The MessengerGrace-St. Luke's Episcopal ChurchVolume 62, No. 6 June 2015

What's Inside:GSL Night at the Levitt Shell

Outreach • Pastoral CareAthletics • Youth Activities

Belvedere Festival

Historical Characteristics of Anglicanism with

The Rev. Dr. Russ Snapp

Anglicanismat its Best!

Sundays in June9:30-10:15 am

Trezevant Hall

Inside This Issue39ers ......................................................................... 4Altar Flowers............................................................. 11Athletics ..................................................................... 6Bygone Days ............................................................ 11Calendar Highlights .................................................... 12Episcopal Churchmen DuBose Conference ....................... 4EfM Graduates ............................................................ 7EYC News ................................................................... 6First Friday Fellowship .................................................. 4From the Rector .......................................................... 3GSL Night at the Levitt Shell ......................................... 4Garner Howell, GSL's Newest Eagle ............................... 4Historical Characteristics of Anglicanism ......................... 7Lay Schedule ............................................................ 11Looking Towards Sunday ............................................ 11Member News ........................................................... 11Memorials & Honoraria ............................................... 11Music News (Choir/Belvedere Fest) ................................ 5Outreach Ministries ...................................................... 9Pastoral Care Corner .................................................... 8Prayer ........................................................................ 6School News ............................................................. 10Thank You From B&G ................................................... 4Third Thursday ............................................................ 4This Sunday's Texts ................................................... 11On the cover: Join us for Historical Characteristics of Anglicanism with the Rev. Dr. Russ Snapp Sundays in June. More on page 7.

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Sunday Service Times8 am Holy Eucharist8:45 am Breakfast9:30 am Christian Education (Sept.–May)10:30 am Holy Eucharist5:30 pm Holy EucharistNursery available for all services except the 5:30 pm service.

Office Hours8:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday–Friday

StaffThe Rev. Richard Lawson, RectorThe Rev. Dr. Russ Snapp, Assisting PriestChristi Authement, Athletics & Fellowship Dir.Beulah Brown, SextonBeth Claybrook, Financial AssistantWesley Emerson, Organist/ChoirmasterSharon Campbell, Children's Education DirectorConnie Johns, Membership & NewcomersEva Loftin, Assistant Nursery DirectorAmanda McGriff, Interim Dir. of Pastoral CareChapman Morrow, Parish Development OfficerLucy Owens, Communications DirectorHarriet Roberts, Adult Education DirectorDebbie Smith, Music AssociateLinda Stine, Finance & AdministrationMary Margaret Winn, Youth Minister

2015 Vestry Grant Adams, Juan Fuentes, Edith Heller, John Huber, Hal Medling, Jim Mercer, Rob Norcross, Virginia Rowland, Donna Sanders, Cynthia Saatkamp, King Self, Josh Shipley, Maura Sullivan, Betsy Wilson, and Ken Woodmansee.

Vestry and Executive Committee The vestry meets the third Tuesday of each month in Trezevant Hall. The Executive Committee meets the Friday before vestry at 7:45 am in the Peete Conference Room. These meetings are open to the parish. Vestry members are also available to convey matters of importance from parishioners to the vestry. Watch your eNews and eMessenger for the links to the vestry minutes. To be added to the eNews/eMessenger distribution lists, contact Lucy Owens, lucy@gracestlukes.org. Vestry email: vestry@gracestlukes.org

Messenger DeadlineThe deadline for the June issue of The Messenger is 9 am, May 15! Contact Lucy at 272-7425 or lucy@gracestlukes.org with any questions.

Support Groups at GSLMeeting from 12:20–12:40

AA meetings: Tuesdays, 6:30 pm

Narcotics Anonymous: Sundays, 8 pm

Al Anon: Thursdays, 10:30 am

Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous: Mondays & Thursdays, 8 pm

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From the Rector: God is in the Details

This summer is filled with big things for our parish. Beginning Sunday, June 14, all Eucharists will take place in Trezevant parish hall because of a significant renovation of the church's interior. Thanks to several generous major gifts, our renovation now includes a substantial overhaul of our antiquated HVAC system, in addition to a long list of other repairs caused by what we call "deferred maintenance." The renovation is also about dreams, especially the new antiphonal organ in the gallery that was a part of the original dream for our existing organ. Another dream that will become a reality is a dry sprinkler system installed in the church and chapel for the first time in our history, an added safeguard we hope never to use. All of this is a big deal.

We also welcome a new curate, Broderick Greer. The parish is invited to his ordination to the diaconate at St. Mary's Cathedral on Saturday, May 30, at 10:30 am. I cannot wait for Broderick to get to know GSL Church & School and for everyone to get to know Broderick. Broderick's ordination and his call to the parish are significant for all of us.

Nevertheless, these are far from the biggest events in our common life as of late. In the last few weeks, we have buried or attended the burials of a number of much beloved parishioners, a parishioner's adult grandchild, a faculty member at Grace-St. Luke’s School, and even one of our school parents. I have listened to so many people talk about people they love but, in the words of one prayer, "see no longer."

In all of these conversations, what has struck me the most as a pastor and as a human being is the fact that in relationships the small things make the biggest difference. In relationships, it is the small things which move us so deeply and which stay with us for decades, small things such as stories we tell about a spouse or partner's personality or sense of humor. Small things like the stories we tell about when a person surprised us with forgiveness and gentleness that we did not expect, let alone deserve. The small things in relationships include gestures such as saying grace at meals or simply making someone laugh at the right time. Small things include the way a parent is always his or her son's biggest fan or always in the corner of his or her daughter. Small things are the stories we tell one another. Small things are saying "I love you" over and over again with actions that make the words mean something.

GSL is a parish that delights in small things, whether it is our organist working in "Here Comes Peter Cottontail" in the Easter postlude, or the wit and wisdom of a parishioner we see each Sunday in church. My prayer for all of us (starting with myself ) is that this summer will bring a greater awareness that it is the small things which matter the most in our relationships. I pray that this summer also brings plenty of time for small things, even time to remember that there is always time for relationships. In other words, may we realize that God is in the details.

The Reverend Richard Lawson

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First Friday Fellowship (FFF) encourages all to join them at GSL Night at the Levitt Shell on Sunday, June 7, 6:30 pm in the hospitality tent.

39ers: The 39ers will not meet in June, July and August. We will return Sept. 11. Have a great summer and consider joining us for the 2015 to 2016 year. We meet the second Friday of the month, September-May. Meetings are held 11:30 am for wine and cheese and conversation with a catered meal followed by a program. Looking forward to seeing you. For more info, contact Mary Virginia Rogers (mvarogers@aol.com).

Third Thursday: The Third Thursday group will take a few months off for the summer. Enjoy the slower pace, be safe in your travels, and stay in touch with one another. We’ll see you in September!

August 14-16The 69th Annual

Churchmen ConferenceFor more info, visit

www.tnchurchmen.org.

GSL Night at the Levitt Shell

June 7, 6:30 pm

Join fellow parishioners for GSL Night at the Levitt Shell, Sunday, June 7, for a FREE concert, as well as FREE food (from

the Germantown Commissary) and beverages. The event begins in the hospitality tent, hosted by the GSL Fellowship Committee, at 6:30 pm followed by the concert, which begins at 7:30. The enter-tainment for the evening is MARCHFOURTH.

This promises to be a fun community event for all ages. Friends & family invited. The more the merrier!

For more information about the entertainment, visit www.levittshell.org/events/2015/6/7/marchfourth.

Garner Howell GSL's Newest Eagle Scout

Garner and his family are long time GSL Church members. Garner was baptized and confirmed at GSL and attended GSL from PreK-8th Grade. He has been involved in scouts at GSL since first grade when he was a Tiger Cub. Garner has served as a counselor at Kia Kima (Boy Scout camp) and completed his Eagle project at St. Columba (he built 2 slides to go into the Mud Pit). Congratulations Garner!

Owen, Garner's brother, Garner, and Lang and Becca Howell, Garner's parents, at Eagle Ceremony, May 17

Thank you from Buildings and Grounds

Many of you have probably noticed the newest aspect of the trans-formed circle parking lot, with the recent completion of the new curb work, the brick paver surface, and the creation of an irrigated garden with new planter urn on the parking island. This transformed space is pleasing to the eye. It also now serves as the host for as many as five handicap parking spots (up from three). Please note that the east side of the island is reserved for handicap parking. Particular credit goes to Sherry Prewitt for her efforts to create the garden, from removing some pretty suspect old dirt, installing more hospitable soil, to selecting and planting the plants! I like what she has chosen! Credit also goes to Arthur Nave for his assistance in making the new garden ready, and his sound advice. Finally, much credit goes to Frank Langford for selecting and acquiring the planter urns, both in the parking island, and out in front of the church entrance. Please commend them for this work! --Bruce Williams, B & G Chair

Before After

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Music Ministry

June 17-20: Ninth Annual Belvedere Chamber

Music Festival

Belvedere Festival ScheduleWed., June 17: 7:30 pm Opening concert,

followed by reception in Trezevant Hall

Thurs., June 18–Sat. June 20: Concerts at 7:30 pm in Trezevant Hall

Fri.–Sat, June 19–20: Concerts at 3:30 pm at the Beethoven Club, 263 S. McLean

COME SING WITH US!

Summer Choir is a great time to sing if you don’t have time during the year. We rehearse on Sunday mornings at 9:30 in the choir room. We begin on June 7. If you’re interested, please contact Wesley at 272-7425, ext. 16, or after church on Sunday. We’d love to have you!

Belvedere Chamber Music Festival2015 Student Composition Contest

In conjunction with the festival, The Beethoven Club of Memphis sponsors a student composition contest that is open to academic composers worldwide up to the age of 30. Winners receive a performance at the festival and a recording of the work made by members of the Luna Nova Ensemble.

Winners of the 2015 contest:• 1st Place: Nick Norton (University of California, Santa Barbara),

Quiet Harbor—flute, clarinet (doubling bass), violin, cello• 2nd Place: Brandon Scott Rumsey (University of Texas at

Austin), Alexandra Bryant (University of Maryland), Two Ghost Stations—flute and piano• 3rd Place: Keane Southard (University of Colorado-Boulder), The Dove in the Ash Grove: A Fantasy on Two Welsh Folk Songs—

cello and piano

They will be attending the festival to hear the premiere of their works.

Festival artists: Nobuko Igarashi, John McMurtery, Craig Hultgren, Adam Bowles

Luna Nova Music (www.lunanova.org) is producing the ninth annual Belvedere Chamber Music Festival (www.belvederefestival.org) Wednesday, June 17, through Saturday, June 20. The festival features masterworks of the 20th century as well as exciting new works by emerging faculty and student composers from around the country. Concerts will be held at Grace-St. Luke’s and the Beethoven Club, 263 S. McLean.

Festival Highlights• Six concerts by the Luna Nova Ensemble. • Programs include works by Faure, Ravel, Stravinsky, Bach,

Poulenc, Boulanger, Satie, Patterson, Volker, and others. • Performances of works by the 2015 Student Composition

Contest winners. • All concerts are free and open to the public.

Festival Artists• John McMurtery, flute• Gregory Maytan, violin• Nobuko Igarashi, clarinet• Catherine Grace Cox, soprano • Craig Hultgren, cello• Robert Patterson, horn/composition• Paul Christopher Murray, bass/baritone• Mark Volker, guitar/composition• Maeve Brophy, piano• Perry Mears, piano• Adam Bowles, piano

For more information about the artists, visit www.gracestlukes.org/events/belvedere-chamber-music-festival/

EYC Newsand Events

EYC will take a hiatus from our regular Sunday gatherings, but we will have plenty of offerings this summer!

Thanks to the many youth who volunteered their time and energy at Vacation Bible School, June 1–5!

Sunday, June 28—Redbirds Game!: Come on out to Faith and Family Night at Autozone Park to cheer on the Memphis Redbirds. The event is FREE, but youth are responsible for buying their own food and merchandise. If you would like to attend, please fill out the form found online and in the church office.

I GSL bags are here! As a fundraiser for our summer service trip, the youth are selling reusable grocery bags so that you can shop in style and help reduce plastic waste. Bags will be on sale after services on Sundays and during the week in the church office. 1 bag= $10 and 2 bags= $15. To learn more about what we will be doing this summer, please visit the youth page on the church website.

We are now a member of the Kroger Community Rewards Program! Every time an enrolled member shops at Kroger, GSL earns cash rewards, which will go towards Youth Out-reach programs. There is no cost to you, and it does not affect your personal Kroger Plus points, savings, or fuel rewards. To learn how to sign up, please visit the youth page on the church website, www.gracestlukes.org/youth-group.

Church Athletics

Thank you Spring Soccer Coaches

A huge THANK YOU to the 2015 GSL Church spring soccer coaches: Cameron Taylor, Michael Evers, Justin Dyer, Chris Warner, Ben Ward, Drew Mascolino, Johnny Norris, Jonathan Jacobs, Posey Cochrane, Joe Carney, and Scott Woodmansee.

Also, a huge THANK YOU to Cameron Taylor for taking on the positon of spring soccer parent coordinator! He did an outstanding job!

Please contact Christi Authement, christi@gracestlukes.org or 825-7353, with any questions about GSL Athletics.

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PrayerBy Harriet Roberts

Recently I had two very different prayer experiences, and that has set a girl’s mind to wondering.

The first experience happened when I was at my son’s final varsity track meet which was held at Houston High School. I am not one of those mothers who can sit calmly in the stands. The entire meet—frankly—makes me apoplectic. I worry if he will miss his heat, forget his hip number, fall asleep in the shade, be out of earshot when they call his event, or forget to put on his spikes. If there is something stupid to worry about, you can bet I will be busy doing it. In addition to worrying about a bunch of nonsense, I also worry (as all parents do) that my child will have a poor race. And, by that I mean that he will feel terrible, that he will end up vomiting in the middle of the track (that often happens), or that—for whatever reason—he will simply have no gas. In the end, I am not bothered how he places, just that he has run the best race he is capable of on that day.

Because I recognize what a complete pig’s breakfast I become at these meets, I felt it was necessary to really collect myself before taking a seat. Standing by the entrance to the track I held onto the chain link fence. I closed my eyes and I prayed. It took me a mo-ment to lasso the thoughts that were swirling and jiggling around in my head. But, when I did get control of them, I was able to formulate a very specific prayer:

"Please God, just let him have a good race."

Then I climbed up to my spot in the bleachers and I sat down.

I tried not to speculate as to whether or not my child was paying at-tention, whether or not he was getting ready, whether or not he was in the bathroom, or whether or not he had actually eaten anything.

I sat. I chatted with my husband and I chatted with a friend, Tom, who is the father of one of Matthew’s closest friends. He had come to see Matthew run. Finally, Matthew’s event was fast approach-ing. He was running in the second heat of the 1,600 which is his favorite race. His goal this entire track season has been to break five minutes.

Suddenly, Matthew’s race was next. So, our little trio headed back off the bleachers to the chain link fence so that our shouts

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Christian EducationSharon Campbell, Director of Children's Education

Harriet Roberts, Director of Adult Education

Historical Characteristics of Anglicanism with the Rev. Dr. Russ Snapp 9:30 until 10:15 am ~ Trezevant Hall

June 7, 14, 21 & 28

During the month of June, join us on Sunday mornings in Trezevant, 9:30-10:15, for what promises to be an interesting, relevant to present day, educational series presented by the Rev. Dr. Russ Snapp, GSL’s assisting priest.

In this series, we will focus on major characteristics of Anglicanism at its best. We will see how these developed historically, with references to particular situations and individuals over time, primarily in England and the United States. We will also reflect on these qualities of Anglicanism, and on challenges to them, in our own day.

June 7: Humility; June 14: Openness; June 21: Comprehensiveness; June 28: Hopefulness

Some familiar names you are likely to hear mentioned during the series are: Thomas Cranmer, Elizabeth I, William Laud, John Donne, John Wesley, Bishop Edward T. Demby, and Evelyn Underhill.

Supervised craft time with Julie for older children and the nursery for younger ones will be available.

Brief Bio: Russ is GSL's Assisting Priest. He received his Ph.D. in history from Harvard University before graduating from General Seminary in New York Russ is a scholar with a pastor's heart. A gifted teacher, he also preaches and assists on Sundays, and makes pastoral visits on Sunday afternoons, Mondays, and Tuesdays. Russ is canonically a resident in the diocese of Arkansas, where he last served as the interim rector of the Episcopal Church in Helena.

Education for Ministry Graduates

On Sunday, May 31, during the 10:30 service, we recognized our EfM graduates and awarded their diplomas from The Uni-versity of the South's School of Theology: June Averyt, Betsy Black, Antoinette Cheney, and Murray McKay . The four-year course of study covered the Bible, development of the Christian faith over 2,000 years, modern theology and ethics, and the practice of theological reflection. Please be sure to congratulate our graduates!

Rector's Forum Recordings

Recordings of past Rector's Forums can be found on our website at www.gracestlukes.org/sunday-classes/videos.

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Pastoral Care Corner

June is a month when I get to celebrate the births of my grand-father, my husband and my son, three of the most important people in my life. I love birthdays because they combine two of my favorite things—gifts and cake. I have been known to spend months in the planning and purchase of "the perfect gift," and then once I have it in my possession, I am like a two year old with a secret. I am fairly bouncing up and down in anticipation of all being revealed. So I’m not sure that the statement, "’Tis better to give than to receive," is always true, but in my case, ‘tis always more fun.

Grace-St. Luke’s has a big birthday coming up and will have quite a party, one that has been not months in the planning, but years. It’s important to celebrate big milestones in the life of any

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family, this parish family included. Birthdays, though, are really a celebration of the days in between them, the every days. They mark another year, or 75, of a life shared in community. So in between now and Thanksgiving, those of us in Pastoral Care will continue to honor and mark the every days of our parish-ioners. We will be visiting hospital rooms and homes, calling to check on those in need, delivering meals to new moms and dads, extending our deepest sympathies, saying "thank you" and "congratulations."

At the same time, of course, we will be fairly bouncing up and down in anticipation of all being revealed . . . and of the cake.

of encouragement might actually be heard by the runners. And, I repeated my prayer once more just for good measure.

"Please God, just let him have a good race."The starting pistol fired and they took off. The 1,600 is four laps of the track, so you have plenty of time to cheer (and to be anxious). I am better—it would seem—at the anxiety part.

The first three laps were good. Matthew was sticking with the lead-ers. The final lap—the bell lap—things got interesting. Matthew looked strong and he started to really push. Coming down the home stretch he was looking great and he passed all but the lead runner. The last 50 yards were an all-out sprint, and had he had 10 more yards, he’d have beaten the young man who won. He placed second in his heat and his time was 4:49.

So, he looked great, he felt strong, he ran a super race, and he broke five minutes in the mile. It was awesome and I felt like my prayer had been perfectly answered. It was wonderful.

The next day, however, I had a very different prayer experience.

I was driving home down Walnut Grove. Near East High School, a woman was running after a dog who was trotting just ahead of her, dragging a leash. Those of us heading east had stopped because the dog was on the sidewalk as often as he was in the road. The west-bound lane—because of the hill—could not see what was happen-ing. And, in slow motion I saw those west-bound cars come towards us in a pack and I knew what was going to happen. There was not

time to do anything but pray.

"Please God, NO!" I shouted inside my car.

My prayer was not thoughtful and considered and precise as it had been when I had prayed for Matthew’s race. It was more of an explosion.

I did not see the dog get hit by a car because my hands were cover-ing my face, but I feel sure that he was. Brakes screeched and cars stopped. The dog somehow took off across Walnut Grove with a very strange gait and seemed to be heading for the football field. The woman who had been trying to catch him collapsed on a lawn and was screaming. My heart broke for her and for her pet.

My prayer was not answered. It was a horrible thing for the dog, it was horrific for its owner, and it was a terrible thing to witness. It all happened so fast.

When I finally got home and hugged my sweet Wee Pixie McPup-pydog, I reflected on the two very different prayer experiences I had.

How do you pray? What life events provoke the most considered prayers? What happenings provoke the most explosive, or least considered ones? What prayers seemed to you to have been perfectly answered? Which prayers have seemingly not been heard? What prayers seem more like a very personal, quiet conversations with God? What prayers seem—once uttered—to be totally wrong? Sometimes, when I am sitting in the bleachers at a track meet trying not to be anxious, I wonder about these things.

Every Daysby Amanda McGriff

Outreach Ministry

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Food Pantry Facts by Juan Fuentes

In April we received a generous donation from the Self Foundation to help the GSL Food Pantry. THANK YOU! We are grateful for your generous help and support to keep our little food pantry with a big heart running and helping those in need.

Year-To-Date (YTD) Statistics:YTD we have served: 191 households, which includes 243 adults, 175 children, and 41 seniors.

April Statistics: Number of families served: 57 households, which includes 71 adults, 50 children, and 10 seniors.Volunteer hours: 22 hours which included 8 hours distributing food; 7 hours in food bank pick-ups and shelving; 3 hours shopping and shelving; and 4 hours cleaning and organizing (not including the hours spent by volunteer packers).

Mark your calendar! The last Sunday of the month—June 28—is FOOD PANTRY SUNDAY! We are asking that you bring dry milk, toilet paper, soup, and jams.

Volunteers are always needed! To volunteer, contact Happy Jones at happyfred@comcast.net or 276-2136.

"When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed." --Maya Angelou

MORE THAN A MEAL: A Ministry of Hospitality and Dignityby Edith Heller, Outreach Committee LiaisonSince 2001, following the Gospel imperative, Mathew 25: 37-41, More Than A Meal outreach ministry feeds the hungry as the least of Christ’s brethren, as if we feed Him. Under the watchful eye of "Christ The Light of the World" Gorham stained glass window, 390 guests enter Trezevant Hall each month to a hot meal, music, conversation, smiles, and prayers. Over a year, MTAM serves 4,680 people with almost 10,000 plates of food. Most of our guests are from Midtown, poor, elderly, families, and some homeless.

Our cooking teams come from Holy Communion Episcopal, St. Timothy’s Episcopal, St. Luke’s Lutheran, Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal, and Door of Hope. Our serving volunteers come from the same churches, plus Baptist Hospital Nursing School, Holy Apostles and St. George’s Episcopal, Annunciation Greek, Temple Israel Synagogue, North Mississippi Baptist, and many students doing community service hours. We are blessed with 33 leaders (captains, cooks, dishwashers, and security) and average 10–15 servers each Sunday. During the summer months, we especially need extra volunteers to replace vacation time.

GSL PARISHIONERS CAN HELP BY:1. Volunteering one Sunday a month from 3–5 pm as an individual or as a family (ages 12 and up).2. Donations of hams and turkeys (10 each) for special holiday meals. Vestry Outreach funds provide base funding. 3. Collect items for hygiene kits, especially suntan lotion, deodorant, and razors.4. Bake a birthday cake for the first Sunday of the month. 5. Pray for our guests.

Special one-time needs are sewing repair for aprons and new floral arrangements for centerpieces. With the sanctuary under construction, More Than A Meal will meet in Lass Hall and the Saints Gym. We will need extra people to direct guests.

To volunteer, contact a team captain: 1st Sunday—Happy Jones happyfred@comcast.net; 2nd Sunday—Debbie Sweeney Debbie.Sweeney@BCHS.edu; 3rd Sunday—Ruthie Lentz rlentz@comcast.net; 4th Sunday—Edith Heller hrheller3@comcast.net, and 5th Sunday—Murray McKay murraymckay@comcast.net.

Come hear the Prayers of the People as our guests thank God for health, family, jobs, Jesus, and Grace-St. Luke’s More Than A Meal.

Many, many thanks to Father Richard, Mary Margaret Winn, Wesley Emerson, and all of the staff at GSL Church for the invaluable help and support during our special year-end Honors Chapel and Graduation ceremonies. We love showing GSL Church to our guests, and the services were as beautiful as always!

I am pleased to share news from the Board of Trustees this month. At our closing meeting in May we welcomed parishioners Annaliese Watts and Ryan Gibbs to our Board, and bid farewell to retiring Board members and parishioners Chapman Morrow, Sara Burnett, and Linda Niell. We are so grateful to these individuals for their years of service and tireless work on behalf of our school!

We will also have a number of faculty transitions for the coming school year, which we will publish here next month.

On the admissions front, there are still spaces available in selected grade levels for the 2015-16 school year. We always appreciate your help in spreading the word about the great program here at GSL. You may know of families who are relocating to Memphis this summer; we’d love to show them the school! Please tell any interested prospective parents to email today (enroll@gslschool.org) or visit our website (www.gslschool.org) for more information.

You can also still enroll your children and grandchildren in camp here at GSL! SummerFest 2015 runs June 1–August 7. Our weekly day camps are open to all children ages 4–13, regardless of school affiliation, and there’s a link to our summer camp booklet and online registration on our home page (www.gslschool.org). We have sports of all sorts, LEGOs, art, dance, Chinese immersion, theater, sewing, cooking, reading, games, Hogwarts, and much more. There is truly something for everyone to enjoy, so please join us!

School Newsby Thor Kvande

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The Class of 2015 will be attending 10 different local high schools (and one boarding school!) this coming school year. We are so proud of all of our 8th grade students; we are going to miss them!

The Class of 2015 banner will soon be hung in Morton Hall with other past banners, and the new Class of 2016 banner will be used in processions when the 2015-16 school year starts.

Head of School Thor Kvande presents a special framed print (a Preschool creation for the auction!) as a goodbye gift to Head of Preschool Jennifer Vest, who is stepping down to finish her doctoral degree this year.

Altar Gifts Offered In Loving Memory of

June 7 Harvey Wright, Adrian DeNeal Sullivan, Guilford Allen Robinson, Jr., Elizabeth Marshall Wright Smith, Etta Webb Sullivan, Delbert P. Nave, James Robert Crumrine, Celia Jones Sparkman, Thelma Hamilton Nave, Edward R. (Ned) McCarthy, Elizabeth Marshall Wright, and Mary Adams Wright Robinson

June 14 Elizabeth Kelly Jones, Virginia Watts ClarksonJune21 David Brents Talley, Charles M. Ozier, Jr., John August

Inderbitzen, Sr., Lorenz Joseph Inderbitzen, James Austin Taylor and James Oliver Taylor, Delia Tate McSpadden, Gilbert R. McSpadden, Mary Nuckolls McSpadden, John Scott McSpadden, Joseph Clay Tate, Martha Hillsman Tate, Clay Tate Hust, Harry Hust, and Jane Ridens McSpadden

June 28 John Patterson

Memorials& Honoraria

Given in honor ofHelen T. Riggs from Ryan & Lindsey Riggs, Turner, Ellie, Will, and

Maggie

Given in Memory ofMary Mulherin from Myron & Dianne Mall, Dr. L. D. Hutt &

Kathleen Norfleet, and John & Ann Dillard

MembershipNews

Burials Mary Henderson Hewes Mulherin, died May 12, burial May 18 Jean Whitaker Denman, died May 21, burial May 23Reception Wayne Lamar Jackson Transfers out Christopher Michael Jones & Gladwin Keith Carpenter to St.

Luke’s Episcopal Church, Atlanta, GA

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LaySchedule

The lay schedule can be found at www.gracestlukes.org/weeklyteams/.

Holy Baptism Scheduled

Baptism is the entry point for The Episcopal Church for adults, children and infants. If you have not been baptized or would like to schedule a baptism, we are happy to make arrangements for you. The next dates for baptism are:

• All Saints' Sunday, November 1.

For more information and to schedule a baptism, contact Connie Johns, 272-7425, ext. 22, or connie@gracestlukes.org.

NEWS OF BYGONE DAYS50 years ago (1965): A check for $1,000.00 from last year's Bazaar profit has been sent to the Bishop designated for our Diocesan fund for the purchase of an aeroplane for the Bishop of Liberia. The total cost of the plane is about $30,000.00. Our Young Churchmen expect to make a substantial gift during the next year also.

20 years ago (1995): PLEASE HAVE PATIENCE! The church is in the process of installing a new phone system. It may take a few days to get everything installed and working properly so we ask you to be understanding in the meantime.

Looking Towards Sunday ~ June

Revised Common LectionaryTrack 1 Year B

Second Sunday after Pentecost: June 7 1 Samuel 8:4-11, 16-20 • Psalm 138 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 • Mark 3:20-35Third Sunday after Pentecost: June 14 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13 • Psalm 20 2 Corinthians 5:6-10, 14-17 • Mark 4:26-34Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: June 21 1 Samuel 17:32-49 • Psalm 9:9-20 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 • Mark 4:35-41

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost: June 28 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27 • Psalm 130 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 • Mark 5:21-43

www.gracestlukes.org/spirituality-and-worship/preparing-for-sunday/

Go to the link above to access Sunday lectionary readings online at your convenience, and then reflect and pray over them at any time. Also offered is an overview, scripture backgrounds, a reflection and prayer starter to enhance your worship experience.

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The Messenger of Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church (USPS 778-900)-published monthly by Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 1720 Peabody Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38104. Periodicals postage paid at Memphis, TN. POSTMASTER: send address changes to Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 1720 Peabody Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104, (901) 272-7425, email gsl@gracestlukes.org. Lucy Owens, Editor.

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Master Calendar: www.gracestlukes.org/events/(The Master Calendar icon is on the left.)

Calendar Highlights

The Church Office closes at noon on Fridays during the summer.

June 1-5: VBSJune 3: Fellowship MeetingJune 7: Anglicanism Class BeginsJune 7: GSL at the Levitt ShellJune 9: Finance MeetingJune 12: Executive Meeting June 16: VestryJune 17: Outreach MeetingJune 17-20: Belvedere FestivalJune 28: Food Pantry SundayJuly 6: Church Office ClosedJuly 12: Broderick's First SundayJuly 26: Snow Cone SundayAug. 30: Recovery Sunday with the Rev. Becca Stevens

Saying Good-bye

"Hi, I don’t know you. I am Scot Oliver. This is my wife Courtney." These are close to the first words that were spoken to us on our first visit to GSL. The kindness and welcoming nature in which they were delivered embodied the wonderful home we have found at GSL. The last five years in Memphis and at GSL have been among the most fulfilling in our lives and our church home has been a huge part of that. Many of you reading this have had enormous impacts on us and may not even know.

"You can be happy and sad at the same time." It is with this that we want to thank all of you for welcoming us into the GSL family. The memories will last a lifetime. Courtney and I are excited as we begin the next phase in our lives which takes us to Greenville, SC. We are happy for the memories, blessed to part of the community, and eagerly await new opportunities. Yet, we are sad to leave such a unique and welcoming city and church where we found a home. Please know that we will strive to bring the kindness and welcom-ing nature that we enjoyed at GSL to our next steps in life. The last prayer I will offer at GSL will be for the congregation to continue to greet newcomers, and old friends, with the same love, kindness, and openness that you have shown us. Sincerely,Scot, Courtney, Gwen, and Baby #2