“To embody Christ’s teaching in appropriate ways for serving the community, the nation, and the world.

SAINT PETER’S ANNOUNCMENTS AND REMINDERS IN THE MOUNTAINS The next Community Cel c Worship service is on Sunday March 3rd at 5:30 p.m. at Saint Peter’s. This is a candlelit, quiet, contempla ve service 65 Rock Ridge Road that is open to everyone in the community. Callaway, Virginia 24067 540-483-5370 Saint Peter’s Endowment Fund – “Keeping the Rock Church Solid.” Every www.SaintPetersCallaway.org month Birthday Sunday dona ons go to the Saint Peter’s Endowment [email protected] Fund. How about matching your age in dollars this year for your birthday?

The Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper will be March 5 at 6:00 pm in the Community Center at Phoebe Needles. The youth are preparing the meal. Please bring your family and friends.

There will be an Ash Wednesday Service on March 6 at 7:00 pm at Saint Peter’s Church.

The next program of the Center for Lifelong Learning at the Phoebe Nee- dles Center is Tuesday, March 12 at 10:00 a.m. The program will be “Genet- ically Modifi ed Babies: Frankenbabies” with Dr. Ginny Garre . Please call the Center at 483-1518 to make a reserva on by Friday, March 8.

March 10 is the First Sunday of . On March 12, the Center for Lifelong Learning will feature Dr. Jinnie Garre speaking on “Gene cally Modifi ed ROCK Babies - Francenbabies?” 2019 Proposed St. Peters Outreach Calendar CHURCH (Sunday, March 3, is outreach Sunday) Jan. Callaway Pack a Sack Program (donated $170) Feb. Free Clinic of Franklin County (donated $276) NEWS March So. Virginia Child Advocacy Center April Ferrum Panther Pack Program May Stepping Stone Mission Volume 130 June Phoebe Needles Camp Scholarship March 2019 July Helping Hands of Franklin County Aug. Ferrum Community Mission Center Sept. Heavenly Manna Food Bank Oct. Grace House on the Mountain Sunday Service: 10:00 a.m. Nov. Boys’ Home, Covington VA Church School: 11:15 a.m. Dec. Christmas Families

Kelley Bayer will have forms for Easter Lilies in the Par- ish Hall next Sunday. Cost is $10 and the the deadline to order is April 7.

Please send April newsle er items by March 27 to Gary Holden at [email protected]. St. Peter’s Youth Group

The St. Peter’s Youth Group made Valen nes for the residents at the Franklin Health and Rehab. The youth group will next be making Shrove Tuesday Pancake supper March 5 at 6 p.m. Liturgical Notes for the Season of Lent

Shrove Tuesday Ash Wednesday derives its name In some countries, grand religious Shrove Tuesday (also known as from the prac ce of placing ashes processions and cultural customs Shrove de Tuesday, Pancake Tues- on the foreheads of adherents as a are observed, and the faithful at- day and Pancake Day) is the day celebra on and reminder of human tempt to visit seven churches during preceding Ash Wednesday, the mortality, and as a sign of mourning in honor of Christ fi rst day of Lent. Shrove Tuesday and repentance to God. The ashes heading to Mount Calvary. At Saint is determined by Easter; its date used are typically gathered from the Peter’s, during the season of Lent we changes annually. The expression burning of the palms from the do a few things diff erently: “Shrove Tuesday” comes from the previous year’s . Al- word shrive, meaning “confess.” though the imposi on of ashes was • The opening saluta on is diff er- Shrove Tuesday is observed by many generally seen as a Catholic prac- ent (BCP p. 355). Chris an denomina ons, including ce, as it was mostly abandoned • The Kyrie Eleison (Lord, Have the Lutheran, Episcopal,Methodist by Protestants except for Anglicans Mercy) is used in place of the and Roman Catholic Churches. a er the Protestant Reforma on, it “Gloria in Excelsis” (BCP, p. 356). has become increasingly common • The “Alleluias” are omi ed Many of these Chris ans, on Shrove in much of Chris anity, now being throughout the service in the Tuesday, “make a special point of observed by many Lutherans and liturgy and hymns. self-examina on, of considering Methodists in addi on to Catholics what wrongs they need to repent, and Episcopalians. Some Bap st and what amendments of life or ar- and nondenomina onal churches, eas of spiritual growth they especial- among other denomina ons, also ly need to ask God’s help in dealing observe this day. with.” Being the last day before the peniten al season of Lent, related The Season of Lent Grants totaling popular prac ces, such as indulging The tradi onal purpose of Lent is the $1,257,778 were in food that one sacrifi ces for the prepara on of the believer through made last year by upcoming forty days, are associated prayer, penance, repentance of the na onal Unit- with Shrove Tuesday celebra ons, sins, almsgiving, atonement and ed Thank Off er- before commencing the fas ng and self-denial. Its ins tu onal purpose ing (UTO) of the religious obliga ons associated with is heightened in the annual com- Episcopal Church. Lent. The term Mardi Gras is memora on of Holy Week, marking One of those grants, $30,000, goes French for Fat Tuesday, referring the death, burial and resurrec on to the Charis Hospitality Expansion to the prac ce of the last night of of Jesus, which recalls the tradi on Project, an inten onal community ea ng richer, fa y foods before the and events of the Bible beginning on of young adults seeking to follow ritual fas ng of the Lenten season, Friday of Sorrows, further climaxing Jesus through prayer and social which begins on Ash Wednesday. on Jesus’s crucifi xion on , ac on. The grant will allow the which ul mately culminates in the church to add three bedrooms and Ash Wednesday joyful celebra on on Easter Sunday a bathroom to make the home Ash Wednesday is the fi rst day of the Resurrec on of Jesus Christ. more welcoming to the stranger. of Lent in the Western Chris an During Lent, many of the faith- calendar, directly following Shrove ful commit to fas ng or giving up Another grant, $45,000, will create Tuesday. Occurring 46 days before certain types of luxuries as a form of a Book of Common Prayer in the Easter, it is a moveable fast that can penitence. The Sta ons of the Cross, Lakota Language for nine tribes fall as early as February 4 and as a devo onal commemora on of in South Dakota. A $29,000 grant late as March 10. According to the Christ’s carrying the Cross and of his for Clear Start, a social jus ce canonical gospels of Ma hew, Mark execu on, are o en observed. Many enterprise of The Well, a two-year and Luke; Jesus spent 40 days fas ng Roman Catholic and some Protestant residen al program modeled on in the desert, where he endured churches remove fl owers from their Thistle Farms. The program pro- tempta on by Satan. Ash Wednes- altars, while crucifi xes, religious stat- vides women with employment, day marks the beginning of this ues, and other elaborate religious and fi nancial autonomy, allevia ng 40-day liturgical period of prayer and symbols are o en veiled in violet the poverty that is at the root of fas ng or abs nence. Of the 46 days fabrics in solemn observance of human traffi cking. un l Easter, six are Sundays. As the the event. In certain pious Catholic Chris an sabbath, Sundays are not countries, some adherents mark the The Spring Ingathering at St. included in the fas ng period and season with the tradi onal absten- Peter’s will be Sunday, May 5. Blue are instead “feast” days during Lent. on from the consump on of meat. Boxes are available at the church. SERVICE CALENDAR – March 2019

Readings Lector Chalice Altar Guild Acolyte Children’s Chapel

Mar. 3 Last Sunday A er Epiphany Rob Charlo e Lisa Zoe Tyler Exodus 34:29-35 Pat N Regina 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 LINK Luke 9:28-36, [37-43a] Psalm 99

Mar. 10 First Sunday in Lent Carolyn Carolyn Pat N Peter Zoe Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Bob Chris na Romans 10:8b-13 LINK Luke 4:1-13 Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16

Mar. 17 Second Sunday in Lent Bob Benton Marilyn Tyler Peter Genesis 15:1-12,17-18 Marilyn Maureen Philippians 3:17-4:1 LINK Luke 13:31-35 Psalm 27

Mar. 24 Third Sunday in Lent Gary Martha Pat R Zoe Tyler Exodus 3:1-15 Dave 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Luke 13:1-9 LINK Psalm 63:1-8

Mar. 31 Fourth Sunday in Lent Pat Charlo e Regina Peter Zoe Joshua 5:9-12 Katherine Lisa 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 LINK Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 Psalm 32

SAINT PETER’S PRAYER TEAM

We have included in the Prayers of the People at each Sunday’s worship service the names of those people in need of prayer that you have made known to the church. As a way of keeping those names before us in prayer, we are going to begin a Prayer Chain at Saint Peter’s. This will be a group of people who are willing to commit to praying for each person on our prayer list on a daily basis. The Prayer Chain will also be responsible for upda ng the list, wri ng occasional notes to those in our prayers, and relaying needs that might be met by the congrega on. If the group once formed desires to meet on occasion for prayer and discussion that is a pos- sibility as well. Juanita Custer has off ered to coordinate the group. Anyone is welcome to be a part of this group. Please let Juanita ([email protected]) know if you would like to par cipate in this group.

BIRTHDAYS Prayer for a Birthday Get your missing birhdays to Gary March O God, our mes are in your hand: Look with Holden at ghold- 3 John Heck favor, we pray, on these your servants as they [email protected] nd Pat Newcombe begin another year. Grant that they may grow he’ll add them to 9 Susan Mead in wisdom and grace, and strengthen their the list and begin 15 Rob Crow trust in your goodness all the days of their life, including them in Sondra Kirsch through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 17 Dylan Stanley the Rock Church 29 Sherri Custer Book of Common Prayer, p. 830) News. Thanks. 30 Flora Stevens SAINT PETER’S-IN-THE-MOUNTAINS PRAYER LIST – March 2019

Patsy Hubbard Linda Sigmon We pray for John our priest, Mark our Bishop, and Michael our Randy Love Cindy Swinehart Presiding Bishop. May their ministries be guided by the grace of the Holy Spirit. Ed Cornbleet Linda Thomas Shannon RosenblaƩ Eli Sydow We pray also for all those who were killed this week as a result of war and terrorism, and for families whose lives are being torn Deb Durant Jamie Stanley apart. Almighty God whose will it is to hold both heaven and earth Joe Puzycki Karen Zell in the peace of your kingdom: Give peace to your Church, peace Brian Bernard Hazel Pendleton among naƟ ons, peace in our homes, and peace in our hearts. Bob Holden BeƩ y Hood We pray for those serving in the military, and in parƟ cular for those Sara Bier Carolyn Thomas who serve in harms way, especially Clint Custer. ChrisƟ na Roudabush Barbara Garst Glenda Pendleton Paul RosenblaƩ Bill Chase

CHURCH CONTACTS Bishop Lectors Acolytes Rt. Rev. Mark Bourlakas Dave Newcombe, 365-7157 Delia Heck 483-3760 VESTRY (800) 346-7982 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Rev. John H. Heck Council Representa ves Chalice Schedule Rector Dave and Pat Newcombe Deb Durant 483-3760 Rev. John H. Heck 365-7157 [email protected] Rectory 483-3760 Bob Pohlad Phoebe Needles 483-1518 United Thank Off ering Church Musician 365-7114 Fax 483-2235 Episc. Relief & Development Fair Robey [email protected] Martha Perry, 483-5932 540-353-6160 Danny Custer [email protected] [email protected] Senior Warden 93-5333 Bob Pohlad Outreach Coordinator Newsle er [email protected] Marilyn Rodgers, 365-0061 Gary Holden, 365-3343 Lana Whited [email protected] [email protected] 243-0446 Junior Warden Danny Custer Altar Guild Ferrum Campus Ministry Nancy Bradley [email protected] Shelby DeHart, 483-0790 Pat and Dave Newcombe 365-7157 483-7966 Treasurer Youth Ministry Nancy Bradley, 483-7966 Katherine Grimes Prayer & Care Team Allison Harl [email protected] [email protected] Juanita Custer 588-6248 588-3655 Clerk Prayer List [email protected] Leslie Holden Lana Whited, 243-0446 Rev. John H. Heck, 483-1518 [email protected] [email protected] 365-3343