The Rev. Claire Nevin-Field

The Rev. Claire Nevin-Field is the rector of St. Peter's Church.

Church Building Closed Due to COVID-19

[vc_row 0=””][vc_column][vc_column_text 0=””] As you are, I am sure, each aware, the situation with COVID 19 is changing rapidly. Many more cases have been diagnosed in our area and experts believe the numbers will continue to climb.  While the measures we had planned to put in place for this Sunday (no Cup, no handshakes, people …

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Important Message about COVID-19

[vc_row 0=””][vc_column][vc_column_text 0=””] My dear siblings in Christ, I write as identified cases of COVID 19 are on the rise, and several have been reported in our area. As Christians, we are called to care for each other, especially those who are vulnerable, and to do what we can for the good of all. To …

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Turn Toward the Warmth of God

The season of Lent, forty days in which we prepare ourselves for Easter, has been imagined in many different ways, some helpful and some not so much: an outward bound for the soul, a spring cleaning of the soul, a prolonged season of self deprivation and repeating an exhaustive litany of our sins and faults, …

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Pray for Peace

In the last days we have celebrated the birth of Christ, the Prince of Peace, the one who said “Blessed are the peacemakers,” and who urged us to love our enemies. And we have watched with increasing anxiety and fear the escalation of tensions and violence between the United States and Iran.

What is Christian Hope?

Advent is a season of waiting, of joyful anticipation, of hope. A season in which we make the home that is our soul ready for the Holy One to move into. And I know I am not alone in these last years, in thinking a lot about hope. In occasionally finding it difficult to feel hopeful in a world that seems shot through with fear and unrest.