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all other forms of music. In written music, the lesser musician can rely on the composer to know the scales. Not so in jazz. I remember a story by Rudyard Kipling. A young boy wanted to learn about jade, and so hiked up into the mountains and put himself at the service of an old man who knew all there was to know about jade. The old man handed him a piece of jade, and then had him follow him around the garden and the house as he did his own chores. At the end of the day, he took back the jade, and told the boy to bring his lunch and come again the next day. Again, he handed him a piece of jade, and made a pot of tea, and told the boy stories all day. Again, the next day, the boy came again and was given a piece of jade. Together, they worked in the workshop. Weeks turned into months,
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Lenten disciplines
Anyone who has ever played an instrument or had a music lesson of any kind has had to learn scales: major scales, several kinds of minor scales, chromatic scales; scales and more scales. Over and over again. To the beginning student, the question arises, When will we ever play real music? But as every musician knows, one has to know the scales in order to play the real music. One has to know where the notes are on the instrument, the fingerings, which notes work with which other notes. Jazz musicians in particular have to know scales in their sleep. In order to improvise on a chart, the musician must be able to find all the notes that fit with a given chord without thinking about it. We think of jazz as a particularly free form of music, but it requires more of the musician in terms of the rigidity of the scales than
Ash Wednesday, March 5, services will be at 6:30 am, 12:00 noon, and 7:00 pm. Daylight Saving Time beginning on Sunday March 9, 2014. St. Patricks Day Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner on Saturday March 15th.
In this issue:
Lenten Disciplines by the Rev. Dan Handschy.......................1 Antique Appraisal Luncheon.......................................................2 An Epistle of Lamentation by Deb Goldfeder........................3 This month at Advent...................................................................4 What Makes Us Episcopalian...................................................5 Stations of the Cross....................................................................5 Liturgical Ministries Calendar.....................................................6
An Epistle of Lamentation
by Deborah Goldfeder
Dear Vasco Tadu Daniel, I greet you in the Name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Your very name tells of your beginning. Vasco was given to you at your baptism but Tadu means Last Born and Daniel was your fathers name.You were the last child born to Daniel and you were so-named at birth because Daniel died before you were born. Last Born of Daniel, I owe you my confession. We had many conversations in the months I spent in Lui and during the time you visited us in MissouriMissouri means good in Swahili you told me. We talked about your beloved children. One of your sons was born on 9/11 and so, you named him In Pain in solidarity with people eight time zones behind you. You cared about us before we even knew you.You knew what we felt on that horrible day because all of your life you have lived with war or the terrible feeling that war would come again because it always does! You endured my endless questions and I answered your questions about your son who had congestive heart failure and who was beginning to receive digitalis to improve the strength of his heart beating. You stayed with him when he was hospitalized. I longed to provide him with western medicine and treatment that might even lead to a cure but it was beyond whatever I could do. We prayed and trusted that God would take care of him. How I wished for such a firm faith! I asked two questions of people in Lui: I asked, What was your worst day? and What does peace mean to you? I admit that I dont remember your worst day story but I remember every detail of what you believed peace to be. I confess that I was arrogant and believed I knew what peace was. I was a fool. Women had told me that peace was a mud house because when you were hiding from the enemy in the bush, houses were made of grass: they could be built quickly and provided a degree of camouflage as you were hiding. Women also said that peace was a house with only one door because, when the enemy came and lit the grass roof on fire, you could escape out the small, concealed door at the rear knowing that if you exited toward the enemy they would kill you instantly. You, Last Born Child of Daniel, had a different answer. We were standing by a brick kiln that had been built in Lakamadi. People were burning bricks to harden them for building more permanent structures. There were stacks of new bricks piled under the mango tree where we stood. You said, Peace is a brick church. I asked you what you meant by that and you said, When war comes again, a brick church will still stand. I remember saying, Vasco, how can a brick church mean peace if you are planning for the return to war? I was so dismayed. Oh, dear, how can peace be preparing for war to come again? I was so foolish. I confess I said, You have to do better than that! What does peace really mean to you? Every time we have met since that time, you have told me different ideas about peace and, quite honestly, I dont remember any of them particularly. Im so sorry, Last Born of Daniel. Peace meant more than the absence of war, of that I was certain but I was telling a man who had lived his entire life with war always a presence and telling him that he didnt know peace! What rubbish! Tadu was always
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Mens club annual Pancake Supper will be Shrove Tuesday, 4 March 2014 from 5:00 7:00 pm in the parish hall. The men will be cooking pancakes on the new griddle in the new kitchen.
Lent begins Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Ash Wednesday services will be at 6:30 am, 12:00 noon, and 7:00 pm. Holy Dying- Making Disciples Conference (west) Prayer Shawl Group
On Saturday, March 8, 2014, the Episcopal School for Ministry will reprise the Making Disciples Conference on Holy Dying at Calvary Episcopal Church in Columbia, MO.
The shawl ministry ladies will meet on Wednesday, March 12 at 1:00 pm. If you would like an enjoyable and rewarding afternoon out, please join us. Many shawls have been set out to the sick during the winter months. Donations are welcome for us to purchase the type of yard we use. Please contact Mary Peck at 894-5260 if you like a shawl for someone in need.
Thursday, March 13--10:45 AM Our speaker is Pastor Jill Seigel from St. Thomas/ Holy Spirit ELCA Church
The next ACW meeting will be Monday, March 17 at 7:00 pm. We will have a guest massage therapist giving neck and shoulder massages to each member during our meeting. On the agenda is finalizing plans for the antique appraisal luncheon.
Dining Out Night will be Thursday, March 20 at Bandanas BBQ (Smell that smoke!). The address is 11750 Gravois (just West of Sunset Ford). The phone number at the restaurant is 314-849-1162. We will meet at 6:00 PM. If you have any questions OR you need a ride contact Bill Witte @ 843-3443.
April 5th
The Lunch Bunch will be announced in the weekly service leaflet. You can also contact Carol Kardell at 314-638-0247 if you have any questions.
Mens Club
Advent Mens Club meets at church the first Saturday of each month at 8:00 a.m. for liturgy then out to breakfast and we meet the third Thursday at 6:00 p.m. for dinner. We dont quilt, knit or crochet, we dont eat finger foods, we dont gossip, but we do talk sports & politics, we tell jokes, and make friends with the waitresses. All men of Advent are invited and welcome to join us. We will waive the newcomer rule you wont have to pick up the whole bill! The Scroll - March 2014
Wednesdays
Fridays
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Greg Dell Jim Rode Hovious Witte/Levandoski Dan and Laurie Lake Chris Vogel open Perez Family Kroes Family Bailey Family
Lector
Intercessor
Crucifer
Torch Bearers Janice Evans Harry Dengler Gwen Brown Sharon Knox Bill Bottoms Mark Naes Bill Witte Dale Iffrig Ella Lancaster Mary Ann Tombridge Sanders Family Nancy and John Kroes
Ushers
Counters
Greg Dell Jim Rode Carolyn Bailey Jessica Gerth Jim Rode
Bill Sanders Bill Bottoms Harry Dengler Don Hopkins Billie Hall
Becky Vogel Mark Naes Larry Brown Phyllis Powers Kim White
Second Sunday in Lent
Nancy Kroes Bill Witte Loy Hovious John Kroes Kevin Williams
Third Sunday in Lent
Propers.
Fourth Sunday in Lent Genesis 12:1-4a Psalm 121 Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 Exodus 17:1-7 Psalm 95 Romans 5:1-11
1 Samuel 16:1-13
Exodus 24:12-18 Psalm 99 2 Peter 1:16-21 Matthew 17:1-9 Marty Taber Pam Perez
Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7 Psalm 32 Romans 5:12-19 Matthew 4:1-11 Marty Taber Pam Perez
Psalm 23 Ephesians 5:8-14 John 3:1-17 Marty Taber Pam Perez John 4:5-42 Marty Taber Pam Perez John 9:1-41 Marty Taber Pam Perez
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