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Open House

Saturday, 7 January 2006

The Day following the Epiphany

5:00 – 8:00 p.m.

15110 Wyndham Oaks Drive, Charlotte

The Harbins

Clifford, Derek, Miles, Mitchell and Clare

Adults and Children

704.540.8139

Around Beloved…An epiphany is a moment when something hidden suddenly becomes clear. The Feast of Epiphany is when God's salvation in Jesus, known only to a few, is made public to the world through the shining of a star and the visit of wise men from the east. Our Epiphany Pageant (with a cast of over 75 children and adults, including Assisting Bishop Gary Gloster reprising his role as a Wise Man) will be held at 9:30am this Sunday, January 8^th. Don’t miss this exciting annual finale of Beloved’s Christmas celebrations…Gift of Hospitality: a few more folks are still needed who are willing to bake and contribute homemade treats for the Hospitality Time with the Bishop after this Sunday’s Epiphany Pageant. If you can help, click here…Walking the Bible, a three-part PBS miniseries, airs beginning Wednesday (1/4) at 8pm. Based on the book by the name, author Bruce Feiler traveled 10,000 miles over ground where biblical events are said to have occurred and discovers how integral the landscape of the Bible can be for faith. In Wednesday’s opener, “Go Forth: from Creation to Abraham,” he and archaeologist Avner Goren climb Mount Ararat, where Noah’s Ark is said to have landed, and visit the possible site of Sodom and Gomorrah, among others...The Beloved CD, Looking through Windows, will be for sale at a booth during the January 27-28 Diocesan Convention in Winston-Salem. We need folks to staff the booth, particularly during the break times during these two days. Interested? More questions? Click here.

Let’s Go High Definition…Beloved is raffling a 42” plasma HDTV to be given away before Super Bowl Sunday or when all 1000 tickets are sold. Because the donor is a national vendor, we are able to sell a raffle ticket to anyone residing in the continental United States. We are grateful to Fred Mellon who secured this generous donation and who is coordinating this effort on behalf of the funding team. Now that the holidays are almost over, we need folks to assist in the selling of these $20 tickets. Let’s make someone’s Super Bowl Sunday a spectacular one and further the mission of Beloved at the same time! For tickets, please see Fred at worship on Sundays or click here.

Serving at God’s Altar this Sunday at Beloved…Acolyte: Michael Todd; Presenters: The Leppert family; Eucharistic Ministers: Frank Reid, Mary Reid; Offertory Basket Passers: Madison Haarstick, Clare Harbin, Caroline Schmidt, J.R. West; PowerPoint: Paige Wilson.

The story behind the “12 Days of Christmas” song…Each day this Christmastide, the Harbins have sung the appropriate verse of this carol to conclude our supper prayers. Some say that the lyrics were written in the 18^th Century to pass on Christian teachings in code to children during a time when it was illegal in England to practice the Roman Catholic faith. Others believe that claim to be an internet-age urban legend. Either way, we offer you the cipher for your enjoyment and enlightenment…

A Partridge in a Pear Tree = The Savior, Jesus Christ

Two Turtle Doves = The Old and New Testaments

Three French Hens = The Holy Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit)

Four Calling Birds = The Four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John)

Five Golden Rings = The Sacred Torah (first 5 books of the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy)

Six Geese a’ Laying = The six days of creation

Seven Swans a’ Swimming = The seven Sacraments of the Catholic faith (Baptism, Eucharist, Confirmation, Anointing for Healing, Confession, Marriage, Ordination)

Eight Maids a’ Milking = The eight Beatitudes (see Mathew 5:1-12)

Nine Ladies Dancing = The nine Fruits of the Holy Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control…see Galatians 5:22-23)

Ten Lords a’ Leaping = The Ten Commandments (see Exodus 20:1-21 or

Deuteronomy 5:1-21)

Eleven Pipers Piping = The faithful 11 disciples (minus Judas Iscariot, the betrayer)

Twelve Drummers Drumming = The twelve points of faith in the Apostles’ Creed

In our Prayers…we pray for those coal miners who died in West Virginia...for peace throughout the world…for those serving in Iraq, especially Tom Friend and Scott, Dan Hood's brother…for Nancy and Tony Hodgson's granddaughter, Emily, whose health is rapidly deteriorating…for Marilyn Doyon, Laurel Durham, Marie Duty, and Julie Haarstick who are expecting babies this upcoming year…for Janie Lownes as she heals from back pain…for Herbert, Deb Seidel’s grandfather…for Jessie, Julie Sanniota’s mother as she recuperates…for Dorothy, Mary Reid's sister who is fighting lung cancer…for Ed and Jean, Dick Reif’s parents who are in declining health in Oklahoma…for Bill, Lee Frickhoeffer’s uncle who has terminal cancer…for our missionary, Heidi Smith’s mother who is recovering from a heart attack…for Lauren Skrobot as she undergoes medical testing. We give thanks for Fr. Ben Nnaji‘s safe arrival in Nigeria and his time to reconnect with family.

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