Readings for the Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost
| Daniel 12:1-3 Psalm 16 Hebrews 10:11-14 (15-18) 19-25 Mark 13:1-8 |
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ST. PETE’S WEEKLY
Welcome! Whatever your religious background, and however you have come to be here, we’re glad to have you join in our praises of God today. We hope you will feel comfortable here and fulfilled and strengthened spiritually to meet the challenges of your daily life.
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE FOLLOWING:
- For Mark, our Bishop
- For Tom, our Rector
- In our Parish Cycle of Prayer, we pray for the Mt. Calvary Women’s Guild
- In the Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer, we pray for The Anglican Church of South Africa
- In the Diocesan Cycle of prayer, we pray for Piedmont Parish, Madison and St. Thomas Church, McLean
- For Persecuted Christians in Oman
- For our President, Joe, and President-Elect, Donald
- For our Governor, Glenn
- In our Community Cycle of Prayer, we pray for our Volunteers Keeping our Community Clean & Green
- For U.S. troops throughout the world, our foreign service personnel, and contractors
- For those who have served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other conflicts and are suffering from posttraumatic stress
- For our Missionaries, especially Daryl & Wanda Fulp
- For our Federal, State, & Local Police Officers and Loudoun Valley fire and Rescue Departments
- For the special needs and concerns of this congregation, especially for Stuart Auld; Carrie Marie Burden; Gary Cogle; Pepper Darlington; Alison Davis; Nancy Dillon; Bill Geiger; Estella Hill; Jennifer House; Gail Hunt; Jo May Ives; Ted & Hollie Kambrod; Steve Koss; Becky Loker; Winifred Love; Betsy North; Grace O’Hara; Phelan & Smith Family; Captain Dale Reed; Lovette Sie; Richard Simonson; Jim Smith; Randy Stoutenburgh; Margaret Thomas; George Thompson; The Bomar Family; The Stiles Family; Sarah & Dick Webster; Ken & Carol; Kevin; Jackie; Sean & Libby; and Vanessa, and all those who suffer from any grief or trouble.
PRAYER NEEDS: Individuals and families may choose to have their names placed on the public and/or private prayer lists. The names on the public prayer list are included during the Prayers of the People during worship on Sunday and in the bulletin. St. Peter’s Prayer Quilt members spquilt@stpetes.net pray for the people on the private list. Names are listed for four weeks. If you would like someone to remain on our list, please send us an update every 4 weeks.
NEW WAYS TO PRAY! We have been doing a lot of praying in new ways this year. Consider joining us or making use of any, or all, of the opportunities below –
- Sweet Hour of Prayer every Wednesday at 10:30 with seven of us regularly gathering.
- Using our new Prayer Cards on the first Sunday during prayers of the people.
- Turning the altar in the Chapel into our Prayer Altar, covered with new prayer requests.
- The Vestry is incorporating praying together into our Strategic Plan and into Vestry meetings.
- And the latest: Gathering an intercessor team to pray for people in-person after church on Sundays. Once the crowd has left the Nave, they’d be happy to meet with you discreetly one-on-one to pray with you.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
BULLETIN DEADLINE – Please submit all announcements for the Sunday Bulletin by noon on Wednesday to ensure inclusion in the upcoming bulletin. Send announcements to office@stpetes.net.
NEW VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY – Tree of Life’s Still Waters Ministry provides social and respite opportunities for teens & young adults with disabilities. They are interested in starting a Bible study for this group using the SeeJesus “Bethesda” curriculum. No experience necessary, just a heart for Jesus and a desire to serve this group. If you’re interested please reach out to Deana Czaban @ kelly_dscm@yahoo.com.
MUSIC DIRECTOR COMMITTEE SEARCH WEEKLY UPDATE – The Music Director Search Committee is excited to begin working on finding our next Director of Music! Be on the lookout for a survey designed to get your ideas for what you’d like to see/hear from our choir/music program. Check back here every week for updates on our progress! **Calling all voices** On 11/24/24 we’d like to form an impromptu choir made up of Rich and the kids and anyone in the congregation that just likes to sing! We will be vesting and meeting at 8:30 that morning to go over the music with Marina, our organist. This is not a long-term commitment, but we may be getting together on other Sundays through winter/spring of 2025 as the search process continues. Please speak to Sophiann or Judi Novak for more information. “Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth.” Ps. 96:1
MT. CALVARY WOMEN’S GUILD MEETING – November 18th @10:00 a.m. @ St. Pete’s for our fellowship and Bible study. Lots of items to discuss – charity recipients and new president. Food and fellowship to be shared! Contact Suzanne Klipfel with any questions (Klipfel.suzanne@gmail.com).
LAST TGIF (COED) –Friday, November 29th @ 8:00 pm at the home of Marcia and Michael Davis (18 Clarke Ln, Berryville Va 22611). This is the Friday after Thanksgiving so bring family and friends with you. Any questions, please contact Steve Schultz at 703-727-2939.
TOL COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS – Continues through Dec. 1st, 2024. Tree of Life Community Christmas seeks to bless families in the Western Loudoun region with gifts for their children and students, as well as a blessing for the parents. At our Community Christmas Dinner, we invite these families to join us for a Christmas play and pass out gifts for their family. Please see our sticky note board in the lobby to see what item you can bless a family with – items are due back on December 1st to allow time to assemble for each family. Please contact TOL @ 540-441-7920 with any questions.
ADVENT WREATH WORKSHOP – Sunday, Dec. 1st, 2024 @ 11:00 am, McCray Hall. Advent wreaths are a beautiful tradition which helps us to keep our sights on the true meaning of Christmas. We will provide the instructions and materials for you & your family to create your very own Advent Wreath. There is a $20 materials fee per wreath. There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board in McCray Hall. Please contact office@st.petes.net with any questions.
HOPE FOR HOME CHRISTMAS SPONSORSHIPS – Hope for Home is a collection of homes that provide care for and minister disabled children and adults in Guatemala and Liberia. St. Pete’s has been a critical part of their mission for several years. We sponsor two children every month and we also visit them during our mission trip in June. The need is great there and funds are limited. They need our help in making Christmas a special celebration this year. Please consider sponsoring a child throughout the year and/or making a special donation to help make their Christmas a little brighter. Donations can be made directly on their website (www.Hopeforhome.org) or make check payable to St. Peter’s and put “Hope for Home” in the memo line.
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD – Donations Accepted Until November 17th, 2024. St. Peter’s will partner with Samaritans Purse this year in supporting Operation Christmas Child. We will hand out and collect shoeboxes until November 17th. How many Shoeboxes do you think we can fill? Since the inception of Operation Christmas Child in 1993, over 198 million children in more than 170 countries and territories have received an Operation Christmas Child shoebox. Of those who received a shoebox, 14.9 million made a decision to accept Jesus as their Savior. We look forward to continuing to help children learn about the love of Jesus through this ministry with the hopes of many more making the life-changing decision. Boxes are available for pickup in the narthex. You will find Shoebox Gift Suggestion lists on the table in the foyer. In addition, Samaritan’s Purse requests you donate $10/box to cover shipping and other project costs. Contact Darla Voss at (609) 906-0630 with questions. More information on the Samaritan’s Purse website at https://samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child/mission-and-history/
TREASURER’S CORNER
Altar Flowers: If you would like to dedicate altar flowers in memory or honor of a loved one, or in thanksgiving for a birthday, anniversary or other special event, please contact the church office with the date and details. We gratefully accept gifts in any amount to defray the cost.
| Monthly Amount | YTD Amount | |
| October Budgeted Revenues | $ 42,210 | $ 440,441 |
| October Actual Revenues | $ 31,555 | $ 443,372 |
| Variance (unfavorable) | $ (10,655) | $ 2,931 |
LEARNING
MASTERING THE BIBLE STUDY CLASS – November 17, 2024 @ St. Pete’s after the service. Let’s master the bible together! Based on the book “Brief Insights on Mastering the Bible” by Michael S. Heiser. It’s not too late to join the class this week!
GRACE THROUGH THE EYES OF JESUS BIBLE STUDY – Sunday, November 17th, 2024 – TBD. In upper room of St. Pete’s. Please join us at 11:15 Sunday mornings for this SeeJesus interactive Bible study based on stories from the Gospel of Luke. This study “…allows participants to absorb the Scriptures through engaging questions, theological insights, useful charts, and interesting historical backgrounds centered around the truth of the gospel. There is no more practical way to be transformed by the doctrine of grace than to learn it from our Redeemer, Jesus.” Questions: contact Maggie Snyder at maggiesnyder77@gmail.com.
ADULT FORMATION: FIGHT FOR SOULS – Share a meal, share the gospel. If you desire to do what Jesus says, consider joining the Fight for Souls group!
“But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak. For it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak, for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaking through you.” Matthew 10:29-20 “Now Stephen, a man full of God’s grace and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people. Opposition arose, however, from members of the synagogue of the Freedman – Jews of Cyrene and Alexandra as well as the provinces of Cilicia and Asia – who began to argue with Stephen. But they could not stand up against the wisdom the Spirit gave him as he spoke.” Acts 6:8-10 “Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the Spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites listened to him and did what the Lord had commanded Moses. Deuteronomy 34:9 Direct us, O lord, in all our doings with thy most gracious favor, and further us with thy continual help; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy Name, and finally, by thy mercy, obtain everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Next meeting will be held, December 1st @ 5:00 p.m. at The Well.