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The Emmanuel Way A monthly publication of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Greenwood, Virginia January 2012

Our Annual Parish Meeting set for January 22 The 2012 Annual Parish Meeting of Emmanuel Church, Greenwood Parish will be held on Sunday, January 22. To make it possible for every member to attend this important meeting, there will be only one service of Holy Communion at 10 a.m. Shortly after the conclusion of the service, the meeting will be called to order by our rector, the Rev. Charles F. Mullaly, Jr. The first order of business will be to elect three vestry members for four-year terms and one alternate with full voting privileges. The election will be followed by annual reports from the leadership of the church. The canons of the church state that all parishioners in good standing who are 16 years old or older and are known to the treasurer are eligible to vote. The meeting will be followed by a potluck/covered dish lunch in the Emmanuel Parish Hall. The candidates for the vestry have submitted information for your consideration and their information follows: Doug Connell is a life-long Episcopalian with lay ministry experience as an EFM mentor, LEM, vestry member, warden and parish

development leader. A Yale graduate, he retired after a career in the Navy to lead a Washington, DC consulting company before moving to Nellysford in 2009. He is active in our Disciple’s Kitchen ministry, our strategic planning committee, bible study and adult formation programs. He stated, “I’d like to support our parish growth, and find ways we can meet needs of the community while capitalizing on the special empowering environment we know as The Emmanuel Way. Kat and I are most grateful for the generous welcome we’ve received here. It would be a privilege to be able to serve the parish in any way I can.” Sally Dunn is currently serving as an alternate member of the vestry. She stated, “I am honored to be considered a candidate for the vestry. My sister, brother and I spent our childhood years attending Trinity Episcopal Church in Upperville. Until I came to Emmanuel, I had not found such a loving, caring and generous church environment. I feel like I am at home again. For the past few years, I have enjoyed participating in the Altar Guild and also, stocking the freezer and cupboard with extra refreshments needed for coffee hour. My husband, Bill, a former member of the vestry, and I handle coffee hour every four to eight weeks and contribute Altar flowers twice a year. Bill and I have attended the Shrine Mont Retreat each year and served on the planning committee for 2010 and 2011. The services, social activities and opportunity to take part in church responsibilities have been very rewarding. I am now ready and anxious to serve as a vestry member. Thank you for your consideration in accepting me as a candidate for this important role.” Joe Schinstock grew up in an Army family, mostly in Europe until his father retired in southern Arizona. After graduating from high school, Joe came east to attend Virginia Military Institute, where he received a degree in Civil Engineering. Joe has earned a living working as a structural engineer, first with the Virginia Department of Transportation before moving into the consulting engineering field. He presently runs

the Charlottesville office of MMM Design Group, a full service Architecture and Engineering firm headquartered in Norfolk. Joe also served in the Army Reserve as a Combat Engineering Officer for 8 years, where he learned to blow up the things he designed at his civilian job. Joe and his wife Betsy have two children; Mac, age 7 and Emily, age 4. When he’s not working or trying to keep up with the kids, Joe enjoys hiking, mountain biking, skiing and cooking. Sally Wallace grew up in Hickory, North Carolina. She states, “I had a terrific childhood filled with fun, friends, horses and ballet. My Mom and Dad were fantastic and I am more thankful for them everyday as I continue to figure out how to be the best parent I can be. We were members of an Episcopal church in Hickory called the Church of the Ascension. As a matter of fact, Matthew and I were married there in 1996 and my father’s ashes are buried in their memorial garden. In tenth grade, I went away to a boarding school in Richmond, Virginia named St. Catherine’s. It is a small world because this happens to be the same school where Peter Carey worked before coming to Emmanuel. I then attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (I know this is painful for many) and graduated in 1991. After college, I went to work for the Walt Disney Company in Orlando, Florida as a Guest Relations manager. In this role, I had the opportunity to do many neat things which ranged from working incredible events, hosting VIPs, helping open other Disney parks, etc. I loved the job and luckily was on a management team with Matthew’s sister. She always said she thought we would be a great match and she was right! We just celebrated our 15th anniversary. We are very blessed to have two children, Will (12) and Kate (9). They are filled with energy and enthusiasm and keep us running and challenged. We have been a part of the Emmanuel family for about four years and we absolutely love it. I enjoy teaching Sunday school with peers and also serve on a small committee to support Don Cady in his process of becoming

2 a deacon. I truly believe that Emmanuel is a special place!” Sally said, “It would be a huge honor for me to serve on the vestry. If I were to have the privilege, I would certainly take the responsibility very seriously. I would hope to do a lot of listening and a lot of learning as well. I would bring enthusiasm and a true commitment to Emmanuel to the table.”

Rector’s Reflections

The Emmanuel Way For example, we have all enjoyed the holiday lights we are now packing away. But, we know these simple lights don’t provide what only the True Light can illuminate. Another thing that the church calendar provides is seasons of work and rest, joy and wonder, reflection and penitence. This calendar more honestly reflects the realities of our lives far better than the categories the world wants us to embrace. Lastly, the calendar of the church forces us to take our gaze off ourselves. The more our attention is directed towards our neighbors, the more we are likely to grow into the full stature of Christ. Parishioner Betty Taylor shared a wonderful prayer that beautifully illustrates the grace of moving our attention away from us and our wants and needs. I’d like to share it with you. (It will make you laugh but also serves as a warning!)

January, 2011 old person is one of the crowning works of the devil. Give me the ability to see good things in unexpected places, find talents in unexpected people, and give me, O Lord, the grace to tell them so. ~Amen. Faithfully, Chuck

Peter’s Message

17th Century Nun’s Prayer

The Rev. Charles F. Mullaly, Jr.

Dear Friends, As I write these reflections for the January newsletter, our journey through Advent is almost over. Christmas is just ahead. Christmas at Emmanuel is that unique combination of joyful excitement and beautiful serenity. It is such a privilege to share Christmas with you…the lively 3:00 Children’s Eucharist and Pageant, the 5:30 long-held tradition of Lessons and Carols, the truly moving tranquility of the 11:00 candlelight service, and the reverence of the quiet Christmas Day service. January marks the start of the world’s new calendar year, but I believe the church calendar is actually a more profoundly important one for us. The calendar of the church offers distinct gifts to us. The first and most important is that it acts as a counter balance to the priorities of the world.

Lord, Thou knowest better than I know myself that I am growing older and will soon be old. Keep me from the fatal habit of thinking I must say something on every subject and on every occasion. Release me from craving to straighten out everybody’s affairs. Make me thoughtful, but not moody; helpful, but not bossy. With my vast store of wisdom it seems a pity not to use it all, but Thou knowest, Lord, that I want a few friends at the end. Keep my mind free from the recital of endless details; give me wings to get to the point. Seal my lips on my aches and pains. They are increasing and love of rehearsing them is becoming sweeter as the years go by. I dare not ask for grace enough to enjoy the tales of others’ pains, but help me to endure them with patience. I dare not ask for an improved memory, but for a growing humility and a lessening cock-sureness when my memory seems to clash with the memories of others. Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally I might be mistaken. Keep me reasonably sweet; I do not want to be a Saint – some of them are so hard to live with – but a sour 2

The Rev. Peter M. Carey

“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.” ~Revelation 21:1-2a As the New Year begins, we also remember that God has offered to us a “new heaven” and a “new earth” in these wondrous words from the Book of Revelation. God has also promised to us that we will have a new life and that we will be born anew. As our holiday season is wrapped up and the tree and trimmings are cleaned up, the wrappings are put in the recycling bin, and the new toys are integrated into the old ones, we also turn to the beginning of the year. It is common to strive to have some resolutions at this time of year, and the gyms and churches will be

3 full, and new diets will begin. I think that this common practice of setting resolutions is emblematic of our wish for newness, of our wish for a new start, for freshness, and the audacious and wonderful idea that we can start with a clean slate. Of course, most resolutions fail, and soon I will be able to get on the treadmill again at the gym without waiting. However, I think that in these resolutions is a deep holy longing for God’s presence in our lives. Of course, if we paid any attention at all in the mad rush to Christmas, we became aware that God is not only always with us, but is also always coming to us. God is present with us, and is also becoming incarnate in our world in new ways all the time. Our lives are charged with the grandeur of God, we have only to allow God to chip away at our hard shells so that we can sense God’s presence in our lives every day. Perhaps our resolutions this year might involve working to soften our hardened hearts? Perhaps we can do some inner work, alongside our outer work of getting into “shape”? Where is your heart hard? How have you contributed to the hardening of your emotions and your thinking? How might we find a way to soften our responses so that we can encounter God in our neighbors, and so that we might live into this “new heaven and new earth”? I often think of that line from the end of the story of the Magi who visited Jesus on Epiphany, “being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they returned by another way.” In this brief line, there is a deep awareness of the hardness of Herod’s heart, and the courageous action by these Magi that they would not be able to return to the “same old, same old” after encountering the living God in the form of the infant, Jesus. There was no way that the Magi would accept anything less than a softening of their approach. The Magi had allowed their hearts to be transformed, and though they were foreigners and strangers, they beheld God in their midst, and could not return to their old lives.

The Emmanuel Way May we also find a way to allow our hearts to be softened and to be transformed by the great Gift of God’s Incarnation, and may we find our own way to “return by another way” in this season of Light and Encounter of God in Epiphany. Blessings, Peter+

EFM Graduation is near Graduation time is near for our EFM (Education for Ministry) group which has been studying theology for four years. They meet twice monthly for a four-hour session to read scripture, explore tradition and reflect upon what they have studied. “We want to celebrate what we have done and all our time together. There will also be a chance for the congregation to share a worship event with us later in the year”, said Doris Savage who Mentors the group with Gren King. EFM is a four-year distance learning program from St. Luke’s Seminary at The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee. A new group will be starting in the fall of 2012. If you are interested in being part of it, please contact either Gren King or Doris Savage.

Thanks Abound The Shrine Mont Committee thanks all who participated in and baked cookies and pies for the Dec 4th Christmas Cookie Walk! We had a fantastic turnout and raised enough funds to provide a parish weekend at Shrine Mont for a parishioner! Save your favorite recipes from this year for the 2012 cookie walk!! A huge thank you to everyone who supported our Angel Tree during Advent!! Emmanuel provided gifts and clothing for over 100 angels, supporting children in our local community as well as filling "Melanie's Closet" with warm hats and gloves for needy children all winter. Your enormous generosity is the answer to many a prayer and we can't thank you enough for sharing! 3

January, 2011

The Emmanuel Way Mission Statement The Emmanuel Way, the official newsletter of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Greenwood Parish, will strive to communicate with, enlighten, and entertain the members of the parish in strict compliance with the official word of church doctrine as set forth by the rector utilizing the Style Sheet of the Diocese of Virginia. The newsletter shall be published monthly on or before the 1st day of the month of issue. The publication shall not be published during the month of July. The th deadline for submissions shall be the 15 of the month preceding the month of publication. The primary role of the publication shall be to promote upcoming activities, report past activities and accomplishments of the church and its members, and carry an official church calendar of the month, as well as, become a recorded history of the church by the archival of all past issues.

The Emmanuel Way 7599 Rockfish Gap Turnpike Post Office Box 38 Greenwood, Virginia 22943 Email: [email protected] Website: emmanuelgreenwood.org Phone: 540-456-6334 James E. Crosby………….. Editor Julia Shields . . . . . Editor Emeritus

Disciple’s Kitchen report By Amanda Poor Emmanuel will continue serving meals throughout 2012 at Disciple's Kitchen in Waynesboro. On the 3rd Saturday of odd numbered months, we will serve breakfast at Basic United Methodist Church, 5th Street and Delphine Avenue. On the 3rd Monday of even numbered months, we will serve our chili lunch at Second Presbyterian Church on Delphine Avenue. You can sign up to bring food or help with serving at perfectpotluck.com. To search for one of our meals, use EmmanuelGreenwood (all one word) for the coordinator last name and the date (mmdd) as the password. To get to the signup for January, search for EmmanuelGreenwood with password 0121. Likewise to signup for February, search for EmmanuelGreenwood with password 0220. If you leave an email address,

4 you'll get a reminder 2 days ahead of time. Need recipes or have a difficulty using the website? Send an email to Amanda Poor at [email protected] or call at 804200-3921.

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January, 2011

Women’s Bible Study continues WBS meets in January on the 12th and the 26th in PH at 10:3011:30. Women's Bible Study continues in 2012 with Women of the Bible. January 12th is "Anna" and "The Woman of Samaria". January 26th is "The Woman Who Lived A Sinful Life" and "The Woman With The Issue of Blood". Fourteen ladies from the Women's Bible study group honored women of the Bible, Elizabeth and Mary, with a brunch derived from an ancient food menu: grilled chicken, tabbouleh, goat cheese with pomegranate seeds, olive bread, olives, humus, tangerines, dates, and almonds. Part of the day's study was sharing the gifts brought for the babies, John and Jesus, either from a picture or actual example. A small wooden camel, a glass bug, oil from Lebanon, and honey, were just a few.

Fourteen ladies from the Women's Bible study group honored women of the Bible, Elizabeth and Mary, with a brunch derived from an ancient food menu. Pictured (L-R) are Betty Taylor, Doreen Dickie, Kathy Stone, Brenda Lipscomb, Sabrina Thompson, and Carolyn Nakasian.

Greening of the church took place on Sunday, December 18 and took less than an hour with so many eager parishioners pitching into the effort. Poinsettias, evergreens, wreaths and candles adorned every corner of the church.

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Workers were treated to a wonderful lunch treat prepared and presented by Tess Nauman in the parish hall.

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January, 2011

Parish Annual Meeting: January 22 Following A Single 10 a.m. Service The Emmanuel Parish Annual Meeting will be held on January 22 following a single service at 10 a.m. This is a very important meeting in the life of the church. This is the time when three vestry candidates are elected to four-year terms along with one alternate who join the twelve member group who administer the affairs of the parish. So that all members can attend this meeting, there will be only one service of Holy Communion at 10 a.m. The service and meeting is followed by a potluck/covered dish lunch in the parish hall. The canons of the church state that all parishioners in good standing who are 16 years old or older and are known to the treasurer are eligible to vote.

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January 22— 22—one service at 10 am Annual Meeting & Election of Vestry Members Followed by potluck lunch

Special Events

January 8— “Living Our Personal Theology”, Doug Connell, Julie Shields January 15—Report by Emmanuel’s Haiti Mission team January 29— Rector’s Forum

Adult Forums

Key HE—Holy Eucharist MP—Morning Prayer MLR—Marston/LaRue House PH—Parish Hall LH—Ledford House HC—Holy Cross, Batesville AA—Alcoholics Anonymous

9:00 HE & Children’s Worship 10:00 Sunday School & Adult Forum 11:00 HE Prayers for healing after each service on the 4th Sunday

Sunday Schedule

January 2012

16 Martin Luther King Day Revised Coffee Lectionary, 10 am, Crozet Mudhouse; AA Meeting, 8 pm, PH

15 See Sunday

29 See Sunday Schedule 10 am Adult Forum by The Rev. Chuck Mullaly

22 Annual Meeting & Election of Vestry Members Combined service at 10 am, followed by meeting and potluck

10 am Adult Forum—The Haiti Trip

Tue

18 Choir Rehearsal, 7 pm

11 Bread Fund Packing, 10 am, HC Choir Rehearsal, 7 pm

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Wed

24 Men’s Bible 25 Study, 8:30 Choir Rehearsal, 7 am, PH pm

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Mountainside Tea Party, 3 pm

10 Men’s Bible Study, 8:30 am, PH

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6 Epiphany AA Meeting, 8 PM, PH

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26 Women’s Bible Study, 10:30 am, PH

19 Contemplative Prayer, 5:30 pm, church

27 AA Meeting, 8 PM, PH

20 AA Meeting, 8 PM, PH

12 Women’s Bible 13 Study, 10:30 am, AA Meeting, 8 PH PM, PH Finance Committee, 5 pm, MLR Contemplative Prayer, 5:30 pm,

5 Contemplative Prayer, 5:30 pm, church

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Please check the Sunday bulletin for changes and additions. If you would 540--456like to schedule an event, please call the office at 540 456-6334.

The deadline for articles for the February Newsletter is January 15.

31 30 Revised Coffee Lectionary, 10 am, Crozet Mudhouse; AA Meeting, 8 pm, PH

23 AA Meeting, 8 pm, PH

9 AA Meeting, 8 pm, PH

8 See Sunday Schedule 10 am Adult Forum—Doug Connell, Julie Shields

Schedule

2 AA Meeting, 8 pm, PH

Mon

1 New Year’s Day Combined service at 10 am

Sun B read Fund Distribution, 8 am, HC

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21 Disciples Kitchen, breakfast at Basic United Methodist Church, Waynesboro

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