Sunday Services. August 6, 2017

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1 In this Week's e-pistle... * Sunday Services * Fall Fair * Summer Choir * SING * *LI-CAN Meeting * Sunday School News * * Fr. Stephen Goes to Choir Camp * Food Pantry request * * Ushers, Greeters, EM, Lectors Notice * Eucharistic Visitor Training * * National Night Out * Scenes from St. John's * * Upcoming Dates * Contact Information * Sunday Services August 6, :00 a.m. Morning Prayer Rite I 9:30 a.m. Faith Matters 9:30 a.m. Family Summer Choir Practice 10:30 a.m. Morning Prayer Rite I 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 11:30 a.m. Coffee Hour Ministers of Liturgy Adrian Bogart, Donna George, Acolytes Beverly Banker, John George, Donna George, Lectors Pat Leslie, Richard Hagner, Ushers Janet Wildermuth, Sandy Fredericks, Nina Randall, Nancy Roenfeldt, Altar Guild

2 St. John's Country Fair is Sept 16th & 17th COUNTDOWN TO FAIR: 45 DAYS!!! NOW ACCEPTING DONATIONS Please contact the office or to if you need an alternate date and time to drop off your donations or schedule a pick-up! POPULAR DONATION ITEMS: Antiques Fine Jewelry (includes good costume jewelry) Fine & Decorative Art/Paintings Furniture/Lamps Area Rugs (large and small) Linens/Drapery/Quilts China, Crystal, Glassware, Barware, Vases Homegoods (nice knickknacks, nifty things for the home) Kitchenware (Cuisinart, blenders, pots & pans, basics) Books (cook books, home/garden, art books) Sporting goods/equipment (bikes, golf, tennis, hockey, etc) Children's Clothing (Sunday best & casual) Toys and games (no stuffed animals please) Christmas Items (includes homemade items) A FUN & FAIR DEAL Your commitment equals our success! 5 powerful ways to contribute

3 St. John's Country Fair Sept 16th & 17th, 10:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. 1. I will shop my own home for donations! I will find something beautiful from my home to contribute to The Guilded Estate Sale and/or other items appropriate for the various tents. 2. I will assist in collecting and soliciting donations from friends and neighbors! your friends, knock on your neighbors' doors, invite them to the Fair! 3. 8 is Great! I will contribute 8 hours to the fair: 4 hours each day or 8 hours Pre-Fair help. 4. I will volunteer with set-up, clean-up, publicity, babysitting, or the Preview Party! Meet your fellow parishioners! Go to your favorite place to shop, nail lady, dry cleaner, butcher, dentist and doctor- place a poster there and invite them here! 5. I will make a financial donation! A donation of any amount is greatly appreciated! For more information: or marysavin@stjlat.org Please also consider participating as a Country Fair Sponsor!

4 Attention families of all ages! St. John's Volunteer Summer Choir is looking for members to join our growing group! No experience necessary!

5 Every Sunday 9:30 am Rehearsal - in the Church Sing at 10:30 am service for information: chris@stjlat.org For information: Chris Brayne ext. 12 Please also view our new Choirs Registration Form Important LI-CAN MEETING

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7 SUNDAY SCHOOL NEWS This is Sunday School style! Miss Courtney gave the Homily and set up craft tables on both sides of the Altar rail for all the kids! Miss Courtney quipped, "With Fathers Mark and Stephen away this weekend you are getting chopped liver so the least I can do is give you chocolate! And she did, the happy Homily was about Jesus and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

8 Fr. Stephen goes to Choir Camp! Last week Fr. Stephen was the Assistant Chaplain at the Massachusetts Boy Choir Course (MBCC), the longest running RSCM (Royal School of Church Music) Course, and only course for just boy choristers, in North America. Here is a link to a video of the choir singing a hymn with a descant written by some of the boy choristers at the course on the Facebook page of the course. These photos are from Groton School where the MBCC spent its week learning music and having great fun. The chapel at Groton is a beautiful Gothic revival building with a stunning Skinner organ. This was Fr. Stephen's 15th year at the course and his first as Assistant Chaplain. Next summer, he will be returning and would be excited to bring boy choristers from St. John's! There is also a girls' course each summer (which is going on this week) at St.

9 Fr. Stephen and Chris Brayne are happy to talk more to anyone interested about the amazing opportunities that are afforded to young children and teens through a professional church choral training program... one which we're starting here at St. John's in the fall (for which registration is available on our website now)! Thomas Church, Fifth Ave. in NYC. Fr. Stephen with Vince Carr, Associate Music Director at the Cathedral in Garden City. St. John's Food Pantry needs your unused hotel toiletries! We are collecting travel size toiletries for the food pantry. Bring us those unused, unopened hotel samples, and we will donate them to our food pantry families. Please put in the Food Pantry donation basket at the back of the church! USHERS & GREETERS and ACOLYTES, LECTORS & EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS Please check the new fall schedule on the website!

10 Eucharistic Visitor Training Saturday, August 19 th, 9:00 a.m noon Mercer School of Theology, Garden City, NY This workshop will prepare those nominated by their clergy to act as Lay Eucharistic Visitors to those hospitalized, confined to rehabilitation and nursing institutions, as well as the homebound. Content will include Eucharistic theology, roleplaying for Eucharistic visits, and required SHE training. Those who participate in this workshop, with their rector/ clergy-incharge's support, can then be licensed by the Bishop's Office as Lay Eucharistic Visitors. For registration, assure first that you are sponsored by your parish clergy. Permission from your parish clergy will need to be in writing and sent to ahillebrand@dioceseli.org. For info: Aissa Hillebrand at Ext. 150 or ahillebrand@dioceseli.org National Night Out Our music director Chris Brayne with Police Officer Michael Napoli of the Glen Cove PD and our Curate, Father Stephen Tamke celebrating National Night Out happening all over the country tonight at police headquarters everywhere to promote positive relations with police and the public by getting to know one another. We were there to be part of the spirit of the event and to promote our

11 Community Youth Choir. Chris ended up with a fine mix of interested novices and a NYSSMA alumni of 8th grade!! Miss Courtney was there but took the photo!! PS: The GCPD loves our Apple Ministry!!! SCENES FROM ST. JOHN'S The "Sisterhood" of St. John's... Corrie Decker and her sister, Marisa Ferger.

12 Virginia Apple and her sister Annesley - with Kendall Callahan Miss Courtney's sister The Decker sisters- Genevieve, Amelia and Charlotte Sisters Sydney and Annesley Apple & Lilly and Virginia Argenti

13 Please visit our beautiful Cloister pots lovingly tended by Donna & John George and gifted by several parishioners THIS WEEK at ST. JOHN'S

14 Monday, August 7th 9:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer - Chapel 4:00 p.m. - Nurture Group - 23 Fox Ridge Lane, Locust Valley Tuesday, August 8th 9:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer - Chapel 10:00 a.m. - Staff Meeting - Rector's Office 8:00 p.m. - AA Meeting - Parish Hall Wednesday, August 9th 9:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer - Chapel 12 noon - Bible Study & Healing Eucharist - Chapel Thursday, August 10th 9:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer - Chapel Friday, August 11th 9:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer - Chapel Saturday, August 12th 9:00 a.m. - Altar Guild Set up St. John's Contact Information The Reverend Mark L. Fitzhugh, Rector The Rev'd Stephen C. Tamke, Curate Staff Christopher Brayne, Director of Music Ministry Courtney Callahan, Director of Outreach & Children's Ministry Mary Savin, Parish Administrator Kate Scefonas, Sexton Mary Syracuse, Financial Officer Office Hours Monday thru Friday - 9:00 am to 3:00 pm The Vestry Michael Powers, Senior Warden (2018) Victoria Fox, Junior Warden (2020) John Fredericks, Clerk (2018) George Stimola, Treasurer (2020) Jay Aston (2019) Carlyle Dunaway (2020)

15 Martha Busconi (2019) Thomas Gimbel (2019) Johanna Canonica (2019) Jackie Powers (2020) Wayne Chambless (2018) Judy Wohrle (2018) Henry Davison (2019) Julie Zarou (2019) For information regarding Sunday School, please send an to In case of a pastoral emergency, please call St. John's of Lattingtown Episcopal Church 325 Lattingtown Road Lattingtown, NY Fax Admin@stjlat.org emergency