WORSHIP TODAY - St. James's Episcopal Church

WORSHIP TODAY
The flowers at the Altar today are given to the Glory of God and in memory of
Jackson Peyton Francoise
7:45 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, RITE I
Preacher and Celebrant: The Reverend Ann Dieterle
Lay Eucharistic Minister: Bill Creekmur
9:00 A.M. FAMILY EUCHARIST & BAPTISMS
Celebrant: The Reverend Douglas Burgoyne
Preacher: The Reverend Ann Dieterle
Deacon: The Reverend Dr. Mark Cooper
Lay Eucharistic Ministers: Michael Lantz, Cathy McPherson, Barry Scott
Lectors: Mary Horton, Cary Milley
Acolytes Team 5: Anne Peyton Leitch, Team Captain; Alec Ball, Anna Dorsey,
Rossie Hutcheson, Lizzy Walker, Kaelie Jaeger, and Ben Moore; John and
Liza Leitch, Adult Leaders
Musicians: West Gallery Choir, Guitar Ensemble
Soloist: Chris Edwards, Diane Wright
Music Director: Dr. Mark Whitmire
Organist: Virginia Ewing Whitmire
Ushers Team 4: Ferd Baruch, Jay Jennings, Ed Jewett, Tim Messier, Vance
Spilman, Scott Ukrop, Jay West, Murray Wright, Harry Moore, Head Usher;
Rich Walker, Chief Usher
Video Squad: Jonathan Sumrell
Nursery Volunteer: Mary Katherine McGetrick, Amy Quinby
Vestry Greeter: Elizabeth Ware
11:15 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, RITE II
Celebrant: The Reverend Douglas Burgoyne
Preacher: The Reverend Ann Dieterle
Deacon: The Reverend Dr. Mark Cooper
Lay Eucharistic Ministers: Ginny Ross, Margie Gray, Molly Priddy
In-Home Lay Eucharistic Ministers: Tom Porterfield, Becky DeCamps
Lectors: Dale Mann, Charol Shakeshaft
Acolytes St. Isaacs: Anna Wells Crowley, Captain; Margaret Gaenzle, Caroline
Gaenzle, Addie Wright, and Ashby Poindexter; Martha Crowley, Adult Leader
Musicians: Parish Choir
Music Director: Dr. Mark Whitmire
Organist: Virginia Ewing Whitmire
Ushers Team 7: Mary Lee Allen, Hugh Fain, Cameron Frey, Kathie Hoffmann,
Walter Hooker, Judy Philpott, Tyler Sauer, Emily Steele McKinney; Wyn
Brown, Head Usher; Harry Turton, Chief Usher
Video Squad: George Bishop
Vestry Greeter: Mark Shuford
Wheels Minister: Braxton Pollard
Mocha & Java Fellowship Team 3: Louise Lipscomb, leader; Mary Fox, Charol
Shakeshaft, and Dale Mann
Altar Guild Group I: Mrs. Edwin B. Meade, Chairman; Mrs. Ronald W. Odom,
Group Chairman; Mrs. William H. Booker, Mrs. O. Christian Bredrup, Jr.,
Mrs. John M. Daniel III, Miss Corinne Davis, Mrs. Frank B. Miller and Mrs.
Barry K. Scott
ST. JAMES’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
1205 West Franklin Street Richmond, VA 23220 804-355-1779
Office hours: Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Our 9:00 a.m. & 11:15 a.m. Sunday worship services
now come to you live on the web: www.doers.org
THIS WEEK
Sunday, March 6 The Last Sunday after the Epiphany
The Reverend Ann Dieterle, preacher
7:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite I
9:00 a.m. Family Eucharist & Baptisms
10:15 a.m. Christian Formation classes
Adult Bible Study: Revelation
Adult Forum: The Rev. Fletcher Lowe: The Church as
Base Camp, Part II (Parkinson Room)
11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II
12:15 p.m. Mocha, Java & Fellowship (Michaux House Valentine Hall)
Youth Choir rehearsal
Monday, March 7
7:00 p.m. Women in Transition (Michaux House Conference Room)
Tuesday, March 8
10:00 a.m. Chapter 10
7:00 p.m. Practical Prayer Book Study Group (Michaux House Room 205)
Wednesday, March 9 Ash Wednesday
The Reverend Dr. Vienna Cobb-Anderson, preacher
10:00 a.m. Living Faith Bible Study (Michaux House Room 205)
12:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist & Imposition of Ashes
2:30 p.m. F 3 Women’s Bible study (Michaux House Room 205)
6:00 p.m. Dinner (Valentine Hall)
7:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist & Imposition of Ashes
Thursday, March 10
10:00 a.m. Sisters of the Word Bible Study (Michaux House Room 205)
3:00 p.m. W-C Lecture Series, The Rev. Doug Burgoyne
(Rice Assembly Room)
5:30 p.m. Contemplative Prayer (Chapel)
Sunday, March 13 Daylight Savings Time begins
The First Sunday of Lent
The Reverend Randolph Marshall Hollerith, preacher
7:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite I
9:00 a.m. Family Eucharist
10:15 a.m. Christian Formation classes
Adult Bible Study: Revelation
Adult Forum: In-reach ministries-presentations by lay leaders
(Parkinson Room)
11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite I
12:15 p.m. Mocha, Java & Fellowship (Michaux House Valentine Hall)
Youth Choir rehearsal
GROWING IN FAITH CLASS LOCATIONS:
We are having combined art workshops today centered around
the Transfiguration of Jesus:
Kindergarten & 1 st Grade – Room 208
2 nd , 3 rd , 4 th and 5 th Grade – Room 204
ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICES MARCH 9
Holy Eucharist and Imposition of Ashes
Noon and 7:00 p.m.
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MARCH 6, 2011
THE LAST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
Exodus 24:12-18
om Petty penned the lyrics for a song titled “The Waiting.” It’s not
a particularly spiritual song though it conveys a great spiritual truth:
“The waiting is the hardest part.” Amen, brother. Amen.
The waiting is what strikes me in today’s passage from Exodus.
Moses gets invited by God to go up a mountain so that he can receive
the law and the commandment, basically the community’s code for
living. He takes Joshua with him and tells the others wait until they
return- and up the mountain he goes.
No sooner does he get up there then the mountain is covered in a
cloud. We are told that this cloud is the glory of the Lord settling on Mt.
Sinai, but we don’t know if Moses knows this. When he finds himself
engulfed in fog, does he experience it as the glory of God? Or does he
just experience the cold, the damp and the total lack of visibility? We
don’t know. What we do know is that Moses waited in that cloud, waited
in the cold and the damp, with no visibility for 6 days- until FINALLY
God called out to him on the seventh. God apparently was not in a rush.
We often find ourselves waiting for things. Whether it be as simple as
waiting in line at the checkout or waiting for a major life event to
happen. I don’t know about you but sometimes I experience it as a
cloud. Maybe not cold and damp, but definitely the zero visibility part.
You’re not sure what’s going to happen next and you can’t control it,
and you wonder – is God really working through all of the fog? It’s hard
to discern sometimes.
I was waiting for the ‘L’ train on a recent trip to Chicago. I kept
staring down the tracks looking to see if the train was coming when a
voice called out of the cold: “You can’t make it come, you know.
Looking doesn’t make it come faster. It just makes you anxious.” Amen,
brother. Amen.
I guess that’s where the faith part comes in. Faith, and trust and
prayer. But still, I think Tom Petty had it right. “You take it on faith.
You take it to the heart. But waiting is the hardest part.” I just hope I
can be a little more like Moses, and sit patiently in the cloud of God’s
glory. Peace, Ann +
MISSION STATEMENT
At St. James’s Episcopal Church, our mission is to live as Doers of the Word worshiping
God and serving others to build Christ’s kingdom.

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
Please lift up the following people and communities in your prayers.
In the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer: for the congregations and clergy of St. Barnabas’
Church, Annandale; St. Andrew’s Church, Ada; Olivet Church, Franconia; and
Trinity Church, Washington
For the sick and in need: especially Rachel Atkinson, Charlotte Baxter, Windy
Chandler, Frank Ferguson, Ben Hagood, Beryl Harrison, Allie Lillich, Allie Miles,
Teresa Organ, William Richter, Hannah Beth Salyer, Lanthe Sessoms, Laura
Shuford, Mary Galt Singleton, Rose Stuart, Charlie Swanson, and Nancy Deane
Warman
For the transformation of metropolitan Richmond: for persons living with HIV/AIDS and
for their families, friends, and communities; for persons working to find a cure; for
persons helping to develop new treatment options, and for persons who provide the
finances to support HIV/AIDS research, education, and prevention efforts
For your peace to prevail upon this world, especially in places of conflict: for the hope for
freedom for the people of Libya, Yemen, Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Iran and Iraq.
We ask for your guidance of the American military, that your spirit may lead them
– especially Alexander Gilmer Almond, David Bhatta, Sean Breit-Rupe, Adam
Burch, Charles Walker Bush, Ben Crowley, John Dendinger, Nicole Edgerton,
Sidney Ann Gilhool, Timothy Gilhool, and 1 st Lt. L.H. Ginn V
For those in our Armed Forces who have recently died: including David R. Fahey Jr.,
Rudolph R. Hizon, Kristopher J. Gould, Brian Tabada, Andrew C. Wilfahrt,
Jerome Firtamag, Johnathan W. Taylor, Robert C. Sisson Jr., Daren M. Hidalgo,
and Andrew P. Carpenter
For the newly born and all who celebrate their birthday this week: especially Gina Bass,
Katharine Cunningham, Janet Mauck, Franklin Propert, Gretchen Japhet, Mark
Kilpatrick, Elizabeth Horsely, John Winter III, Timmy Pratt, and Walter Craigie,
who celebrate their birthday today
BAPTISMS TODAY
Sarah Elizabeth Carter Southworth, daughter of David and Catherine
Southworth. Carter’s sponsors are Fletcher Padgett and David Southworth.
Carter Somers Hofheimer, daughter of Ginny and Adam Hofheimer, sister of
Henry, and granddaughter of Ginger Harris and Karen and Barry Hofheimer.
Carter’s sponsors are the Rev. David and Lorinda Umphlett.
Jackson Armstrong Moody, son of Teddy Sauer and Bryan Moody, and
grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Tremaine Ernst Armstrong Sauer and Mr. and Mrs.
Jerry Rogers Moody. Jackson’s sponsors are Anne Sauer and Charles Cabell.
Henry Covington Peace, son of Ashley and Chris Peace, brother of Camden,
and grandson of Phil and Judy Hopkins, Karl Peace and the late Nina Kilian
Peace. Henry’s sponsors are Mark and Jamie Grabill, and Matthew and Mary
Frances Fetzer.
LENTEN READING RECOMMENDATION
Looking for a book of daily scriptural mediations for the upcoming season of Lent?
Randy recommends Richard Rohr’s Wondrous Encounters: Scripture for Lent. A few
books are available for purchase in the office. The cost is $10 each.
NEWS & NOTES
EVERY MEMBER'S MINISTRY
As Lent approaches and you consider the ministry you will claim on
Easter Sunday, help is on the way! Four interactive Sunday Forums
have been scheduled to provide you with information about St.
James's ministry and mission opportunities. Additionally, beginning
Sunday, March 13, Every Members' Ministry kiosks will be located outside the
Parkinson Room, in the entrance hall of the Michaux House, and in the narthex.
These kiosks will hold the "Playbooks" for each of St. James's ministries so that you
will be able to pick up and review detailed information about the ministries that
interest you.
CHILDREN’S LENTEN DISCIPLINE
Lenten Mite boxes will be given out in each child’s Sunday school class. A calendar
of activities accompanies this traditional Lenten discipline. A decorated and filled
mite box will be used to flower the cross at the 9:00 a.m. Festival Eucharist on Easter
Sunday. Extra boxes are also available in the narthex. All monies donated by our
children will go to support the Missions programs here at St. James’s.
NEW ZEALAND EARTHQUAKE RELIEF EFFORT
The recent earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand has taken a severe toll in loss
of life and property. Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD), which has
contributed significantly to assist in the aftermath other disasters in Sudan and
Haiti, is once again accepting donations at its website, www.er-d.org, for disaster
relief in New Zealand. You can also donate through the Diocese of Virginia either
online or by check payable to the Diocese with "New Zealand Relief" in the memo
line. The Diocese will bundle those donations and get them to the Diocese of
Christchurch as soon as possible.
STEWARDSHIP
“It’s not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving.”
– Mother Teresa
The Transfiguration is one of the great feasts of the Christian year. While we hold
our own St. James’s stewardship feast in the fall, we are reminded today that
stewardship does not just happen once a year, it is ongoing throughout the year. In
the Gospel today, God speaks, “This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well
pleased.” We are called to listen to Jesus and as a part of our stewardship, to live our
lives with love and compassion. Your generous gifts of time, ability, and money help
us to live and proclaim God’s love at St. James’s.
GOD LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER,
FOR IT IS IN GIVING THAT WE RECEIVE.
MUSIC NOTES
“O sing unto God with the voice of melody.” ~Psalm 47:1
9:00 A.M. SERVICE
The Transfiguration was written by Sufjan Stevens and can be found on the Seven
Swans cd. It is a magical setting of today’s Gospel reading. Born in 1975, Sufjan has
already recorded eight albums. His songs are refreshingly original, both in his lyrics
and his arrangements, due in part to the instrumentation (he himself plays banjo,
oboe, English horn, guitar and drums). While not a household name, you may have
heard his recordings, which have been featured on the television shows, The O. C.
and Nip/Tuck, and are part of the soundtrack for the Oscar nominated film Little
Miss Sunshine.
Psalm 99 is sung in an Anglican Chant setting by the English composer Charles
Villiers Stanford (1852-1924). Stanford was professor of composition at the Royal
College of Music in London from its opening in 1883. From 1887 he was also
professor of music at Cambridge. Among his notable students were Ralph Vaughan
Williams and Gustav Holst. Stanford composed a large body of church anthems
and service music, including five settings of the Morning, Communion, and
Evening Service.
11:15 A.M. SERVICE
Chantez a Dieu is a setting of Psalm 96 by the Dutch Baroque composer Jan
Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621). Sweelinck spent his entire career as organist at
the Old Church in Amsterdam. As an organist and teacher, he was celebrated
throughout Europe and was teacher of many of the leading organists of Northern
Europe. Sweelinck was the first to employ the pedal of the organ in a real fugal part
and he originated the organ fugue, a form perfected by Bach over 100 years later.
Kyrie and Agnus Dei are from The Solemn Mass in C#-sharp Minor by the French
organist and composer Louis Vierne (1870-1937). Vierne served as an assistant to
the organist Charles-Marie Widor at the church of Saint-Sulpice in Paris. He
subsequently became principal organist at the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, a
post he held from 1900 until his death in 1937. Our choir sang Vierne’s Solemn Mass
at Notre Dame on Sunday, July 11, 2010.
HYMN OF THE MONTH
The Hymn of the Month for March is “Blessed Jesus, at thy word” (Hymn
440). The text is a translation of the German hymn “Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier,”
written by Tobias Clausnitzer (1619-84) and first published in a German hymnal in
1663. The hymn is based on the words of Cornelius the Centurion to Peter found
in Acts10:33—“So now all of us are here in the presence of God to listen to all that
the Lord has commanded you to say.” The tune Liebster Jesu was composed by
Johann Ahle (1625-73), who was Cantor and Organist in Muhlhausen, Germany,
where he also served as Town Councilman, and later, Mayor.
MUSIC AND LITURGY: THE LAST SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY
On this the Last Sunday after Epiphany we read of the Transfiguration of
Jesus. Jesus appeared with Moses and Elijah; his face shone as the sun, and his
garments became as white as light. A voice from heaven, spoke “This is my beloved
Son, in whom I am well pleased.” The event is recounted in each of the Synoptic
Gospels—Matthew, Mark, and Luke (The term synoptic comes from the Greek
words syn and optic, meaning “seen together”). Saint Thomas Aquinas considered
the Transfiguration “the greatest miracle.” The Feast of the Transfiguration is
celebrated on August 6.
PARISH CHOIR RETURNS TO FRANCE TODAY
At the 11:15 a.m. service today the Parish Choir marks the Last Sunday of
epiphany by singing the Kyrie and Agnus Dei from the Louis Vierne’s Solemn Mass in
C# minor. This is music that the choir sang for mass at Notre Dame last summer. It
is inspired music that allows us to “pull out all the stops” of our magnificent pipe
organ. Bon Voyage!