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A Photo Op – St. Peter’s 2013 Directory
We will be expanding the Church directory in 2013 with a section of photos of the parish, including friends of St. Peter’s. Clarence is heading up the directory project with help from a committee consisting of Andrea Pogue, Cindy Fields and Ben Hicks.
Picture taking will be held the first and third Sundays just after Church. You can "schedule yourself" by just appearing on the second floor of the Parish House in Catherine’s study for the photo. In general they will be family pictures though due to the size of some famililes, we may separate the children from the parents. We anticipate the directory will be ready by February 2013. Thank you!
Fall Comes to Port Royal
Christ centered, Biblically based, spirit filled and a place of simple hospitality, we have shared our communal life with our church,our community, and those in need. Your presence enriches us.
Nov. 4 -9:45am Christian Education for children and adults
Nov. 4 -11:00am, All Saints Sunday
Nov. 4 – 12:00pm Coffee Hour
Sunday Readings and Servers
All Saints Sunday, Nov. 4! Stewardship Cards, Samaritan Purse Shoeboxes to be collected
“Saints are those who by their life and work make it clear and plain that God lives.”––Nathan Söderblom
From its very beginning, the Church understood the Body of Christ to encompass all baptized persons, both the living and the dead. Christ’s kingdom transcends time and space; and not even death can sever the relationship that the faithful have in Christ.
All are united in a mystical communion with Christ by virtue of baptism (1 Corinthians 6:11). The term saint was used by Paul to designate all baptized Christians (Romans 1:7; 2 Corinthians 1:1; Ephesians 1:1), even the unruly ones (1 Corinthians 1:2)!
The early Church especially honored martyrs, those who had died for their faith. Local churches kept a record of their own martyrs and each year celebrated their “birthdays,” the dates of death when they were “born” into eternal life.
By the fourth century many parts of the Church had set a day of observance for their martyrs, their confessors (those who had been punished for their faith but did not die), and their virgins, all of those known by name and unknown. In the East this feast was, and still is, celebrated on the first Sunday after Pentecost. In the West it was celebrated during Eastertide, connecting the witness of the saints with the victory of Christ over death.
The celebration of All Saints’ Day on November 1 began as a feast day commemorating all martyrs, confessors and virgin, including those whose names were not known
Please email Catherine (fredgirl@hotmail.com) by Wed. Oct. 31 with the names of those have died in the past year that you would like to remember during our service.
Stewardship Campaign (Oct 21 – Nov. 4)
A Message from Jim Anderson, this year’s Stewardship Chairperson:
"This year I am going to approach this subject differently and base my pledge on how thankful I am for the blessings I have received. Too often we take all our blessings for granted and forget how they were made possible."
“Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver” (2 Corinthians 9:7).
“I will make you into a great nation,
and I will bless you;
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing." – (Genesis 12:2-3)
Read the story of the Ruiz family , a family from Mexico and how they found God’s blessings. "..as we included God more into our lives, we started to see the abundance of blessing that God had given us. As we were able to see more blessings in our lives as abundance, the more we felt compelled to share."
What is Stewardship ? Read "Stewardship is"
Samaritan’s Purse- Operating Christmas Child (Oct 14- Nov 11)
Time to get to shop for your shoe boxes. See our the following links:
2. Don’t want to create one ? Give online and follow the destination of your box.
About Samaritan’s purse :
1. Here is one of the videos shown in Church Oct. 28
2. "The Greatest Journey" Here is the discipleship program involved Stories connected with the program
3. Operating Christmas Card – Fact Sheet
"History of Christianity", this Sunday, Nov. 4, 9:45am – Evangelical Protestantism , Part 1
Dr. McCulloch writes about the expanding Protestant branch of Christianity – “there was a force behind this expansion greater than British imperial power: the Protestant religious movements underpinning it were international. What is remarkable about these stories is their interconnection across Europe and the world, and the fact that they took both their immediate and their long-term origins from Protestant Germany”
Many Protestant faith extended from the Reformation developed in Europe but found a welcoming home in America – France (Hugenots), Scotland (Presybterians), Germany and east (Lutherans, Moravians), England (Methodists, Baptists) . However, many of the colonies complained that the spirit of religion present in the 1600’s was now missing. A Protestant revival in the 18th Century the Great Awakening stirred up the faith, associated with George Whitefield’s preaching. The Awakening caused many faiths to expand from their traditional boundaries and embark in mission. Those that did thrived.
The signers of the Declaration of Independence tended to be of two minds – Anglicans or attracted away from religion in the study in the scientific enlightenment. After the Revolution, we separated church and state. Established churches were dismantled (Episcopal, Congregational). “Since the 4th century, mainstream western Christianity had been an arm of government. Now it stood alone. You might think that this would be devastating for churches – in fact it was quite the opposite. “
“In exchange for breaking all federal ties with the church, the Founding Fathers gave Americans religious liberty. And that meant the freedom to choose any Christianity – no matter how emotional. It unleashed another Evangelical revival – a second Great Awakening, this time on America’s western frontier.”
Did you miss the earlier sessions ? Here are transcripts or this session nly.
Spirituality of the Arts, Nov. 9, 5pm
We have a sample of the work of each artist:
Bishop Goff – Art Gallery
Susan Tilt – Art Gallery
