| Detail of the John Hedges & Mary Hedges window located in the south wall of the chancel to the right of the altar. Mr. Hedges died in 1886, having served many years as Senior Warden of the parish. Mrs. Hedges died in 1889. The window depicts St. John. |
Dear friends in Christ,
The Church Year – with all of it’s seasons and themes and colors – is a wonderful gift to the Church, to help us focus on, and experience, the wide range of ways that God is active in our lives.
It begins with Advent (blue), then Christmas (white), then Epiphany (green), then Lent, (purple), then Holy Week (red), then Easter (white), then Pentecost (red), then the Season After Pentecost (green). Whew – that’s a lot!
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MINUTES - August VESTRY MEETING
St. Peter’s Church - August 13, 2007
Fr George Young opened the meeting at 6pm. Present: The Rev. Kimberly Still, Neil Blalock, Francis Flood, Cathy Kaltenbach, Mary Lynn Torchia, Norma Norris, Ben Stephens, David Lott, Neil Frink and guest Joe Crim. Absent: Ed Grissom, Cheryl Smith, Early McCall and Trey Warren.
NEXT MEETING: Sept 10, 2007 @ 6 pm; Devotional: Ben Stephens
Vestry “Thank You’s”:
1) Trey Warren, for his indefatigible and enthusiastic dedication as Giving Campaign Co-chair. Senior Warden Neil Blalock says that this was the smoothest and least stressful Capital Campaign he has ever been associated with, and it could not have gone that way without Trey.
2) Retiring Shepherds: Toby Atkinson, Ben Buck, Debbie Cotner, Bobbi Fowle, Bill Grant, Ed Grissom, Joanne & Rick Highfield, Cathy Kaltenbach, Emelie Liebendorfer, Debbie & Dave Lott, Joanne Roach, & Trey Warren. The early successes of The St. Peter’s Cares Program has been due in large part to these courageous pioneers. Well done good & faithful servants!
3) The Lightning Response Team: Darrell Powell, Dan & Joanne Roach, Aaron Morgan - who stepped up and put out to clean up after lightning struck the Church belltower, shattering the cross and part of the superstructure. Needless to say, the coordination of Joe Crim was a critical part of this effort.
4) Tommy Purvis & Bert Jenkins for coordinating and hosting the St. Peter’s golf outings and fellowship meals.
Minutes of the June 18 Meeting were approved (one addition).
Kristina Smith - Christian Formation Director:
A hand-out with upcoming events and activities was reviewed and discussed - an impressive list without question. Of particular note, the 3 curricula: Rite 13 (for 6, 7 & 8th graders); Journey to Adulthood (J2A, for 9th & 10th graders); and Efm (Education for ministry) a four-year, in-depth adult study program. In addition, there is a host of intergenerational events and class offerings, both at the Sunday “formation” hour and as part of the Wednesdays-for-All (WFA) program, that will build on (and hopefully maintain) the momentum developed prior to the summer break.
Themes being emphasized include “Season of Creation” - caring for God’s creation (Sunday formation hour Oct 7-Nov 28); and further inquiry and study of the Millennium Development Goals during the WFA fall program. The latter kicks off Sept 12 with an Intergenerational dinner and several program offerings following.
Kristina urged Vestry members to show support and leadership by participating in as many of these offerings as possible. (more…)
Dear friends in Christ,
Recently, there was a headline on the front page of the Times-Union that said, “Happiness = family time, say the youth of America”. Did you see that one? Wow, it caught my attention!
Those of us who are parents – especially of youth (this article describes “youth” as 13-24) – are very familiar with the feeling that anything having to do with us – or almost any “adult” - is so totally uncool, that our children would rather be boiled alive than caught being with us. And the idea that they could actually be “happy” with us? No way!
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