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This Sunday at St Timothy's | Oct. 16, 2016
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Requiescat in Pace | Peggy Werner
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Of your charity, please pray for the repose of Peggy Werner, who passed away on Tuesday, October 11. The Requiem and Burial will be Saturday, October 15 at 2pm in the Chapel.
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Notes on Sunday | Fr Steve Rice
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For the past couple of Sundays I have quickly referenced how to receive communion. Receiving the Holy Eucharist is so central to who we are and what we do that we sometimes take for granted how it should be done. I know I do. Especially with the number of new members and visitors, I need to be mindful to share some direction and advice on receiving the Body and Blood of Our Lord.
Who Can Receive Communion?
All who have been baptized with water and in the Name of the Holy Trinity may receive communion. St Paul and the Prayer Book instruct us to receive communion prepared, that is, in love and charity with our neighbors and having confessed our sins. This is why we have both the confession and the passing of the peace before communion. Please take both seriously. If you have not received the Sacrament of Baptism or are not prepared, you are invited to come to the rail for a blessing. Please come to Fr. Steve’s side to receive a blessing.
Receiving the Host
There are two ways to receive the host. The first is on the tongue. Stick out your tongue (all the way) and the priest or Eucharistic Minister will place the host on your tongue. The second is to extend your hands, usually the right over the left, and receive the host in your palm and then bring the palm to your mouth. Do not take the host, receive it. It is Christ’s Gift of Himself.
Receiving the Chalice
This has been the most controversial bit, and it need not be. The best way to receive the chalice is to drink from it. Help the Eucharistic Minister in leading the chalice to your lips. If you are ill, please do not drink from the chalice. The other way is through intinction. True intinction is when the Eucharistic Minister takes the host from you and dips (intincts) the host in the chalice and places it on your tongue. There is no reason why the Minister’s finger should touch your tongue. Self-intinction (dipping the host yourself) is discouraged for the following reasons: it hinders the symbolism of eating and drinking from one bread and one cup. Dipping looks more like donut in a coffee! It hinders the symbolism of receiving. It is also less sanitary. While you may not put your fingers in the chalice, others do. As odd as it may seem, mouths are more sanitary than fingers. Believe me, I’ve heard the anxiety when I bring this up, and I understand. This is not a hill I want to die on, but I am willing to bleed a bit for it! The imagery and the science are both in favor of traditional intiction rather than self-intinction. In any event, the Church as always taught that the fullness of Christ’s Sacramental Presence is in both the bread and wine, so if you only receive the host, you receive both Christ’s Body and Blood.
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We are pleased to welcome
Ava Hughes
through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism at the 9am mass.
Ava is presented for baptism by Tim and Kate Hughes and Justin and Jamie Sleutz.
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Sunday's Music | Christin Barnhardt
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Charles Wesley's poem "Wrestling Jacob," based on Genesis 32:22-32, was first published in Hymns & Sacred Poems (1724) in 14 stanzas. "Come, O thou Traveler unknown," four stanzas of Wesley's poem are in our 1982 Hymnal (Hymns No.638 and No.638) but are not easily singable as congregational hymns. This Sunday the choir will sing this text to a tune by William Bradley Roberts. These four stanzas focus on God's grace and uplifting presence in times of trouble:
Come, O thou Traveler unknown,
whom still I hold, but cannot see; my company before is gone, and I am left alone with thee. With thee all night I mean to stay, and wrestle till the break of day.
I need not tell thee who I am, my misery or sin declare; thyself hast called me by my name, look on thy hands, and read it there. But who, I ask thee, who art thou? Tell me thy name, and tell me now.
Yield to me now, for I am weak but confident in self-despair; speak to my heart, in blessings speak, be conquered by my instant prayer. Speak, or thou never hence shalt move, and tell me, if thy name is Love.
'Tis Love, 'tis Love! Thou diedst for me! I hear thy whisper in my heart: the morning breaks, the shadows flee. Pure universal Love thou art; thy mercies never shall remove, thy nature and thy name is Love.
Hymns:
Come, thou fount of every blessing, No. 686
Blessed Jesus, at thy word, No. 440
We know that Christ is raised and dies no more, No. 296
Take my life, and let it be, No. 707
Eternal light, shine in my heart, No. 466
All hail the power of Jesus' Name!, No. 450
See you Sunday,
Christin
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Children's Formation | Katie Bryant
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Children's Formation
Our fall schedule for formation is in full swing! From the youngest child to the wisest soul, we have a class for you! Most
Sunday
morning classes take place after the
9am
mass (before the
11am
mass), beginning around
10:15am
. If you are looking for a class or a way to get involved, please contact
[email protected]
This Sunday
and every
Sunday
, PreK children (ages 3 and potty-trained to age 5) gather downstairs during the
9am
mass for a time of songs, stories, wonder, and play. Parents can drop children off as early as
8:45am
in room C-4. Children join their families in mass at the passing of the Peace.
All children (PreK through 5th grade) can follow the wooden processional cross at the end of the
9am
mass. We will lead the children downstairs and help them find their class. Here is the list of
10:15am
formation classes for the fall:
PreK Formation--Room C-2
K-2nd grade Catechesis of the Good Shepherd--Room C-4
3rd-5th grade Advanced Godly Play--Room C-5
Middle School & High School Youth Formation--Drake Hall youth rooms
Adult Small Groups--at various locations around the church campus
All classes end just before the
11am
mass. Parents, please pick up your children from their classes in the downstairs hallway. See you
Sunday
!
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Youth Formation | Katie Harper
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Youth Formation Sunday mornings is based on the lectionary readings.
There are two separate classes for Middle and High School Students in Drake Hall on
Sunday
mornings - and yes, the doughnut tradition carries on! Middle School will be in the youth room, High School in the classroom. Our continuing mission is to create a safe space for students to find what it means to be followers of Christ.
Join us for our SEPARATE middle and high school events!
Middle School | 4-5:30pm
Meet at Anthony's Plot (2323 Sunnyside Ave) at the basketball goal! Wear tennis shoes -- we will help out Anthony's Plot and play some ball...and there may be ice cream. See Student News for more details or call Katie Harper
(919.599.0366
).
High School | 5-7pm
Bring three boxes of pasta (not lasagna please) to the Beauchamps! Thanks to Mama A for hosting.
We will have corn hole boards, basketball, soccer and football as activities. Chef William will be grilling gourmet hotdogs. See Student News for more details or call Katie Harper (919.599.0366).
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Our Lady of Walsingham Lamp
is given to the glory of God
and in honor of Sandra and Tony Hamby by Steven Tisdale
for the month of October
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St Timothy Shrine Lamp
is given to the glory of God and in honor of
Fr Steve Rice by Kristen Machado
for the month of October
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Altar Flowers in Church and Chapel
The flowers for the altar are given to the Glory of Almighty God and
in memory of
Joel A. Weston, Sr., Joel A. Weston, Jr.,
Jim Holder, Herb Schoellkopf, Jeff Byrd,
John Campbell, Jim Austin, and Ray Hamilton
by Claudette Weston.
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