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 Ushers
- In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, for Province of the Episcopal Church of Sudan
- In the Diocesan Cycle of prayer, for Members of Racial Reconciliation/Outreach/Mission/Creation Care committees and all those for whom they labor
- For Persecuted Christians in Loas
- For our President, Donald, Congress, and Judges
- For our Governor, Abigail
- 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 for Nancy Dillon, Gail Hunt, Steve Koss, Kathy Johnson, Becky Loker, Mike Muihlbauer, Marsha Price, Randy Stoutenburgh, Karen Stunkel, Heather Voss-Andberg, Gwen Hill, Rick Smith, Margaret Thomas, Karen Wilson, Dorothy, Debra, Kathy Johnson, Bennett & Theodore Burke, Grace O’Hara, Megan, Jon, John Hartman, Judy Warren, Bill Wiley, Linda Stoutenburgh, Hank & Martha 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, traveling for sports or work, here’s the link to the service so you can join remotely! https://www.youtube.com/@saintpetersepiscopalchurch6579/streams
FOLLOW US NOW ON SOCIAL MEDIA – You can follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Next Door, and You Tube. Sign up and stay in the loop of what’s happening and what’s to come!
WE NEED YOU – Please remember to take pictures at any activities, meetings, dinners or ministry events we are doing here at St. Peter’s for our social media pages! We do so many great & fun things here, and we want everyone to know what a great community we have! Send them to office@stpetes.net with a short description.
ALTAR GUILD – Please consider serving with the group of ladies who have been very short-handed in the previous months. Our duties are light when we only need to serve once a month. (Saturday morning: 1-2 hrs., Sunday morning: 20 min. before the 9:30 am service, and after the service removing altar items and putting them away). You will always have a partner who will work right along with you.
Please think about this and pray along with us that we can welcome some new members. Feel free to ask questions from one of the people you see serving each week or call Karen Wilson 540-533-0528.
MT. CALVARY WOMEN’S GUILD MEETING – Our next meeting is this Monday, July 20, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., at St. Peter’s in McCray Hall. The readings that we will discuss are Isaiah 42-66, Jeremiah 1-15, Ephesians 3-6, Philippians 1-4, Colossians 1-4, 1 Thessalonians1-2, Psalms 68-80, Proverbs 18-19. Please join us and bring a friend!
FAMILY MOVIE NIGHTS – Family movie nights will be held here at St. Peter’s. The Wild Robot will be July 31, 2026, and Narnia on August 28, 2026. Bring chairs and blankets. Snacks will be available for purchase with the proceeds going to the Youth Ministry. The movies will be held in McCray Hall if inclement weather.
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!
“Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of heaven, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.” -Dan. 12:3
“He who does what is sinful is of the devil because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work. No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.” 1John 3:8-9
Jesus said to them, “You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me!” -John 8:44-45
“If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?” -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Next meeting will be August 9, 2026 at 4:00 pm at the Novak House
Happening This Week at St. Pete’s:
Sunday, July 19, 2026
9:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist Rite II (In-person & Online)
10:30 a.m. – Coffee Hour (McCray Hall)
Monday, July 20, 2026
10:00 a.m. – Mt. Calvary Women’s Guild (McCray Hall)
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
7:00 p.m. – Vestry Business Meeting (Library)
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
10:30 a.m. – Sweet Hour of Prayer (Chapel)
11:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist Rite II (Chapel)
Sunday, July 26, 2026
9:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist Rite II (In-person & Online)
10:30 a.m. – Coffee Hour (McCray Hall)