Volume 48, No. 2 February, 2012 Belleville, Illinois

St. George’s Parish Mission - To Love and Serve the Lord and our Neighbors as Ourselves

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St. George’s Episcopal Church Newsletter

D r a g o n2011 Was A Blessed Year

P-2 Calendar; P-3 A few thoughts; P-4 Senior Warden’s Report; P-5Election Results; P-6 Adult Forum Begins 1st Corinthians; P-6 Beadsin the Bookstore; P-7 Soup Suppers; P-7 Confirmation Class; P-8Praise Report; P-9 Shrove Tuesday Pancakes; P-11 Let’s Record OurHistory

St. George’s celebratedthe joys and blessings of 2011at the parish’s annual meet-ing Jan. 29, and explored fi-nancial challenges that thevestry has addressed this win-ter. Seventy-one parishionersattended the meeting, heldeach January to review theyear past and the parish’smany ministries inside andoutside the church. Theagenda also includes electionsfor vestry members, delegatesto deanery and diocesansynod, and endowment fundtrustees.

Chuck Evans, BrianMaves and Michelle Zeiglerwere elected to the vestry.Synod delegates are Marilynn

Belleville, Chuck Evans,Cindy Lynk, Brian Maves andMichelle Zeigler. Dana Meyerwill serve as alternate. ChuckEvans and Cindy Lynk aredeanery delegates, withMichelle Zeigler as alternate.

Tom Boschert and FrankRogers were elected to theEndowment Fund board. AndSenior Warden Dan Duncanpresented Margaret Brown,PK Johnson and ChrisRobertson, whom the vestryhad appointed to new termson the Toddhall Retreat andConference Center Board ofDirectors.

The treasurer’s report,showing an end-of-the-yeardeficit of $23,000 and a 2012

budget with a $12,000 defi-cit, prompted considerablediscussion. Treasurer RuthAnn Weber, Fr. Dale Colemanand Senior Warden DanDuncan explained that thevestry has grappled with theseissues at its last two meetings,in December and January, andcontinues to do so, commit-ted to reducing the deficit.

Fr. Dale noted that theeconomy, the deaths of sev-eral members, changes in em-ployment and other factorshave affected our financialposition.

In a letter to the congre-gation before the meeting, Fr.Dale talked about the 2011

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St. George’s

RectorThe Very Rev. CanonDale D. Coleman233-6320 (789-3723)

DeaconThe Rev.Joan (Jody) Coleman(505) 913-0375

Senior WardenDan Duncan476-3034

Parish WardenHal Inabinet

Administrative AssistantJanet Koch

Holy EucharistSundays 8 and 10:30a.m.Wednesdays 9:30 a.m.

Church SchoolSundays (Sept. through May)8:50a.m. - Parish HallOpening

NurserySundays9 a.m. to noon

St. George’s Dragon deadline is the third Sunday of the month before issue month. Dragon fodder may bee - m a i l e d t o stgdragon@gmail.com or to the church office or placed in the folder marked “Dragon” inthe wall file on the landing between classrooms and offices. Editor: Tom Boschert

Music DirectorNancy S. Ypma, D.Mus.234-1947

Rector EmeritusThe Rev. CanonElliot H. Blackburn

Feburary

Every Wednesday 9:30 Holy Eucharist/Healing ServiceEvery Wednesday 10:00 Prayer GroupEvery Wednesday Choristers - 5:30 pm - Choir - 7:30 pm

CalendarFeb. 6 Order of St. Luke – 6:30 pm - CRFeb. 7 Lutheran School of Theology 7 – 9:30 pm - PHFeb. 11 St. Mark’s Youth - Parish HallFeb. 14 Lutheran School of Theology 7 – 9:30 pm - PHFeb. 20 Office closedFeb. 21 Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper

5:30 pm – 7:30 pmFeb. 22 Ash Wednesday 9:30 am & 7:00 pm HE & IAFeb. 24 Crisis Fund 9:00 am – 3:00 pmFeb. 28 Lutheran School of Theology 7 – 9:30 pm -PH

Toddhall Board – 6:30 pm – CR

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A few thoughts …

OBSERVING A HOLY LENT

That season in the Church year which prepares us for Easter is Lent. For fortyweekdays (and the Sundays) the Church is draped in purple to remind us of thenecessity for repentance for all. While we may have different individual times for ourown sorrow and repentance, Lent is the declaration that the Church itself is sinful andin need of forgiveness through Christ.

On Ash Wednesday, the Celebrant invites everyone “in the name of the Church, to theobservance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting,and self denial; and by reading and meditating on God’s holy Word”. (BCP p.265)

Lenten opportunities to fulfill these disciplines will include:• The study of St. Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians at the Adult Forum

Sunday mornings;• The Lenten sessions on Thursday evenings on “God and America”, following

the Soup Supper;• Our Confirmation Class led by Deacon Jody, to be held at the same time as

the Lenten study;• Our Lenten Sunday worship beginning with the Great Litany on Lent I; and• Making your private confession by appointment with Fr. Dale. (If you haven’t

seen the Rite, look at the two offered forms in the BCP, p 447, and p 449.)

Please come and worship at one of our two Ash Wednesday services, which willbe held at 9:30 am and 7:00pm, on February 22. Pastor Brian Robison and St. Markwill join us for our worship this year.

Faithfully yours in Jesus,

Fr. Dale Coleman+

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Hosts Needed: If you wouldlike to become a host forcoffee hour please contactTom Boschert or the churchoffice. Team members hostthe coffee hour approx-imately 3 times per year.

Coffee HourScheduleFeb 5 GillispieFeb 12 Mohrman/BrownFeb 26 J & B MillerMar 4 Cindy LynkMar 11 Maves Family

As a long time member ofSt. George’s, I am alwaysamazed at how things at St.George’s work out. When aneed arises there alwaysseems to be someone to stepup and help with the need.The last year, while servingas Senior Warden, I have be-come more aware of ourmany blessings and believethe dedication of Fr DaleColeman, our staff and pa-rishioners will prevail in anychallenge that may present it-self.

The Senior Warden’s ReportBy Dan Duncan, Senior WardenTaken from the Annual Meeting booklet, Jan 29, 2012

get for 2012 with substantialdeficit that has many of usconcerned. Through aware-ness and much prayer allthings are possible. With hard economicstimes and world conflicts thatwe see constantly in the mul-titude of instant electroniccommunications, we maylose sight of the many bless-ings at St. George’s. St.George’s parish is a vibrantcommunity of Christ ianssharing a common life inChrist Jesus. In a recent com-munication from our newBishop, Daniel Martins, itwas pointed out that of the36 parishes in the Diocese ofSpringfield only five of theparishes are self sustaining.St. George’s is one of those. This year we find ourChurch blessed with muchneeded additional staff ofAaron McNitt as AssistantSextant and Rev Joan (Jody)Coleman as Deacon. St. George’s EpiscopalChurch hosted the 134th An-nual Synod of the EpiscopalDiocese of Springfield onOctober 21-22, 2011. This

gathering of the churcheswithin our Diocese wasplanned and implemented bymembers of the Synod Plan-ning Commit tee of St.George’s Church. The com-mittee consisted of MarilynnBelleville, Tom Boschert,Chuck Evans and BrianMaves. The committee andthe many volunteers whohelped in assembling materialand manning the booths at themeeting deserve a word ofthanks. A driving force of St.George’s is the focus of ourmembers and the dedicationof so many individuals whodevote their time and re-sources to support the manymissions at St. George’s. Forthose who are new or are notfamiliar with the many out-reach programs, please takethe time to read the reportsin this Annual Meeting Book-let. As Senior Warden, I wishto thank everyone at St.George’s for all you do tomake Christ known to somany people.

At present we see a bud-

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Congratulations to HendrixVise son of Ben and TheresaVise. Hendrix was baptized onJan 8.

Congratulations

Congratulations to CalebKohler who was baptized onJan 15. Caleb is the son of AmyVollmer Kohler and ElizabethVollmer Kohler.

Congratulations to Anne Millerwho were baptized on Jan 15.She is the daughter of Thomasand Stacy Miller.

Congratulations to Grandpa JoeHooten. His son Joe and hiswife Jessica are celebrating thebirth of their third son. JulianMoses was born on Jan 30 andweighted in at 9 lbs. 6 oz.

Annual MeetingElection Results

Vestry Class of 2014Elected to serve 3 year term

Brian Maves, Chuck Evans & Michelle Ziegler

DelegatesTo 105th Synod

Diocese of SpringfieldMarilynn Belleville, Chuck Evans, Cindy Lynk,Brian Maves & Michelle Ziegler. Alternate -Dana Meyer

RepresentativesTo Darrow Deanery

Chuck Evans & Cindy Lynk. Alternate -Michelle Ziegler

Vestry Confirmed AppointmentsTo Toddhall Board of Trustees

Margaret Brown, P. K. Johnson & ChrisRobertson

Endowment CommitteeTom Boschert & Frank Rogers

Dan Duncan will continue as Senior Warden andHal Inabinet will continue to serve as ParishWarden.

Feb 5 Ed & Cindy LynkFeb 20 Ken & Jean Vaughn

Tim & Terry PaeltzFeb 27 Charles & Diane Laedlein

HappyAnniversary

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HAPPYFebruaryBIRTHDAY

5 Rich Hays Betsy Lynk

Jordan Coil 6 Duffy Walters Kelsey Maves 7 Vincent Torigian Brian Maves 8 Archie Karibian 10 John Phillips 13 Brenda LaMonte 14 Pat Duncan

Elliott Hoffman 16 Kylie Walters 17 Ariana Hunter 18 Claudia Zimmermann

Michael Harres 19 Charles Laedlien 20 Ralph Oelschlager 22 Mitchell Pykosz 23 Nolan Haefner 24 Diane Earhart 25 Paul Clady 26 Barbara Tenpenny Jessica Coil 28 Marilynn Belleville Kim DeHoyos

Beadsin the Bookstore The Bead for Life projectwill come to an end on Febru-ary 15th. Vicki Hall said allremaining beads, soap and lipbalm will be returned after thatdate. She suggests if you haveany birthdays, anniversaries,or other special occasionscoming up, please check outthese very special beads. The bookstore has had greatsupport for this project. “Weare very grateful and want tolet you know that we havesold well over $1,000 worthof beads.” The money will goto help the Ugandan womenwhose bead making industryis their only source of income. Remember the St.George’s bookstore for prayerbooks and Bibles. There isstill a small inventory of JamesAvery jewelry at 20% off.

Fr Dale Teaches

1st Corinthians At Forum Beginning Sunday Feb.5,Fr. Dale will be teaching onSt. Paul’s First Letter to theCorinthians at the adult forumin the Parish Hall beginningat 9:10am.

There are still open dates2012 Flower Chart. Thedates are July 8, 29; Sept. 2and Nov. 25. Cost of theflowers is $40 a Sunday.

Paul’s arrival at thisthriving sea port and tradingcenter in 50 AD gave him agreat opportunity to widenthe Christian mission he hadbeen engaged in for manyyears. When Paul reachedCorinth (where he stayed for18 months), he found a plu-ralist religious culture at thestill new Roman Colony. Questions covered in thisimportant New Testamentwriting covered ethics, theEucharist, the truth of Jesus’Resurrection, how the sexesshould relate to another, andproblems in a church of widediversity, including wealth. New archeological evi-dence since the 1980s hasprovided many new insightsinto the make up of thechurch at Corinth. Fr. Dale is an adjunct pro-fessor of New Testament,Liturgy and Church Historyat Trinity Seminary.

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Lenten soup suppersSeries Explores HistoryOf Religion In AmericaGod in America, PBS’ acclaimed series about how reli-gious faith has shaped America, will be the program forSt. George’s Lenten soup supper gatherings this year, tobe held every Thursday night beginning March 1 and con-tinuing through March 29. The series “examines the complex interaction of reli-gion and democracy, the origins of the uniquely Americanconcept of religious liberty, and the controversial evolu-tion of that ideal in the nation’s political arena,” accordingto PBS. It looks at the lives of leading figures in our reli-gious history, including John Winthrop, Anne Hutchinson,George Whitfield, Frederick Douglass, Thomas Jeffersonand Abraham Lincoln, William Jennings Bryan andClarence Darrow, Billy Graham, Martin Luther King andJerry Falwell. The evening begins with a simple soup supper at 6 p.m.A free will offering will raise funds for local human ser-vices organizations. The program will follow at 6:45. Plan to join us! — and if you like to make soup, pleaseshow off your best recipes for your fellow-parishioners!We will also need helpers to bring relishes and bread. Watchfor a sign-up sheet downstairs on the parish hall kiosk. The Community Service and Spiritual Growth Com-missions jointly sponsor these Lenten evenings.

By Betsy Rogers

Confirmation ClassBegins March 1

While Betsy Rogers and I leadthe study on “God in America”in the parish hall on Thursdayevenings during Lent, anyonewho is interested in being con-firmed when the Bishop visitswill meet with Deacon Jody. Wewill all begin by sharing the soupsupper and fellowship in the par-ish hall at 6:00 pm. At 6:45 thegroups will separate and theconfirmands will move to theConference Room. This schedule will allow forfive opportunities to meet inMarch, with four classes on theApostle’s Creed and one on themeaning of our Holy Week andEaster services. Then we willmeet with Bishop Daniel on Sat-urday afternoon or evening,April 21, to hear his thoughts onfaith, to ask questions, and to goover the confirmation servicewhich will take place the nextmorning at the 10:30 service onSunday, April 22.

confirmed, received (if you were confirmed in anotherChristian denomination with apostolic succession – yeah,ask one of the clergy. . .) or, if you wish to reaffirm yourbaptismal vows (after you have been away from the churchfor awhile, for example), please tell Deacon Jody you planto attend!

By Fr. Dale

If you are interested in being

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The 2012 Parish Directorywill be published soon. DraftCopies are available in theCanterbury Room and ParishHall. Please make sure allyour information is current(addresses, e-mail birthdaysand anniversary).

With Your Help2012 DirectoryWill Be Up-to-Date

A Praise Report A visitor to St. George’sthe first Sunday of the yearreceived a wonderful healing,reports Margaret Brown.. She had fallen on stairs amonth before and had severepain in her arm hip and leg,and had difficulty walking,standing and getting in andout of cars. She had been toher doctor and chiropractor,but received no relief. After the 10:30 service,four members of the HealingTeam, Order of St. Luke,prayed for her. She got upfrom the chair and waved herarms over her head and diddeep knee bends - all pain wasgone! She continues to bepain free. Praise the Lord!

try, the Crisis Fund jointlyoperated by the two congre-gations, and the outreachwork of the Community Ser-vice Commission. The FoodPantry gave out nearly 50,000meals during 2011; the CrisisFund dispersed almost$21,000 to help needy fami-lies with rent, utilities, trans-portation and other expenses,and parishioners respondedwith great generosity to ef-forts on behalf of FranklinJefferson Neighborhood As-sociation, Lutheran FamilyServices, Bethany Place andthe Violence Prevention Cen-ter.

deficit and the projected2012 shortfall. He asked ev-eryone to pray about theiroffering to the church. Hehoped those not currentlypledging will make a pledgeand those making pledgesmight consider increasingtheir pledges if they can.

At the meeting, parishio-ner David Lavely sounded asimilar chord, noting that ifeach of the parish’s 176households simply added$100 to their annual giving— about $8 a month — theincreased revenues woulderase the deficit and help re-plenish the reserve fund. Fr. Dale’s letter notwith-standing, the financial reportsurprised some attendees atthe meeting. They recom-mended that regular updateson giving versus expenses bereported in the Dragon,along with reports of vestryproceedings. These reportswill begin next month. In the good news depart-ment, annual reports showedthat the parish continues togive generously to the St.

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2011 - A Blessed YearGeorge’s-St. Mark Food Pan-

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Is It Fat Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday?It’s PANCAKES

St. George’s youth arechecking recipes and buyingingredients for the best pan-cakes this side of Denny’s,IHOP, Steak ‘n Shake or evenhome. Using recipes guardednearly as closely as St.George’s White Chili recipe,our youth will present the2012 version of the ShroveTuesday Pancake Supper onFeb 21st. The delicious sup-per will be served from 5:30until 7:30 pm in the parishhall. Being so close toWashington’s Birthday, somehave been wondering if pan-cakes with cherries will beoffered this year. A free willoffering will be accepted. Theyouth are currently research-ing outreach opportunitiesand will use the money raisedto fund the chosen project.Mark your calendar and planon enjoying fellowship timeand tasty pancakes with fel-low parishioners.

Florence Martin2012 ScholarshipDeadline Mar 15 The deadline for applica-tions for the Florence Martin2012 Scholarship is March15. The scholarship is opento members of St. George’swho will be students in col-lege in the 2012/2013 schoolyear at the undergraduate orgraduate level. The require-ments for the scholarship ap-plication and the applicationitself are available on the St.George’s web site. http://stgeorges.wordpress.com .All submissions must be en-closed in a sealed envelopeand postmarked no later thanMarch 15, 2012.

The BBC reports “ShroveTuesday gets its name fromthe ritual of shriving thatChristians used to undergo inthe past. In shriving, a personconfesses their sins and re-ceives absolution for them.

absolution for their sins, theyare forgiven for them and re-leased from the guilt and painthat they have caused them. In the Catholic or Ortho-dox context, the absolution ispronounced by a priest. This tradition is very old.Over 1000 years ago a monkwrote in the Anglo-SaxonEcclesiastical Institutes: ‘Inthe week immediately beforeLent everyone shall go to hisconfessor and confess hisdeeds and the confessor soshrive him.’ Shrove Tuesday is a dayof celebration as well as peni-tence, because it’s the last daybefore Lent. Lent is a time of absti-nence, of giving things up. SoShrove Tuesday is the lastchance to indulge yourself,and to use up the foods thataren’t allowed in Lent. During Lent there aremany foods that some Chris-tians - historically and today- would not eat: foods suchas meat and fish, fats, eggs,and milky foods. So that no food waswasted, families would havea feast on the shriving Tues-day, and eat up all the foods

that wouldn’t last the fortydays of Lent without goingbad. The need to eat up the fatsgave rise to the French nameMardi Gras (‘fat Tuesday’).Pancakes became associatedwith Shrove Tuesday as theywere a dish that could use upall the eggs, fats and milk inthe house with just the addi-tion of flour. When a person receives

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About to schedule ameeting or event?First, call the churchoffice. Our two par-ishes have many groupsneeding meeting space.

If your commission orgroup meets at church, besure to appoint some-one tolock the building after yourmeeting.

If you schedule an eventat St. George ’s for aSaturday and plan to usethe church at all thatday, please let NancyYpma and ElaineLorentzen know. Ourorganists practice in thechurch on Saturday.

RemindersFeb 22 - Ash WednesdayThe St. George’s Churchfamily and the St . MarkChurch family will begin theLenten season on AshWednesday Feb. 22 with twojoint services. The first ser-vice will be at 9:30 am in thechuch. There will be anevening Ash Wednesday Eu-charist service at 7:00 pm alsoin the church. The Imposition of Asheswill be offered at both ser-vices. The ashes are made bymixing the burnt palms fromPalm Sunday 2011 with a tinybit of oil or water. Parishio-ners may bring their palms forburning by Feb 12. The practice of imposingashes is an ancient custom.“Dusting oneself with asheswas the penitent’s way of ex-pressing sorrow for sins andfaults.” An example is foundin Job 42:3-6. The projectbritian.comweb site offers the thoughtthat the palms from last year’spalm Sunday which cel-ebrated Jesus’s triumphant

We offer sympathy to BobAnderson and his family uponthe death of his wife Jane,who died in Florida Jan 7.Bob and Jane were long timemembers of St. George’s andmoved to Florida a few yearsago. A memorial service forJane was held at St. George’son Jan 21.

With Sympathy

entry into Jerusalem are burntto remind worshippers of thatthe defeat and crucifixionwere swiftly followed by thetriumph of the resurrection.The ashes on the foreheadsymbolize through Christ’sdeath and resurrection, allChristians can be free fromsin. Lent is six and a halfweeks long. It is 40 dayslong. Sunday are not countedas part of Lent. Palm Sun-day is April 1 and Easter isApril 8.

Reminder: Nelson &Nelson law office parkinglot is for our use only onSundays, and only in theparking spaces facingJackson Street. Pleaseleave the spaces facing the“house” open for Nelson &Nelson employees.

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Toddhall Schedule - February 2012Feb 1-5 Lisa Marsden Quilters 10Feb 3-4 Emmanuel Episcopal Church 30Feb 3-4 Cornerstone Presbyterian Church 17Feb 4-5 Margaret Bommarito Scrapbookers 6Feb 6-7 So. Conference of the CSIS 18Feb 6-9 Jan Copeland Quilters 10Feb 7-9 Episcopal Diocese of Missouri 40Feb 10-11 Bethesda Evangelical Church 30Feb 10-12 Creative Memories – Veronica 30Feb 10-12 Kate Howell Quilters 14Feb 10-12 Cheryl Rybak Scrapbookers 9Feb 15-16 Chaminade 55Feb 17-19 St Paul’s Catholic Church 22Feb 17-19 Pheasant Point Baptist Church 12Feb 17-19 Creative Memories – Ann 13Feb 21-23 Judy’s Quilters 12Feb 23-26 Joan Carnaghi 14Feb 23-26 St Louis Jobs with Justice 40Feb 24-25 Genesis Ministry 30

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The Community ServiceCommission is collectingitems for the Violence Pre-vention Center. The fol-lowing items are needed:Diaper – 28 lbs and up,Baby Shampoo, CoughSyrup, Twin Sheets, PaperTowels, Baby andChildren’s Tylenol, washcloths and towels.

Women’s ShelterNeeds Our Help We’ve Made History,

Let’s Record It This year marks three important anniversaries for St.George’s. We are 130 years old having been organized onlyfive after the first synod of the Diocese of Springfield. 2012also is the thirtieth anniversary of our relationship with St.Mark and the thirtieth anniversary of our ministry at Toddhall. The 30 years from 1982 to 2012 have been active andexciting. We have 30 years of newsletters and Annual Re-ports. Many of us have memories of those years. It’s time

to write a history of thelast 30 years. It’s time toremember. It’s time to re-search. It’s time to writeand tell the story. The last history of St.George’s was written forour 100th anniversary in1982. Since then, we builta new church, expandedour ministries into severaldifferent areas, began ourrelationship with St, Mark,developed and expandedthe Toddhall Retreat andConference Center. We’vehad three rectors, two cu-rates, five deacons andtwo music directors. Wehave hosted two synods.Our parish newsletter hasbeen named, renamed andrenamed again. If you would like tohelp research and writeour history of the past 30years, please contact TomBoschert.

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bersClass of 2012 Class of 2013 Class of 2014Dan Duncan Philip Isbell Chuck EvansHal Inabinet Chelsea M

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Betsy Rogers Robert Vaughn Michelle Ziegler

Church Officers

Rector—TheVery Rev. Canon Dale D. Colem

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eritus — The Rev. Canon Elliot H. Blackburn