May 15, 2024

A Message from our Senior Warden

ECI Vestry will meet Monday, May 20 at 5:30 pm. If you have any questions or concerns to bring to the Vestry, please contact one of our vestry members so that we may discuss them on Monday night.

May Men's Night will meet in the Trulove House following the Vestry meeting. Bring your favorite protein for the grill and your beverage of choice. We hope to see you there.

SERVICES IN THE COMING WEEK

May 19

Pentecost Sunday

Deacon's Mass

Officiant: Rev. Deacon Patricia Cantrell

Lector: Shurley Sugg

LEM: Michelle Easterling

Acolyte: TBD



Usher: Joe Trulove, Dwight Dyess

Altar: Marion Kohut, Dawn Richardson

Services are live-streamed on our Local Live page.

(Go to Incarnation's Local Live page HERE)

Tentative Service Schedule through August 2024

• Office hours for the remainder of May will remain 10:00 am - 3:00 pm, Tuesday through Thursday. If you need to come at a different time, please contact the church office by phone or email.

Letter Writing Opportunities

Do you like to write letters and/or send cards? We have an opportunity to send letters and/or cards to our parishioners for much-needed encouragement and support. If you would like to participate, their contact information is listed below.

Greyson Klutts:

Clay County Detention Center

Greyson Klutts

P.O. Box 142

West Point, MS 39773

Eddie Malone:

Clay County Detention Center

Eddie Malone

P. O. Box 142

West Point, MS 39773

Coffee Hour Hosts Needed

The Coffee Hour sign-ups for May and June are now live! Please feel free to sign up for any dates you or a group of folks would like. We have the following dates open:



May 19

June 2

June 9

June 23

Vestry News

The next Vestry Meeting is May 20th at 5:30 pm in the Parish Hall.

If you have any questions or items to bring to the Vestry, please talk to Senior Warden Keith Mooney, Junior Warden Kathy Dyess, or any Vestry member.

Your 2024 - 2025 Vestry members are:



• Senior Warden: Keith Mooney 
• Junior Warden: Kathy Dyess
• Clerk: Jamie Andrews
• Treasurer: Karen Mooney
• Jamie Andrews
• Jeremy Klutts
• Betty Person
• Bill Sugg
• Amy Powell

Food Pantry

The Food Pantry is in need of Spaghetti Pasta.

Please remember those in need, and continue to leave your pantry donations in the wagon outside the Parish Hall.

Feel free to contact Dwight Dyess for more information. 

WINGS (Women in God's Service) 2024

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WINGS meets in the Incarnation Parish Hall at 12 noon the Third Wednesday of the months scheduled below. All ladies are invited and encouraged to bring friends. We enjoy a potluck lunch, fellowship, planning service projects, and a devotion. Ladies that work are especially invited to come on their lunch break. There is no need for you to worry about a dish, as the rest of us will bring plenty. Typical projects are listed, but we are open to adding others. Bring your donations to the meeting, or sometime during the month. Items will be delivered to the designated recipients by one of the members of our group. Volunteer to give the devotional for future meetings if you enjoy this type of sharing.

 WINGS Service Project Schedule

June 19 - Sally Kate Winters Home. teen pajama bottoms, children’s pajamas, all-ages socks, underwear, dental and hair care products, etc.

August 21 - Animal Shelter. newspapers, paper towels, bleach, dishwashing liquid, antibacterial hand soap, unscented laundry detergent, dog and puppy food, dog treats, cat litter, kitten toys, cat and kitten food, heavy-duty garbage bags, plastic grocery sacks.

October 16 - Dugan Penny Auction. Each resident participant receives a bag of 20 pennies (provided by the home) which they use to bid on personal care items, snacks, socks, room décor and more. Dugan residents eagerly look forward to the weekly auction of items donated for this purpose. Suggested items to donate are: Snacks such as bags of chips, cookies, soft candy, packs of nabs, Little Debbie cakes, breakfast bars, etc. Personal care, hair care items, lotions, soaps, Chapstick, perfume, after shave (Dollar Tree size is good.) Kleenex, Glade air fresheners, socks (holiday or other fuzzy ones, too), knitted or crocheted hats, potpourri, drawer sachets, table art, etc.

December 18 - Adopt-a-Family. Purchase, and wrap a present for one of the members of the Church’s adopted family. Deliver the gifts on behalf of the church.

Christ at Home Meal Ministry

Thank you to the many volunteers who have kept this ministry going during the last two years. It has taken a village!

May Ministry

May 27th

Chairpersons - Betty Person, Susan Chandler

Dessert Maker - 1 needed

Helpers - Sandy Gentry, 1 needed

If you available to help on the 27th, please contact Susan or Betty.

The Meal Ministry Sign-up for 2024 is now live!

To sign up, click the button below.



For more information, please contact Kathy Dyess.

Lay Ministers: 

May 5

Sixth Sunday of Easter

HE II

Celebrant: The Rev. Marie Smith

Lector: Julia Kelsey

Intercessor/LEM: Michelle Easterling

Acolyte: Trey Andrews

May 12

Seventh Sunday of Easter

Morning Prayer II

Officiant: Keith Mooney

Lector: Ron Powell

Acolyte: TBD

May 19

Pentecost Sunday

Deacon's Mass

Officiant: Rev. Deacon Patricia Cantrell

Lector: Shurley Sugg

LEM: Michelle Easterling

Acolyte: TBD



May 26

Trinity Sunday

MP II

Officiant: Thomas Easterling

Lector: Dwight Dyess

Acolyte: TBD

This schedule will be updated each month. Please contact the church office if you have questions.

May

Dawn Richardson

Marion Kohut

May

Joe Trulove

Dwight Dyess (alternate)



2024 Usher Schedule



Our 2024 Usher Schedule is attached. If you are interested in serving as an Usher or Alternate Usher, please contact Bert Falkner or the church office.

Hard copies of the schedules are posted in the parish hall and kitchen.

Incarnation Prayer List

Parishioners: Lucille, Sandy, the Klutts family, Eddie, Betty Rand, Melissa, Bill G., Dawn, Rick, the Byrd family, our homebound members, and those who have unspoken prayer requests.

Family and Friends: Dan, Johnny B., J.R., Jim G., Cy, J.P., the Craven family, the Hill family, the Houston family, Sue Altman, Fox and Evelyn, Beverly C., Jay S., Jordan H., Albert, Jim B., Pete, James H., Everly, Dana, Nanette, Leslie, Greg, Lewis, Lina, Brett, Marcia, Bill A., Lorene, Ann, Charles, Buck H., Pat G., Al, Ressie P., Sherry G., Laura, Leslie, Matt, and those who have unspoken prayer requests.

We pray for those who have died, especially those who have passed from illness, disasters, violence, and unrest in the world, and those we love yet see no longer. Give to the departed eternal rest.

Please call or email the parish office if you know someone who needs to be added to our prayer list.

The Prayer List is revised every two weeks. Please let us know if someone needs to be on the list for an extended period or can be removed from the list.

A Birthday Prayer

Watch over your beloved children, O Lord, as their days increase; bless and guide them wherever they may be. Strengthen them when they stand; comfort them when discouraged or sorrowful; raise them up if they fall; and in their hearts may your peace, which passes all understanding, abide all the days of their lives; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

(Adapted from the Book of Common Prayer)



May Birthdays         

7th - Terry Jones

8th - Thomas Easterling    

13th - Karen Powell, Nora Molina

18th - Sarah Jane Hay

22nd -Betsy Lott

29th - Trey Andrews    

30th - Paula Kohut,  Matt Molina

Anniversary of a Marriage

Grant, O God, in your compassion that having taken each other in marriage, and affirming again in the covenant which they have made, may grow in forgiveness, loyalty, and love; and come at last to the eternal joys which you have promised through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

(From the Book of Occasional Services)

Please contact the parish office (662.494.1378 or incarnationwp@gmail.com) if you would like to add your birthday or anniversary to the parish list.

MAY ANNIVERSARIES

6th - Anne and Will Sutherland    

24th  -Michelle & Thomas Easterling

31st - Betsy & David Lott

 If you notice anything in the church that needs attention, please contact

Kathy Dyess or Susan Chandler.