St. Peters Church - Salisbury, MD http://www.stpeterschurch.net To Know and Share the Love of Christ Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:59:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Musings from the Dreamer 2012 http://www.stpeterschurch.net/2012/01/10/musings-from-the-dreamer-2012/ http://www.stpeterschurch.net/2012/01/10/musings-from-the-dreamer-2012/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:31:22 +0000 Barb Fisher http://www.stpeterschurch.net/?p=425 ABC

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II Christmas

Feast of the Holy Name

 

Altar Guild

Margaret Gravenor
Julia Ball
Ann Chaffinch
Sona Morrison
Katy Stover
Sally Thrash
 

 

8 AM Service

Chalicist / Acolyte - Barbara Fisher
Ushers -  
   
   

 

9:15 AM Service

Chalicist - Laura McCarthy
Acolyte - Anna Shields
Crucifer - Alex Batten
Torchbearers - Robyn Jones
  Jordan Willey
Lector -  
Ushers -  
   
   

11:15 AM Service

Chalicist - G. A. Harrison
Acolyte - Abby Berthiaume
Lector -  
Ushers -  
   
   

 

Scripture Readings:

Numbers 6:22-27
Philippians 2:5-11
Luke 2:15-21
Psalm 8

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I Christmas

Nativity of Our Lord

 

Altar Guild

Betty Lou Davis
Kathy Fahey
Jane Moore
Linda Smith

 

10:00 AM Service

Chalicist / Acolyte - G. A. Harrison
Ushers -  
   

 

 

Scripture Readings:

Isaiah 52:7-10
Hebrews 1:1-4, (5-12)
John 1:1-14
Psalm 98

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I Christmas

The Nativity of Our Lord

 

Altar Guild

Betty Lou Davis
Kathy Fahey
Jane Moore
Linda Smith

 

5:00 PM Service

Chalicist - Atif Gaddis
Chalicist - Michelle Harrison
Acolyte - Abby Stephens
Crucifer - Molly Stephens
Torchbearers -  
   
Lector -  
Ushers - Vestry

 

11:00 PM Service

Chalicist - Jimmy Hill
Chalicist - Laura McCarthy
Acolyte - C.J. Huntington
Crucifer - Laura Todd
Torchbearers - J.B. Harrison
  William Harrison
Lector -  
Ushers - Vestry

 

Scripture Readings:

Isaiah 9:2-7
Titus 2:11-14
Luke 2:1-14(15-20)
Psalm 96

]]> http://www.stpeterschurch.net/2011/12/23/service-schedule-december-24-2011/feed/ 0 Merry Christmas! http://www.stpeterschurch.net/2011/12/22/merry-christmas/ http://www.stpeterschurch.net/2011/12/22/merry-christmas/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:12:00 +0000 Father Todd+ http://www.stpeterschurch.net/?p=387 How low is that first purple candle on your advent wreath now? Or has it like ours already burned down completely from dinner time lightings?
How does it feel to have only a couple of windows left to open on the calendar? Very exciting, isn’t it?
 
Welcome to the eve of Christmas at St. Peter’s.  Remind all the children of your families that the procession at the start of the service includes bringing up the animals and figures to the Manger which this year is more visible and placed higher, over on the other side of the front of the nave at the Family Altar.

A lot of us show up for church on Christmas Eve and don’t give a great deal of thought to what went in to preparing our Christmas worship experience.  A special thanks to the dedicated ladies of our Altar Guild (and their other volunteers) for the great job in “Greening the Church” and getting everything prepared for our Christmas services.  Thanks to Barb Fisher and Bruce Horner for all of their hard work in preparing the music and children’s’ program.  Thanks to our Grace Notes bell choir and the other folks taking part in our Christmas Eve program.  I hope that we all appreciate the hard work that our brothers and sisters put in so that we can have meaningful Christmas worship services.
 
We’re in a pinch for any nursery staffing at the early service.  So here’s the broadcast appeal: we need at least one person comfortable with such responsibilities to staff the nursery for $50 from 4:30 pm to 6:15 pm.  If you or someone you might know of would at all be interested please call Fr. Todd at 410-726-8685.
 
For those of you that are conscious of timing dinner, Bruce our organist and music director has painstakingly timed out the music selections and when we add them to the regular service format I have totaled up a service length that lasts until about 6:15 pm, give or take a few of course.
 
Again, as our Senior Warden mentioned a couple weeks ago, invite some friends along to experience the beauty and sacredness of St. Peter’s at some of it’s most festive and sublime during the Christmas season.
 
Blessings,
Fr. Todd+

]]> http://www.stpeterschurch.net/2011/12/22/merry-christmas/feed/ 0 It’s Like Home http://www.stpeterschurch.net/2011/12/20/its-like-home/ http://www.stpeterschurch.net/2011/12/20/its-like-home/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:23:39 +0000 G. A. Harrison http://www.stpeterschurch.net/?p=312 For about 12 years we were part of a small, thriving evangelical congregation down the Shore.  While we were extremely happy with our church home, after moving to Salisbury and living here a few years we decided that we wanted a church a bit closer to home.  We talked to a few friends who worshipped at St. Peter’s and decided to visit on Palm Sunday, 2010.

While I’m comfortable worshipping in almost any setting, the liturgy makes me feel closer to God.  I enjoy the structure of the prayer book.  It allows me to concentrate on the worship, God’s Word, the preaching, and the celebration of the Eucharist.  More than anything else, Father Todd and the people I met at St. Peter’s made me feel at home.

Another thing that I love about the parish is that I’m given an opportunity to serve the Lord in multiple ways.  I had never volunteered at a homeless shelter, until I was given the opportunity when St. Peter’s hosted the Community Emergency Shelter Project for two weeks.  I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to serve as a chalicist, a lay reader, to work with the altar guild and many other opportunities.  The people at St. Peter’s have really become family.

]]> http://www.stpeterschurch.net/2011/12/20/its-like-home/feed/ 0 Congratulations Dr. Barbara Anne Fisher http://www.stpeterschurch.net/2011/12/19/congratulations-dr-barbara-anne-fisher/ http://www.stpeterschurch.net/2011/12/19/congratulations-dr-barbara-anne-fisher/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:47:00 +0000 Father Todd+ http://www.stpeterschurch.net/?p=390 I want to congratulate our program director Barb Fisher for successfully defending her dissertation and receiving her Doctor of Ministry degree from Virginia Theological Seminary.  I know that I speak for every member of the St. Peter’s family when I say that we are all proud of Barb’s hard work and accomplishment IN ADDITION to all of her hard work and dedication here at St. Peter’s.

Great job Barb!  And thanks from all of us.

 

Faithfully,
Todd+

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Yet more on the topic of music …  Our "ring-in" event for 3rd Friday was a great success.  Not only was our Grace Notes bell choir in fine form, but we were blessed with several others who joined in the fun.  If you weren’t able to make it, you missed a fun experience of a great ministry here at St. Peter’s.  As you may have heard, you don’t need to be able to read music to participate.  It was a great opportunity to share this ministry with others.  Hopefully, some who participated might decide to join Grace Notes on a more permanent basis.
 
Lastly, and still about music, Sunday the 25th, Christmas day, for the 10 a.m. service there will a selected processional and recessional.  The remaining parts of our service where it is appropriate for music to be played, we are going to take suggestions from the pews to sings our hearts out for the birth of our Lord.  So, think about what you have not heard this season, or whatever hymn it is that you particularly enjoy and that makes it a special part of Christmas.
 
See you this Sunday.  Enjoy the spirit of Advent in its last several remaining days.

Faithfully,
Todd+

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This past Monday was the 6th.  On our church calendar it was St. Nicholas Day.  My stepmom Hanna asked if we had put out a little boot next to Simon’s crib filled with treats for him to wake up to in the morning (a standard German family tradition).  No, we hadn’t this year, but there are already stockings hung on the mantle above our fireplace and plans are taking place for celebrating Epiphany at St. Peter’s.  Epiphany, which lands on Friday, January 6th, is the date of the Three Kings bringing their gifts to the Christ child.
 
With so much attention on what-to-get, it is forever important to redirect the fervor toward what-we-got.   That is this Sunday’s theme:  the deepest and most profound joy of God’s embrace – His becoming one of us in Jesus.  Sharing this truth, ….and packaging it lovingly, is the truest gift a Christian could extend in any season.
 
Blessings this, and every week.  Hope to see you Sunday!

Faithfully,
Todd+

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Emily and Ryan Atkin’s baby was born at 2:45am Thursday morning. All is well, and it’s a boy!. His name is Liam Alexander Atkin and he is 8lbs 1oz and 20 and a half inches long. Congratulations and our prayers for everyone in the new chapters of parenthood and grandparenthood!

A heartfelt reminder –
While this year’s stewardship campaign has wrapped up, there seems to be a pattern of pledge cards making their way back in the weeks after the campaign is over.  Please help us put the most generous resources toward God’s work at St. Peter’s this coming year.  It’s not just Liam who’s counting on us, but there are many more who do not even know the incredible ways that all of us at St. Peter’s together can be the partners and ambassadors for knowing and loving Christ.
 
Blessings this, and every week.  Hope to see you Sunday!

Faithfully,
Todd+

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