The Weekly Trumpet
The Weekly Trumpet
For the Week Ending January 29th, 2012
703-779-3616 www.saintgabriels.net
The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany
Here's the News from St. Gabriel's for this weekend and the rest of the week.
Enjoy your weekend.
ST. GABRIEL’S THIS SUNDAY
CHILDREN AND YOUTH SUNDAY SCHOOL —Children begin the service with their teachers on the front row of the auditorium. After the homily they will proceed out to class and return at the Peace to take communion with their adult guardian.
Healing Rail, TODAY, SUNDAY JANUARY 29th- Our healing and prayer team with be offering healing prayer during the time of communion. Feel free to come to the rail before or after you receive communion. You may request special prayers for yourself or others, or simply come, trusting that God knows your heart.
ADULT FORUM TODAY AFTER SERVICE- Please join us today after the service as Rev. John Ohmer will discuss the Past, Present and Future of St. Gabriel's.
ST. GABRIEL’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
THE NEXT INTERFAITH FOOD COLLECTION WILL BE NEXT SUNDAY, FEB. 5th We will collect non-perishable food items and household goods for our local food pantry, Interfaith Relief. Please bring your items to church and place in the basket at the entrance.
PARISH MEETING, NEXT SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5th- Please join us next Sunday after our Morning Prayer service, where you will get an in-person update and discussion about what's happening at St. Gabriel's.
MARK YOUR CALENDERS - SHRINE MONT RETREAT, MAY 11-13 -St. Gabriel's Shrine Mont weekend will be May 11-13. Further details will be available next weekend on the church table. We hope you can join us it's always a wonderful way to rest, relax, and recreate in fellowship with your church family.
SUPER BOWL PARTY AT THE BUTLERS' SUNDAY, FEB 5th-Once again, the Butlers are hosting a Super Bowl party on Sunday, Feb. 5th at 5pm-ish (game starts at 6pm). All are invited. A great big Super-Sub from the St. James Youth Group will be provided. Please feel free to bring along any other tasty goodies that you think the group would like. Like last year, they'll have a total of at least 223 diagonal inches of TV to watch, so there's no reason to miss any of it, (especially the commercials.) Please let Dave know if you're coming, at butlerds@aol.com. The Butlers live at 211 Jennings Ct in Leesburg.
COMPUTER & STEREO AUCTION -Looking for a new computer? St. Gabriel's is holding a silent auction for a Macintosh Laptop. The laptop is a 2011 Macbook Air, 13 inch monitor, Mac Lion OS, mouse, case, and a transferable warranty until 2013. Microsoft Office not included. The stereo is RCA CD Micro System with Dock for iPhone/iPod - Black. The laptop and stereo auction bid sheets will be on display February 5th and 12th after Sunday service. Bidding will end Feb. 12. Bid inquiries and offers can also be sent to ErinHimstedtRice@gmail.com.
PASTORAL CARE- If you need care or assistance we can help one another. Some of the needs we work to provide include hospital visitations, home communion, and delivered meals. Also, if you are in need of a priest we can help with that. Please contact Barbara Bundy for all pastoral care needs. you can reach her at 571-332-8713 or bjbundy@verizon.net. Carol DuPuis continues to maintain our published and confidential prayer lists. Please send your prayer and thanksgiving requests to Carol at prayer@saintgabriels.net. If you are interested in serving in this ministry, please contact Barbara Bundy.
CHILDCARE SAFETY DURING THE CHURCH SERVICE- After Sunday School, all children 2nd grade and older will need to please return to the service with their families (either biological or church family!). The nursery, during the church service, will only be for 1st grade and younger. Also, children should not at any time be unattended in the hallways. We are asking that an adult please be with a child at all times. Children may not roam Belmont Ridge Middle School or any other St. Gabriel’s event unattended. As always our children’s safety is of upmost importance to us. Thank you for your support! If there are any questions, please contact Stacy Baron at stactim@aol.com.
WINTER WEATHER POLICY- As winter comes, this is a good time to review our severe weather policy. We cancel Sunday services if the custodian cannot plow the parking lot, or drive to the school. By 8:00 am, please check the website, we will also attempt to send out an email to all on our list.
Upcoming Service Celebrant Schedule
Jan. 29 – Fr. John Ohmer
Feb. 5 – Morning Prayer and congregational meeting
Feb. 12 – Rev. Gideon Pollach
Feb. 19 – Rev. Gail Epes
Feb. 26 – Rev. Gideon Pollach
Mar. 4 – Rev. Gail Epes
March 11th and 18th - TBD
ST. GABRIEL’S CHURCH
STEERING COMMITTEE- The St. Gabriel’s Steering Team met Monday, November 14. Father John Ohmer led the meeting. Meeting minutes were emailed to the congregation. Here are the members and their contact information, if you have concerns please feel free to contact one of them.
Stacy Baron - stactim@aol.com
Barbara Bundy - bjbundy@verizon.net
Lisa Cusack - Lilo0607@aol.com
Mike Denzin - michael.denzin@gmail.com
John Egan- jjegan3@comcast.net
Chris Fristad- CFristad@earthlink.net
Sue Hands-Renwick - suehr@msn.com
Erin Rice- erinhimstedtrice@gmail.com
Jim Stewart - 8jstewart@gmail.com
Peter Schweitzer - pschweitzer@usgs.gov
MINISTRY GROUPS -The following ministry groups and leaders have been identified. The leaders will coordinate efforts and communicate with parishioners. Please contact them to get involved!
Children and Youth Ministry -Stacy Baron (stactim@aol.com)
Outreach - Jim Stewart (8jstewart@gmail.com)
Worship - (Includes Hospitality, Trailer, Schedule, Altar Guild, Music, etc.) -Sue Hands-Renwick (suehr@msn.com)
Pastoral Care - (Healing Rail, Intercessory prayer, Ongoing prayer list, Parishioner support, etc.) Barbara Bundy (bjbundy@verizon.net)
Adult Discipleship (Includes Christian Education, Fellowship, etc.) -- TBD
Administration - (Includes General, Finance and Stewardship, Communication, etc.) - Mike Denzin (michael.denzin@gmail.com) & Chris Fristad (cfristad@earthlink.net)
Finance/Stewardship- Lisa Cusack (Lilo0607@aol.com)
Communication- Erin Rice (erinhimstedtrice@gmail.com)
CHURCH & COMMUNITY LIFE
DO YOU SUFFER FROM FOOD ALLERGIES?-Gluten free wafers are always available and we will be happy to provide. Please let an usher know of your need and he or she will notify the priest.
CHURCH DATABASE ONLINE- Did you know that you can find a church directory, check your own giving status, and update your personal information right at your own computer? Simply go to www.saintgabriels.net, click Resources, and click Member Information to get to the log-on screen. If you have an email in our database, you can log in and do searches.
ADD A PHOTO TO THE DIRECTORY- Let's try to update our current online directory with family and individual photos. Simply go the membership database through our website, which is password secure, find your own family in “directories”, click “edit” and add a family photo from your own electronic files.
SENDING SOMETHING BY MAIL TO ST GABRIEL'S- Please remember that our mailing address is NOT Belmont Ridge Middle School; it is 14 Cornwall Street, N.W., Leesburg, VA 20176
ST. GABRIEL'S e-GIVING WEBSITE
Now it is even easier to be good stewards than it was before. It's simple, secure, quick, and efficient. Log on to our e-Giving Website and set up automatic payments for your contributions to the church. Visit our website at www.saintgabriels.net and click Resources and then St. Gabe's Electronic Contributions. Your continued Stewardship helps all of us to meet our goals of Encountering God, Building Relationships, and Making a Difference in the World.
READING AHEAD IN THE LECTIONARY
READING AHEAD IN THE LECTIONARY- As part of your own spiritual practices, try reading the Scripture lessons for the coming Sunday. Here are the readings for coming Sundays. Read ahead. Mark, learn and inwardly digest.
February 5th, The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany
- Isaiah 40:21-31
- Psalm 147:1-12, 21c
- 1 Corinthians 9:16-23
- Mark 1:29-39
February 12th, The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany
- 2 Kings 5:1-14
- Psalm 30
- 1 Corinthians 9:24-27
- Mark 1:40-45
THE LECTIONARY LINK- If you would prefer to access these readings online here is the link to the Lectionary Page http://www.lectionarypage.net/. Just click on the date you want to read. We use the RCL version, and if there are alternate readings for a given Sunday, we always use the first set of readings.
FOR YOUR PRAYERS
For the church: For St. Gabriel's, as we seek to live out our mission more fully; for our mother church, St. James’; for St. Gabriel's, Boitumelo, South Africa; and for Santa Maria, the Episcopal Hispanic Mission in Northern VA.
The Anglican Cycle of Prayer we pray for: The Anglican Church of Burundi The Most Revd Bernard Ntahoturi Archbishop of the Province of Burundi & Bishop of Matana.
Our Diocesan Cycle of Prayer we pray for: The Diocesan staff.
Our Ministry Cycle of Prayer we pray for: the Children’s Ministry.
Prayers for Healing, Wholeness, Comfort, Guidance, and Safe Travel: Rob Buchannan; The Hodges family; Chuck Mitchell; the Marcum family; Kim Miller and her son Derek; the Moore family; Jenn & Drew; Tim Drosos (Debbie Pappas’s son-in-law): Judith Fisher; Erin McMichael and family.
Prayers of Thanksgiving: for our Parishioners.
Repose of the Soul of: Jeff McMichael.
Ongoing Prayer: Laurel Lobianco & Madeline DuPuis and others prayed for in confidence.
Send prayer requests to prayer@saintgabriels.net
SUNDAY’S MINISTERS
SERVING TODAY, JAN 29th, 2012 SERVING NEXT SUNDAY, FEB. 5th, 2012
Trailer: Rob Buchanan Trailer: TBD
Altar Guild: Cindy Jones Altar Guild: Char Hodges
Ushers: Rob Buchanan & Kerry Stewart Ushers: Jacob Denzin & Dave Butler
Hospitality: Debbie Pappas & Kerry Stewart Hospitality: The Denzins and Debbie Pappas
Reading I & Psalm: Kim Miller Reading I & Psalm: Mike Denzin
Reading II & POP: Amanda Queen Reading II & POP: Amanda Queen
LEM: Harvey Hodges LEM: Char Hodges
Tellers: Debbie Pappas & Char Hodges Tellers: Anne Denzin & Chuck Mitchell. KidZone: Debbie Pappas KidZone: Stacy Baron
