The Fifth Sunday in Lent, commonly called Passion Sunday - 2026
- Mar 23
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Updated: Mar 23
Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
Hebrews 9:12
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Fr. Paul led our beautiful Holy Communion service on The Fifth Sunday in Lent.
Please find Fr. Paul's sermon at the following link:
"Christ the Perfect High Priest"
Thank you Phil and Hutch for serving with Fr. Paul. Thank you Hutch for leading our Morning Prayer service this past Sunday.
Christian Education:
Both Christian Education and Children's Sunday School are on hiatus until Sunday April 12, The First Sunday after Easter.
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After services, Team 1 provided an amazing lunch of roast beef, roast chicken, homemade salsa & chips, fresh tomato salad, coleslaw, potato salad, ginger snaps, and a dump cake. Sadly, I forgot to take a picture of their beautiful spread. Thank you Diane, JP, Ambler, Keith & Jessica for all the delicious food!
It was a pleasure to have Hutch's parents, William and Jan, visit us this week from Georgia.
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Memorial Flowers
Please consider a Memorial Contribution towards the flowers used on the altar during our Easter services. Altar Guild is purchasing flower arrangements for the altar, the nave, and downstairs. Please, place the names of your loved ones and the designated contributions in the collection plate next Sunday, Palm Sunday.
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A Very Busy End of Lent Coming Up!
The schedule of special services and activities for the last week in Lent and Holy Week - leading up to Easter is listed below:
Saturday, March 28 at 11 am:
the Altar Guild is decorating the church for Palm Sunday as well as making palm crosses & rosettes. Please join us!
Palm Sunday, March 29
10:15 am Morning Prayer
11 am Holy Communion
No Sunday School
Holy Wednesday, April 1
11 am Low Mass
6 pm Holy Communion
Maundy Thursday, April 2
6 pm Holy Communion
Foot washing
Stripping of the Altar
Good Friday, April 3, 6 pm
Good Friday Services
Easter Sunday
April 5
10:15 am Morning Prayer
11 am Holy Communion
No Sunday School
After Easter services, we will celebrate with a Congregational Easter Feast. The church will provide an Easter ham and drinks! We are asking members to bring pot luck appetizers, sides or desserts to share. Please sign up downstairs so we can have accurate head count!
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Weekday Activities
Low Mass is scheduled for Wednesday, March 25 at 11 am.
On Thursday we have Choir practice at 10 am and Bible Study at 11 am. The current Bible Study is a study of the first seven ecumenical councils. Please find a recording of this past Thursday's lesson, at the link below:
"Theological Precursors to the Council of Nicaea: Lecture 4, parts 1 & 2."
Please come join us for these interesting and informative classes!
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St. Peter's hosted a 'Burgers and Bingo Night" this past Saturday.
We started with a delicious dinner of prime rib burgers with all the fixings, chips, and cookies.
After dinner we played several rounds of Bingo! Each family brought a wrapped present which was a nice item, no longer used (or never used) but in good condition. The winner of each game chose from the pile of unopened gifts or stole one from a previous winner! Rose Marie also had one grand prize supplied by the church for the last game.
Rose Marie and Diane ran the games!
Thank you Rose Marie for organizing the evening! Thank you to Diane and Rosalind for helping her cook and set up!
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Lenten Appeal - 2026
The 2026 Anglican Province of America Lenten Appeal goes to support the Church of Saint Luke in the Daytona Beach area of Florida. Please read the information below from Bishop Jones and prayerfully consider supporting this worthy cause! St. Peter's is supporting this Lenten Appeal as our quarterly charity project. Please mark any donation as "Lenten Appeal" and place in the offertory.
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Cook Team Schedule
Team 1 Diane, JP, Ambler, Keith & Jessica
Team 2 Fr. Paul & Benita, Laurel, Rose Marie, Carol T
Team 3 Michele, Lin, Lynn, Hutch & Misty
Team 4 Rosalind, Teresa, Melinda, Fr. Mike & Nancy
Team 5 Catered by the Church
Mar 1 Team 3
Mar 8 Team 4
Mar 15 Catered
Mar 22 Team 1
Mar 29 Team 2
Apr 5 (Easter) Ham w/ Potluck sides/desserts
Apr 12 Team 3
Apr 19 Team 4
Apr 26 Catered
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March Activities
Wed., March 25
11 am, Holy Communion, Fr. Paul
Thur., March 26
10 am Choir Practice
11 am Bible Study
Sun., March 29 - Palm Sunday
9:15 am Christian Education cancelled
10:15 am Morning Prayer
11 am Holy Communion, Fr. Paul
with incense
Team 2
April Activities
Holy Week Services:
Wed., April 1
11 am, Holy Communion
6 pm, Holy Communion
Thur., April 2
10 am Choir Practice cancelled
11 am Bible Study cancelled
Thur., April 2 - Maundy Thursday
6 pm Holy Communion
Foot washing
Stripping of the Altar
Fr. Paul
Friday, April 3 - Good Friday
6 pm Good Friday Services
Fr. Paul
Sunday, April 5 - Easter Sunday
9:15 am Christian Education cancelled
10:15am Morning Prayer
11am Holy Communion, Fr. Paul
with incense
Easter Dinner after services
Ham w/ Potluck sides/desserts
Wed., April 8
11 am, Holy Communion, Fr. Paul
6 pm, Evening Prayer
Thur., April 9
10 am Choir Practice
11 am Bible Study
Sun., April 12
9:15 am Christian Education
10:15 am Morning Prayer
11 am Holy Communion, Fr. Paul
Team 3
Wed., April 15
11 am, Holy Communion, Fr. Paul
6 pm, Holy Communion, Fr. Paul
Thur., April 16
10 am Choir Practice
11 am Bible Study
Sun., April 19
9:15 am Christian Education
10:15 am Morning Prayer
11 am Holy Communion, Fr. Paul
Team 4
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