DECEMBER 24/25, 2010 - St. James's Episcopal Church
DECEMBER 24/25, 2010 - St. James's Episcopal Church
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THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD: CHRISTMAS<br />
<strong>DECEMBER</strong> <strong>24</strong>/<strong>25</strong>, <strong>2010</strong><br />
The poinsettias at the Altar and throughout the church<br />
are given to the glory of God in loving memory of<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Robert D. Ailsworth, Jr.<br />
Eloise & Gilbert Alexander<br />
Anne Munford Ashworth<br />
Helen Austin<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Baird<br />
The Rev. & Mrs. Richard R. Baker, III<br />
Thomas Grasty Bell<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Berkeley<br />
William Powell Blair<br />
Anne Wythe Booker<br />
Chisman Booker<br />
Virginia W. Booker<br />
Carol Braymer Borter<br />
The Rev. John Peter Borter<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William Lang Bramble<br />
Theodore A. Braymer<br />
Art & Liza Brinkley<br />
Frank Hamilton Britton<br />
Mary Lou Britton<br />
The Rev. Robert A. Burch<br />
David Peter Burgoyne<br />
Mari Joanna urgoyne<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William S. C. Burwell<br />
Frances Wheat Bushnell<br />
Nathan Bushnell, Jr.<br />
Emmitt & Ellen Carter<br />
Charlotte Ryland Casler<br />
<strong>St</strong>uart G. Christian, Jr.<br />
Martha Jo Clifton<br />
Douglas W. Conner<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas T. Cooke, Jr.<br />
A. James Coulter<br />
Irene Braymer Coulter<br />
Frederic H. (Ted) Cox, III<br />
Irvin & Mildred Cubine Cubine<br />
Irvin Cubine, Jr.<br />
Elizabeth & William Cunningham<br />
John Moncure Daniel, Jr.<br />
Joy Beam Daniel<br />
Mary Clark Roane Downing<br />
Isabel Burrows Dunn<br />
Clifford B. Fleet<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William Morrison Flippen<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William Morrison Flippen, Jr.<br />
Robert W. Forsyth, Jr.<br />
Ernest Frederick<br />
Errol Frederick<br />
Muriel Frederick<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel King Funkhouser<br />
Mr. A. Paul Funkhouser<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. Gamble, Jr.<br />
Robert Owen Goodykoontz<br />
Howard & Agnes Graham<br />
Howell L. Gruver<br />
Lois P. Gruver<br />
Elizabeth Polk Guest<br />
Raymond Richard Guest<br />
Irma Hall<br />
Richard D. (Rick) Harrison, Jr.<br />
Alice Mason Tyler Henley<br />
Robert Wheelwright Henley<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Hyde<br />
Dale E. Hynicker<br />
Frank C. Hynicker<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jacob O. Hynicker<br />
Robert Franklin Ingram, III<br />
Sarah Vest Izard<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James Johnston Izard<br />
A. S. Buford James<br />
Gay Jewett<br />
Wilma & Phil Johnson<br />
Clair Alsop Kent<br />
Charles W. Kent<br />
Nancy Gilliam Kulp<br />
Clement Barksdale Lathrop<br />
Mary Bolling Lathrop<br />
Joseph Marchesani<br />
Mr. &Mrs. Joseph B. Martin<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Gathright Massie<br />
Mary Evelyn McGetrick<br />
Virginia Elizabeth McGetrick<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin B. Meade<br />
Reddy & Dot Melton<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jewett P. Moncure<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Newcomb<br />
Viola Moss Nicholson<br />
Rosie & Meade Norman<br />
Frank Carter Norvell<br />
Joanne Britton Norvell<br />
Mary Woodruff Norvell<br />
Freddy Pace<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Horace Fred Pace<br />
Nancy Taylor Pace<br />
Betsy & Jimmy Parkinson<br />
C. Kent Parrish<br />
C. Peter Parrish<br />
Mazie M. Parrish<br />
Almeyda & Armistead Peyton<br />
H. Franklin Phillips<br />
Mr. & Mrs. A .L. Philpott<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Emmett H. Powell<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Channing Bruce Rennie<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William H. Reynolds, Jr.<br />
(Continued inside)
Sinfonia<br />
10:30 P.M. CHORAL PRELUDE<br />
Selections from<br />
Handel’s Messiah<br />
Recitative: Comfort ye, my people Rick Mellott, tenor<br />
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.<br />
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her,<br />
that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned.<br />
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness,<br />
Prepare ye the way of the Lord,<br />
make straight in the desert a highway for our God. -Isaiah 40:1-3<br />
Air: Every valley shall be exalted<br />
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill made low:<br />
the crooked straight, and the rough places plain. -Isaiah 40:4<br />
Chorus: And the glory of the Lord<br />
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together,<br />
for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. -Isaiah 40:5<br />
Recitative: Behold, a virgin shall conceive Heather Jones, alto<br />
Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son,<br />
and shall call his name Emmanuel, God with us. -Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23<br />
Air and Chorus: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion<br />
O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into the high mountain;<br />
O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem,<br />
lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid;<br />
say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!<br />
Arise, shine; for thy light is come,<br />
and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. -Isaiah 40:9; 60:1<br />
Chorus: For unto us a child is born<br />
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given:<br />
and the government shall be upon his shoulder:<br />
and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God,<br />
the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. -Isaiah 9:6<br />
Aria: Rejoice greatly Antonia FD Vassar, soprano<br />
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion,<br />
Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem,<br />
behold, thy King cometh unto thee.<br />
He is the righteous Saviour.<br />
And he shall speak peace unto the heathen. -Zechariah 9:9-10<br />
Recitative: There were shepherds abiding in the fields Sabrina LaFleur, soprano<br />
There were shepherds abiding in the field,<br />
keeping watch over their flock by night.<br />
And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord<br />
shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. -Luke 2:8, 9<br />
And the angel said unto them, Fear not:<br />
for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.<br />
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour,<br />
which is Christ the Lord. -Luke 2:10, 11<br />
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heav’nly host<br />
praising God, and saying, -Luke 2:13<br />
Chorus: Glory to God<br />
Glory to God in the highest,<br />
and peace on earth, good will toward men. -Luke 2:14
WORSHIP TODAY<br />
The garlands in the church today are given to the Glory of God<br />
in memory of<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Meek, Jr., Wilson Meek, Robert Meek,<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John Dorsey Brown, General and Mrs. Richard A. Edwards, Jr., Virginia Brown<br />
Trice, Dorothy Meek Brockenbrough,<br />
Austin Brockenbrough, Jr., Austin Brockenbrough Neal, and Edward F. Neal<br />
<strong>DECEMBER</strong> <strong>24</strong> CHRISTMAS EVE<br />
4:00 P.M. FAMILY CHRISTMAS EUCHARIST<br />
Preacher: The Reverend Randolph Marshall Hollerith<br />
Celebrant: The Reverend Whitney Zimmerman<br />
Deacon: The Reverend Ann Dieterle<br />
Assisting Priests: The Reverend Douglas Burgoyne and<br />
The Reverend Dr. Mark Cooper<br />
Lay Eucharistic Ministers: Michael Lantz, Carol Midkiff, Heather Barber, Barry<br />
Scott, and <strong>St</strong>acy Brinkley<br />
Lectors: Cary Milley and Bob Battle<br />
Acolytes: Team 5: Anne Peyton Leitch, Team Captain; Alec Ball, Anna Dorsey,<br />
Rossie Hutcheson, Lizzy Walker, Kaelie Jaeger, and Ben Moore; John and<br />
Liza Leitch, Adult Leaders<br />
Musicians: Cherub Choir, Children’s Choir and Youth Choir<br />
Music Director: Dr. Mark Whitmire<br />
Organist: W. Thomas Cunningham, Jr.<br />
“Venite adoremus”<br />
Soloists: Anne Mason Ruth, Joseph Ascoli<br />
Piano: Jeanne Lapierre; Violin: Brian Lapierre<br />
“Twas in the Moon of Wintertime”<br />
Bells: Jeanne Lapierre, Kevin Lapierre; Violin: Brian Lapierre<br />
Drum: Ian Townsend<br />
Advent Wreath: Scott, Kathe, Tyler, Katherine and Scott Hetzer<br />
Ushers Team 1: Ed Baldwin, Elliott Harrigan, Bill Londrey, John Palen, Randy<br />
Smith, Phil Sprinkle, Charlie Whitaker, Brent Winn, Tom Brown, and John<br />
Daniel, Head Usher<br />
Team 11: Ron Cain, Whitt Clement, Richard Dickinson, Bart Farinholt,<br />
Berkeley Fergusson, Jim Goggins, Mike Innes, Scott Redmond, Matt Cooper,<br />
and Wyatt Beazley IV, Head Usher; Rich Walker, Chief Usher<br />
Video Squad: Dave Johnson<br />
6:00 P.M. FESTIVAL CHRISTMAS EUCHARIST, RITE II<br />
Preacher: The Reverend Randolph Marshall Hollerith<br />
Celebrant: The Reverend Ann Dieterle<br />
Deacon: The Reverend Douglas Burgoyne<br />
Assisting Priest: The Reverend Whitney Zimmerman<br />
Lay Eucharistic Ministers: Tom Baker and Margie Gray<br />
Lectors: Fran McDermott and Brewster Rawls<br />
Acolytes Team 6: Mac Robertson, Team Captain; Ford Beazley, Isabel Owen,<br />
Massey Owen, Bill Londrey, Georgia Beazley, and Jane McGehee; Susan<br />
Robertson, Adult Leader<br />
Musicians: West Gallery Choir<br />
Organist and Choir Director: Virginia Ewing Whitmire<br />
Conductor: Dr. Mark Whitmire<br />
Soloists: Antonia Fisher-Duke, Jane Harrison, Richard Rumble, Massie Valentine,<br />
George Bishop<br />
Advent Wreath: Richard Rumble<br />
Ushers: Team 8: Ray Ashworth, Susan Bain, Chris Bredrup, DeWitt Casler, John<br />
Helfrich, Brooks Smith, Brian Wingfield, and Justin Moyer, Head Usher;<br />
Harry Turton, Chief Usher
11:00 P.M. FESTIVAL HOLY EUCHARIST, RITE II<br />
Preacher: The Reverend Randolph Marshall Hollerith<br />
Celebrant: The Reverend Douglas Burgoyne<br />
Deacon: The Reverend Lynne Washington<br />
Assisting Priest: The Reverend Whitney Zimmerman<br />
Lay Eucharistic Ministers: Bob Herring, George Hoffmann<br />
Lectors: Vienna Cobb Anderson and Brewster Rawls<br />
Acolytes <strong>St</strong>. Isaacs: Anna Wells Crowley, Captain; Margaret Gaenzle, Caroline<br />
Gaenzle, Addie Wright, and Ashby Poindexter; Martha Crowley, Adult<br />
Leader<br />
Musicians: Parish Choir<br />
Music Director: Dr. Mark Whitmire<br />
Organist: Virginia Ewing Whitmire<br />
“Silent Night”<br />
Soloist: Jeanne Lapierre<br />
<strong>St</strong>rings: Susanna Klein, Violin (soloist); Linda Anderson, Violin;<br />
Molly Sharp, Viola; William Comita, Cello<br />
Ushers Team 9: Elizabeth Austin, Rob Austin, Jimmy Milley, Bill Nash, Alex<br />
Slaughter, Ginger Trice, Wilson Trice, Bobbie Ukrop, Evelyn Sutton, Head<br />
Usher; Harry Turton, Chief Usher<br />
Video Squad: Ruth Shuford<br />
Altar Guild this week: Mrs. Edwin B. Meade, Chairman; Mrs. Elizabeth C. Cram,<br />
Group Chairman, Mrs. William Campbell, Mrs. Cary T. Doyle, Ms. Sarah<br />
Gravatt, and Mrs. E. Otto N. Williams<br />
Flower Guild: Loretta Miller, Chairman; Mary Waller Ferguson and Lucy Meade,<br />
assistant co-chairmen; Ruth Cunningham, Jenny Evans, Virginia Evans,<br />
Charlotte Frischkorn, Jeanette McKittrick, Camilla Moffatt, Lila Putney,<br />
Shelley Roberts, Susan Robertson, Tricia Sauer, Rhonda Sutton, and Nancy<br />
Williams<br />
<strong>DECEMBER</strong> <strong>25</strong> CHRISTMAS DAY<br />
10:00 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST<br />
Preacher and Celebrant: The Reverend Ann Dieterle<br />
Lay Eucharistic Minister: Lila Putney<br />
Organist: Virginia Ewing Whitmire<br />
Sunday, December 26 The First Sunday after Christmas<br />
7:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite I<br />
10:00 a.m. Christmas Lessons and Carols<br />
Sunday, January 2 The Second Sunday after Christmas<br />
7:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite I<br />
10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Humbert L. Riva<br />
The Rev. W. Vernon Robinson<br />
Wilba Austin Robinson<br />
Courtney Rucker<br />
Dr. Douglas P. Rucker<br />
Margaret W. Rucker<br />
Virginia Saffelle<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John Sanford, Jr.<br />
Betsy & <strong>St</strong>rother Smith<br />
Jeanne Smith<br />
Jim Smith<br />
Anita Wright <strong>St</strong>reet<br />
Mary Allison <strong>St</strong>reet<br />
Dr. John S. Surface<br />
George Fraser Thrower<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Ukrop<br />
Kate & Henry Lee Valentine<br />
Poinsettia Tributes (continued from front)<br />
Ida & Braxton Valentine<br />
Ella Gordon Valentine<br />
C. Braxton Valentine, Jr.<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Samuel Alexander Vest<br />
The Rev. Marshall T. Ware<br />
Mary Warren & H. Hudnall Ware, Jr.<br />
Philip C. Warman<br />
Margaret & Talmage West<br />
Edward Talmage West, Jr.<br />
E. Otto N. Williams, Sr.<br />
Mary Hobson Williams<br />
Susanne C. Williams<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Fred A. Wills<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William Louis Zimmer<br />
IN HONOR OF<br />
Whitney Zimmerman
MUSIC NOTES<br />
“O sing unto God with the voice of melody.” ~Psalm 47:1<br />
Dr. Mark A. Whitmire, Music Director Virginia Ewing Whitmire, Organist<br />
4:00 P.M. SERVICE<br />
Venite Adoremus is my arrangement of the well-known 19 th -century carol. It is a<br />
macaronic carol—meaning that it combines Latin and English, as does “Angels we<br />
have heard on high,” for example.<br />
Twas in the Moon of Wintertime (or “Huron Carol”) is a Canadian carol written in<br />
1643 by Jean de Brébeuf, a Jesuit missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons in<br />
Canada. Brébeuf wrote the lyrics in the native language of the Huron people. The<br />
song’s original Huron title is “Jesous Ahatonhia” (“Jesus, he is born”). The melody<br />
is based on a traditional French folk song, “Une Jeune Pucelle” (“A Young Maid”).<br />
The English lyrics were written in 1926 by Jesse Edgar Middleton The carol uses<br />
native imagery in place of the traditional Nativity story: Jesus is born in a “lodge of<br />
broken bark,” and wrapped in a “robe of rabbit skin.” He is surrounded by hunters<br />
instead of shepherds, and the Magi are portrayed as “chiefs from afar” that bring<br />
him “fox and beaver pelts” instead of the more familiar gold, frankincense, and<br />
myrrh.<br />
Angels and shepherds is a traditional Bohemian carol arranged by C. H. Trevor<br />
(1895-1976). Trevor was an English organist and teacher who held posts at Well<br />
Cathedral, <strong>St</strong>. Paul’s Cathedral (Calcutta) and <strong>St</strong>. Peter’s Eaton Square, London.<br />
CHERUB CHOIR<br />
Cherub Choir Mothers: Hope Foster, Debbie Krey<br />
Accompanist: Jeanne Lapierre<br />
1 ST YEAR – Benjamin Ackerly, Andrew Ascoli, Clay Davis, Drew Davis, Thomas<br />
Disharoon, Katherine Elles, Will Elles, Spenser Frank, Andrews Hause, Anne<br />
Hubard, Charles Innes, Drew Kidwell, George Kulp, Muriel Lewis, Tommy<br />
Roberts, Ethan Smith, Marla Van Deusen, Tucker Walker, George Dewey White,<br />
and George Wilt<br />
2 ND YEAR – Walker Allen, Georgiana Ascoli, Charlotte Baxter, Emma Clark, Ella<br />
Davis, Jack Davis, Beckett Foster, Preston Foster, Hannah Harvard, Chase Hartley,<br />
Sam Hubard, William Jones, Camille Kidwell, James Kulp, Porter Montague,<br />
Taylor Sibley, and Emma Smith<br />
3 RD YEAR – Margaret Ackerly, Matthew Burnside, Lily Burnside, Ella Hause, Libbie<br />
Krey, Sarah Townsend, Margaret White, Holden Woodward, Kathryn Archer<br />
Woodward, and Elizabeth Woodward<br />
CHILDREN’S CHOIR<br />
Children’s Choir Mothers: Robin Jager, Becky Page<br />
Accompanist: Jeanne Lapierre<br />
1 ST YEAR – <strong>St</strong>as Barber, Hannah Clark, Ellie Duffey, Gabi Holloway, Molly Jager,<br />
Grace Kinder, William McDermott, Samuel Menk, Braxton Page, Anne Mason<br />
Ruth, and Hank Valentine<br />
2 ND YEAR – Joseph Ascoli, Alec Davis, Oliver Fisk, Laurence Innes, Payton Jager,<br />
Anne Gamble Jennings, Parker Krey, Libby McCoy, Emily McDermott, Gardiner<br />
McGuire, Hunter McGuire, Henry Spain, Ian Townsend, and Pierce Wilt<br />
3 RD YEAR – Ellie Angle, Eliza Goggins, Caroline Hopper, Liza Hopper, Rachel<br />
Page, and Ashleigh Ward<br />
4 TH YEAR – Laney Yoo<br />
Lea Booth<br />
Ian Daniel<br />
Addie Eliades<br />
Alex Eliades<br />
Sallie Ellett<br />
Caroline Gaenzle<br />
Eliza Hollerith<br />
MacNair Jennings<br />
YOUTH CHOIR<br />
Grace Jennings<br />
Margaret Jewett<br />
Kevin Lapierre<br />
Margaret Rawls<br />
Ruth Shuford<br />
Celia <strong>St</strong>one<br />
Annie Valentine<br />
Callie Wright
6:00 P.M. SERVICE<br />
Ding Dong! Merrily on high is an arrangement by David Willcocks of a 16 th -<br />
century French melody. Willcocks served Director of Music at King’s College,<br />
Cambridge, from 1950 until 1974, when he became Director of the Royal College<br />
of Music. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1971. The text is by George. R.<br />
Woodward (1848-1934), an Anglican priest and linguist who made many<br />
translations from Latin, German and Greek and who also served as editor of<br />
including the influential Cowley Carol Book.<br />
In the Bleak Midwinter is a setting of a well-loved poem by Christina Rossetti<br />
(1830-94). The daughter of an Italian refugee who was a professor at King’s College<br />
London, she grew up in a cultured and artistic family. Her first volume of poems<br />
was published when she was twelve. Another of Rossetti’s Christmas poems, “Love<br />
came down at Christmas” appears in Hymnal 1982. The English composer Harold<br />
Darke (1888-1976) was organist at <strong>St</strong>. Michael’s, Cornhill (London), for fifty years.<br />
He composed extensively for organ and choir, but is best known for In the Bleak<br />
Midwinter and the hymn tune Cornhill, “Lord Jesus, Son of Righteousness” (Hymn<br />
144).<br />
WEST GALLERY CHOIR<br />
Soprano<br />
Vienna Cobb Anderson<br />
Myra Carroll<br />
Darien Fisher-Duke<br />
Nancy Goodall<br />
Jane Harrison<br />
Karen Harper<br />
Mary Horton<br />
Anita Lisk<br />
Mary Lou Trache<br />
Antonia FD Vassar<br />
Taffy Williams<br />
Diane Wright<br />
Alto<br />
Ellen Buoyer<br />
Sarah Coxon<br />
Anne Daniel<br />
Becky DeCamps<br />
Amy Dilworth<br />
Hortense Liberti<br />
Fran McDermott<br />
Christine Newbold<br />
Ann Rawls<br />
Jane Thompson<br />
Mollie Watts<br />
Tenor<br />
George Bishop<br />
Scott Ellett<br />
Gordon Graham<br />
Richard Rumble<br />
Trey Sibley<br />
Andy Smith<br />
Massie Valentine<br />
Sam Zimmer<br />
Bass<br />
Robert Angle<br />
Tim Carroll<br />
Chris Edwards<br />
Russell Lawson<br />
Dave Johnson<br />
Alan <strong>St</strong>one<br />
Patrick <strong>St</strong>rickler<br />
Bill Thrower<br />
10:30 P.M. CHORAL PRELUDE AND 11:00 P.M. SERVICE<br />
Messiah is the most successful and best known of Handel’s oratorios. It was<br />
composed in twenty-four days in August and September of 1741. The first<br />
performance was at a concert given to benefit local charities in Dublin, Ireland on<br />
April 13, 1742, with Handel himself conducting. It was not until two years later that<br />
Messiah was premiered in London, where, surprisingly, it was not considered a<br />
success. It was only when it was revived in 1750 for a charitable performance in the<br />
chapel of Thomas Coram’s Foundling Hospital that it received widespread praise.<br />
Thereafter, Handel presented Messiah every year. The entire first section of Messiah<br />
deals with prophecy concerning the advent of the Messiah and the birth and life of<br />
Jesus; and the first five numbers are based on texts from the 40 th chapter of Isaiah.<br />
Soprano<br />
Vienna Cobb Anderson<br />
Anne Cronly<br />
Darien Fisher-Duke<br />
Karen Harper<br />
Sabrina LaFleur<br />
Jeanne Lapierre<br />
Sarah Motley<br />
Amanda Price<br />
Robin Price<br />
Jenny Roystone<br />
Antonia FD Vassar<br />
PARISH CHOIR<br />
Alto<br />
Betsy Blair<br />
Sarah Brewer<br />
Patty Duffy<br />
Cameron Flippen<br />
Jovan Howard<br />
Heather Jones<br />
Susan Mellott<br />
Becky Merrick<br />
Betsy Mitchell<br />
Liz Nance<br />
Nancy Phillips<br />
Tenor<br />
Rick Mellott<br />
Chris Rock<br />
Drew McFayden<br />
Charles Nance<br />
Mark Shuford<br />
Scott Triplett<br />
Scott Corwin<br />
Bass<br />
Matt Jewell<br />
Matt Presson<br />
Vernon Priddy<br />
<strong>St</strong>even Ralph<br />
Jim Richter<br />
Courtenay Reynolds<br />
Matthew <strong>St</strong>anley<br />
Casey Urso
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE<br />
Please lift up the following people and communities in your prayers.<br />
For the sick and in need: especially Charlotte Baxter, Lindsay Bruce, Mair Conrad,<br />
Jeremy Crews, Brownie Cummins, Toni Donovan, Pam Fanaras, Ben Hagood, Jan<br />
Harris, Alan Kirschner, Kathleen Maesell, Peter Miller, Sheila Moore, Hardy<br />
Nance, Joe Napolitano, Lanthe Sessoms, Laura Shuford, George Silver, Arden<br />
<strong>St</strong>erling, Britt Van Deusen, Elizabeth Ware, and Frank<br />
For peace in the world: We ask that your peace prevail upon this world, especially in<br />
places of conflict. We pray for Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, relations between North<br />
and South Korean and Israel and Palestine.<br />
For our armed forces, that your Spirit would lead them, especially Alexander Gilmer<br />
Almond, David Bhatta, Sean Breit-Rupe, Adam Burch, Ben Crowley, Robert<br />
James Davis, John Dendinger, Nicole Edgerton, and L.H. Ginn V<br />
For the newly born and all who celebrate their birthday this week: especially Sue Williams,<br />
Rob Scoggins, Taylor Shepherd, Amanda Roberts, and Brandon von Puschendorf,<br />
who celebrate their birthday on Christmas Eve, and Peggy Christian, Marshall<br />
Acuff, Julie Williams, Shannon Jackson, Meg <strong>St</strong>ott, and Marla Schowalter, who<br />
celebrate their birthday on Christmas Day<br />
We pray for those who have recently died: especially Ronald Herington, John Salley,<br />
Claude Broome, and Leo Hackett<br />
ANNUAL GIVING 2011<br />
“For the spirit of Christmas fulfills the greatest hunger of mankind.” - Loring A. Schuler<br />
Christmas is a wonderful and exciting season and a time when we are reminded that it is in<br />
giving that we receive. As we present gifts to our families and loved ones, we experience the<br />
joy of giving; we receive delight in seeing the happiness in those we love.<br />
All of us are truly blessed to be a part of the <strong>St</strong>. James’s family and we experience joy in<br />
seeing and receiving the wonderful ministries that are carried out during the year. We are<br />
grateful for those who have made their 2011 pledge and ask the others to please honor the<br />
work of the church with a pledge. Every gift to <strong>St</strong>. James’s does make a difference to the<br />
various ministries which depend on your generosity.<br />
Please mail your pledge, make your pledge online at our website www.doers.org<br />
or contact Chip Woodson at 355-1779 or chipwoodson@doers.org.<br />
Children’s Center Offering Tonight<br />
Christmas Eve is one of two days our vestry has designated the loose plate offerings<br />
for the <strong>St</strong>. James’s Children’s Center. All undesignated contributions in the offering<br />
plates at the 4:00 p.m. service are given directly to the Children’s Center.<br />
Additional gifts from our parishioners, grants from the church budget and ECW,<br />
and our in-kind gifts of space, supplies, utilities and time of church staff make the<br />
Children’s Center the largest outreach ministry of <strong>St</strong>. James’s. From every dollar<br />
you pledge to <strong>St</strong>. James’s, a portion goes to the Children’s Center to enable this<br />
miraculous ministry.<br />
MISSION STATEMENT<br />
At <strong>St</strong>. James’s <strong>Episcopal</strong> <strong>Church</strong>, our mission is to live as Doers of the Word<br />
worshiping God and serving others to build Christ’s kingdom.<br />
S T. JAMES’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH<br />
1205 West Franklin <strong>St</strong>reet Richmond, VA 23220 804-355-1779<br />
Office hours: Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.<br />
Our 9:00 a.m. & 11:15 a.m. Sunday worship services<br />
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