Inside this issue

Willingham House – a brief history 2

Letter from O.P. Willingham 3 Blessing of the animals 4 Friends of Willingham

project 4 St. Peter’s website 4 St. Peter’s Joy trip 5 Canterbury Club schedule 5 October schedules 6 October calendar 7 All the single ladies 8 Oktoberfest 8 Overview of children and

youth 9 Church directory 9 Andrew McDaniel 10 Feed the animals (EYC) 10 Apple pickin’ 10 EYC Outdoor Adventures

continue 11 AIDS Walk Atlanta 11 Parish news 12

Vestry Members

Brad Roberts [Sr. Warden] Ed Hine [Jr. Warden]

[Through 2012] M.J. Chisholm Laura Frederick Brad Roberts George Thomason

[Through 2013] Jenna Black Beverly Burnes Ed Hine Jack Niedrach

[Through 2014] Russ Jennings Andye Moss Suzanne Scott Bob Steinbruegge

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Letters to the Romans October 2012

Volume 10, No. 8

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church 101 East Fourth Avenue Rome, GA 30161 706.291.9111 http://stpetersrome.org/

Rector: The Reverend John F. Herring Associate Rector: The Very Reverend Janice Bracken Wright Coordinator of Children’s Ministries: Cameron O’Riley Organist: Wanda Cantrell Parish Administrator: Terri Borchardt

Sexton: Sheila Kennebrew Newsletter Editors: Marny Busbin (marnyr@bellsouth.net) and Andye Moss (agm614@aol.com) Church Photographer: Curt Yarbrough Newsletter Layout: Pat Douglas (pjdouglas53@yahoo.com)

Willingham House Facelift

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Willingham House – a brief history George Thomason

In 1922, Mr. and Mrs. O.P. Willingham moved into their beautiful Palladian cottage on East Fourth Street next door to Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church. Thirty years later, in 1952, the church purchased the property from the Willinghams. The house has served multiple purposes and has experienced a lot of hard use. In the last month the worn paint, carpets, furnishings have all been lovingly restored and redecorated. The house deserved this facelift and this return to beauty.

Mr. Poundstone, a well known Atlanta architect was engaged to carry out the Willingham’s ideas for a classic home based on classical ideas. A little historical perspective - Andrea Palladio, an Italian architect of the High Renaissance, was the genius behind four books of architectural designs and building plans that greatly influenced European and English architects in the 17th Century for some fifty years until the Baroque ideal replaced this more restrained classicism. The great English architect, Inigo Jones, brilliantly used Palladio’s ideas in his masterful 17th Century buildings such as the Banqueting House, Whitehall and St. Paul’s Church, Covent Garden and a number of important homes outside London.

In America, the great proponent of this style was Thomas Jefferson whose home, Monticello, and whose “academical village,” the original buildings of the University of Virginia, represent the apogee of classicism in America. Just as the two buildings of the Gothic Revival church and the Palladian derived Willingham house exist in obvious contrast, the concepts the two styles represent seem a wonderful metaphor for the mind of Saint Peter’s – a blending of the rational and the romantic. The most obvious Palladian elements of the house are the classical columns of the porch, the arched windows, its balance and symmetry, and the molded panel walls and acanthus leaf brackets of the mantel in the living room.

The interior has been painted shades of blue/green that are from an historical paint palette used in 17th and 18th Century colonial homes. The furnishings reflect 18 century prototypes and the pictures are sympathetic to that style. Interestingly, a lovely copy of Raphael’s “Madonna of the Chair” has been given by Nan Willingham Henson, grand daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O.P. Willingham, feeling that it should return to its original home. Nan and Scott Henson recently toured the house and told us stories of life in that place and about furnishings and use of rooms. Her description of the gardens and plantings that once flowed up several flights of terraces over the area of the Hight building, conjured up a sense of beauty and a way of life that has almost vanished.

Many generous donors have contributed to the project, and interested parishioners have taken the restoration past the original hopes. The second floor bathroom was in terrible shape, but one of our loyal families assumed that responsibility. Others have donated furniture and loaned oriental rugs. We will have a printout in the house describing some of the pieces and their histories. Terri will be happy to show you her wall of crosses and crucifixes that bring a little of our Catholic heritage to the house.

The Book of Occasional Services contains a “Celebration for a Home.” Although the Willingham House is no longer strictly a home, it is home to much of our work and thought. Two prayers from that service might be appropriate:

Almighty and everlasting God, grant to this home the grace of your presence, that you may be known to be the inhabitant of this dwelling and the defender of this household; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever.

And also this prayer:

Give your blessing Lord, to all who share this room, that they may be knit together in fellowship here on earth, and joined with the communion of saints in heaven; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Please visit Willingham House and enjoy the calm and gracious atmosphere.

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Letter from Mr. O. R. Willingham

In June of 1952, an exchange of letters took place between Mr. O.P. Willingham and the rector of Saint Peter's, the Reverend W. Russell Daniel, concerning the organist's practice habits. Before the muffling effect of closed windows and air conditioning, and because of the close proximity of the church and the Willingham residence, the loud sound of the organ became quite irritating to Mr. and Mrs. Willingham and to her mother, who lived with them. To further increase the tension, the organist, David Beaty, a professor of music at Shorter College, practiced at late hours. Eventually, the problem became so great that the Willinghams decided to sell the house and move away from the music! Anyone who is having problems with a neighbor should contact Wanda Cantrell, who might have a solution.

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Blessing of the animals

Blessing of the animals will take place in the grassy area next to the Church Office building on Fourth Avenue on Sunday, October 7, at 4:00 pm. Refreshments for pets and owners will be provided. Don’t forget to leash your four‐legged friends.

If you lost a beloved animal companion during the year and would like for him/her to be remembered in the St. Francis Day prayers, please call the church office (706 291 9111). There will be boxes at the blessing service for pet food donations to benefit the Humane Society of Rome/Floyd County and their continuing work with abandoned animals in the community.

Friends of Willingham project

A special thanks to those who made the facelift to the Willingham property possible.

Sue Anderson Mary Sib Banks Patti Barron Bambi and Bob Berry Beverly and John Burnes MJ Chisholm Bess Crawford Laura Davis Madeline and Jerry Dunwoody Ed Hine Sylvia and John Hine Laurie and Clint Hubbard Nancy and David Hunter Helen and Jim Keaten Frances Knight

Anne Kerr Mary and John Kirkland Allien McNair Sue Mann Andye Moss Peggy Nash Bill Schoepski Suzanne and Leamon Scott Ann Spears Cissy Rogers Nancy and Harlan Starr Steve Stutts Christie and George Thomason Jacquelyn and Barry Wright Janice and Buster Wright

Visit St. Peter’s new website at http://stpetersrome.org/

St. Peter’s has a newer, more viewer-friendly website. Check it out for schedules and upcoming events!

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Canterbury Club

An Episcopal/Anglican/ELCA Student Fellowship Open to All College Students

Fall 2012

When? What? Where?

Sunday, October 7 Blessing of the Animals St. Peter’s, 4 pm

Monday, October 8 RiLAC meeting Krannert, room 324, 5 pm

Tuesday, Octoer 16 Berry & Shorter Fall Break – no meeting

Sunday, October 21 AIDS Walk Atlanta, depart St. Peter’s after 10 am service

Sunday, October 28 Oktoberfest (host booth & eat supper) St. Peter’s

Fri – Sat, November 2-3 “Stop Hunger Now” food bagging Krannert Ballrooms

Sunday, November 4 Lunch after St. Peter’s 10 am service St. Peter’s & TBA

Monday, November 5 RiLAC meeting Krannert, room 324, 5 pm

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October schedules

Adult Forum 9/30 Dr. Bill Rice – “What I Learned from the Civil Rights

Movement 10/7 TBA 10/14 Buster Wright – “Business Ethics” 10/21 Stewardship Sunday 10/28 Dr. Terry Morris – “The Church of the Latter Day Saints”

Altar Guild Contact: Frieda Yeary/Helen Keaten Sylvia Hine ©, Nancy Hunger, Dot Fletcher, Laura Frederick, Kitty Johnston, Sue Mann, Andye Moss, Peggy Nash, Stefani Ortman, Nell Warren, Becky Sims

Breakfast Crew Contact: Anne/George Pullen, 295-0010 10/7 Rob Page, Allien McNair, Clem Trammell, Al Bonnyman, Bill

Schoepski, Bill Byington 10/14 John Hine, Bruce Hunter, Joel Taylor, Joe Seigler, Wright

Smith, Bill Fricks 10/21 Doug Lansing, Russ Jennings, Jack Knight, Sasa Vance,

Andrew Berry 10/28 Sarah/Charlie Hardaker, Ann/George Pullen, Winston

Sirmans

Children’s Chapel 10/7 MJ Chisholm and Nancy Hunter 10/14 Beth Hughes and Lulie Chin 10/21 Sara Harbin and Cameron O’Riley 10/28 Beth Hughes and Cameron O’Riley

Greeters Contact: Mary Kirkland, 291-0558 Mary Kirkland ©, Bill Banks, Doug Lansing, George Awsumb, Laura Davis

Loaves and Fishes Contact: Peggy Nash, 235-4911 or Kathy Steinbruegge, 234-5908

Leigh Patterson ©, Mary Sib Banks, Linda Voccio, Ann Spears, Mary Patton, Betty Andrews, Diane Nance, Anne Kerr, Nancy Starr, Amanda Kinder

Soup Kitchen Contact: Bill Schoepski, 235-2109 or Sue Anderson, 291-2599

Mon Frances Knight©, Irby Ledbetter, Mary McGuffey, Helen Keaton, Ann Kerr, Bob Evans, Beth Starnes, Cary Kilgore, Anne Kaiser

Tues Ann Laughlin©, Peggy Nash, Ruth Forrester, Suzy Gilbert, June Dellis, Janet Morris, Cary Kilgore, Sue Anderson

Wed Sylvia Hine©, John Hine, Dana Edgens, Elaine Smith, David Norman, Larry Osborn, Cary Kilgore, Amy Summerlin

Thurs Rich Molnar©, Barb Molnar, Laura Frederick, Betsy Awsumb, Lilli Tucker, Tracy Page, Cary Kilgore, Kathy Steinbruegge, Em Dempsey

Friday Andye Moss©, Ann Laughlin, Zibby White, Bill Knight, Cissy Rogers, Larry Osborn, Cary Kilgore, Amy Summerlin, Will Dellis

Subs Laurie Hubbard, Barbara Dixon, Meg Eberhart, Nancy Hunter, Sherron Mull, Nell Warren, Ann Spears, Ann Pullen, Marny Busbin, Laura Davis, Gin Gunther, Patti Brown, Randa Mixon, Mai Mai Kelly, Jan Flippen, Georgia Hardwick, Bess Crawford (tally), Jim Dixon, Larry Osborn, Will Dellis, George Pullen, Leamon Scott, Henry Brown, Spenser Musick

Ushers Contact: Leamon Scott, 234-7545 Joe Seigler, Jimmy Smith, Allen Mull, Stephen Moseley

Vestry of the Month: Beverly Burnes

Lay readers and chalice bearers Contact: bdunc@ix.netcom.com

Date/Svc Reader/Prayers Chalice Bearer 1st Lesson 2nd Lesson Prayers Acolytes

Wed 10/3 5:30 pm Stephen Patton Stephen Patton

Sun 10/7 8:30 am Mark Jester Mark Jester

10:00 am Steve Stutts Bill Byington

D’Ann Downey Lea Duncan Janet Byington

Wed 10/10 5:30 pm Curt Yarbrough Curt Yarbrough

Sun 10/14 8:30 am John Duncan John Duncan

10:00 am Buster Wright Sunny Knauss

Bob Steinbruegge Randa Mixon Cameron O’Riley

Wed 10/17 5:30 pm Stephen Patton Stephen Patton

Sun 10/21 8:30 am John Duncan John Duncan

10:00 am Bryant Steele Meg Alexander

Bob Berry David Harvey Delores Nowell

Wed 10/24 5:30 pm Curt Yarbrough Curt Yarbrough

Sun 10/28 8:30 am Mark Jester Mark Jester

10:00 am Andye Moss Tom Dasher

Jack Niedrach Wade Carpenter Zibby White

Wed 9/26 5:30 pm Tricia Richards Frieda Yeary

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October calendar

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

All weekly schedules are noted on line below – any changes or additions are noted on the actual date.

Sunday Worship

8:30 Rite I, Chapel 9:00 Breakfast (Daniel Hall) 10:00 Rite II, Church 11:00 Christian Ed 4:00 EfM

Tuesday Worship

12:15 Healing Service

Wed Schedule

5:30 Celtic Eucharist, Chapel

6:15 Children & Youth Choir (except 2nd Wed)

6:45 EYC 7:30 Choir

1

2

No Healing Service

3

4

5

6

7 19 Pentecost

4 pm Blessing of

the animals

8

9 10 11

12

Deadline to order Deli Day

13

11 am Ordination of Rob Wright, 10

th Bishop of

Atlanta, Morehouse College

14 20 Pentecost

6 pm “All the Single Ladies” @ Stefani Ortman’s

15 16 5:30 Vestry Mtg,

Rhodes/Wyatt Rm

17

11 am – 2 pm Deli Day at Rodeph Sholom

18 19

20

8 am Habitat for Humanity Apostles’ Build

21 21 Pentecost

AIDS Walk –

Atlanta

22 23

24

Newsletter Deadline

25

26 27

28 22Pentecost

2:30 Pre-Council

Meeting 4-6 pm

Oktoberfest

29 30 31

9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Soup Kitchen

Clergy conference

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With apologies to Beyoncé …

we’re calling out to

all the Single Ladies

of the St. Peter’s family

to invite you to a salad supper

at Stefani Ortman’s home on

Sunday, October 14th, at 6:00 pm

RSVP to Steffi at ortmanh@bellsouth.net

or call Andye Moss at 706 291 1784

for information and directions

Oktoberfest

St. Peter’s annual Oktoberfest will be held Sunday, October 28, from 4:00-6:00 pm in Daniel Hall

and outside (if weather permits).

We will have the ever popular Cake Walk and Costume Contest, along with a variety of games and crafts. Of course, there will be lots of yummy eats and treats, too. Join in the fun! The cost is $4 per child and $6 per adult with a $20 family maximum. Want to help?

You can contribute to this church-wide event by bringing your family and friends, baking a pie for the contest or a dessert for the cake

walk, helping games and/or working on the cleanup crew.

Please contact Cameron at 706-291-9111 or by email at cameron@stpetersrome.org

if you would like to volunteer.

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Overview of children and youth Cameron O’Riley

3yr- Kindergarten- Godly Play The teachers are Sunny and Mark Knauss, Hollye Smith and Cameron Jackson Each week children experience Godly Play, a Montessori-based approach to learning Bible stories and themes through creative story-telling, conversation, activities, crafts and music. The Godly Play curriculum follows the church calendar, introducing children to the rhythm of worship. 1st-4th Grade- Weaving God's Promises The teachers are Jenna Black and Connie Ortmier The theme for this group is Weaving God's Beloved Community. Lessons "cover the story of how we are called by God to live in loving community with one another, to fulfill God's promises for us in the healing of all creation. The New Testament lessons focus on the Gospel of Luke, with its emphasis on our holy calling to care for others. The children will learn what constitutes God's beloved community, including the gospel values of welcome, inclusion, compassion, mercy, forgiveness, justice and liberation." Club 56- The teachers are Dagmar and David Carlton, and Andy and Leigh Ann Anderson Students in grades 5th- 6th will be exploring a compliation of standalone series provided by Leader Resources. Lessons include Bible studies, introductions to the early church, seasons of the church year and they will also incorporate classical art and literature. They began the year with a 6-week course focusing on the Ten Commandments which includes "the old Jewish story "A Letter to God," personal scrapbooks, exploring the concept of covenant, and providing an opportunity for children to memorize the ten commandments." EYC 7th- 12th grade- God Talks The teachers are Brian Hampton & Al Bonnyman This fall students began a new curriculum called God Talks: Multi-Media Enhanced Topical Bible Studies for Youth which incorporates activities for the visual, audiual, and tactile learner. The first topic in the series is titled At Ground Level: Creating, Reforming, and Transforming the World. "This topic-based youth ministry program examines a single theme or concept in some detail over a 2-5 week period of time with the goal of addressing the characteristics of spiritual development." Goals of this program include:

To learn that one has a life-purpose and that it is possible to discern what it is To seek connection with the inner self (spirit, as opposed to the outer self, the ego) To seek connection with God and with the world around one, both natural and human To experience transcendence (meaning seeing how one fits into the bigger picture)

A schedule of leaders for Children's Chapel can be found on p. 6.

Please go to St. Peter's website to sign up for an appointment to have your family portraits made for the new church directory. This is very important. We want every family represented in this directory if possible. Sign up early and get the most convenient time for your family.

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Andrew McDaniel Andrew McDaniel was one of forty students selected to participate in the Youth Theological Institute at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University in July. This three week program brought students together from across the United Stated, Ireland, Israel, and other countries. Together, they worshipped, studied theology and social justice and engaged in service projects across Atlanta.

Apple pickin’ On Sunday, September 16, 2012, a group from St. Peter's gathered at R&A Orchards in Ellijay, Georgia. Together they picked apples, sampled goodies from the market and enjoyed a beautiful afternoon experiencing God's bountiful harvest. "Keep me as the apple of the eye; Hide me in the shadow of Your wings." Psalm 17:8.

Please help feed the animals

(oops! … hungry teenagers)

Seeking volunteers, either individual or with a friend, to provide Wednesday night supper for our EYC.

Contact Cameron to sign up – cameron@stpetersrome or 706-506-1578.

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EYC Outdoor adventures continue In September, the EYC traveled to Pigeon Mountain in Walker County, Georgia to climb the Lost Wall. Led by guides Rebecca and Glenn Segrest, 10 EYC and one member of the Canterbury Club had the opportunity to climb some very high and very real rocks. Participants also learned how to enter into contract and communicate with their belayer so that each was given the chance to "climb on." Beginning in July the EYC began participating in a monthly outdoor activity together which to date have including caving, hiking, swimming, and rock climbing. Glenn Segrest had this to say about their first outing to Howard's Waterfall, "This is one of the most positive groups of kids I have ever worked with, and I have led many groups through caves. They do great job of encouraging each other and building each other up. I heard almost no negative comments or tearing each other down. They really are a great bunch of kids." A Journey down the Etowah originally scheduled for October has been postponed to late April or May due to multiple conflicts in schedules. In October the EYC will be participating in the 5k AIDS Walk Atlanta during the afternoon of Sunday October 21st. We will depart following the 10 am service. Please contact Cameron at cameron@stpetersrome.org or by phone at 706-506-1578 no later than October 10 if you plan to attend. There is a $10 registration fee per person.

An invitation from EYC and Canterbury Club On Sunday, October 21, 2012, thousands of Atlantans will unite in the largest and most visible fundraising event for AIDS in the Southeast. AIDS Walk Atlanta and 5K Run benefits AIDS Atlanta and eight other participating agencies. These exceptional organizations provide treatment, medications, prevention education, meals, mental health services, child care, substance abuse counseling, pastoral care, and clinical research to help thousands of our families, neighbors and friends living with, affected by, and at-risk for HIV/AIDS in Atlanta. With the eighth highest number of AIDS cases in the country, these Atlanta organizations welcome participants as walkers, runners, and crew members to help address Metropolitan Atlanta’s AIDS crisis. With the support and dedication of volunteers, individuals, teams and corporate sponsors, AIDS Walk Atlanta ands 5K Run raised over $1,000,000 during its 2012 campaign! We are confident that with your involvement, AIDS Walk Atlanta and 5K Run 2012 will reach its goal of raising $1,100,000 this year. The Canterbury Club and EYC invite you to join us as we participate in the 5K AIDS Walk in Atlanta on October 21, 2012 at Piedmont Park. If you are interested in joining the St. Peter's team contact Janice Bracken Wright or Cameron O'Riley by October 10, 2012, at 706 291 9111.

AIDS WALK ATLANTA & 5K run

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St. Peter’s Episcopal Church 101 East Fourth Avenue Rome, Georgia 30161

Return service requested.

Parish news

The congratulations of the parish is extended to Alex Hodges for his recognition as Rotary Student of the Month Jasmine Holley for her recognition of achievement in 4-H Nancy Hunter who was named the Darlington School Distinguished Alumna for 2012 Kelly Bearden and Eric Thurber for their upcoming marriage at the Lutheran Church of Vestavia Hills on

October 8, 2012, in Birmingham, AL Amy Massey who was chosen Teacher of the Year at East Central Elementary School Asa Crawford for being recognized by the Noon Optimist Club as Student of the Month for August

The thanks of the parish is extended to:

Susan Reed Koskelin, aunt of Wanda Cantrell, for her lovely harp solos on September 23, 2012, at St. Peter’s The sympathy of the parish is extended to

Tracie Bedwell and Margaret and Elizabeth Ashton on the death of her father and their grandfather, George Bedwell, on September 3, 2012

The attention of the parish is directed to:

The annual parish meeting which will be held on November 11, 2012, at 11 am in Daniel Hall