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JANUARY

2016

The Episcopal Church

of Saint Peter by-the-Lake

8433 Fairfield Forest Rd.

Denver, NC 28037

704-483-3460

www.saintpeterbythelake.net

1/1/2016

Page 2 From the Rector Page 3 Way of the Heart by Deacon Judy Cole Page 4-6 Mother Beth Lilly Page 7-8 Director of Christian Formation News Page 9 Music Notes by LeighAnn Johnston 0 Worship Times/Mission & Vision Page 11 Daughters of the King/Hesed House Needs Page 12 Men of Saint Peters / Prayer Requests Page 13 Bishop Visit / Ashley Wagner Page 14 Alexander Community Concert Series/

LN Covekeepers Page 15 M-O – The Corner Table Page 16 Miscellaneous News Page 17-18 Jan & Feb Special Servant Calendar Page 19 January & Upcoming Events Page 20-21 January Special Servants Page 22 January Calendar Page 23 Anniversaries, Birthdays Page 24 Staff and Vestry

www.saintpeterbythelake.net| The Episcopal Church of Saint Peter by-the-Lake

Resolutions. The dictionary defines ‘resolution’ as having a fixed purpose or being determined with active fortitude. As December turns to January many of us make New Year’s resolutions. Some of them have to do with our physical health after a month of overeating. Others may involve giving up a bad habit or taking on a new discipline. Whatever they may be, the dawn of a new year seems like a logical time to start things over or to look at our lives through a new lens.

As your rector I would raise some spiritual questions that I ask myself from time to time. First, how are things going in your individual life of study and prayer. Are you setting aside time for devotional reading (I would recommend our Forward Day by Day)? Does the day begin and/or end with some time for silent prayers? Even five or ten minutes can yield huge benefits in the spiritual life.

Second, are you making time for corporate worship on the Lord’s Day? Private prayer and study are important, but there is absolutely no substitute for being with your faith community and being strengthened through the prayers, sermon, confession, sacraments and fellowship. Someone once said that there is no such thing as a ‘solitary’ Christian, and my experience has taught me that this is quite true.

Third, are you taking of advantage of the many avenues for maturing in Christ through Christian Formation? From classes on Sunday, to Supper & the Word, Kerygma, Education for Ministry (EFM), and our annual Lenten series, there are many places to come and learn more about the faith that we share.

Fourth, have you found an outlet or outlets for service in the church and community where you put your God-given gifts into action? Jesus tells us that we are to love God, and to love our neighbors as ourselves. Giving back of ourselves in ministry to others, and giving back a portion of what we have to the work of the Lord, doesn’t just make us feel good, it makes us healthier and more mature Christians.

So my brothers and sisters, a very Happy New Year to us all! May 2016 be a time when we reach new heights, and discover new avenues of love and service to our Lord Jesus Christ.

Faithfully, Father Ron January 2016

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The Episcopal Church of Saint Peter by-the-Lake | www.saintpeterbythelake.net

The season of EPIPHANY begins this month, January 10, with THE BAPTISM OF OUR LORD. Jesus, I believe, says to each one of us: "You are marked men and women -- I've marked you in baptism for a purpose. And I have equipped you with unique gifts, and no one else will do." The season of Epiphany, following Christmastide and prior to Lent, is a season when we remember the "manifestation" of God in ways and to people who would not have seemed first on the list. Jesus consistently showed the warmest welcome to people who otherwise did not show up on the usual invitation lists -- because of their race, or religion, or vocation, or gender, or marital status, which hit pretty close to the bone for Jesus. God lifts up the lowly, God fills the hungry with good things, God will come to their help and show mercy and he does this through you and me, through the way we are to respond to them. (Eldridge Pendleton and Curtis Almquist who are Episcopal monks of the Society of St. John the Evangelist) Faithfully, Deacon Judy

The Way of the Heart

By Deacon Judy Cole


JOINED BY JESUS

Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23

In working on my sermon for this past Epiphany

Sunday I read through this particular work by The

Rev. Dr. John J. Lynch, and found it to be profoundly

inspiring. Therefore, I have decided to share it with

you as my January NET article. It is my firm belief

that we need to begin our year remembering who we

belong to: Jesus. We are "marked as Christ's own

forever." So, let us once again take a close look at the

beginning days and years of our Lord. Although there is holiness and mystery and

sacredness surrounding his arrival, there is actually no soft sentimentality surrounding

his coming into the world. King Herod wanted to kill him…quit badly. So much that

many many lives of young innocents were lost. Jesus' life was always at risk, always

fragile. And yet Jesus brought more meaning and healing and change into more

peoples lives throughout his time and ever since than anyone else in history ever has.

Becoming followers of Jesus is the best thing we have ever done for ourselves, and for

this world.

Here is Dr. Lynch's sermon:

The Christmas season is a period in which the Church celebrates that God unites God’s self to

humanity in the person of Jesus Christ. At the very heart of Christmas is the birth of our divine

Savior, Christ the Lord, who is the Word made flesh. As Christians, we believe that the Son of

God took upon himself the fullness of our human nature and that at his conception in the womb

of the Virgin Mary he received a human body of flesh and bone, a human heart to love, and a

human mind to reason, think, and will. Indeed, following the teachings of the Holy Scriptures

Christians affirm that Jesus is like us in all things except for sin.

Theologians call the belief that God became flesh “the Mystery of the Incarnation.” It is one of

the key points of the Church’s faith as expressed by the Nicene Creed: “For us and for our

salvation he came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate and

was made man.” It is not a mystery in the sense of being any sort of secret. Rather, it is a

mystery because its reality goes beyond our limited ability to understand it.

Today’s reading from the Gospel according to Matthew, the story of the flight into Egypt,

illustrates some of the ways in which the Lord Jesus, in his humanity, identified himself with the

faithful people of God in moments of both hardship and rejoicing.

First, Jesus identifies himself with the people of Israel. The passage from the second chapter of

Matthew is chock-full of evocative words and names that are meant to make the reader

remember the story of Israel’s sojourn in Egypt. Just as there is in the book of Genesis, here

there is a Joseph who sees visions in his dreams and who leads the people to refuge in the land

MOTHER

BETH LILLY

Front Porch

Thoughts


of Egypt. Like the story of the Exodus, here we find a Miriam, or Mary. There is even a Joshua,

or Jesus, like we find in the book of Deuteronomy and in the story of the return to the Land of

Promise as told in the book of Joshua. Even Herod’s wrath and seeking to kill the Holy Child

echoes the pharaoh’s cruelty toward the Hebrew children. Such allusions to the story of the Old

Testament are an intentional part of Matthew’s story about Jesus. By connecting Jesus to the

story of the salvation of the covenant people, the Evangelist demonstrates how Jesus’ life and

story are one with the life and the story of Israel. Matthew is telling us that Jesus is one with

God’s covenant people because he has lived their history and their experience in his own flesh.

Thus, one might say that Jesus is not simply Jewish; Jesus is the authentic embodiment of

Israel.

Second, Jesus identifies himself with the promise to bring all nations, including the traditional

enemies of Israel, into God’s Kingdom. The story of the flight in Egypt is a healthy reminder that

God’s interest is not limited only to Israel. National borders do not limit God’s sovereign power.

God looks upon the whole world and upon every nation and people. As the creator of the entire

human race, the Christian God offers mercy and grace to Jews and Gentiles alike. Matthew

seems to revel in the irony that the newborn Messiah was rejected by the King Herod of Judah

but welcomed by Gentiles in Egypt. One might consider just how deep Jesus’ identification with

the children of Egypt was. He spoke their language. He played their games and shared their

friendship as children across the world do. Once again Egypt, too, has become holy ground.

This was, perhaps, a first step toward the long promised reconciliation of the Gentiles to the

creator. This was announced by the Hebrew prophets and was fulfilled in the eschatological

vision of people from every race, language, and nation singing around the heavenly throne.

Third, with the Flight into Egypt Jesus, who later teaches, “blessed are the poor,” identifies

himself with the poor and the marginalized of this world. It must never be forgotten that the Holy

Family were on the run, that they were fleeing their homeland as victims of political persecution.

Mary, Joseph, and Jesus lived as refugees in Egypt. They, like Abraham, Jacob, and his sons

before them and like so many people in the world today, were exiles from their home and

migrants in a foreign land. Christ, therefore, knows firsthand the experiences of the outcast, the

foreigner, and the immigrant. He knows the trials of the refugee seeking safety and protection

from the wrath and cruelty of evildoers and tyrants.

This experience of the flight into Egypt explains the force of Jesus’ teaching that whatever we

do for the least of his brothers and sisters we do for him because he has made himself one with

the marginalized. He has been the exile, the migrant, and the refugee. Therefore, feeding the

hungry, clothing the naked, and sheltering the exiled are things Christians rightly do to honor our

Lord. Christians must identify with the poor and the exiled because Christ himself was counted

among their number. We must serve the needy among us because in doing so we serve Jesus

Christ who loves all people. As the Apostle James wrote in the first century, “true religion is to

care for widows and orphans in their distress.”

During the Christmas season it is also important to recall that Jesus identified himself with the

joys of our celebrations. In Matthew’s telling of the flight into Egypt, Jesus does not only suffer

the hardship of exile. He also experiences the joy of coming home. The joy of returning to one’s


homeland is a regular theme in the message of the Hebrew prophets that can be seen from

today’s lesson from the prophet Jeremiah: “He who scattered Israel will gather him…for the Lord

has ransomed Jacob from hands too strong for him. They shall come and sing aloud on the

height of Zion…and they shall never languish again.” This is a joyous celebration that God

brings God’s children home. This experience of return further signals Jesus as the one who

embodies the life of Israel. It suggests something of the great expectation that God will provide

a definitive return to the life of justice and peace in his divine kingdom, as Matthew suggests by

his citation of the prophet Hosea: “Out of Egypt have I called my Son.”

The return from exile in Egypt reminds us that Christ also understands the human need for

celebration. We rejoice in God’s blessings. We rejoice in hopes fulfilled. The desires to sing and

to dance, to laugh and to rejoice are not foreign to our Lord. After all, these expressions of joy

and happiness are a powerful part of what it is to be human, to be fully human as Jesus Christ

was and is. In the mystery of the incarnation, God shares this human joy in all its fullness.

The incarnation of Christ therefore provides the Church with a powerful reason to celebrate. Not

only is it that, “the Word become flesh and dwelt among us,” but by becoming of a human being

Christ has united himself to the human race and made us members of his own family. Christ

Jesus has joined the human family by virtue of his birth from the Virgin Mary, and we have

joined the household of God by believing in his one and eternal Son.

Today the Church rejoices, as we hear from Saint Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians, that: “We

have been adopted by God the Father as children through Jesus Christ to the praise of his

glorious grace and that we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our

trespasses, according to the riches of his grace that he lavished on us.” We celebrate that we,

too, have become sons and daughters of God, true brothers and sisters of Christ. We rejoice

that God’s grace has been lavished upon on us and that the same love that fills Jesus’ heart has

been poured into our own hearts to give us new life. We rejoice that our sins have been forgiven

and that we have been redeemed by the blood of the Savior. Therefore, let every heart

celebrate God’s mercy and the gift of his Son Jesus Christ. Amen.

(The Rev. Dr. John J. Lynch is the rector of Christ the King Episcopal Church in Yorktown,

Virginia, having previously served in the Diocese of Honduras. He is also the Province III

Chaplain to the Order of the Daughters of the King. Father Lynch also writes and publishes the

Spanish-language blog “El Cura de Dos Mundos”.)

Shared with blessings and love for this New Year of strengthening our faith,

Mother Beth+


I love Sunday School. Sunday

School is what God used to draw me

into a closer relationship with him as

a child, and continues to do so as an

adult. Sunday School is where I

began to learn the stories of our faith,

along

with my duties and privileges that come from being

a child of God. Sunday School is where I began to

get an inkling of what I might actually be good at -

my gifts. I love Sunday School.

Sunday School is a blessing.

Consider these advantages to a strong Sunday School ministry:

1 - SS provides a place of community. The class becomes a church within the

church, a time and a place for intimate relationships that can blossom nowhere else

on Sunday morning. Friendships grow, cares are shared, and, occasionally, faith is

found within the friendly confines of the Sunday School room.

2 - SS provides a place for service. Many Christians who will not or cannot serve

the church at large can be encouraged to find and use their spiritual gifts on the

smaller stage of the classroom

3 - SS provides spiritual accountability. People who would otherwise fall through

the cracks, problems that go undiagnosed, and needs that are overlooked in the

larger corporate atmosphere of the church, can be recognized and helped in the

intimacy of the SS class. When you’re dealing with 400 it’s easy to hide and it’s

easy to get lost. When you’re dealing with 20, there’s nowhere to hide and no one

should get lost.

4 - SS provides biblical teaching. For far too many of us, the only Bible training

we get comes during the worship hour. While even the best preacher can teach

much during his/her 30 or 40 minutes on Sunday morning, his/her sermon must

necessarily be aimed to address the needs and development of the larger

population. Those who need more teaching or deeper teaching (adults and kids)

can find it only in Sunday School.

Christian Formation

News Brought to you by Kina Cartee

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So we find ourselves at the beginning of another new year.

A fresh start. Many of us are making resolutions to better

ourselves over the next 12 months. Let me challenge you

to add a couple of resolutions to your list:

1. Pray for our Sunday School Programs daily.

2. Whether you have children, no children, have done it 1 or 10000 times before,

support our Sunday School Programs by becoming a Faithful Friend and helping

out for one or more of our 3 week rotations that remain this year. Without your

love, help and support - who will teach the next generation about your favorite

stories of faith and why God loves them?

3. Make a resolution to attend _______ Sunday School Classes during the next

year.

4. Learn three new Bible stories that you did not know before.

Upcoming dates you won't want to miss:

January 6th: 5th Annual 12th Night Festival

January 10th - Sunday School resumes for ALL AGES. Deacon Judy

will be continuing her study on When God's Story Becomes Your

Story. We will begin Bad Girls of the Bible Part II in Furr Hall, with 8

weeks of really bad babes of the Bible!

January 31st: Evensong Service - Nursery will be available.

February: Tenebrae Service Practice will begin.

Kina Cartee

Director of Christian Formation


How often do we take our music for granted? As with many aspects of our busy

lives, we often fail to appreciate what others have sacrificed to give us the rich

traditions we enjoy. This holds true for music we use in worship today. The

children’s Christmas pageant this year provided insights into the origins of many

Christmas hymns. As I watched and listened to the youth portray the early hymn

writers and the Christmas story, I was reminded again of the blessings we receive

through music.

We “met” Fanny Crosby who was probably the most prolific hymn writer of all

time. Blind from birth, she wrote under various names because she modestly did

not want all 8,000 hymns she wrote credited to her name. She let the hymns

glorify God and removed herself from the spotlight.

Dr. Isaac Watts, known as the “Father of Modern Hymnody”, has been accredited

with writing 750 or more hymns. He published his first hymnal in the early 1700’s

. Churches of his time only sang Psalms in their worship services. It was a bold

and daring undertaking to go against the Church of England. However, he

defended his work saying that singing only Psalms left “many deficiencies of Light

and Glory which our Lord Jesus and his Apostles have supplied in the Writings of

the New Testament; and … I have composed these spiritual Songs which are now

presented to the World.” (Challies, 2013) This book contained the first public

printing of “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross.” While most of his hymns are

unfamiliar to us, he also gave us “Amazing Grace” and “Our God, Our Help in Ages

Past”.

We are the blessed recipients of works by Fanny Crosby and Isaac Watts whose

spiritual courage and clarity of thought continues on today.

MUSIC NOTES♫ By LeighAnn Johnston


Vision of St. Peter by-the-

Lake

In response to our Lord Jesus

Christ’s missional imperative to

baptize and teach all nations….and

to love God and our neighbors as

ourselves: We the clergy, vestry,

and people of the Episcopal Church

of St. Peter by-the-Lake commit

ourselves to:

*Walk in the Way (Spiritual growth

through worship, formation,

repentance & prayer)

*Widen the Walls (Proclaiming the

Good News by Word & Example)

*Wake up the World (Striving for

Justice & Peace. Respecting the

dignity of every person)

Mission of St. Peter by-the-Lake

In response to our parish vision: The

mission of The Episcopal Church of

St. Peter by-the-Lake is to:

*Be Disciples: Engage the World*

SUNDAY

WORSHIP AT

ST. PETER

BY-THE-LAKE

8:30AM Holy Eucharist or Morning

Prayer with Holy Eucharist

9:30 AM Church School for all ages!

10:30AM Holy Eucharist: traditional

service with full choir

Nursery available at both

services.


NOTE FROM THE PARISH ADMINISTRATOR:

Please be sure to schedule all reservations of the church facilities through the Parish Administrator so your events can be placed

on the Church’s main calendar. Thank you!

Check out our website!

Our web address is:

www.saintpeterbythelake.net

Daughters of the

King

The Holy Order of the

Daughters of the King is open to any woman of the church who

has a desire to serve through

Prayer and Evangelism.

We gather quarterly at the

church for Bible Studies, Meditations, or Guest Speakers,

and smaller groups meet

monthly at the church or Daughters homes, for bible

study.

If you are interested in

becoming a Daughter of the

King, please feel free to talk to any of the Daughters.

For His Sake,

Nancy Brandt

URGENT NEED for HESED HOUSE, Lincoln County

homeless shelter:

Twin and full size blankets (not heavy), bottled water, toilet paper, paper plates, bowls and napkins, large solo cups, plastic eating utensils, laundry detergent HE and dryer sheets Contact Claire Tracy if you would like to donate any items. 704-483-1111

http://www.saintpeterbythelake.net/


SATURDAY BREAKFAST AT STACYS

Group contact: If you would like to receive emails regarding activities

of the men in the Church (and currently are not receiving them), send

your email address to [email protected] (and we will add you to this year's list. Anyone without email can call David Pittinaro (704) 530-

1858, and we will set up a calling list.

Men of St. Peter

News:

It is our great privilege to pray for those who ask us to pray. Our gracious God

answers out of His great love for His children.

Let us pray for these for whom members of our parish have requested prayer:

Jill Adams, Bill Aker, Matthew Aker, Alice, Amy, Andy, Andy, Ann, Lindsey & Scott, John Badfield, Agnes Badini,

Rikard Best & Family, Johnny Boles, J. W. Boles, Tom Booker, Cynthi Bowlick, Jim Brown, Lisa & Rob Brown, Don

Carlton, Jennifer Carroll, Joey & Barbara Lee Carter, Cassidy, Chuck & Kari, Serena Clancy & parents, Carl

Clendenin, Anita Coleman, Elizabeth Davis, Deborah, Emily & Dave, Larry Englebert, Jr., Englebert Family, Faye,

Felicia, Ellie Fleckenstein, Mark Fleckenstein, Lynne Freeman, J. R. Gore, Gordie Graham, Rick Graham, Jared Grant,

Toni Graves, Arlene Halasz, Meshele Hamby, Cole Harper, Marshall Hedrick, Sarah Hedrick, Sandy and Hale

Hemenway, Rand & Ola Hoover, Ann Baron Houseman & Sons, Renie Hughes, Mike Hutchinson, Linda Jarnagan,

Jason, Jenny, Antonia Jerman, Billy Johnson, Jerry, Robert Johnson, Ken Kahout, Mike Kerr, Laura, Mary & Cecil

Lowe, John Mahew, Mark, Pam Marler, Hannah Martin, Harold McGuire, Polly McMahon, Hazel Morrill, Meghan

Naylor, Joyce Neidlinger, Moselle Neupane, Lauren Oplinger, Michael Parton, Gail Pascalli, Paula, Clifford Peacock,

Jerry Pease, Paula Poad, David Pope, Christine Portuallo, Rayne, Brianna & Chantell, Jo Rice, Will Ridlehoover,

Shirley Roach, David Roberts, Frances Sabatino, Mia Salazar, Betty Saunders, Hunt Sayres, Jane Seacord, Jason Sentor,

Scott, Ann & Jim Shannon, Dan Sherman, Bob Smith, Lee Smith, Charlotte Snead, Steven Snyder, Madison Spencer,

Darla Stines, Will Dixon Sullivan, John Tolous, Kerri Triaga, Nancy Weber, Gloria Webb, Judith Wentzl, Eugenia

Young.

Thank you for helping us keep the NET prayer list current. If a name should be added or removed, please let Deacon

Judy Cole know.

PRAYER REQUESTS


February 7th Bishop Visit Bishop Taylor will be with us for his annual visit and confirmation on Sunday, February 7th 2016 at the 10:30am service. If you are a teenager (at least 6th grade) interested in confirmation, Fr. Ron will be teaching a youth confirmation class on Sunday afternoons at 4pm at the church on January

10, 17, and 24. Adults who are interested in either confirmation or reception, please contact Fr. Ron at the church office 704-483-3460, or by e-mail: [email protected]

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CARING BRIDGE FOR ASHLEY WAGNER The Wagner family would like you to know that they have created a Caring Bridge site for Ashley. Caring Bridge is a wonderful website in which Ashley will have a page where she and her family will write updates and news on her progress. And anyone visiting the site can leave a message for Ashley and the Wagners. Just go to Caringbridge.com and create an account and a password. Once you do that type in Ashley Wagner and you will see her page pop up.

Gra and Daphne send their deepest thanks for all the prayers, cards, goodies and support; it is all much appreciated.

mailto:[email protected]


NEWS FROM THE LAKE NORMAN

COVEKEEPERS

The Lake Norman Covekeepers wish you a happy,

prosperous, and environmentally healthy New

Year! Our first meeting for 2016 will take place on

Thursday, January 28, at our normal venue (East

Lincoln Fire Department, 206 S. Pilot Knob Road,

Stanley) with two guest speakers: Andy Kane,

Land Stewardship Associate with the Catawba

Lands Conservancy, and Susanne Sellers, board

member for the Carolina Thread Trail and Co-Chair

of Wandering Around Lincoln County. They will

discuss the importance of land conservation

efforts in sustaining the quantity and quality of

our water supply and brief us on the role of the

Thread Trail in the land conservation process.

Plan now on attending this informative

session.

Alexander Community

Concert SeriesThe Alexander Community Concert Series wishes you a happy and prosperous New Year!

Why not enrich your year by attending our next concert, which is guaranteed to rouse you

from the winter doldrums:

The Ziad Jazz Quartet – Gypsy jazz, music with verve

Sunday, February 28, 2016 3 p.m.

General Admission (including all receptions and refreshments):

Adults $15, Seniors (65 and above) and students $10, Children under 12 FREE

To reserve your tickets, call the church office (704-483-3460) OR Ben Benoit (704-489-6249)

OR e-mail [email protected].



The Corner Table Nourish Your Soul

Mission Statement: The Corner Table is a soup kitchen outreach ministry provided by the people of our community for the hungry of our community. Our primary purpose is to provide nutritious meals in a comfortable environment for any man, woman and child who is in need.

History: Started in January 2002

In 2003 The Corner Table out grew its small house and moved into their present day location in downtown Newton, NC.

The involvement by Saint Peter By-The-Lake began through our relationship with Mother Beth Lilly upon her arrival to SPBTL.

Present Day Activity by Saint Peter By-The-Lake and The Corner Table For several years, SPBTL has provided meals for The Corner Table on a quarterly basis. We

prepare and serve lunch to approximately 150 people during our day of service. In addition, several of our parishioners volunteer throughout the year to lead the “cook team” on other days, as needed.

In 2014, SPBTL joined other churches and professional organizations to become members of the Board of Directors at The Corner Table. Presently, we are represented by Bob Tracy at these monthly meetings.

The Corner Table relies on the financial support of all the members of the Board of Directors and many others throughout the community.

Each year, The Corner Table has fundraisers for addition support: o Gala Event in the Spring o Cruise-In Dinner during the Old Soldiers Reunion week o Parade of Cans food drive o Fall fundraiser o Christmas Candy Tin holiday fundraiser (For 2016, the goal of 1,000 candy tins will be sold)

Thanks to all of our volunteers that signup for our quarterly service at The Corner Table. It has become a tradition at SPBTL and we are blessed through our giving and sharing.

As of December 31, 2015, The Corner Table has served nearly 500,000 meals. St. Peter will host the following dates in 2016 with a Cook Team and servers. Please consider volunteering to support The Corner Table. January 4 March 7 May 2 July 18 September 19 November 7

A monthly highlight of organizations we support with our Time, Talent and Treasure.

FOCUS ON MISSION - OUTREACH TEAM And do not neglect doing good and sharing; for with such sacrifices God is pleased. Hebrews 13:16


Miscellaneous News and

Dates to remember

Evening Prayer with Holy Eucharist

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Holy Eucharist. Sunday night,

January 31st, at 7pm in the Nave.

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service in the 'high-church' tradition,

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chanting, and

incense.

ANNUAL PARISH MEETING

January 31st @ 10:30am

***Year end-reports for all ministry

team chairs are due by January

21st. They will be included in our

annual parish report, which will be

given to all parish members at the

annual meeting on January 31st.

COFFEE HOUR

Do you enjoy a good cup of joe and some fellowship with your

parish family?

If so, please sign up to help out one week by providing some snacks

– simple as some donuts or muffins, or as complicated as you like –

and preparing the coffee and juice.

The sign up sheet is in FURR HALL.

If you are interested in helping but think you need a little guidance,

or if you would like to be a ‘coffee mentor’ and be paired with

someone new, please contact Kate at the church office and she will

pair you up!


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JANUARY EVENTS

Upcoming Events:

February 7th

Bishop Visit/ Confirmation

February 9th

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper

February 10th

Ash Wednesday Service

February 28th Alexander Concert Series

The Ziad Jazz Quartet

January 6th

12th Night Festival

January 31st

Annual Parish Meeting

January 31st Evensong


January 3rd GREETER 8:30 Diane Johnson

10:30 Celia Deese

ACOLYTES 8:30 Codey Sliwoski

10:30 Gabby Laudenslager READERS 8:30 Richard Wilson 10:30 Kay Herring CHALICISTS 8:30 Cathy Melesh

10:30 Jim Hallman, Jim Heil

USHER(S) 8:30 Hal Shinn 10:30 Tom Lilly, Leo Soorus, Gary Johnston ALTAR GUILD Ann Bowden, Jim Bowden, Sherree Brady,

Nancy Driggers, Vickie Jordan, Gloria Reid CHILDREN’S CHAPEL Jessica Ireland & Katie Hamby

ALTAR FLOWERS Gaver

COFFEE HOUR

January 10th GREETER 10:30 Melissa Emmerson ACOLYTES 8:30 Mattie Rudd 10:30 Will Thornhill, Adanna Eziri READERS 8:30 Jennifer Baker 10:30 Lisa Anzalone

CHALICISTS 8:30 Jennifer Baker 10:30 Ginny Pretty, Chris Thornhill

USHER(S) 8:30 Irene Stollery 10:30 Bob & Claire Tracy, Bob Rowell

ALTAR GUILD Karen Taylor, Claire & Bob Tracy, Kay Herring, Marge Fairbanks, Anne Sweet, Betsy Clements, Jill McPeak, Cathy Melesh

CHILDREN’S CHAPEL Matt & Jessica Gustis ALTAR FLOWERS Mike & Stephanie Emmerson COFFEE HOUR ?

January 17th GREETER 8:30 Diane Johnson

10:30 Dick Lunney ACOLYTES 8:30 Matthew Weed

10:30 Michelle Stewart, Kelechi Eziri READERS 8:30 Clara Alexander 10:30 Cyndi Jarvis CHALICISTS 8:30 Robin Bolduc

10:30 Michelle & John Stewart

USHER(S) 8:30 Marlene Payne 10:30 Bob & Charlotte Garbarino, Joe Anzalone ALTAR GUILD Carmen Hatley, Nancy Pittinaro, Claudia Crist, Cathy & Tom Grace,

Cyndi Jarvis, Jeanne Hawkins, Marlene Payne, Brandy Rudd, Pamela Weed CHILDREN’S CHAPEL Marta & Matt Aebischer

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January 24th GREETER 10:30 Charlotte Garbarino

ACOLYTES 8:30 Katie Clements 10:30 Gabby Laudenslager, Ijeama Eziri READERS 8:30 Sherree Brady

10:30 Daniel Malyevac CHALICISTS 8:30 Linda Best

10:30 Ben Benoit, Courtenay Smith USHER(S) 8:30 Clara Alexander 10:30 Connie Mathis, Diane Davis, Jim Hallman

ALTAR GUILD Linda Best, Nancy Brandt, Kathy Campbell, Denyse Naylor, Rene Sliwoski, Charlotte & Bob Garbarino, Jane Lifsey, Irene Stollery, Pat & Dick Wilson

CHILDREN’S CHAPEL Michael & Lauren Ridlehoover ALTAR FLOWERS Bud & Jeanne Hawkins

COFFEE HOUR ?

January 31st GREETER 10:30 Bob Garbarino

ACOLYTES 8:30 Tyler McPeak 10:30 Grant & Ashley Wagner READERS 8:30 Karen Horne 10:30 Andy Parton CHALICISTS 8:30 Irene Stollery

10:30 Will Crist, Diane Davis

USHER(S) 8:30 Ron & Karen Horne 10:30 Ben Benoit, Celia Deese, Dave Smith ALTAR GUILD Ann Bowden, Jim Bowden, Sherree Brady, Josette Anzalone,

Nancy Driggers, Vickie Jordan, Gloria Reid, Priscilla Foley CHILDREN’S CHAPEL Shannon & Duane Rinkus ALTAR FLOWERS Jim & Pat Racz COFFEE HOUR Parton

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February 7th GREETER 8:30 Diane Johnson

10:30 Mary LaBranche ACOLYTES 8:30 Carter Sliwoski 10:30 Will Thornhill, Emily Heil READERS 8:30 Daniel Malyevac 10:30 Ginny Pretty

CHALICISTS 8:30 Mattie Rudd 10:30 Sarah Anne & Anne Brooke Lazorik

USHER(S) 8:30 Ed & Cathy Melesh 10:30 Jim Racz, Bill Lifsey, Duane Rinkus

ALTAR GUILD Ann Bowden, Jim Bowden, Sherree Brady, Josette Anzalone,

Nancy Driggers, Vickie Jordan, Gloria Reid, Priscilla Foley CHILDREN’S CHAPEL Bud & Jeanne Hawkins ALTAR FLOWERS Deanna Tanner COFFEE HOUR No CH - Souper Bowl Sunday


JANUARY Calendar 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

1 – 5PM

Denver Bridge

Group (Furr)

7pm Kerygma (Fotinos)

1

2

3 Second Sunday After

Christmas

8:30 HE

9:30 AC 9:30 CS

10:30 HE

4 1:30PM

Centering Prayer 7 PM

AA(Fotinos) 6:30 PM 12th

Night Practice

(Furr)

5

6:30 PM 12th

Night Practice

(Furr)

6 7pm 12th Night Festival ( Furr)

7 1 – 5PM

Denver Bridge

Group (Furr)

8 9 8:30 am Men @

Stacys

10 First Sunday after the

Epiphany

9:30 AC

9:30 CS

10:30 HE

5-7PM EYC

11 1:30PM

Centering Prayer

(Library) 7 PM

AA(Fotinos)

12 10 -11:30 am DOK Bible study

6:30-8 PM Supper & The

Word (Fotinos)

6 – 8:30pm

Basketball

(Furr)

13 6pm HB

7pm AC 7pm EFM (Fotinos)

14 1 – 5PM

Denver Bridge

Group (Furr)

5:45 – 7:45PM

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15

16

17 Second Sunday after

the Epiphany

8:30 HE

9:30 AC 9:30 CS

10:30 H

18 1:30PM

Centering Prayer

(Library) 7 PM

AA(Fotinos)

7PM Vestry

19 6:30-8 PM

Supper & The

Word (Fotinos)

6 – 8:30pm

Basketball (Furr)

20 6pm HB 7pm AC

7pm EFM (Fotinos)

21 22

6:30pm

Bunco (Fotinos)

23

24 Third Sunday after the

Epiphany

8:30 HE

9:30 AC

9:30 CS

10:30 HE

5-7PM EYC

25 1:30PM

Centering Prayer

(Library)

7 PM AA(Fotinos)

26 6:30-8 PM

Supper & The

Word (Fotinos)

6 – 8:30pm

Basketball

(Furr)

27 6pm HB 7pm AC

7pm EFM (Fotinos) 5:45 – 7:45PM

GS Troop 01854

(Furr)

28

1 – 5PM

Denver Bridge

Group (Furr)

29 30

31 Fourth Sunday after

the Epiphany

Annual Parish Meeting 8:30 HE

9:30 AC

9:30 CS

10:30 HE

7PM Evensong BLOOD PRESSURE

CHECK


10 – Bob and Charlotte Garbarino

15 – Lloyd & Jane McCall

19 – Bud & Jeanne Hawkins

Happy Anniversary

Happy Birthday

11 – Noah Emmerson

11 – Denyse Naylor

11 – Ginger Stensby

14 – Zachary Ireland

14 – Connie Mathis

15 – Nancy Wease

17 – Alex Biagi

18 – Connor Davis

18 – Patrick Hamby

19 – Betty Jean Begert

19 – Tyler Reeves

19 – Codey Sliwoski

26 – Kathleen Penny

26 - Reagan Barger

27 – Beth Lunney

28 – Jessica Gustis

29 – Mandi Biondi

29 – Francis Tavares

31 – Bailey Jones

2 – Carmen Hatley

2 – Caitlin Taylor

4 – Cathy Grace

5 – Norm Gaver

7 – Michael Matousek

8 – Patrick Duggan

8 – Jack Stollery

8 – Claire Tracy

10 – Karen Horne

January


STAFF

Kina Cartee, Director of Christian Formation and Newcomers Ministry

[email protected]

Kate D’Amato, Parish Administrator [email protected]

Janice McGuire, Accounting [email protected]

Gary Johnston, Treasurer [email protected]

Caroline Carmichael, Nursery Staff Angeline Carmichael, Nursery Staff

VESTRY

Jim Bowden, Senior Warden Daniel Malyevac, Junior Warden

Claudia Crist Stephanie Heil Connie Mathis Cathy Melesh

Bill Reid Dave Smith Leo Soorus

Clerk of the Vestry: Daphne Wagner

The Rev. Dr. Ronald B. Taylor, Rector 704-483-4634 (home), 704-618-7213 (cell)

[email protected]

The Rev. Judith Cole, Deacon 704-483-4321 (home), 704-534-1496 (cell)

[email protected]

The Rev. Beth Lilly, Assisting Priest (Retired) 828-464-5742 (Home), 828-461-1555 (Cell)

[email protected]

Leigh Ann Johnston, Organist/Director of Music


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