St.

Paul s Circular
December, 2014

Volume 9, Issue 4 - creativity

From the Desk of the Dean . . .

So Practice Creativity
And all things came into being through . . .
(The Prologue of the Gospel of John)

Over the past few months some

of us have been involved in preparing art pieces for the Advent
Art Show here at St. Pauls. The
invitation went out to members
of our Cathedral family to develop and create pieces of art in
whatever medium and method
the artist choose, that explored
Advent themes of dark and light,
longing and waiting, expectancy
and preparation, sleeping and
waking. It has been a delightful
spiritual process and a time of
prayer.

thing will be born, made, called out and that Some

One is with us in this risky creativity. It also, I believe
has something to do with not just letting go, but suspending myself into this present
NOW . . . this Holy Moment in
what the great mystical spiritual
teacher Jean-Pierre de
Caussade named, The Sacrament of the Present Moment.
Creating in its most spiritually
prayerful form is when one gets
totally lost in the work - being so
present in the activity of creating
that all else is forgotten, abandoned. It is the echo of the line
in the wonderful hymn Love
Divine All Loves Excelling Lost in wonder, love and
praise. !!

Creating art whatever form

it takes, be it music, poetry,
Making art can do this. Making
paint, carving, quilting, textiles,
art is to dive into the vortex of
sewing, knitting, baking, cookthe Trinity. Making art takes us
Holy Cross
ing, photography, performance
This painting was created by our children into the heart of God where we
. . . whatever, is an invitation to
on Holy Cross Sunday, September 15th. are infused by the Holy Spirit,
enter into a process of the Holy
and produce what only can inIt hangs in the southwest corner of the
One: to play with God as a codeed come through the One
Cathedral Nave.
Photo: Chuck Kalnin.
creator - to dance with God.
through whom all things came
Here is my personal confession: like most forms of
to be (John 1). Creating involves spiritual practices of
praying, I do not do it often enough. When I do cre- surrender, of abandonment, of gentleness and non
ate art, I realize how very much I am fed, restored,
dualistic seeing where judgment and critique is susrenewed and realigned with the Holy Spirit.
pended.
Just how does that work? Well, I think it has
something to do with what happens when we give
ourselves over without judgment to the guiding of
the Holy Spirit. When we can leap into the unknown
of the blank canvas or page and trust that some-

In making art as a spiritual practice of prayer, I

have also come to learn that mistakes often produce
the most exquisite poignant deeply significant works
of beauty. That which I might want to throw away,
discard or destroy, God wants
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Creativity (contd.): to transform, rework,

and infuse with life and beauty. I have to get
over myself and my harsh inner critic to allow
God to do this creative work in me: this healing
holy work. How amazing is that!!
So practice creativity. Dare to make something. Dare to be non-judgmental and to suspend your self critic. Practice silencing that
voice that says, Youre not good enough. Thats
not good enough. God the creator doesnt talk
like that in Genesis, so neither should we!! God
sees that it is good!! God sees that you are
good!! And God takes what we think is ugly and
makes it beautiful.

Salmon Challenge - 2014

by Joy Gothard

We participate annually with other Kamloops churches in

the Salmon Challenge to collect high protein foods for
the Kamloops Food Bank. Our nets were cast and the
catch overflowed our rescue boat!
The canned fish and other protein foods was delivered
to the Kamloops Food Bank where a trolley was needed
to move the boxes inside. The grand total of our donations was 146 pounds! Thank you for your support.

So, my guidance for you this Advent: Get lost.

Get found. All things come into being through
Christ . . .
Holy Creative Advent. May you pray so deeply
you get lost and found in wonder, beauty, awe
and praise.
Your Dean,

Above: 146 pounds of food.

Right: Our donations being
weighed at the Kamloops
Food Bank. Photos: Joy Gothard.

Creating the Cross

by Tammy Davis Arnold

The story of this Cross and the collaboration of the

children who constructed it is one of many moments
that grow my faith and center my intentions - two of
the many benefits of teaching Sunday School at
St. Paul's.
Our children, big and small, came together as they
do each week to embrace the lesson, channel the
creativity and open themselves to the grace of God
and to one another to build this beautiful masterpiece.
We teachers set out the simple supplies, the canvas, an assortment of acrylic paints and some sponges. Someone drew a rough line across the canvas to
mark our Cross. We demonstrated the concept painting the first childs palm with one color of paint.
My amazement came from that point onward, when
our children took on the activity as their own, a sym-

bol of their worship. Quickly they began to see

the possibilities for color combinations, mixing colors
to create shades of colors, painting one anothers
hands in rainbows of complementary colors, deliberately balancing the cross with palms of every size.
There was plenty of room for everyones contributions, everyones ideas, with each child building from
the contribution of the child before. They all helped
one another, accepted one another and trusted the
results.
All this and delicious hot cross buns on Holy Cross
Sunday! Thank you for sharing the blessing of your
kids with us.
Note: Tammy Davis Arnold is a Sunday School teacher
and also a mom. She wrote this reflection on behalf of the entire
Sunday School team. The painting was created on Holy Cross
Sunday, September 15, 2014 and is reprinted from the pew bulletin for Sunday, November 2, 2014.

The St. Paul's Circular is the parish newsletter of St. Pauls Anglican Cathedral, Kamloops, BC, published in
four issues annually: Lent/Easter; Pentecost; Fall; Advent/Christmas. We aim to glorify God by sharing stories about
our ministries within and beyond our physical boundaries. The editorial board currently includes The Very Rev. Louise
Peters, Miriam Baskin, Ray Beal, Sue Cane, Mary Dove, Claire Tosoff and Chuck Kalnin.

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Visiting with the Knitters

by Chuck Kalnin

One afternoon, I dropped by the Chapel

to visit with six parishioners who regularly meet there with needles and yarn
in hand. They were in a jolly, happy
mood, informing me that their little
group was full of Joy. Well, two were
named Joy! They certainly enjoyed a
holy fellowship as they knitted.
Geri King, Miriam Baskin, Joy Fudge,
Joy Gothard, Shirley Henderson, and
Marian DeGeso continue to create lots
of beautiful prayer shawls, which are
presented to those who are ill, grieving
or moving from our community. Thank
you ladies for such a wonderful, caring
ministry.

Above from the left: Marian DeGeso,

Joy Fudge, Miriam Baskin, Joy Gothard,
Shirley Henderson and Geri King.
Photos: Chuck Kalnin.

The APCI Library Cart

by Elizabeth Kavanagh

Hard as it is to believe, here we are approaching

Christmas. There is a new selection of books on
the Anglican Parishes of the Central Interiors (APCI)
library cart for your enjoyment and enlightenment.
In keeping with the festive season we present
Advent and Christmas themed readings.

The following books are overdue.

As always these readings are to be found on the

library cart in the hall on Sunday mornings and outside the Sacristy the rest of the week. All are welcome to browse and to borrow. There is a pink card
inside the front cover of each book for you sign with
your name, phone number and the date you borrowed
the book. The loan periods are long and lenient, but
I will eventually harass you for the return of overdue
books.

Behold: Cultivating Attentiveness in the Season

of Advent
Comfort ye: Finding Light in Times of Darkness
Friends of Footprints
House Calls by Dogsled
The Red Tent
Soul Mates
Stories for a Kindred Heart
Stories for the Heart
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Without Guarantee

Suggestions or enquiries can be directed to Gordon

or Mary Dove at: apciresourcecentre@shaw.ca, or to
Elizabeth Kavanagh at: lizkavanagh123@gmail.com
or by phone at: 250 828 1211.

Chapel Restoration
Over the past several months a group has been discussing and planning much needed restorations for
the Chapel. Some of the lighting has already been
improved. Other work will include further upgrades to
the electrical system, as well as new wallboard, mats
and flooring. The Chapel will be repainted and the
area in front of the altar will be extended, making it
even with the landing beside the door.

If you have borrowed a book from the cart, please

check your bookshelves, night stands and other
nooks and crannies where lost books love to hide
for the following:

An artist is someone who cannot rest, who can never rest as long as there is one suffering creature in
this world.
Madeleine LEngle, American writer, 1919-2007.
At its root, creativity is not about success or failure.
Its a spiritual practice. Its mystery.
Clarrissa Pinkola Estes, American poet.

We write, we make music, we draw pictures

because we are listening for meaning, feeling for
healing.
Madeleine LEngle, American writer, 1919-2007.

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Roll of Honour - the Process of Restoration

June to September, 2014
Dear Louise, Alison, and friends of St. Pauls Cathedral,
Thank you for the opportunity to work on such a prestigious document as the Roll of Honour. It is remarkable
to realize that one hundred years have passed since these young men fought for Canada, giving their lives for
their families and country. How sad yet proud their families must have felt to read the names of their sons on
the document in your Church. It was originally planned that I redo the entire scroll (names, border and headings) on fresh new paper with vibrant colours and acid-free archival materials. I could have done a tracing of
the scroll and worked from there, rewriting the names and re-doing the artwork. However, the names were
still legible, so I thought to work right on top of the existing work, and retouch rather than redo the flags, border, headings and names. Would the existing ink resist my acrylic ink, gouache or watercolours? Would the
paper tolerate more materials? First, I dusted the work carefully with microfiber cloths, followed by a gentle
cleaning with a soft eraser. This had no adverse effect on the letters or original artwork, but revealed a creamier, cleaner surface, and boosted my confidence to tackle a restoration.
The Flags: This involved identifying and re-colouring the Allied flags. I boosted my digital image of the
flags to give me a clearer idea of the original design and colour, and came up with twelve possible candidates
for the flags, eventually narrowing them down to ten. (Great Britain & Ireland, France, Japan, Russia, Belgium, the United States, Italy, Romania, Portugal and Serbia or was it Montenegro?) A selection of top quality lightfast watercolours and gouache worked well.
The Heading: With these bright colours now accenting the center of this area, a bright bold heading
was appropriate. I used calligraphic nibs and acrylic inks for the letters for the Roll of Honour and verse from
Psalm 108. The spacing remained exactly as the original artist had it, but I had to work upside down for
some of these letters, because the scroll needed to be flat, and its size made it difficult to work facing the letters. The Canadian Red Ensign, shield and British Columbia flag were originally glued on, and the moisture
in my brush and paint lifted the glue somewhat but they are still on the original paper in the original design. I
think the colours are very close to the original.
The Border: I began by tentatively adding colour to the faded-to-sepia border, but I strengthened those
colours once the rest of the piece became more vibrant. I chose to paint a Tudor Rosered on the outside,
white on the inside, as per our coat of arms at that time. I enjoyed the humanness of the artists border with its
seemingly casual placement of different designs: a series of roses, leaves, thistles and clover. The Rocky
Mountain Ranger Regimental banner was my inspiration for the colours of the maple leaves.
The Names: The order of names is loosely alphabetical, and certain letters and inked rectangles are
bolder, making me believe that names were added as time went on. To give every name a permanent topcoat, I created a colour mixture of brown, grey and black acrylic ink. Some initials were tricky to decipher, especially I and J. There was no back-up document to verify name spelling (Cuninghame?) so restoring the letters using the same strokes meant that there was no need to interpret some questionable initials, and the
names are exactly as they would have been written by the lettering artist a century ago. Without knowing
what the colour of the highlighted rectangles might have been, I added a golden glaze to these areas to make
them also look retouched.
The memorial scroll looks quite different now, and it could take some getting used to, but I am proud and
pleased with the result and hope the response to my work is positive.
Renate Worthington
Language Arts Studio
99 Westover Drive, S.W.
Calgary Alberta, T3C2S7
languageartstudio.ca

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World War I Roll of Honour

In the northeast corner of the Cathedral Nave,
hangs a framed Roll of Honour - a list of almost
200 young men from the Kamloops region who
served during the First World War. They were
either members of the Cathedral or Anglicans
from the area. The names that are highlighted
are those who died in conflict during the war.
Some from the area who had served are not on
the Roll of Honour, as it was either full when
the information was received and/or their
deaths were not recorded until much later.

The Roll of Honour has hung in the Cathedral

for a very long time, possibly since the church
was moved to its present location in 1924. Recently, it was noticed that the roll was gravely
faded. Calligrapher Renate Worthington of
Calgary was contracted to refurbish the it.
When finished, it and its original frame were
delivered to Access Framers where it was reassembled and fitted with UV-reflective glass.
It was then remounted it its previous location
at the rear of the Cathedral.
On Sunday, November 9th, a Service of
Remembrance and Rededication was held in
the Cathedral. Eighty-three people, members
of St. Pauls and the Rocky Mountain Rangers,
were welcomed by Dean Louise, who gave an
introduction to the service and led us in prayer.
A scripture passage from the Gospel of John
was read by the Rev. Captain Isabel Healy
Morrow, Chaplain of the Rocky Mountain
Rangers.
During an Act of Remembrance the names
on the roll were called out in groups, alternately by Dean Louise and Lt. Kieran Van
Wagoneer, Rocky Mountain Rangers. After
groups of names were read, Dean Louise said,
We will not let them fade away. to which we
responded, We will remember them.
The Last Post was presented by trumpeter
Jake Dogterom, followed by an extended silence which ended with The Reveille.
Intercessions were made for leaders of
nations, for those serving in the armed forces,
for our enemies, and for the wounded, captive,
grieving and homeless. A commitment was
made by those present to responsible living
and faithful service. After the Blessing and a
melody by piper DJ Clarke, we were dismissed
to Go forth in Christs name.

Left: the Roll of Honour

Right: Ken Munro, Bob
King and Ron Sugiyama
remount the roll in the
Cathedral
Photos: Chuck Kalnin.

A Prayer for Veterans

by Bob Hunter

Today on the eve of Remembrance Day, we are mindful

of the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War
One.
We remember all our veterans over these many years.
We remember the courage, the battles, the parades and
the national pride but, as has been said by others, we also
remember the sacrifice of everyday men and women who
laid down their lives because their countries asked them
to (and in some cases compelled them to).
And we pray today for all those who have survived these
conflicts including those who suffered injury and those who
continue to suffer from wounds to the body, mind and
spirit.
We pray also for those veterans of Kamloops and area and
of our parish of St. Paul's who lost their lives in WW One
and who are named in the Roll of Honour on the wall at the
back of the church, which has recently been refurbished,
and will be re-dedicated later this morning.
Lord, hear our prayer.
Adapted from Prayers of the People led by Bob Hunter during the 10:00 a.m.
service, Sunday, November 9, 2014.

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The Ministry of the Cathedral Committee

Cathedral Committee is the ministry which deals
with the business aspects of the parish and the Cathedral. It meets regularly at 7:00 p.m. on the fourth
Tuesday of the month, except during July and August. Meetings in December and June are potluck
meals held at various members homes. Committee
members, Cathedral staff and clergy, Lay Ministers
of Word and Sacrament and their families are all invited to these gatherings. After dinner, committee
members assemble for a short business meeting.
Meetings are chaired by Dean Louise or one of our
Wardens. Members alternate providing tea and possibly some goodies for our meetings which open
with prayer, also offered by members. This is followed by a time to check in by responding to questions designed to reflect our personal spiritual attitudes. In October the question was Which fall colour is your favourite and what holy reminder is God
sending you through this colour at this junction of
your journey?
The agenda for each meeting concerns the various aspects of the operation of the Cathedral, including our finances plus concerns from Vestry and
from the day-to-day operation. Reports from the
Dean and the various committee chairs are presented and discussed as needed. Most reports are distributed electronically prior to meetings. Yet, there
is time for the sharing of highlights and concerns.
Meetings close with prayer and the grace.

Reports are usually received from several committees, including Administration & Finance, Building &
Maintenance, Peace & Justice, Parish Life & Fellowship and Education. Reports are also received about
our Sunday School. Youth Group, Newsletter, Community Garden Group, Worship Reflection Group,
Pastoral Care Group, Regional Council Representatives, Altar Guild, and the Out of the Cold Program.
During the October meeting we dealt with the
financial numbers for September and year to date.
We were updated about Chapel restoration project,
the activities of the Blue House Society next door,
and the World War I memorial recently refurbished.
We were also brought up to speed about the Out of
the Cold program.
Members are either appointed or elected to our
Cathedral Committee at our annual Vestry meeting.
Those appointed to one-year terms include the Rectors Warden, Treasurer and Secretary. Those elected to one-year terms are the Peoples Warden, two
Delegates to the Assembly of the Anglican Parishes
of the Central Interior, two Alternate Delegates and
two Youth Delegates. Elected for two-year terms,
each year, are three Members at Large. This allows
for a total of six Members at Large at any time. Our
next Vestry meeting is scheduled for February 15,
2015. We ask that prayerfully consider being a
part of this important ministry in our communal
life at St. Pauls.

from Cathedral Committee . . .

October
Documents about the anti-spam legislation was presented.
There will not be an official policy for the Anglican Parishes
of the Central Interior.
Planning for the Chapel restoration is complete and work
may commence. Some donations have been received.
Motion: That Cathedral Committee approve the Chapel
restoration at a cost of $13,000 as recommended by St.
Pauls Administration & Finance Committee. Approved.
Bud Forbes gave an update about the Out of the Cold
Program.
Christmas services will be at 4;00 p.m., 7:00 p.m. and
11:00 p.m. Christmas Eve, and 10:00 a.m. Christmas Day.
The vegetables decorating the altar at Thanksgiving were
donated to the Womens Shelter and the New Life Mission.

Lord, Your Harvest Is . . .

by Frank Topping

Lord, your harvest is the harvest of love;

love sown in the hearts of people;
love that spreads out
like the branches of a great tree
covering all who seek its shelter;
love that inspires and recreates;
love that is planted in the weak and weary;
the sick and dying.
The harvest of your love is the life that reaches
through the seeds of sin and death
to the sunlight of resurrection.
Lord, nurture my days with your love,
water my soul with the dew of forgiveness,
that the harvest of my life might be your joy.
Frank Topping is a, Methodist pastor and author.

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Children & Families Ministries

Children and families are an important part of St. Pauls congregation. We are excited to have you with us
and hope that you will find information here to help you feel at home with us. All are welcome in our worship,
in our childrens Sunday School and in this community!
(Reprinted from the St. Pauls blog site.)
St. Pauls blog site: Check out the new section
for families and children on our blog site. It offers information about children being in our church, our
Sunday School program, the Childrens Sacred
Square, and about being new to our parish. The
Sunday School newsletter is also posted. This new
section compliments the Youth News and other sections of our bog site. Thank you Melissa Green for
setting this up.
Sunday School: We have had a wonderful fall
start up with our Sunday School children, families
and teachers - ice cream sundaes, hot cross buns
baked, art, crafts and stories about Jesus. Its been
a time of learning and fun, shared with family and
new friends. We are so delighted to share with our
children in faith. We are blessed with wonderful
teachers and helpers who are dedicated and caring
and who do wonderful ministry with our children.
Thanks go to our team: Melissa, Jenny, Tammy,
Joanne, Claire, Verna, DJ, Kathryn, Emily, Bridget,
Kristen, Joan and Katie.

The Giving Tree: Donations of socks, gloves and

hats are welcome for our Out of the Cold Shelter
neighbors. We will put them on the Christmas Tree
in our Sunday School room and they will help our
neighbors stay warm throughout the winter months.
Christmas Shoe Boxes: Christmas shoe boxes
will be made and given to our local Boys and Girls
Club as an outreach ministry again this year. These
gifts will be given to children in Kamloops. The boxes will be assembled during Sunday School on Sunday, November 30th. Details will be posted as to
what to bring to fill a box and how you can help with
this project.
Christmas Pageant: Our annual pageant will be
presented at 4:00 p.m. Christmas Eve. Joan and
Katie Lukow have generously offered to help coordinate the pageant. Mark you calendar. All of our children get a part in the telling of the story. Watch for
more news.
Adapted from postings on the St. Pauls blog site..

Youth Group - Happening at Full Speed

by Melissa Green

Our Monday youth group nights have been packed full of excitement and community: a cup inspired night, a very messy games
night, a Harry Potter night, and an even messier science night!
At lower right, a game of donut on a string. There have been
many games, a number of experiments, intense trivia (Did you
know that our young people know their Harry Potter facts!?), and
some art! We gather and pray, play, laugh and learn. Below at
lower left, Lydia and Paige try some DNA-themed snacks.
At upper right, 32 youth, young adults and parents took part in
the Corn Maze at Tranquille Farms in October. Many of us found ourselves
saying, I didnt expect this to be so difficult. We all found our way out of the
maze. Some of us did need a bit of guidance from some maze savvy parents!. We then gathered around the campfire for hot dog and marshmallow
roasting.
A group of youth and young adults had a fabulous time serving dinner at the Remembrance
Day parish dinner, enjoying the chance to connect with so many from the community.
Were looking forward to entering into the
season of Advent together!
Photos submitted by Melissa Green.

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Food - Prayer - Friendship - Play

by Melissa Green

In September of this year the young adults of the Cathedral decided to gather
together weekly instead of the sporadic schedule the group has held for the
past two years. So, each Sunday evening at 6:00 p.m. eight to twelve young
adults, who are currently either students at Thompson Rivers University (TRU)
or working in Kamloops, gather together and share in the preparation and enjoying of a meal, in night prayers and in play.
Some weeks we cook together from step one
to the clean up. Some weeks we arrive and
the meal is ready for us in the crock-pot, and
The team of youth and young
other weeks someone else from the community adults who served at the
prepares the meal! Lower left, the young
Remembrance Day Dinner.
adults were excited for chili night.
On the first Sunday in November, we gathered at Dean Louise and Bruces
home where they hosted us for a meal, prayer and a wonderful time of laughter and conversation. The group didnt want to leave they had such a great time! Please keep this wonderful
group of young adults in your prayers especially as many of them prepare for upcoming semester end exams!

Advent-ures in Art
Over the past several
months, a group of
parishioners have been
planning and organizing
the art show that is currently set up in the
Cathedral Sanctuary.
Over forty pieces have
been submitted, created
by our parish members adults, youth and children. The art depicts various Advent themes: light and
darkness; waiting and expecting; longing for the coming
of the Holy One; and others. Several of those involved
with the planning found the experience to be a wonderful
time and a marvelous venture. Many who created art for
the show found it to be a very spiritual experience.

Above: Some who helped organized the show:

Dean Louise Peters, Joy Gothard, Jennifer Ste
Marie, June Emery, Jackie Chadwick, Allison
Ryder, Kathryn Brisco, Suzy Knox, Gine Rose
and Sandra Sugden.

On Saturday evening, November 22nd, about seventy guests were welcomed to the
opening and reception for the art show. After the 10:00 a.m. service the next morning,
parishioners also took advantage to view the exhibit and to visit with each other in this
wonderful holy space.
The Art Show will be in place
until January 4th. We would
encourage you to visit the exhibit and spend time there in
reflection and meditation as
you journey through Advent
and Christmas.
Photos: Chuck Kalnin.

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Stewardship Talk - November 9, 2014

by Jon Buckle

Id like to share with you this morning a few of my

reflections and personal experiences about Stewardship.
Id like to start by suggesting that Stewardship
is a way of life, a way of being in the world. Stewardship means living intentionally in the world as
a steward or caretaker of all that God has given.
Stewardship is also the way of life we are called to
by our baptism. Through baptism, God promises
to be with us always, and we promise to respond
in faith to God who has so generously given us all
we need for our lives. So in essence stewardship
could be considered our primary vocation, our first
calling to live our lives in response to the Love
and Grace of God, the extraordinary giver.
A few weeks ago Irene and I were sailing our
boat south to Puget Sound. We left Victoria early
on a drizzly morning to find fog in Juan de Fuca
Strait. This primary shipping lane for Seattle and
Vancouver is not a good place to be in a fog but
thankfully we had radar and other navigational
aids to help us. Nonetheless, with a number of
unseen freighters around us it was not a relaxing
sail across the border and we needed to change
course several times to get out of their way. As
we approached the US side, the fog lifted and the
clouds thinned. Then the sun appeared. In the
distance we could see a flock of birds in a bit of a
frenzy, perhaps diving into a herring ball for their
breakfast. As we neared the action, we noticed
much splashing and to our surprise and excitement discovered that a great number of Pacific
white sided dolphins had joined the feast.
As if on queue, about a dozen of the dolphins
left their breakfast to join us. Before we knew it
they were leaping all around us, surfing in our
wake from bow to stern and diving under the boat
and coming so close we could have touched
them. Their uninhibited play was so wonderful
and inspiring it immediately struck us that these
creatures were joining us (reaching out to us as it
were) purely for the curiosity and fun of it.
What has this to do with stewardship? Not
much on the surface of it. But upon reflection,
stewardship starts with the recognition that all we
have, even life itself is a gift from God. We have
been given all the essentials to sustain us in our
living but also the joys and pleasures of being human, and experiencing the wonders of creation.

God has been extraordinarily gracious to us, in opening the way of salvation and eternal life, in being with
us in our struggles and our pain, and in giving us the
gift of joy, of wonder, of awe . . . like being surrounded
by a school of white sided dolphins hanging with us
just for the sport of it.
So, yes, dolphins were for me the reminder of where
our stewardship begins . . . out of our thankfulness.
The traditional understanding of Christian stewardship usually speaks about how we choose to share our
time, our abilities and our money as caretakers of all
that we have been given.
Certainly most of us have some time to devote to
being a steward. If we deduct the time taken for sleeping and working and looking after our families and
friends, there is hopefully some left that allows us to be
stewards for our church, our community and the world.
The available time does ebb and flow in the various
stages of our life, but the important thing is to be
aware of, and intentional of, how we prioritize and use
the hours and days we have been given.

Being stewards of our talents and abilities is an

interesting one in that we often tend to downplay what
we can offer. But the reality is that we all have gifts
uniquely given by God, and they have been given to
be used! . . . not only at work or at home but equally
on our faith journey, wherever it takes us. We are
called not to hide our talents but to bring them out and
let them shine!
Stewardship of our treasure is often the one we tend
to dance around the most. We think of our incomes
and our financial decisions as largely a private, family
matter.
Yet Jesus tended to use examples about how people
managed and spent their money more than any other
subject in his teachings and parables. Perhaps it was
and is because money universally seems to be the
proxy for how we value things and how we decide how
important something is. So if we really want to tackle
this money thing head on, we need to ask ourselves
if our financial stewardship reflects the appropriate
response from our heart and mind and soul to the
boundless gift of Gods grace and love.
My faith journey has probably not been unlike many
others. Raised in the church, I remained active till my
later teens when I chose to explore other interests
and spiritual perspectives.
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Stewardship Talk (contd.): Apart from Christmas and

Easter I did not return to church for a number of years.
I stepped tentatively back to the church after our second
child was baptized. Though comfortable with returning I
did not leap in with both feet. My participation was measured and my investment of time, talent and treasure was
constrained.
One Sunday a visiting preacher came to our church and
spoke to the congregation. His message touched me
deeply and caused me to begin a new direction in my life.
As it turned out several others had been similarly moved,
and so it was that a group of us, mostly new or recently
returned to the church began a shared journey of exploration of what it meant to follow Jesus.
I learned that all I had was what I had been given, and
that I was being called to return a portion of what I had to
carry on Christs ministry in the parish, the community and
the world. Up to this point I had been tipping God with my
spare change, spare time and limited talents. This now
seemed to me to be incredibly inadequate. It did not come
out of the depths of my thankful heart. Our family from this
point on began to adjust our priorities to reflect our growing
understanding of what our response to the gift of Gods
grace really meant. The decisions were not always easy at
first, but over the period of a year we found that through
prayer, study and sharing with others the tough decisions
became easier. Most of all the commitments we made just
felt right.
In the end I discovered that the stewardship I had struggled with was just another name for my Christian journey.
It was about giving thanks everyday.
Giving thanks is at the center of our relationship with God
who promises to be with us always no matter what. With a
God like that how could I not respond with a generous and
thankful heart. Amen.
Transcript of a talk given by Jon Buckle during the worship services
on Stewardship Sunday, November 9, 2014.

God, make me brave for life: oh, braver than this.

Let me straighten after pain, as a tree straightens after
the rain, shining and lovely again.
God, make me brave for life: oh, braver than this.
As the blown grass lifts, let me rise from sorrow with quiet
eyes, knowing Thy way is wise.
God, make me brave, life brings such blinding things.
Help me to keep my sight; help me to see aright that out
of dark comes light.
Author unknown.

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Summary of Ministry Costs

St. Paul's Cathedral - 2014
At the Annual Vestry Meeting this year we
determined that it would cost approximately
$297,299 for the year, to keep the doors
open, provide ministry, compensate staff,
maintain the facilities, and do outreach and
programming.
The following figures are from the approved
budget of St. Pauls Cathedrals Annual Vestry 2014. They provide the sum of forecasted
itemized costs of ministry for 2014.

Staff & Clergy

$144,862
Anglican Parishes of the
Central Interior & Global
Church Support
66,732
Outreach
25,215
Premises
28,262
Programs
11,377
Office
8,947
Contingency Funds
11,904
Reprinted from St. Pauls stewardship package for 2014,
distributed on Stewardship Sunday, November 9, 2014.

Artists Prayer
by Marcy Tilton

Spirit grant me:

The vision and wisdom of the elder she-eagle
The fierce focus of the lioness
The fluid leadership of wild geese
Small creatures ways of stillness
Beavers strong and beautiful cozy lodge
The devotion of a dearly beloved loyal dog.
Fill my spirit with the wild abandon-infused
winds of autumn that keep positive and
negative space moving and changing,
charged and clear.
Fill my inner circle with the Beloved in the
form of lover, partner, true friend, family,
truth and laughter.
May my work reflect the light and the
shadows that are my being.
May I have clarity.
May I know when and where to begin and
when and how to stop.
May I always have the strength to ask the
hard question,
to peer deeply into the dark pools,
the patience to wait for sediment to clear.
Marcy Tilton is an American fashion designer.

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From Scarcity to Abundance

The Stewardship Page

Wealth
by Stephen Conway
How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the
kingdom of God. (Luke18:24)

There is an apocryphal story that a priest brought

the sacrament to the sick dowager countless, like
the character played by Maggie Smith in the TV
drama, Downton Abbey. The butler, a stiff figure
like Mr. Carson, threw open the door in front of the
priest and announced, My lady, the Blessed Sacrament. There is one person old Lady Gratham
cannot look down on.
Meeting royalty in the United Kingdom has both
formality and freedom to it. You always know that
you are meeting someone special when the Queen
passes by; but she makes herself subject to the
responses of children wherever she goes. She
chooses to give them priority, and they respond
naturally.
What she demonstrates is what the rich young
man was reluctant to learn from Jesus, which is
that the true privilege of wealth is always to be of
service to others. Wealth can be measured by
money, talent, geography, time and, most of all,
openness to God.
The Forbes List of the worlds richest people includes those who understand that the purpose of
wealth is to give it away in the service of the common good. Wealth can make us blind and selfish,
even as poor members of rich societies. Many
more of us are at the eye of the needle place than
we would care to admit. The gospel tells us to give
ourselves away in order to find out a new definition
of being rich.
Stephen Conway is Bishop of Ely, England. His reflection for Wednesday, July 16, 2014, is reprinted from Reflections for Daily Prayer:
Advent 2013 to Eve of Advent 2014; 2013; Church House Publishing.

Questions to Ponder
In his book After Growth (2007. Henry Holt Co.), Bill
McKibben reports that researchers have found that:
Money consistently buys happiness up to about
$10,000 per capita income. After that the correlation disappears.
No matter what your income, do you feel or think
that more money would make you happier?
Why or why not?

From the Treasurers Desk

Summary of Revenue and Expense

For the Ten Months Ending October 31, 2014
Actual

Budget

Revenue
Offering
Rental Income
Other Income
Total Revenue

$188,765
34,117
32,250
$255,132

$193,250
19,667
29,559
$242,476

Expense
Salaries & Benefits
Premises & Office
Programs & Other
Christian Sharing
Total Expenses

$121,959
28,834
36,507
54,050
$241,350

$120,910
30,482
40,396
55,610
$247,398

Operating Surplus

$ 13,782

$ - 4,921

A Prayer for Everyone

by Sister Joan Metzner

Here we are, God - a planet at prayer. Attune our

spirits that we may hear your harmonies and bow before your creative power that we may face our violent
discords and join with your Energy to make heard in
every heart your hymn of peace.
Here we are, God - a militarized planet. Transform
our fears that we may transform our war fields into
wheat fields, arms into handshakes, missiles into messengers of peace.
Here we are, God - a polluted planet. Purify our vision that we may perceive ways to purify our beloved
lands, cleanse our precious waters, de-smog our lifegiving air.
Here we are, God - an exploited planet. Heal our
heart, that we may respect our resources, hold priceless our people, and provide for our starving children
an abundance of daily bread.
Sister Joan Metzner is an American Christian writer.

Life is not about receiving at all times; it is a combination of being thankful for what you have as blessings
and sharing those blessings with others who need a
little fraction of what you have.
Catherine Pulsifer, Canadian motivational writer.

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Glancing Back at the Diocese of Cariboo

Personal Reflections on the 100th Anniversary of the Diocese of Cariboo

Celebrated at St Albans, Ashcroft on October 19, 2014
by Bob Hunter

The 100th Anniversary Celebration

th

Jo-Mary and I attended the 100 Anniversary service

and potluck dinner at St Albans, Ashcroft, on October 19th, 2014. For us it was our 51st year as members of St. Pauls Cathedral parish. How good it was
to share in this celebration.
Archbishop John Privett celebrated at the service
using the 1918 Book of Common Prayer (BCP).
(By the time of its publication, our Diocese was
four years old!) To everyones delight Bishop Jim
Cruickshank joined us from his home in Vancouver.
St. Albans Church was full.
Brief historical notes on the Diocese of Cariboo
As the date of this anniversary approached, a flood
of memories returned. I spoke of some of them at
the potluck supper in the church hall, following the
service. It is fitting that this anniversary celebration
took place in Ashcroft as I understand that the first
meeting of the Diocese took place here. I also recall
that Ashcroft was once the tomato and potato capital
of the world!
Here is a short story surrounding what I learned
from travel to the furthest reaches of the Diocese
and the people who lived in those places and belonged to our parishes in them.
But first some background. The Registrar of the
Diocese before me was Ken Houghton who had
opened a law practice here in the early 1950s.
(J. O. Wilson held court here as a County Court
judge also in the 1950s and went on to become
the Chief Justice of the province.) I was appointed
Registrar of the Diocese by Bishop Ralph Dean in
the late 1960s and thus became a member of the
Diocesan Executive Committee and Finance Committee. Hubert King QC was the Chancellor of the
Diocese. When Hubert retired I was appointed
Chancellor by Bishop John Snowden. I retired as
Chancellor in the late 1990s and was followed by
Bud Smith QC. Earlier, George Baldwin QC had
been appointed Registrar and was followed as
Registrar by Terry Bepple.
We have had seven Bishops providing oversight
since Jo-Mary and I first came to Kamloops in 1963,
if you include Archbishop Crawley providing oversight in the transition to the Anglican Parishes of the

Central Interior (APCI), followed by Bishop Gordon

Light and Bishop Barbara Andrews.
Memories of Cariboo Anglicans
During the approximately 30 years of attending Executive Committee meetings in every nook and cranny of the Diocese, I met many delightful and hard
working Anglicans. We were always the recipient of
their generous hospitality and enthused by their faith
and commitment. We worked hard and had fun together in all these places. So, who are some of
these people? Jo-Mary and I were welcomed to
St. Pauls in 1963 by Dean Jim Jolley and his wife
Dorothy, and he introduced us to the Diocese.
I have fond memories of working closely with
Bishop John Snowden and Bishop Jim Cruickshank,
and before that, with Bishop John for the years he
was our Dean and with Pat and Mary Lee over the
nine years Pat was our Dean and beyond. I recall
the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Diocese
in Quesnel, watching Bishop John and Marjorie riding horses through the gate into Barkerville and on
to St. Saviours Church, being led by the Bishops
Chaplain Phil Knox. I have benefited from watching
the skillful leadership of Chancellor Hub King QC
and from our friendship; and we have continued
under the positive leadership of Bishop Gordon and
now Bishop Barbara.
All those Diocesan Synods! Equip Cariboo which
took place for the first time in Williams Lake and
every two years thereafter in different parts of the
Diocese and which has done much to connect our
parishes, socially and in prayer. The Cursillo movement which over the years from the 1980s added
much to parish life, our faith journey and the inter
connection of our parishes.
The people who I came to know well over these
years including those I have already mentioned, and
in no particular order, are: ML Wade, Dr. Orme Weir
(Joan), Archdeacon Jim Whittles (apparently gruff
but with a heart of gold), his wife Eva, Dwight
Oatway (Islay), Chuck Kalnin, Betty-May Gore,
John Clarke (Barbara), Peggy Chute, Daphne Smith,
Lorna Turnbull (Bill), Vern and Phil Churchill, Reid
and Verna Albright, John and Norma Bos; and the
Revs. Vic Kerr (Barbara), Bob Osborne( Jan),
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St. Pauls Thrift Shop

Reflections (contd.): Peter Zimmer, Trev

Whiting (Carol), Frank Wood, Sandra and Tom
Sugden, Jim White, Isobel Healey Morrow,
Barbara Liotscos, Harvey Carmichael, Bruce
Chamberlayne, Bill Greenfield, and those who
have gone before including the Rev Jack Phelps
(Mary) and Lynne Mann (Bill) and Gerry Ross
(Gloria).
As well there are The Rev David Ellis (Jeandot),
David Maynard, Nick Parker (Sandy), Neil Vant
(Jeannie), Roger Cooper (Loretta), and Ethel
English (Jim).
Others whose memories live on include: Dulcie
Brown, Marjorie Snowden, Vi Samaha, Mabel
Joe, Doris Haywood-Farmer, Elsie Garlick, Joan
Newman, Elaine Kalnin. And then there is Jean
Knox. All these women, so wise, so practical.
Elsewhere within our geographic boundaries:
Paul and Doreen Chutter, Audrey Campbell,
Craig and Carmen Fairley, Lois Petty, Margot and
Mike Rose, Laura Shackley and Dorothy Phillips,
Gordon and Mary Dove. There are so many others. My memory is challenged due to not being
on the Diocesan circuit since the late 1990s.
Bishop Jim. His love, listening, wise advice and
leadership as our Bishop in all parishes of what
we now call the Anglican Parishes of the Central
Interior (APCI). His commitment to us all, and
beyond. His guidance and friendship which continues in his prayers.
St. Pauls Cathedral, my home parish, so many
good friends whom space does not permit mention. You know who you are. Our Dean Louise,
whose loving leadership over the last ten years
has contributed so much to our expanding faith
understanding. Thanks be to God!

by Elaine Neen

We have had a very busy fall season. The slowing economy affects everyone and our higher customer volume is
the result. Because of this, we are in urgent need of
good winter work clothes, coats, heavy shirts, hoodies,
long johns, heavy socks, gloves and work boots.
Please, take a moment to help us out by popping your
donations into your washer and dryer. Our volunteers do
a lot of laundry which is time-consuming and expensive
but we believe that our friends and neighbours deserve
the choice of clean, gently used items to help make their
lives a little brighter. It is VERY MUCH appreciated
when the items are clean and mended. Our wonderful
seamstress is sometimes overwhelmed with work.
Many thanks for the steady stream of donations. Without the help of our parish friends, the Thrift Shop would
not be able to reach out to so many in our community.
We have welcomed the return of the Out of the Cold
program along with the fantastic support staff. What
a great program.
The Thrift Shop will be open during the Christmas
Tea, Saturday, December 13th.
Please drop in and see us any Friday from 9:30 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m. We would love to see everyone.

PWRDF Cards and Gifts

Christmas Cards supporting the Primate's World Relief
and Development Fund (PWRDF) may be ordered by
phoning Ricky DeCastro: 1-866-308-7973, ext. 318
Answering God's call in the world - consider giving
a gift for Mission. See the Anglican Gift Guide posted
on the Peace & Justice bulletin board or online at:
http://giftsformission.anglican.ca/

St. Pauls Out of the Cold Shelter

The St. Pauls Out of the Cold shelter program is operating for the winter months. As we go to press, we
are not operating an extreme weather shelter, but are
open each Wednesday night, regardless the weather.

the downstairs area

used for the program,
and to enjoy a breakfast sandwich as proTo mark the start of the pro- vided each morning at
the shelter.
gram for the season, two
events were held. October
A similar event open
26th became Out of the Cold
was open to the genSunday. During the service,
eral public Wednesday evening, October 29th.
Bud Forbes, Christine Jeffery
At the left, Christine Jeffery and Jo-Lynn Forbes preand Sasha Smode spoke
pare breakfast sandwiches. Above, Bud Forbes talks
about the program. After the with Bob Hunter and Rollie and Abundia Cobb.
service, parishioners toured
Photos: Rae Long.

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Creativity
by Barry Baskin

On September 27, 2014, Gutters and Butts, a creative name given by Claire Tosoff, was a resounding
success. At its best, this church clean up inside and
out saw many parishioners roil up their sleeves to
create an even more beautiful facility.
As I think about creativity, Im reminded of the
words in the beginning. I often think of Gods creative approach in creation and how awesome His gifts
are to us. We share in His creativity with each other.
We look to future times when our evangelism in small
ways allows us, through our own actions, to share
with each other. Gods wisdom enriches each of us.
We listen to each other with respect. We live in
Gods creative world. We share with each other our
creativity given by God.
I feel creativity in my church community. I see us
moving forward slowly as we should, as we reach out
in community projects. We welcome others, nurture
and care for each other in many ways that call us to
follow Jesus in His community. In that following,
Gods world continues to nurture us and strengthen
us in His mission. Will we hear, through each other
Gods message?

Interesting Internet . . .
ACT International: PWRDF emergency response efforts to the Ebola crisis are as a member of ACT; news and
information about Act. www.apcionline.ca/
Language Art Studio: website of the Calgary company
owned by Renate and Keith Worthington. Renate is the
calligrapher who refurbished our WWI Roll of Honour.
http://languageartstudio.ca/
Primates World Relief & Development Fund (PWRDF):
information and news about PWRDF. www.pwrdf.org/
St. Georges Church, Victoria: website of the Anglican
Church at Cadboro Bay, where the Canon Rev. Dr. Richard
LeSueur is pastor. http://stgeorges-cadborobay.ca/
World AIDS Campaign: news and information about
the international campaign for a committed, meaningful

and sustained response to AIDS.

Angels in Flight
Artwork by Suzy Knox.

A Message from the Editor

You may have noticed that we have made changes
as to how we distribute the St. Pauls Circular.
Hard copies will no longer be put in addressed
envelopes, except for a limited number of copies
to be delivered to parishioners who are unable to
attend our services.
We will endeavor to distribute as many copies
electronically as possible. If you had been already
receiving the Circular electronically, you will continue to receive your copy as before.
If you wish hard copies, they will be available for
pick-up in the Cathedral and the Chapel for a time
after each publication date. They will also be available outside of Claires office and in the foyer to the
parish hall for a longer time.
We hope these efforts will maintain access for all
to our parish newsletter, at a reasonable cost.
Thank you for
your continued
support.

http://www.worldaidscampaign.org/

Where are your Holy Places?

The theme for the next issue of The Circular is holy
places. We invite you to tell us in words and/or photos about the places that you consider sacred. What
places have been holy or thin for you? Where do
you encounter the Divine?

Left: St. Pauls

member Anne
Johnson, reading
her copy of the
Circular at the
Seniors Village.
Photo: Rae Long.

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Special Upcoming Dates

November

22

Saturday

7:00 p.m.

December

7
13
14
21

Sunday
Saturday
Sunday
Sunday

tba
1:30 p.m.
after service
after service

January

31

Saturday

February

22
23

Sunday
Monday

tba
7:00 p.m.
10:00 a.m.

Advent-ures in Art (until Jan.4th)

Cathedral

United Churchs Pit Stop at St. Pauls

Christmas Tea & Bake Sale
Maintenance Team Meeting
Christmas Luncheon

Parish Hall
Parish Hall
Chapel
Parish Hall

Mens Dinner

Parish Hall

Faith Lecture with Richard LeSueur

Workshop with Richard LeSueur

Cathedral
Cathedral

Dates and times may change.

Annual Christmas Tea

St. Pauls Art Show

Saturday, December 13th

Advent-ures in Art

1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the parish hall

join us for tea & goodies and warm fellowship
baked items to purchase - Thrift Shop open

Opportunities for Ministry

Facility Care & Maintenance: A team is being
formed to assist with the care and upkeep of the
Cathedral facility. Curious or interested? An information meeting will be held after the 10:00 a.m. service, December 14th.
Out of the Cold: Our winter shelter program is
now in operation each Wednesday night. Helping
hands are needed. To volunteer, please contact
Christine Jeffery at 250-318-0236. For more information, please talk to Bud Forbes.
Parish Life & Fellowship: This group plans and
organizes the various dinners and social gatherings.
They require assistance in preparing, setting up and
cleaning up for these events. To be part of this wonderful ministry, please talk to Roger Parkes.

Pit Stop at St. Pauls: The United Churchs

weekly dinners called Pit Stop feed the hungry in
Kamloops. St. Pauls will be host Pit Stop in our
parish hall on Sunday, December 7th. Volunteers
are needed. Please contact Kathy Moore at
kathymoore@telus.net or at 250-376-5855.
Soup Ministry: January will be soup month. We
will be making soup for our hungry neighbours and
ask that you consider making some as well. Our
neighbours often have dietary issues, so please no
spices or large chunks. Please mark containers as
to type of soup and date made. Please bring them
to the Cathedral Office. Chop and stir!

now on display in the Cathedral

runs until January 4th
a display of the talents of our parishioners
art depicting Advent themes
waiting, preparing and expecting
longing for the coming of the Holy One
please drop by and view this wonderful exhibit

Annual Christmas Luncheon

Sunday, December 21st

parish hall after the 10:00 a.m. service

main course will be provided
please bring salad or dessert to share

Save the date

Saturday, January 31st

the annual mens dinner is coming
watch for more information

St. Pauls Annual Vestry Meeting

Sunday, February 15, 2015
parish hall after the 10:00 a.m. service

Canon Rev. Dr. Richard LeSueur

St. Georges Anglican Church, Victoria
February 22rd, 7:00 p.m.

The Palestine-Israel Conflict

February 23rd, 10:00 a.m.

Workshop on Pilgrimage
watch for details

St. Pauls Anglican Cathedral

Parish Founded 1884

360 Nicola Street, Kamloops, B.C. V2C 2P5

phone: 250-372-3912

e-mail: stpaulscathedral@shawbiz.ca

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The Rt. Rev. Barbara Andrews

The Very Rev. Louise Peters
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The Rev. Tom Sugden
The Rev. Viktor Gundel
Alison McKinnon
Verna Albright
Melissa Green
Heather & Norris Berg
Claire Tosoff

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next submission deadline:
Wednesday, February 18, 2014
next theme: holy places

Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart
give yourself to it.
Buddha.

Episcopal priest and theologian, Matthew Fox, notes,

There is a river of creativity running through all
things, all relationships, all beings, all corners and
centers of the universe. We are here to join it, to get
wet, to jump in, to ride the rapids, wild and sacred as
they may be. My brother Jim, an art teacher for part
of his career, came to believe that everyone comes
into this world with a multitude of talents. He believes that we do not so much develop them; rather
we often become discouraged to do so by the critical
and negative comments of others. With positive encouragement might we indeed develop our gifts and
become creative?
In a high school physics class, we heard about the
automobile engine. Getting home, I asked Dad if I
could take our cars engine apart and put it back together. He calmly and quietly in a flat voice said,
No. I seemed to lose interest in being an auto mechanic. Fortunately, I married a woman who did not
mind getting greasy and dirty, and who also had the
patience to help me learn how to do so too and I was
at least able to change the oil and sparkplugs!
Moms approach was also patient, gladly welcoming four boys into her kitchen. (She undoubtedly appreciated some younger muscles to knead the
bread!) Mom grew up in a time and location where
a lot of things werent readily available. Like many
women at such times, she became very creative in
her kitchen, utilizing what was available to provide
wholesome nourishing meals. Also, with love and
patience, she was able to help four scruffy boys to

become adults who knew their way around the kitchen. All four of us became good cooks. Two brothers
are especially creative in the kitchen.
When I offered to look into editing a parish newsletter for St. Pauls, I wasnt banking on my own talents
and creativity. It was the numerous gifts and talents
within the parish that I sought and indeed found. As
we begin the tenth year of publishing the St. Pauls
Circular next year, I fully believe that we have tapped
into a river of creativity. Currently, several parishioners regularly send in articles, poetry, photographs,
other items, as well as suggestions. We would gladly
welcome such items from others. We are privileged
to have such a wonderful source of material so readily
available. Thank you to all of the support you have
given over the past nine years. It has truly been a
witness to all of the many ministries that are offered to
Gods glory at St. Pauls. Thanks be to God.

St. Pauls Worship Services

Sunday
Sunday
Wednesday

8:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.

BCP Holy Communion

BAS Holy Eucharist
BCP Holy Communion

Advent Reflection Questions

What are your hopes as you await Christs coming?
The light of Christ shines to dispel darkness. Where
in your life do you yearn for it most?
How might you bring the light of Christ to the world?