We are a small Episcopal Church on the banks of the Rappahannock in Port Royal, Virginia. We acknowledge that we gather on the traditional land of the first people of Port Royal, the Nandtaughtacund, and we respect and honor with gratitude the land itself, the legacy of the ancestors, and the life of the Rappahannock Tribe. Our mission statement is to do God’s Will in all that we do.

Sunday Links, Trinity Sunday, June 15, 2025

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  • YouTube St. Peter’s Page for viewing services
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  • Location – 823 Water Street, P. O. Box 399, Port Royal, Virginia 22535
  • Staff and Vestry
  • Wed., June 11, Ecumenical Bible Study, Parish House, 10am-12pm Reading Lectionary for Trinity Sunday
  • Sunday, June 15, 11:00am, Trinity Sunday, First Sunday after Pentecost.

  • Saturday, June 28, Episcopal Church Men Open House, 3pm-6pm at the Church. See below. Please RSVP, Ken Pogue, ECM Co-Chair (540-847-9017) by Wed, June 20.


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    Trinity Sunday

    Remembering St. Barnabas, June 11
    Lectionary Trinity Sunday, Year C
    Visual Lectionary, June 15
    Commentary, June 15

    Trinity Sunday
    What the Trinity and what it is not
    The Importance of Trinity Sunday
    The Trinity in Nature
    Visualizing the Trinity
    Nicene Creed, line by line
    Trinity Sunday Hymn – Holy, Holy Holy
    Trinity Sunday – the Trinity Knot

    Father’s Day and Juneteenth
    Father’s Day Prayer
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    Sunday Links, Easter 7- Ascension, June 1, 2025

  • Web site
  • YouTube St. Peter’s Page for viewing services
  • Facebook St. Peter’s Page
  • Instagram St. Peter’s Page
  • Location – 823 Water Street, P. O. Box 399, Port Royal, Virginia 22535
  • Staff and Vestry
  • Wed., May 28, Ecumenical Bible Study, Parish House, 10am-12pm  Reading Lectionary for Easter 7
  • Thurs., May 29, The Ascension
  • Thy Kingdom Come, May 29-June 8
  • Sunday, June 1, 11:00am, Easter 7
  • All articles for Sunday, June 1, 2025
  • Recent Articles, Easter 4, May 11, 2025 – Good Shepherd Sunday


    Easter 4 – Good Shepherd Sunday
    Lectionary- Easter 4
    Commentary Easter 4
    SALT Blog for Easter 4
    Visual lectionary, May 11

    Good Shepherd Sunday
    Good Shepherd Sunday
    What is the Good Shepherd?
    The Good Shepherd in our hymns
    Good Shepherd.. in the movies

    Mother’s Day
    Mother’s Day
    Origin of Mother’s Day
    A Mother’s Day Poem – To the Moms Who Are
    Francis Perkins and Mother’s Day

    After the Resurrection
    What Changed after the Resurrection?
    Jesus’ Appearances

    Eastertide
    Eastertide
    Celebrate Easter Tide

    Lectionary Easter 4, Year C 

    I.Theme –   Jesus as the Good Shepherd


     “The Good Shepherd” – Daniel Bonnell

    The lectionary readings are here  or individually:
    Old Testament – Acts 9:36-43
    Psalm – Psalm 23
    Epistle – Revelation 7:9-17
    Gospel – John 10:22-30

    Today’s readings explore the image of God as a caring Shepherd. Scripture frequently uses the metaphor of shepherd and sheep to describe the relationship between the faithful and God. Easter 4 is often referred to as “Good Shepherd Sunday,”

    In Acts, the apostles’ preaching and miracles bring many Gentiles to believe and follow. The familiar words of Psalm 23 illustrate our understanding of the relationship between the Good Shepherd and his sheep.

    The Revelation to John gives us another image of the shepherd. As the seer looks around him, he sees a great multitude that no one can count. They come from all tribes, nations, and languages as they stand before the throne of the Lamb, wearing white robes and waving palm branches. The wrote robes signify their deliverance from tribulation, and the palms their victory over trials. Freed from hunger and thirst, those who were persecuted are now forever in the presence of God, able to worship God day and night in the temple.

    In today’s gospel, Jesus pictures his relationship to the faithful as that of a shepherd who works for the life of the sheep. Jesus as a shepherd caring for his own flock provides more than green pasture and still waters. Jesus as a shepherd caring for his own flock provides more than green pasture and still waters – Jesus offers eternal life.

    Our Good Shepherd guides us through the heights and depths of life, even during the most difficult times when we feel we are alone and abandoned, even when we feel the absence of God.

    The sheep trust the shepherd. We who follow Jesus trust Jesus. We trust his voice, and we believe because we trust. It’s less a question of doubts verses faith as it is a question of trust verses mistrust. We may have doubts and questions about faith, but if we trust in Jesus, we still have faith. It is when we do not trust that we have lost. Trust leads to faith, and what Jesus calls us to do is to know his voice.

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