Whether you spent the summer in town or at the shore; whether you’re joining us in person or virtually this Sunday—whatever the details of your day-to-day, welcome back to another ministry year at St. Peter’s. It is especially exciting to welcome all of you back because I too am returning to St. Peter’s after maternity …
Alleluia! Christ is Risen! We say that every year on Easter, in fact, almost every Sunday of the Church Year, and some years it is easy to see and say, some years not so much. This last year has been hard—I know you don’t need me to tell you that. We have all suffered so …
Once again we prepare to walk the way of Lent. A journey we may have traveled many times before, but that, like everything else, feels different this year. “Normally” we gather together for Ash Wednesday, chant the Great Litany, and walk through the days of Lent together, gathered in the church building. This year, we …
My Dear Siblings in Christ, Like many of you, I was filled with a mix of emotions as I watched the horror unfold in the Capitol on Wednesday, January 6. I was angry, anxious, afraid, and deeply, deeply sad—heartbroken for this country whose ideals are so noble but whose failure to live into them has …
My Dear Siblings in Christ, In this season of long nights and short days, in this season of pandemic, it is understandable, normal even, that the joy and peace of Christmas feel a little….remote. Can we really sing “Joy to the World” this year? Without trivializing or dismissing any of the pain, the loneliness, the grief, the …
St. Peter’s warmly invites you to join us for services this Advent and Christmas. We know this is a year unlike any other, and that our virtual services will feel different. Yet amidst all the change, all the darkness, there is light. And we will gather in anticipation of that light with our Advent services, …
I want to begin by naming the profound injustice, sadness, anger, and pain we are seeing in our country right now because of white supremacy. Since the murder by police of George Floyd on Monday, people have raised their voices to cry out, much like the Hebrews when they were enslaved in Egypt. I will …
Dear Siblings in Christ, Here is a list of books, organizations to support, and actions to take. I am grateful to each of you for showing up and being willing to do this critical, Gospel work. Peace, Claire 1. Have Black Lives Matter sign posted visibly in your yard or window. 2. Reach out to head of …
Alleluia! Christ is risen! With that shout of joy on the first Easter morning the world changed. Life as the disciples knew it changed. They moved to a new rhythm. We too know a little about life changing, about having to let go of old ways of being, about having to find new ways of …
The beliefs and values that ground our worship are… God is with us. Our worship believes in and seeks to recognize God’s presence, in new and possibly less familiar ways. God is present to us in all places or times, bidden or not. We miss the sacraments; but that which the sacraments effect in particular …
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