The St. Pete’s Weekly
Welcome! Whatever your religious background, and however you have come to be here, we’re glad to have you join in our praises of God today. We hope you will feel comfortable here and fulfilled and strengthened spiritually to meet the challenges of your daily life.
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE FOLLOWING:
- For Mark, our Bishop
- For Tom, our Rector
- In our Parish Cycle of Prayer, for our Adult Formation Leaders
- In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, for The Church of the Province of Myanmar (Burma)
- In the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer for Pohick Church, Lorton
- For Persecuted Christians in China
- For our President, Donald, Congress, and Judges
- For our Governor, Glenn
- In our Community Cycle of Prayer, for our Parks & Recreation Board Members
- For U.S. troops throughout the world, our foreign service personnel and contractors
- For those who have served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other conflicts and are suffering from posttraumatic stress
- For our Federal, State, & Local Police Officers and Loudoun Valley Fire and Rescue Departments
- For the special needs and concerns of this congregation, Stuart Auld; Carrie Marie Burden; Jake Cathers; Nancy Dillon; Ken Foreman; Matthew Forys; Theo Hanzel; John Hartman; Gwen Hill; Jennifer House; Gail Hunt; Peggy Kiernan; Steve Koss; Bunny Lancaster; Becky Loker; Mike Muihlbauer; Marsha Price; Martha Ramirez; Don Sengpiehl; Randy Stoutenburgh; Karen Stunkel; Erica Wanis; Lucas; Reid; Sean & Libby; Debbie and all those who suffer from any grief or trouble.
PRAYER NEEDS: Individuals and families may choose to have their names placed on the public and/or private prayer lists. The names on the public prayer list are included during the Prayers of the People during worship on Sunday and in the bulletin. St. Peter’s Prayer Quilt members spquilt@stpetes.net pray for the people on the private list. Names are listed for four weeks. If you would like someone to remain on our list, please send us an update every 4 weeks.
NEW WAYS TO PRAY! We have been doing a lot of praying in new ways this year. Consider joining us or making use of any, or all, of the opportunities below –
- Sweet Hour of Prayer every Wednesday at 10:30 with seven of us regularly gathering.
- Using our new Prayer Cards on the first Sunday during prayers of the people.
- Turning the altar in the Chapel into our Prayer Altar, covered with new prayer requests.
- The Vestry is incorporating praying together into our Strategic Plan and into Vestry meetings.
- And the latest: Gathering an intercessor team to pray for people in-person after church on Sundays. Once the crowd has left the Nave, they’d be happy to meet with you discreetly one-on-one to pray with you.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
BULLETIN DEADLINE – Please submit all announcements for the Sunday Bulletin by noon on Wednesday to ensure inclusion in the upcoming bulletin. Send announcements to office@stpetes.net.
4TH OF JULY PICNIC – Fr. Tom & Danielle would like to invite everyone to celebrate the 4th of July at their house. The picnic starts at 1:00pm. They will provide the hotdogs, hamburgers & drinks. Sides & desserts are potluck. There is a signup sheet on the bulletin board in McCray Hall. We look forward to seeing everyone there, 38433 Millstone Dr, Purcellville, VA 20132.
4TH OF JULY PARADE FLOAT Need smiling folks to ride on our new and improved fabulous float!
When: July 4th 9am
Parade at 11 am. – we’ll meet at a location to be announced next week.
It’s fun! The parade will be over in plenty of time to go to the Simmons for a great afternoon of games and a picnic with family and friends.
Questions? Contact : Father Tom, Michael and Marsha Davis, or Charlene Lane.
ALTAR FLOWERS: If you would like to dedicate altar flowers in memory or honor of a loved one, or in thanksgiving for a birthday, anniversary or other special event, please contact the church office with the date and details. We gratefully accept gifts in the amount of $45 to defray the cost.
MT. CALVARY WOMEN’S GUILD MEETING – Our next meeting is on Monday, July21, 2025, at 10:00 AM, at St. Peter’s in McCray Hall. The readings that we will discuss are Deuteronomy 4-34; Joshua 1-4; Luke 7-14; Psalm 67-80; & Proverbs 18-19. Please join us.
COFFEE HOUR HOSTS – There is a sheet on the bulletin board in McCray Hall to sign up to host Coffee Hour in July and August.
FIGHT FOR SOULS: SHARING THE WORD – “Therefore, whoever hears these sayings of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. But everyone who hears these sayings of mine and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods cam, and the winds blew and beat on that house, and it fell. And great was its fall.” -Matthew 7:24-27
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation for everyone who believes, first for the Jew and then for the Gentile. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, ‘The just shall live by faith.’” Rom. 1:16-17
“These are the things you are to do: Speak the truth to each other and render true and sound judgement in our courts.” -Zechariah 8:16
“The chief danger of the 20th century will be religion without the Holy Spirit, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, politics without God, and heaven without hell.” -William Booth
The next meeting will be held at 5:00 p.m. on July 13, 2025 at the Novak House.
New course: Exploring Your Faith
Our new Bishop, Mark Stevenson, is coming September 28 for his first visitation with us. I am excited. I have found much to be impressed with in him, and I think you will too.
His coming is an opportunity for many of us to “take the next step” in your journey with Jesus.
- If you were baptized as a small child and are now ready (at 15-16 years old) to speak for yourself and publicly own your faith in Jesus.
- If you came to St. Peter’s from another Christian tradition and would like to take the plunge with us in the Anglican Communion,
- If you’ve been away from Christian faith and community for some time but have returned and are now renewing your connection.
The Bishop will formally confirm, receive and renew you!
If you want to take that step, we need to start preparing. Join us Sunday, June 22, 11:15 am, in the Library.
- Part I – Creed. What do Christians believe? And why? A 4-part study (June 29 with lunch, July 6, 13, 20) of the Church’s foundational statement of faith, the Nicene Creed, explores what we believe.
- Part II – Covenant. What do Christians DO? And why? A 4-part study (Jul 27 with lunch, Aug 3, 10, 17) of the Baptismal Covenant, the liturgical act of commitment, which defines our path of discipleship.
- Part III – Anglican Way. You ARE who you “hang” with. The people of St. Peter’s are part of a global communion of churches 80 million strong, following Jesus in Britain and beyond since the 2nd century. We’ll discuss what that means for us (Aug 24 with lunch, Sept 7, 14,21)