February 12, 2017 | Septuagesima
Bishop Peter Lee
     St Timothy’s welcomes Bishop Peter Lee this Sunday at the  9am  mass for the Sacrament of Confirmation and as the celebrant and preacher at 11am. Longtime Carolinians likely remember Bishop Lee. From 1971-1984, he was the rector at Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill, until his election in 1984 as Bishop Coadjutor of the Diocese of Virginia, becoming Bishop Diocesan  one year later . Following his 25-year tenure in Virginia, Bishop Lee stayed active, serving as Interim Dean of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco; General Theological Seminary, New York; and the American Cathedral in Paris. He was most recently in North Carolina serving as Bishop Provisional of the Diocese of East Carolina prior to the election of current bishop the Rt. Rev. Robert Skirving.
     Bishop Lee has also served the wider church in several leadership roles throughout his career. Among the positions held were chair of the Church Pension Fund board, trustee of Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, 17 years as chair of the board of trustees for Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, and board member for the National Alliance to End Homelessness. He also served on the advisory committee to the Anglican Observer at the United Nations and on the Presiding Bishop's Fund for World Relief (forerunner to Episcopal Relief and Development).

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Sunday's Music | Christin Barnhardt
The first and last three words we will sing in mass this Sunday are "God of grace."  We will begin mass by praying  God of grace and God of glory, on thy people pour thy power. ... Grant us wisdom, grant us courage ... And we will end mass praising God, singing:  Praise, my soul, the King of heaven ... Alleluia, alleluia! Praise with us the God of grace.

The  9am  offertory anthem, sung by the children, youth, and adult choirs, and the  11am  offertory hymn, which everyone is invited to sing, are adaptations of the prayer attributed to St Francis:

Lord, make us servants of your peace:
where there is hate, may we sow love;
where there is hurt, may we forgive;
where there is strife, may we make one.

Prelude:
Prelude en forme de canon, René Vierne

Hymns:
God of grace and God of glory, No. 594
Day by day, No. 654
We know that Christ is raised and dies no more, No. 296
I want to walk as a child of the light, No. 490
Praise, my soul, the King of heaven, No. 410

Anthems:
Make Me a Channel of your Peace, arr. Martin Neary ( 9am )
Make me a Light, Philip Wilby ( 9am )
O For a Closer Walk with God, Charles Villiers Stanford ( 11am )

Postlude:
Praeludium in E Major, BuxWV 141, Dietrich Buxtehude,
Raymond Hawkins, organ


Sunday  at  6pm , please join us for a free concert of Brass and organ music performed by the Ardmore Brass Quintet (a local gem!), and Susan Bates, organ.

See you  Sunday ,
Christin
Children and Outreach | Katie Bryant
Katie
Children's Formation

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 in Catechesis of the Good Shepherd..  Parents can drop children off as early as  8:45am  in our Atrium (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--throughout the campus

All classes end just before the  11am  mass.  Parents, please pick up your children from their classes in the downstairs hallway.

Outreach Updates

We are more than halfway through the Overflow Shelter season!  You all have been amazing as you have stepped up to make sure that all of our volunteer roles are covered each night.  Some of you come weekly to help with check-in, and a few of you overnight at least once a week.  One of you wakes up early two mornings a week to drive our guests back downtown, while another helps with nighttime transportation.  A few of you with organizational skills have gifted the shelter with some order.  Our children and youth have help clean and reset the shelter around (and as a part of) their activities.  Children have decorated placemats and snack bags to bring cheer to our guests.  THANK YOU ALL!!!  Our overflow shelter simply could not operate without all of our volunteers sharing their time and talents with our guests. 

If you've missed out on this important ministry of our church this winter--there is still time left to serve!  You can sign up and learn more at  www.citywithdwellings.org  .  If you'd like to give in other ways, we are always in need of women's underwear (sizes 6-10) and financial donations to cover costs like bus passes and prescription medications for our guests.  If you have a special talent you can share, or you're not quite sure how you can be a part of this ministry of hospitality--please talk to Katie Bryant ( katie@sttimothys.ws ).  There is a place for all at the Overflow Shelter--and you are no exception!  Thanks St.Timothy's for your faithfulness in serving our city's most vulnerable women each night.

The Our Lady of Walsingham Lamp 
is given to the Glory of God
and in memory of Jim Cardwell by Richard and Nancy Teska.
 

 

The St. Timothy Shrine Lamp
is given to the glory of God and in honor of their 8 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild by Wrenna and Andy Barney.
&
In memory of Josephine Teska by Richard and Nancy Teska.
 

 
The altar flowers 
are given to the Glory of God and  in celebration of the confirmation of Katie Sugg
by Graham, Shannon, Garrison, & Julia Green and
in honor of those receiving the sacraments of baptism and confirmation.


 


 

 

The Sanctuary Lamp 
is given to the glory of God
with prayers for unity and peace in our parish, country, and the world by the Skarzynski Family.