Stepping Forward Safely in Love and Trust

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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Awakened Series ~ Renewal: A New Creation

https://youtu.be/CsMsFLeULSA?si=xyQIGq6QG3FnosjB This Sunday we will be spending some time with Paul and his letter to the Corinthian community. Paul was writing to this new Christian community help them understand what it means to be “a new creation.” Here, here encourages them to look at everyone with a different perspective- not as enemies or “others,” but

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Awakened Series ~ Renewal: Rebirth

https://youtu.be/0ucfUGpesSY?si=bkbLueWuMk1MfDbo The words in this Sunday’s scripture readings are words of hope for a struggling community. The Israelites had been taken to Babylon and were getting too comfortable there. The prophet Isaiah reminds them, and us, that the God of liberation hasn’t abandoned them and will lead them home if they will trust and follow.

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Awakened Series: Renewal ~ Letting Go

https://youtu.be/IBFY1pw2K60?si=jpKLQVuc8eCfpZ_K Be sure to pick up your copy of our 2025 devotional reading and small-group discussion guide: Awakened by Rev. Caleb Lines. This book offers a monthly guide through some timely and important topics such as renewal, diversity, faith and science and embracing change. The suggested donation is $10. For this week, please read chapter

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Hope is Worth the Risk

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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