NOTICES:
Candlemas: is this Thursday. Please bring any candles that you would like blessed for 2012 to the church prior to the Mass.
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Prayer Group: If you think you might have a heart for praying the rosary regularly with special intentions for others, a prayer group is being formed. Please see Fr. John for details.
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This year’s Synod: will be hosted by the Cathedral Church of the Epiphany in Columbia, SC, and will begin after lunch on Thursday, April 26. The Chrism Mass, business meeting and banquet will be on Friday, April 27. If you are able to represent St. Peter’s at the Synod, please see a member of the vestry.
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Pledges: It’s that time again. Please place your pledge cards in the offering plate or give them directly to our treasurer, Judy.
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Team WhatABurger strikes again: A special thanks to the Hunzickers who fixed the sink in the ladies restroom.
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On Wednesday, December 28, 2011, The Feast of the Holy Innocents, at St. Peter’s Anglican Church, London Abagail Banks was baptized into Christ’s One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church.
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Thanks to all for the wonderful attendance at our Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services this year! –John+
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Holy Land Pilgrimage: Father Eddie Rix from All Saints' Wynnewood, PA is organizing a Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, 18 - 29 March, 2012, to mark the centenary of the Parish. The price is $3535 and includes direct airfare from Philadelphia to Tel Aviv inclusive of breakfast & dinner, all ground transportation, tips an transfers, and Fr Rix will offer the Daily Offices and frequent Mass throughout the pilgrimage. Here is the link: http://emmausonline.net/Pages/2012/Rix%20Group/Flier.html
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Newsletter: The December issue of St. Peter’s Net is hot off the presses. Please remember to thank Beverly Dorsett for all of her efforts. -----------------------------------------------------------Team WhatABurger: has taken up the lawn care business. As proud new owners of a lawn tractor, we will be mowing the church yard ourselves. If you would like to be in the rotation, please see Fr. John or Andy Hunzicker.
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Vestry Meeting: Beginning next Sunday the Vestry meetings will be held after the service in the fellowship hall. The meetings will be open for any who wish to listen in, however, please do not add to the meeting. Also, please do not feel the need to stop your fellowship during the meeting.
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FPU: A new Financial Peace University class will be starting in January. If you were not able to attend the current Thursday classes, please consider the upcoming Wednesday classes. See Katie Prewitt for details.
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Facebook: For all the Facebook savvy, please find us as, “St. Peter’s Anglican Church” and “like” us. Please also remember to thank Jenn Tashenberg for agreeing to help administrate the site.
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New Server: Mr. Sean Pearce has joined Steve, Isaac, and Don as an Acolyte at St. Peter's. Dedicated servers are essential to bringing glory to God with the greatest amount of majesty and dignity in the Mass. Please thank these men for their service.
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Subject: Praise be to God
Date: Aug 17, 2011 9:02 PM
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8 lbs 6 ozs. Momma and baby doing fine. Thank you for all your
prayers.
Yours in Christ,
Fr. John |
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Our Statuary 1: Now that we have had a week or so to get used to our new statue of St. Peter, please take a moment to thank Cable Todd for her efforts and financial support in bringing him here.
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Our Statuary 2: Once again Team Whataburger was at work! Our statuary, complete with lighting, has been moved in order to be more accessible to the congregation. Please thank Andy and Steve for their efforts.
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Additional Pastoral Care: The Sacrament of Penance is offered every Saturday after Evensong and by appointment. The Sacrament of Unction is offered at all times by notification. Pastoral Counseling is offered daily by appointment.
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Christian Formation: We have just begun a look at Vernon Staley’s The Catholic Religion: A manual of instruction for members of the Anglican Communion. Please join us, after some time for fellowship, with your questions, comments and discussion contributions. While not necessary, copies of this book can be found online for between $5 and 15 dollars.
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Back Home Again!
The wooden fish, on the rough background, has returned to St. Peter’s! Originally above the Murphy’s fireplace in their Houston home, it was placed in the hall beside the Church entry doors when they sold their home.
It seemed appropriate to us that something made by Bishop Murphy, from a large piece of wood found on the beach in Galveston, with pieces of rare black wood procured in Jamaica (where he substituted for a priest for one month in one summer), and a special wood for the fish (origin unknown) and put together by him in a highly symbolic hanging, should be in this church.
His children agreed. Mary Loots and husband Rick took it to Fayetteville; Rick polished it up and made it more sturdy. A golden plaque explains its meaning. On the back is a message from Bishop Pat (Gone fishing) with a pen drawing of him done by Mary.
A word of thanks to Mary and Rick. They did not want to mail it. They drove from Fayetteville on Saturday (12 hrs), brought it to church on Sunday and drove home on Monday – in time to miss the mess from tornadoes and to get to work on Tuesday. Our thanks to Fr. Barr for blessing the fish during their presence. It meant a lot to them.
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Our newsletter needs a name! The name should have a take on St. Peter e.g. The Crowing Rooster or St. Peter's Bull (double points, as Jersey Village was named after the Jersey cow). As you can see, I am no good at this. Please send your suggestions via email or just drop them on my desk when you're here. Fr. John.
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Fr. Mabry celebrated the mass on Palm Sunday. This was his last celebration of the mass at St. Peter's before his move to New Mexico.
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Newsletter: Thanks to the efforts of Beverly Dorsett, the church newsletter has a new look and will be launched on a monthly basis beginning in April. If you do not receive yours by the tenth, please let Fr. John know, as it will be his first try with the new mailing list.
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Address Change: There has long been a problem with finding the church on Google maps, Mapquest, or Bing. When our address is put in the different map engines the church shows up a mile or so in either direction of our location. But, thanks to the efforts of Dean and Andy, we discovered that our map address is 15710 vs. 15700. This small change puts us on the map! Please use the 15710 Northwest Fwy, Houston, TX 77040 address when helping people find the church.
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