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PAGE 8 East Avenue St. Matthias Episcopal Church East Avenue Avenue Arcadian Avenue Pleasant Street Parking lot entrance to door under canopy Main parking lot entrance on Pleasant Street New parking lot area Go with the flow Traffic patterns, parking improve with new lot The new downtown parking lot has been opened to traffic, thanks to Steve Wood and a host of others at St. Matthias. The new lot has temporary parking spaces in anticipation of a more formal paving, sealing, striping and landscaping that is being planned for next year. In the meantime, the changes will create several more parking spaces and improve the traffic flow. In short, you will no longer need to back out of the long parking lot when you find it is full and you are already late for the 10:15 a.m. service. To navigate the lot, just imagine you are following a backwards letter “P.” Drive in toward East Avenue and make a left through what used to be the last two spaces. Follow that around and exit the new lot just to the west of the shed. Turn right to return to Pleasant Street. Remember the spaces are roughed in until the more formal plan takes shape, so be careful, patient and please don’t park in a traffic lane. Thanks. Steve Wood (right) and John Melster apply painted stripes in the parking lot. The Messenger
Florence Melster: a leader in volunteering There is a popular book about women and spirituality that is being discussed by book clubs everywhere. “Being a Mary in a Martha World” is about nurturing our spiritual side in a world that makes many demands on us. St. Matthias ECW will be sponsoring a retreat based on this book at the DeKoven Center in February. One of our valued members at St. Matthias exemplifies being both a Martha AND a Mary in our troubled modern world. She balances her deep spirituality with a deep commitment to making her world a better place. That member is Florence Melster. One of Florence’s better-known traits is her modesty. She does not talk about herself freely. But St. Matthias should be aware that Florence (along with her daughter Cathy Bellovary) recently received the Volunteer Center of Waukesha County Community Leaders Award for many years of commitment and devotion to volunteering. For Florence, those years began during World War II and have not slackened off since. Her children have been the catalyst for some of her activities: she spent many years on PTA and school committees and she and husband John were among the first grandparents to join the Waukesha West Boosters Club. The Melsters still spend many hours supporting their grandchildren in their activities. Florence has also been an active member of the Waukesha Service Club and worked in the Thrift Shop and Hospital Gift Shop. She was president back in the 1980s and involved for years in organizing the Charity Ball which is the major fundraiser. She remains a very active member of the Senior League of the Service Club. She also volunteers at the Food Pantry, was a long-time board member of the Visiting Nurses Association, helped establish the Rolland Nelson Hospice, and served on the first board for the Caring Place, an adult day care center in our community. She was president and still continues to volunteer and support it. She and John have been stalwart supporters of the Waukesha Public Library (in fact, John was honored by the The Messenger Friends of the Public Library for his many years of service there.) The list could go on and on and on. For the sake of brevity, let’s just mention the Board of Family Service, The YWCA, the United Way (she received the first United Way Bev Sisson award six years ago for a senior making a difference in her community), the Waukesha County Department of Senior Services, the Red Cross. Ten years ago the Waukesha Freeman named Florence and her daughter, Cathy, among the seven most influential women in the county. Needless to say, Florence has been an invaluable member of St. Matthias, attending since 1952. There is no area in this church in which Florence has not served. She and John plant and maintain the little garden adjacent to the sanctuary. Church members can look out of the library window and see a little of the impact that the Melsters have had on our church community. Florence continues to be an inspiration in her joyful and passionate approach to living. She swims every morning at 6:00. She is a faithful and lively participant in the Thursday Bible Study. She belongs to book clubs, being a charter member of an intergenerational discussion group at Waukesha West High School. She is informed, outspoken and generous. As her daughter Cathy puts it, “She is an amazing woman who has a passion for life and makes every day count. Life is a gift.” We have to agree with Cathy and thank Florence for all of the gifts that she has brought to Waukesha County and to the St. Matthias community. Jonie Varner Congratulations to Cheri! The “All Episcopal Church Women” board wanted to help celebrate Cheri Schulz’ summer wedding with her. We wanted her to know how appreciated and cared about she was by all of us at St. Matthias. Her generosity to the Humane Society and her love for her animals led us to a gift that supported this. We enrolled her as a member of HAWS and gave a little basket of toys to her cats. This is a gift from all women in the parish. Please congratulate Cheri Schulz Krofta on her new marriage. PAGE 9
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