Bulletin Date: December 20, 2015 5:00 am
The Fourth Sunday of Advent
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 O come, O come Emmanuel H 56
Lighting of the Advent Candle Candleglowing, Verses 1-4 Insert
The Word of God
Opening Acclamation BCP 355
Hymn of Praise On Jordan’s bank H 76
The Collect of the Day Insert
The Christmas Pageant
Congregational Hymns Whence comes this rush of wings
(Words are on the front cover)
Away in a manger H 101
Angels we have heard on high H 96
While shepherds watched H 94
In the bleak midwinter H 112
It came upon the midnight clear H 89
The Peace BCP 360
Announcements
Birthday and Anniversary Blessings BCP 830 #51/431
The Holy Communion
The Offertory Harp music Marilyn Newman
Eucharistic Prayer – We give thanks Insert
Sanctus Santo, santo, santo WLP 785
The Lord’s Prayer BCP 364
The Breaking of the Bread BCP 364
Fraction Anthem Conditor alme siderum
Be present at our table, Lord;
be here and everywhere adored;
thy creatures bless, and grant that we
may feast in paradise with thee.
The Communion of the People of God
Communion Hymn Love came down at Christmas H 84
Post-Communion Prayer BCP 365
The Blessing
Closing Hymn Sleepers wake H 62
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.
Happy Birthday – Rob Dobson (Dec. 26)
Happy Annivesary – Cookie and Johnny Davis (Dec. 21)
Thursday, December 24th—Christmas Eve Holy Eucharist, 4:30PM.
Sunday, December 27th. Lessons and Carols will take place at the 11AM service. NO 9AM Service. No Godly Play or “Weaving God’s Promises. The Sunday schedule returns to normal on Sunday, January 3rd.
Why do we have a Christmas pageant every year?
Back in 1223, St Francis of Assisi decided that he wanted to experience the birth of our Lord and Savior for himself. “For once I want to see all this with my own eyes,” St Francis said, and so he arranged with a friend to prepare in a special way for Christmas that year. In the centuries since, Christians have re-enacted this story of Jesus’ birth, the story of a transcendent God who loves us mightily and comes to dwell among us, to be our light, our life, and our salvation, both in this world and in the next.
Thank you to all who made this year’s Christmas play possible. A special thank you to Becky Fisher, the wardrobe mistress.
Donations and pledges for the Altarpiece are halfway to the goal, aiming to be at 100% by the end of March. Consider a gift in honor of or in memory of someone special at this festive time of year.
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 Boyd Wisdom, Senior Warden – (804) 742-5224 Johnny Davis, Junior Warden – (804) 742-5654
Laura Carey, Cynthia Fields, Fred Pannell, Roger Key
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
Greg Whitaker, Steve Wright, Andrew Huffman, Trenton Schankenberg, Susan Boyd (friend of the Wicks), Morton Upshaw, David Crawford, Doris Martin (Port Royal residents), Maddison Pulley (friend of Vivian McDonald), Bill and Nancy Wick, Stanley Fields, Virginia and Perry Bowen, Linda Upshaw, Crystal and Fred Pannell, Sarah Pannell, Boyd and Barbara Wisdom, Myrtle Samuels, Peggy Roberts, John and Toni Faibisy, Vivian McDonald , Kim Martinez (friend of Odessa Davis), Buzz and Billie, Dorian (friends of the Everetts), Margaret Billesimo (aunt of Chris Mercurio), Cindy Syndergaard (friend of Susan Tilt), 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), 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, (friend of the Hicks), Gloria Jewell, Charles Johnson (friends of the Pannells, 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
Fourth Sunday in Advent
December 20, 2015, 11am
Whence comes this rush of wings afar,
Following straight the Noël star?
Birds from the woods in wondrous flight,
Bethlehem seek this holy night.
“Tell us, ye birds, why come ye here,
Into this stable, poor and drear?”
“Hast’ning we seek the newborn King,
And all our sweetest music bring.”
Angels and shepherds, birds of the sky,
Come where the Son of God doth lie;
Christ on the earth with man doth dwell,
Join in the shout, “Noël, Noël!”
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church