THE ZION HERALD - ANNOUNCEMENT PAGE
January 26, 2020 The Third Sunday of Epiphany
Zion’s Mission Statement: Zion Episcopal Church strives to be an inclusive and joyful community of faith, seeking and serving Christ in all people, loving God and our neighbor.
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January Birthdays – We give thanks and pray for: Matilda Clark (01/02), JoAnn Brimmer (01/07), Barbara Block (01/11), Laura Crowley (01/12), Gordon Beckhorn (01/14), Robert Voorheis (01/14), Mary Donovan (01/17), Chris Ross (01/25/), Lisa Kusiak (01/26).
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AT A GLANCE –
PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND -
2020 ANNUAL MEETING & MIDWINTER BRUNCH: January 26, 2020. Please circle the date of the Annual Meeting on your calendar and plan to attend. You will hear brief reports from various ministry groups (Altar Guild, Thrift Shop, Lay Ministers, Christian Education, etc..) and have a chance to add your own thoughts and ideas for the ongoing community life here at Zion Church. Also, please bring a dish to contribute to our Midwinter Brunch which will be served just before the meeting.
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PASTORAL CONCERNS –
Ed Vincent was in an auto accident last week and is recovering at The Grove at Valhalla Rehabilitation Center. You can send him a card at The Grove at Valhalla 61 Grasslands Road, Room # 175B Valhalla, NY 10595, or give him a call at (914) 681-8400 (ask for Edward Vincent). Ed’s spirits seem fairly upbeat; he is getting occupational therapy and physical therapy daily, but he doesn’t know his release date as of yet. Please keep our brother Ed in your prayers and, if you can, send him a note or call of encouragement. - Mother Mary
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MISSION PROJECT – Jan. 12th until Feb. 23rd
Cards for Hospitalized Kids (a nationwide not for profit) distributes handmade cards to children in hospitals in all 50 states. In January you will have an opportunity to create a card (or two) toward this mission project. A craft table has been set up in the Parish Hall with everything you need – you furnish the creativity and caring. Coffee Hour is a great time to get those creative juices flowing!
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EPIPHANY HOUSE BLESSING – This is the season of the church year for the annual blessing of our homes. Please take a kit from the back table in the church for your Epiphany House Blessing. We can mail out House Blessing kits if needed – just call the Parish Office (914) 693-9320
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Some Pastoral Musings - Vocation Mo. Mary Grambsch
The New Year always seems to me to be a good time for musing about vocation and callings. When I was a kid I used to be happy at the New Year because, as I told my mom, in the New Year you have 12 whole months with no mistakes in them. I’m not sure I feel exactly that way still, but I do feel a sense of re-examination of the general trend of my life, and either reconfirming what is healthy and good, or looking at where I need to take a different turn in the road, which, as you know, is not always easy to do. Our Sunday scriptures in Epiphany encourage a re-examination of how we are spending our lives, with a focus on call and vocation; from Samuel and Jonah to the fishermen who became “fishers of people”, God is acting in human lives, including our own.
I encourage taking some time to muse about how you are spending your life, the time and substance of your days, and ask yourself if you are living out your vocation as a child of God. Perhaps God is nudging you toward a new twist on an old vocation, or is calling you to something completely new. Epiphany is a wonderful time to ask these questions – new things are possible in a New Year (with no mistakes in it!)
Many of you know my fondness for the writings of Frederick Buechner, a teacher and spiritual writer. I have been reading Buechner’s “Listening to Your Life”, a book of daily meditations, and have come upon a passage about vocation and calling, entitled simply, “Vocation”.
He writes,
“It comes from the Latin vocare, to call, and means the work a man is called to by God.
There are all different kinds of voices calling you to all different kinds of work, and the problem is to find out which is the voice of God rather than of Society, say, or the Super-Ego, or Self-Interest. By and large a good rule for finding out is this. The kind of work God usually calls you to is the kind of work (a) that you need most to do, and (b) that the world most needs to have done. If you really get a kick out of your work, you’ve presumably met requirement (a), but if your work is writing TV deodorant commercials, the chances are you’ve missed requirement (b). On the other hand, if your work is being a doctor in a leper colony, you have probably met requirement (b), but if most of the time you’re bored and depressed by it, the chances are you have not only bypassed (a) but probably aren’t helping your patients much either.
Neither the hair shirt not the soft berth will do. The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.”
Happy and Blessed musing!
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MISSION MATTERS: Love God, Love Your Neighbor, Change the World
ZION CRAFTERS GUILD - Prayer Shawl Ministry
Meets on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month, 12:00pm – 2:00 pm in the Parish Hall. Our Prayer Shawls will be sent to the Volunteer Program at Phelps Memorial Hospital and to veterans living in Westchester Co. Please join the Zion Crafters Guild - you don’t need to know how to knit or crochet, just be willing to learn! Membership is open and free to all. If you would like to make a yarn donation, please see Mo. Mary.
DOBBS FERRY FOOD PANTRY: Four items for the Shopping List
Pasta, Canned Peas, Pineapple, & Tuna Fish (oil or water packed)
Please pick up a few of these items when you next go to the supermarket for the Dobbs Ferry Food Pantry – the pantry collection boxes are located in the Parish Hall vestibule.
If you would like to know more about this much needed ministry, please speak to Mo. Mary.
THE THRIFT SHOP IS OPEN! Come and shop – the BAG SALE is in its 3rd week, but there are still bargains to be had. Come and stuff a bag with bargains.
Please bring your donations on Thursdays, Saturdays, and Mondays. The Thrift Shop is one of Zion’s most vibrant mission and outreach endeavors, mainly due to our dedicated and altogether remarkable group of volunteers. If you would like to find out more about becoming a Thrift Shop Volunteer, please speak to Barbara Block, Lesley Walter, or Gordon Beckhorn.
EVERY BLESSED BEAD: Check out our Etsy Shop – Every Blessed Bead – for the perfect gift! Remember, all the money raised through Every Blessed Bead is used for Mission and Outreach. Please share your mission ideas via the GO ZION! Book (in the Parish Hall vestibule) or speak to Mo. Mary.
EYEGLASSES FOR SAVING SIGHT - The Eyeglass Collection Box will remain on the Parish Hall vestibule table if you, or your friends, still have eyeglasses to donate. We will send the eyeglasses to Saving Sight periodically, when we have a box full. We have about half a box now, please bring in your used glasses for we can send them off to do some good.
REMEMBER TO LIKE US ON FACEBOOK:
Laura Crowley puts new photos and posts on our Facebook page all the time, so if you haven’t seen our page recently, go take a look!
Let’s do some good together
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A ministry of the Society of St. John the Evangelist
BROTHER GIVE US A WORD - Listen
“Be still and know that I am God.” Listen to me, Jesus says. Listen with still posture and eyes closed. Listen while walking or letting yourself dance. Listen looking up gazing at bright green-leafed trees. Listen kneeling in soil to tend plants springing to life. Stop to smell the flowers and listen. Jesus the good shepherd has so many good things to say to you. Be still and listen.
-Br. Luke Ditewig
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WINTER CALENDAR:
Sun. Jan. 26th Annual Meeting & Midwinter Brunch
Sat. Feb. 1st Zion Crafters Guild 12:00pm – 2:30 pm (Parish Hall)
Wed. Feb. 26th Ash Wednesday
Sun. Jan. 12th - Feb. 23rd Cards for Hospitalized Kids Mission
January 26, 2020 The Third Sunday of Epiphany
Zion’s Mission Statement: Zion Episcopal Church strives to be an inclusive and joyful community of faith, seeking and serving Christ in all people, loving God and our neighbor.
****************************************************************************************************
January Birthdays – We give thanks and pray for: Matilda Clark (01/02), JoAnn Brimmer (01/07), Barbara Block (01/11), Laura Crowley (01/12), Gordon Beckhorn (01/14), Robert Voorheis (01/14), Mary Donovan (01/17), Chris Ross (01/25/), Lisa Kusiak (01/26).
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AT A GLANCE –
PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND -
2020 ANNUAL MEETING & MIDWINTER BRUNCH: January 26, 2020. Please circle the date of the Annual Meeting on your calendar and plan to attend. You will hear brief reports from various ministry groups (Altar Guild, Thrift Shop, Lay Ministers, Christian Education, etc..) and have a chance to add your own thoughts and ideas for the ongoing community life here at Zion Church. Also, please bring a dish to contribute to our Midwinter Brunch which will be served just before the meeting.
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PASTORAL CONCERNS –
Ed Vincent was in an auto accident last week and is recovering at The Grove at Valhalla Rehabilitation Center. You can send him a card at The Grove at Valhalla 61 Grasslands Road, Room # 175B Valhalla, NY 10595, or give him a call at (914) 681-8400 (ask for Edward Vincent). Ed’s spirits seem fairly upbeat; he is getting occupational therapy and physical therapy daily, but he doesn’t know his release date as of yet. Please keep our brother Ed in your prayers and, if you can, send him a note or call of encouragement. - Mother Mary
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MISSION PROJECT – Jan. 12th until Feb. 23rd
Cards for Hospitalized Kids (a nationwide not for profit) distributes handmade cards to children in hospitals in all 50 states. In January you will have an opportunity to create a card (or two) toward this mission project. A craft table has been set up in the Parish Hall with everything you need – you furnish the creativity and caring. Coffee Hour is a great time to get those creative juices flowing!
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EPIPHANY HOUSE BLESSING – This is the season of the church year for the annual blessing of our homes. Please take a kit from the back table in the church for your Epiphany House Blessing. We can mail out House Blessing kits if needed – just call the Parish Office (914) 693-9320
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Some Pastoral Musings - Vocation Mo. Mary Grambsch
The New Year always seems to me to be a good time for musing about vocation and callings. When I was a kid I used to be happy at the New Year because, as I told my mom, in the New Year you have 12 whole months with no mistakes in them. I’m not sure I feel exactly that way still, but I do feel a sense of re-examination of the general trend of my life, and either reconfirming what is healthy and good, or looking at where I need to take a different turn in the road, which, as you know, is not always easy to do. Our Sunday scriptures in Epiphany encourage a re-examination of how we are spending our lives, with a focus on call and vocation; from Samuel and Jonah to the fishermen who became “fishers of people”, God is acting in human lives, including our own.
I encourage taking some time to muse about how you are spending your life, the time and substance of your days, and ask yourself if you are living out your vocation as a child of God. Perhaps God is nudging you toward a new twist on an old vocation, or is calling you to something completely new. Epiphany is a wonderful time to ask these questions – new things are possible in a New Year (with no mistakes in it!)
Many of you know my fondness for the writings of Frederick Buechner, a teacher and spiritual writer. I have been reading Buechner’s “Listening to Your Life”, a book of daily meditations, and have come upon a passage about vocation and calling, entitled simply, “Vocation”.
He writes,
“It comes from the Latin vocare, to call, and means the work a man is called to by God.
There are all different kinds of voices calling you to all different kinds of work, and the problem is to find out which is the voice of God rather than of Society, say, or the Super-Ego, or Self-Interest. By and large a good rule for finding out is this. The kind of work God usually calls you to is the kind of work (a) that you need most to do, and (b) that the world most needs to have done. If you really get a kick out of your work, you’ve presumably met requirement (a), but if your work is writing TV deodorant commercials, the chances are you’ve missed requirement (b). On the other hand, if your work is being a doctor in a leper colony, you have probably met requirement (b), but if most of the time you’re bored and depressed by it, the chances are you have not only bypassed (a) but probably aren’t helping your patients much either.
Neither the hair shirt not the soft berth will do. The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.”
Happy and Blessed musing!
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MISSION MATTERS: Love God, Love Your Neighbor, Change the World
ZION CRAFTERS GUILD - Prayer Shawl Ministry
Meets on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month, 12:00pm – 2:00 pm in the Parish Hall. Our Prayer Shawls will be sent to the Volunteer Program at Phelps Memorial Hospital and to veterans living in Westchester Co. Please join the Zion Crafters Guild - you don’t need to know how to knit or crochet, just be willing to learn! Membership is open and free to all. If you would like to make a yarn donation, please see Mo. Mary.
DOBBS FERRY FOOD PANTRY: Four items for the Shopping List
Pasta, Canned Peas, Pineapple, & Tuna Fish (oil or water packed)
Please pick up a few of these items when you next go to the supermarket for the Dobbs Ferry Food Pantry – the pantry collection boxes are located in the Parish Hall vestibule.
If you would like to know more about this much needed ministry, please speak to Mo. Mary.
THE THRIFT SHOP IS OPEN! Come and shop – the BAG SALE is in its 3rd week, but there are still bargains to be had. Come and stuff a bag with bargains.
Please bring your donations on Thursdays, Saturdays, and Mondays. The Thrift Shop is one of Zion’s most vibrant mission and outreach endeavors, mainly due to our dedicated and altogether remarkable group of volunteers. If you would like to find out more about becoming a Thrift Shop Volunteer, please speak to Barbara Block, Lesley Walter, or Gordon Beckhorn.
EVERY BLESSED BEAD: Check out our Etsy Shop – Every Blessed Bead – for the perfect gift! Remember, all the money raised through Every Blessed Bead is used for Mission and Outreach. Please share your mission ideas via the GO ZION! Book (in the Parish Hall vestibule) or speak to Mo. Mary.
EYEGLASSES FOR SAVING SIGHT - The Eyeglass Collection Box will remain on the Parish Hall vestibule table if you, or your friends, still have eyeglasses to donate. We will send the eyeglasses to Saving Sight periodically, when we have a box full. We have about half a box now, please bring in your used glasses for we can send them off to do some good.
REMEMBER TO LIKE US ON FACEBOOK:
Laura Crowley puts new photos and posts on our Facebook page all the time, so if you haven’t seen our page recently, go take a look!
Let’s do some good together
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A ministry of the Society of St. John the Evangelist
BROTHER GIVE US A WORD - Listen
“Be still and know that I am God.” Listen to me, Jesus says. Listen with still posture and eyes closed. Listen while walking or letting yourself dance. Listen looking up gazing at bright green-leafed trees. Listen kneeling in soil to tend plants springing to life. Stop to smell the flowers and listen. Jesus the good shepherd has so many good things to say to you. Be still and listen.
-Br. Luke Ditewig
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WINTER CALENDAR:
Sun. Jan. 26th Annual Meeting & Midwinter Brunch
Sat. Feb. 1st Zion Crafters Guild 12:00pm – 2:30 pm (Parish Hall)
Wed. Feb. 26th Ash Wednesday
Sun. Jan. 12th - Feb. 23rd Cards for Hospitalized Kids Mission