6/23/13

Dear Friends,

St. Anne's continues careening down Broad Church Boulevard, a different fool for Christ at the wheel each week. Hitchhikers welcome.

Here are three items that may be of interest to you.

1.  Come As You Are Bible Study meets at 7pm Wednesdays.  Directions can be found here or by clicking "Ministry" at www.stanneconway.com.  This Bibsl Study follows the Lectionary, so the reading for this next session (Wednesday 6/16) are:

Track 1
2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20Galatians 5:1, 13-25Luke 9:51-62

2.  Jane Holley Wilson had knee surgery last week.  If you can, please help with her meals by signing up using the link below:

  http://www.mealtrain.com?id=mtgttn0eb0st 

With Meal Train you sign up for a date to bring her food during the next two weeks. Jane says to please think of cooking for two and that they love salad and fresh vegetables.  If you have questions you can contact Cathy Battle at 843 421 1608.

3.  Your Mission Committee has identified a campus ministry at Coastal Carolina University as our first major outreach as a parish.  Please let a member of the committee know (or just respond to this email) if you want to be involved.  We envision a prayer service and a meal on Sunday evenings to start with.

As always, we meet at 10am on Sundays at Lackey Chapel.  Directions (and a list of service participants) are right here.

See you Sunday,

Dan Ennis

6/16/13

Dear Friends,

Episcopalians pride themselves on tradition, but if today's service is any indication, St. Anne's is refusing to honor the Episcopal tradition of skipping church during the summertime.  We had our largest congregation since Pentecost; what a nice welcome for Archdeacon Walpole. 

MINISTRY

We've finally organized our Come-As-You-Are Summer Bible Study.  We'll been meeting each Wednesday at 7pm at the home of Jeri Dubbs (4946 Westwind Dr. Myrtle Beach).  She lives in Carolina Forest and you can find a maphere. Jeri suggests coming in via Gardner Lacy Rd.

Our plan is to review the lectionary for the upcoming Sunday, with individuals taking turns leading the discussion. You can preview the lectionary readings each week here.  So this Wednesday Rebecca Lovelace will lead discussion, and the appointed readings are:

1 Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a

Psalm 42 and 43

Galatians 3:23-29

Luke 8:26-39

If we have a particularly large turnout we may split into two groups.

ORGANIZATION

The Mission Committee met last week and the minutes will be posted on the website (last month's minutes can be found here). Three members of your mission committee will be attending the Provincial Bishops Meeting in Charleston next week to give a presentation on our progress as a mission.

VISION

As today's celebrant pointed out, Martin Luther once defined "evangelism" as "one beggar telling another beggar where to find bread."   It's a pleasure being your fellow-beggar.

See You Sunday,

Dan Ennis

www.stanneconway.org

6/3/13

6/3/13

Friends,

Greetings from St. Anne's Episcopal Church in Conway, SC. This day in the church calendar is set aside to remember the Martyrs of Uganda.

WORSHIP

We meet every Sunday at 10am for Eucharist at Lackey Chapel, 105 University Drive.  You can find a map here.

ORGANIZATION

The Mission Committee has commenced its monthly meetings.  In our first meeting we took care of some basic organizational tasks.  In term of finances, we voted to begins supporting the Diocese with a 10% tithe of designated offerings.  For loose offerings, we agreed that going forward the first Sunday of every month would go to charities and causes as suggested by the parish (the June 2 loose offerings will be donated to Coastal Samaritan Counseling).  Fifth Sunday loose offerings will continue to go to Episcopal Relief and Development.  Other Sundays will continue to go to CAP.   

The minutes of Mission Committee meetings are available here.  

As Kevin Shea pointed out last Sunday, three members of the Mission Committee (Kevin, Dan Ennis and Rebecca Lovelace) attended a diocesan meeting in Charleston last week. Bishop vonRosenberg, Archdeacon Callie Walpole, and Chancellor Tom Tisdale made presentations. St. Anne's was invited to give a presentation to the Province VI Bishops later this month.

MINISTRY

Please respond to this email if you are interested in a Wednesday Night Summer Bible Study.  The Mission Committee is seeking a curriculum that will allow people to join in mid-discussion as they are in town, since so may people travel in the summer.  We envision meeting at 7pm (post-dinner) in a home or series of homes.  Emailing your interest will let us know if one group will do or if we need to from multiple studies.  

VISION

This occasional email update is now called St. Anne's Gate, in anticipation of the time it will become a proper newsletter.  There's a famous "St. Anne's Gate" at the Vatican (that's where pilgrims gather in hope of meeting the Pope) and a less famous "St. Anne's Gate" at Salisbury Cathedral (surely we'd rather be Anglican about it), but such gates are inspired by the story of St. Anne meeting her husband at the city gates to tell him she was with child. This was a favorite scene of medieval Christian artists.

See you some Sunday,

Dan