Missionpalooza 2015

By Josh Trader, Youth Ministry Coordinator for the South Youth Network

September 2015

Then the king will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink? And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing? And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you?’ And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family,[a you did it to me.’ (Matthew 25:34-40) This year Missionpalooza looked different than it has for the past 15 years; we still gathered in Kansas City at St. Paul’s and we still put our hands and feet to work in the community. This year instead of several choices for places to volunteer your time, where you would work the entire week, each day we all went to the same location.

On Wednesday we went to Synergy Services where they help end domestic violence. While there our team of 65 youth and adults worked on different projects throughout the building. From painting walls, straightening up rooms to helping organize the library. Upon leaving we were told that our small group accomplished in 5 hours what most groups of 100 get done in days. Thursday we went to a Habitat Re-

Store, we quickly split into 4 groups and went to work on multiple projects. One Group spent the morning taking hardware off hundreds of doors, an-other reorganized the retail store, a third stacked and sorted pallets of tile and the last landscaped the front of the building. Lunchtime came and our supervisor came to me with a good problem, they were out of work for us and we still had 3 hours left. He and I walked around the store to figure out what else we could do to help them out. We found a couple of projects that gave us something to do for a little longer. We still ended the day early, hearing a similar sound of thanks from the day before; that our (continued on pg. 2)

Three Sunday Services

Resume September 13

Sundays

8 ��, 9 ��, 11 ��

Holy Eucharist

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Thursdays

5:30 ��

Holy Eucharist (with Healing Service the

last Thursday of the month)

WHY DO WE DO WHAT WE DO?

WHY IS OUR SUNDAY MORNING

LITURGY STRUCTURED THE WAY

IT IS? WHY DO WE DO THE

SAME THINGS IN THE SAME

ORDER EVERY SUNDAY?

WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?

FIND OUT ON SUNDAY,

SEPTEMBER 27TH. THERE WILL BE

INSTRUCTIONAL EUCHARISTS

AT ALL THE SERVICES.

Youth Group members’ work day at the Habitat ReStore

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Adult Christian Ed. Announces Fall Classes

Labor Day─Sept 7

The church and church office will be closed

for the holiday.

Sept. 13 Dementia Eloise Thomas/ Intro/ Spiritual perspective

Sept. 20 Dementia Rod Quinn/ neurology of dementia

Sept. 27 Dementia Eloise Thomas/ Caregiver support

Oct. 11 Dementia Barbara Hays/ music therapy

Oct. 18 Forgiveness Jonathan Frazier/intro

Oct. 25 Forgiveness Dr. Mostert/ Reconciliation in South Africa

Nov. 1 Forgiveness Dr. Mostert/ Reconciliation in South Africa

Nov. 8 Forgiveness Eloise Thomas/

What forgiveness

is and is not

Adult Christian Education Schedule

Christ Church Mass, written for our church by Carlyle Sharpe, (along with

Laudate Nomen and Flourishes for brass and organ,) was performed August 30th at the Church of St. John the Evangelist, in Edinburgh, Scotland as part of the Edinburgh Festival. Dr. Carlyle Sharpe is a long-time member of the Christ Church St. Grego-ry Choir and a music professor at Drury University. We are very proud of his achievement and we congratulate him for having three of his works included in this year’s international festival. Dr. Carlyle Sharpe

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group had done 2-3 weeks worth of work in the few hours we were there. On Friday we split into two groups, a larger group went to Harvesters, a food bank that services food pantries in 28 c o u n t i e s . A smaller group stayed back at St. Paul’s to help with their pantry cookout. At Har-vesters we sorted almost 20,000 pounds of bread into boxes by type and about 21,000 pounds of frozen goods. 40 people put their hands and feet into action and went through 40,000 pounds of food! Back at St. Paul’s the group there helped prepare and serve food to hun-dreds of people in need. Saturday the youth spent the day with Community 360. Community 360 is a group that facilitates retreats where they lead participants through a program of large and small group exercises and dis-cussions drawing on social-emotional learning that stresses personal accounta-bility, self-confidence and well-being to face the pressing socio-economic issues we deal with on our schools and com-munity every day. Saturday night some-thing interesting happened, I was ap-proached by youth letting me know that some man was knocking on the door.

Not something is uncommon at St. Paul’s. Upon greeting him, I learned that he was traveling through Kansas City with his youth group on their way to Oklahoma to help rebuild some church-

es. The pastor of the church they were sup-pose to stay at was not an-swering his phone, so with no place to stay and all the ho-tels full, he saw that there was a group at St. P a u l ’ s a n d

thought he would ask for advice on where to go. After some conversation with the adults involved and clergy from St. Paul’s we decided that we had plenty of room on a different floor that we were not using and they could stay the night there at the church with us. We also found out they had not eaten dinner, we also had plenty of food so we fed them. That night we were watching a movie as a group; naturally we invited them to join us. They ate breakfast with us, gave a big thanks then headed on their way to Oklahoma. Not only did we live out the scripture from Matthew during our days of volunteer work, we were now literally ourselves welcoming strangers and feed-ing the hungry. We could not have planned a better way to end our week.

Youth Group members sorting bread at Harvesters Food Bank

Sept. 13-Ice Cream Social after the 9 a.m. service. Students will visit their classrooms and meet their teachers!

Sept. 20-Sunday School classes begin. 10:10 -10:50 a.m. each Sunday.

See the Children’s Newsletter for more information.

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One of the most challenging yet enjoya-ble aspects of my job as a choral director is selecting music for my choirs to sing. It is a never-ending cycle of searching for new music that is appropriate for the type of ensemble and for the occasion. Thankfully, we at Christ Church follow the Revised Common Lectionary, which, as you know, is a three-year cycle of read-ings that allows for long-range planning of anthems, hymns, and service music. This is how I spend my summer vacations. When I teach choral methods courses at Drury University, I tell my students that directors need to choose music with three types of people in mind. First, pick music for the choir, because they have to be able to sing it and, the hope is, be moved by the experience. Second, pick music for the audience, or, in this case, the congregation, because it is our job as a choir to move and uplift them through our music. Third, pick music for yourself as the conductor, because if you aren’t passionate about the music, it will never inspire anyone else. In the church, we have one more to consider. Our music should also be a song of praise to God. That’s a tall order! How do we select one piece of music that does all of those things? The truth is, we can’t. But should

we take priority over the others? Is there always one that should take precedence? Is it possible for one piece to meet some requirements but not others? Whom is this piece meant for? Ask yourself these questions when you listen to our anthems or sing the hymns. It is quite possible that the music on a given Sunday may not speak to you as an individual, but it might speak profoundly to someone else. When I choose music, I am comfortable knowing that at some point--at many points, I hope, throughout the year–our music will speak to you and will bring you closer to God. As we begin a new year, you will hear some new music and some favorites that have proven worthy of repeating. Some of them you may not like, but know that every piece we use was selected prayerful-ly, and with the knowledge that our job is to bring everyone closer to the living God through the power of music. Come with an open mind and a willingness to hear the Gospel in new ways, and through a variety of musical styles and genres. You may be challenged, but you will also be blessed by the experience. Peace, Allin Sorenson

FISH

Our July FISH Day at Crosslines was July 1st. We had 27 families (71people). Linda Dickinson, Elaine Martin, Jan King and Barb Towery distributed the food to our clients. Later in the week, Laurie and Andrew Saunders brought the church pantry food. Thank you to all of our dedicated workers. Sum-mer brings bounty in our gardens. With all the spring and summer rains giving us fresh fruits and veg-gies, please take your surplus direct-ly to Crosslines. Our clients love the fresh produce. Summer dona-tions are also important to our church pantry. Please remember canned meats, fruits and veggies. Personal care items are also in de-mand with our clients. Our August FISH Day at Cross-lines was August 5th. We had 59 families (131 people). We are pleased to announce that Jim Free-man will be helping bring the food from our church pantry and work-ing the commodity area for our first Wed. shift at Crosslines. Jack McGinnis provided an excellent tutorial for Jim and will assist him. Also helping clients were Barb Towery, Linda Dickinson, Elaine Martin, Jan King and Cathy Cockrill. A big thank you to every-one for continued support of Crosslines. Please continue to bring your food items to church on Sun-days and place them in the baskets at the back of the church. We would like to say a huge thank you to Laurie and Andrew Saunders! We will miss their help at Crosslines and in other areas of our church that benefited from their help and care. Good luck to them in Columbia and we hope that when they are near Springfield they might visit! PBJ Sunday is September 6th! Also if you are still harvesting fruits and veggies from your home gar-dens and have a surplus, please take it to Crosslines directly, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 1:45 p.m.

Pam Tynes

My Summer Vacation

The Women's Bible Study group will be meeting again on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday mornings of each month at 10:30 a.m. This group will begin our third year of bible study together. All women are in-vited to come. Just bring your Bible and join us. We all have different translations and that makes for interesting discus-sions.

We will keep the study to one hour so if participants have other appointments or responsibilities they are free to leave. If others want to stay and visit for a few minutes they can. Our first gathering will be on Oct. 20th, at 10:30 a.m., in the classroom off the parish hall. This fall we will be study-ing Ephesians. I look forward to getting together with those who have come before and hope some new people might also join with us to study God's word.

Marcia Biggs, group facilitator

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Vinton Fellowship

The first meeting of Vinton Fellowship is planned for Tuesday, September 8th.

Vinton members, adults 55+, will meet at 11:30 a.m. in the Parish Hall

at Christ Church. A delicious catered lunch will be served.

The cost of lunch is $8-correct amount is always appreciated.

After lunch Jonathan Frazier will report on the Episcopal Church’s

gathering in Salt Lake City. Please bring a school supply

for Bissett Elementary. You will be called, so please RSVP.

If you do not receive an RSVP call, please call

Mary Lou Smith, 887-6324 or Sheila at the church

office, 866-5133.

How many remember when your chil-dren were small (or those of you who have small children now?) You proba-bly had conversations that went some-thing like this, “time for bed” you said and the answer was something like this, “No! I don’t want to go to bed!” or “I’m not tired” or “just a little bit long-er?” My girls both thought bedtime was a drag. And, I remember myself hiding under covers with a flashlight thinking no one could see me trying to read or just trying to stay up later. I now realize, and so do my children, that sleep is wonderful. Sleep is something that most of us take for grant-ed. We go to bed at night, we wake up in the morn-ing and we begin our day. This is not the case for many women in Spring-field. They have no place to call their own, no real bed, no clean sheets, no pillow, no din-ner and they are constantly watching over their shoulders trying to keep themselves and others safe at night. These homeless women are old, young, some educated, and some who just can’t find a break. They are only asking for a safe place to sleep! We are fortu-nate to have such a program in Spring-field! Safe to Sleep is a program that offers a safe shelter to homeless wom-en who have no other place to stay for the night. Every woman must be ap-proved by One Door, (417.225.7499.) If approved, One Door will provide shelter information and One Door will pick up the women at designated times and locations. There are two churches that open their doors, 365 evenings each year, for this purpose. Pathways Methodist Church, located in north Springfield, and East Sunshine Church of Christ on East Sunshine. They open their doors from 7:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. I have

volunteered at both churches, during the winter and during the summer. Each time I volunteer, I am aware how fortunate I am to go to sleep, in a bed, in a safe home. In July, there were 31 women in the shelter the night I volunteered. It was a very warm sum-mer day and many women had sun-burns and exhausted from trying to stay cool. But they were polite, signed up for a duty for the evening, ate their food, visited some and waited for their turn in the showers. Lights are out at 10:00 p.m. and for most it is the only

time they will rest during their day. Stories shared with the women and volunteers feel like something writ-ten for a TV series or movie. Most will tell you how grateful they are to find a place for the even-ing that is safe. By 7:00

a.m., they are out the door for another day. Many of the same faces return every night and some new faces come and go. Whatever their story may be, I am happy there is a place for the wom-en to stay. Volunteers are needed from Christ Church on the second Monday of each month, from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. They also need fresh fruit or vegetables when you come to volunteer and an assortment of hygiene products. Please contact Christina Wiksell or safeto-sleepspringfield.com for more infor-mation. As you say your prayers tonight, now I lay me down to sleep, remember these women in your prayers and bring the covers a little closer. Be thankful you have a safe place to sleep and con-sider volunteering to help others find a safe place to sleep too. Kathy Sheppard

A Safe to Sleep Volunteer ‘s Story

YOU’RE INVITEDYOU’RE INVITEDYOU’RE INVITEDYOU’RE INVITED 2nd Annual2nd Annual2nd Annual2nd Annual

Fall CelebrationFall CelebrationFall CelebrationFall Celebration Garden Guild Party Garden Guild Party Garden Guild Party Garden Guild Party

& Art Auction& Art Auction& Art Auction& Art Auction Friday, September 18 Friday, September 18 Friday, September 18 Friday, September 18

5:00 to 7:00 p.m. 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Tickets are $25 per person. Proceeds to benefit the

Garden Guild. Come join us in

fellowship. We’ll have appetizers, cheese, drinks,

& deserts in the lovely Church Garden. There will be a silent auction

and door prizes too!

Center City Christian Outreach (CCCO) Well of Life Food Pantry

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Bissett Elementary

Thank you so much to everyone who brought school supplies for the chil-dren at Bissett Elementary School, our Adopt-a-School. The response was fan-tastic and I know each supply, back pack and clothing for the nurse will be appre-ciated and used! Supplies are used up quickly, some lost, and others not able to bring enough so it is a great feeling to have replacements too! You all are the best! Thanks! Thank you to the returning volunteers and new volunteers that will be a Read-ing Buddy at Bissett School. We have nine readers this year and I know they will become good buddies with their student and friendships will grow during the year. If you are interested and have not signed up, please contact me,

Kathy, kathysheppard1950@gmail.com and I will send you the information. There is a training session on Thursday, September 3, from 9 a.m.-12 p.m., at the Council of Churches, for anyone who has not attended a training. Thank you to everyone who volun-teered to measure shoes for One-solepurpose at Bissett School on Au-gust 24. Each child at Bissett, 285 to be exact, will receive new tennis shoes this month, on September 14. If you are able to pass out shoes that day from 8 a.m.-11 a.m.., please contact Kathy, 861-9971 or kathysheppard1950@gmail.com. We are still collecting money for the shoes, $26 a pair. It is a big goal, $7,410.00 but I know we can do it !

Kathy Sheppard

September: Jane Mellers Edna Johnson Boyda Hood

Our clients, who are in poverty, are thankful for the volunteers that help them with food and additional infor-mation. In July the pantry provided food for 574 individuals. This is an in-crease since last year. We also gave 43 sack lunches, 13 gas vouchers and 48 bus passes. We helped nine families with their utilities. One family had three children and the mother is 5 months pregnant. They went on vacation. When the mother returned to work the company

cut her hours down to 25 per week. She has found a new job with 40 hours a week and will be able to support her children. We helped with utilities so they would not be turned off. Christ Church volunteers donated 152 hours. We were able to support the center community because of our ability to buy food from Ozarks Food Harvest.

Well of Life Food Pantry, Marilyn Vinson McAfee

Meals A Million Pack-A-Thon

The 4th Annual Meals A Million Pack-A-Thon project, sponsored by Friends Against Hunger, is scheduled for the second weekend in September. Christ Church’s work day is Saturday, September 12, from 1-3 p.m. at the Expo Center at 635 E. St. Louis Street. Volunteers age 11 and older are welcome to work. If you’d like to join the CEC team meet at the church, in the Parish Hall, at 12:30 p.m. Visit www.fahunger.org for more information.

We will be celebrating the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi with the Blessing of the Animals on Sunday, September 27, at 2 p.m.

Pets and their owners will meet in front of the Parish Hall. All animals will

receive a blessing and treats. Please bring your pets on a leash or in a travel-ing cage.

Participants are asked to please bring a bag of dry dog or cat food to be donat-ed to a local animal care shelter.

Junior Daughters of the King Starting in September

Please see the Children’s Newsletter for information about the formation of the Junior Daughters of the King

at Christ Church this month.

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This is the first meeting of St. Mary’s Guild. All you need to bring is a smile and conversation─all food and drink will be provided.

Please RSVP to Glenda Barnard, barnard-k@sbcglobal.net or 883-2990 or Kathy Sheppard, kathysheppard1950@gmail.com or 861-9971.

We’d love to spend time with our new members, visitors

and our long time members too! We hope to see you!

ST. MARY’S GUILD

WELCOMES FALL &

INVITES ALL WOMEN OF

CHRIST CHURCH FOR

AN EVENING OF FUN! FOOD!

FELLOWSHIP & SURPRISES!

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 ● 6 P.M.

CHRIST CHURCH PARISH HALL

Contemplative Outreach of Springfield Presents Seeing as the Mystics See, St. John of the Cross

Silent Retreat Planned for October 1-4

A Silent Retreat, hosted by Contempla-tive Outreach of Springfield is scheduled for October 1, 2015 ─October 4, 2015 at Assumption Abbey in Ava, Missouri. There will be several opportunities for Centering Prayer, prayer with the monks, opportunities for spiritual reading and

for enjoying the beautiful fall foliage of the Ozarks. The cost is $150. Please register by September 18. Forms are available in the church office. Call Mary Ellison at 417-844-1318 for more information.

Please join us, Contemplative Out-reach of Springfield, on Saturday, September 19, 2015 from 7:30 a.m. -1 p.m., as we explore the teachings of the great Spanish, Carmelite Mystic and Doctor of the Church, St. John of the Cross. This transformative journey carries us from an experience of the ordinary to the extraordinary, from earthly life to the experience of resting in God in the eternal now. Our presenter is Fr. Matthew Flat-ley, a Roman Catholic priest serving in the Diocese of Jefferson City, MO. Fr. Matt enjoyed a wonderful career as a professionally trained Chef. In time, he came to live at Trappist Monasteries in Colorado and Mis-souri. Today he considers himself a contemplative cook. Since 1994 he has taught Centering Prayer and led many retreats and workshops. There will be 2 presentations, 2 periods of Centering Prayer and a period for small group discussion. The cost of the day is $15 if paid prior to the presentation, $20 at the door. Please contact Mary Ellison at 844-1318 for more information/questions.

Shawio Sunday Takes Place in October

Mark your calendars to attend Shawio Sunday on October 4th. The 10 a.m. service will be held at Camp Shawio, our church camp, located near Lin-denlure. After the service there will be a family picnic. Please bring a side dish or dessert to share. Meat, buns and soft drinks will be provided. Bring lawn

chairs and or a picnic blankets too. The 8 a.m. service that day will take place as usual on Walnut Street. For those who enjoy camping come on Friday night, October 3rd, at 6 p.m., for a family campout before Shawio Sunday. Contact Mary Bohlen for more information on the campout.

The Welcome and Growth Commit-tee will meet on Wednesday, Septem-ber 2, at 5:30 pm. We will meet in the library. If you would like to be a part of this important, but fun committee, please join us. We would love to have you. Call Kathy for more infor-mation, 861-9971.

Kathy Sheppard

Welcome and Growth Committee

2nd Sunday Brunch─September 13th

Welcome back to all who have been away and to the summer followers! Please join us for a simple brunch, after the Ice Cream Social (10:45 a.m.) and after the 11 a.m. service in the Parish Hall, on Sunday September 13th. Known as “2nd Sunday Brunch” we will be offering you brunch every other month (6) times during the year, as a

time of fellowship and to get to know those new to the parish and visitors. There is no cost, just bring your smile and enjoy chatting with all those who have come to worship with us on Sundays.

Thank you,

Welcome and Growth Committee

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The Outreach committee is seeking members of the church to join them in planning and executing the outreach ser-vices of Christ Church. The Outreach committee meets once a month, on the first Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in the li-brary. As a committee we are responsible to choose projects and then plan and see that those projects are completed. Our projects are many and varied. This committee is responsible to plan, coordi-nate and host the quarterly Community dinners, including the Thanksgiving din-ner. We provide sack lunches for home-less who come to the door asking for food. We financially support the Well of Life, where many committee members volunteer. We are active in the Council of Churches and participate in some of their programs. Annually, we gather volunteers to go pack food for Meals A Million. That food is used

locally, and around the world. The com-mittee also participates in preparing and serving dinner to "Rare Breed" (homeless youth) and it sends volunteers to Safe to Sleep and many other projects. If you would like to be a part of this group we would certainly welcome you. You are welcome to come to any meeting or speak with committee members: Lin-da and Robert Watts, John Steinberg, Ryan and Christina Wiksell, Bob Hood, Penny Chumbley, John and Marcia Biggs, Marilyn Vinson McAfee, Cynthia Ma-gruder, Larry Paulette and Jeff Paulette. Please think about working with us. In some ways, the service we do is the face of Christ Church to the community. Consider this opportunity for you to be-come more involved.

Penny Gordon-Chumbley

Vestry Members:

Marsha Patterson, Senior Warden

Charlie Bare, Junior Warden

Gary Allman

Susan Cardwell

Robert Carolla

Chris Macioce

Tom Killingsworth

Kenny Ross

Sally Scheid, Secretary

Kathy Sheppard

Ryan Wiksell

Parish Treasurer:

Tom Mangan (voluntary)

Church Staff:

The Rev. Kenneth L. Chumbley, Rector

The Rev. Jonathan E. Frazier,

Assistant Rector

The Rev. John W. Biggs, Priest Associate

(voluntary)

The Rev. John Steinberg, Vinton Director

(voluntary)

Jennifer Hendrickson, Parish Administrator

Sheila McGinn, Front Office Manager and

Master Scheduler

Mary Bohlen, Children’s Christian

Formation Director

Josh Trader, South Youth Network Ministry

Coordinator

Allin Sorenson, Music Director and

St. Gregory Choir Director

Rachel Murad, St. Cecilia Choir Director

Cathie Weir, Organist

Mary Christiano, Hand Bell Choir Director

Carrie Dickerson, Nursery

Catherine Irby, Nursery

Kellie Medina, Nursery

David McGinn, Sexton

Will Rohrer, Sexton

The name tags are located in the hallway by the sanctuary.

If you do not have one, please sign up on the bulletin board across from the name

tags and we will make you one! Wear it every Sunday !

If you are a parent of a little one, infant through 4 years, and want to spend time with other parents and their children from your Christ Church family let us know! A P.O.L.O., Parents Of Little Ones, group will be formed at Christ Church if there is enough interest. In the past

monthly gatherings were planned and families got together for a fun activity or outing and of course a snack!. If you’re interested in forming a P.O.LO. group contact Kathy Sheppard for more information, 861-9971.

P.O.L.O. (Parents Of Little Ones)

Outreach Committee Seeks Volunteers

Change Service Requested

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Stewardship Sunday

You are invited to a

Stewardship Appreciation BrunchStewardship Appreciation BrunchStewardship Appreciation BrunchStewardship Appreciation Brunch October 18th

hosted and served by our Vestry Members.

There will be a Brunch after each service.

Our 2016 pledge cards will be available

for completion and submittal.

Thank you for your faithful giving. Thank you for your faithful giving. Thank you for your faithful giving. Thank you for your faithful giving.