Bulletin Date: January 9, 2011 5:00 am
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
First Sunday after The Epiphany
January 9, 2011 – 11:00 A.M.
Holy Eucharist, Rite II
Priest-in-Charge: The Rev. Catherine D. Hicks
(BCP—Book of Common Prayer, S Numbers are the service music found in the front of The Hymnal 1982; WLP-Wonder, Love and Praise)
When you enter these doors, you enter sacred space that has been set aside for God.
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Welcome |
The Rev. Catherine D. Hicks |
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Tolling of the Bell |
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The Word of God |
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Opening Hymn |
“Songs of Thankfulness and Praise |
H135 |
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Opening Acclamation |
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BCP 355 |
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Gloria in Excelsis |
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S-280 |
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Today’s Collect |
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Insert |
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First Reading |
Isaiah 42:1-9 |
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Psalm 29 |
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BCP 620 |
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Second Reading |
Acts 10:34-43 |
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Sequence Hymn |
“If You Believe and I Believe” |
WLP 806 |
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The Gospel |
Matthew 3:13-17 |
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The Sermon |
The Rev. Catherine D. Hicks |
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The Nicene Creed |
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BCP 358 |
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The Prayers of the People: Form IV |
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BCP 388 |
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The Confession of Sin |
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BCP 360 |
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The Peace (Kindly greet those next to you) |
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Birthday and Anniversary Blessings |
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BCP 830 #51/431 |
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Announcements |
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The Offertory |
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The Holy Communion |
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Eucharistic Prayer A |
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BCP 361 |
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Sanctus |
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S 130 |
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The Lord’s Prayer |
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BCP 363 |
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The Breaking of the Bread |
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BCP 364 |
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The Communion of the People of God |
(All baptized Christians, regardless of church affiliation, are welcome at God’s altar.) |
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Communion Hymn |
“Let us Break Bread Together” |
H325 |
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Communion Prayer |
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BCP 365 |
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The Blessing |
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Closing Hymn “O Love How Deep” |
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H448 |
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Dismissal |
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Announcements
We welcome you to St Peter’s. Our hope is that you will find God’s love present with you in this place and that you will return here often to worship.
We welcome Doug Henderson as our organist while Brad continues to recover from last week’s accident. Brad’s address is Brad Volland, 2301 Cowan Blvd, Apt 63-C, Fredericksburg, VA 22401.
The loose offering today goes to the discretionary fund.
Christian Education is available at 10AM for all ages. The adults will be studying the book of Isaiah. The work of Isaiah appears frequently in our lectionary readings. Come learn more about this important work, and how it informs our lives as Christians.
Happy Birthday—Betty Kunstmann, 9th; Marilyn Newman, 11th; Terri Harrison, 12th; Chris Fisher, 14th; Cookie Davis, Jan 15th.
The Evening Book Group meets this Tuesday evening at 7PM in the Parish Hall. We are reading The Good and Beautiful God: Falling in Love with the God Jesus Knows. We will be discussing Chapter 6, “God is Holy.”
Ecumenical Bible study meets every Wednesday from 10AM until noon in the Parish House. We are studying the Gospel according to Matthew.
Our annual congregational meeting and Vestry elections will take place next Sunday, immediately following the 11AM service. Please plan to attend. Your Vestry will be meeting this Thursday night at 7PM to finalize plans for the meeting.
Please remember to bring non-perishable food items for the Food Pantry. Contact Fred Pannell, (804) 742-5302, with questions. Please bring dry or canned pet food for the animal shelter ministry. If you have any questions, please speak with Marilyn Newman, (804) 742-5091. Please bring coats to be donated among those who need them, as well as donations for the military which may be placed in the back pew. Please contact Joan Poland, (540) 775-3277 for more information.
A new home for Old Christmas cards! Please bring your old Christmas cards to be recycled by Native American children into beautiful new creations. Joan Poland will collect these cards and send them off. You may give them directly to her or leave them in the back pew.
St Peter’s Day–St Peter is honored on our church calendar on January 18th. In honor of our patron saint, we will study the readings for his day at the midweek Bible study on Wednesday, Jan 19th. AT 11:30AM that day we will conclude our study with Holy Eucharist. Please plan to join us that day if you can. If people who work would like to celebrate this day with an evening service, please let Catherine know. If there is enough interest, an evening service will also be offered in honor of our patron saint.