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The Chatter St. Bartholomew’s Anglican Pro –Cathedral

Volume 57, Number 6 EASTER/PENTECOST JUNE 2014

St. Bart's Web Information

www.stbartston.org

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St. Bartholomew's Anglican

Pro- Cathedral

2368 Eggert Road

Tonawanda, NY 14150

Phone: (716) 831-1777

Inside this issue: PPC News; Bishop Scaife Guild News; Global Missions Ministry News; June Birthdays; Vestry News; Trip to Israel; Summer Bible Study; Confirmation and Ordination Pictures,; National Day of Prayer Photos; Fred Garrasi Memorial 5K; Special Thank You’s.

Important Dates: Summer Schedule Begins June 15; Father’s Day—June 15, Acolyte Appreciation Sunday June 8, 11AM; Women’s Summer Bible Study begins Wed. June 11; Vacation Bible Study June 29 to Thursday July 3—6:15 to 8:30 PM; Frederick Garrasi 5 K—June 21.

Summer Women’s Bible Study

Ladies are invited to join in studying Beth Moore’s “Sacred Secrets.” The study will start on Wednesday, June 11, at 10:30 AM. “The world is obsessed with telling secrets for the sake of sensationalism. But not all hidden things are poisonous and dark. Some secrets are forgiven, some are covered, and some are kept between you and God.”

Beth explores the power of secrets in our lives and what happens when we let God teach us “wisdom in the secret heart.” (Psalm 51:6)

You are invited to sign-up in Fr. Amend Hall. Workbooks are $10. This study is 5-6 weeks and we will not meet on Wednesday, 7/2.

Questions—see or call Debi Calabrese 604-6499.

As the Pro–Cathedral of the International Diocese, St. Bartholomew’s is blessed to once again host the Diocesan Assembly. The clergy and their spouses will meet on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 12 and 13 (There will be no 9:30 AM Wednesday Service that week) and then the lay members of the diocese will join the assembly Wednesday evening, Thursday and Friday, August 14 and 15, with a closing Eucharist on Friday night. Watch Parish Life for more details.

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Our Mission is to equip and enable believers to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ by word and deed, both locally and abroad. Locally, Nationally and Internationally!

To donate and support the LeMarquands, send your check to SAMS (Society of Anglican Missionaries and

Senders) PO Box 399, Ambridge, PA 15003 (put their name the MEMO line of check)

Your Global Missions Ministry set into motion many ministry initiatives. Here are some of the many coming up!

Integrity Bottle Recycling - We have already received several checks that will be used for “Missions” at St. Bart’s. We have used the 2 checks that we received to go toward the Bibles that were purchased for Cornerstone Manor.

Crescent Project -Bridges study coming soon! Learn more about your Muslim neighbors and to help minister to them help them to understand about Jesus.

Prayer for the Persecuted Church - continue to do an outstanding job and have added to the Prayers of the

People specific prayers and intentions for the persecuted. These are also listed in Parish Life.

Cornerstone Manor - we hope to do more this year with Cornerstone and Buffalo City Mission as well. It is our hope to provide cookouts and Bibles on weekends in September.

Operation Christmas Child and Samaritan’s Purse, - we plan on partnering with them again this year, and hope to get shoeboxes from them to distribute in October.

M&M’s: - They are being distributed even as you are reading this! We will collect the coin the June 7/8 and 14/15. – The money will to go to Niagara Power/ Fellowship of Christian Athletes. We ask you to help “sweeten the pot” for the young men who are sharing the Gospel through baseball. We will try to have another St. Bart’s Night—when we can give Cal the check!

St. Bart’s Family Fun Day: - August 23 we will pick up where RRR left off. Come and join us. See the poster on page 12 of this CHATTER!

We have got much more to talk about and we would love to hear from you. Come to our meetings and share your ideas about sharing Christ with others.

Our next meeting is Wednesday, June 11, at 6 PM. Please come and join us - you don’t

have to be a missionary to attend!!!!!

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JUNE PPC NEWS

PRAYER FOR THE PERSECUTED CHURCH:

Please continue to pray for the persecuted church throughout

the summer. You will see the prayers in the Parish Life and

hear them as we pray the "Prayers of the People" each

week. Be sure to see the PPC Calendar in each issue of the

Chatter so that you can join in prayer for the persecuted.

Watch for our next meeting date in the August Chatter.

Please pray each day.

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Bishop Bill Atwood visited St. Bart’s the weekend of May 3 and 4. On Saturday, May 3, Gary Wisniewski and Jacob Bush were ordained to the Sacred Order of Deacons. Deacon Wisniewski will be a vocational or permanent deacon, while Deacon Bush is a transitional deacon, who will, God willing, be ordained to the Sacred Order of Priests in a year.

Derek Wiertel, a candidate for ordination, received his Masters of Divinity (MDiv) from Trinity School for Ministry, Ambridge, Pa, at the graduation commencement on May 17, 2014.

See more pictures , taken by Mike Wisz, on the next page.

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Additional pictures of the ordination on May 3, 2014

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Sunday May 4 Bishop Atwood Confirmed 5 adults

and 16 young people at St. Bartholomew’s.

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Thursday, May 1, was the National Day of Prayer. The Bible believing churches who are “Christ

Together” gathered at St. Bart’s for an evening of prayer, worship, fellowship, and Biblical

discussions. We were blessed to use our new projection system, which was given in memory

of Frederick Garrasi III.

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Registration for VBS continues after each service.VBS week is June 29 until Thursday July 3, 6:15pm to 8:30pm. Questions – see David Curtis.

Thank You so much for all of your prayers and

blessings! I could feel my Lord by my side and

continue to feel Him by my side through my healing.

Thank you and may God bless you!

With love,

JoAnn Buczkowski

To Our Dear St. Bartholomew’s Family,

We just wanted to write a thank you note to you for

the many cards sent to Fr. Ed and to me (Georgia) after

my recent surgery and hospitalization. We both

appreciate the prayers and cards from you, our St.

Bart's family. I am so glad to be home from the

hospital and want to thank you for your continued

prayers for the both of us. With love,

Fr. Ed and Georgia Kusmierczyk

St. Bart’s is VERY blessed to have the Fred Garrasi III projection system installed and working in our church. We are in NEED of volunteers who would like to learn how to serve in this ministry. We will train all volunteers how to run the sound board, record sermons, and how to run the computer that houses our projection ministry.

Programs for the songs and service be written ahead of time for you, and all you need to do is run them. We will train you how to do all of this! Our first training session is Thursday, May 29 at 6 PM. We will have another session in June. Questions - please see Fr. Commins and Deacon Reitz.

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Please keep those from our Parish Family who are serving our country in the Armed Forces.

· Micah Gray - US Marines

· Tony Driskill - US Navy

· Jason Duffy

· Jason Driscoll

· Brandon Schessl

· Ian Paul

· Andrew Arway - US Army

· Andrew Welkley - US Air Force

· Virginia Boy - US Navy

· Andrew Rebl - US Army

· Matthew Prohaska–USAir Force

· Gio Estocado - US Army

If you know of any others that we need

to include in our prayers, please let the church office know.

01 Candace Kane 01 Mary Krause 01 Linda McGee 01 Lisa Speaks 02 Abby Hoy 02 William Ruhland 02 Craig Schwab 02 Kris Wydro 03 Emily Bush 03 Robert Krieger 04 Christian Burr 04 Pam Machelor 04 Michael Spence Jr. 05 Gloria Caruso 06 Lee Hilliker 06 Richard Hubbard 06 Norma Madigan 06 Ellen Siegel 06 Gregory VanNorman 06 Edward Zurzuski 07 MaryJane Brzeczkowski 08 Connie Eskridge 08 Frank LoCicero 09 Julissa Hill 09 Mary Hillery 09 Kristin Poeller 09 Karin Seymour 09 Gary Zuefle 10 Marjorie Saunders 11 Louis Callari 11 Carol Lower 11 Linda Soltis 12 Karen Heer 12 Carolyn Ley 13 Alena Matuch 13 Truth Woolcott 16 Thomas Daniele 16 Mary Ann Fahs 16 Beverly Graber 16 Brenda Small 17 Robert Derrett III 17 Debra McGuire 18 Leslie Horvath 19 Neal Hodgson 19 Dillon Lobdell 19 Carol Nelson 19 Griffin Poeller 19 Christopher Szymanski 19 Stephen Tarapata 19 Mary Ellen White 20 Kyle Brunner 20 Fr. John Commins 20 Madeline Crosby 20 Doreen Flatley 21 Anna Hart

21 Brett Kyser 21 Audra Lakeman 23 Maryellen Anello 25 Christopher Abramo 25 Juliette Cleary 25 Grace Giambanco 25 Barbara Hubbard 25 Ann O'Farrell 26 Jason Crosby 26 Megan Kincaid 27 Nicole Buchanan 27 Jonathan Merrick 27 David Waddington, Jr. 27 Andrew Welkley 28 Blanche Borkowski 28 Babe DeCourcey 28 Dawn Kincaid 28 James Schwartzmyer 29 Elijah Osmon 30 Jennifer Bly 30 Kathryn Bly 30 Carl Calabrese 30 Anita Will

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Fr. Commins says “ Come on and join us for the trip

of a lifetime. We will visit Israel from the perspective

of the Jewish Believer, and the first century

Christian.” This will be a Biblical trip, exploring

many of the places of Jesus’ life and ministry at a

pace that is not a whirlwind!

If you would like to go on this trip to the Holy Land with Fr. and

Marilyn Commins, please go to this website for more info and to

register. http://events.signup4.com/shoreshjcommins

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22 bags of food and 1 cash donation were taken to the Food Pantry in May. Thank you for your generosity!

The Food Pantry is in need of personal care items. Food items most needed are cereal, pancake mix, pancake syrup, peanut butter, jelly, tuna fish, small cans of soup, dry soup mixes and mac & cheese.

Please bring your items on the FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH so that our “Food Pantry Delivery Angels” only have to make one trip.

It's not too late to sign up for the annual Guild

Banquet on Thursday, June 12, at the

"Windows on the Green, Westwood Country

Club, North Forest Rd., Williamsville. A sign up

sheet is in the Fr. Amend Hall. Our

entertainment will be Mary Kate O'Connell.

We were suppose to have a Kenmore West

choir, but they were unable to come. Please

pay for your dinner, by June 9, in the Gift

Shop.

GIFT SHOP is open Sundays and Wednesday

mornings. We are always in need of

donations of items in good condition.

BUNDLES FOR BABIES:

Please bring new or "gently used" baby items

to the Gift Shop and we will take them to

Cornerstone Manor. Diapers are always in

need.

THREADS OF HOPE:

Linens, especially towels and twin sheets and

small appliances in good condition are needed

for families in need. Any questions, please call

Carol Siock at 835-2105. Please mark donations

"Carol Siock" and bring to the Gift Shop.

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DON'T FORGET TO SAVE DASH RECEIPTS -

BAG IS ON THE GIFT SHOP DOOR!

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PLEASE CHECK OUR 2014 BUDGET IN THE

GIFT SHOP TO THE LEFT OF THE DOOR.

Final tally for the 2014 budget: 180 pledges

for $484,801 have been received as

compared to 193 for $470,985 in 2013.

The Church and the Bishop Scaife Guild

have sponsored two tables at the

Northtown Pregnancy Center for the first

annual banquet to be held at the Adam's

Mark Hotel in Buffalo on Thursday, May 22

at 6:30 PM.

Grove Roofing, who did our roof and who

inspects it yearly made some maintenance

recommendations and repairs to the sun

roof over the sanctuary, which will be

made.

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