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 …
My dear siblings in Christ, At the beginning of the COVID 19 pandemic we made the painful decision to close the food cupboard. We had hoped to be able to reopen it quickly, but that has not been possible and, sadly, continues not to be possible. Our space simply does not allow us to receive, …
This Easter will be unlike any we have experienced in our lifetimes. I’m struck by the number of Easters when I’ve walked into the church—watched all of you flood through the doors, and how I never saw that as part of the miracle of Easter. Many of us have been privileged to come to Easters …
[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 …
[vc_row 0=””][vc_column][vc_column_text 0=””] On Tuesday, March 10th, St. Peter’s announced that we were instituting some guidelines for how we are in community with each other, as we see the ongoing spread of COVID-19 in our country, including Philadelphia. One of these guidelines is that we will close our Food Cupboard for the next 4 weeks, …
[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 …
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, …
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.
I am so excited to join the St. Peter’s community as Associate Rector! St. Peter’s is a special place for me. Years ago, I was received into the Episcopal Church at St. Peter’s. You were also my sponsoring parish for ordination, the faith community that helped me claim and trust my vocation as a priest. …
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.
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