november 2015 - st. james' episcopal church mt. airy md

The Shell November, 2015

St. James Episcopal Church 1307 North Main St.

Mount Airy, MD 21771 301.829.0325 www.stjamesmtairy.org

From the Rector – Symbols, Symbols Everywhere

Dear St. James’ Parish Family, It is hard to believe it is November! This is a month of turning in the church year. We begin

with the great Feast of All Saints and end with the start of the new church year when we enter

Advent. Throughout it all, symbols help point us along the way.

Beginning on All Saints you will notice a small change to how the sanctuary is set up. No,

we’re not moving the chairs! (Yet) This change will center on the altar. As it is right now the altar

is set for the entire service with “the stack” – that is a chalice, a paten, a pall, a veil and a burse.

These are symbols of the Eucharistic liturgy and they are important. But did you know there are

two distinct liturgies in our Eucharist? We begin with the Liturgy of the Word and then move into

the Liturgy of the Table. In an effort to better visually recognize this – and have what we mean

match with what we do – we are going to place the Gospel book on the book stand in the center of

the altar to be our symbol for the Liturgy of the Word, and then bring the Eucharistic vessels over

at the start of the Liturgy of the Table.

This is one of a few small changes we will be incorporating over the next month. As we move

into Advent, and a new seasonal bulletin, you may notice that the format will shift a bit to reflect

the above change, and a few others. One is that instead of Processional and Recessional Hymns, the

opening and closing hymns will both simply be called Hymn in Procession. Whoa, you may be thinking,

don’t go crazy there with the change! Or perhaps even, who cares Kristin? And you’re right, this is

a very small thing. And yet it holds a big symbolic meaning. Procession and Recession point solely

toward ‘entering church’ and ‘exiting church.’ When we call them both hymns of procession then

what we are saying is that we process out of the world into church, and then we process out of

church into the world. As George Herbert wrote, we are meant to live seven whole days, not one in

seven.

And finally, a note about Advent. St. James’ along with many churches over the last many

years made the move to use blue instead of purple as the liturgical color for the season. At one

time Advent was seen as a penitential season of penitence and fasting in preparation for the coming

of the Lord. Thus purple was used, and on the third Sunday, pink – a burst of joy and color. Known

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as Gaudete Sunday (Gaudete being the Latin word for rejoice, which begins the Epistle reading on

that Sunday), this was a break from the somber scripture of the season and offered a more joyful

sense of anticipation.

When churches began to move away from understanding Advent as a “mini-Lent” and began

emphasizing joyous anticipation and preparation for the entire season, blue was the color chosen –

one that can evoke the sense of the morning sky shortly before the dawn of the sun. In some

places the pink candle migrated along. But again, in making our symbols match what we say we mean,

there are really two to choose from, and that is either purple/pink or all blue. And so it is that the

change you will notice is that we will have four blue candles on our Advent wreath this year – and

indeed in the ones you make and take home!

Because on the First Sunday of Advent, we will have Advent devotional materials for the

entire family, as well as supplies for each family to make and take home a wreath to light

throughout the season, marking time and counting down to the Mystery of Christmas. Please mark

your calendars to join us on November 29th and look for more information about this in the coming

weeks.

November is a month of turning the church year. I hope to see you all as we come close to-

gether, with our symbols pointing the way.

In peace,


Saint James’ Episcopal Church Sunday School

SUNDAY SCHOOL NEWS

9:30-10:15 a.m. lower level

Preschool through high school

Fall is definitely here and we hope you have been enjoying the beauty of the season. In order to

help our fine-feathered friends during this seasonal change, our Sunday School students made bird

feeder treats during their group activity. You may have seen the treats hanging in the trees by our

outdoor altar. This is the prayer they recited:

Dear Lord,

Hear and bless all animals and singing birds

And guard with tenderness small things that have no words.

Amen.

Mark your calendar

As part of the opening of Sunday School classes each week, our children make a joyful noise unto

the Lord in song with Mr. Jon on the guitar (or banjo). With this in mind, the group will be singing

during the 10:30 worship service on Sunday, November 22nd. This is the 4th Sunday of the month

when our older youth will be participating in the service. Please mark your calendar for this event

and come see, hear, witness the ministries of our Sunday School children and youth.

Don’t forget to pick up the monthly family activity sheets that Rev. Kristin provides, which has lots

of ideas and suggestions fitting for the season. They are located in the lower level on the en-

trance counter and upstairs in the foyer by the name tags.

Speaking of name tags……all Sunday School children should be wearing their name tag lanyards as

well as adults. This will make it easier for Kristin+ to remember our names more easily – and, it

helps our guests identify who we are. Please let your child’s teacher know if a lanyard is needed.

In thanksgiving for our volunteer teachers

Bible Stories for Preschoolers Yvette Allen (and parent volunteers)

Kindergarten – 2nd Grades Betsy Davis

3rd – 5th Grades Addie Straus, Susan Straus

6th – 12th Grades Joan Fader, Peter Sabonis

“4th Sunday Fun” Group Events Nancy Nanavaty

Children’s Music Jon Fader


St. James’ Nursery School Happenings So many exciting things are happening at St. James Nursery School! Recent trips

to Summers Farm, Gavers Farm and Clarks Elioak Farm were enjoyed by all and

capped off with Halloween festivities at the end of October. The Pre-K 4’s will also

be enjoying an upcoming trip to Piney Run in November.

The Holiday Extravaganza will be held Saturday, November 14th and we welcome all

who would like to attend. Local vendors will be onsite selling a variety of goods.

This is a great opportunity to start shopping for the holidays! Money collected

from the vendors will again be donated to Mount Airy Net.

The Nursery School will be hosting a Mini-Scholastic Book Fair to be held

November 16th & 17th. A wide variety of children’s books will be available for

purchase and proceeds benefit the school. If you are unable to attend in person,

please check out the online book fair at :

http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/stjamesnursery1.

As always, please feel to check out our Facebook page at :

www.facebook.com/stjamesnurseryschool

St. James’ Holiday Extravaganza! The second Holiday Extravaganza/ Vendor Fair will be on November 14 from 10:00-

4:00. We will have more vendors than last year which means bigger and better!!! The

money collected from the vendors for this event will again be donated to the Mt Airy

Net. Last year between the vendor fees and silent auction we were able to donate

$1,000.00! That was HUGE and they were very grateful.

Some of the vendors we currently have are: A variety of homemade crafters, Thirty

-One, Longaberger, Pampered Chef, Scentsy, Tupperware, Mary Kay, Jamberry Nails,

CDJ Genie Services, Beads Bows & Beyond, Rodan & Fields Dermatology, doTerra Es-

sential Oils, Paparazzi, Origami Owl, Silpada, Candy Blooms and more.

An additional part of the Vendor Fair is the Scholastic Mini-Book Fair!!

We hope to see you there!

Christina Christiansen

Vendor Fair Coordinator and

St. James Parent

http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/stjamesnursery1

http://www.facebook.com/stjamesnurseryschool


Welcoming our New Music Director- Len Langrick

It is with great joy that I invite you to welcome Len Langrick as our long term

interim Music Director. Len will be with us for six months, through Easter, and

from there further plans will emerge. Len’s first Sunday with us is November 1,

so make sure to introduce yourself and welcome him when you see him! Please

hold Len and our choir in your prayers as they, and we, begin this new

collaboration.

A native of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Len Langrick received the

Bachelor of Music degree in choral music education and organ performance

from Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, and the Master of Music degree

in organ performance from Indiana University. Currently he teaches music at

Indian Creek School, Crownsville, and also serves as director of early childhood

music for the Children’s Chorus of Maryland. Previously Len has served as

director of the Handel Children’s Choir of Baltimore and as director of music

and organist for congregations in Maryland, North Carolina, Indiana, and

Michigan. He has served the Presbyterian Church (USA) at both the regional

and national level, most notably as director of the Montreat Conferences on

Worship & Music. In his spare time Len enjoys honing his accordion playing

skills, particularly to accompany the folk dances of his music classes.

Mount Airy Net’s Specific Needs ...

Mount Airy Net is in need of the items listed below. All items can be placed in

the grocery cart located in the Narthex at St. James. The Outreach Committee

will make sure the items are taken to Mt. Airy Net. Thank you all for everything

you do. The world is a better place when we work together.

Personal Care Items Canned Meat Canned Fruit

Canned Vegetables Snacks Quick Pack Lunches

Soup Pasta Cereals

Oatmeal Rice Potato Flakes

Condiments Salad Dressing Boxed Dessert Mixes


Save the Date !!! The Renewal of Ministry with the

Welcoming of a New Rector On Thursday, November 19th at 7:00 pm we will gather in celebration! Once

called the Institution of a Rector, this service now lifts up both the

community and the priest – celebrating a renewed dedication to ministry as we

begin together. The Rt. Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton will preside and the Rev.

Dina van Klaveren will preach. More details to come as we get closer to the

date!


St. James’ Annual Basket Raffle/Silent Auction Thank You

We are pleased to report that our 9th Annual Basket Raffle and Auction was

quite a success; in spite of Hurricane Joaquin, our net proceeds for all of our

efforts is $5,511.00! It definitely became more of a challenge to regroup

and come up with a backup plan, but with the help of so many, we made it a fun

and successful event. This would not have been possible without the

generosity, both in materials, time, talent and spirit, of so many of you. We

should first thank the Raffle committee—from our volunteer coordinator and

donation solicitors to "Basket Brigade” assemblers to those who posted flyers

(twice!) to the ladies who called the winners, all deserve a huge thanks!!

In addition, we are very grateful for all of the wonderful donations of lovely

items and baskets received. Many thanks also to our Nursery School and

Thrift Shop for their continued support of this event. Most importantly, Ave

and I would like to give our most sincere appreciation to Mary Hutchins-Danna

for her unequivocal guidance throughout the planning and execution of our Bas-

ket Raffle/Auction.

Averelle Smith and Marilyn Hancock

Co-Chairs 2015 Basket Raffle/Auction

November Wedding Anniversaries !!!

November Birthdays !!!

2 Kyle Mark DelRegno

3 Carter Lemig

4 Katie Dulany

Elias Etzler

8 Peter Davis

10 Grace Christensen

Barbara Fishell

Jeremy Williams

18 Tom Patterson

20 Charles Riel

22 John Sorna

25 Steven Stowell

Winks Winkler

26 David Oland

30 Patricia Chalk


11 Dennis Sautter

12 Daniel Barazotto

Leon Straus

Richard Straus

15 Jeannie Pellicier

16 Maria Pellicier

Lisa Sorna

17 Kyle Wellen

11/4/72 Sharon & Ernie Hansen

11/28/09 Ty & Ashley Conlon


St. James Thrift Shop 234 South Main Street

Mt. Airy, MD 21701

301.829.0314

November 14th

10am - 5pm

Children’s Holiday Bazaar

Children shop for family and friends in an “adult free” zone with an assistant!

These gifts are NEW and AFFORDABLE! Wrapping station, coloring station, Goody bags to

go! Great gift ideas for parents, siblings, bus driv-

ers, teachers! Parents will enjoy shopping and snacks while they

wait!

november 2015 - st. james' episcopal church mt. airy md

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