Unfortunately, snow in the mountains prevented Deacon Shoup from visiting us this past Sunday. However, Earl stepped in and led a lovely Morning Prayer Service. Earl presented a sermon based on the Epistle for Septuagesima Sunday based on 1 Corinthians Chapter 9.
In Christian Education we continued discussing the Book of James.
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Fr. Frank O'Donnell and his wife Beverly were instrumental in the early years of St. Peters. Fr. Frank was the priest at St. Timothy's Anglican Mission in Swannanoa, NC but regularly visited St. Peters for several years. Fr. Frank died a couple of years ago and Beverly passed away in December of 2019. Our Parish Hall is named in honor of Fr. Frank (at yesterday's Mission Committee Meeting we added Beverly's name).
A Memorial Service for Beverly will be held at 1:00 pm on Thursday, February 13, 2020 at St. Matthews Anglican Church, Weaverville, NC.
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"But be ye doers of the word and not hearers only... " James 1:22
In an effort to put these words into practice, the Mission Committee voted to start a donation/charity support program. The cash donations from the third Sunday of each month will go to a designated charity. The following charities have been selected for this year:
Feb 19 - Shades of Grace
Mar 15 - APA Lenten Appeal
April 19 - APA Lenten Appeal
May 17 - Hope House
June 21 - Hope House
July 19 - Shades of Grace
Aug 16 - Shades of Grace
Sept 20 - Operation Christmas Child
Oct 18 - Operation Christmas Child
Nov 15 - Operation Christmas Child
Dec 20 - Seminarian Fund
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Another exciting week of cleaning! Earl and Mike worked on the small storage room right inside the back door. They started with this mess!
They moved everything out, throwing much of it away.
Looks like Earl was having a good time despite all the mess!
The result after our day of cleaning! Earl has done even more work! I will get a picture for next week of the final result!
Thank you Earl & Mike for all your hard work!
Lynn sorted through all the church records in the vesting room. This finished the clean up in the vesting room.
Thank you Lynn!
Rose Marie and Carole started cleaning out the nursery.
They made great progress but there is still work to do in the nursery - cleaning, priming & repainting the back wall and floor. Thank you Rose Marie and Carole for all that work!
We plan to have one more cleaning day this Tuesday at 10:30 to finish up the nursery and clean out the lower cabinets in the kitchen. Please come join us if you can!
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Jim is restarting the Men's Group this Tuesday at 6 pm at the church.
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The Women's Bible Study Group met at Rose Marie's house and resumed the "Scouting the Divine" series. We completed the first part of Lesson 5 "Among the Vineyards" . We plan to finish Lesson 5 this Wednesday February 12 at 10 am. We will meet at the church. Please bring a light breakfast type food to share.
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Teresa is starting a new Bible Study, "Made to Crave - Satisfying Your Deepest Desire with God, Not Food" on Wed. March 11 at the Church!
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