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The Epistle
The Church of the Resurrection
October 2014
October 2014
The monthly
Newsletter
of
Copley Parish,
located at
Bridge and
Anchor Drives
Joppatowne, MD
410-679-8700 (O)
443-610-8533 (C)
craigmatthew3801
@gmail.com
CopleyJop@aol.com
“A Bridge to the
Future, Anchored in the
Past”
Sunday Worship:
8 AM
Holy Eucharist
Said Service
10 AM
Choral Eucharist and
Sunday School
Tuesday Worship
7 PM
Office Hours:
Wednesday and Friday,
9 to noon
Epistle Editor
Dani Rice
Ricepaddy2@
comcast.net
410-679-4249
Deadline for
The Church of the Resurrection (Episcopal)... where everybody is someone and Jesus is Lord
Matthew’s Musings
We have ended our summer vacations and now are facing another
productive year at the Church of the
Resurrection. I want to begin with
some statements of gratitude.
First, I want to thank the Rev’d
Paul Moser for graciously taking
over services when we took some
weekends to enjoy our new camper.
I am most grateful for his generosity
of spirit and time. It is a joy to be
able to rely on a priest of such experience for support and mentoring.
I also want to thank the volunteers who have been working so hard
recently: Kathy, our stalwart administrator, Jim, our overworked property warden, Stephen our rector’s
warden, and the often overlooked
altar guild lead by Pat. In addition, I
want to thank Colleen and Craig,
Kathleen and Mary Lou, Galib and
Ken for their work on the recent and
very successful Murder Mystery!
There is a number of upcoming
things to look out for. The outreach
committee is now focused on the
Halloween Haunted
House the weekend of October 24
-26. We need all
hands on deck for
the efficient and
quick take down of
the same! Please see
Craig to volunteer for the fun.
In addition, we will be looking forward to the Blessing of the Animals
next weekend, October 4, at 10 am.
Further, Galib will roll out his annual
Night at the Races on November 8 at
6:00 pm. Remember that he has been
asking members to solicit businesses
for advertisements to put into the
booklet for the evening. Also, we need
items for the silent auction for that
evening as well as items for the Christmas Bazaar on December from 10 am
- 2pm.
During the season of Advent we
will be lighting of the Christmas Tree
on December 13, as well as our annual
cookie baking and exchange.
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Matthew’s Musings II
accept your tithe through the Paypal link on the
homepage of our website!
We have a dizzying array of activities coming
up. Please join us, contribute, volunteer, set up,
take down, publicize, support in any way that you
can think of! The Church of the Resurrection is
certainly stronger because of all those who contribute!
In your charity, please remember those in need
of our prayers: Joanne and Ed, Herb and Barb, Pat
and Karl, Nancy, Christine, and all those on our
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Events involving the business of the parish include the visitation of the Rev’d Canon Scott Slater
on November 9, and the Annual Meeting on November 16. We will be voting on the parish budget
which the vestry is finalizing at the October vestry
meeting. It is the time to name new and returning
wardens and parish leadership after the Annual
Meeting as well. It is also coming time for the
Stewardship Drive where we will be asking members to pledge their tithes for the year. remember:
Even if you can’t make it to church, we can still
parish prayer list.
Matthew+
From the Rector’s Warden
I was always told to plan for the worst and then you are ready for anything. Luckily, I did it for the most part and it paid off.
You may have noticed that the website was down for over a week due to
"server maintenance" by the webhosting company. If I am already talking
out of your league, the webhosting company are the folks that provide us a
space on the Internet to have our church website. It is a free site, so we got
our money's worth. Sometime on a Saturday night, the site went down and
was supposed to be up just a few short hours later. They kept saying it
would be up shortly, but the days dragged by with no website. It took over
a week before I could get back onto the server and when I did, everything
was gone! They claimed that they had trouble and lost some files, but in the back of my mind, I am
pretty sure they made some big mistakes.
They supposedly made a complete backup of the server before they did maintenance, but they didn't. Their reaction to inquiries were to put the blame on the website owners saying it was our responsibility to do backups. It would have been nice to be informed in advance of the maintenance, but we
weren't. Luckily, I have periodically done back-ups and was able to restore the site to get our scheduling back online. Unfortunately, it was an older version of the system which is missing a newly developed advertising module and some other minor changes. These will be fixed in time.
We are looking at options to ensure better service. Some are free and some not so free. With our
church living on a shoestring budget, the free options are always more appetizing.
It is a lesson to me, and should be to the church, that we need to prepare for the worst and pray for
the best. Like our webhosting, there are other areas that are seeing issues. We have become too comfortable with the way things have always been and now times are changing in ways for which we are not
prepared.
Stephen
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Parish News and Notes
Jen and Tim were rear-ended
on September 23rd. They were
bruised and shaken up, but not
seriously injured, and the girls
were not injured. The car, on the
other hand…
Ron has been having a great
deal of trouble with his back, and
is waiting to see his surgeon. We
will keep you posted. Please keep
him in your prayers.
There is no truth to the rumor
that ye editor and the Property
Warden were engaged in fisticuffs. I pulled my thumb out of
joint last July, and thought I’d be
able to ride it out, but finally had
to bow to the inevitable and have
surgery on it. I’ll be in a cast until
mid-October, but I chose a green
one, to match the liturgical color
for the season.
Carol wishes to thank everyone for their prayers and inquires
about her health. Only 15 more
days of radiation to go! Yea!
The Essence of Destiny
Watch your thoughts for they become words,
Choose your words for they become your actions.
Understand your actions for they become habits,
Study your habits for they become your character,
Develop your character for it becomes your destiny.
Ready...Set...Grow!
The Reading Buddies program is
growing. Grow with us!!! We now
have ten volunteers who will read to
first graders. A meeting with the principal and Reading Specialist of Riverside Elem.
School took
place and the
logistics of this
outreach were
discussed.
Hopefully,
children will be
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assigned to each volunteer and the program will start up by mid-October.
Help read to a first grader for only 2
hours per week (on any day but Fridays) from either 9-11 a.m. or 1-3
p.m. The classroom teachers are
nearby if any question should need
arise. Books are already chosen for
you. Child + You+ Book. All done.
The main goal is to teach children that
reading is fun! And YOU can be part
of this adventure. Talk to Carol, if
interested.
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Bishop Suffragan-Elect Heather Elizabeth
Cook Ordination and Consecration on
September 6
The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland ordained
and consecrated its newest bishop on Saturday,
Sept. 6 at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in
north Baltimore. Heather Cook is the first woman
elected bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland. The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, was the
chief consecrator.
As is the Episcopal tradition, Ms. Cook was
elected bishop on May 2.
The service of ordination and consecration featured participants from across the diocese and
Cook’s family, friends and people from past ministries. To honor her early years in Baltimore and her
Episcopal education, a student from St. Paul’s
School for Girls, Brooklandville, lead the opening
procession of the service with the school’s flag.
Cook graduated from St. Paul’s School for Girls in
1974. Following the service, Cook offered blessings
at the altar of the church.
The Right Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton, bishop diocesan of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland said
at her election, “This is a glorious day for the Diocese of Maryland as we welcome Heather Cook to
the diocese, and I look forward to her joining with
me in our Episcopal ministry.”
Church Clean-up Day
We have not had a Community service worker for quite a while, so now while
we have a breather between mowing and raking would be a good time to get the
inside of the church into a “state of grace”.
All of the carpets need to be vacuumed, at the very least, and a good shampoo probably wouldn’t hurt. There are cobwebs everywhere and what isn’t
covered with cobwebs is coated with dust. The first Saturday has been
“claimed” by the Blessing of the Animals, and the RIRA Crab Feast, so join
us on Saturday, the 11th, for a pew polishing, window washing, Swiffering,
extravaganza.
Sort of a Grubby Sunday, but on a Saturday.
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Catching up with...the Knitting Group
The Knitting (and Crocheting)
Group first picked up needles and
hooks in January, 2012, and other than
a snow day here and there, has been
meeting on Monday evening and
Wednesday morning ever since.
We started off with poor Kathy
sewing together a garbage bag full of
Granny Squares, donated by someone
in Joppatowne, who had made the
squares to “work off steam” while her
husband was ill. Kathy has a good eye
for color and was able to put together
some lovely shawls from that bag of
squares - although she admits she
doesn’t want to see another square in a
looong time!
The first group of prayer Shawls
was blessed by Dr. J on February 5th
of that year. Fr. Matthew blesses the
completed shawls on the second Sunday of each month.
So far, we have given away almost 200 shawls, over 40 this year
alone.
Pictured above, going up the left
side and coming down the right are
Harriet, Karen, Merrie, Carole, Diane,
Kathy, Pam, Olga, Dani, and Hannah.
And Blazer, under the table.
The photo was taken by Judy,
with her cell phone.
Where is Everybody?
Where have all the members gone? For the first 24 weeks of this
year average attendance per Sunday was 55 for both services. The
last 16 weeks has seen that number down to only 41 per Sunday. I haven’t heard of anyone dying or moving so where are
you? We miss anyone who drops off the radar screen so let us
know if there is a problem we need to address. Please!
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Service Rota - October 2014
Altar Guild - Dulcie Carey & Evelyn Wilkins
October 5th
Crucifer:
O.T.
LEM
Prayers
Ushers
October 19th
Paula Sanders 
Christine Moser
Ken Hawley
Paula Sanders
O.T.
LEM
Prayers
Albert & Clara Lema
O.T.
LEM
Prayers
Ushers:
Olga Franzoni
Ken Hawley
Gene Wilkinson
Ushers
Jim & Dani Rice
October 12th
Crucifer:
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Crucifer:
October 26th
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Crucifer:
O.T.
LEM
Prayers
Dani Rice
JoAnn Geier
Dorian Burton
Ushers
Linda Bullock & Pam Young
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Barbara Dotterweich
Dani Rice
Kathy Grumbach
Clara & Albert Lema
November 2nd
A note to the folks who read
The Prayers of the People:
A copy of the Prayers, with all the blanks filled
in, can be found on the
Welcome Table in the narthex,
to the right of the large cross.
Crucifer:
O.T.
LEM
Prayers
Ushers
To find out what you will be reading go to:
http://www.lectionarypage.net/
Use the RCL list.
Paula Sanders

Ken Grumbach
Albert & Clara Lema
If you are unable to serve on your assigned Sunday, it is your responsibility to find a substitute and
contact the church office (410-679-8700) so the correct name will appear in the bulletin.
Acolyte Head: Ken Hawley 410-852-0003
Chief Usher: Jim Rice 410-679-4249
Lay Readers: Dani Rice 410-679-4249
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The Church of the Resurrection (Episcopal)
410-679-8700
Office Hours Wed & Fri 9- noon
Tuesday 7 PM HC - Said Service
Sunday 8 AM HC - Said Service
10 AM - Choral Eucharist, Sunday School & Nursery
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Ray Rios-
Velez
Calvin
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Evelyn
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Blessing of
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10 AM
Herb Baker
RIRA crab
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Logan
Breakfast
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St. George’s
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Marge
Murray
Work Day
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Vestry 6:30
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Doug Long
St. George’s
Offering
Paul
Theodore
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Matthew
D’Amario
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Haunted
Church 6PM
Haunted
Church 6PM
Chesapeake
Traders
All Week
Ron & Pam
Young
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Paul Moser
Mary Lou
Sieber
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Albert Lema
Maureen Long
Haunted
Church 6PM
Gene
Wilkinson
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& Neresa
Severn
Dulcie Carey
Jackie
Vernon
Reformation
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Such a Welcome!
One of my relatives was the pastor of a German Lutheran church in
New York City. If you think Episcopalians move slowly, consider that
George, who died two years ago,
was the first bi-lingual pastor this
congregation had ever had.
The Sunday Service included the
installation of a associate pastor,
who was ushered to a special chair
in front of the congregation. After
the organ prelude, everyone began
singing the first hymn. Startled,
George realized it was not the one
he had chosen. He had a quick
conversation with the organist, and
discovered that the hymn numbers
Words spoken in
anger are not likely to
be forgotten quickly.
Heartaches do
not disappear in
an instant.
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had been transposed.
The hymn, erroneously posted,
was No. 352 in the German Lutheran hymnal: “Ach Gott, wie
manches Herzeleid begegnet mir
zu dieser Zeit!”
Freely translated, the words
mean “O God,
what a terrible
grief has befallen us at this
time!”
It’s nice to
know Resurrection
isn’t the only place that gets
confused.
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