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MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCHJune 2010 — VOLUME 35, ISSUE 6

By now most of you know that I had a strokeon April 15. I had to go in to the hospitalthrough the Emergency Room, and they caughtthe stroke very early. Some have chided methat "some people will do anything to avoidthe St. Paul's News deadline." Others say thatit was all because the IRS was looking for me.The reality is none of these are true. In fact, itwas just that I ignored my Type II diabetes tothe point that something broke loose and lodged in my brain creating the stroke. It wasbound to happen as long as I avoided changing my diet and taking care of myself.I was very fortunate, however. It was a mild stroke. My speech is affected a bit. So ismy balance. Small motor skills (like writing and brushing my teeth) are difficult. Thegood news is that I can still hit a golf ball. It doesn't go exactly where I intend, but itdidn't before the stroke either. Now I have an excuse. In addition I have been told that95 percent of my lost function will return. I have to give it time.I have returned to the office, but on a limited basis. I get tired very fast, and I'm notgoing to push it. Eventually I will return to some degree of normal. Until then, I will beavailable through email and phone should you not find me in the office. I will be check-ing my messages on a regular basis.The whole experience has taught me a few things. First, in a God-given life, you have to

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Editor’s Note

By Christine Caswell, Editor

Thanks to everyone who participated in writing articles and the production of the SPN over this past year. I would liketo especially thank my lovely partner,

Lyn Zynda

, who has been the acting editor for the better part of the past threeyears while I pursued other activities.There are no issues of SPN in July and August, but I have been informed that the deadline for the September issue isAugust 2 (at which point, I will probably still be recovering from my bar exam), so please have your articles sent to meby that time at ccaswell@voyager.net. Thanks again to the Vestry, the staff, and all of the contributors.Lastly, welcome back,

Gordon

, and congratulations

Steve Lange

on your 40th anniversary (especially since I’ve beenaround for all 40 of them).

By The Very Rev. Dr. Gordon F. Weller

Teaching God’s Children

By Roberta Tisdale, Vestry Member

As our Church School Year comes to a close, we would liketo acknowledge and thank our wonderful teachers for thededication and love they have given our parish youth overthe past year(s):

Carol Laub

and

Julie Fletcher

- Pre K-Kindergarten

Judi Clarke, Jill Walker and Kathy Gut

– 1st-3rd

Matt and Kym Hall

- 4th-5th

Barb Heany and Marti Narezo

- 6th-8th

Hank Borden, Lyn Kressler and Judi Clarke -

9th-12thAsk any Church School Teacher, and he or she will tell youhow rewarding it is to teach God’s children. Sharing God’slove and teachings is a great honor, and there is nothinggreater than to see that love shine through the eyes of achild.Perhaps you might like to be part of this wonderful minis-try. Many people think that they may not be qualified toteach church school, but I can tell you that you don’t needto have a teaching certificate; as long as you have Christ’slove in your heart, you can teach church school. You don’teven need to be a Bible scholar. We offer an easy-to-follow curriculum, and you’ll be surprised at how much youwill learn as you prepare and share the lesson.We are looking for teachers and teacher aides for theupcoming church school year. Many of the teachers ac-knowledged above have taught for many years and mayneed to take a break. Please consider being a part of thisvery rewarding ministry. The blessing will be all yours!Contact

Barb Heany or Father Weller

for more informa-tion.

Visiting Choir to GiveConcert at St. Paul’s

By Dr. Stephen R. Lange,Minister of Music

The Fort Bend Boys Choir of Texas,consisting of approximately 32 sing-ers, will present a varied concert ofsacred and secular music written fortreble singers at St. Paul’s on Thurs-day, June 10, at 7 p.m. Their con-cert at St. Paul’s is part of a tourthrough Michigan that will includeAnn Arbor, Marshall, Mackinac Is-land, Petoskey, Suttons Bay, andGrand Rapids. They have receivedcritical acclaim for the quality ofboth their singing and programming.The concert is free and open to thepublic. Please invite friends andneighbors to attend this musicalevent. The Tour Choir is one of fiveperforming ensembles. For moreinformation, please contact the of-fice, 482-9454.

Nursery Spot Checkers

By Roberta Tisdale,Vestry Member

St. Paul's is blessed to have so manyyoung families. Every Sunday ournursery is filled with toddlers. In ad-dition to our paid Nursery Atten-dant, we rely on parishioners whovolunteer one Sunday a month tomake a "Spot Check" with the Nurs-ery Attendant before and midwaythrough the 10 a.m. service. The"Spot Check" is to ensure adequatecoverage for the number of childrenpresent. If there are six or morechildren in the nursery, the SpotChecker stays and helps the NurseryAttendant. We are in need of peo-ple to be Nursery Spot Checkers forJune, July and August. The sign-upsheet is outside the Merrifield Room.Special thanks to our Spring NurserySpot Checkers:

Jeanne Tippett,Joan Ferguson, Judy Manson, SueBolton, Carol Ingells, Vicky Bellonand Kym Hall

Picnic in the Park

The Annual Sunday Service andPicnic in the Park

will take placeon Sunday, June 13, beginningwith Eucharist at 10 a.m. Thelocation is Granger Meadowson Wood Street in DeWittTownship.Since Granger Meadows has abaseball diamond we are an-ticipating a thrilling game ofsoftball. There is a jungle gymfor younger members and bas-ketball hoops too.Sign up is available by theMerrifield Room to bring one ofthe following: potato salad,baked beans, salad, veggies,fruit dish, chips, dessert. Thechurch will provide hot dogs,hamburgers, drinks and picnicware.The 10 a.m. service will takeplace at the Park, in lieu of aservice at the church. The 8 a.m.service will be at the church asusual.Page 2

Comings and Goings

By Martie Repaskey

Please welcome the following newcomers to St. Paul’s!

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Joe and Valerie Cordes

: This interesting couple runa beautiful B&B, the Rosewood Inn, on Francis Rd.,Lansing. They were married four years ago; shortlyafter, they purchased an old house and completelyrenovated it. They have been in the B&B businessfor two years. Joe is a builder, and Val is an inte-rior designer. From the looks of it, these two arehaving a wonderful time with their new business,which includes hosting wedding parties.

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Debby Henrie and Dave Parks

: These two arescheduled to be married at St. Paul’s on July 24.Debby grew up in upstate New York, having at-tended the church where Father Weller workedafter his ordination! Both Debby and Dave work atWLNS/Channel 6. She is in the advertising depart-ment, and Dave is a videographer. These two havealready gotten involved at St. Paul’s, so they arelikely to be seen at Parish Life activities!

B&PW

By Nancy Rudd, President

The next meeting of the B&PW Guild is Tuesday, June8 at 6 p.m. It is our year-end picnic at

Debby Pierce’s

home. Call

Debby

for a reservation, and please bringa dish to pass. Join us for an evening of good foodand fellowship to end our year.

Visit the Rain Forest at VBS

Don’t miss anexciting timeat St. Paul’s2010 Vaca-tion BibleSchool, June21-25, from 9a.m. to 12noon. Partici-pants will bevisiting theRain Forest tofollow Jesus ona life changing adventure. Spend five days of discov-ery with five Bible verses, including John 3:16. We aredelighted to welcome back

Fr. Ron Byrd

as our VBSleader. Reserve your child’s (children’s) place now bycompleting the registration form below. Forms are alsoavailable on linewww.stpaulslansing.orgor at thechurch.

Child’s NameAddressPhoneEmailParent’s NameGradeTee Shirt SizeTransportation provided by:Emergency Contact

Registration Form

Staff members will be out of the office the followingdates:Gordon Weller July 1—31Bill Fineout June 19-27 and July 18—25Kathleen Johnson August 1—7Page 3