The Cunningham Chronicle
Christ Church, Millwood
September 2013
Web site: www.cunninghamchapel.org
Serving the People of Clarke County and Beyond since 1733
Bishop Shannon's Visit
to Christ Church
Message from the Priest….2
Join the Choir…….............2
Shrine Mont Weekend ……3
Joint Ecumenical Retreat...3
FISH……………………. 3
Bible Study for Women… 4
The Rt. Rev. Shannon Johnston, Bishop of the Diocese of Virginia, will visit Christ
Church on Sunday, September 29, at 3:00 p.m. This is the Sunday that we return
from our Shrine Mont parish weekend, and there will be no morning Sunday
services at Christ Church that day. Please come to this very special afternoon
service, which will be followed by a reception in the Parish House, as we welcome
our bishop and celebrate our life as a parish.
2013 Fall Camp………… 4
IMPORTANT REMINDERS
Alabama Pilgrimage….… 5
for September 8 and 29
Worship Participants........ 6
Prayer List…….…………6
Lectionary Readings for
September……….………6
September Calendar…….7
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Newsletter
Deadline for the
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On September 8, we worship at Old Chapel at 11 a.m. There are no
services at Christ Church that morning.
On September 29, we worship at Christ Church at 3:00 p.m. and welcome
Bishop Shannon Johnston. Reception to follow in the Parish House. There
are no morning services at Christ Church that day.
Regular worship schedule resumes on Sept. 15!
Holy Communion at 8:00 a.m.
Christian Education for all at the Parish House at 9:00 a.m.
Worship with music at 10:30 a.m.
(Holy Communion on 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sundays; Morning Prayer on 2nd and
4th Sundays)
Christ Church Changes Lives!
Until we joined Christ Church, I had not been a regular church attendee
since I left home when I was 17. I had never thought I had time for church,
there was always too much else to do that seemed more important. Now I
anticipate the time, the community, and the inspiration of Christ Church,
and I feel a loss when I am unable to attend. —Bob Goshen
A message from the Priest
Join the Choir
Please join me in praying daily for peace in Syria. I
have found this prayer, adapted from prayers found at
www.churchofengland.org, particularly meaningful.
A Prayer for Syria
We pray for those damaged by the fighting in Syria.
To the wounded and injured and those who are
grieving: Come Lord Jesus
To the terrified who are living in shock:
Come Lord Jesus
To the hungry and homeless, refugee and exile:
Come Lord Jesus
To those bringing humanitarian aid:
Give protection Lord Jesus
To those administering medical assistance:
Give protection Lord Jesus.
To those offering counsel and care:
Give protection Lord Jesus.
For all making the sacrifice of love:
Give the strength of your Spirit and the joy
of your comfort.
We pray for all who are working for peace in Syria
today.
For international leaders holding a thread of control,
for the politicians holding a thread of power,
for the religious leaders holding a thread of authority,
for the fighters holding a thread of influence,
and the citizens clinging to a thread of hope.
Bring unity through the untangled order of justice.
Bring reconciliation through truthful dialogue.
Bring new life through patient diplomacy,
determined mediation and courageous peacemaking.
We pray in the name of Christ, the Prince of Peace, our
source of inspiration and confidence. Amen.
Too often when you volunteer to do/join something, it
becomes a lifetime commitment. How do you
graciously leave or quit? I invite you to make a one
month commitment, the month of September.
Join me in forming a choir to sing Sunday, September
29 at 3:00 p.m. when the Bishop is here, leading our
worship service. We will rehearse on Wednesdays:
September 11, 18, and 25 from 7 to 8 p.m.
If you wish to continue, we will begin working on
music for All Saints Sunday, Advent and Christmas.
Welcome aboard!
If you decide not to continue, no hard feelings.
Thanks for one month. Bring a friend! See you
Wednesday, September 11, at 7:00 p.m.
Carol Westervelt, Organist and Choir Director
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SAVE THE
DATE
Please mark your calendar for Saturday, Dec. 14 for
our annual Christ Church Dinner Auction.
Planning is in full swing for this popular event!
Tommy Dunning is our chair this year and he
welcomes anyone interested to join the Committee.
Please let Tommy know if you'd like to help,
540-837-1775, or call the church office, 837-1112.
Thanks go out to Cary Embury who has done a
stellar job as Chairman for the past few years!
Faithfully,
Did you know???
New Member
We welcome John Westervelt as a new member of
Christ Church. John transferred to us from Meade
Memorial, White Post.
The Episcopal Church has members in the United
States, as well as in Colombia, the Dominican
Republic, Ecuador, Austria, Belgium, France,
Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Haiti, Honduras,
Micronesia, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, Venezuela, and
the Virgin Islands.
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Final Call for Shrine Mont Weekend
Our parish weekend at Shrine Mont is scheduled for
Friday-Sunday, September 27-29. Please call or e-mail
the church office if you plan to attend: 837-1112 or
christchurch@cunninghamchapel.org. The sooner we
know you're coming, the better for our planning.
Reservations must be made by September 3, and
full payment is due in the church office by
September 12. Checks should be payable to Christ
Church (note "Shrine Mont" on the memo line). Rates
are per person for two nights and include six meals
(Friday dinner through Sunday lunch), and include
tax. We have room configurations to accommodate
singles, couples, children or grandchildren.
Double Occupancy Adult (13 years old and up)
$151.56
Single Occupancy - $172.61
Children ages 0-3 - free
Children ages 4-7 - $46.31
Children ages 8-12 - $98.94
Scholarships for the weekend are available if needed.
Please contact the Rev. Karin MacPhail in the church
office for details.
2013 Joint Ecumenical Retreat
The Virginia Council of Churches cordially invites you
to attend the 2013 Joint Ecumenical Retreat, October
8-9 at the Roslyn Retreat Center in Richmond.
“How Do We ‘Fear Not’ In A Culture Of Fear?”
will be the focus for this year’s retreat, and will be led
by Dr. Charles Kimball, Presidential Professor and
Director of Religious Studies at the University of
Oklahoma.
FISH Finds a Home Base
and September is
Our Church’s Month to Volunteer!
Since 1969 components of FISH have been housed in a
variety of places in Clarke County, including Janie
Harrison’s home, the basement of the Clarke County
Court House, the barn at Parks & Recreation, in a
closet at Social Services in a closet, and in the homes
of its generous volunteers! As of this summer, FISH
has found a home base, 36 East Main Street (the old
library building) in Berryville. FISH shares this
building with Help With Housing, an organization also
started by our own Janie Harrison.
Our Main Street address will house the FISH food
pantry, a second clothing bank (our Old Chapel
clothing bank continues to be open on Saturday
mornings), a counseling office, space to bring records
and office equipment under one roof, and a location for
classes for our clients to address issues pertinent to
their life situations.
As of Aug. 31, the FISH food pantry will be open on
Saturday and Wednesday from 9 am–noon. Our
second clothing bank will open at the end of
September. Volunteers for all our services are always
needed and welcome; however, in the immediate, we
need volunteers from Christ Church to staff our Old
Chapel clothing bank Saturdays in September, 9 am to
noon. September is Christ Church’s month! Please
call
Lisa
Goshen,
955-1136
or
e-mail,
lisag1@hughes.net if you can devote some of your
time! Thank you!
The retreat will begin with lunch on the 8th and end
with lunch on the 9th. The deadline for reserving your
place is September 23rd. Reserve your seat by
September 9th for the Early-bird rates of $170 (staying
at Roslyn) or $125 (commuting).
For Dr. Kimball’s bio, directions, or to reserve your
seat, go to: www.vacouncilofchurches.org
“The record of history shows that noble acts of love,
self-sacrifice, and service to others are frequently
rooted in deeply held religious worldviews. At the
same time, history clearly shows that religion has often
been linked directly to the worst examples of human
behavior.”
Charles Kimball, When Religion Becomes Evil
October 6 at 1:00 p.m. Blessing of the Animals
October 20 Bring a Friend Sunday
November 3 All Saints' Sunday and Pledge Sunday
November 24 Parish Annual Meeting
November 26, 7:00 p.m. Community Thanksgiving
Service at Christ Church
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Community Bible Study for Women
Christian Education
Bible Study Fellowship will begin the study of the
gospel of Matthew on Tuesday, September 10. The
Winchester and surrounding area class meets each
Tuesday at Calvary Baptist Church on Amherst Street in
Winchester from 6:55 to 8:45 p.m. This is an in depth
study lasting 30 weeks. There is no cost, but a free will
offering is accepted. This is open to women of all ages
and there is a school program for grades 1 through 12.
For more information, contact Carol Westervelt at 540837-1974.
Christian Education classes for all ages begin again on
September 15. Please come to the Parish House from 910 on Sunday mornings for discussion and fellowship.
The children's class is for preschoolers through twelveyear-olds and meets in the library (or upstairs) to learn
Bible stories and the basics of Christian faith. The
teen/adult class meets in the dining room. In September
the teen/adult class will discuss the importance of
invitation as part of discipleship and church health.
There will be no classes on September 29.
2013 Fall Camp at Shrine Mont
The Tri-Diocesan Council on Aging, which
represents all three Episcopal dioceses in Virginia,
will offer its annual Fall Camp on October 21-24,
2013. Fall Camp is a four day adult conference at
Shrine Mont in Orkney Springs, Virginia. The Camp
focuses on the spiritual needs and journeys of
primarily retired people through worship,
workshops, keynote speakers, and fellowship. This
year's keynote speaker is writer and lecturer Phyllis
Tickle, founding editor of the Religion Department
at Publishers Weekly and author of over two dozen
books on religion and spirituality. This year's
chaplain is the Rev. Canon Howard Anderson,
Rector of St. Matthew's in Pacific Palisades,
California. Folk-Theologian Ed Kilbourne will
provide teaching in story and song. You can find a
Fall Camp brochure on the narthex table, or go to
the Shrine Mont website (www.shrinemont.com) for
more information.
Kudos to
Our Own Jane Caspar!
At this year’s Clarke County Fair,
Jane won several ribbons for her
submissions in various categories.
In the Fine Arts Section she won a
3rd for a painting and a 1st on for a hand-thrown
pitcher. In the Homemaking Section she won
ribbons for several items. In Crochet, blues for a
poncho, a rooster stuffed toy, reds for an old farmer,
a doll, a dog and an afghan. In Knitting she won a
blue for a hat and scarf set and a white for another
combo scarf set. In the Arts and Crafts Section she
got a blue for hand-built pottery, red for throw mug,
and in Painting, a blue and a big purple Best in
Show! "Hoop de doo!" says Jane.
Sunday School Teachers Needed
for Fall 2013
If you are interested in being on the teacher rotation for
the children's Sunday School class for this fall, please
contact the church office or speak to Karin for more
information. The fall semester runs from September 15
through December 22, and you would likely be
scheduled once or twice per month on Sundays that suit
you, depending on how many teachers we have
Do you attend Christ Church regularly
but have never become a "member"?
Please join us officially! Just call the
church office, and we'll help you.
837-1112
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Congratulations to the
New Grandparents
in our Parish!
Bob and Nina Randolph welcomed their first grandchild,
Hugo Charles Randolph, son of Isham Randolph and
Olivia Ellis, on July 21.
Ian Williams welcomed his first grandchild, Thomas
McCardell Peterson, son of Matthew Thomas Peterson
and Anne McCardell Williams, on August 13.
We pray for God's blessings on you and your families!
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Pilgrimage to Alabama to Honor Episcopal
Church Martyr, Jonathan Daniels
By Nina and Bob Randolph
Each August, a Pilgrimage is held in Hayneville,
Alabama, in honor of Jonathan Daniels. Inspired by a
VMI friend and classmate of our fellow parishioner,
Tom Peyton, we traveled to Alabama to participate in
the Pilgrimage scheduled for August 10.
First a word about Jonathan Daniels. He was
valedictorian of the VMI class of 1961 and a
seminarian at the Episcopal Divinity School (“EDS”),
Cambridge, MA, on “Blood Sunday” March 7, 1963.
On that day, Alabama state troopers and a sheriff’s
posse attacked civil rights demonstrators at the Edmund
Pettus Bridge as they began their march from Selma to
Montgomery in support of equal rights for Blacks.
Shortly thereafter, Daniels left the Seminary for
Selma in response to Martin Luther King’s call for
white clergy to come to Selma to march alongside their
African American brothers and sisters, providing a
modicum of protection, as the marchers renewed their
efforts to depart Selma to walk to Montgomery to
promote voter registration. After two previously failed
attempts, the marchers left Selma on March 16 and
arrived at the Alabama State Capitol on March 25th.
Although most clergy and other white participants left
Alabama at the end of the March, Jonathan stayed on
and continued to work on voter registration issues in
Alabama’s “Black Belt” counties, Dallas (Selma) and
Lowndes.
On August 14th, Daniels, Father Richard Morrisroe,
a Catholic priest, and a number of African American
students, were arrested and jailed in Hayneville,
Lowndes County, where they stayed until August 20th.
Upon release, Jonathan, Father Morrisroe and two of
the students went to the local store (the Cash Store) to
get cold drinks where they were met by Tom Coleman,
a Lowndes County “special deputy” brandishing a
shotgun who told them the store was closed and ordered
them off the premises with racially charged expletives.
As Coleman leveled his gun at one of the students,
Ruby Sales, Jonathan pushed her to the ground and took
the full blast of the shotgun which killed him instantly.
Coleman then shot Father Morrisroe in the back,
severely wounding him. Coleman was subsequently
acquitted of both crimes by an all-white jury in
Hayneville after 20 minutes of deliberation.
Jonathan’s death dramatized the extent of discrimination against African Americans and galvanized
support for the civil rights movement in the Episcopal
Church. In 1991, the Church designated Jonathan as a
martyr, an exemplar of those that give their life for others
in the spirit of Christian sacrifice, and established August
14th as a day of Remembrance for Jonathan and all
martyrs of the civil rights movement.
We arrived in Montgomery on August 9 and visited
the spot, now commemorated by the State of Alabama,
where Rosa Parks refused to get off the bus thus
precipitating the Montgomery bus boycott. On Saturday,
March 10, we drove to Hayneville for the day of
Pilgrimage and Remembrance for Jonathan and
Alabamans who were killed in the struggle for equal
rights in that state. The Bishop of Atlanta and the
Assistant Bishop of Alabama led the Pilgrimage of
approximately 300 people, which included Ruby Sales,
seminarians from Sewanee and the Episcopal Divinity
School, a number of Episcopal ministers from Alabama
and neighboring states and veterans of the struggle for
equal rights during the 1960s. Hayneville is a small
village, barely bigger than Boyce, so the pilgrimage from
the Confederate Monument in the town square to the jail
where Jonathan was held in abominable conditions,
thence to the Cash Store where Jonathan was martyred
and back to the courthouse for a service of Holy
Communion could be covered in a space of four blocks.
There were many emotional moments during that
day, but one of the most moving took place in the
courthouse prior to the Eucharist when organizers called
the roll of martyrs, including Jonathan, who had given
their lives in Alabama to the cause of securing equal
rights for all Americans. At the calling of the name of
each martyr, a participant holding a poster size picture of
that person would move to the front as the speaker
described the often harrowing events that ended with the
taking of the martyr’s life. At the end of the roll call, we
could see twenty larger than life size faces looking out at
us challenging us to make a stand against oppression and
the denial of basic human rights whenever we have the
means at our disposal to do so.
On the Sunday of our departure, we went to the
State Capitol to stand on the steps where Martin Luther
King, Jr. spoke at the end of the March from Selma, in
the shadow of a larger than life statue of Jefferson Davis.
We then walked a block down the street to the Dexter
Avenue Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Church where
Dr. King was pastor from 1954 to 1960 and helped
organize the Montgomery bus boycott. Our figurative
journey and pilgrimage along the way taken by Jonathan
Daniels in 1965 reminded us how far we have come as a
Church and Nation during the past 48 years, but also how
much further we have to march as Christians to secure the
blessings of peace, justice and equal rights for which we
all earnestly pray every Sunday.
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September Worship Participants
Please check to see if you are listed as a participant
and let the office know if you are not available on the
Sunday that you are scheduled so that a replacement
can be found for you.
September 1 – HEI – 9:30
Lector
Jeff Harris
Psalmist Fred Underwood
Crucifer Shawn Morgan
Chalicers Shawn Morgan & Terry Chandler
Ushers
Cary Embury & Fred Underwood
Greeter
John Westervelt
September 8 – MP Old Chapel – 11:00
Lector
Fred Underwood
Psalmist Bob Randolph
Crucifer Shawn Morgan
Ushers
Chuck Roberts & Jeff Harris
Greeter
Linda Roberts
September 15 HEII
Lector
Milly Baker
Psalmist
Cary Embury
Crucifer
Shawn Morgan
Chalicers Anita Pratt & John Westervelt
Ushers
Chuck Roberts & Bob Goshen
Greeter
Nina Randolph
Sunday School teachers To be announced
September 22 – MP II
Lector
Jane Caspar
Psalmist Barbara Hineline
Crucifer Shawn Morgan
Ushers
Trip VanWyck & Fred Myer
Greeter
Paula Myer
Sunday School teachers To be announced
September 29 – HEII – Bishop’s Visit – 3:00 p.m.
Lector
Fred Underwood
Psalmist Ian Williams
Crucifer Denya Dee Leake
Chalicer Shawn Morgan
Ushers
Cary Embury & Bob Goshen
Greeter
Tencha Gilpin
8:00 Services
September 15 – HEI
Lector – Michael Hoffman
Chalicer – Kathy Smart
September 22 – HEI
Lector & Chalicer – Shirley Brown
Vestry Meeting
in Bishop’s Chapel
Sunday, September 15 at Noon
our parishioners, those who are close to the parish, and
for friends and family members of our parishioners and
especially for
Mike Bowman, brother-in-law of Anita Pratt
Ann Brown, parishioner
Ann McIntosh, parishioner
Debbie Vater, sister of Terry Chandler
Freddie Hetzel, son of Vaughn and Wendy Clatterbuck
Edie Gilger, grandaughter of Edna and Denny Vaughan,
Lt. Col. George A. Bowman, Jr., father-in-law of Anita Pratt
Selena Smart, daughter of Kathy Smart
Whitney Irwin, father-in-law of Kathy Smart’s daughter
Lola Coffman, friend of Anita Pratt
Patricia Marks, friend of Wendy and Vaughn Clatterbuck
Connor Garofalo, grandson of John and Carol Westervelt
Kimber-lee Sheffield, sister of Shawn Morgan
Lindsey Hope, friend of Shirley Brown
Lectionary Readings for September
Sept. 1…….Jeremiah 2:4-13 ~ Psalm 81:1, 10-16
Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 ~ Luke 14:1, 7-14
Sept. 8……Jeremiah 18:1-11 ~ Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17
Philemon 1-21 ~ Luke 14:25-33
Sept. 15…. Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28 ~ Psalm 14
1 Timothy 1:12 - 17 ~ Luke 15:1-10
Sept. 22..... Jeremiah 8:18 – 9:1~ Psalm 79:1-9
1 Timothy 2:1-7 ~ Luke 16:1-13
Sept. 29… Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15 ~
Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16 ~ 1 Timothy 6:6-19
Luke 16:19-31
Condolences to
The family of Virginia ‘Gin’ Mitchell. Gin passed
away on July 31 at her home in Boyce
and to
the family of Ricky Pendleton. Ricky passed away
on August 9 at his home in Millwood
and to
the family of Edna Cralle Johnston, mother of Joe
Johnston. Edna passed away on August 26.
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September 2013
Sunday
Monday
1
Tuesday
2
Wednesday
3
4
HEI -9:30 am
Friday
Saturday
5
Happy Birthday
Joan Goode
Labor Day
8
Thursday
6
Food Pantry
Packing at 1:00
7
Food Pantry
Distribution
9 am – 11 am
9
10
11
12
13
14
16
17
18
19
20
21
26
27
28
No services at
Christ Church
Old Chapel
Service –
MPI at 11a.m
15
HEI - 8:00 am
Christian
Education classes
– 9:00 am
Happy Birthday
Jean Gilpin
Happy Birthday
Eliza Carter
HEII -10:30 am
Vestry Meeting
Noon
22
23
24
25
HEI - 8:00 am
Shrine Mont
Weekend
Christian
Education classes
– 9:00 am
Shrine Mont
Weekend
MPII -10:30 am
29
30
No Services at
8:00 am
10:30 am
HEII 3:00
Bishop Johnston
with Reception in
Parish House
For additions and updates to our calendar, please check our website at www.cunninghamparish.org.
Please remember to bring food items for the September & October Food Pantry
The Food Pantry is collecting laundry detergent and individually wrapped rolls of toilet paper for the September 7th
pantry and can always use non-food household items such as paper towels, aluminum foil, plastic wrap,etc. and
we're glad to have any nutritious, low-sugar items you might wish to donate.
Old Chapel Sunday
Semi-Annual service at
The Old Chapel
Sunday, September 8, 2013
at 11:00 a.m.
Morning Prayer using the 1928 Book of Common Prayer
Everyone welcome.