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Tideline Newsletter: Church of the Servant 50th Anniversary (March 2022)
The Church of the Servant Calls - Ron Knopf
posted on Mar 6, 2022 The Church of the Servant was not the first church I had ever been in, but it was the only one that attracted me and provided a pathway to understanding Christ and His message. In 1972 I was in charge of developing and implementing a detention an...
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Tideline Newsletter: Church of the Servant 50th Anniversary (March 2022)
Eunice and I - Laura Williams
posted on Mar 6, 2022 My mother, Eunice, and I moved from California in the fall of 1997, taking three weeks and covering 6000 miles to drive across country. That was our big adventure to start a new life after my divorce.
As we made the decision to move, there we...
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Tideline Newsletter: Church of the Servant 50th Anniversary (March 2022)
Discovering What Really Matters - Geneva Reid
posted on Mar 6, 2022 The acolytes wear tennis shoes? A man in the choir wears Bermuda shorts? Is there no dress code whatsoever? (Frank and I were coming from a church in Memphis where everyone, even the children, dressed in fairly formal clothes.)
But, oh my, w...
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Tideline Newsletter: Church of the Servant 50th Anniversary (March 2022)
Christian Education - John Bauerlein
posted on Mar 6, 2022 The plethora of newsprint and masking tape generated by Church of the Servant's nascent discussions while meeting at College Park School exists only in our oral history. Were those documents available, commitment to Christian Education would be c...
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Tideline Newsletter: Church of the Servant 50th Anniversary (March 2022)
Home Again - Joanne Best
posted on Mar 6, 2022 In 2002, when my 33-year marriage was formally ended, I had my mid-life crisis and ran away and joined the Peace Corps. I casually mentioned to Father Joe Cooper that the following Sunday would be my last for a while and explained why. That follo...
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Tideline Newsletter: Church of the Servant 50th Anniversary (March 2022)
My 49 Years of Faith and Fellowship at Church of the Servant (Awesome) - Anne Knopf
posted on Mar 6, 2022 Awe -Throughout the years
. . . from the very first Eucharist, sitting on the floor of a living room with our baby and 2-year old running around
. . . services in many places, in and outside, cribs and prayer books in car trunks; ...
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Tideline Newsletter: Church of the Servant 50th Anniversary (March 2022)
Lessons in Navigation - Emily Bliss
posted on Mar 6, 2022 How can I write about anything else but accepting the role of Committee Chair for the 50th Anniversary Celebration! I think I was too ignorant to be scared, so I said Yes. Also, who can say No to Geneva Reid?
It is early and we have already h...
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Tideline Newsletter: Church of the Servant 50th Anniversary (March 2022)
The Anniversary Committee’s Calendar of Proposed Events (A Work in Progress)
posted on Mar 6, 2022 April: Musical Event/Talent Show May: Bargain Box Anniversary June: End of Year Picnic July: Clem's Sermon Sunday August: Video Night of COS Memories September: Adult Education Offering October: Oyster Roast November: Big ...
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Tideline Newsletter: Reflections (September 2021)
From the Rector - Jody Greenwood
posted on Mar 5, 2022 In our editor's invitation for this edition of Tideline, Geneva expressed emphatically, "When we tell our stories of relationships with people and with institutions, we are also revealing our relationship with God. So please let's tell our stori...
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Tideline Newsletter: Reflections (September 2021)
Making New Friends - Bates Toone
posted on Mar 5, 2022 Making new friends during Covid proved difficult, but as soon as many of the restrictions were lifted here at Plantation Village, some of the people in my building asked me if I would be willing to share my art work. So we set a time, a place in ...
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