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The Monthly Newsletter of Grace Episcopal Church, Charleston, South Carolina 

April –May 2013 

Choral Evensong 

for the Feast of 

St. George 

Sunday, May 5 

at 5:00 p.m. 

with St. Gregory Choir 

and members of 

The Royal Society 

of St. George 

followed by 

High Tea 

in Hanahan Hall 

Inside 

Adminstrative 

transitions 3 

Tea Room 

gears up 3 

A new 

Parish Choir 4 

Photos from 

the Kirkin’ 6 

Thanking 

Pledgers 7 

Parish 

Picnic 8 

Vacation 

Bible School 15 

Third 

Thursdays 19 

Anna and Eliza Cook present a check to 

Monsignor Steven Brovey at St. Mary’s 

Roman Catholic Church, left, while their 

father, Warden Jeremy Cook, and the 

Reverend Canon Michael Wright look on. 

The money will go toward for a new reception 

area in the St. Mary’s garden. 

Welcoming all, and making new friends 

G 

race has celebrated so many special 

events over the last several 

months – the celebration of our return to 

the building, the visit of the Presiding 

Bishop, the Kirkin’ o’ the Tartan, just to 

name a few. But another and more lasting 

reason to celebrate has been going on 

quietly, Sunday by Sunday, as so many 

new people have come to visit Grace 

Church. 

Those who have been at Grace for a 

while will recall a favorite saying of our 

Rector Emeritus, the Reverend Donald 

McPhail: “Grace is a place where there 

are no strangers, only friends who haven’t 

met yet.” For all the members already 

here, there’s a real sense of welcome and 

excitement at seeing so many new faces. 

There’s also a desire to help newcomers 

Thank-you gifts 

Rector presents a gift to David Jaffee, President of Kahal 

Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue, and Anita Rosenberg of 

the cemetery restoration committee, along with Jeremy, 

Warden Randal Robinson and former Warden Lynn Hopkins. 

The gifts to KKBE and St. Mary’s were a gesture of 

thanks to the two faith communities for donating their worship 

space to Grace while we were out of the building during 

earthquake repairs. Read more on page 2. 

find out everything they might want to 

know about Grace. The parish is working 

to welcome our visitors and newcomers 

in several ways. Here’s information all of 

us can use – whether you’re already member, 

or just visiting. 

Newcomers’ Drop-In April 25 

Please join us for a reception at Grace 

on Thursday, April 25 from 5:30-7:00 

p.m. in Hanahan Hall. If you’ve arrived at 

Grace in the past year or so, this event is 

for you. It’s a chance to get to know one 

another and visit with some of Grace’s 

clergy and ministry leaders. The nursery 

will be open for little ones. Please RSVP 

to Nancy Ezell Suggs at 723-4575 or 

nezellsuggs@gracesc.org. 

Please see “Welcome” on page 2

April-May 2013 

Welcome 

(Continued from page 1) 

‘Grace 101’ 

This is a new Sunday morning drop-in that’s specifically 

designed for anyone new to Grace Church. 

Grace 101 is an informal exploration of the many 

ways that grace affects our lives, both as individuals 

and as the worshipping community of Grace Church. 

We hope to provide an informal gathering place 

where we can talk about who we as a church family, 

how we can live a grace-filled life, where we are in 

relationship to each other and the wider world of 

faith. 

Led in rotation by the Grace clergy, with input 

from lay leaders and staff, the group meets in Room 

109, in the preschool area downstairs. Grab a cup of 

coffee and come say hello. 

Getting in the information loop 

Here are some ways to get better acquainted with 

Grace and stay informed about opportunities to share 

fellowship and get involved. 

• Stop by one of the Information Tables at coffee 

hour in Hanahan Hall, or in the Atrium near the back 

parking lot, to find take-home materials. There’s also 

a purple “New to Grace” form you can fill out to 

help us connect with you. 

• Sign up for the weekly email newsletter, Grace To 

You. There’s a signup link on the website, 

gracechurchcharleston.org. Or send an email to Holly 

Behre at hbehre@gracesc.org and she’ll get you registered. 

• Want to get mail Call the Church Office at 723- 

4575 and we’ll put you on the mailing list. 

• Take a guided tour of the church. Grace Guides 

lead a 15-minute tour after the 11:00 a.m. service 

every Sunday. Meet the guide at the Eagle Lectern. 

(Even if you’ve been at Grace for years, consider taking 

the tour – you’ll be amazed! 

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Words of Grace 

Gifts of gratitude for 

St. Mary’s and KKBE 

E 

arlier this year, Grace received a settlement 

from its earthquake insurance. While the deductible 

on the insurance for the building was 

greater than the cost of the physical damage from 

the August 2011 earthquake, the parish did receive 

compensation for loss of business and covered expenses 

in the settlement. 

The Vestry designated most of the settlement to 

help offset the expenses caused by the earthquake, 

but two gifts also were designated. One was to St. 

Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, which allowed 

Grace to hold services in its building on Hasell Street 

every Sunday morning for more than a year. The 

other was for Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue 

on Hasell Street, which opened its doors for 

two major occasions: Christmas Lessons and Carols 

2011, and three Easter Day services in 2012. 

Monsignor Steven Brovey said the $10,000 gift 

from Grace will be used toward creating a garden 

reception area between St. Mary’s and the parish hall, 

an area that many Grace members will remember 

enjoying while they waited on Sunday mornings for 

worshipers to finish the 9:30 a.m. Mass so we could 

set up for our 11:15 a.m. Eucharist. 

The gift for KKBE is a $2,000 contribution to its 

Cemetery Restoration Fund. The Coming Street 

Cemetery is the oldest remaining Jewish burial site in 

the Southeast and one of the most historic in the nation. 

“This was one way for Grace Church to respond 

to the generosity of the synagogue’s gracious hospitality,” 

the Rector said. 

Are you getting the news 

From Grace Church: Grace to You is an email 

newsletter that goes out about once a week. It’s a 

quick look at upcoming events, and a reminder for 

those listed as Service Participants (lectors, chalice 

bearers, etc.) Sign up for emails at 

gracechurchcharleston.org, or email Holly Behre at 

hbehre@gracesc.org. Connect with us on Facebook 

at facebook.com/grace1846. 

From the diocese: To stay up-to-date on news 

about our diocese, The Episcopal Church in South 

Carolina, sign up for the diocesan email newsletter at 

this link: eepurl.com/vv0Cz (or visit the diocesan 

website, episcopalchurchsc.org, and click on the 

“contact us” tab. Find the diocese on Facebook, too: 

facebook.com/episcopalchurchsc.

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Stuart Christie, one of several past wardens who worked with 

Kathy North over the years, presents her with a pewter plate 

bearing the image of Grace Church as another former warden, 

Lynn Hopkins, looks on. Kathy is holding a framed drawing and 

poem by Admiral William Zobel titled “The Pieces of Our 

Grace,” another gift from the parish. 

Interim administrator named 

as Kathy North takes CPG post 

Kathy North was honored on March 10 for her 11 

years of service to Grace Church. Kathy left her post 

as Parish Administrator in February to take a position 

as Account Specialist with 

the Integrated Benefits Account 

Management Team for 

the Church Pension Group for 

Province IV, which includes all 

the dioceses in the Southeastern 

United States, including 

ours. The new position requires 

a lot of travel, but you will still 

see Kathy in Charleston from 

time to time as she helps take 

care of the insurance needs of 

our parish and The Episcopal 

Church in South Carolina. 

Cornelia Pelzer 

The Rector and Wardens announced in February 

that Cornelia Pelzer will serve as Interim Administrator 

while the parish engages in a search process for a 

permanent successor for this important position. 

Cornelia recently retired after 12 years as the Executive 

Director for the Association for the Blind in 

Charleston. She has been a member of Grace since 

2010 and brings essential administrative and managerial 

gifts to our parish. 


Tea Room time! 

Sign up to be part of the fun 

during Spoleto Festival USA 

This year’s annual Grace Church Tea Room will 

be held May 27-June 7. We are looking forward to 

another great year raising funds for local charitable 

organizations. Beginning Sunday, April 28, there will 

be a sign-up table in Hanahan Hall after the 9:00 

and 11:00 a.m. services. You can also sign up to volunteer 

on the Grace website, 

gracechurchcharleston.org. 

How can you help Be part of the wait staff, work 

in the kitchen, join the dessert room personnel, help 

in the boutique, deliver take-out orders, and help 

with setup and take-down... you can even wash 

dishes! We will be taking goodie bags to hotel concierges, 

and will need people to deliver those. There 

are so many opportunities, and it is a great way to 

meet new people and help out with a great 

cause. Each year about 15-20 different organizations 

in the Lowcountry receive grants from the Tea 

Room. None of the money goes to Grace: it’s all for 

outreach! Since 1992, more than $500,000 has been 

raised by the Tea Room, and we’re looking for another 

big year in 2013. 

As food prices continue to rise, we are again asking 

for donations to offset the cost of the food, so if 

you are unable to volunteer during Tea Room, this 

is a way you can help. If you have any questions 

please feel free to contact Susan Cromwell at susanecromwell@hotmail.com 

or 277-2361. 

Help from the garden: Gardeners, if you have 

pansies, dianthus, nasturtiums or mint in your garden, 

please try to coax them along through the Tea 

Room. Edible flowers and mint from local gardens 

provide beautiful garnishes for our renowned homemade 

desserts! 

The Church Mouse Boutique 

L 

ess than two months until the Tea Room and 

Church Mouse Boutique opens! Please consider 

donating new or gently used items to be sold 

at the boutique: jewelry, china, glassware and crystal, 

silver and pewter, decorative arts and framed painting 

or prints, books and tapes, children’s toys and 

books. All proceeds go to outreach in our community. 

There is no space at the church for storage, so 

please call ahead to make arrangements for pickup or 

delivery of items: Joya Baker 881-7003, Hatsy Bayse 

856-0355, or Jean Norman 559-4486. Receipts for 

your donated goods are available. Your contributions 

will make a difference!


T 

he Reverend Alastair Votaw has been appointed 

by Bishop vonRosenberg as Chaplain to the Retired 

Clergy in The Episcopal Church in South Carolina. 

Al and his wife Rhoda Votaw will be partners in 

the chaplaincy, working to provide inclusion, enrichment 

and pastoral support for retired clergy, their 

spouses and partners, and survivors. 

Al and Rhoda found and fell in love with Charleston 

during a 2001 sabbatical to search for a retirement destination. 

Al was due to retire in 2003 from Trinity 

Church in Southport, Connecticut. Their goal was a 

spot warmer than New England, and related to saltwater. 

"Everything we were searching for was here," Al 

says. They arrived on James Island in June of 2003, 

and by January, Al had "flunked" retirement and accepted 

the Reverend Donald McPhail's invitation to 

join the staff at Grace Church on a part-time basis. 

After seven years at Grace, he "retired" …again. 

Al attended Washington and Lee University and 

graduated from Indiana University and The Virginia 

Theological Seminary, class of '64. He served congregations 

in Southern Ohio, New Hampshire, and Connecticut; 

he was on the Diocesan Staff in New Hampshire, 

and chaired the Diocesan Council Management 

Committee in Connecticut. Since Al's recent retirement, 

he has been engaged as a Hospice Volunteer and 

is a member of the Bishop Gadsden Board of Trustees. 

Rhoda retired from a long career in public relations 

and development (fund raising), most recently directing 

capital campaigns for independent schools. She 

also has been a consultant for the Episcopal Church 

Foundation. Since moving to South Carolina, Rhoda 

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f you’re someone who enjoys choral singing, 

Grace is offering a new way to put your talents 

to work, while helping the church expand its music 

program. On April 14, about 35 people met with 

Grace’s music director, Dr. Scott Bennett, and 

agreed to start rehearsing together as a new Parish 

Choir. 

For the next several weeks, the group plans to rehearse 

Sundays from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Rehearsals will 

be limited to 1 hour (if the church service runs past 

12:30, we will meet in the choir room as quickly as 

possible afterward). 

Anyone who’s interested is welcome to come 

drop in for a rehearsal, meet the other members of 

this newly forming group, and find out more. A 

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Grace couple to lead chaplaincy to retired clergy 

The Reverend Al and Rhoda Votaw 

has served on the Kanuga Board of Directors, and has 

been active with Sea Island for Humanity, having just 

completed two terms as board president. 

Al says he feels the pastoral and management focus 

of his active ministry will help him fulfill his responsibilities 

as Chaplain to the Retired Clergy. 

"At this point in the life of our Diocese, retired 

clergy can play a pivotal role staffing, advising and supporting 

the many congregations now in flux," Al observed. 

"Many of us will not really retire at all; there is 

so much that needs to be done – work that is very familiar 

to most of us.” 

Contact Al and Rhoda at (843) 795-6915 or by email 

at votaw@episcopalchurchsc.org. 

Come sing along on Sundays with new Parish Choir 

weekend choir retreat is tentatively planned for August. 

For now, the choir’s goal will be to sing at one 

service per month, alternating between the 9:00 a.m. 

and 11:00 a.m. services (singers include people who 

normally attend both of those services). 

The Parish Choir is for adults, but Grace is always 

looking for new singers at all ages and all levels for 

its adult, youth and children’s choirs. (See details 

about our new Choral Scholars Program on page 

14). 

If you are interested in singing at Grace, please 

contact Dr. Scott Bennett, Organist and Master of 

the Music, at 822-3139 or sbennett@gracesc.org, or 

Jodi Bennett, Director of Children’s Choirs, at 343- 

5294 or jbennett@gracesc.org.



Thanks to Grace’s 2013 stewardship pledgers 

T 

he Rector, Wardens, and Vestry offer their 

appreciation to all who contribute financially 

to Grace Episcopal Church for the stewardship of 

the ministries of this parish. 

Church leadership is especially grateful to the 337 

households that were willing to declare a pledge of 

financial support for 2013, with pledges totaling 

$1,078,994. Such an action not only demonstrates 

support for Grace’s call but also allows church leaders 

to properly budget for all that we undertake in 

His name. For this, please join us in thanking: 

Anonymous (14 pledges) 

Tony & Laura Alberg 

William & Margaret Allen 

Roddy & Margaret Allen 

Richard & Jill Almeida 

Randy & Dorothy Amis 

Andy & Carolyn Anderson 

Joe Anderson 

Tom & Tami Andrews 

Bernie Ditter & Eva Arizmendi 

Donald & Caroline Bailey 

Lee Baker 

Joya Baker 

John & Lees Baldwin 

Debbie Bandy 

Lynn Barber 

Lisa Barclay 

Bill & Nancy Barutio 

Bill & Katherine Bates 

Lois Bayley 

Hatsy Bayse 

Bill & Tater Beak 

Holly Behre 

Robert Behre 

Lisa Belton & Doug Murphy 

Chuck & Jean Bender 

Sam & Mary Beth Berry 

Jim & Jean Bingay 

Bob Black & Melinda Lucka 

Polly Blackmer 

Ellen Bloxsom 

Wade & Broughton Boatwright 

John & Jan Bolger 

Milton & Catherine Boykin 

Andy & Courtenay Brack 

Phil & Mary Bradley 

Mike & Rhonda Breeland 

Wally Briedis 

Pete & Sandy Brown 

LaVerne Burns 

Jan Buvinger Ward 

Gene Byers & Sally Smith 

Jim & Marsha Callahan 

M.E. Canady 

Kit & Rebecca Carson 

Heyward & Eleanor Carter 

John Carter 

Bill & Judy Casey 

Joanna Cawley 

Costa & Angie Chakeris 

Eleanor Chambliss 

Stuart & Sheila Christie 

Barbara Christie 

Sam & Anne Clement 

Marge Cogswell 

Spencer Compton 

Bill & Ann Connellee 

Jeremy & Elizabeth Cook 

Taylor & Pat Cook 

Thomas & Anne Cooper 

Robert & Kendall Cordina 

Phil & Ann Cotton 

Rosalie Crouch 

Ted & Anne Daniell 

Tally & Holly DaPore 

Margaret Davis 

Jane & Hunter deButts 

Mary Bern Decker 

Bob & Barbara DeMarco 

Henry & Yvonne Dickinson 

Joseph & Goodie DiRaddo 

John & Pat Dolven 

Ginger Donehue 

Rob Donehue 

Gilly & Barbara Dotterer 

Louise Dougherty 

Rob & Robin Duckworth 

Sue Duckworth 

Kim Duckworth 

Rick & Lynn Dunn 

Bruce & Anne DuRant 

Marcell & Susan Easter 

Sally Ehrenfried 

Peter & Tara Elzer 

Ray & Carolyn Evans 

Chris & Amy Eversole 

Blaine & Cyndy Ewing 

Bratton Fennell 

Scott & Kay Fitkin 

Bill & Carolyn Flint 

Billy & Renee Flint 

Frank & Audrey Foley 

Tommy & Melinda Ford 

Jean Freeman 

Randy & Karen French 

Dick Gerry 

Charley Gibbs 

& Teddy Stockwell 

Paul & Jan Gilbert 

Barry & Ruth Goldsmith 

Mel & Sandy Goodwin 

Betsy Gordon 

Jule Graham 

Dub Green & Becky Miller 

Dick Gregory & Courtenay 

McDowell 

Richard & Ann Gridley 

Emily Guerry 

Barry & Beverly Gumb 

Ted & Joan Halkyard 

Ann Hargett 

Ben & Anne Harris 

John & Flora Hart 

Jay & Ellen Hart 

John & Susan Hartman 

Anne Hawkes 

Chris & Jo Hayes 

Clara Heinsohn 

Gene & Phyllis Heizer 

Howard & Teresa Herbert 

Paul & Diane Hessinger 

Sissy Hewitt 

Hannah Heyward 

Ed & Carolyn Holscher 

Lynn Hopkins 

Toby & Jane Horn 

Charles & Rhondy Huff 

Dave & Eleanor Huggins 

Bill & Julie Hussey 

Ken & Anita Hutcheson 

Jim & Rachel Hutchisson 

Christopher & Lise Ibsen 

Kenny Inman 

Dan & Eleanor Jacobs 

Harold & Jackie Jacobs 

Kenneth & Leigh Jaimes 

Harry Johnson 

Bob & Gerry Johnson 

Judy Johnson 

Ken & Sandra Jones 

Bill & Nancy Jordan 

Ansel & Rebecca Kay 

Paula Keener 

Marion Kelly 

Bill & Marsha Kendrick 

Jamie & Liane Kerr 

Anne Osborne Kilpatrick 

Wayne & Jeannie King 

Ginny King 

Stephen 

& Barbara Ann Kinsman 

Lee & Elsie Kohlenberg 

Gale Kohlhagen 

Craig & Jenifer Lake 

Jim Lancaster 

Travis & Summer Landrith 

Jim & Jan Langdoc 

Sammy & Carrol Larisey 

Ward Lassoe 

Anne Lautz 

Hunter & Caroline Lawrimore 

Rick Leary & Nancy Amis 

Ben & Susan Legare 

Carroll & Frances LeTellier 

Pamela Levi 

Tony & Amey Lewis 

Harry & Mercy Lightsey 

Sonya Lunde 

Ian & Margaret MacDonald 

Doug & Catherine MacKelcan 

Dave & Barbara Mann 

Chris & Elizabeth Mann 

Doug & Mary Elise Marcy 

Bunny Martin 

Peggy Mauldin 

John & Kay Maybank 

John & Caroline McAleer 

David & Kate McCallum 

Amy McCandless 

Doug McCoy & Danny Jones 

Simms & Elsa McDowell 

Jean McDowell 

Ben & Dot McGuckin 

Mac & Krista McGuire 

Judy McMahon 

Kady McMurray 

Donald & Randy McPhail 

John & Johne McTavish 

Mac McTeer 

Timothy & Libby Metzler 

Terry & Larry Midla 

Allen & Henny Miles 

John & Lou Miles 

Billy & Flossie Miles 

Billy & Francie Miller 

Carl Millford 

Chad Minifie & Justina Lasley 

Bettye Mitchell 

Doris Monsen 

Sue Morrow 

Lee & Ellen Muenzen 

Continued 

Names listed are those who returned a pledge card 

to Grace Church’s Annual Stewardship Fund as of 

April 16. Did we miss your name Please contact the 

Parish Giving Coordinator at 723-4575 or nezellsuggs@gracesc.org.


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Pledges (continued) 

Mike & Gina Mullen 

Doug & Mary Muller 

Bruce & Natalie Murdy 

Paulette Myers 

Truett & Dana Nettles 

Wil & Jean Neumeyer 

Michael & Tog Newman 

Jean Norman 

David & Kim Norton 

Bob & Anne Norton 

Bob & Mary Notari 

Bob & Betty Ogilvie 

Anne Olsen 

Jane Orenstein 

Lynn & Dottie Pagliaro 

Cornelia Pelzer 

Mary Person 

Harmon & Joyce Person 

Charlie & Jean Pfaff 

Lester & Clare Pittman 

Geoff & Jan Place 

Philip & Georgia Ann Porcher 

David Porter & John Willson 

Phillip & Theresa Powell 

David & Jennifer Price 

Bernie & Anne Puckhaber 

Tommy Quattlebaum 

Patty Quentel 

Scott & Heather Quinn 

Steve & Maureen Ray 

Steve & Sara Ray 

Steve Redding 

Camille Reynolds 

Lee & Artie Richards 

Eric Richey 

Ed & Terry Ritchen 

Paul & Mary Jane Roberts 

Randal & Kitty Robinson 

Jean Rogge 

Paula Rossin 

Peggy Rozelle 

Traylor Rucker 

Hillyer & Martha Rudisill 

Nancy Rudy 

Bob & Ann Ryder 

Alex & Zoe Sanders 

Susan Sanders 

Daniel & Candace Sawall 

Joe & Susan Schady 

Robert & Dee Schafer 

Brian Scholtens 

Al & Deanie Schweickhardt 

John & Sue Scofield 

Roy & Patricia Scoggins 

Bev & Wally Seinsheimer 

Bill & Anne Semmes 

Jeff & Lisa Short 

Jay & Elese Sifly 

Steve Skardon 

Bachman & Ann Smith 

Barbara Smith 

Debbie Smith 

Rick & Martha Smith 

Budd Smith 

Roy & Becky Smith 

David & Susan Soper 

Cornelia Spitz 

Elizabeth Spitz 

Carol Stanford 

Leon & Anne Stavrinakis 

Robert & Brenda Stober 

Nancy Stockton 

Daisy Stoudenmire 

Jimmy & Cathy Streetman 

Cece & Char Stricklin 

Joan Stutler 

Barbara Stutler 

Will Suggs & Nancy Ezell Suggs 

Gary & Dale Tasker 

Michael & Laura Tayloe 

Caroline Thibault 

Ann Hurd Thomas 

Jamie & Emily Thomas 

Matt & Emilie Thomson 

Tommy Thornhill 

Tim & Sarah Tipton 

Tom & Nina Tisdale 

Michael & Anna Todd 

Connie Torre Tasso 

Bill Trawick 

David & Caroline Trickey 

Melly Troia 

Gail Trummel 

Mark & Bettie Tullis 

Fern Tuten 

Rachel Tuuri 

Paul & Peggy Underwood 

Felix & Caroline von Nathusius 

Charlie & Annie vonRosenberg 

Al & Rhoda Votaw 

Derek & Kathy Wade 

Hal & Jean Wade 

Penny Walter 

Greg & Julie Walters 

Steve Ward 

Michael & Trish Ward 

David & Ann Weatherby 

Jeff & Lisa Webb 

Brian & Becca Wells 

Rob & Priscilla Wendt 

Bill & Judy Werrell 

Gene & Jean Whitley 

Esther Williams 

Lance & Pat Williams 

Bob & Laura Williams 

Mary B. Wilson 

Irma Woelk Smith 

Tom & Peggy Wright 

Michael & Margriet Wright 

Bud & Amanda Wright 

David & Jessica Yarborough 

Carolyn Yarbrough 

Simons & Sarah Young 

John & Deirdre Zahl 

Nick & Angie Zervos 

Bill & Mary Zobel 

Jo and Chris Hayes and Sarah Graham were some of the group 

that enjoyed an afternoon at the beach for Grace’s 2012 Parish 

Picnic on the Isle of Palms. 

Parish Picnic set for June 2 

A 

s you’re setting your summer calendars, save 

the day of Sunday, June 2, to join your Grace 

friends for our annual picnic! We’ll gather at The Citadel's 

Beach House, located on the Isle of Palms, where 

you can either play in the sand and surf or enjoy the 

sea breezes from a shaded deck. Pack your beach gear 

and enjoy the ample parking; most folks begin gathering 

around 2:00 p.m. (look for the Episcopal flag 

marking our beach spot.) A supper of barbecue sandwiches, 

hot dogs, fresh fruit, tomato & onion salad 

plus more fixin’s will be served at 6:00 p.m. Our parish 

bluegrass band, the Whiskey Sours, will also provide 

entertainment. 

The cost for adults is $8; children ages 4-9 are $5; 

ages 3 and younger are free. (The price per family is 

capped at $20.) Make checks payable to Grace with 

“picnic” on the memo line. For more details, contact 

Nancy in the church office, 723-4575 or nezellsuggs@gracessc.org. 

Help with Memminger testing 

W 

ant to help Grace’s neighborhood school 

There is a great need for volunteers to act 

as proctors for state-mandated PASS testing May 7- 

10 at Memminger Elementary School, the school 

right across Wentworth Street, which is temporarily 

operating on a campus in North Charleston while the 

school is being rebuilt. 

Proctors are needed from 8:30-11:30 a.m. on May 

7, 8, 9 and 10. Volunteers will be asked to maintain 

order and silence in the room while tests are taking 

place. Teachers will also be present during testing. 

If you can help, please contact Audrey Foley, 849- 

3359 or FoleyColonia@aol.com by Wednesday, May 

1. Your participation is greatly appreciated.


Hear more ‘Stories of Grace’ 

O 

ur Wednesday suppers continue through 

April, with Holy Eucharist at 5:30 p.m., dinner 

at 6:00 and a program at 6:30 p.m. The program 

will start a little early to allow St. Gregory Choir 

members to attend. 

The Reverend John Zahl is leading “Stories of 

Grace,” the continuation of a series he offered in 

January. It draws on film clips, newspaper articles, 

and excerpts from literature to reflect on those special 

instances where we see the dynamic of God’s grace at 

work in the midst of life. It’s heart-warming, theological 

material of the highest order. Child care is available... 

all are welcome! 

Sunday classes for adults 

Grace’s Christian Education hour is offered at 

10:10 a.m. every Sunday. Newcomers and drop-ins 

are always welcome! 

“From the Mountaintop” Some of the bestknown 

stories in the Bible happen in high places: 

Noah on Mount Ararat, Moses on Mount Sinai, 

Elijah on Mount Carmel and Jesus’ transfiguration on 

Mount Tabor are just a few examples. Our Adult Bible 

Study and “Faith Matters” series will combine for 

the next few weeks to look at the role mountains 

have played in the development of our faith and understanding. 

Join Andy Shook and Lester Pittman as 

they survey the “mountain top” experiences that have 

helped shape our faith history. Each lesson will stand 

independently, so previous attendance is not a prerequisite 

and much discussion is encouraged. Join us in 

the Dotterer Chapel upstairs. 

Parent to Parent: Parents with children of all ages 

are invited to join this weekly conversation on topics 

of interest. Grab a cup of coffee and come meet us in 

the Meadowcroft Room. 

“Grace 101”: Especially designed for people who 

are new to Grace, this informal gathering in Room 

109 is a chance to share conversation, questions and 

information. (See more on page 2.) 

May 5: A visit from the Bishop 

Sunday, May 5 will be an “official visit” from our 

Bishop, the Right Reverend Charles G. VonRosenberg, 

who will be with us for Confirmation for adults 

and youth at the 11:00 a.m. service. 

All our adult Christian Education classes will combine 

that day in Hanahan Hall at 10:10 a.m. for an 

opportunity to hear from the Bishop about The Episcopal 

Church in South Carolina. 


Episcopal Relief & 

Development assists after 

Mozambique flooding 

Grace Church is once again stepping up to support 

Episcopal Relief & Development (ERD). 

About four times a year, Grace has an “ERD Sunday” 

to raise awareness about the work ERD is doing 

around the world. 

In April, our effort is focused on the southeastern 

African country of Mozambique. Early in March, 

flooding across the country caused the deaths of 

about 100 people, displaced 2,200 families and affected 

an additional quarter of a million people. The 

flooding was caused by the very heavy rain season, 

which began in October. ERD will work with the 

Niassa Diocese in the northern part of the country 

and the Lebombo Diocese to the south, both of 

which have experienced severe flooding. 

ERD is responding by helping to supply food, 

housing, school materials, water purification systems 

and farming tools. 

After the flooding 

subsides, both dioceses 

plan to assist 

with the replanting 

efforts by providing 

seeds and cuttings to help restart agricultural work. 

The Right Reverend Dinis Salomão Sengulane, 

Bishop of Lebombo, in a statement on January 24, 

wrote: “It is not just rain but also water from rivers 

that run through the country that are having rains at 

the moment. The situation is dramatic and it calls 

for response if we are to avoid more damage to the 

lives of people.” 

While these dioceses are responding to the emergency 

needs, they are also planning for the future. 

The Niassa Diocese is working to develop and implement 

disaster risk reduction techniques. Working 

with local farmers to farm outside of the flood zone, 

increasing composting, and constructing fuel-saving 

stoves are three top priorities for this plan. ERD will 

work with the Niassa Diocese in these efforts, with 

the hopes of strengthening the community infrastructure 

to increase the quality of life and boost resilience 

throughout the annual cycle of flood and 

drought. 

Please consider a donation: checks can be made 

payable to Grace Church with ERD in the memo 

line. For more information, visit www.er-d.org. 

Thanks for your continued support of ERD. With 

your help, we can continue to heal a hurting world. 

Mary Person, Parish Coordinator for ERD


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Grace Church Calendar April 2012 

Third Sunday of Easter 

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 

(Second Sunday on King Street) 

8:00 am Holy Eucharist 

9:00 am Family Eucharist, St. Nicholas Choir & St. Cecilia Choir 

10:10 am Christian Education 

11:00 am Choral Eucharist, St. Gregory Choir 

12:30 pm Parish Choir Lunch Meeting 

5:00-7:00 pm EYC 

14 

Damien, Priest and Leper, 

1889, and Marianne, 

Religious, 1918, of Molokai 

8:00-8:15 am Morning Prayer 

5:00-5:15 pm Evening Prayer 

5:30-6:15 pm Junior Choir 

6:00 pm St. Nicholas Choir 

rehearsal 

6:00-8:30 pm EfM 

15 

Mary (Molly) Brant 

(Konwatsijayenni), Witness to 

the Faith among the Mohawks, 

1796 


10:00-12:00 Journey Study Group 


6:00 pm Outreach Committee 

7:00 p.m. Vestry 

6:00-8:00 pm Tower Bells 

16 17 18 


10:00 am Staff meeting 

12:00 pm Barnabas Group 

4:00 pm Discernment Committee 

5:00 pm St. Cecilia Choir 

5:30 pm Holy Eucharist 

6:15 pm Adult Confirmation Class 

6:30 pm Program: Stories of Grace 

7:15 pm St. Gregory Choir rehearsal 


10:30 am Bible Study 

12:30 pm “Third Thursday” 

Luncheon with speaker 

West Fraser 

Grace serves dinner 

at the Shelter 


Alphege, Archbishop of 

Canterbury and Martyr, 

19 20 

1012 

6:00 am Grace serves 

breakfast at the 

Shelter 



Fourth Sunday of Easter 


9:00 am Family Eucharist, St. Nicholas Choir 


12:30 pm Parish Choir rehearsal 

2:00-6:00 pm St. Gregory Choir in church (tba) 

5:00-7:00 pm EYC 

6:30-12:00 pm CofC choir rehearsing in church 

21 

John Muir, Naturalist and 

Writer, 1914, and Hudson 

Stuck, Priest and Environmentalist, 

1920 





rehearsal 

6:00-8:30 pm EfM 

8:00 pm CofC Concert 

in church 

22 

Fifth Sunday of Easter 

28 Catherine of Siena, 1380 29 





4:00 pm Taylor Festival Choir Concert 

5:00-7:00 pm EYC 





rehearsal 

6:00-8:30 pm EfM 

George, Soldier and Martyr, 

c. 304 

Toyohiko Kagawa, 

Prophetic Witness in Japan, 

1960 

23 


8:30 am Bridges to 

Contemplative Living 




8:00 pm CofC Concert in Church 

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, 

Editor and Prophetic Witness, 

30 

1879 





Genocide Remembrance 


9:00-9:30 a.m. LS Chapel 




6:15 pm Adult Confirmation Class 

6:30 pm Program: Stories of Grace 


24 

St. Mark 

the Evangelist 

25 




5:30-7:00 

Newcomers’ Drop-in 

Robert Hunt, Priest and 

First Chaplain of 

Jamestown, 1607 

26 



6:00-8:00 pm “I Heart 

Hungry Kids” 

at Lowcountry 

Food Bank 

Christina Rossetti, 

Poet, 1894 

27 

Be a Sunday morning hero: Sign up as a Coffee Host 

A cup of coffee and conversation after the Sunday morning service is something many of us look forward to... sometimes, 

hungrily! Those of us who arrive in Hanahan Hall with an appetite are grateful to our Coffee Hosts, who graciously step up 

to take a turn supplying the trays of food we enjoy so much. 

Grace is in need of more volunteers who are willing to take a date for co-hosting coffee hour after a service. All that’s involved 

is the willingness to bring three or four trays or bowls of food items to church on a date that you select. All the other 

details are addressed by our sextons. 

Coffee hosts are needed for after 9:00 a.m. on May 12 and 26 and June 2 and 9; and after 11:00 a.m. on May 26. More 

dates are available through the rest of 2013, especially in summer. Contact Nancy Ezell Suggs if you’d like to sign up: 723- 

4575 ir nezellsuggs@gracesc.org. 

Save the date! 

Join Grace at Kanuga 

Each Labor Day Weekend, friends and families 

from Grace gather near Hendersonville, NC for a 

weekend at Kanuga. This year we hope you’ll join 

us August 30-September 1. This is for all ages – 

lots of activities are offered, but also plenty of 

opportunities to kick back and relax. There are 

times for worship and reflection, beautiful hikes 

to be taken, swimming in the lake, an Apple Festival 

in nearby Hendersonville, and much more. 

Best of all, you’ll have a chance to meet new 

friends and deepen old friendships at socials, 

mealtimes, or just rocking on a porch together. 

((The photo at the left shows the Sunday Eucharist 

in the St. Francis Outdoor Chapel in 2012) 

More details and registration forms will be coming 

soon. but for now please consider making 

Kanuga part of your end-of-summer travel plans! 

Savvy Seniors at Hopsewee 

The Savvy Seniors had a big day visiting Hopsewee Plantation 

on the Santee River, where this group photo was taken. Then 

it was lunch at the See Wee Restaurant in Awendaw on the 

way home. A trip to historic Middleton Plantation is being 

organized for May 23: Watch for details!


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Grace Church Calendar May 2012 

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 

Looking ahead... 

June 2 : Parish Picnic (beach time at 2:00 p.m., supper at 6:00 p.m.) – see page 6 for details 

June 24-28: Vacation Bible School, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. – Registration forms on pages 15-16 

August 30-September 1: Grace’s Weekend at Kanuga – see page 8 

October 4-11: Grace mission trip to Dominican Republic – more on page 19 

St. Philip and St. James, 

Apostles 







1 

Athanasius, Bishop of 

Alexandria, 373 

2 3 





8:30 am Planned Giving 

Committee 


5:00 pm Wedding rehearsal 

Monnica, Mother of 

Augustine of Hippo, 

4 

387 

2:00 pm Wedding 


Sixth Sunday of Easter 

5 6 

Confirmation 


9:00 am Family Eucharist, St. Gregory Chamber Choir 

10:10 am Conversation with Bishop vonRosenberg 

11:00 am Choral Eucharist, St. Gregory Choir; Confirmation 


5:00 pm Choral Evensong for the Feast of St. George, 

St. Gregory Choir, with High Tea to follow 

5:00-7:00 pm EYC 

Seventh Sunday of Easter 

Mother’s Day 

12 





rehearsal 

6:00-8:30 pm EfM 

Harriet Starr Cannon, Religious, 

1896 

7 





Dame Julian of Norwich, c. 1417 






8 Ascension Day 9 




Frances Perkins, Public Servant 

and Prophetic Witness, 

13 14 15 The Martyrs of the Sudan 16 

1965 

Nicolaus Ludwig von 

Zinzendorf, Prophetic 

10 11 

Witness, 1760 



College of Charleston 

Graduation at The Cistern 

10:00 and 4:00 

Thurgood Marshall, Lawyer 

and Jurist, 1993 

17 18 

(Second Sunday on King Street) 


9:00 am Family Eucharist, St. Nicholas Choir & St. Cecilia Choir 

10:10 am Christian Education 

11:00 am Choral Eucharist 


5:00-7:00 pm EYC 





rehearsal 

6:00-8:30 pm EfM 





10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist 

at Bishop Gadsden 



Words of Grace Deadline 

Last full day of Little School 




5:00 pm St. Cecilia Choir Picnic at 

the Stern Center Garden 



Little School Play Day 



12:30 pm Third Thursday 

Luncheon 

Grace serves dinner 

at the Shelter 


6:00 am Grace serves 

breakfast at the 

Shelter 


8:30 a.m. Finance Committee 

9:00 am Little School 

Graduation 


5:15 pm Wedding rehearsal 


The Day of Pentecost 

19 

Alcuin, Deacon, and Abbot of 

Tours, 804 

20 

John Eliot, Missionary among 

the Algonquin, 1690 

21 

The First Book of Common Prayer, 

1549 

22 

Nicolaus Copernicus, 

1543, and Johannes 

Kepler, 1543, Astronomers 

23 

Jackson Kemper, First 

Missionary Bishop in the 

United States, 1870 

24 

Bede, the Venerable, 

Priest, and Monk of 

25 

Jarrow, 735 





2:00 pm Diocesan Acolyte Festival 

5:00 pm Choral Eucharist with Bishop vonRosenberg 

5:00-7:00 pm EYC 

LITTLE SCHOOL CAMP 1 


9:00-12:00 LS Camp 




rehearsal 

6:00-8:30 pm EfM 


9:00-12:00 LS Camp 




7:00 p.m. Vestry 


9:00-12:00 LS Camp 




Savvy Seniors 

Middleton Tour 


9:00-12:00 LS Camp 




9:00-12:00 LS Camp 


1:00 pm Ashley Hall 

Baccalaureate Rehearsal 


rehearsal 

6:00 pm Ashley Hall 

Baccalaureate service 


Trinity Sunday 

26 

Bertha and Ethelbert, Queen 

and King of Keut, 616 

27 

John Calvin, Theologian, 

1564 

28 29 

Jeanne d’Arc (Joan of 

Arc), Mystic and Soldier, 

30 

1431 

The Visitation of the 

Blessed Virgin Mary 31 

TEA ROOM PREPARATIONS 




5:00-7:00 pm EYC 

TEA ROOM OPENING DAY 


10:30-3:00 Boutique open 

11:30-2:00 Lunch served 




rehearsal 

6:00-8:30 pm EfM 

TEA ROOM 








7:30 pm Spoleto Organ Recital 

TEA ROOM 






TEA ROOM 






TEA ROOM 





4:00 pm Wedding rehearsal


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From the Parish Register 


Births 

Andrew Wagner Haile 

Robert and Kristin Haile 

Lucy Davis McCoy 

Peter and Jennifer McCoy 

Baptisms 

Daphne Field Zahl 

Giorgio Kouzis 

Sullivan Hewitt Nelson 

Charles Starke Sydnor 

Stewart Morris Sydnor 

Houston Leiding Payne 

Noah Bradson Beck 

Hadley-Claire Beck 

Elizabeth Alden Mims 

Anna Maria Kuester 

Myers Summerford Gumb 

Marriages 

Shannon Merree Vaughn 

and Elias Coleman Hodges 

Rebecca Lauren Blackburn 

and Joseph Barber Moose 

S 

Deaths 

Richard Dame 

Ann L. Green 

Transfers in 

Stephen W. Wood 

Cynthia M. Wood 

St. John’s, West Hartford, CT 

Harry M. Lightsey, III 

Mercy M. Lightsey 

All Saints, Atlanta 

Susan Carter 

St. Philip’s Cathedral, Atlanta 

Mary Hewlette 

Holy Cross, Sullivan’s Island 

Bert Glenn Utsey, III 

St. Jude’s, Walterboro 

Jeanie P. Duvall 

Good Shepherd, Augusta 

M. Deborah Akins 

St. Thomas, Savannah, GA 

Elizabeth Christine Loftin 

St. Michael’s, Charleston 

Mark Christopher Joye 

Rebecca Mann Joye 

Mason Christopher Joye 

Mary Eliza Joye 

Finn Thomas Joye 

St. Philip’s Church 

Andrew Parker 

Harriott L. Parker 

Julien Frost Parker 

Andrew Hutson Parker 

St. Michael’s Church 

pring has come in a rush for the Little 

School with our bi-annual auction, 

field trips, the Peter Rabbit play, and finally, 

graduation on May 18. 

Our Auction in March was a huge success 

in several ways. We raised more than 

$13,000 for our school’s rainy day account 

and for capital improvements. The evening 

was a very pleasant social gathering made possible by 

the hard work of a cadre of volunteers with Lauren 

Kinard in the lead. From the final tally of proceeds, a 

tithe will be made to the Home to Grace capital campaign 

in support of our building and in thanksgiving 

for our life together. Thanks too to all the donors, 

both community members and members of Grace 

who donated a variety of items for the live and silent 

auctions. 

Our 2-year-olds had a time away with a trip to Middleton 

Place. They enjoyed a walk through the barnyard, 

milking a cow and see an 11-day-old foal. It’s 

Lynwood C. (Mac) Magee 

Debi Magee 


Timothy Holland 

Carol Holland 

St. Anthony on the Desert, AZ 

William Armstrong Shelton 

Catherine Elizabeth Thomas 

Old St. Andrew’s 

LeGrand Elebash 

Allison B. Elebash 

Hudson Robert Rivers 

Elebash 

Chloe Margaret Elebash 


Karen Lee Michele 

Redeemer, Bryn Mawr, PA 

Colin W. Byrd 

St. Stephen’s, Oxford, NC 

Elizabeth N. Byrd 

St. Luke’s, Durham, NC 

Ralph Wood 

Ann Woodfield 

St. Bartholomew’s, NYC 

Sylvia Folk 

Old St. Andrew’s 

Barbara Eckman 

Christ Church, Mt. Pleasant 

Ocie Ford 

Martha Ford 

Trinity, Statesville, NC 

Robert L. Norton 

Anne W. Norton 

St. Luke’s, Durham, NC 

Christopher Ibsen 

Elisabeth (Lise) B. Ibsen 

Emily Claire Ibsen 

William Finley Ibsen 

St. Stephen’s, Charleston 

Transfers out 

Marvin M. Kirkland, Jr. 

Marvin M. Kirkland, III 

Andrew T. Kirkland 

Abbey L. Kirkland 

St. Philip’s, Charleston 

Carmel M. Cheatham 


William Joseph Livesay 

Tine Dynjan Livesay 

William Tye Livesay 

Helen Belle Livesay 


Frances G. Hanahan 

Old St. Andrew’s, Charleston 

Zachary Andrew King 

Virginia Hewitt King 

Andrew Hewitt King 

Leah Diane King 


Michael P. O’Connell 

Ann M. Stirling 

St. Mark’s, Charleston 

Little School says thanks for successful auction 

amazing how the world opens up for even the 

youngest of our students. 

The Fives are going to the Riverbanks Zoo 

in Columbia in May, and a local strawberry 

patch was recently invaded for a school-wide 

strawberry picking event for everyone. 

On a more serious note, we are paying attention 

to improving building security. We 

have handheld walkie-talkie radios for each teacher and 

have passed the word about keeping all doors with 

outside access locked during the day. Our teachers will 

ask all visitors about the nature of their business when 

they see them in the halls. Please don’t be offended; 

it’s just that we need to know who’s in the building. 

We are also wearing identification to show that Little 

School personnel are visible. 

We are pleased that our Bishop, the Right Reverend 

Charles vonRosenberg will be present for graduation, 

held for the first time in the church, and will give the 

final blessing for the graduates.



The Kirkin’ o the Tartan 

Grace had its annual celebration of 

the Scottish heritage of The Episcopal 

Church on Sunday, February 11 with a 

very special visitor, the Right Reverend 

Dr. Robert Gillies, Bishop of Aberdeen 

and Orkney in the Scottish Episcopal 

Church (upper right). He presented 

our Bishop, the Right Reverend 

Charles vonRosenberg, with a 

special bishop’s crozier, actually a 

shepherd’s stick carved at Balmoral 

Castle. Grace members with Scottish 

roots got into the spirit of the day, 

wearing kilts and tartan scarfs, ties 

and regalia of all kinds. The Citadel 

Pipe Band brought the sound of bagpipes 

and drums and the St. Gregory 

Choir provided Scottish tunes. To accommodate 

all the people who 

wanted to attend, two identical services 

were held at 9:00 a.m. and 

11:00 a.m. and an estimated 1,200 

people were at Grace that day.


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Summertime with Dr. Seuss 

G 

race Kids will continue a weekly Sunday 

school program at 10:10 a.m. on Sundays 

with a theme drawing from the works of a cherished 

children’s author. 

“How on earth could someone say 

that Seuss’s stories would come to play 

a role in God’s great world today” (James Kemp) 

If Yertle the Turtle, the Zax, the Lorax or the 

Grinch intrigue you, join us this summer for a bit of 

fun and learning. 

New needlepoint kneelers 

Acolytes George Easter and Lex Lee hold up two new kneelers 

as the Reverend Paul Gilbert dedicates them on April 14. Four 

kneelers were dedicated that day, all beautiful needlepoint 

designs hand stitched by Grace members and friends. Grace’s 

Needlepoint Guild is working toward the goal of having every 

kneeler covered with a unique needlepoint design. If you’d like 

to stitch a kneeler, or give a kneeler to be stitched by someone 

else, please contact Ginger Donehue at 852-5950 or vdonehue@gmail.com. 

T 

hanks to a special gift to Grace Church, our 

parish has a new St. Nicholas Choral Scholars 

Program that began providing scholarships in March 

to a growing number of young singers to help them 

advance their studies in choral music. 

This tremendous gift makes possible our dream of 

offering Grace’s children and youth extraordinary 

opportunities to excel through singing with other 

singers who just simply love to sing. 

So far, nine Choral Scholars are receiving specified 

scholarships based on their accomplishment of goals 

related to the musical activities and duties of the 

choir. All scholars are part of the St. Nicholas Choir, 

but together they also function as an additional ensemble, 

working on more advanced repertoire, with 

and without tenors and basses, as well as new singing 

opportunities. 

The current roster of scholars includes two new 

students who have joined us from Ashley Hall, Lauren 

Cox and Mina Rismani, as well as continuing St. 

Nicholas choristers Emma MacMillan, Alex Moring, 

Mimi Moring, Amelia Rider, Bethany Schroeder, 

World Book Night April 23 

G 

race Church will be receiving a case of books 

to give away on Tuesday, April 23. It’s 

“World Book Night,” and a half a million books will 

be given away to spread the love of reading to those 

who don’t read regularly. Our book this year is for 

middle-grade readers. If you know children in need 

and would like to help distribute books, please let 

Julie Walters know. We also will be using the books 

for an outreach project April 26. 

Scholarships encourage young singers at Grace 

Katherine Williams, Abbey Wright, and Julian 

Wright. 

Together the Choral Scholars form a treble choir. 

They are being supported by a contingent of adults 

singers, including parents and siblings of scholars 

and some of Grace’s staff singers: Clara Brown, 

Karen Rider, Laura Schroeder, Esther Williams, Jodi 

Bennett, Alex Schroeder and John Schroeder. 

Grace members will get their first opportunity to 

hear this talented group sing together at the 9:00 

a.m. service on April 21. 

The Choral Scholar Program is open to all singers, 

boys and girls, in 7th grade and older. Dr. Scott Bennett, 

Grace Organist and Master of the Music, is the 

director of the choir, and Jodi Bennett, Director of 

Children’s Choirs, is the assistant, managing the 

scholarship program as a team. 

There is a formal application process to become a 

Choral Scholar. More information is available from 

Scott Bennett or Jodi Bennett. Please contact Scott 

at sbennett@gracesc.org, or 822-3139, or Jodi at 

jbennett@gracesc.org, or 343-5294.




June 24-28, 2013, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. 

Family Picnic Lunch on Friday, June 28, 12:00-12:30 p.m.


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VBS Volunteer Application 


If you have any questions, please contact Julie Walters at 723-4575 or childrensministries@gracesc.org 

Your information 

Name 

Mailing address 

Home phone 

Cell phone 

Email address 

Child Care 

Check here if you need nursery care (Ages 3 and under, 

for days when you are volunteering only) 

(A modified VBS program is offered for 3-year-olds who are children 

of VBS volunteers) 

Activity 

How many children ________ Ages ________________ 

How would you like to help 

Please place a check mark by the activities in which you would like to participate. 

Additional details 

Teacher Circle grade(s): 3K 4K 5K 1st 2nd 3rd 

Teacher Assistant Circle grade(s): 3K 4K 5K 1st 2nd 3rd 

Pre-VBS Preparations Thursday and Friday, June 20-21 

Registration Must be here at 8:15 a.m. Monday, June 24 

Help with Friday Lunch Friday, June 28 

Arts and Crafts Helper 

Games 

Nursery Worker For children ages 0-2 

Snacks 

Post-VBS Deconstruction Monday, July 1 

Help with music 

Storyteller 

Youth Helper 

Graduates of 4th grade and older who are willing to be 

responsible and reliable helpers are invited to sign up as 

VBS volunteers.



Service Participants Schedule 

Please check this schedule and mark your calendar! 

Get email reminders: sign up at gracechurchcharleston.org or email hbehre@gracesc.org 

If you cannot serve, please find a substitute and contact the church office at 723-4575 or bmartin@gracesc.org 

Sunday, 

April 21 

Wed. 


Sunday, 


Wed. 

May 1 

Sunday, 


Wed. 


Ushers 

Oblation 

Bearers 

8:00 Frank Foley 

9:00 Jay Hart, Capt. 

Ty Babb 

John Catlette 

Craig Lake 

Billy Shuman 

Brian Wells 

11:00 Harmon Person, 

Capt. 

Spike Kittrell 

Kady McMurray 

Gary Tasker 


9:00 Andy and Carolyn 

Anderson 

11:00 Denise and John 

Ciccarelli 

5:30 

Bill Flint 

8:00 Carl Millford 

9:00 

Ian MacDonald, Capt. 

Margaret MacDonald 

Tim Tipton 

Bill Beak 

11:00 Bernie Ditter, 

Capt. 

Eva Arizmendi 

Audrey Foley 

Frank Foley 

Robert Freer 

9:00 Ben and Susan 

McGuckin 

11:00 Barbara and Bob 

DeMarco 

5:30 

Carl 

Millford 

8:00 Phil Cotton 

9:00 Gilly Dotterer, Capt. 

Tally DaPore 

Ellie Huggins 

Laura Williams 

Andrew Smith 

11:00 Gene Whitley, Capt. 

Ben McGuckin 

Bill Kendrick 

Terry Newman 

Lynn Pagliaro 

Bill Trawick 

9:00 Catherine and Doug 

McKelcan 

11:00 Dale and Gary Tasker 

Red Wagon 9:00 T. Kay Family 9:00 Inman Family 9:00 Gumb Family 

Lectors 8:00 Carrie Powell 5:30 8:00 Sonya Lunde 5:30 8:00 Laura Page 

9:00 Margaret MacDonald Ian 9:00 Holly Behre Tommy 9:00 Wilbert Suggs 

11:00 Nancy Ezell Suggs 

Sheila Christie 

MacDonald 11:00 Anne Osborne 

Kilpatrick 

Mac McTeer 

Thornhill 11:00 Rosalie Crouch 


Intercessors 

Chalice 

Bearers 

Greeters 

Coffee 

Hosts 

Prayer 

Desk 

Grace 

Guides 

8:00 Audrey Foley 

9:00 Susan McGuckin 

11:00 Jean Norman 

8:00 

Audrey Foley 

9:00 Helen Britton 

Mark Clair 

Jamie Kerr 

Sara Ray 

11:00 Peggy Mauldin 

Mac McTeer 

Dale Tasker 

Karen Bostick 

9:00Andrew and Audrey 

Smith 

11:00 Barbara and 

Hal Stubbs 

Cyndy Applegate 

Charlotte Rhoden 

9:00 Retta and Gilly 

Dotterer 

Susan and Marcell Easter 

11:00 Rosalie Crouch, 

Gary Tasker 

11:00 

Cece Stricklin 

5:30 8:00 Emily Guerry 

Ian 9:00 Gilly Dotterer 

MacDonald 11:00 Jennifer Vaughan 

5:30 8:00 

Mac Magee 

Emily 

Guerry 

5:30 

Mary B. 

Wilson 

Emily Guerry 

9:00 Devon Hanahan 

Bill Hanahan 

Tony Alberg 

Bill Hussey 

11:00 Chuck Bender 

Jean Bender 

Ward Lassoe 

Laura Page 

9:00Katherine and Dan 

Mengedoht 

11:00 

Sandy and Pete Brown 

Jean McDowell 

Broughton Boatwright 

9:00 Ginny King, 

Brooke Bode and 

Dan Rumph 

11:00 Eva Arizmendi 

and Bernie Ditter 

Bob and Barbara 

DeMarco 

11:00 

Tami Andrews 

5:30 

Tommy 

Thornhill 

5:30 

Mark Clair 

Peggy 

Mauldin 

5:30 

Angie 

Zervos 

8:00 Bob Reinhold 

9:00 Andy Anderson 

11:00 TBA (Confirmation) 

8:00 

Bob Reinhold 

9:00 Ian MacDonald 


Andy Shook 

Bruce DuRant 

11:00 Jerry Poer 

Sheila Christie 

Ann Osborne Kilpatrick 

Jane Orenstein 

9:00 Susan McGuckin 

Anne DuRant 

11:00 Robert Freer 

Caroline Thibault 

Eleanor Huggins 


9:00 

Amy and Trey Mathisen 

Jenifer and Craig Lake 

11:00 Anna and 

Mike Todd 

Sam and Jackie Gawthrop 

11:00 

Ian MacDonald 

5:30 

Ian MacDonald 

5:30 

Carl Millford 

5:30 

Carl Millford 

5:30 

Laura Page 

Anne Osborne 

Kilpatrick 

5:30 

Margaret 

MacDonald


Ushers 

Oblation 

Bearers 

Red Wagon 

Lectors 

Going out of town 

If you cannot fulfill an assignment please find a substitute and contact the church office at 723-4575 

or bmartin@gracesc.org to let us know. 

Sunday, 

Wed. 



8:00 Reece Williams 5:30 

9:00 Barry Gumb, Capt. Tommy 

Bobby Morrow Thornhill 

Al Schweickhardt 

William Sharbrough 

Andy Shook 

Steve Gaddy 

11:00 John Kammeyer, 

Capt. 

Bill Flint 

Peggy Mauldin 

Carl Millford 

Jerry Poer 


9:00 Kieran and 

Chuck Kramer 

11:00 Daisy 

Stoudenmire, Anne 

Puckhaber 

9:00 Gonzalez 

Family 

8:00 Jean Bender 

9:00 Laura Prause 

11:00 Anne Osborne 

Kilpatrick 

Ian MacDonald 

Intercessors 8:00 

Jean Bender 

9:00 

Ben Fanning 

Chalice 

Bearers 

Greeters 

11:00 Jae Williams 

8:00 

Chuck Bender 

9:00 

Mac Magee 

Tally DaPore 

Ed Royall 

Laura Williams 

11:00 Barbara Mann 

David Mann 

Phil Bradley 

Suzanne Richardson 

9:00Bob and Deborah 

Reinhold 

11:00 Caroline Baarcke 

Traylor Rucker 

Bernie Ditter and Eva 

Arizmendi 

18 

Sunday, 

Wed. 



8:00 Frank Foley 5:30 

9:00 John Kammeyer, Peggy 

Capt. 

Mauldin 

Rick Ashman 

Wade Boatwright 

Bruce DuRant 

Doug Gepford 

Amy McCandless 

11:00 John Hartman, Capt. 

John Ciccarelli 

Richard Futch 

Ward Lassoe 

Scott Fitkin 

9:00 Rob and Robin 

Duckworth 

11:00 Wade and 

Broughton Boatwright 

5:30 8:00 Margaret MacDonald 

Jim Callahan 9:00 William Tipton 

11:00 Charles Rhoden 

Nancy Jordan 

5:30 8:00 

Jim Callahan Ian MacDonald 

9:00 

Sara Ray 

11:00 Mac McTeer 

5:30 

Sheila 

Christie 

Rhoda 

Votaw 

8:00 

Ian MacDonald 

9:00 

Vicki Kammeyer 

Jimmy Streetman 

Gilly Dotterer 

Jamie Kerr 

11:00 Wayne King 

Elsa McDowell 

Kathryn Behling 

Paula Keener 

9:00Melinda Nicholson 

Anne Cotton 

11:00 Peggy Mauldin 

Carl Millford 

Dot and Ben McGuckin 

5:30 

Laura 

Page 

5:30 

Laura 

Page 

5:30 

Mac Magee 

Dale Tasker 


Sunday, 

Wed. 



8:00 Carl Millford 5:30 

9:00 Andy Anderson, Carl Millford 

Capt. 

Bill Hanahan 

Chuck Kramer 

Steve Ray, Sr. 

Edward Royall 

11:00 Bernie Nettles, Capt. 

Jim Callahan 

Brantly Cox 

Richard Smartt 

Ed Ritchen 

9:00 Dana and Doug 

Gepford 

11:00 Mary and Phil 

Bradley 

8:00 Carrie Powell 

9:00 Anna Rhett Allen 

11:00 Philip Powell 

Rachel Lindsay 

8:00 

Emily Guerry 

9:00 

Ann Cotton 

11:00 Sally Ehrenfried 

8:00 

Emily Guerry 

9:00 

Bob Reinhold 

Helen Britton 

Ian MacDonald 


11:00 Jim Callahan 

Rhoda Votaw 

Cece Stricklin 

Lynn Pagliaro 

9:00Mary Elise and 

Doug Marcy 

11:00 John and 

Susan Hartman 

Beth Kiger and 

Terry Newman 

5:30 

Eric Richey 

5:30 

Eric Richey 

5:30 

Lynn Pagliaro 

Emily Guerry 

Coffee 

Hosts 

Prayer 

Desk 

9:00 

Hosts needed 

11:00 Therese Midla 

Jennifer Aiken 

5:30 

Jean Bender 

9:00 Carolyn and Andy 

Anderson 

Cora Ezzell and 

Michael deArellano 

11:00 Barbara and Hal 

Stubbs 

Jean McDowell 

5:30 

Ann Cotton 

9:00 

Hosts needed 

11:00 

Audrey and Frank Foley 

Addiitional host needed 

5:30 Rhoda 

Votaw 

Grace 

Guides 

11:00 

Ginger Donehue 

11:00 

Barbara Christie 

11:00 

Rachel Lindsay


Dr. Walter Edgar greets some audience members after his talk at the Third 

Thursday Luncheon in March. 

Another great ‘Third Thursday’ 

W 

OW! There is no better way to sum up the crowd we 

had last month for Walter Edgar. Over 100+ came to 

hear him speak on Bishop Finlay while enjoying a great meal of 

ribs, fried chicken, red rice and potato salad prepared as always 

by our chef extraordinaire, Reece Williams. We were delighted 

to see many new faces whom we hope will become regulars. 

In case you may not have noticed, our first three speakers 

this year have all been from out of town; Atlanta, Spartanburg 

and Columbia have been their homes. In the spirit of getting 

back local and in preparation for the upcoming Spoleto Festival, 

we welcome nationally renowned local artist West Fraser. 

on April 18. 

West has built his career painting vistas of 

cities, coasts and landscapes throughout the 

U.S. as well as internationally. He is a past 

Commissioner of the South Carolina Arts 

Commission, is an artist member of the Salmagundi 

Club, a Fellow of the American 

Society of Marine Artists, a member of the 

prestigious PAPA (Plein Air Painters of 

America) and signature member of the California 

Art Club. He has been honored with seven solo museum 

exhibitions in the Midwest, Southeast and California. His talk, 

“Called to the Arts,” is about his lifetime of painting a portrait 

of the Lowcountry. 

West will also be signing copies of his book Charleston in My 

Time: The Paintings of West Fraser. (Books will be available by 

cash or check only.) 

Finally, I want to ask once again for input as to speakers. We 

are only as good as your involvement. Last month’s success 

was due to our Vicar, the Venerable Callie Walpole, suggesting 

Dr. Edgar as a speaker. Please feel free to contact me with your 

thoughts and suggestions at 709-1822. 

God’s Grace to You, 

Boyd Hipp 


Join the Shelter 

breakfast team! 

O 

ne Friday a month, a team from 

Grace Church arrives at Crisis 

Ministries at 6:00 a.m. to cook a hot, 

hearty breakfast for the residents of 

Charleston’s homeless shelter. Our team 

is looking for some new volunteers who 

would like to share in this rewarding 

ministry. The team goes to the Shelter on 

the Friday following the third Thursday 

of each month, and usually leaves by 7:15 

-7:30 that morning, in plenty of time to 

get to work. No experience is needed. 

Please contact Tally DaPore at 

td@dapore.com if you have any questions. 

The Shetler is located at 18 E St. 

Another way to help 

the Shelter: Red Wagon 

G 

race’s Red Wagon is a collection 

point for donations to the Crisis 

Ministries Shelter. We need everyone’s 

help to keep it stocked with things the 

people at the Shelter need. Please remember 

the wagon when you go grocery 

shopping! Urgently needed items include 

salad dressing, 8-ounce plastic cups and 

bowls, new (in package) white twin bed 

sheets, and shower shoes (flip flops). 

Also needed are canned meats, large cans 

of vegetables and fruit, foil roasting pans, 

coffee, cheese, mayonnaise, condiments, 

breakfast foods including whole-grain 

low sugar cereal. 

Grace sending team 

to Dominican Republic 

F 

or the fourth consecutive year, 

Grace will send a team to the Dominican 

Republic October 4-11 to do 

light construction work. If you are interested 

in traveling with the mission team 

please contact Jason Roberson at jasonroberson2011@gmail.com.



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Gabriel, Jackson and Riley Silverman selling t-shirts in the Garden 


Kids fighting hunger 

Grace has launched a new outreach effort for families 

with children and teenager during April. Jackson 

Silverman, age 8, has launched “I Heart Hungry 

Kids,” a non-profit he founded with his brothers 

Gabriel and Riley to fight childhood hunger. He recently 

received a grant from Sodexo to kickstart this 

program, beginning with a special family event for 

the Lowcountry Food Bank’s Backpack Buddies program. 

Family event: On Friday, April 26 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. 

Grace families are invited to help pack bags with a 

weekend’s worth of food for children. This will happen 

in the lobby of the Lowcountry Food Bank at 

2864 Azalea Drive in North Charleston. Children ages 

2 and up are welcome to participate. There will be 

music, snacks, and fun for all. To register, email 

Jackson@ihearthungrykids.org. 

T-shirts for sale: Every Sunday this month at coffee 

hour, Jackson will be selling t-shirts he designed to 

raise money. Buy a shirt, feed a kid! For more info, 

to buy a shirt, or make a donation, please visit 

www.ihearthungrykids.org or Jackson's Facebook 

page, “I Heart Hungry Kids.” 

Movie: On April 21 during the Parent to Parent meeting 

time at 10:10 a.m, all adults and children at 

Grace are invited to see the inspiring movie 

“The Little Red Wagon,” about the true story of a kid 

who makes a big difference. Come get some inspiration 

for our big event on April 26!

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