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August 31, 2005

St. Gabriel’s Angel Food Ministry supporting Katrina Victims

St. Gabriel’s Angel Food Ministry supporting Katrina Victims

When Tsunami stuck last December, through the generosity of communities in Northwest Arkansas and through the United States, St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church, under the direction of Fr. Leo Michael, raised more than $70,000 for the victims in South India. Now, St. Gabriel’s is reaching out to those affected by the disaster left by Katrina in our own country. 100% of funds collected, will go to help people affected by Hurricane Katrina, as we did in the Tsunami Relief.

St. Gabriel’s, host church for Angel Food Ministries in Springdale, AR, is working through Angel Food Ministry (www.angelfoodministries.com) to deliver food this time, to Mobile, AL and Biloxi, MS. St. Gabriel’s will accept donations that will enable us to order a truck full of food through Angel Food Ministries, to be delivered through our sister church, Church of the Epiphany in Mobile, AL

A $25 donation will buy one unit of food that will feed a family of four for one week. We need 1400 units to fill the truck that will deliver to our church in Mobile, AL, where food will be dispersed to the needy in the Mobile, AL and Biloxi. MS area by September 24th.
By coordinating efforts with Angel Food Ministries, a non-profit, non-denominational organization dedicated to providing grocery relief to communities throughout the United States, units of quality groceries purchased for $25 (worth approximately $60) will be donated to those affected by Katrina. All donations are tax deductible.

St. Gabriel’s is part of the United Episcopal Church of North America and our sister church, Church of the Epiphany in Mobile, AL will receive the truckload of food and disperse to the needy in the Mobile, AL/Biloxi, MS area.

Donations accepted immediately. Help us fill the truck!

For further information, contact Fr. Leo at St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church, 1803 W. Emma Ave., Springdale, AR 72762.

479-756-5074—church office

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August 29, 2005

Prayer does help

Thanks be to God that the eye of the hurricane is shifted from its destination New Orleans. Last night the governor of Louisiana was requesting the nation to pray for them, as the predictions pointed to doomsday in New Orleans. Sure, millions had joined in prayer and we are thankful that there is a slight change which otherwise could have been more disastrous. Prayer does help. Certainly God is in control.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Ps 23:4

Last night we were very concerned about 500 residents in a senior care facility who were stranded in New Orleans, because of the facility's decision a couple of days ago not to evacuate based on the then information they had of the hurricane as category #1. Even as thousands were taking refuge in the superdome, we were very concerned about these seniors. Let us continue to pray that they be safe and secure. Properties can be rebuilt but not lives that are lost.

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August 28, 2005

Pray for all those in the path of Katrina

Our thoughts and prayers go with all those who are in New Orleans who are stranded even as the hurricane is fast approaching. Some have no way out, especially the poor and are stuck where they are.

We do know that God is in control and He will take care of all. In the mean time let us continue to pray for all those who cannot evacuate because of their age or lack of transportation. May God help them all.

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August 9, 2005

Liberal revisionist views: Fr. Sam Seamans responds

The following letter written by Fr. Sam Seamans, Rector of St.Thomas Anglican Church in Mountain Home, Arkansas, was published in the Monday issue of the Northwest Arkansas Times, in response to a recent editorial in Lowell Grisham's liberal column, "Roots and Wings".

In the Rev. Grisham’s "Roots and Wings" article he equates Christian orthodoxy with a story about a friend who was in a "hellfire and brimstone" church. His is the common mistake (or tactic) made by many "liberal Christians" today who think that if you embrace a thoroughly orthodox view of Christianity then you must be a fundamentalist, exclusionist, or simply ignorant or bigoted. He presents his view as the progressive one, implying that if you hold to traditional biblical values then you must favor slavery, the abuse of women, and persecution of homosexual people. This is a one-side liberal spin that really doesn’t wash. Homosexuals are just as welcome at my Anglican parish as they are in his. The difference is what is affirmed or taught as normative by our respective churches. Just because I believe what the Church has traditionally taught about homosexual activity doesn’t mean I advocate violence or ill-treatment of homosexuals, nor am I afraid of them (homophobia is one of the popular accusations among liberals towards traditionalists). I also respect and honor women and find them to be light years ahead of men in many areas.

Those who preach tolerance the most often don’t tolerate those whom they feel are intolerant. Those who decry traditional Christians for being judgmental have judged us for being exclusionary in our views. They say that we "place conditions" on God’s love, and yet their condition for acceptance is that we embrace their liberal revisionist views of the faith. Let me remind Rev. Grisham that it was Jesus our Lord who said "Go and sin no more" and he did not tell the woman at the well to keep on sleeping around because God loved her "just the way she was." No effort on his part to redefine sin takes away the reality that repentance and amendment of life are required of those who seek to follow Christ, regardless of their sexual leanings (heterosexual sins included). Thomas Merton, a famous Roman Catholic monk, once said that we do no one any favors by lying to them about their sin. Rev. Grisham may personally be persuaded that homosexuality is not wrong, but that is a far cry from saying that God has changed his mind on the issue.

The Rev. Sam Seamans St. Thomas Anglican Church

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August 8, 2005

CANTERBURY and ECUSA

Many have wondered what our relationship with regard to Canterbury has been! Though Angliacanly our roots point out to Britain, we do not share their ideologies. The recent phenomena of the Gay Clergy is a tip of the iceberg of the practices of Canterbury with regard to its clandestine support to homosexuality.

The United Episcopal Church of North America has steered clear from its coomunion with Canterbury just as it did with ECUSA, three decades ago. We have served and will continue to serve the Lord as His faithful stewards keeping the faith and morals of His flock alive. UECNA ~Biblically Sound, Sacramentally Orthodox and Apostolically valid.

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August 1, 2005

FRANK DENNEY: OBITUARY

Here is the obituary posted by the Denney Family for Frank Denney. Let us pray for the repose of the dear departed:


Rogers, AR- Funeral services for Frank S. Denney, age 81, of Rogers, AR, formerly of Tahlequah, OK, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday August 3, 2005, at the Tahlequah City Cemetery with Father Leo Michael officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Hart Funeral Home of Tahlequah.

Frank was born on July 27, 1924 in Muskogee, OK to Sam Ladd Denney and Lorna Dora Denney and passed away on July 29, 2005 at his home in Rogers, AR. Frank was raised in Muskogee and graduated from Muskogee Central High School in 1942. He served as a navigator in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII and then attended Northeastern State University where he graduated in 1948 and went on to the University of Tulsa and received his MBA. Frank owned and operated Tahlequah Ready Mix in Tahlequah and Ready Mix Concrete Company of Muskogee for many years. He has served on the Bishop’s Council for the Diocese of Oklahoma and was a Senior Warden at Saint Basil’s Episcopal Church. Frank was a member of the Phi Sigma Epsilon Fraternity while at Northeastern State University and was later a member of the Cher-O-Dair Shrine.

Frank’s parents precede him in death.

On August 5, 1944, Frank married Patricia Jo McDowell and she survives him in Rogers, AR along with their daughter, Carole D. Denney of Rogers, AR; and two grandchildren, Catie Denney Curran of Westminster, CO and Patrick Ladd Curran of Rogers, AR.

Those planning an _expression of sympathy are asked to consider the Washington Regional Hospice at P.O. Box 356, Fayetteville, AR, 72702 or Saint Gabriel’s Episcopal Church at 1803 W Emma, Springdale, AR, 72762.

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