Volume 15| September 16, 2020

Being Together - Apart

STEWARDSHIP

In August, pledge cards for the 2021 Parish Year were mailed to your homes. Please prayerfully consider the vital and valued ministries of our parish when completing and returning your pledge. If you need a card, please call the parish office. As part of our ongoing Stewardship program, on Sunday, September 13th, Brenda Ridgeway, a member of the Vestry, offered her personal stewardship message focusing on The Now and Future Church.   Click Here to listen to a recording of Brenda's message; Click Here to read it.    The Stewardship Team thanks you for your continued support in these challenging yet creative times of ministry.   Faithfully yours on behalf of the Vestry,    The Stewardship Team for 2021 Georgia Schneider, Kate Paradise, Steve Koehler, Chris Crighton, Doug Fromm ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ New Fee Structure for ONLINE GIVING Have you hesitated to make an online donation because the processing fees seemed too high? We now are able to designate a much lower processing fee ("Convenience Fee") for donations using Bank Account transfers to CHS vs. Credit/Debit Card charges on our online giving form.  While we are happy to accept your donation by any means, the processing fee charged to the church for donations from your Bank Account is significantly less than those using your Credit/Debit Cards. When donating online, you may choose to help cover the fee for processing your donation by leaving the "Convenience Fee" box checked. Should you choose to add the Convenience Fee to your donation, it will show up on your Giving Statement as a separate line and is tax deductible. We are grateful to all who have turned to Online Giving for their donations to Holy Spirit. If you would like to make an online donation, click here or visit the Holy Spirit website and click on the green GIVE NOW button on any page. If you have any questions, contact our Treasurer, Chris Crighton at rov1gh65 “at” gmail.com.

WARDEN'S MESSAGE

We all miss being together in person at weekend services and Sunday Coffee Hour when we can catch up on CHS happenings or ask church leaders a question. Since worshiping together is still in the planning stage, as your Wardens, we will be hosting a Zoom Wardens Forum on Sunday, September 20th, immediately following the 10:00 am Zoom worship service. Come worship at 10:00 via Zoom, stay on after the service and feel free to ask your questions. Please put this on your calendar.  Additionally, Sunday September 27th The Rt. Rev. Alan M. Gates, Bishop of Massachusetts, will be joining us and preaching at our Sunday Morning Prayer Zoom service. Please make an effort to join us then as well. Melissa Keeffe and Steve Koehler

ZOOM WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AT CHS

MORNING PRAYER SERVICE SUNDAYS at 10:00 A.M. +++++++++++++++ A Zoom meeting invitation email will be sent each Friday with the Sunday Bulletin. FOLLOWED on SEPTEMBER 20TH WITH THE WARDENS' FORUM

TUESDAY HEALING SERVICE 10:00 A.M. ++++++++++++++++ Please join Gail Smith+ for our powerful healing service A Zoom meeting invitation email will be sent each Monday.

Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Remembrances Upcoming dates to give you time to send a note, card, or call. BIRTHDAYS       Matt Jones 9.16 Dilys Smith  9.16   Chiris Crighton 9.20  Tom Laughton  9.20 Barbara Hoffman  9.21     Meredith Perkins 9.21     Lucas LaBranche  9.24 Lilian Kuo  9.25 Charles Spiegel  9.25 Ike Cole  10.01 Arline Consiglio 10.05   Ros Dunford  10.05 Christina Graham 10.06   Carrie Hansson 10.09  Douglas Delano 10.11 Tom Dewing  10.11    Diane J. Mincieli  10.11   Joan Proctor  10.11 Sally Dewing  10.13    Sean Chung  10.16 James A. Birdsall  10.17 Suzy Crawford   10.18 Terese Brown    10.20 ANNIVERSARIES Wes and Bev Dreher   9.18.93 John and Gail Sterne   9.21.02 Matthew and Jamie Thompson 9.23.00 Piero and Bryony Venturini   9.23.00 Thomas and Christina Graham  10.06.95 Cregg and Karen Sweeney  10.06.96 Stan and Bonnie Snow 10.11.59 Tom and Sally Dewing 10.12.78 Richard and Tracy Weeks     10.13.00 ORDINATIONS REMEMBRANCES Ralph Consiglio 9.16.03    Katherine Chapman  9.18.17    Patricia Carey   9.19.17 Ruth Leistensnider  9.19.18    Evan T. Barrington    9.20.13     S. C. Vern Bowman, Priest  9.20.61 William “Rusty” Funnell  9.20.17     H. Jackson Sillcocks  9.22.01    Mary Tindall  9.22.05 Lawrence Bernhardt  9.24.17    Marian Gray  9.24.09    Lucy Goddard  9.26.96 Ellen Williams  9.26.03    Stephen Erickson  9.27.12    Nancy Heller 9.27.17 Eldora Stevens 9.27.70    Helen Vancil  9.27.99    Jean Hammond  9.28.15 Patricia Bell  9.29.02    Bernie Hutchens  9.29.19    Walter Wilcox  9.29.15  Clyde Hicks 10.02.07    George Bickell  10.04.87    Ann S. Pike  10.04.15    Jean Smith  10.04.15    Frederick Smith  10.05.87  Cindy Hughes  10.06.17 Joan Chilson  10.07.07    Mildred Young Rogers  10.07.95     Martha Eldredge  10.11.02 Dorothy Boulton  10.12.06     Florence Kimball  10.12.58    Isabel S. Hutton  10.12.08 Frank C. Smith   10.12.10    Edith Hart  10.16.17     Frank Varga, Jr.  10.16.97 (Donated CHS Library)         RECENT DEATHS .+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Watch over thy children, O'Lord, as their days increase. Bless and guide them wherever they may be keeping them unspotted from the world. Strengthen them when they stand; comfort them when discouraged or sorrowful; raise them up if they fall; And in their hearts, may thy peace, which passes all understanding, Abide all the days of their lives; Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

HEALTH MINISTRY - Ann Pike-Paris While we all anxiously await a Covid 19 vaccination to be available, we must also be vigilant about not contracting other flu or respiratory illnesses this winter. Please contact your health care provider to find out what is best for you and how you can get the flu shot.  For the upcoming flu season, flu vaccination will be very important to reduce flu because it can help reduce the overall impact of respiratory illnesses on the population and thus lessen the resulting burden on the healthcare system during the COVID-19 pandemic.  For more information and answers to your questions, please read this CDC link . Stay safe and healthy.

LOCAL SCHOOLS RE-OPEN SEPTEMBER 16TH YES! THOSE BIG YELLOW VEHICLES ARE SCHOOL BUSES WITH CHILDREN ON BOARD. Nauset Middle School and local elementary schools open this week. That means we will see the big yellow school buses again! Remember to slow down in school zones and stop for the buses. Hopefully Nauset Regional High School will solve its HVAC issues and those students will not need to continue remote learning for long and will be able to return to classrooms soon.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY CAPE COD AND CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Chip Bechtold, Co-chair of CHS Outreach The exciting announcement about CHS’ donation of $50,000 to Habitat for Humanity Cape Cod to build a home that will be dedicated to Nat Goddard and Gilbert Merritt is a wonderful idea which continues our tradition with Habitat and our community. During the last interim before Father Adam arrived, our church sponsored its first Habitat home. It was on Gomes Way in Harwich, part of a 14-unit build. Due to the generosity of the parish, we raised $55,000 - an additional $5,000 contribution was for an international build. It was a challenging job which took many appeals for funding, many dinners in parishioners’ homes with Habitat homeowners as guests to explain their participation as well as ours and several concerts and other events, including selling our bird houses in the Parish Hall.  Click Here for Chip's full article.

A BABY CENTER (ABC) NEEDS YOUR HELP Thank you to those who brought donations for ABC to CHS. We are going to leave the collection barrel at the back door of the lower level through the end of September. So you still have time to drop off your donations. ABC supplements critical basic needs that ensure the good health and safety of babies in need who live on Cape Cod and the Islands. These services are provided at no cost to clients and without regard for religious preference or lack thereof and they still need our help… NOW!  The center needs: Summer/Fall pj's , Children’s Books, Small toys, Receiving blankets & toddler blankets, Wash cloths, Bibs, burp cloths, Lightweight sweatshirts or jackets, Baby Bath, Baby Shampoo, Baby Lotion, Desitin or diaper rash cream, Pacifiers, and Disposable Diapers

KAMPUS KAPERS

COME TO A GARDEN PARTY..... YOU ARE INVITED TO COME TO THE CHS GARDEN PARTIES... meet with friends (6' apart) and help keep our campus looking good. *Friday: 9/25, 10/1 and 10/30    8:30-11:30... or...for as long as you can stay PLEASE BRING A BUDDY WITH YOU.... OUR GARDENS NEED TLC. More help = More done *If these dates don't work for you, contact Ann Pike-Paris to discuss when you are available and she will assign an area to work.

OTHER KAMPUS KAPERS

THE SOLAR PANEL project on the North hill

And the trees came down.

All clear!

BLANK - HOLDING PLACE FOR PICTURE OF SOLAR INSTALLATION Coming Soon, REALLY!

SACRISTY RENOVATION - new floors now cabinets!

New floors in the hallway.

New floors in sacristy. Cabinet and counter installation happening in September.

New cabinets and restored drawer chest installed; waiting for counter tops... slowly the new sacristy is being completed.

GALLEY WEST

Vernon Smith Mural Restoration Cape Cod Picture Framing & Restoration provides one-stop shopping for art-minded customers, collectors including CHS since we hired them to do the restoration of the beautiful Vernon Smith mural in the Galley West. Enjoy this article that appeared in the Cape Cod Times' September 13th edition about this family business here in Dennis. We know our mural is in the good hands of Ron Lindholm and daughter Tracey Nee (photo to left) . Click here to read the CCT article.

Mural depicting whaling industry hanging on wall just as it was installed in 1933 when Richard and Florence Kimball lived in the Galley West. It was a gift to them from Vernon Smith who became a close friend and a founding member of CHS.

Mural was 6 separate panels painted on gypsum board and tacked to the wall of the galley.. This is the largest panel being moved out by the restoration company. Each will be restored, mounted to proper boards and then rehung when building renovations are completed and galley opens.

With mural removed, we discovered why the base of the large panel was bowing out. There was no wood behind the lower section supporting it, only exposed fireplace brick. (dark rectangle between doors) Now we can safely start the building restoration and keep the mural safe!

REMINDER Please do not tack or tape anything on the church doors or surrounding trim! If you have something that needs to be placed on or near one of the doors, you must first get approval from Gail Smith+ and then, Wayne Currey will place it in an appropriate manner. Thank you for your cooperation and respect of our buildings.

SUNDAY BOOK GROUP Resumes September 13th at 12:30 via Zoom Everyone is invited to join us in reading Holy Envy by Barbara Brown Taylor, an Episcopal Priest and author. Holy Envy is about her experience teaching a college course entitled “Religions of the World” and discovering “the spiritual riches God can teach us from the faith of others.”  Discussions last about an hour. To join us, contact Brian Skea at brianskea at gmail.com or brookeskea at gmail.com and they will send you the zoom invitation.

FOOD 4 KIDS UPDATE Anne Koehler and Brenda Ridgeway

Food 4 Kids Celebrates a Successful Summer and Looks Toward the Fall What an incredible summer it has been for Food 4 Kids and our communities! Over 11 weeks this summer, we provided almost 54,000 meals to families, twice a "normal" summer. We cannot offer enough thanks to our partners, our staff and our volunteers who made it all possible. Their dedication has always been key to our success, but this summer placed unusual demands on them all and they came through for the children of the lower and outer Cape! Click here for the full update.

SOME FUN THINGS

Caroline Keeffe-Jones has been sailing all summer with the Laser Fleet at the Hyannis Yacht Club. Way to go Caroline!! Can't wait to cheer you on someday as you crew for the US Olympic Team or the US Americus Team! Note: Mom Melissa took this photo while on the rescue boat in rough seas... Nice job Mom! A beautiful Monarch butterly in Bloomfield CT probably getting ready to start its migration. Good luck!

Another funny and talented Pandemic song. Click here to listen. Looking for something new to do? Check out a feature of the Merriam-Webster website called "Time Traveler." Click on the link below and look up a word, any word, and scroll down to see information on the first time the word was used. Then below that you can see other words first used that year. Change the year and check out other words. Click here for the link to Time Traveler.

DIOCESAN COMMUNICATIONS Stay informed and connected to the Episcopal Diocese of MA Sign up to receive our diocesan communications, including the monthly E-news. (www.diomass.org)

REMINDER ABOUT SCAM EMAIL MESSAGES PLEASE do NOT open or respond to emails messages that appear to be from our clergy or staff members asking for favors or gifts cards. If the actual email address is not from a @chsorleans.org address, do not open nor respond. Move the email to your Junk folder or delete it. NEVER RESPOND NOR SEND ANY MONEY OR GIFT CARDS IN RESPONSE TO AN EMAIL FROM A CHS STAFF MEMBER. If you are not sure what to do, contact the parish office.

The next edition of Being Together-Apart is Wednesday October 7, 2020. Send items to be included to Sue Sasso by Monday morning October 5th.

THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT To stay current on happenings at CHS. Check out our Website at https://holyspiritorleans.org and "Like Us" on Facebook at The Church of the Holy Spirit Editor - Sue Sasso newsletters@chsorleans.org