Bulletin Date: September 6, 2015 4:00 am
The Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Holy Eucharist, Rite II
Rector: The Rev. Catherine D. Hicks
(BCP—Book of Common Prayer, H-Hymnal 1982; S Numbers are the service music found in the front of The Hymnal 1982; WLP-Wonder, Love and Praise)
LEVAS-Lift Every Voice and Sing II)
In the name of Christ, we welcome you to this Church. May those who sorrow find comfort; the weary, rest; the unhappy, joy; the troubled, peace; the stranger, friends; and to all the sense of God’s Presence in this holy place.
The Ringing of the Bell
Prelude
Processional Hymn There’s a wideness in God’s mercy H 470
The Word of God
Opening Acclamation BCP 355
Hymn of Praise O for a thousand tongues to sing H 492 (Verses 1,2 and 6)
The Collect of the Day Insert
Old Testament Isaiah 35:4-7a
Psalm Psalm 146 BCP 803
Epistle James 2:1-10, [11-13], 14-17
Sequence Hymn Lord of all hopefulness H 482
Gospel Mark 7:24-37
The Sermon The Rev. Catherine D. Hicks
The Nicene Creed BCP 358
The Prayers of the People Insert
Confession of Sin BCP 360
The Peace BCP 360
Announcements
Birthday and Anniversary Blessings BCP 830 #51/431
The Holy Communion
The Offertory Let others see Jesus in you St Peter’s Choir
Eucharistic Prayer B BCP 367
Sanctus WLP 858
The Lord’s Prayer BCP 364
The Breaking of the Bread BCP 364
Fraction Anthem Christ our Passover S 155
The Communion of the People of God
Communion Hymn Strengthen for service, Lord H 312
Post-Communion Prayer BCP 365
The Blessing
Closing Hymn Where cross the crowded ways of life H 609
Dismissal
Postlude
Announcements
Welcome to St. Peter’s! May God’s love be present with you in this place and bring you back often. The communion bread is gluten free.
Coffee Hour follows right after this service in the Parish House. All are welcome.
For September’s Village Harvest distribution, September 16, please bring Kleenex, toilet paper, and paper towels.
Bible Study resumes on Wed., Sept. 9th. 10AM noon in Parish House.
A new Christian Education program, Weaving God’ Promises, for children 3rd grade up and any interested adults starts on Sunday, September 13 at 10AM in Catherine’s study in the Parish House. Godly Play for ages 3 to first grade continues in the Godly Play room at 10am.
Next Sunday—baptism of Courtland Merkl, grandson of Jim and BJ Anderson. Please come to show your support for this new little person’s life in Christ.
Gospel on the River—Sunday, September 13, 4PM at St Peter’s on the lawn. Please note the change in location. Men are responsible for bringing beverages, women bring heavy hors d’oeuvres.
Save the Date – September 15, 2015. Concert from Spain and will feature flamenco guitar music and dance:
• 6pm – Tapas and Sangria on the front lawn, weather permitting.
• 7pm – Concert Leah Kruszewski , flamenco guitar and Yolit, dancer.
Admission is free, but donations will help cover the costs of this year’s concert and provide seed money to continue the concert series. A list of donors will appear in the program. Giving levels are as follows
- Well-wishers up to $99
- Friends—up to $499
- Benefactors–$500 or more
Make a check out to St Peter’s and put “Concert” in the memo line if you would like to be a donor.
Help us advertise the concert ! Talk to your friends – hand them a poster and press release. See Catherine about getting them.
———————————–This Week —————————————–
· Wed., Sept. 9, 10am-12pm- Ecumenical Bible Study
· Fri., Sept. 11-13 – ECW Retreat at Roslyn with Bishop Susan Goff
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
823 Water Street PO Box 399, Port Royal, VA 22535
Website: www.churchsp.org Parish Office: (804) 742-5908
The Vestry
Roger Key, Senior Warden – (804)-241-5395
Johnny Davis, Junior Warden – (804) 742-5654
Laura Carey, Becky Fisher, Elizabeth Heimbach, Fred Pannell
Clarence Kunstmann, Treasurer & Elizabeth Heimbach, Registrar
Brad Volland – Music Director & Organist
The Rev. Catherine D. Hicks, Rector
(540) 809-7489, (540) 898-1586, stpetersrev@gmail.com
Christ Centered, Biblically Based, Spirit Filled, Caring
Prayer List
Dot Rose (mother of Anita Pratt), Maddison Pulley (friend of Vivian McDonald), Nancy Wick, Stanley Fields, Dave Fannon, Virginia and Perry Bowen, Linda Upshaw, Crystal and Fred Pannell, Boyd and Barbara Wisdom, Myrtle Samuels, Peggy Roberts, John and Toni Faibisy, Vivian McDonald . Dylan Puryear (grandson of BJ Anderson), Sarah Pannell (daughter-in-law of the Pannells),Miriam Martindale (mother of Paige Martindale), Kim Martinez (friend of Odessa Davis),Buzz and Billie, Dorian (friends of the Everetts), Bob Settle (friend of Barbara Wisdom), Margaret Billesimo (aunt of Chris Mercurio), Cindy Syndergaard (friend of Susan Tilt), Brittany, Greg and Caroline(family of Jim Anderson), Linda Dodson, Brenda Brent, Susan Walters (friends of Becky Fisher), Bernadine Nastasee (mother of Toni Faibisy), Mark Witt, Carol Whitcomb, (aunt of Becky Fisher), Lauri McGuire (sister of Charles McGuire), Mark Mallin (brother of Barbara Wisdom), Martie Sothoron Donavan, Beth Elkins (family and friend of the Segars) Towanda Simmons (daughter of Gladys Fortune) , Grayson Kirby, Rhonda Hicks (friend and family of the Davis family), Mark Dobronski (friend of the Wicks), Bill Upshaw, (family of Linda Upshaw), Leroy Fisher (grandfather of Chris Fisher), Bill White, Bobbye Canaday, (friends of the Hicks),Lit Woodard (Catherine Hicks’ uncle) Betty Lontz, (friend of Brad Volland), Gloria Jewell, Charles and Yvonne Johnson (friends of the Pannell, Laura Carey), Peter Sorensen, Chuck Beckman, Carolyn & Elizabeth Nelson, Jan and Jeff Ward (friends of the Newmans), Carrie Griffith (mother of Marilyn Newman), Butch and Carolyn Delhagen, Bob and Diane Creel(relatives of the Newmans),Russell Smith, Daniel Smith (brothers of Susan Linne von Berg),Eudora Heath, Albert Barnett, Morris Samuels, Patricia Edwards (family of Andrea Pogue) and PCRJ prisoners.
Serving in the Armed Forces
Christopher DeHart Gordon Devine Christopher Feliciano
Joseph George Steven Lee David Locklerr
Daniel Vanpike Greg Merkl
Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost
September 6 , 2015, 11am
"El Greco – “Healing the Blindman” (1570)
““They brought to him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they begged him to lay his hand on him. He took him aside in private, away from the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue. Then looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened." And immediately his ears were opened." " – Mark 7:32-35
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church