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March 2014

In this issue:

Lenten Disciplines by the Rev. Dan Handschy.......................1Antique Appraisal Luncheon.......................................................2An Epistle of Lamentation by Deb Goldfeder........................3This month at Advent...................................................................4What Makes Us Episcopalian...................................................5Stations of the Cross....................................................................5Liturgical Ministries Calendar.....................................................6

Editor: Marla Dell

Anyone who has ever played an in-strument or had a music lesson of any kind has had to learn scales: major scales, sev-eral kinds of minor scales, chromatic scales; scales and more scales. Over and over again. To the beginning student, the ques-tion arises, When will we ever play real music? But as every musician knows, one has to know the scales in order to play the real music. One has to know where the notes are on the instrument, the finger-ings, which notes work with which other notes. Jazz musicians in particular have to know scales in their sleep. In order to improvise on a chart, the musician must be able to find all the notes that fit with a given chord without thinking about it. We think of jazz as a particularly free form of music, but it requires more of the musician in terms of the rigidity of the scales than

all other forms of music. In written music, the lesser musician can rely on the com-poser to know the scales. Not so in jazz.

I remember a story by Rudyard

Kipling. A young boy wanted to learn about jade, and so hiked up into the mountains and put himself at the service of an old man who knew all there was to know about jade. The old man handed him a piece of jade, and then had him follow him around the garden and the house as he did his own chores. At the end of the day, he took back the jade, and told the boy to bring his lunch and come again the next day. Again, he handed him a piece of jade, and made a pot of tea, and told the boy stories all day. Again, the next day, the boy came again and was given a piece of jade. Together, they worked in the workshop. Weeks turned into months,

From the rectors desk:

Ash Wednesday, March 5, ser-vices will be at 6:30 am, 12:00 noon, and 7:00 pm.

Daylight Saving Time beginning on Sunday March 9, 2014.

St. Patricks Day Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner on Saturday March 15th.

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and the boy grew impatient. He had come to learn about jade, and instead they talked. One day as he walked up the mountain, he resolved to make his complaint known to the old man. When he arrived, the old man handed him a stone. As soon as he took it in his hand, the young boy cried, Thats not jade! The old man dismissed him.

Prayer can be like learning scales or

holding jade in our hands. It seems tedious and not the real point, which is holiness, after all. Lent is a time of year when we can take out those scales again, and prac-tice them once more, or go about our daily

work with a piece of jade in our hand. You may pick up one of the Lenten booklets and read it every day, or you may decide to forgo chocolate during Lent, or get up 15 minutes earlier to do some exercise. Whatever discipline you take on, let be a daily reminder of your relationship with God and with others. Carry it through the day as an impetus to see the holy in others and in the world (and in your-self). Dont give something up, just for the sake of making yourself miserable, but let it be like the piece of jade in your hand.

The Rev. Dr. Daniel Handschy is Rector of Advent Episcopal Church

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Antique Appraisal Luncheon, Advent Church Women news

The ACW will hold its annual Antique Appraisal Luncheon on Saturday, April 12. Tickets are $20.00 and include lunch and one item to be appraised. Tickets will go on sale in February.

Please see any Womens Group member during coffee hour to purchase tickets.The next ACW meeting will be Monday, March 17 at 7:00 pm. We will have a guest

massage therapist giving neck and shoulder massages to each member during our meeting. On the agenda is finalizing plans for the antique appraisal luncheon.

The luncheon is Saturday, April 12. Tickets are $20 each and includes lunch and one item appraised. Tickets are available for purchase in the parish hall during coffee hours. As of February 22, there were 20 tickets remaining.

There are several thank you cards from the families we adopted at Christmas time posted on the hallway bulletin board ... take a moment to read them.

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Dear Vasco Tadu Daniel,

I greet you in the Name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Your very name tells of your beginning. Vasco was given to you at your baptism but Tadu means Last Born and Daniel was your fathers name. You were the last child born to Daniel and you were so-named at birth because Daniel died be-fore you were born. Last Born of Daniel, I owe you my confession.

We had many conversations in the months I spent in Lui and during the time you visited us in MissouriMissouri means good in Swahili you told me. We talked about your beloved children. One of your sons was born on 9/11 and so, you named him In Pain in solidarity with people eight time zones behind you. You cared about us before we even knew you. You knew what we felt on that horrible day because all of your life you have lived with war or the terrible feeling that war would come again because it always does!

You endured my endless questions and I answered your questions about your son who had congestive heart failure and who was beginning to receive digitalis to improve the strength of his heart beating. You stayed with him when he was hospitalized. I longed to provide him with western medicine and treatment that might even lead to a cure but it was beyond whatever I could do. We prayed and trusted that God would take care of him. How I wished for such a firm faith!

I asked two questions of people in Lui: I asked, What was your worst day? and What does peace mean to you? I admit that I dont remember your worst day story but I remember every detail of what you believed peace to be. I confess that I was arrogant and believed I knew what peace was. I was a fool.

An Epistle of Lamentationby Deborah Goldfeder

Women had told me that peace was a mud house because when you were hiding from the enemy in the bush, houses were made of grass: they could be built quickly and provid-ed a degree of camouflage as you were hid-ing. Women also said that peace was a house with only one door because, when the enemy came and lit the grass roof on fire, you could escape out the small, concealed door at the rear knowing that if you exited toward the enemy they would kill you instantly. You, Last Born Child of Daniel, had a different answer.

We were standing by a brick kiln that had been built in Lakamadi. People were burning bricks to harden them for build-ing more permanent structures. There were stacks of new bricks piled under the mango tree where we stood. You said, Peace is a brick church. I asked you what you meant by that and you said, When war comes again, a brick church will still stand. I remember saying, Vasco, how can a brick church mean peace if you are planning for the return to war? I was so dismayed. Oh, dear, how can peace be preparing for war to come again? I was so foolish. I confess I said, You have to do better than that! What does peace re-ally mean to you? Every time we have met since that time, you have told me different ideas about peace and, quite honestly, I dont remember any of them particularly. Im so sorry, Last Born of Daniel.

Peace meant more than the absence of war, of that I was certain but I was telling a man who had lived his entire life with war al-ways a presence and telling him that he didnt know peace! What rubbish! Tadu was always

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chShrove Tuesday Pancake Supper Mens club annual Pancake Supper will be Shrove Tuesday, 4 March 2014 from 5:00 7:00 pm in the parish hall. The men will be cooking pancakes on the new griddle in the new kitchen.

Lent begins Wednesday, March 5, 2014.Ash Wednesday services will be at 6:30 am, 12:00 noon, and 7:00 pm.

Holy Dying- Making Disciples Conference (west)On Saturday, March 8, 2014, the Episcopal School for Ministry will reprise the Making Disciples Conference on Holy Dying at Calvary Episcopal Church in Columbia, MO.

Prayer Shawl GroupThe shawl ministry ladies will meet on Wednesday, March 12 at 1:00 pm. If you would like an enjoyable and rewarding afternoon out, please join us. Many shawls have been set out to the sick during the winter months. Donations are welcome for us to purchase the type of yard we use. Please contact Mary Peck at 894-5260 if you like a shawl for someone in need.

Lunch and Learn Thursday, March 13--10:45 AM Our speaker is Pastor Jill Seigel from St. Thomas/Holy Spirit ELCA Church

St. Patricks Day Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner.on Saturday March 15th.

Advent Church WomenThe next ACW meeting will be Monday, March 17 at 7:00 pm. We will have a guest massage therapist giving neck and shoulder massages to each member during our meeting. On the agenda is finalizing plans for the antique appraisal luncheon.

Mens Club Dine Out Dining Out Night will be Thursday, March 20 at Bandanas BBQ (Smell that smoke!). The address is 11750 Gravois (just West of Sunset Ford). The phone number at the restaurant is 314-849-1162. We will meet at 6:00 PM. If you have any questions OR you need a ride contact Bill Witte @ 843-3443.

Tuesday Lunch BunchThe Lunch Bunch will be announced in the weekly service leaflet. You can also con-tact Carol Kardell at 314-638-0247 if you have any questions.

Mens ClubAdvent Mens Club meets at church the first Saturday of each month at 8:00 a.m. for liturgy then out to breakfast and we meet the third Thursday at 6:00 p.m. for dinner. We dont quilt, knit or crochet, we dont eat finger foods, we dont gossip, but we do talk sports & politics, we tell jokes, and make friends with the waitresses. All men of Advent are invited and welcome to join us. We will waive the newcom-er rule you wont have to pick up the whole bill!

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What makes us Episcopalian

On the Wednesdays of Lent (exclusive of Ash Wednesdays) we will have Eucharist at 6:00 pm, and then a pot luck supper at 6:30 pm, followed by a program for persons exploring reception into the Episcopal Church (and those looking for a refresher course on the unique Episcopal approach to being Chris-tian). I have delivered a similar course before, but want to assure everyone, this year will be entirely new material, shaped by my interest in and study of the distinc-tiveness of the Episcopal Church within the Anglican Communion and our distinc-tiveness from the rest of American Christianity. The topics and dates are below:

Stations of the Cross Again this Lent, Church of the Advent, St. Justin Martyr and St. Elizabeth Hungary

will share in hosting Stations of the Cross on the Fridays of Lent. St. Elizabeth and St. Justin will also be hosting fish fries on the Fridays of Lent. Stations take place at the congregations listed below at 7:00 on Friday evenings:

March 7 St. Justin Martyr (fish fry at St. Justin)March 14 St. Elizabeth of Hungary (fish fry at St. Elizabeth)March 21 Church of the Advent (fish fry at St. Elizabeth)March 28 St. Justin Martyr (fish fry at St. Justin)April 4 St. Elizabeth of Hungary (fish fry at St. Elizabeth)April 11 Church of the Advent (fish fry at St. Justin)

Wed., March 12 An Episcopal approach to the atonement: Incarnation and Sacrifice.Wed., March 19 An Episcopal approach to the sacraments: creating meaningWed., March 26 An Episcopal approach to the Eucharist: The Body of Christ for the world.Wed., April 2 An Episcopal approach to the Church: Communion writ largeWed., April 9 An Episcopal approach to prayer: living the everyday.

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at peace! In our very first conversation you an-noyed me so much when we talked about the problems and the shortages of things we were experiencing when the missionaries who ran the hospital left as a result of the tribal war the Moru were having with the DinkaBor tribe. You kept saying in with total conviction, God will pro-vide. You smiled quietly. God will provide. We were in the midst of a terrible drought, people were having their gardens raided and trampled, children were eating green mangos and getting sick from drinking bad water and you said, God will provide! I can hear you saying that now.

The news since December 15th has been terrible. People in Bor are dead in the streets with no one to bury them. The people of Bor were enemies of the Moru but even the Moru would find this horrible. The dead had to be quickly buried in their home village but these people were left there, exposed, food for ani-mals. Tadu, I visit your home in my mind and see the mud houses built under the shade of the mango trees and around the stones marking the graves of your ancestors. I remember the mon-keys coming down from that mountain and stealing your mangos as we celebrated the New Years birthdays of all of your children and gave thanks for their lives with prayers, Eucharist and a meal. I sit here and remember the laughter and the calm as we sipped hibiscus tea sweetened to near-syrup by the honey you had harvested and I knew peace that day. God provided the hibiscus flowers and the bees that made the honey. God also provided the sorghum that human hands made into kisera bread for the Body of Christ. The sweet, sweet tea filled the Cup of Salvation. God provided by giving us the Prince of Peace.

I see your home compound and pray that it has not been burned. I imagine you and your wife, Charity, hiding your children in the bush with other families and I imagine you risking your life as you both go to find hibiscus blooms and honey. I wonder about your son with heart disease and pray he is doing well. Last Born of Daniel, do you have medicines for him? Are

An Epistle of Lamentation (continued)there roots and flowers that Charity can make into medicines for him in the bush? Are you chewing on those slightly bitter orange-flavored berries that make you less hungry? Are you find-ing bush meat to eat when you go hunting with your sons with bows and arrows? I can hear your prayers for an early rainy season so plant-ing can begin and I add mine to yours.

You see, Vasco, Last Born of Daniel, I have not had one minute of peace since December 15, 2013. I am as safe as it is possible to be. I have all that I need and more. I have hibiscus teabags going stale in my pantry! But I do not know peace!

I cannot be at peace if you are hungry. I cannot be at peace if your children are thirsty. I cannot be at peace if you are homeless or your children in danger of the weapons of war. I am not at peace if children anywhere are suffering! Micah calls for a time when swords are beaten into plowshares and spears to pruning hooks where there is no war and they shall sit under their own vines and under their own [Laro] tree and no one shall make them afraid. And then we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever. You see, now I under-stand that the opposite of peace is fear but you knew that. God will provide.

We pray for you, we pray for your family, we pray for the people of the Moru tribe, for the people of all tribes and nations throughout the world. We pray that we may all know peace, especially the peace that passes all understand-ing. May you not fear the terror of the night, the arrow that flies by day or disease and destruc-tion because you know that the LORD is your refuge and that the Most High is your dwelling place. God will provide.

Forgive my foolishness, Last Born of Dan-iel. You knew peace all along. Pray for us that we will know such peace but until that day when all are at peace, we all will be,

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