While Good Friday is hard upon us right now, we are an Easter people. A people of courage and hope. A people who know that, especially when things seem bleak, when darkness seems to have settled in, that good, God, always has the last word.
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Along the southeast side of the churchyard there stand four Osage orange trees with an intriguing history and connections to Nicholas Biddle, one of the most historic Americans buried in our yard, very near these trees. In 1803, U.S. President Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the Louisiana Territory which had
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From October 9 through November 20, St. Peter’s Church will observe Creation season. Come and join us—marvel with us at the beauty of the earth, the skies, the seas, all that is in them, and the God who created and loves every blessed thing.
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From now through November 20, we will be filling our sanctuary with God’s Creation—the cute, the unusual, and the fascinating. We will also be filling St. Peter’s Facebook and Instagram with photos of our favorite animals and nature. How can I participate? We are asking everyone to bring in a printed photograph of a favorite
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In one of the summer’s storms a mighty wind brought a large limb of the red oak tree in the southeast corner of the churchyard, down onto the important tomb of Colonel John Nixon. A table-style grave marker, it broke into hundreds of pieces. The damage is covered by St. Peter’s insurance policy, and the
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Celebrate the Feast of St. Francis on Sunday, October 2, with the Blessing of the Animals. Bring your dog, cat, or other non-human companion to receive a blessing during both the 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. services.
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Saint Peter’s Choir will present an Evensong at 3 p.m. Sunday, October 2, in remembrance of the life of Peter Hopkins, Director of Music at Saint Peter’s Church from 2004-2015.
There are hundreds of forks hanging overhead at the Pine Street gate at St. Peter’s. Each fork represents 100 hungry children in Philadelphia. Want to know more about how you can help feed the hungry here in our neighborhood?
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Bishop Gutierrez will be visiting St. Peter’s on Sunday, December 4. He will baptize, confirm, and receive people into the Episcopal Church during the 11 AM service that day. Baptism, the sacrament of initiation into Christ’s body by water and the Holy Spirit, will be offered on December 4 as well as on November 6, which
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High rates of hunger and poverty are a persistent problem in the City of Philadelphia. Twenty-seven percent of Philadelphians live below the poverty line, and 1 out of every 3 children lives in poverty. In total, there are about 336,000 people in Philadelphia who regularly experience hunger and food insecurity. As Christians, Jesus calls to
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