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Upcoming Event

 

Sunday, Dec. 16

 

Annual Meeting  

 

Wednesday, Dec. 19 

 

Blue Christmas Service, 7:30 PM 

 

Sunday, Dec. 23  

 

Greening the church

 

Monday, Dec. 24

 

Christmas Eve  

Children's service, 6:30 PM 

Music Program, 7:00 PM

Holy Eucharist, 7:30 PM

 

Sunday, Dec. 30

 

Baptism of Reese Miller 

   

Our Prayer List

We remember in our prayer:

 

 

Maria Ash, Harry Benson, Kari Boeskov, Mary Anne Bogie, Hoang Thi Ngoc Bich, Brandon, Thomas Cascella, Marie Cosimano, Tim Clary, Dorothy Connelly, John Davis, Donald DeVaughn, Michael Dickinson, Loretta Dougherty, The Edsall Family, Mary Farmer, Nance Finegan, Luis Garay, Thomas Garner, Anne Goodwin, Jean Graham, Katie Grosse, Nick Giuliani, Katherine Hafele, Anne & Thomas Edsall, Margaret Ellis Harris, Eldon Paul Henry, Betty and Bill Henderson, Alek Hensley, Leslie Hogan, Cindy Hogman, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Michael Horn, Mary Isibel, Lindsay Johns, Gray and Bob Johnson, Jamie Kaplon, Robert Kelley, Quinn Kimball, Jeffry King, Susan Lawrence, Joe Magrogan, Colleen Mavrikas, Gregory McGinnis, Kylee Mei and her families, Margaret Mills, Evelyn Morgan, Que Nguyen, Chick Nixon, Olive Oliver, Jim Owens, Gary Owens, Faith Poole, William Ross, Bill Sitler, Ron Sipes, Irene Skowron, Josh Smithers, Candi Stewart, Barbara Stefl, Kara Stryker, Walter Sushko, Steven Talbert, George Thomas, Clara Torres, George Torres, Thelma Trout, Nhon Thanh Vo Michael Weekes, Warren Weinstein, The Westfall Family, Paula Wiech, Meredith Wiech, Bernard Williams, Donna Wolfe, Peter Kosutic.  

 

We pray especially for Mary Isibel,  Katie Grosse, Susan Lawrence, Christine Nolan, Ann Fisher, Brandon, Ron Sipes, and Greg McGinnis.

 

 

Saint Patrick's Ministers 

The Ministers of Saint Patrick's Church are the People of this Parish

 

supported by

 

The Reverend  

Tinh Trang Huynh, Rector

 

The Reverend

Toua Vang,  

Seminarian Deacon

 

Ms. Kerry Hual

Director of Youth and Children's Ministry   

 

Ms. Mariko Hiller,  

Music Director

 

Ms. Rachel Burgess,

Nursery Care

 

We serve our Lord as part of the Diocese of Virginia

 

led by

our chief pastors

 

The Rt. Rev. Shannon Sherwood Johnston, Bishop

 

The Rt. Rev. Susan Goff

Bishop Suffragan 

 

and  

The Rt. Rev. Ted Gulick,

Assistant Bishop 

The Vision of St. Patrick's

Saint Patrick's Episcopal Church is a community of care, called to be Christ-centered and multicultural in worship, Christian education and action to proclaim Christ's love to the world.

The Baptismal Font 

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December 15, 2012

A Prayer Request From Tinh+ 

 votive candle  

Please join me in praying for the victims of gun violence, especially the adults and children who lost their lives this week in Oregon and Connecticut, and for their families.  Tinh+

  

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God of mercy, you have shown us ways of living  

         that are good:   

"Work for justice, treasure kindness,  

         humbly journey with the Lord."   

Yet your people here are grieving,  

         hurt by weapons that destroy.   

Help us turn to you,  

         believing in your way that brings us joy.  

On a street where neighbors gather,  

         shots are heard; a young girl dies.   

On a campus,  

         students scatter as the violence claims more lives.  In a family filled with anger,  

         tempers flare and shots resound.  

God of love,  

         we weep and wonder at the violence all around.

God, we pray for those who suffer  

         when this world seems so unfair;

May your church be quick  

         to offer loving comfort, gentle care.

And we pray: Amid the violence,  

         may we speak your truth, O Lord!

Give us strength to break the silence,  

         saying, "This can be no more!"

God, renew our faith and vision;  

         make us those who boldly lead!

May we work for just decisions  

         that bring true security.

Help us change this violent culture  

         based on idols, built on fear.

Help us build a peaceful future  

         with your world of people here.


(A Hymn Lamenting Gun Violence -- from www.bradycampaign.com)
    

 

-  Blue Christmas Service 2012 will be held on Wednesday, December 19th, at 7:30 PM.  If you or someone you know finds Christmas a difficult time, St. Patrick's invites you to attend this service. It is a time to join together to listen to prayers and scripture that acknowledge God's presence, even in times when we mourn and/or experience struggle.     

 

May God bless and keep you, and may God grant us peace. 

 

The Rev. Tinh T. Huynh

Rector of Saint Patrick's Church