June PARISH POST NEWS

Rector's Message

RECTOR’S MESSAGE

 

The same could easily be said about our parish.  This fresh feeling is proliferating throughout our parish:

             The new Director of the Music – Fletcher Wolfe (see article pg. 4)

             Our summer members returning home – Welcome Home Party (pg. 2 )

             The new families joining – Newcomers Party (pg. 2 )

             The new singles ministry started for Highlands community (pg. 2 )

Fine Arts Committee and a pipe organ? (pg. 4 )

The Quiet Retreat (pg. 8 ) planned for the first weekend in December

A Pilgrimage to Iona, Scotland in the Fall of 2006 (pg.  3 )

Centering Prayer in the Chapel (pg.8  )

   It is all very exciting and titillating.  However while the new is great, the past is where we are grounded.  This past month has brought to light how important it is to remember those who have made all this possible.  Incarnation has an incredibly rich heritage.  As we celebrated the life of one of our matriarchs, Margaret Hall and two very incredible members Winnie Jobbins and Mary Alice Duncan, I was reminded again of how many people it takes to keep our community alive and flourishing.  We are only here for a short time, and this church (the body of Christ expressed through Incarnation) has been, and will be here for a long time.

 

    My question to all of you is how do we want Incarnation to be known in the next decade or so? And MOST importantly what gifts can you give to provide that identity?

 

     [As you ponder these questions, keep in mind the first letter Paul wrote to his brother’s and sisters in Corinth.  At the crux of the letter (Chapter 12) he tells us what being a church is all about.]  

 

 

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Vestry Meeting May 11, 2005 Notes

 

The following information is gleaned from the minutes of the May Vestry Meeting. Full minutes of the meeting as well as copies of all attachments as usual are available for your reading in the parish library in the labeled notebook.

Pat Parker and Barbara Roberts, representing the kitchen committee, made the vestry aware of several minor problems regarding the kitchen. They also encouraged kitchen training for each vestry member. The vestry unanimously agreed to adopt a policy immediately that nothing from the kitchen be made available to loan to anyone.

The Rector’s report included the following: the status of his home sale has not changed, the choir is progressing and Winifred Jobbins passed away today.

Bill Nolan has been invited to present information to vestry at a meeting mid June or early July on planned giving.

Parish Retreat for 2006 has been scheduled for May 5-7 at Lake Logan.

The first choir practice will be held May 25.  A fine arts committee has been established.

Gerry Doubleday is working on membership list for stewardship campaign.

Edna Foster & Pat Parker are new co-chairs of the caring committee.

Andrea Chalker and Georgia Sanders will be taking over the Parish Post.

Chris Alley reported that the IFC has received a large grant from the community foundation of WNC.  El Mercado will be June 18 at the Methodist Church.

Fr. Sullivan reminded the vestry that the financial statements will be reviewed at June vestry meeting.

 

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SUMMER CHAPEL

 

The first service for Summer Chapel will be May 29,2005 at 11AM, Memorial Day weekend. Father Jim Theus will again be our Minister for the summer.

Remember: Dress is casual, & bring a blanket or folding chair (especially if you arrive after the service has started!)

We would like to have a well drilled by the old school house to solve our water problems. If anyone would like to contribute, please make check out to: Whiteside Cove Community Building. Send to: Pat Parker, 997 Garnet Hill Lane, Highlands, NC 28741.

Hope to see you at Summer Chapel this summer.

Call Barbara & John Roberts (526-4067) or Pat Parker (526-3310) if you would like more information.

 

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Parish Life
Lot's of exciting events coming up.                                        Details are still being verified. So stay posted!

WELCOME BACK PICNIC-JUNE 15TH-5:00                 McPhail Home ~ sign up sheet in the narthex

NEWCOMERS PARTY-JUNE 26TH-5:OO                             Nell & Bill Martin’ s Home

2nd Annual Parish Retreat: May 5 –7 , 2006   Lake Logan

Please contact our committee with any suggestions about how we can make INCARNATION a more "user friendly" church.

Contact NELL MARTIN,nello764@aol.com

 

 

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KANUGA OFFERINGS FOR SPRING 2005

Kanuga provides a rich variety of programs and experiences for the next few months. For complete details consult the 2005 complete listing available in the lobby.

Faith on Edge with Barbara Brown Taylor March 7-11
(Fully booked with a waiting list.)
Kanuga Photography Workshop IV April 24-29
Province IV Womens conference June 6-8
Junior Young People’s Conference June 12-17
Senior Young People’s Conference June 12-17
Adults who work with Youth June 12-17
Christian Formation Conference June 19-24
Exploring Spirituality and the Arts June 19-24

 

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DAUGHTERS OF THE KING SCHEDULE

First and third THURSDAYS:

Library 9:00 am: Regular Meeting – not required for the 12-
step Study: You are most welcome.

Chapel 10:00 am Midweek Eucharist – optional

Library 10:30-12:00 am: Study Program – required for those
who are considering membership.

Dates: Feb. 17th, March 3rd & 17th, April 7th & 21st, May 5th
needed to complete the Study Program.
For His Sake,
Agnes DeHart

 

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Kitchen News

 

Training is always available for anyone who would like to help in our kitchen at Church. The next training course will be June 13, 2005 at 10:00 am. If this time and date are not convenient, let us know and we will schedule another time for you. We are always happy to do a refresher course for anyone who would like one.

Please let us know by phone call, if you can, if you will be attending the training on the 13th of June.

We are getting low on aprons & towels from the kitchen. Please return them if you took them home to wash.

Thanks to all of you who help keep our kitchen so clean!

Barbara Roberts (526-4067) & Pat Parker (526-3310)

Co-Chair Kitchen

 

 

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Pastoral Care Committee

At our last Pastoral Care meeting, Father Sullivan suggested that the task of providing loving support for each other at Incarnation be divided up among the committee so you will know whom to call. We need help --- helping others. Following members are points of contact for the services described:

Edna Foster- I will be your contact for the prayer chain. We have 9 pray-ers who will pass on your prayer requests on an almost daily basis. There are also 10 women (no men-yet) who receive the prayer list and are committed to saying daily prayers for you but do not receive the calls. We could certainly use more of you to hold up these needs in prayer. Please call me if you have a need, or if you want to help us with the work of prayer. Edna Foster 526-9172

Helen Moore- Volunteers are always welcomed and always needed for visits at the Fedelia Echerd Center, and often at the Highlands Cashiers Hospital. I will be happy to go with you and introduce you to some of the wonderful residents there. Helen Moore 526-0727

Robert Goddard- Please call me for home visitation, or transportation. If you know someone who needs a home visit, or you would like to help go visit our friends who can't get out, please call me. Also, if anyone needs assistance with transportation, such as, for a doctors visit or to church, please call. Again if you would like to help with this ministry, give me a call. Robert Goddard 743-2788

Elinor Metzger- Pastoral Care is always ready to provide meals for any of our friends who are sick, just home from the hospital or bereaved. If you would be willing to help provide meals, please call me. Please let me know if we can be of help in any way. Elinor Metzger 526-927

A huge Thank You to all who responded so generously with food this past month. We have GREAT cooks in this Parish!!! The Pastoral Care committee meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 4PM in Jones Hall. Please come join us in caring for our Incarnation Family.

Pat Parker- Chair- 526-3310

 

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Pilgrimage to Iona, Scotland

 

Those of you who participated in the Wednesday Supper May 18^th saw the video about Iona (available in the Library).  We are planning a pilgrimage to this sacred Isle on the west coast of Scotland in the Fall of 2006.  A group will be getting together to plan the details.  The basic format is to grab a group of friends/parishioners, travel freely through Scotland, and meet at Iona for an extended retreat.  If you are interested in planning this trip call Fr. Sullivan.

 

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
We welcome the following new members into our parish family:

 

Evelyn Craig Edmondson from St. Martins-In-The-Fields, Atlanta
 

Dwight D. Underhill, transferring from First Presbyterian Church,
Columbia, South Carolina

Please seek these persons out and personally welcome them into our midst.
 

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New Director of Music...

Most of you have heard the news by now.  We have a new Director of Music, Mr. Fletcher Wolfe.  He has been a member of Incarnation as a seasonal member.  However, recently he has decided to hang his hat more permanently among us.  After approaching Joanne Rainey about helping with the Prelude (music series   ).  She began meeting with Fletcher to find names for this event.  Along the way we started having lunch and Fletcher mentioned his interest in helping with the choir (however, it may have taken a little coaxing, my memory is a little foggy...)

 

One thing has led to another, and we have a two time Grammy winner, the founder and director of The Atlanta Boy Choir of 45 years, the list goes on an on....

 

Now what?  We NEED YOUR VOICE!!!

 

Don’t worry about not knowing how to read music, or thinking you can’t sing.  If you have ever even thought about singing in a choir, this is your chance!  When will the next opportunity arise to work with such a talented musical icon?  As a sign of my dedication, I, as your rector, am joining the choir!  I will walk the walk and sing the song.  See you Wednesdays at 6:30 in the new church nave, and Sundays at 9:45.  OH and as EXTRA INCENTIVE, those of you who use Sunday School as an excuse, we have moved the time of Sunday School to 9:00!

 

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Camp Henry 2005 Wish List

Camper Scholarships (cost $395.00)

Costume Closet Supplies (Hats, eccentric clothes, sunglasses, etc

Canoes (used or new)               Kayaks (used or new)

Fishing Poles and tackle  Old t-shirts (to make bandannas)

Backpacks Ground pads  Sleeping Bags    Tennis Rackets

A clothes washer and dryer         A small “dorm” refrigerator

A microwave oven

To donate any of the listed items please contact David McNair at the Diocesan Office:#800-779-2921 or #828-225-6656

 

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Library Notes

             After the blessing of the Library and open house on Sunday, May 22, we hope many more of you are aware of the great selection of books we have on hand right here at Incarnation. In the notebook on the table are lists of books both by author and category. A list by subject is in the works.

                 While our collection is broad, we are interested in improving it over time. Please make suggestions of books you think should be added. If you would like to donate books, please consult the guidelines below.

Contact Elinor Metzger, Helen Moore, Mary Lou Worley, or Avary Doubleday  if you have questions about possible donations.

Guidelines for Donations to the Incarnation Library:

Library materials include books, audio tapes, video tapes, compact disks, and DVDs, which are appropriate to be checked out or used in the library.  Materials are of a religious nature.

1. The Acquisition subcommittee maintains a list of materials which the library would like to acquire. Those wishing to purchase a book from this list for donation to the library should contact a member of the committee.

2. Other materials listed above may be donated to the library. These materials should be in good condition and of current interest or “classic.” Books should not contain underlining or highlighting. Please leave your name with donated items. If there are too many to fit into the box marked “Donations,” please contact Avary Doubleday (526-8414). We don’t want boxes and bags of books just left around the library.

3. The Library Committee will determine whether to keep donated items or to dispose of them, generally by giving them to the Bookworm (used book store of the Hudson Library) or to the Friends of the Library Bookstore in Franklin.

4. The Library will not accept: Materials other than those listed above, Historical materials, Periodicals, General fiction and nonfiction Recordings of church services, baptisms, etc., unless they are of special significance to the church membership at large,Other items that you want out of your house and don’t know what else to do with them. The Friends of the Library Bookstore in Franklin will be happy to have books and related items.

For donations of items such as artwork, crosses, pictures, and other furnishings, contact the Furnishings Committee, Millie Toussaint, Chair.

 

 

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Daughters of the King News

 

Our chapter of Daughters of the King is pleased to welcome two new members: Betty Chesna and Martha Andrews. They will be installed on the 26^th of June during the 10:30 A.M. Eucharist. It is hoped that the diocesan president of our Order will be present; if not, one of her representatives will be with us that day.

Regular meetings continue on 1^st & 3^rd Thursdays at 9:00 A.M.  All Episcopal women are cordially invited to visit and join us in study. Most of us stay for the 10:00 A. M. Mid-week healing service.

For His Sake,

Agnes DeHart

 

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