Each person serves
Christ, the Church and the world in many ways. At the Church of the Epiphany,
we have
many opportunities
to do God's work.
Lectors, Eucharistic
Ministers and Altar Guild.
or help mow the
lawn.
their faith while
working with young and not so young people.
| Worship
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Click the link on the name for more
information on this website. |
For more information, please contact: |
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| Acolytes
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The acolytes are junior and
senior high school age. They have accepted the privilege and solemn
responsibility of assisting the clergy in regular and special worship
liturgies throughout the year. |
Tom Cleveland |
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| Lectors
and Eucharistic Ministers
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Lectors serve our parish by
reading lessons and prayers during worship services. Eucharistic Ministers
serve the chalice at communion. A short training course is provided
for those interested. |
Rector |
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| Lay
Eucharistic Visitors
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Lay Eucharistic Ministers carry
communion directly from Sunday services to people unable to attend
services who request communion. |
Rector |
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| Children's
Worship
Youth's Sunday/ Brown
Bag Sermons |
Church
School does not meet on the first Sunday of the month to allow families
a chance to worship together in the church. While the older children
are in the 10 o'clock service, the youngest Epiphanites (pre-K
– 4th grade) have their own special service with music and
activities that reflect the lessons of the day. They sing and may
take part in skits that will relate the lessons to them at their
own level. Later they join everyone in the "big church"
for the Eucharist.
While the younger children
are in Children's worship, the young people (and everyone else)
in the regular service enjoy a special "Brown Bag" sermon
created on the spot by the priest preaching that day. This impromptu
homily is based on an item brought to church in the brown bag by
a designated child. The item in the bag is the child's choice, as
long as it is not living, has never been living and will
not make an undue amount of noise. This can be quite a challenge
to the preacher! |
Jeanne
Hallman
Gladys VanBrederode |
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| Altar
Guild
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The Altar Guild maintains the
sacristy and its contents and prepares the sanctuary for all services
based on the Rector's direction. The Guild also assists the priests
for special occasions such as weddings, funerals and special liturgies.
An Altar Guild representative is responsible for purchasing and arranging
altar flowers. Guild members generally serve about one week per month.
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Audrey Barclay |
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| Chancel
Choir
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The
Chancel Choir leads the congregational worship at the 10:00 am Sunday
service and offers an anthem during the offertory. Special musical
presentations take place at the later evening Christmas Eve services
and at both 8 and 10 am Easter services. The choir rehearses in
the church at 7:00 pm Wednesday nights and at 9:15 am before the
service.
New voices of all ages
are always enthusiastically welcomed! A sense of humor is required.
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Director of Music |
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| St.
Nicholas Singers
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Our
young singers, led by Lindsay Baker, lead the musical part of worship
on the first Sunday of the month and at the early service On Christmas
Eve, presenting an anthem during the offertory.
They rehearse after church on the Sundays
when they are not singing during the service. Children up to age
14. |
Director of Music |
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| Handbell
choirs
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Our newest musical groups are
the two handbell choirs—Jubilate Ringers and Joyful Noise Ringers.
Each choir rings in church about every six weeks and at the Festival
Services of Christmas Eve and Easter. Both groups rehearse on Thursday
evenings. New ringers are very welcome as either full-time and substitute
ringers. |
Director of Music |
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| Instrumentalists and Vocalists |
Can you sing or play an instrument?
We frequently incorporate performances from our talented members and
guests into our music programs. It enriches our program and allows
you to shine! |
Director of Music |
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| Prayer
Chain
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This group, primarily connected
by phone, prays daily for the needs and concerns of our community
and provides an underpinning of prayer for our parish life. You are
welcome to join the chain or request our prayers, or both. |
Dotty Stotts or Office |
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| Bible
Study
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Every Thursday morning, after
the 10:00 am Eucharist (about 10:45am) inquiring minds gather to delve
further into the lessons appointed for the following Sunday's service,
usually with one of the clergy. This is a week-by-week activity, join
us when you can. |
Clergy |
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| Service
to Others |
Service and care within our neighborhood and
larger community |
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| Rochester Area Interfaith Hospitality
Network (RAIHN) |
Epiphany
partners with Trinity Emmanual Lutheran Church to house and feed
homeless families for a week at a time several times per year. The
families sleep at Trinity Emmanual and our volunteers provide help
with meals, hospitality and general support.
Can you help get a breakfast
or dinner together, or help serve it, or provide company to families,
or do one of dozens of little things that help families stay together
while getting their lives together? |
Marsha Pulhamus |
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| Rummage
Sale |
Our
annual rummage sale provides all kinds of opportunities for you
to recycle your stuff into bargain-priced treasures for folks who
need them. We need your donations and/or your time to help pick
up, tote, organize, price and carry out the stuff as well as help
cashier, manage parking, and clean up and take down afterwards.
Rummage Sale 2005 will
be April 4-9th. |
Pam Metzinger |
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| SWEM |
SouthWest
Eucumenical Ministries runs a food
cupboard for the residents of area who need emergency food. You can
contribute non-perishable food items by bringing them to church any
Sunday. Baskets are passed at the same time as the offering plate.
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Deb Grasso |
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| SWEM
Christmas Baskets
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Every year early in December,
we deliver Christmas dinner baskets that have been donated by parishioners.
The suggested contents list can be found in the November STAR or in
church. Last year we delivered over 70 baskets which are distributed
by SWEM during the week before Christmas along with a turkey or chicken.
A wonderful gift to a family and to yourself in the good feelings
that this gift can bring. |
W.O.E. |
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| United Thank Offering |
The UTO provides a way for
men, women and children to give daily thanks to God with a sense of
gratitude by the discipline of putting a coin—even a penny—into
a UTO Blue Box every day. The coins support grants to churches and
organizations for food, clothing, physical plant or other special
or essential needs. Last year, we collected almost $700 this way.
Blue Boxes are available in the parish office. |
Elaine Bagley |
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| Pastoral Care |
Service and care within the parish community |
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| Meals
from the Heart |
Provide a dinner for someone
ailing or having difficulty cooking for themselves on a short-term
basis. |
MaryLou Richmond |
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| Helping
Hands
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Give
someone a "helping hand" by assisting them with something
like cleaning gutters, washing windows, getting to a doctor's appointment...
If you need some help,
pick up the phone—there are many smiling faces ready and willing
to help out! |
MaryLou Richmond |
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| Transportation
for Seabury Residents
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Can you arrive a few minutes
early for services and swing by the Seabury Woods Main Entrance to
drive someone over? |
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| Funeral Receptions |
In consultation with the family
we can provide a simple reception following memorial services to ease
the burden on the family. |
Pam Metzinger |
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| Vestry
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The
Vestry consists of twelve parishioners, who are responsible
for meeting the material needs of the parish, caring for the clergy,
and enabling all aspects of Epiphany's ministry. If you would like
- a say in how the parish operates,
- to become more involved in the church,
- to learn more about everything that goes on in the parish,
- to enjoy a challenging new experience with wonderful people,
consider running for vestry.
You won't regret it!
Meetings of the Vestry
are on the first Tuesday of each month in the auxiliary, and members
of the parish family are most welcome to attend. |
Rector or Wardens |
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| Stewardship |
Our Annual Stewardship campaign
begins in November. Click the link to the Stewardship page for some
interesting points of view on giving back to God. |
Deb Grasso |
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| Fundraisers
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Everyone is already a member
of the fundraising committee. The goal is to participate in fun events
that will raise extra funds for the operating budget, like car washes,
working concessions at the Rochester RedWings games, the annual church
auction, or...? |
Don Metzinger |
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| Clean
up/workdays |
Like to work in the yard? Like
making things look nice? Planting stuff? Trimming bushes? Well, so
do we, come join us! Spring clean-up day is scheduled on a Saturday
in May or June. We'll be trimming bushes, trees, vines, and generally
taking care of winter's leavings. The more, the merrier! (9 am to
noon) |
Tom Seils |
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| Lawn
Rangers
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Our crews keep the lawn looking
spiffy from April to October. Our 2-person crews divide up about 5
hours of lawn work roughly three times per season. Work when you can—evening,
morning, afternoon from Thursday through Saturday. One to mow using
the big rider mower, the other to trim. Of course, if we had more
people, then we would have even fewer weeks per team or more substitutes.
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Tom Seils |
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| Formation |
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| Church
School
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The
Church School is vital to shaping our young people's beliefs by
providing the opportunity to study the Word through companionship.
This year, we have over
90 children enrolled in six classes:
- Pre-School - 1st Grade
- 2nd & 3rd Grades
- 4th & 5th Grades
- Rite 13, part of Journey
To Adulthood
- 8th & 9th Grades
- 10th - 12th Grades
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Kathy Entress, Don Metzinger |
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| Journey
to Adulthood |
New this year-- Rite 13, part
one of a new program entitled Journey to Adulthood (J2A). Rite-13
is the first of a three-part program (Rite-13 , J2A and YAC [Young
Adults in the Church]) of spiritual formation for young people who
will be celebrating their 13th birthday before September 2006. We
will be adding the following segments as this class progresses. Click
on the link for more information
about this exciting new program. |
Don Metzinger
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| Evangelism and Fellowship |
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| New
Member Ministry
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Making people welcome is the
name of this game. We can always use more people to greet folks at
the door, as ushers, to say hello to someone new, to welcome them
with information, a vist, a call or a note and a parish coffee mug.
Treat people the way you would like to be treated! Not much time involvement,
but oh, what a difference it makes. |
Laurie
Zaso
Mike Moffatt
Lisa Steubing |
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| Coffee
Hours
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Come
be part of the coffee hour crew! The time commitment is only once
every seven or eight weeks. it's easy and I would show you the ropes
and help out a couple of times until you get the "hang"
of it.
Get to know some of your
fellow parishioners in a casual, fun way. |
Pam Metzinger |
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| Women
of Epiphany |
It's
policy—all women in the parish are already members of WOE—so
come and be part of your organization.
We meet for dinner about
once a month and always having something fun going on. |
Pam Metzinger |
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| Men
of Epiphany |
MOE's agenda is always the
same—no agenda. Get together with for a good dinner about once
a month and enjoy the company of friends. |
Bo Heslin |
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| Foyers |
This group of friendly folks
takes time to learn about other parishioners by inviting someone new
or not-so-new over for a casual dinner once a month. Whether it's
one person, two, or more, would you invite someone over, "just
because?" |
Jim
and Maggie
Stewart |
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Trunk
or Treat
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Our alternative Halloween party
for all ages. Another excuse to show off that costume or use up the
candy. Kids collect goodies from trunks of vehicles in the parking
lot (decorations optional, but encouraged) and everyone joins in for
pizza in the fellowship hall after the parade of costumes. |
Don Metzinger |
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