March 1, 2020 The First Sunday in Lent READINGS The First Reading: Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 Psalm 32 The Second Reading: Romans 5:12-19 The Holy Gospel: Matthew 4:1-11 Rector The Reverend Bert Baetz Assistant Priest The Reverend J. Michael Wheeler Organist David Miron

REGULAR SCHEDULE Sunday Holy Eucharist 8:00 am, 9:15 am & 11:15 am Ministries–March 1 8:00 am 10:00 am Eucharistic Rita Self Jim Hayes Ministers Deidra Harmer Kay Hayes Mills Ligon Vestry Rep. Kathy Voss Kathy Voss Ushers Gail Brown Stephen Drane David Brown Jesse Filgo Nellwyn Sadler Altar Guild - Cathy Murray, Fran Cox, Marianne Crain, Deborah Rommel, Rolinda Schmidt, Ellen Schoenfeld, Robin Wheeler, and Dawn Hatch. Ministries–March 8 8:00 am 9:15 am 11:15 am Eucharistic Charlie McIlvain Brian Blacklock Doug Holmes Ministers Kim Chatelain Amy Ives Susan Parker Vestry Rep. Kathy Voss Kathy Voss Dee Elliott Ushers Barbara Jansen Jesse Filgo Larry Baird Stephen Drane Hiram Wilson Bill Crumrine

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Altar Guild - Cathy Murray, Fran Cox, Marianne Crain, Deborah Rommel, Rolinda Schmidt, Ellen Schoenfeld, Robin Wheeler, and Dawn Hatch. PLEASE PRAY FOR THE FOLLOWING:

Long Term Prayer List: Julie, Ryan, Dixie, Mike, Beth, Dave, Kevin, Lyla, Florence, Helen, Marilyn, Caitlyn, Leslie, Stockton, Lucas, Randy, Grant, Rick, Mary Margaret, Ashley, Charles, Keely, Jerry, and Stacy. Short Term Prayer List: Leslie Williams and Ed Lynch

Military and Diplomatic Service Prayer List: Kareen Hart, George Hart, Justin Augustine, Elison Crum, Ross Davis, Kevin DeVore, Jr., Jason Horne and family, Emily Matz Corbin, and all who serve our country. DIOCESAN CYCLE OF PRAYER: We give thanks for Church of the Good Shepherd, Corpus Christi.

Worship Attendance:

Sunday February 23, 2019 8AM – 46; 9:15AM – 112; 11:15AM – 108

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WEEKLY SCHEDULE

SUNDAY, March 1 08:00 am Rite One Traditional Service 09:30 am Nursery opens – Shelton 3 10:00 am Rite Two Combined Service 11:15 am Reception for Bishop Reed and Confirmands 03:00 pm DWTX Apportionment Committee 06:00 pm High School EYC Dinner! MONDAY, March 2 08:00 am Men’s Group Reunion, Mondays at Inn of the Hills (first Monday

of each month they meet at River Front Senior Park instead). This group was originally started years ago as a reunion of men who had made a Cursillo Weekend retreat. The group shares their faith journeys (and lives) in order to sustain each other in their “Fourth Day.” All men are welcome. If you would like more information, please contact Ted Whittier at 895-7956.

TUESDAY, March 3 10:00 am The Order of the Daughters of the King – Tucker Hall 12:00 pm Prayers, Fellowship & Football – Tucker Hall. P.F.F. is a men’s

lunch group with no agenda, purely social and men of all ages are welcome. Lunch is provided at $7.50 per person. If you need more information, please feel free to call John Elliott 238-4958 or Maurice McAshan 895-2561

02:00 pm Contemplative Prayer - For Contemplative Prayer please meet in the conference room on the second floor of the church office. Everyone is welcome. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Susan Parker at 257-3918.

WEDNESDAY, March 4 10:30 am Path of Life – Multi-Purpose Room. Path of Life (POL) is studying

the book Walk in Love. This book is a journey through the Book of Common Prayer guided by two Episcopal priests. It is a look at the practices and beliefs found within the Episcopal faith. Everyone is welcome to join this caring, sharing, and fun Bible study.

02:00 pm Senior Games – MPR, Tucker Hall - We play for fun on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month. Bring your own game and a friend, too. We welcome all friendly competition.

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05:15 pm The Holy Eucharist: Rite Two 05:45 pm Lenten Series Soup Supper – Tucker Hall 06:30 pm Lenten Speaker Series: The Rev. Jerry Kramer, Missionary, Love

for the Least 06:30 pm King’s Kids – Shelton 2 - King’s Kidz are discovering the Bible

from beginning to end with The Story for Children, A Storybook Bible. It tells the big picture of God’s enormous love for his children.

06:30 – 08:00 pm Nursery is open in Shelton 3 07:15 pm Compline - Sanctuary THURSDAY, March 5 11:30 am Finance Commission – AV Room 12:00 pm The Brotherhood of St. Andrew – MPR - This men’s organization

is based on the threefold disciplines of Prayer, Study, and Service while spreading Christ’s Kingdom among men in the Episcopal Communion. This a brown bag lunch gathering, meeting on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month. For more information, contact James Horne at 830-896-5992 or mel_jam72207@yahoo.com.

FRIDAY, March 6 10:00 am Contemplative Prayer - For Contemplative Prayer please meet in

the conference room on the second floor of the church office. Everyone is welcome. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Susan Parker at 257-3918.

11:00 am Book Study - The Friday Book Study group meets in the AV room on the second floor of the church office. The group is studying The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For and Believe by Richard Rohr, OFM. Contact Susan Parker, parkers710@gmail.com for more information.

12:00 pm St. Peter’s School Parent Association Meeting - MPR

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SUNDAYS Nursery

Ages: 0-4 years When: 9:00 am - 12:30 pm Where: Shelton Hall Room 3 Our church nursery is in Shelton Hall Room 3. Children ages 0-4 will be cared for and supervised by our Childcare Staff.

Children’s Chapel Ages: Kinder- 5th Grade When: 9:15 am Where: Chapel

At the gospel hymn during the 9:15 am service, school aged children will process from “big church” to the chapel where they will hear a story from the Bible. They will also learn our children’s creed and offer up their own Prayers of the People. Children will return to “big church” to join their family in time for the Peace and Holy Communion.

Children’s Sunday School: Pre-School (during the school year)

Ages: 3-4 years When: 10:15 Where: Shelton Hall Room 2 Preschoolers are invited to attend our lectionary-based child care. Parents may drop their little ones off in Shelton Hall Room 2 before service begins. Kids will hear a story relating to the weekly Gospel reading, practice a memory verse, and either play a game or make a small craft. Children with parental permission will be escorted to “big church” to join their parents in time for the Peace and Holy Communion. Children without permission will join the nursery in Shelton Hall Room 3.

Sunday School (during the school year) Ages: Pre-school – High School When: 10:15 am Where: Pre-School, Shelton Hall Room 2

K-5th grade, Chapel 6-12th grade, Youth Room

We are pleased to offer Sunday School to all of our children and teenagers. We will join the parish as it follows Bishop Reed’s invitation to study the Book of Acts. We

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will break up the book in small manageable 4-6 week series with breaks to study Advent and Lent.

Adult Education – (There is no Sunday School on March 1) Adult Sunday School – New Class Starting March 15 Through the Paschal Mystery: Baptism, Death, Burial, and Resurrection

When: 10:15-11:10 am (March 15, 22, 29, and April 5) Where: Multi-Purpose Room Teachers: Fr. Bert and Fr. Mike

The life and destiny of the Christian begins and ends in what the Church calls the Paschal (Easter) Mystery, the Sacrament of Holy Baptism by which God adopts us as his children and makes us members of Christ’s Body the Church, and inheritors of the kingdom of God. Our baptismal union into Christ’s death, burial and resurrection grants forgiveness of sins and new life in the Holy Spirit (Catechism, BCP 858). Join us in this class to explore the life each of us has in Christ.

Adult Sunday School – News, Reviews & Special Topics When: 10:15-11:10 am, Where: Audio-Visual Room on the 2nd floor, Church Office Dane Tune, leader, danetune@yahoo.com News, Reviews & Special Topics is usually provocative, sometimes controversial and a never dull examination of current events in both religious and secular worlds with an eye to the moral and ethical content of these events. This class is designed to raise both the ethical and moral issues in our contemporary culture and to provide our thought about appropriate religious and specifically Christian responses to them. While the subject is carefully prepared, the class encourages full discussion from the participants.

Adult Sunday School – Spiritual Formation When: 10:15-11:10 am Where: Church Library, Church Office Susan Clark, leader, sclark2@washcoll.edu The spiritual formation group chooses and studies books on many different subjects related to our Christian faith. Currently, they are reading The Man who Met God in a Bar, by Robert Farrar Capon. The class begins with prayer and then members enjoy a lively discussion of the chapter read for the day. Everyone’s opinion matters and is respected by the group. Everyone is welcome!

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St. Peter’s welcomes Jerry and Stacy Kramer!

The Rev. Jerry and Stacy Kramer are full-time front-line missionaries in the Middle East with ministries in E. Africa after many years of work there. Our parish will have three opportunities to hear Jerry speak!

• Jerry will speak in our Lenten Series on Wednesday March 4. • Jerry will preach at all 3 Sunday services on March 8. • Together, Jerry and Stacy will give a talk on Sunday, March 8, at

10:15 am in Tucker Hall.

Come hear Jerry and Stacy talk about Love for the Least and how they witness to the love of Christ and participate in the Spirit bringing good things to life across the world. Love for the Least is a MOVEMENT, moving with God in sharing the Compassion of Christ with an Unreached World.

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Camp Sunday 2020 Update:

On Camp Sunday, St. Peter’s collected

$2.072.84 to help campers attend sessions at Camp Capers, Mustang

Island Conference Center, and Duncan Park.

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