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 The Church of Bangladesh
In the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer for Holy Cross Church, Batesville; St. Asaph's Church, Bowling
Green; and St. James' Church Louisa
For Persecuted Christians in Bhutan
For our President, Donald, Congress, and Judges
For our Governor, Glenn
In our Community Cycle of Prayer, for our Committee Recreation Employees
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,
Gail Hunt, Steve Koss, Becky Loker, Mike Muihlbauer, Marsha Price, Randy Stoutenbugh, Karen
Stunkel, Heather Voss-Andberg, Erica Wanis, Reid, Hope, Sean & Libby, Barbara Kuhler, John Hill,
Gwen Hill, Matt Hill, Debbie Pappas, Regina Brzozowsky, Rick Smith, Rich Hersh, Bob Loker,
Justine Phelan, William 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
PAGEANT CAST – We will be having a dress rehearsal this Monday, December 22nd at 4:00 p.m.
CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT – Please remember to pick up your Christmas ornament located in the basket
in the Narthex.
COFFEE HOUR SIGN-UP – The sign-up sheet is on the bulletin board for January through March. If you
haven’t served in the last few months, please sign up for a Sunday. If we have no sign-ups, we won’t have
coffee hour.
MT. CALVARY WOMEN’S GUILD – We will not be having our regular meeting in December, but they
will resume on Monday, January 19, 2026, in McCray Hall.
NEXT STEP COMMUNITY BIBLE STUDY – We will not be meeting the rest of December. Classes will
resume in January.
Happening This Week at St. Pete’s:
Sunday, December 21, 2025
9:00 a.m. – Sunday School Youth (Room #201)
9:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist Rite II (In-person & Online)
9:30 a.m. – Sunday School K-5 (Room #103)
10:30 a.m. – Coffee Hour (McCray Hall)
5:00 p.m. – Sunday Night Bible Study (Hersh Home)
Monday, December 22, 2025
4:00 p.m. – Pageant Dress Rehearsal (Nave)
Wednesday, December 24, 2025
5:00 p.m. – Holy Eucharist Rite II – Christmas Eve Pageant (Nave)
11:00 p.m. Christmas Eve Holy Eucharist Rite II (Nave)
Thursday, December 25, 2025
11:00 a.m. – Christmas Day Service (Chapel)
Sunday, December 28, 2025 (Lessons & Carols)
9:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist Rite II (In-person & Online)
10:30 a.m. – Coffee Hour (McCray Hall)