Sunday, November 4, 1-4, the annual Kiwanis Canned Food Drive takes place.
All the food gathered stays in the community; our goal is to ensure that every family has a good holiday meal.  Just leave your canned items on your porch or at the front door and the Kiwanis members and volunteers from the Oxford and University community will come by and pick them up.  Questions? Contact Judith de Luce 523-0176 or delucej(at)muohio.edu.

(CWU) are hosting a World Day of Prayer on Sunday, November 4, at 3:00 p.m., in the Parish Center Building of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 111 East High Street.  The theme of the day will be Embracing Justice Under God’s Tent.  All women are invited and welcome.

 

will meet next on Monday, 12 November, at 12 noon in the Undercroft, to discuss The Hauerwas Reader, by Stanley Hauerwas; we will continue that discussion on December 10 at the home of Anne and Dick Lodge.
The next book to be discussed is What Paul Meant by Gary Wills on January 14, 2008.
All books are available at Follett's Miami Coop bookstore.

to Geoff Blackwell, for his article earlier this year in the Talawanda Tribune
on the Polish origins of leprechauns,
and to George McCabe for winning the U. S. Men's Singles Tennis Championship in his age category!

As always, we need toilet paper, paper towels, dish-washing liquid, facial tissue, and trash bags.  Thank you so much for your continuing generosity.
No time to shop? Give us some money and we’ll shop for you! —Geoff and Judith

In Oxford the Midday Music series presents a progam by organist Heather MacPhail and flutist Sandra Seefeld at noon on Wednesday, November 7 at the Oxford Presbyterian Church, 101 N. Main Street.  Included will be solo organ works and a touchingly moving and rarely performed composition for organ and flute.  Information:  523-6969

Tuesday, Nov. 27, 12:05 PM:  A recital of music for voice and piano performed by soprano Audrey Luna and pianist Brad Caldwell.

Tuesday, Dec. 4, 12:05 PM: A recital of the organ music of Dieterich Buxtehude performed by Frank Jordan.

Tuesday, Dec. 11, 12:05 PM: A recital of music for violin and piano performed by CSO violinist Stacey Woolley and his brother, pianist Scot Woolley.

Finally. November. And with November comes the interruption of “ordinary time,” which began after the Day of Pentecost. All Saints Day, November 1st, is the “interruption.” The celebration of All Saints was kept as early as the 4th century by the Greek Church at Antioch. In the Western Church, November 1st was designated as All Saints Day to dramatize the triumph of the Lord of Life, Christ, over the Lord of Death, who was associated with October 31st. This association with “ghosties and ghoulies and things that go bump in the night” continues in our culture as Halloween or All Hallow’s Eve. Some people do not recognize Halloween as “All Hallow's Eve,” or that Christians put a different spin on the original pagan festival, in which people would sit around a fire and invoke the presence of all those who had died the previous year.

This year I invite you to join me for Evening Prayer on All Saints, Thursday, November 1st at 7:00 p.m. in the chapel. We will remember those who have died the past year, and years, as we always do through prayer. We will also create a corporate fire, each worshiper adding a flame representing those people (s)he particularly remembers. Then on Sunday after All Saints, November 4th, we will share in our traditional Holy Eucharist, “with angels and archangels and all the company of heaven.”

In looking at the hymns we sing for All Saints, one verse struck me: “O may thy soldiers, faithful, true, and bold, fight as the saints who nobly fought of old, and win, with them, the victor’s crown of gold. Alleluia. Alleluia!” (from Hymn 287, “For All the Saints”).

As both the creative and the destructive chaos of this world continues, may we ever remember all the saints still fighting, some literal soldiers. Remember them in prayer. Write them letters. Send them something to make them smile and inspire hope. And remember the saints off the battlefield, too. Whether doctor or queen or shepherdess on the green ... in school or in lanes or at sea ... in church or in trains or in
shops or at tea*... let us remember all, for the saints of God are just folk like you.

Thanks be to God!
Karen

*from Hymn 293, "I Sind a Song of the Saints of God"

Yes … #NINE!!  If we were a real “business model” group, I guess we’d have an official statistics person so we could officially report numbers … like the count on new guests, returning guests, Spanish-speaking guests, soap and TP dispersed, etc., etc. Well, we don’t have such a person yet, and maybe we never will. However, by all observable accounts, number of tables set and filled, amount of time for food to vanish, level of noise, happy chaos in the nursery, and comfort level of all of us, our dinner on Wednesday was a solid success.

The conversations shared (Bonnie has a new way to do tuna fish sandwiches—do I think, maybe, she should take the recipe to a local restaurant? … Cora was named for three grandmothers … a new guest reports her enthusiasm for becoming a den mother at her child’s school … Sheila wants me to explain to Bob the difference between Episcopalian and Protestant … and others (poignant and sometimes sharply painful) show us real levels of trust starting to form.

Thank you ALL for making this happen. Frederick Buechner said somewhere (sorry—I can’t remember or find the exact quote) that “it’s within the fragile and formidable walls of family and church that we can, all of us, learn or not learn what the phrase Human Family means ….” Our Wednesday-night dinners help us learn that. You, too, we hope.

Thanks again, Anne and Dick Lodge

Ten years ago, Jim Luce founded Orphans International Worldwide (OIWW)because of his concern about the quality of life for many children in the world.  OIWW is a network of affiliated organizations working to help disadvantaged children in the developing world become global citizens.

The Orphans International mission statement explains its purpose:

“Our mission is to help orphaned or abandoned children grow into solid citizens of the world through a sound structure that is simultaneously
Interfaith, because there are many paths up the mountain;
Interracial, because there is but one race—the human race;
International, because our neighbors are our family;
Intergenerational, because there is much to learn from our elders; and
Internet-connected, because the world today is at our fingertips.”

The first Orphans International home opened Sulawesi, Indonesia in Aug 2001.  OIWW is now at various stages of development in twelve project nations, including the Dominican Republic, Nigeria, Guyana, Ghana, Haiti, Indonesia, Peru, the Philippines, Romania, Sri Lanka, and Togo.

Plans are underway to open the campus in French-speaking Haiti.  One of the houses on this campus will be named the Stanford Leonard Luce House in honor of Jim’s father.  The cost of building this house is $18,000, of which $4,000 has already been donated.  This is a wonderful opportunity for Stan’s Oxford friends and admirers to honor his memory by becoming sponsors of the Stanford Leonard Luce House. (Note:  Jim has indicated that the political situation in Togo is somewhat fragile, so a decision has been made to relocate it to OI Haiti.)

Jim writes, “Having grown up adjacent to Miami’s campus on Cedar Drive, I count the lessons I learned in my youth regarding the civil rights movement and protesting the Vietnam War as motivators for me to do what I do today.  I think the atmosphere of a diverse college community, backed by the faith instilled in me at Holy Trinity where I learned not only of my own Anglican traditions, but the worthiness of all humanity, moved me forward in life.  I am indebted to my elementary school teachers at McGuffey, and my parents and stepmother for teaching me about the world, and my father specifically for teaching me how to strive to be the best I could be, build houses, and understand French.”

Donations can be made through Holy Trinity Church; be sure to write Orphans International (or OIWW) on the memo line.  Donations can also be made directly to OIWW using the Credit Card form on the web site.

For further information, contact Mary Melvin (523-8752) or check the OIWW web site.

Are you looking for holiday gift ideas? Stocking stuffers? How about for a local student, your hairdresser, the postman, your housecleaner, a teacher? The Outreach Commission suggests you consider giving a Kroger Card. You can add as much money to it as you wish. An envelope will be available to describe how the card benefits people in need and how the recipient can add additional funds to the card if he or she wants to continue helping others in this way. Who knows? Someone might even be inspired to come to Holy Trinity and experience our community. For more information on how the Kroger Card brings money to Holy Trinity outreach endeavors and how easy it is to use, contact Linda Church (523-4356) or Judy Shaw (523-3493). Linda and Judy will have cards at coffee hour or will arrange to deliver one (or more) to anyone who can’t get one at church.

As a follow-up to our series on Anglican Identity, Adult Forum continues with activities and interests of our diocese and of Holy Trinity:

November 4 - The Millennium Development Goals. Coordinators: Richard Smith and Karen Burnard

November 11 – Report from Diocesan Convention: Dick and Ginger Smith, Jenny and Cleve Callison, Karen Burnard

November 18 – Social Justice Looks at Immigration. Coordinator: Susan Harlan

Because of the Thanksgiving holiday, Adult Forum will not meet on November 25.

For the past years, we have had an evening Soup and Salad Lenten series. Last year, we viewed and discussed tapes from Bill Moyers’ series on Faith. The Adult Education Committee is now thinking about a Lenten Series for 2008. What would you suggest for this year? We are eager to receive ideas about topics, style of presentation, prospective leaders, and everything else that goes into an effective Lenten Series. PLEASE help us plan a series that that will be of interest to the parish by sharing your ideas with any member of the Adult Education Committee: Caroline Baker, Karen Burnard, Cleve Callison, Carrie Galsworthy, Anne Lodge, Mary Melvin, Dick Smith, Peter Williams.

A letter will be mailed to each household at Holy Trinity on November 1, with information on pledging and a pledge card. Pledges of 50 cents a week to $200 a week are all equally important. I promise you that every pledge matters. I pray that each gift will be developed in a personal conversation with God on what that gift is.

In signing the pledge card and putting an amount on it, you are saying to yourself this is the share of my earthly treasure that I want to give back to God next year. We will be gathering these cards in the Offertory on Sunday, November 18. If you are not going to be attending either service on that day, please drop it at the office or mail it in. No one except the Assistant Treasurer will know how much you have pledged, that is between you and God.

If you do not receive a letter, please call the office at 523-7559 and we will get one to you.

Thank you,
Carlton Ellis
Stewardship Chair

Lights on Campus Schedule
16 South Campus Avenue

Bible Study: Fridays 9:30-10:30 am

Food for Thought: Special Program and free lunch every Friday from noon till 1:00, with speaker and discussion on a variety of spiritual topics.

October 26: Rev. Bolen talking about Death and Dying
November 2: Roy Ben Eikelberry Speaking on Operatic performance
November 9: Judy and Warren Waldron—Appalachian Folk Music
November 16: Susan Dirr—Vegan, why do it?
November 30: TBA
December 7: Advent

Café Lights:
      The CMC is open every Thursday night from 9pm till midnight offering free (and always fair-trade (: ) coffee, tea, and cocoa along with snacks to anybody stopping by. Two special theme nights will appear this semester; other than that stop by for a warm beverage on a chilly night and maybe some nice conversation too!

Thursday, November 16: Thanksgiving theme
Thursday, December 6: 9pm-12am—Spa Night, a Miami tradition is cosponsored by many other student organizations and is always a big hit among students. Free massages and food, and a priceless time to relax and re-wind before finals.

The films that the Cincinnati Earth Institute is showing once a month will now also be shown in Oxford. Starting in November, the films will be shown on the first Sunday of the month (except May and June) at 1:30 pm at the Campus Ministry, 16 S. Campus Ave. Discussion is optional. The events are open to the public—bring a friend or two!

The schedule:

November 4........... Beyond Organic—The Vision of Fairfield Gardens
December 2........... Marching for Action on Climate Change
January 6........... Buyer Be Fair—The Promise of Product Certification
February 3........... The Ecological Footprint Accounting for a Small Planet

March thru June: The Sacred Balance, with David Suzuki, in 4 parts
March 2..... Episode 1—Journey into New Worlds
April 6..... Episode 2—The Matrix of Life
May 18..... Episode 3—The Fire of Creation (note the different Sunday)
June 8..... Episode 4—Coming Home (note the different Sunday

Fall Cleanup Needs Your Help Saturday, November 17

All members of Holy T who can help prepare gardens for winter are wanted and needed on Saturday, November 18, 11 am–2 pm. Come by for 1–2 hours. Sweet bread and coffee/cocoa provided. Rain date is Sunday, November 18, 1-4 pm. Thank you for lending a hand.

I Hate Litter (IHL) Volunteers Growing

Working each Saturday or Sunday before the 8 o’clock service are volunteers ranging in age from 19 months to somewhere past 65 years!

Our newest volunteers are families: Carrie Galsworthy and Nicholas Marton (19 mos.); Oliver, Andrew, and Wagner Mogga; Barbara, Kathryn, and Ethan Hamilton. Give a cheer! and express your gratitude.

We miss our every-Sunday May-September IHL volunteers Lila and Jack Greer. And we really could use more volunteers for 1 Sunday a month at 7:45 am to do a quick cleanup of litter from Saturday night. Those on the Saturday crew do a detailed collection of litter and debris on our grounds (1/4 block), alleys, and curb gutters.

Snow May Happen…

For the recent past, Holy Trinity has had devoted snow shovelers ready and willing. Remember January 2007?! Remember Christmas Eve 2005? Church was called off!

We need ready and willing volunteers whom our Rector can call on a chance of an emergency—no one wants church called off.

We have snow shovels at every entrance and earth-friendly salt for the sidewalks (rock salt for gravel parking area), and a snowblower with cover on the porch to St. Bede’s Chapel. These are available to any and all…

And, yes, we have a contract for snow and ice removal when there is 2 inches or more. HOWEVER, our service contract acknowledges that rental units come first. Only once has that fact precluded our having timely service.

So let’s hear from volunteers…

Sally Southard, Grounds Co-ordinator, 523-5511
email: sally(at)southard.net

Dear Fellow Parishioners,
A sincere thank you for the lovely bouquet you sent
to me while I was in the hospital.
 I truly appreciated your thoughts and prayers, which hurried my recovery.
Thanks so much,
With love,
Barbara McCabe

Anita and Michael Dohn are physicians serving as missionaries with La Iglesia Episcopal Dominicana through the South American Missionary Society. They live along the southern coast in San Pedro de Macorís in the Dominican Republic.
E-mail: DohnFamily(at)sams-usa.org

Dohn September 2007 E-letter [No. 38]
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“Pray that Roy catches-up on his paper work.”

Receiving that prayer request from missionaries that we knew was one of the more discouraging episodes just before we left for the mission field. Behind on paper work? That prayer request sounded more like our jobs in academic medicine than what we had envisioned as our mission in the Dominican Republic.

I have just caught-up on my paperwork (well, I’m not so much caught-up as over a recent hump and only behind by the usual amount now). Among all the activities that fill our days, the commonplace occupies our time the same as everyone’s. Paperwork, going to meetings, helping with home work, parenting tasks – these are probably more or less the same for us no matter where we are.

Some parts of the Christian walk are probably the same no matter where we are and what we are doing. Another missionary friend of ours was completing a questionnaire that asked, “What accomplishment are you most proud of?” His answer was, “My daily walk with the Lord and maintaining my daily prayers.” The next question asked, “What is your greatest challenge?” His answer was, “My daily walk with the Lord and maintaining my daily prayers.”

The exigencies of daily life can drag us off our spiritual base. This is true whether or not we are missionaries (though aren’t we all in a mission field of some sort?). It is something of a balancing act.

There are many things here that can throw us off balance – frustrations when the electricity goes out, not enough money to get things done right, loud meringue music at 2 AM, or the heat. However, at least I am caught-up on my paperwork.

Keep praying, Michael

1 Bonne Brown
3 Kay Calvert
7 Jamie Evans
11 Susan Kay
14 Cleve Callison
17 Alex Atkinson (2003)
18 James Woodworth
19 John Pontius
22 Isabel Coyle (child)
24 Carolyn Wilson, Elizabeth Harlan
26 Michele Patterson
27 Fred Mason
29 Ted Schmitt

23 Al & Ruth Lindsey

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The Rev. Karen Burnard, Rector
Susan Kay, Senior Warden
Karl Schilling, Junior Warden
Frank Jordan, Organist
Wiliam Bausano, Choir Director
Steve Elliott, Treasurer
Ruth Lindsey, Clerk of the Vestry

Jackie Engelhard, Parish Secretary (htoffice-AT-woh.rr.com)

Vestry:

Al Lindsey
Gary Martin
Lila Mason
Mike McVey
Neil Poppendeck
Judy Shaw
Rob Thomas
Diana Uhlman
Eleanore Vail

Newly elected: Barbara Hamilton, Glenn Julian, and Oliver Mogga

Robert Benson, Acolyte Coordinator
Frank Jordan, Organist
William Bausano, Choir Director
Steven Elliott, Treasurer
Jackie Engelhard, Parish Secretary

--, Christian Education Director

Pre-school (ages 3-6) Church School:
Barbara Hamilton, Anita Atkinson

Elementary (age 7-8th Grade):
Susan Fortney Harlan, Parker Moore, Kathy McCabe, Mila Ganeva

High School Youth Group:
tba

Panama Experience:
Anita Atkinson

Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, editor
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Deadline for December: November 20