Rev.  Norman Trimmer, Rector  

St. Timothy’s Anglican Catholic Church

1900 Parsonage Road, Charleston,  South Carolina 29414

(843) 763-8873

 

 

VOL. 14 NO. 155                                                                                                                  MAY, 2008

 

 

 

RAMBLIN’S FROM THE RECTOR:

 

 

FEAST OF PENTECOST- Whitsunday (Pentecost), with Christmas and Easter, ranks among the great feasts of Christianity. It commemorates not only the decent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and Disciples, but also the fruits and effects of that event.  The completion of the work of  redemption, the fullness of grace for the Church and its children, and the gift of faith for all nations.

 

“And when the days of Pentecost were drawing to close, they were all together in one place.  And suddenly there came a sound from Heaven, as of a violent wind coming, and it filled the whole house where they wee sitting.  And there appeared to them parted tongues of fire, which settled upon each of them.  And to speak in foreign tongues, even as the Holy Spirit prompted them to speak”.  (Acts 2. 1-4)

 

 

2008 SYNOD – Orange Park, Fla. This year’s Synod was held at St. Michaels and All Angels. We had a full slate of Delegates and Alternates and three observers plus Ed Seabrook and myself. I haven’t been told but I’m sure we were the largest delegation in attendance. We may have very well been the loudest also. It seems that Carol’s room was where everyone got together for a few toddies before retiring for the night. A very good time was had by all.

We did transact some business too. Fr. Ted Fanning and I were elected to the Archbishop’s Council of Advise, Ed Seabrook was again railroaded back into the Speaker’s Chair.

We received one new Parish into the Diocese, Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Greenville, S.C. is now in the ACC. The have a nice young Priest Fr. Holcomd and a couple of members that some of you know very well, Pete & Jane Grzelecki. It was really good to see them after about 4 years.

 

ALUMINIUM  CANS – Please continue to bring your Aluminium cans so  Mr. Bob  can take them to the recycle place and turn them into cash. The last that he took was very profitable, we made 67.00 I think that’s about the largest profit we have ever made off cans. So bring them on and Mr. Bob and I will take them.

 

A GENTLE REMINDER – I have written in the past two weeks bulletins and I am going to touch on it again here. I would like for everyone to remain in their pews from the Confession until you finish taking Communion. If you are subject to have to take a “potty break” during church, please go before we get to the confession, If  it means you have to go during the sermon, go to it. I wouldn’t care to see a mass exodus though. If you don’t make your confession and receive absolution you really shouldn’t take Communion. That’s a Church Canon, not mine.  Also I would like to remind everyone to please wait until the person next to you has received communion before you get up and leave the altar rail. This way there won’t be any danger of jostling the person next to you and maybe causing us to have a mishap with the Chalice.

 

VESTRY MEETING: The Vestry Meeting will be held on Wednesday May 7th beginning at 6:30 PM  with Evening Prayer, everyone is invited to attend these meetings.

 

ST. HILDA’S GUILD MEETING – This months meeting will be held on Tuesday May 13th at 6:30 P.M. in the Parish Hall. All women of the Parish are urged to attend.

 

 

MENS’ NIGHT OUT – Anyone interested in “eating out” with Father (while the women meet)  please join him at 6:30P.M. in the old narthex or back deck wherever we happen to be. All men of the Parish are invited.

 

 

INCENSE - Incense is used through our scripture. It will be used in heaven, according to the book of Revelations.

Incense has several meanings: first, incense is an offering and oblation to God (e.g. the incense oblation in the Jerusalem temple, as in St. Luke 1:9); secondly , incense is a sign or acknowledgement of God’s presence (“incense owns a Deity nigh as the hymn We Three Kings puts it); thirdly incense represents prayer rising up to God )Revelations 8:3-4, Psalm 41:2). In public worship the significance of incense is generally either to signal or honor something as a representative of God or else to bless it (i.e. to symbolize our prayer for it rising up to God),

 

Many blessings end with the aspersion ( sprinkling with holy water) and incensation of the blessed person or object.

 

In the Eucharist incense is used at the following points in a High Mass: at the introit the altar and celebrant are incensed: at the gospel the book is censed before it is read and then the celebrant is afterwards; at the offertory the cross, the altar, the oblations, the celebrant and all the people are censed ( for all are representatives of Christ); at the consecration the Host and chalice are censed at the elevation.  (Anglican Catholic Faith & Practice)

 

 

 

 

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL:

MOMS,

GRANDMOMS

&

GREAT GRANDMOMS!!