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 Friends Being Friends Group
- In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, for Eglise Anglicane du Rwanda
- In the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer Altar and Flower Guilds, Choirs, Ushers, Acolytes, Eucharistic Ministers and Lay Readers
- For Persecuted Christians in Morrocco
- For our President, Donald, Congress, and Judges
- For our Governor, Glenn
- In our Community Cycle of Prayer, for our Police and Auxiliaries
- 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, Carrie Marie Burden, Jake Cathers, Nancy Dillon, Theo Hanzel, John Hartman, Gwen Hill, Jennifer House, Gail Hunt, Peggy Kiernan, Steve Koss, Becky Loker, Mike Muihlbauer, Marsha Price, Martha Ramirez, Don Sengpiehl, Randy Stoutenbugh, Karen Stunkel, Heather Voss-Andberg, Debbie, Reid, Sean & Libby 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.
COFFEE HOUR SIGN-UP – There is a signup sheet on the bulletin board for the remainder of the year. If you haven’t served in the last few months, please sign up for a Sunday.
WOMEN’S FELLOWSHIP – FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2025 – Our next event is this Friday, at Blooming Hill Lavender Farm, 19929 Telegraph Springs Road, Purcellville. Meet up at 3:45 pm as tour starts promptly at 4pm. Fee is $10. After a tour of the Farm, we will head over to Nancy Potter’s house for a Pot-luck dinner. Nancy’s address is 20725 St. Louis Rd, Purcellville. Contact Deana Czaban or Cyndy Perleoni with questions.
BACKPACK BLESSING – Come celebrate the beginning of a new school year for students, teachers, and other school personnel as we send them back to school with our love, prayers, and blessings. Bring your backpacks, laptop cases or briefcases to church on Sunday August 17, 2025, at 9:30am for a special blessing to carry with you throughout the year. After the service, we will have an ice cream social.
MT. CALVARY WOMEN’S GUILD – Mt. Calvary Women’s Guild is meeting Monday, August 18, 2025, 10:00-12:00, in McCray Hall. Please read Joshua 5:1-24:29; Judges 1:1-5:31; Luke 14:25-22:38; Psalm 81:1-94:23; and Proverbs 19:24-21:20. Ladies, come join us.
TGIF – Friday, 8/29 @ 8:00 p.m. The host will be Fr. Tom @ 38433 Millstone Drive, Purcellville, VA. As usual, bring a chair, a sample of your favorite beverage, a snack to share and bring someone new! . Please contact Fr. Tom with any questions.
THE GARDEN GUILD – We need volunteers to assist with flower bed maintenance. This can be done whenever you have spare time. Please contact Deana Czaban (email: kelly_dscm@ yahoo.com).
LEARNING
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!
“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks find; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.”
“For we do not cease to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.” Col. 1:9-10
“Here I am, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him and he with me.” Rev. 3:20
“The power of prayer has never been tried to its full capacity…if we want to see mighty wonders of divine power and grace wrought in the place of weakness, failure and disappointment, let us answer God’s standing challenge, ‘Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not.’” -Hudson Taylor
The next meeting will be held today, Sunday, August 10th at 5:00 p.m. at the Novak House.