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Christmas at St. Patrick's
Join us during this festive season! All children are invited to partake in the service on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and there will be no Nursery care during those services.
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Christmas Eve
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4:45pm
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Brass Prelude
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Christmas Pageant & Holy Eucharist
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9:30pm
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Choral Concert
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Candlelight Holy Eucharist & Festive Celebration
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Christmas Day
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8:00am
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Holy Eucharist (Rite I)
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10:00am
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Holy Eucharist (Rite II)
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with Festive Music in the Nave
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Sunday, January 1
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8:00am
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Holy Eucharist (Rite I)
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10:00am
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Lessons & Carols
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Holy Eucharist (Rite II)
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Music at St. Patrick's
It's a boy!! Please join the choir in welcoming the newest future choir member to St. Patrick's...Jean-Luc and Arleen's baby boy, Jean-Anatole Luc Princivil, born on Dec. 12. Big sisters Aria and Artha will no doubt enjoy spoiling their baby brother!
Many thanks to our St. Patrick's "Classy" Handbell ringers (from our 7th and 8th grade formation class, the Classy's) and our Jubilate Deo 3rd -6th graders for sharing a great Christmas classic on Sunday, "Do you hear what I hear?" Great Job!
Our Cantoris Choir is working on music for the annual Christmas Eve Concert. This year Louis Orphanos and I will be teaming up to include several "4-Hand" (that's two players at one piano) piano accompaniments and solos. The arrangements are from a relatively new composer, Howard Helvey, They are great fun to play AND hear and we hope many of you will plan to join us. The concert begins at 9:30 before our Candlelight Christmas Eucharist.
For the Christmas Pageant, Trumpeter, Fred Irby will be joined by our other Brass Quartet regulars in a Prelude of music for the season. Get ready for lots of wonderful carols after you send your little angel or shepherd off to the costume room. The music begins at 4:45, so come early, get your little ones settled, and enjoy!
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St. Philip's Food Pantry Christmas Dinners in a Bag!
Bring in your Dinner Bag fixings this Sunday! We will deliver Sunday afternoon!
The Christmas Dinner Bags are starting to pile up by the Courtyard doors, and this Sunday is the deadline!
Here is the shopping list if you haven't been to the store yet. Many, many thanks to those who have already dropped off their food or contributed money to the fund for our volunteer shoppers.
St. Philip's Christmas Dinner Bag
- 3-lb Ham (these need to be refrigerated-please mark "St. Philip's Christmas Dinner" and place in refrigerator in church kitchen. Canned hams are also acceptable, but hard to find)
- Package of Rice or Instant Potatoes
- Canned Yams
- Canned Green Vegetable
- Biscuit Mix
- Canned Fruit or Fruit Cocktail
- Christmas Cookies
You may also make a contribution of $25.00 or more, if time does not permit shopping. Checks made out to St. Patrick's, marked Outreach/Christmas Dinners.
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Bake Sale to Benefit Outreach Programs
Bring your baked good this Sunday for the Outreach Bake Sale this Sunday! Don't forget to bake and to prepare to shop for goodies at this Sunday's Bake Sale. All proceeds benefit the Outreach ministries of St. Patrick's, including our work in Haiti and locally with St. Philip's Food Pantry, So Others Might Eat and Samaritan Ministry of Greater Washington. Please plan to bring in the goodies Sunday morning before the 10am service-we will wrap them up and then sell them during coffee hour. |
Donate to help buy the Christmas Flowers and Greens
If you would like to donate to Flower Fund to help underwrite the beautiful Christmas flowers and greens, please drop off a check to the Church Office made out to St. Patrick's with "flowers" in the memo, or donate on-line. All our Altar flowers and the Christmas trees are funded solely through donations, and the fund could use the help!
We list Christmas flower donors in the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day bulletins.
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 Prepare the Way of the Lord:
Christmas Pageant Scheduled for Christmas Eve, 4:45 pm
Calling all sheep, shepherds, angels, kings and queens ...
All children, in Nursery School through 6th grade, are invited to participate in the Pageant. Casting is as follows:
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3 & 4 Year Olds |
Sheep | |
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
Shepherds OR Angels | |
4th & 5th Grade |
Kings & Queens | |
6th Grade |
Speaking & Title Roles |
If your child would like to participate in the Christmas Eve pageant, please plan to come to church by 4:15 pm on Christmas Eve (December 24) for costuming and a quick rehearsal.
Sunday School News - Before Christmas comes Sunday School classes conclude an Advent Unit about John the Baptist. John tells us, "Prepare the Way of the Lord," inviting us to prepare room in our busy lives for the coming Savior. Sunday School meets this Sunday, December 18th.
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Sunday Participants for December 18th, Advent IV
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8am Server:
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Jane Byerley
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10am Server:
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Peter Jobusch
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Altar Guild:
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Karen Melchar
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Flower Guild:
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Advent
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Crucifer:
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Torches:
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Needed!
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Readers:
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Martin Teel, Seth Garber
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Intercessor:
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Todd Purdum
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Psalmist:
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Owen Donley
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Greeters:
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Peggy & David Beers
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Refreshments:
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Carrie Anderson
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Lay Euch. Min.:
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Sally Fowler, Sandy Chamblee-Head, David Beers
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Ushers:
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Robert Vaughn, Marilyn Nowalk
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Vestry:
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Carla Durney
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Camp Wright - Summer Camp for Kids
 Camp Wright - An accredited Episcopal camp on nearby Kent Island in Maryland is ready to enroll campers for the summer of 2012. The drive from St. Patrick's is about an hour (first exit after the Bay Bridge). The Rev. Dr. Kurt Gerhard will again serve as chaplain for Session 2 (week of June 23-29, 2012). Last year, eight St. Patrick's kids joined him. Each session enrolls approximately 140 campers and is staffed by professional administrators and counselors from around the United States and the world. The range of activities is broad including things like archery, games, crafts, and sailing (on the Chesapeake Bay). If you are interested, please register through Camp Wright (Registration Form). If you need more information or financial assistance, please contact Kurt (kurt@stpatrickschurchdc.org). |
An Evening of Traditional Jazz Christmas Favorites
Former Parish Administrator Eric Gustafson and his musical group Jazz Atavist returns to St. John's, Beltsville (former Associate Rector Paula Clark's church!), with an evening of Christmas classics, ranging from the score for "A Charlie Brown Christmas" -- to Odetta's moving Christmas spirituals -- to everybody's Christmas favorites as arranged by jazz stylist Oscar Peterson. The concert begins at 7:00 PM on Saturday, December 17. St. John's is located at the intersection of MD Rt. 1 and Powder Mill Road (the church on the hill, 11040 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, MD20704). Suggested free-will offering at the door: $20. For more information, call 301-937-4292. |
St. Patrick's Day School
St. Patrick's Day School will host Children of Uganda's Tour of Light Save the Date on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 7pm-8 pm in the Gymnasium and Performing Arts Center  The Tour of Light music and dance troupe consists of 20 students currently enrolled in the Children of Uganda education program, a non-profit that works in conjunction with local organizations in Uganda to provide education and support to hundreds of children in need. The Day School will host the group in the afternoon with a performance for students, followed by an evening concert open to the public.
For more information, please visit their website: www.childrenofuganda.org and stay tuned for more information from St. Patrick's. |
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