sharon Billings , we had a greatfeast on Shrove Tuesday! Buttermilk Pancakes, Buckwheat cakes, chicken and porksausage and scrambled eggs, along with juice, coffee and tea made for a good andfilling selection. There was even some real maple syrup floating around. Thanks to

Lloyd, Mohammed, Charlie, Don & Dick for their hard work!

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Uematsu said that earthquake relief centers also have been set up in some of the other Anglican dioceses in Japan and they havestarted to collect some relief goods and to transport them to the affected area.

"Konahama St. Thomas Church is near the coast, however, fortunately it escaped damage by the tsunami. This church has beenused as a central point for a number of evacuation centers in the area," he said. "It is quite far from the Fukushima nuclear reac-tor, but because of the worry of the radiation contamination, people are wary of deliver[ing] to that area. As a result, the evacu-ees are in real dire straits because they are not receiv[ing] enough food."

Uematsu said the Nippon Sei Ko Kai is planning a meeting at the provincial office in Tokyo with those involved with relief efforts inTohoku and other dioceses to explore the most efficient ways of responding to the emergency in the future.

"Now, above all, what we really would like the church across the world to do is support us by praying," he said. "The Japanesechurch is a small church, but knowing that brothers and sisters in the worldwide communion are praying for victims and thechurch's relief activities, that gives them strength. I would also be very grateful if they would support us financially now and in thefuture so that we can help restore people's lives and our church communities."


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la Chartres St. Paul

Our St. Paul la Chartres design combines our St. Paul 7 circuitdesign from the Neo- Medieval series with proportionally appropri-ate elements reflecting the sacred geometry of our larger Chartres Rep-lica: the 4.5 to 1 path to line ratio, six lobed central rosette and pe-rimeter lunations. The St. Paul la Chartres also features the cere-monial spot intersection detail, which may be used in myriad ways toenhance your walking experience - just add a flower vase, candle

Come to a brief Meeting, Sunday, April 10th after Church

We want to present some ideas for use of the Back Forty

Including a Doggie Park (with waste bags) and a Labyrinth.

Here are two examples we are considering:

Classical The Classical 7 circuit labyrinth appeared on every con-tinent in prehistory, from Peru to Siberia, India to Ari-zona, Africa to Scandinavia. Carbon dated to 1500 B.C.E.from a clay tablet in Syria, the design is probably 5,000years old. Where and how the Classical labyrinth sym-bol developed is shrouded in mystery, but it seems likelythat the labyrinth evolved from other universal symbolsets, including the circle, spiral, cross and meander. By


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