ANNOUNCEMENTS
November 18, 2012
WELCOME TO ALL OUR VISITORS! If you are interested in knowing more about
St. Peter’s, please complete a visitor card and place it in the offering plate, or give it to one of
the greeters who stand with the clergy after the service.
8:30
9:00
9:30 – 12
10:00
11:00
4:00
TODAY AT ST. PETER'S
Holy Eucharist Rite I
Breakfast
Nursery available for up to age 4
Holy Eucharist Rite II
Sunday School
Adult Forum
Young Adults (RW-Room)
Family Game Night
CHILDREN’S CHAPEL: All children, age 3 through 2nd grade are invited to be a part of
Children’s Chapel which meets during the 10:00 a.m. service. Children meet in the
Children's Chapel room on the second floor immediately before church for a worship service
and continue their worship in the church at The Peace.
LOOKING AHEAD:
 Thanksgiving Holiday: Office will close at noon on Wednesday, November 21 for
the week.
 Celebration of a New Ministry: December 13.
 Christmas Service information:
o December 24: 5:00 p.m.
o December 24: 11:00 p.m.
o December 25: 10:00 a.m.
LAY MINISTERS: (8:30) Reader/Prayers—Tricia Richards; Chalice Bearer—Frieda
Yeary. (10:00) 1st Lesson—Bob Steinbruegge; 2nd Lesson—Bob Berry; Prayers—Delores
Nowell; Chalice Bearers —Andye Moss, Bryant Steele, Cameron O’Riley, and John Duncan.
ACOLYTES: Crucifer—Andrew McDaniel; Torch Bearers—Nicholas Carlton and Claire
Anderson; Banner Bearer—Jasmine Holley.
CHURCH ALTAR ARRANGEMENTS are given by George and Christie Thomason to
the glory of God and in thanksgiving for the ministry of John Herring.
EYC: There will be no EYC, adult choir, children’s choir, or youth choir this week.
CHAPEL ALTAR ARRANGEMENTS are given by Beth Starnes and her family to the
glory of God and in loving memory of Willie “Big Pop” Starnes.
THURSDAY BIBLE STUDY will not meet this week or next week, November 22 or 29.
It will resume on December 6.
FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE: As the end of the year approaches,
parishioners are asked to complete their 2012 pledges as soon as possible. Please be aware
that gifts must be received at St. Peter's before noon on December 31 to be included in
2012 pledge statements. This is an accounting/tax practice with which St. Peter's must
comply.
CELEBRATION OF NEW MINISTRY: The Right Reverend Robert C. Wright will
celebrate a new ministry with the parish and John Herring on Thursday, December 13 at
5:00 p.m. A reception will follow in Daniel Hall.
CONGRATULATIONS to those who were elected to the vestry at the annual meeting
last Sunday: Cooper Crawford, David Hunter, John Kirkland, and Jimmy Smith. Beverly
Burnes was name senior warden for 2013.
INTERCESSORY PRAYER LIST: Nikki Dellis, Rob McGehee, Laura Edwards, Ross
Stevens, Kent Roberts, Larry Bracken, Beth Bradfield Wright, Shemi Kumar, Georgia
Hardwick, Don Frederick, Ralph Dodd, Wheeler Family, Harry McConnell, Walker Family,
Wally Barnard, Em Dempsey, Norma Hurley, Tom Shackelford, Jerry Gatlin, Bill Segars,
Billie Watson, Margaret Williams, Tina Martin, Mary Greenway, J.J. Owens, Harriet Owens,
Mike & Ginny Krekling (The prayer list has been refreshed. Please contact the church
office to renew your prayer requests.)
ADULT FORUM: Meets in Daniel Hall after the 10:00 a.m. service.
November 18: Samuel Seabury and the Eucharist—John Herring
November 25: Christmas 1951—Brian Hampton
BORED? Get on Board and join in St. Peter's Family Game Night! We'll gather tonight
from 4:00-6:00 p.m. in Daniel Hall. We invite families of all sizes and ages to come out
and join in the fun as we play games and participate in table top activities. There will be a
variety options to engage younger children through teens and adults. Snacks and beverages
will be provided. Nursery will be offered for our youngest members who tend to want to eat
the playing pieces.
CANTERBURY CLUB wishes all college students a safe and happy Thanksgiving break.
Please save the date for our Holiday Dinner on Tuesday, December 4 at 5:00 p.m. at
Janice's house. Bishop Keith Whitmore will be our special guest.
CANTERBURY CLUB wants to put your extra 2013 calendars to good use. As part of
our service to the community, we are collecting calendars for families served by DFACS.
Collection boxes will be located in Daniel Hall and the church office through December 31.
PLASTIC BAGS FOR BACKPACK BUDDIES: Please donate your plastic grocery
bags to the EYC. Weekly during the school year, EYC puts together care packages for the
"back pack buddies" program which provides food to children in the county school system.
HURRICANE SANDY swept through the Caribbean Oct. 25 before continuing up the
East Coast and making landfall Oct. 29 in central New Jersey. The storm has caused record
flooding and devastation on the Eastern seaboard. Episcopal Relief & Development is
working with affected dioceses to assess needs and provide critical, life-saving assistance.
Your support for ERD is needed now. Please donate securely to the Hurricane Sandy Fund
at https://www.er-d.org/. There is a minimum one-time online donation amount of $10, but
ERD appreciates all contributions. If you wish to make a donation of any amount by check,
please mail a check to Episcopal Relief & Development, P.O. Box 7058 Merrifield, VA
22116-7058. To donate by phone, please call 1.855.312.HEAL (4325). Thank you!
KERNELS OF THANKS: Most of us have heard the story of the first Thanksgiving held
in the fall of 1621. A feast was held with the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag to celebrate the
first harvest of the new colony. And for 3 days there was great feasting, praying, and playing.
But do you know what happened next? The story says they had been severely
underestimated their harvest and how many of them it could sustain. And so the only the
only way to survive was to cut their allotted provisions in half. However by November the
ship Fortune arrived with 35 new settlers who had nothing. The harvest of 1622 was greatly
lacking and starvation continued. By the spring of 1623, rations had been reduced to only 5
kernels of corn per day. That summer the Pilgrims fasted and prayed for an entire day in
hopes the drought would end and their crops would be saved. The next morning their
prayers had been answered and a soft rain fell for 2 weeks. The crops grew and were
bountiful. Legend holds Thanksgiving that year was a little different. For the first course all
were given an empty plate that held only 5 kernels of corn. Each pilgrim stood one by one
and named a blessing for each kernel.
There are extra “kernals” in Daniel Hall. Please take a kernel or two or five and share
your blessings and thanksgivings from the past year. You can return them to Cameron in
person, by placing them in the offering plate, or by returning to the church office. Watch as
our Kernels grow into a Corn Cob as we join together in praising God and harvesting our
thanks. "Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever." Psalm 107:1
(NIV)
CHOIRMASTER’S CORNER:
Today’s anthem was composed by Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611), the most prominent
Spanish composer during the High Renaissance. Victoria’s style may be seen as an
outgrowth of the deeply spiritual revival that took place in the Roman Catholic Church
during the Counter-Reformation. During this era, the Roman Catholic hierarchy undertook
a series of reforms that included the development of spiritual movements emphasizing
personal devotion and mysticism. For musicians in sympathy with these mystical ideals,
sacred music became an outlet for personal expression, and composers such as Victoria
sought to convey the meaning of their texts in music of great emotional impact. This
morning the choir, directed by Wanda Cantrell from the organ, will sing Victoria’s setting of
“Jesu, the very thought of Thee” in an English translation. The deep intimacy conveyed in
this text is enhanced by Victoria’s sensitive harmonic language, which includes numerous
expressive dissonances that intensify the emotion before resolving to more soothing
consonant harmonies. You may notice that the overall harmonic “feel” of the anthem is
minor instead of major. In the twenty-first century, we generally associate sad texts with the
minor mode, and happy texts with the major mode. Musicians in Victoria’s day, however,
had not yet established those conventional associations. As you listen to the minor
harmonic language, do not look for sadness in the text because this is a text of joyful
intimacy.
Clergy and Staff Directory
www.stpetersrome.org
Rector
The Reverend John F. Herring
john@stpetersrome.org
Associate Rector
The Very Reverend Janice Bracken Wright
jbwright@bellsouth.net
Parish Administrator
Terri Borchardt
terri@stpetersrome.org
Children’s Ministry Coordinator
Cameron O’Riley
cameron@stpetersrome.org
Sexton
Sheila Kinnebrew
Sheila@stpetersrome.org
Choirmaster & Director of Music
Dr. Fredrick Tarrant
Fred@stpetersrome.org
Finance Office
Debbi West
dwest@stpetersrome.org
Organist
Wanda Cantrell
pianoforte1000@yahoo.com
Letters to the Romans
Andye Moss and Marny Busbin
agm614@aol.com and
marnyr@bellsouth.net
St. Peter’s Vestry Members
Brad Roberts Sr. Warden (2012)
Ed Hine Junior Warden (2013)
Laura Frederick (2012)
M.J. Chisholm (2012)
George Thomason (2012)
Beverly Burnes (2013)
Jenna Black (2013)
Jack Niedrach (2013)
Suzanne Scott (2014)
Russ Jennings (2014)
Bob Steinbruegge (2014)
Andye Moss (2014)
Parish Treasurer: John Gilliam
Clerk: Leigh Ann Anderson
USUNDAY SERVICES
8:30 a.m. (Chapel) Holy Eucharist Rite I
10:00 a.m. (Church) Holy Eucharist Rite II
Broadcast live on Radio Station WLAQ 1410 AM and
www.WLAQ1410.com
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Baby & Toddler Nursery
UWEEKDAY WORSHIP SERVICE
SCHEDULE
UTuesday: 12:15 p.m. (Chapel) Healing Service
UWednesday: 5:30 p.m. (Chapel) Celtic Eucharist
CHOIR PRACTICE
7:30 p.m. Choir Room
THURSDAY BIBLE STUDY
10:00 a.m. Bible Study—Rhodes-Wyatt Room