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 Missions Committee
- In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, for The Church of the Province of Uganda
- In the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer for St. Matthew’s Church, Sterling and Trinity Church, Washington
- For Persecuted Christians in Turkmenistan
- For our President, Donald, Congress, and Judges
- For our Governor, Glenn
- In our Community Cycle of Prayer, for our School Administrators
- 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, especially Sophie Bzozowsky, Nancy Dillon, John Hartman, Gail Hunt, Steve Koss, Becky Loker, Mike Muihlbauer, Marsha Price, Randy Stoutenbugh, Karen Stunkel, Heather Voss-Andberg, Erica Wanis, Debbie, Reid, Sean & Libby, Louise Hall, Barbara Kuhler, Alice Duggan, Grace, Theresa, Gwen Hill 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.
CHURCH SERVICE ONLINE – Even though you may be on vacation, here’s the link to the service so you can join remotely! https://www.youtube.com/@saintpetersepiscopalchurch6579/streams
YOUTH GROUP BIBLE STUDY – We will be meeting this Tuesday, October 14, 2025 in the Upper Room at 6:30pm.
FALL CLEANUP / PARISH WORKDAY – Saturday, October 18, 2025, 9:00 a.m. – Noon. Lunch will be provided. Bring work gloves and rakes if you can. All hands-on deck!
MT. CALVARY WOMEN’S GUILD – Our next meeting is on Monday, October 20, at St. Peter’s in McCray Hall. The Bible readings that we will discuss are 1 Samuel 6:13-31:13; 2 Samuel 1:1-11:27; John 6:1-15:17; Psalm 106:13-119:58; Proverbs 23:13-25:24. Please come to our meeting & enjoy our fellowship.
WOMEN’S FELLOWSHIP – Join us at Darla Voss’ house on Saturday, October 25, 2025 11:00 am – 1:00 pm. We will have a demo on how to make scones! We will enjoy a soup lunch along with some of Darla’s delicious bread. Please contact Cyndy Perleoni or Deana Czaban to RSVP and for the address.
LEARNING
PERSON OF JESUS – Do you want to be more like Jesus? The Person of Jesus study introduces a Jesus who is so personal and so rich in love that you want to know him better. The POJ study is designed in an interactive format that lets participants process a fresh way of looking at Jesus’ life every Sunday at 11:00 am. The POJ camps out in the gospels, so it’s easy to put yourself in the scene. You can feel Jesus’ love as he interacts with people no one else is interested in. “That’s the kind of love that can change marriages and friendships. Every person can benefit from learning to love better, and along the way they can learn that they are loved completely and perfectly.” (Brian Morgan, see Jesus’ missionary). Questions? Contact Anne Schultz – 703-727-6652
THURSDAY NIGHT BIBLE STUDY – Next Step Community Bible Study meets on Thursday nights from 6:30-8-00 pm in the library.
ADULT FORMATION: FIGHT FOR SOULS – Share a meal, share the gospel. If you desire to do what Jesus says, consider joining the Fight for Souls group!
“For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works.” -Matthew 16:27
“For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” -Ephesians 2:10
“Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for my soul.” -Psalm 66:16
Direct us, O Lord, in all our doings with thy most gracious favor, and further us with thy continual help; that in all our works, begun, continued and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy Name, and finally, by thy mercy, obtain everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
The next meeting will be held today at 5:00 pm at the Novak House
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