The Fourth Sunday in Lent - 2025
- rhc
- Mar 31
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One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him, There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
St. John 6:8-9
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Fr. Paul led our beautiful Holy Communion service on the Fourth Sunday in Lent. Thank you Anderson for serving with him! Please find Fr. Paul's sermon at the following link:
"Bread, Fishes, Passover, and the Eucharist!"
Thank you Fr. Mike for leading our Morning Prayer service this past Sunday.
Fr. Mike posted a sign up sheet for Morning and Evening Prayer readers in the Parish Hall. Please consider signing up for this important part of our services!
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After services, we enjoyed a delicious meal of sausage & peppers, ziti, garbanzo bean salad, bread, garlic bread, and various sweet treats!
Thank you Team 4 (Benita, Jessica, Ambler, and Rosalind) for all the delicious food. Thank you all of St. Peter's for the wonderful company!
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Fr. Paul continued his series of Christian Education classes about Anglicanism. Adult Christian Education classes start each Sunday morning at 9:15. Please find a recording of this Sunday's lesson, at the link below:
"Anglicanism 101: Theodore of Tarsus and the Beginnings of Diocesan Organization."
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The children's Sunday School class begins at 9:15. We are using the program produced by the APA - "The Life of Christ - From Bethlehem to Emmaus".
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On Wednesday, April 2, Fr. Paul will lead Holy Communion Services at 6pm.
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Choir rehearsal starts at 10 am on Thursday upstairs in the sanctuary. All are welcome to join! Please see Fr. Paul or Rose Marie for more information.
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Our Bible Study program, led by Fr. Paul meets on Thursday at 11 am.
After Bible Study, Teresa gave Fr. Paul this great T-shirt!
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Fr. Paul led our second Stations of The Cross service this past Friday.
Our last Stations of The Cross service is Friday, April 11 at 6 pm. Please join us for this beautiful service.
After Stations of The Cross, I snapped this beautiful picture of the church in early spring just before sunset! The Redbud is particularly beautiful this year.
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Please consider a Memorial Contribution towards the lilies used on the alter during our Easter services. Please give the names of your loved ones to Fr. Paul or any member of the Mission Committee and place designated contributions in the collection plate on or before Palm Sunday.
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Fr. Paul has arranged to run both radio and print ads for St. Peters this Easter Season. The ad will run in the Johnson City Press and the Kingsport Times News on both April 5 and April 10. We will run radio ads on several stations including WHCB, WPWT, WHGG, & WCQR. The ads on WCQR will run on April 7 and April 13. Also WCQR will put the above image on their webpage. I will post more information as I receive it!
The radio ad can be found at the link below:
Benita has also set up Yelp and Google Reviews for St. Peters's in an effort to get our name more known in the Tri-Cities area! Please go and leave a review - the more reviews, the more exposure for us!
Thank you Fr. Paul and Benita for all your work!
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A Very Busy End of Lent Coming Up!
The schedule of special services and activities for the last three weeks in Lent including Holy Week - leading up Easter are listed below:
Saturday April 5 @ 10 am: A Spring Work/Clean Up Day to prepare the church for Easter is scheduled. Pizza will be served for lunch.
Saturday, April 12 at 10 am:
we are decorating the church for Palm Sunday as well as making palm crosses & rosettes. Please join us!
Palm Sunday, April 13
10:15 Morning Prayer
11 am Holy Communion
No Sunday School
Potluck lunch after services
Holy Monday, April 14 & Holy Tuesday, April 15
11 am Holy Communion.
Holy Wednesday, April 16
11 am Holy Communion
6 pm Holy Communion
Maundy Thurday, April 17
6 pm Holy Communion
Foot washing
Stripping of the Altar
Good Friday, April 18, 6 pm
Good Friday Services
Easter Sunday
April 20
10:15 am Morning Prayer
11 am Holy Communion
No Sunday School
After Easter services, we will celebrate with a Festive Congregational Easter Feast. The church will provide an Easter ham, side dishes, and drinks! Please sign up downstairs so we can have accurate head count!
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Sue & Scott Update!
Sue and Scott, long term members of St. Peters, are currently living in Wisconsin while Scott completes his seminary training in preparation to being ordained an APA priest. I received the following email update from them this past week:
Dear St. Peter’s Family,
We are excited to tell you that this weekend we were offered and accepted a position at Holy Apostles Anglican Church in Pewaukee, WI. We have attended this church since moving in July. It is a lovely church very reminiscent of St. Peter the Apostle right down to the inability to NOT have lunch after the service (that is, there is ALWAYS lunch after the service). The church is pretty much the same size as St. Peter. When you visit you will feel right at home!
The church is an ACA church, part of the G3. I will remain in the APA, and Bishop Jones will “loan” me to the ACA (at least until such time as we can become the G2 or better yet, the G1).
The timeline is May 20-22 graduation and ordination as deacon. August 1 begin at Holy Apostles. November or December ordination as priest.
Fr. John Armstrong (who was at our last G3 synod) will be staying through the year so he can break me in.
Thanks for all the support you all have been for us over the last six years. We will try to visit as able and hope some of you can join us sometime (I am guessing in the summer instead of the winter 😊).
We’ll try to get to the synod in July!
Blessings…
Scott & Sue
May God Bless Sue & Scott in all their future work, activities, and plans. Holy Apostles Church is blessed to have them and we surely miss them!
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Jim has scheduled the first meeting of The Anglican Anglers for this year. They will meet at St. Peter's at 10 am on Saturday, April 12 and will head over to the weir dam area of the Holston River. Starting with this outing, Jim is welcoming both spin and fly fishermen. Please see Jim with any questions.
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Jody, the owner/operator of the pest control company used by the church, participates in the Kairos Prison Ministry International, Inc. Part of their ministry involves bringing cookies into the prison! His group of volunteers is visiting the Northeast Correctional Complex in Mountain City the end of April.
Any one interested in baking at least two dozen cookies for their visit please let me know. I will post full instructions on the bulletin board downstairs but please remember the following:
-only sugar, peanut butter, molasses, or chocolate chip cookies
-no fruit, no nuts, no candy except chocolate chips
-no sugar or frosting on top
Jody will pick up the prepared cookies before Bible Study on Thursday, April 17 at the church. Please find information on Kairos at the following link:
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Lenten Devotional
The Lenten Devotional created by Clergy and Special Guests of the G3 Anglican Churches is now available at the following link on our webpage:
Fr. Paul's contribution to this devotional is found on the Thursday after the Third Sunday in Lent. The devotional is a PDF and may be read on the computer or printed out (FYI it is over 100 pages long).
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Lenten Appeal - 2025
The 2025 APA Lenten Appeal goes to support our overseas churches, especially those in India. Please read the information below and prayerfully consider supporting this worthy cause! Please mark any donation as "Lenten Appeal" and place in the offertory.
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