VESTRY VIEWS Happy Spring!

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V ESTRY V IEWS

Happy Spring!

The lord has written the promise of the resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime: Martin Luther

I attended the 2^nd Sunday of Easter service on April 11 at St. Luke’s in Lebanon, PA with my family. It was great to be in such a beautiful church with a fantastic organ playing very loud music. This was the first time we all have attended church in over a year. Fellow parishioners happily came up to my father smiled and said, “Peace be with you.” They let him know that they missed and cared for him. My father was so grateful and happy to be remembered. The priest

mentioned in the sermon that the “Peace” is the ultimate greeting meant to give one another comfort, wholeness, along with physical and spiritual health. It is given with the promise of contentment and to be reconciled to god. We have many worries in our world today, and the “Peace” is meant to calm your emotions and assist you in your challenges. This is the type of peace that Jesus gives. It certainly helped my family feel better.

I look forward to seeing you all at church.

Peace be with you! Shalom!

Kim Hyde Vestry Views

Parish Register Vestry Highlights

From the Rector Worship News Church School Service Ministry

MOE Breakfast MAYCALENDAR

* * * Parish Office

247-4190 Mon.–Fri.

9:30am–1:00pm

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SUNDAY WORSHIP 9:30 Zoom

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BULLETIN PRAYER LIST

Parish Office 247- 4190

Prayer requests remain for

6 weeks unless notified.

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THE BISHOP THE MINISTERS The Rt. Rev’d Prince G. Singh The Congregation

THE VESTRY Kathie Entress, Warden

Margaret Schweizer, Warden Nick Parisi, Treasurer

Gail Renehan, Clerk

Emily Entress Susan Gaskill Kim Hyde Heidi McGrath

Don Metzinger Lisa Steubing Laurie Zaso Roberta Ames

THE STAFF

Rector: Rev. Jimmie Sue Deppe Parish Secretary: Kelly Jo Stone Organist: Gail Hyde (Substitute) Sexton: Robert J. Heslin, Sr.

Church School Coordinator: Don Metzinger

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FROM THE PARISH REGISTER

O God, our times are in your hand: Look with favor, we pray, on your servants as they begin another year. Grant that they may grow in wisdom and grace; strengthen their trust in your goodness all the days of their lives; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

May 1 Patrick Durkin Jessica D’Anunzio May 2 Bonnie Hockeborn May 4 Elizabeth Bagley Chris Grasso May 5 Casey Leader Alaina Ornt May 6 Christian Sanborn May 7 Carole Haase May 9 George Greenauer

May 9 David Ploettner May 10 Pauline Ehle May 11 Drake D’Anunzio May 13 Margaret Parisi May 16 Daniel Jameson May 19 Cassie Metzinger May 21 Kim Hyde

May 22 Joyce Plail May 23 Sue Cleveland May 23 Cory Craig

May 24 Jim Zaso May 25 Donna Hall May 26 Bill Lesher May 28 Anthony Cirino May 29 Marian Chapman May 30 Nick Parisi

Ashton Ward May 31 Laura Hatz

O God, you have so consecrated the covenant of marriage that in it is represented the spiritual unity between Christ and his Church. Send your blessing upon these your servants that they may so love, honor and cherish each other in faithfulness and patience, in wisdom and godliness, that their homes may be havens of blessing and peace. Amen.

May 7 Bo & Laraine Heslin

May 15 Douglass & Danielle D’Anunzio May 19 Doug & Linda Collinge

May 19 Bob & Norma Shannon May 21 Don & Eunie Naulin

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If you have changes to your contact information, please notify Kelly Jo Stone: Office hours: Monday–

Friday, 9:30am–1 pm

Please email photos and articles to Kelly Jo at [email protected].

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Birthdays are a special occasion; we do not want to miss yours! If you haven’t let us know when your

special day is, please do so.

Issue Deadline Mailing

June May 18 May 28

July June 15 June 25

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- March 2021

 Vestry Meeting Minutes: -M-S-A to accept the Tuesday, February 16, 2021 Vestry Meeting Minutes.

 Treasurer’s Report: We are two months into the year, the 1st quarter report will show the real picture. Pledges are a bit slow coming in. We will make a draw from the Endowment Fund the end of March and at the end of each quarter. –M-S-A to accept the February, 2021 Treasurer’s Report.

 A note to share: Jimmie Sue shared a heartfelt thank you note from Gladys VanBrederode for Epiphany and for her term on Vestry.

Action Items (Require Vestry Action/Vote):

 Approval of the 2022 Renewal of

Congregational Development Grant: –M-S- A to approve the renewal of the

Congregational Development Grant.

 Approve Technical Support for Church Windows: -M-S-A to approve spending

$345.00 for the Standard Update and Support for Church Windows, which includes annual updates to software, periodic service releases, unlimited use of the 800-number for Phone Support, Fax Support and E-mail support.

Reflection Time:

 The Parochial Report has been submitted to the Diocese.

 The Diocesan Covid Emergency

[Technology] Grant Application has been submitted to the Diocese.

 The Congregational Development Grant has been updated and will be submitted to the Diocese.

Rectors’ Report:

 The Church will re-open On Easter Sunday for in-person worship. The protocol will be

the same as before (must mask, sign-up on Genius, 35 people, etc.) -more information will follow.

 I began again to slowly make “quarterly”

Parish phones, had Pastoral Care phone calls and scheduled Memorial Planning with Family via Zoom.

 Held Memorial Service for David Resch.

 I have attended Zoom meetings offered by the Diocese.

o Attended Diocesan Zoom Workshop Part 1 and 2.

 Thank you so much to our Service Ministry Team for organizing March service projects!

 Ashes to Go went well :)

 We held our Vestry Retreat via Zoom and it went very well :)

 Working on coordinating Holy Week Services.

 Am a new member of the Ogden Farmer’s Library Board.

 Participated in a partners Campaign D video soon to be released :)

 Participated in a Campaign D Zoom event – was a lot of fun.

 I completed the Diocesan COVID Emergency [Technology] Grant.

 Grant Team and I are working on our 2022 Renewal Grant Application.

 Parochial Report completed and submitted.

 Lenten Spiritual Offering going well :) Next Meeting: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 Respectfully submitted,

Gail Renehan, Clerk of the Vestry

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March 2021 Financial Summary

Income March YTD 2020 Budget YTD Pledge & Plate 25,816 32,000 Investment Income 7,237 5,827

Diocesan Grant 5,500 5,500

PPP Loan -- --

Flowers 385 475

Special Offerings 430 573

Building Use - 163

Other - 25

Total Income 39,368 44,563 Expenses

Worship 480 1,140

Formation 343 413

Diocesan Apportionment 5,583 5,583

Stewardship 99 1,125

Other Action - 538

Youth - 50

Evangelism 554 406

Oversight 7,324 7,473

Salaries & Benefits 32,194 35,581 Total Expenses 46,577 52,308

Submitted by Nick Parisi, Treasurer

Dear Parish, I hope you all have either gotten your vaccine or are signed up to get your vaccine! The sooner we’re all vaccinated, the sooner we can have more of a sense of normal  And I don’t know about you, but I think that would be awesome

It was super-duper nice to see all the kiddos for the Easter Egg Hunt! And it has been wonderful being able to have both Zoom worship and In-person worship. And doing liturgical wedding planning with both of our engaged couples  I am excited about all of the Small Group Events being planned.

For example, hosting two outside Coffee Hours for everyone to attend after the 11am In-person worship service, and our month of May Wed Café is outside with a bonfire and guest speaker. We’re also planting our Epiphany Garden in June, our Book Box is now a registered Free Little Library, and we’re in the beginning stages of having an outdoor Food Pantry Box (more on that coming soon).

I’m excited about our partnership with Campaign D, and thank you to those who came out to

Campaign D’s 1^st Annual Autism Awareness Event!

If you are able the Social Club gathers at Memorial Park on Fridays from 3-5pm (May 7, May 21; June 11, June 25) – I hope you can make it to one of their events – they would love to have us there!

And Campaign D has released a promotional television advertisement that was featured on WHAM13 at the end of April where we were announced as one of Campaign D’s partners – how awesome is that!

If you can help with Spruce Up Day (May 29^th) that would be a wonderful opportunity to both catch-up with folks and put a shine on the inside of the church  As well as, make the Memorial Garden sparkle after a long winter and spring. And if you looking for a workout at church and some

fellowship come to the Tree Trimming & Hauling (May 15^th) – you will leave feeling like you accomplished something big 

We’re able to be back to holding in-person worship

 It is a blessing to be able to hold both our Zoom Service and our In-Person Service. Many people have shared how important it is to them that we have both of these options for worshiping together

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We have officially submitted our 2022

Congregational Development Grant to the Diocese;

the grants aren’t guaranteed, and we hope to know

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a decision from the Diocesan Grant Team in June or July. In 2022, this will be our 4^th of 5 years that we can apply for the grant. This year we have to be very focused on ways to grow Epiphany. We have to be comfortable inviting people to Zoom

Worship, to In-Person Worship, and to our Small Group events. Epiphany will grow because we worked together as a Team towards a “big hairy audacious goal” or BHAG* for short. We have 2 BHAGs and they have been our mission for the last 6 years; our 2 BHAGs are growing the community of Epiphany and achieving Financial stability. We have made a lot of progress towards our BHAGs and we still have much more progress to go. We can get there!

Our Small Group efforts and Service Ministry efforts and Community Connection efforts prior to the pandemic were growing our parish in vibrant and exciting ways. Our Financial stability goal has been slower. The CDG gave us the space we needed to focus on envisioning how to grow our community. The PPP Loan was a blessing because it too has given us breathing room to focus on

navigating a pandemic as a parish. But, our parish finances continue to be deeply concerning. Our Treasurer shared with us in his April 25^th Quarterly Report with the parish that giving is down by 20%.

This is a very big deal to our parish’s tight and lean funding budget. What that means is our giving was expected to be at around $32,000 by this time and is instead at about $26,000. That’s a $6,000 deficit extremely early in the year. Two things can happen – we can fall further behind OR we can catch up and overcome this deficit. I believe we have it in us to catch up and overcome this deficit – I hope you do too!

Things are ever so slowly starting to move closer to what we are all used to while still having to stay vigilant about following safety protocols. Hang in there!

We have a lot going on and a lot to be excited about as a community!

*BHAG comes from Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0

Blessings, Rev. Jimmie Sue

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Small Group Reminder –

Meeting May 23rd

Small groups will meet on Sunday, May 23rd at 1pm – this gives Rev.

Jimmie Sue time to get home to start the Zoom meeting. Thank you everyone for all of your participation in Small Groups - it makes a difference in our parish!

Please use this link to join in the conversations:

https://zoom.us/j/194833778?pwd=emtUSFVDYkZ GdDF4T3U0L0txMHNDUT09

Meeting ID: 194 833 778 Password: 026770

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Small Group Updates

I will continue to share what our Small Groups are up to, and y’all are up to a lot! Also, if you see an idea or event you want to help with, please feel free to reach out to that Team and join in for the getting the event going. This update reflects a mix of carry-over ideas and new ideas.

Next “All Groups Meeting” is Sunday, May 16^th via Zoom right after our Worship service.

Social Media:

 Create Events for Facebook as needed.

 Create Sign-up Genius Worship links.

Welcome & Invitation:

 Host 2 in person Coffee Hours after at 12pm

 Help the Children & Youth Small Group host a Kick-off Sunday Breakfast

Children & Youth:

 Put together Blessing Bags on May 15^th and have outdoor games available

 Campfire and activity for the older youth and children in June

 Pumpkin decorating with decorating kit for the older youth and children

 Game or Trivia night for older youth

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Adult Formation:

May

 Wednesday Night Café (Cassie) - round the campfire Underground Railroad Talk with Jerry Bennett. Cassie will update when she hears from Jerry.

June

 Mt. Hope Cemetery Walk (Evie) - hoping for some time in June. Evie will update when she hears back.

Other ideas:

 Tour of Frontier Field during the

summer (Cassie) - Cassie-No date set at this time, more information to follow.

 Episcopal Day Programs (Kathie) -Kristen Smith offered a Coworker to do this talk, No date set at this time, hopefully in the fall, hoping for an inside church event. more information to follow.

 Black Creek Park w/picnic lunch after in late July (Nancy) - I'll go out there in the next couple of weeks for a trial

hike/scope things out, etc.

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It’s the season for graduations! If you or a family member are graduating from school or program (regardless of level), please us know! We would like to publish an announcement and photo for each of our graduates in honor of their achievements.

Email info to: [email protected].

Information to include:

 Name of graduate

 High School/College/Program completed

 Degree/Major

 Future Plans

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MOE: Men of Epiphany

Breakfast Saturday, May 22^nd

Meet at 830am at Jimmy D's in Spencerport.

The Moment of Lift: Book Discussion

“When you lift up women, you lift up everybody - families, communities, entire countries... In her book, Melinda tells the stories of the inspiring people she's met through her work all over the world, digs into the data, and powerfully illustrates issues that need our attention.. I've called Melinda an impatient optimist and that's what she delivers here - the urgency to tackle these problems and the unwavering belief that solving them is indeed possible.”- Barack Obama

We will we have discussion based on our reading and reflections, using the book “The Moment of Lift” edited by Melinda Gates. Please have read Chapters 1-2 for our Thursday discussion.

Our first discussion is Thursday, April 29th at 7pm.

Join Zoom Meeting:

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Meeting ID: 836 5354 6048 Passcode: 411667 One tap mobile:

+16465588656,,83653546048#,,,,*411667#

Dial by your location: +1 646 558 8656

Reading schedule: April 29th - chapters 1-2; May 6^th – chapters 3-4; May 13^th – chapters 5-6; May 20^th – chapters 7-9.

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Church School & J2A Schedule

Church School Calendar:

Begins: 8:45am Zoom

Sunday, May 2 – Church School Sunday, May 9 – Church School Sunday, May 16 – Church School Sunday, May 23 – Church School Sunday, May 30 – NO Church School Sunday, June 6 – Church School Sunday, June 13 – Church School

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PDATE Blessing Bags Service Ministry Project

The Service Ministry team and the Youth of Epiphany would like to help SWEM and make some

“Blessing Bags”. The Blessing Bags will help individuals with an immediate need for food. A Blessing bag is a gallon size zip-lock plastic bag containing food items that can be used immediately without the need for cooking or a can opener. The Blessing bag is intended to meet an immediate need until further resources are available. Inside each Blessing bag is a flyer with information as to where to obtain assistance.

We would like to collect needed items from April 25th – May 2nd in the front hallway at church.

After the items are collected, the youth will assembly the Blessing Bags and we will transport to SWEM.

Needed items include:

Juice boxes/pouches, Granola/fruit bars, Cracker packets, fruit/pudding cups, and Gallon size Zip- lock bags.

Upcoming Projects

Upcoming projects over the summer will include Cameron Ministry, RAIHN and Hope Hall School. When you are at church, please take a few moments to look at the Service Ministry bulletin boards. We have received thank you from several organization that we have helped this year including St. Theodore’s Food Pantry, SWEM and the Town of Gates Police Department.

Please feel free to stop any of the members of the Service Ministry team or leave a note in the Service Ministry mail box if you have any ideas for service ministry projects.

The Service ministry team,

Amy Deppe, Nancy Mancini, Diane and Mike Moffatt and Marsha Pulhamus

PROPERTY COMMITTEE SPRUCE UP DAY

Next Cleanup day will be

Saturday, May 29, 2021……….8:30am-noon Come when you can: stay as long as you can !!

You do not have to stay the entire time.

Inside the church – we will be concentrating on all areas.

We will need at least 10-15 people to clean the inside – doing windows, dusting, wiping down &

vacuuming. We will work in the classrooms, kitchen, hallways, auxiliary room & cleaning the bathrooms.

Please wear a mask – bring gloves, we could use extra vacuum cleaners & buckets, etc.

We will supply the cleaning products.

Outside – we will be working on the Memorial Garden & front gardens.

Wear a mask – bring work gloves & any type of gardening equipment you need.

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TREE TRIMMING & HAULING

We are looking for strong guys to help with hauling tree debris & such for a few hours on Saturday, May 15 from 8:30am-11:00am.

Meet in the church parking lot & we’ll get going.

Come when you can – you don’t have to stay the whole time.

Wear a mask, bring gloves & have protective eyewear.

Any questions on any of the Church Work days, contact:

Pam Metzinger, Steve Entress, Bob Renehan, Dave Pulhamus, Jack Merrick, Mike Grasso

Thank you in advance for considering to help out with these big jobs !

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Baseball is back in Rochester. The Redwings have asked for help with concessions from service groups.

We have volunteered to man 6 games this season.

They are all at the 1st & 3rd base Rohrbachs Beer stands.

The following dates we are assigned to:

Friday, May 28 - Rohrbachs 3rd base Tuesday, June 22 –Rohrbachs 3rd base Saturday, July 31 –Rohrbachs 1st & 3rd base Friday, August 6 – Rohrbachs 1st & 3rd base Friday, September 3 – Rohrbachs 1st & 3rd base Friday, September 17 – Rohrbachs 3rd base We will be needing 4 volunteers for each stand - 21 years & older.

The Redwings have asked us to view 2 - 20 minute videos that are on-line for Sexual Harassment.

These are mandatory before you come to help at the stand.

We’ll need to wear a mask.

Also, have the Covid vaccine or a Covid test 72 hours prior to the day you volunteer.

We will not be having any signup sheets at church.

Please call, email or text – Don or Pam Metzinger, if you would like to help out.

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WOE:

I would like to have a open discussion about a possible Rummage Sale this coming August.

I would be happy to hear feedback about moving forward for having a sale, not having a sale, inside the building, outside the building or a combination.

I’ll need to know if we have enough parishioners that are willing to help out.

Either during the week for sorting and/or on the actual sale days, plus cleanup.

I submitted a proposal that the Vestry is considering & having conversation about.

Nothing has been decided.

Therefore, I encourage anyone, either male or female, to meet on Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 7:00pm in the church parking lot.

Wear a mask, bring a folding chair and ideas or concerns.

If you cannot make date, please email me or text me with any ideas or if you are comfortable with helping out at the sale.

Your feedback matters. Please consider.

Thank you.

Pam Metzinger, Rummage Chair

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Gratefully, Shawn P. O’Mara

E PIPHANY G ARDEN - 3.3 Garden Time!

It’s planting time and this year we are hoping to bring back our garden’s former glory! This year we are looking for donations of these plants.

In order to coordinate and assure that we don’t get overrun with tomatoes (again!), text or call Amy Deppe at 210-861-0107 just to confirm what you plan to give. Singles are great, sometimes you can only get a four pack or six pack of plants. Please drop your donation off at church on Sunday, May 30 from 11am - 1pm or Saturday, June 5^th before 10am. We will be planting our garden on Saturday, June 5^th at 10am, everyone is welcome to join!

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As always, our harvest is shared among Epiphany’s community, what doesn’t go to parish homes, will be put out on our “Free Veggies” table along Buffalo Road. This offering is appreciated by the community.

Thank you! You can contact Amy (210-861-0107) with questions.

Type of Plant How Many Plants

Marigolds 2 flats

Swiss Chard 4 plants

Lettuce 4 plants

Tomatoes 4 plants

Zucchini 4 plants

Yellow Squash 4 plants

Cucumbers 4 plants

Green Beans 2 plants

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I’m On My Way To Maine!

In mid-January a number of events in my life convinced me to listen to one of my sons who was saying I should come to live near him in Maine.

Makes sense at my age to be living near one of my children.

Maine has been a part of our lives for years.

Judy’s father co-owned a lobster pound in Vinalhaven and she spent many of her summers there as a child. Our son, Christopher, went to Maine for college at Bowdoin and is still there.

When I was younger I used to crew for a friend on his boat in Casco Bay. I will be taking to Maine furniture which came from Damariscotta.

Judy and I were drawn back again and again to a familiar place

I will be 80 in September and it is time to move nearer family. Chris has volunteered to be the one to look after Dad. It is a good choice for both of us.

Epiphany was our spiritual home when we needed one. Judy loved this church. I will always be

grateful for the way you welcomed us and for the sendoff you gave her. I will miss Epiphany

and the friends I made here. I just wish I could have been more involved in church life. Just as I

am able to do more, I have to leave. I wish it were possible to say goodbye in person. God willing, we will be together again before I

leave.

God’s Peace, Jerry Brown

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Our Free Book Bench is now a registered Little Free Library!

Our Book Bench Library needed repairs, and is now book out on the front lawn near Buffalo Road (THANK YOU Dave

Pulhamus!!) 

If you have books you would like to donate to our outside Book Bench Library you can drop them off at the Parish Office or in the Book Bench Library itself  The Gates Community Connection registered all the Eagle Scout book benches! Thank GC3!! Now folks in the community can find our Little Free Library using their app!

Parish Scholarships

Thanks to the generosity of the families and friends of the Rev’d John

VanBrederode and Karen Marr, we are fortunate to have two funds which aid with post-secondary education.

The deadline for both is Sunday, May 2nd.

How are recipients chosen? The Scholarship Committee meets and reviews all applications. It may, at its discretion, interview the applicants.

Who serves on the Committee? A member of the Vestry, a representative from the Church School or J2A program, a representative from one of the

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parish’s Teams or Committees, and an “at-large”

parishioner.

Notification: The Committee will notify each applicant of its decision in writing by June 1st.

Recipients will be announced on a Sunday in June, at the 10:00 a.m. service.

John VanBrederode - Memorial Scholarship

Eligible applicants:

* Graduating High school seniors

* have been active in the life of Epiphany

* will continue their studies in college or trade school

Karen Marr - Memorial Award

Eligible applicants must:

* have “special need.” Special need can be a physical or learning disability.

* have completed one year of post-high school education. Continuing education can be college or trade school.

* be a confirmed member of The Church of the Epiphany for at least one year.

Note: The Marr Award is available 3 times per year.

Application deadlines are May 1st, August 1st and December 1st.

Campaign D TV Advertisement

Campaign D has created an

advertisement that first aired on April 22nd on WHAM 13. The Church of the Epiphany is proud to be partners with them in their mission.

Below are the dates and times you can see the advertisement in which they speak about Epiphany.

13 WHAM ABCFundraiser throughGATES Police Department, Church of the Epiphany, and Advantage Federal Credit Union.

Check outCampaignd.com - their website has been updated. #WorldAutismAwarenessMonth

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Wednesday Night Café Presents - Slavery and the Underground Railroad with Jerry Bennett

Join us around the campfire for a night of stories on the history of slavery and the Underground Railroad, presented by Jerry Bennett

When: Wednesday, May 12th Time: 7:00 pm

Where: Front lawn of the church (weather permitting)

Please bring your own lawn chair and wear a mask.

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✣ 1990’s The Chancel Renovation

When the Chancel was designed, the altar and communion rail were close under the Mumford Window. They could be reached from the Nave only steps. For some elderly parishioners, this was an increasingly perilous journey. Some chose not to come to church because they did not want to be singled out by having communion taken to them in the pews. After reflecting on this, and the overall design the Rev. Winifred Collin recommended in April 1998 that the Chancel be renovated to accomplish three purposes:

• Make the communion rail more accessible to parishioners who are physically impaired.

• Bring the altar closer to the congregation in order to increase involvement in the service.

• Make the chancel area more flexible, more usable.

After considerable discussion and dialogue with the congregation, and with the strong support of Bishop William Burrill, the Vestry decided in the spring of 1999 to proceed. The architects were John Bero and Jennifer Peris from Bero Associates.

The contractor was Fred R. Steele Co.

The stanchions that supported the altar rail and the altar rail in the Jefferson Avenue building were taken to the Buffalo Road building in 1960. A new

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curved altar rail, designed to reflect the original, straight, altar rail, was carved. The stanchions were retained, and a Communion Rail gate, in memory of Barbara Feltner, was designed to harmonize with the design of the pulpit. By doing this, parishioners could come to the Communion Rail, without having to climb three steps, as before.

To create a more flexible, more usable space, the Sanctuary floor was leveleds7 so that the choir and the altar would be at the same level. The choir stalls were removed and replaced with chairs, and the altar was moved closer to the congregation in order to increase involvement in the service. And, when needed, (for example, for pageants, plays, etc.), the altar and choir chairs could be moved On Sunday, December 5, 1999, Bishop Burrill re- consecrated the renovated chancel.

- From Worshiping, Serving The Church of the Epiphany from 1866- 2006 by Robert E.

Sudlow 1979

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Autism Awareness with Campaign D and the Gates Police Department April 8, 2021

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Easter Egg Hunt 2021

We had so much fun looking for Easter Eggs and guessing how many jelly beans were in the jar

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A big Thank you to all those who made this Easter event possible.

And thank you’s, to the moms, dads and kiddos that came out to enjoy this event.

Easter Egg Hunt 2021

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Happy Mother’s Day

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Wed Café – Slavery and the Underground Railroad 7:00 p.m.

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Tree Trimming 8:30-11:00 a.m.

Stuff Blessing Bags 1:00 p.m.

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