This Week at St Timothy's
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Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in your well-beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his most gracious rule; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
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Tonight's Dinner and Formation Schedule
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5pm Dinner available for choristers & adult choirs
5:15-6:15pm Parish Dinner, Advent Wreath Workshop (moved from Sun Dec 3), & Overflow Shelter
setup in Drake
5:30pm Choir rehearsal in the choir loft for those singing Evensong (choristers & adults)
6:30-7:15pm Evensong for the Vigil for the Feast of St Andrew
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Advent Wreath Workshop Tonight
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Come enjoy dinner with your church family and make an Advent Wreath to celebrate this season of preparation at home. Candles are provided or you can recycle your candles from Advents past. There will be live greenery and supplies to get you started. Please bring garden clippers and and fresh greenery clippings, (magnolia, nandina, holly, boxwood, leafy shrubs, etc.) to share.
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Click
here to read Amy McFerrin's article on More Than Enough.
Click
here
to read Becky Johnston's article.
Click
here
to read Andy Blair's article.
Click
here
to read Megan Farrell's article.
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End of Year Giving | Stocks & Non-Traditional Gifts
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As the Stewardship Campaign comes to a close and we begin to consider the future needs of the church, did you know that St. Timothy's can receive non-traditional gifts from your brokerage and retirement accounts? Often, making these types of gifts offers tax advantages and allows you to accomplish your charitable goals with minimal effort.
With the stock market at an all-time high, you might consider supporting St. Timothy's with a gift of appreciated securities, which allows you to avoid capital gains taxes on the appreciated portion of the stock's value while at the same time deducting the full fair market value.
If you are 70 1/2 or older with an Individual Retirement Account (IRA), you can support St. Timothy's with a qualified charitable distribution directly from your plan administrator to the church without having to count the distribution as income.
If you are interested in supporting St. Timothy's with a non-traditional gift, please consult with your financial advisor first (we aren't qualified to give tax advice) and then communicate with Chris Ervin (336-765-0294 or
chris@sttimothys.ws). If you would like to contribute this year by way of transfer of securities,
initiate the transfer by the 12th of December.
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From the Choir Loft | Christin Barnhardt
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Happy New Year! As we begin our new liturgical year this Sunday, we will sing some beautiful Advent hymns and anthems that we sing every Advent. So, though Advent is only four weeks (I wish it were longer, partly because I love the music so much), hopefully our Advent hymns are familiar - or becoming familiar - to you. If you fund an Advent hymn particularly meaningful for you or if something new occurs to you because of an Advent hymn's text, please consider sharing your reflections with me.
Some of Sunday morning's hymns will also be part of our Service of Advent Lessons & Carols, which is next Sunday, December 10 at 5pm. Please plan to come and take a moment to slow down for Advent and support St Timothy's choirs. Invite your friends!
The 11am Schola Choir will sing
Healey Willan's Missa Brevis in F minor on the people's behalf, and we will all sing our "Advent" setting of the Creed: a plainsong setting from the Fourth Communion Service in the 1940 Hymnal.
Voluntary (See Mark Ardrey-Graves' note in this Sunday's News & Notices about changing "prelude" and "postlude" to "voluntary):
Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, Johann Sebastian Bach
Hymns:
Savior of the nations, come!, No. 54
O day of God, draw nigh, No. 601
O Food to pilgrims given, No. 309
Lo! he comes, with clouds descending, No. 57
Anthems:
Advent Message, Martin How (9am)
Thou shalt know Him, Mark Sirett
O heavenly Word, eternal Light, Verbum supernum prodiens
Voluntary:
Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (Orgelbüchlein), Johann Sebastian Bach
See you Sunday,
Christin
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Advent is almost here! As you make your own Christmas shopping lists, consider including wishes from our Angel Tree to make the holidays merry for others too. The Angel Tree will be in the downstairs hallway of the church by the chalkboard wall starting this Sunday. The first tags that are on the tree will be in support of our St.Tim's Overflow Shelter and New Communion Mobile Food Pantry (we are still collecting pasta too!). There will also be wonderful handmade mittens on the tree that you can gift to others for Christmas as you make a donation to City with Dwellings in their honor. More tags will show up after Las Posadas (Dec.18) with the wishes from the kids of Anthony's Plot. All gifts can be returned under the tree with tags on them--the shelter gifts do not need to be wrapped, but please wrap the children's gifts. The children's gifts need to be returned by January 4th to be delivered by the magi at the Feast of the Epiphany. Thank you for sharing with these important ministries this Advent!
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Overflow Shelter Sign-Ups are Live
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Our Women's Overflow Shelter opens in just over a month on Dec.1. We will open our hearts and our doors to women who have no other place to rest, and each night we'll offer hospitality and community support as we work towards the goal of housing for all.
Now is the time for groups and individuals to sign-up for spots to serve. If you have served at the shelter before--the volunteer roles will be the same. We are asking people to sign-up to help with Check-In, Dinner, Snack Bags, and Overnight spots. Save your spots today!
Thanks in advance to all who come together as community to offer hospitality to our homeless guests this winter. We are changing lives (our own, our guests, even our city) one relationship, one meal, one shared evening at a time. Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have questions or if you're looking for other ways to serve. Feel free to share this link with others who want to volunteer, too! We will offer on-site volunteer training each evening at 7pm for volunteers serving that evening--more info on other trainings coming soon. Hope to see you at the Shelter!
Thanks & Peace,
Katie
katie@sttimothys.ws
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Vestry Reflection | Chris Skarzynski
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Every vestry meeting begins with a devotion from a vestry member. At our November meeting, Chris Skarzynski began the meeting with the following. With the permission from Chris and his family, we'd like to share. ~ Fr Steve
For our devotion today I'd like us to think about two things:
Patience, and
God's plan for us
There is a verse in Psalm 27 that I sometimes read, especially when I am impatient, when I think God is not listening to me, or when things are not moving along as quickly as I would like for them to.
It is verse 14.
"Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord."
I am not the best at waiting, and my patience sometimes gets very short; however I do believe that God has a plan for all of us. I believe that God is listening even when I don't get answers. And I believe that if we keep our faith and if we "wait for the Lord" that we will see plans unfold.....not always in the way we wanted or imagined, but in the way that God has determined is best.
I am going to get a little personal and share with you a bit of "inside information" on the Skarzynski family. Most of you know my son, Erik. Erik was christened here, he served as an acolyte under Fr. John Campbell, he contributed to the music program with his love for playing the violin. But like a lot of " 20 somethings" he got off track with church attendance. For years and years, Linda and I prayed that Erik would mend some bad habits.....primarily his heavy smoking habit that we could see was damaging his health, and that he would return to church on days other Easter, Christmas, and Mother's Day. We did indeed "Wait for the Lord" to answer this pray, and we waited, and we waited, and we waited. Then when Erik was in his mid 30s, he had a heart attack and double bypass surgery. He stopped smoking and he returned to church. Our prayers were answered but the route that they took was one we would have never imagined and certainly not the one we would have chosen. But it was God's path and God's timeframe.
"wait for the Lord, be strong and let your heart take courage. Wait for the Lord"
At about this same time we had started the adult mission program. During the planning process for the 3rd trip, Erik expressed an interest in participating. He went that year, and like many of the rest of us, was transformed by the work at Ascension and went on every trip after that. The next year I was hospitalized just before we were to leave for Costa Rica and Erik stepped up and took a leadership role and made sure the trip went smoothly in my absence. Then the next year, Erik got sick on he job site one day and had to return to Diocesean House where we were staying. A woman by the name of Jacqueline was working at the house that day and kept an eye on Erik while he was sick. Providence? Absolutely!
Fast forward 4 years.........Erik and Jaki are married and she and her 3 sons will arrive here on December 11th and they will begin their life as a family.
"wait for the Lord. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Wait for the Lord."
Do I believe that this is all part of God's plan for my son? Yes, I do.
Do I believe that God has a plan for all,of us? Yes, I do.
Do I believe that God's plan will be revealed to us if we keep our faith, if we "let our hearts take courage, if we wait, if we listen? Yes, I do.....maybe not in the way we thought, or even in the way we would prefer, but absolutely in the way it is meant to be.
"Wait for the Lord. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Wait for the Lord?"
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Requiescat in Pace | Frank Thompson
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Of your charity, please pray for the repose of Frank Thompson. Please remember also his wife Lorraine (Larry). The funeral will be later in 2018,
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Old Fashioned "Pounding" Dec. 3
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Join us at the parish breakfast this Sunday, December 3 to welcome
Fr. DJ and Sam to St. Timothy's.
We will bless them with an old fashioned "pounding".
Please bring a non-perishable food item, cleaning supply, household item, or gift card for your favorite local spot. Breakfast will be served from 10-11 am. For questions please contact Megan Farrell mrfarrell@triad.rr.com
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We have a limited number of St Timothy's stickers (perfect for car windows). If you would like one, they will be in the office and in the narthex on Sunday. We will reorder to meet the demand.
If you put the sticker on your car, send us a picture!
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Mass & Mammon
November 26, 2017
Morning Prayer: 3
7:30 Low Mass: 36
9:00 Low Mass: 163
11:00 Sung Mass: 82
Mass Total: 281
Average Attendance to date: 310
Offering: $
17,388.07
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Altar Flowers
The
altar arrangements are given to the Glory of Almighty God and in memory of Jack, Tee, and Barbara by Louise Rose.
Shrine Lamps during December
The
Our Lady of Walsingham Lamp is given to the glory of God and for the work of this parish
by Jonathan Williams.
The
Sanctuary Lamp is not sponsored at this time.
The
St. Timothy Shrine Lamp is given to the Glory of God and in thanksgiving for Abigail, Walker, and Luke Rice by their parents.
The
St. Michael the Archangel Lamp is given to the Glory of God and with prayers for the protection of LTC Graham Green and all those in our armed forces by the women of St. Timothy’s.
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