St. Anne's Gate 10/12/13

Dear Friends,

Greeting from St. Anne's Episcopal Church!  We meet for worship every Sunday at 10am at Lackey Chapel, 105 University Dr.. Conway, SC. You can find a map here.

On this day almost 60 years ago (October 12, 1964) Martin Luther King gave a speech to the Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity, praising The Episcopal Church for its commitment to social justice.  The next day Dr. King was informed he'd won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Here are a few news items:

1.  The Parish Survey.  Last Sunday we were reminded how helpful it would be to fill out the Parish Survey.  Fail to do so and somebody "will be wroth with the whole Congregation of Israel." Folks, we don't want any wroth.

2.  Cell Phone.  We are looking for a cell phone to serve as our parish telephone. We have hired Laura Barr to work a few hours per week on parish administration, and one of her duties will be to answer the phone and check voice mail.  If any of you have a working cellphone to contribute, St. Anne's will set it up with a basic calling plan.  It doesn't have to be fancy -- no need for web browsing, etc.

3.   Lunch Groups were a success! We'll repeat the activity next month, so please sign up by emailing Rebecca Lovelace at rslove@sccoast.net.  The next Lunch Group Sunday is November 3.      

4.  Remember that on November 10th St. Anne's will celebrate its one-year anniversary.  Instead of our normal morning service at Lackey Chapel, we'll be meeting at 5pm at Palmetto Missionary Baptist Church in Conway, followed by supper at the Lovelace home. So sleep in on November 10th, because you'll have to stay up that night.

See You Sunday,

Dan

PS-- As a parish, we don't pay much attention to the ongoing legal proceedings in our diocese.  It has been the consensus of the Mission Committee that we've found the right path for us, and that St. Anne's is a new church, not a congregation-in-exile.  But we also have a connection to our fellow "Worship Groups" -- congregations like ours that formed in the midst of the split, all of us renting space and relying on supply clergy.  I wrote a letter to my fellow "Worship Group" leaders, trying to capture some of the spirit of St. Anne's and our "not interested" attitude toward the property claims.  If you're interested, you may read the letter here.