Our bishop, Elaine Stanovsky, has issued new guidance on church reopening. It replaces the local church-based planning document that St. Peter’s had developed. Highlights from the guidance include: “…please remember Saint Paul’s admonition that what is “permissible” is not always “beneficial” to the common good. (I Corinthians 10:23). While some churches may act quickly to […]
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https://youtu.be/fXNKNd9wQjw?si=xZORu4JdBJh8W-B- This fourth Sunday of Advent, we are talking about hope. Hope is vulnerable and can feel like a tremendous risk, especially if you’ve experienced loss or trauma. But Mary shows us a resilient hope that takes risks—she risks her body to bear a son who will become the hope of her people. Similarly, Joseph
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https://youtu.be/rPo50SsU1rA?si=1sUTGIkwsyMoFucM Headline after headline, creation groans. Our world’s labor pains seem compounding and never-ending. In the overwhelm of daily responsibilities and the barrage of global crises, it’ easy to feel like anything we do or say is simply a drop in the ocean. Yet, in this liturgical season of expectant hope, we must remember that
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https://youtu.be/Q9K0PN_IpdU?si=l6QLy7jnDXVmqWsQ This Sunday we continue with our worship and stewardship theme, “A Future with Hope,” as we look at another “exile and return” story from the Bible. This week, we will be hearing a story that is a little closer to Advent- when the Joseph and Mary had to flee with Jesus to Egypt. Again,
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https://youtu.be/6KyLywNxQto?si=aOFi3AUl84T9kIx- This coming Sunday is All-Saints Sunday, a sacred time where we honor the saints of our church and lives. You are invited to bring in a photo or symbol of your saints and place them on the altar before the worship service begins.
