Sundays

Palm Sunday, March 24.

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Location – 823 Water Street, P. O. Box 399, Port Royal, Virginia 22535

Wed., March 20, Ecumenical Bible Study, Parish House, 10am-12pm  Reading Lectionary for Palm Sunday

Wed., March 20 – Village Harvest, 3pm-5pm All help is welcome for this vital St Peter’s ministry. Time of food pick up and unloading of food to be announced for earlier in the week and help will be needed

Wed., March 20, “The Creeds—a Guide to Deeper Faith”, 7pm. What does the Church have to say about The Holy Catholic Church, Baptism, Resurrection, Eternal Life Zoom link Meeting ID: 833 7014 5820 Passcode: 528834

Thurs., March 21, Confirmation Class continues, 7:30pm-8:15pm. Zoom link Meeting ID: 893 1712 7905 Passcode: 505603

Sunday, March 24, “God’s Garden”, 10:00am. They will be learning about Holy Week.’

Sunday, March 24, 10:45am. Liturgy of the Palms. Meet at the Parish House and process into the Church.

Servers, Palm Sunday, March 24, 11am. Liturgy of the Passion.
Lector: Andrea Pogue
Acolyte : Arthur Duke
Chalice Bearer: Andrea Pogue
Altar Clean up: B.J. Anderson

Wed., March 27, Ecumenical Bible Study, Parish House, 10am-12pm  Reading Lectionary for Easter

Wed., March 27, Tenebrae service, 7pm
Lector: Elizabeth Heimbach

Thurs., March 28, Maundy Thursday, 7pm
Lector: Cookie Davis
Chalice Bearer: Alice Hughes
Altar Clean up: Jan Saylor

Fri., March 29, Good Friday, 7pm
Lector: Ben Hicks

Sun., March 31 Easter Sunday, 11:00am.

Servers, Easter Sunday, March 31, 11am
Lector: Johnny Davis
Acolyte: Arthur Duke
Chalice Bearer:Johnny Davis
Altar Clean up: Andrea Pogue

Coming up!

Portland Guitar Duo, April 19, 7pm

1. The concert
2. Help us advertise

Lenten Page

Quick link to Feb, 2024 Lent Calendar
Quick link to March, 2024 Lent Calendar

March., 2024 newsletter

All articles for Sunday, March 24, 2024

Fifth Sunday in Lent, March 17. Remembering St. Patrick.

Web site

YouTube St. Peter’s Page for viewing services

Facebook St. Peter’s Page

Location – 823 Water Street, P. O. Box 399, Port Royal, Virginia 22535

Wed., March 13, Ecumenical Bible Study, Parish House, 10am-12pm  Reading Lectionary for the Fifth Sunday in Lent

Wed., March 13, “The Creeds—a Guide to Deeper Faith”, 7pm. This week, The Holy Spirit Zoom link Meeting ID: 833 7014 5820 Passcode: 528834

Thurs., March 14, Confirmation Class continues, 7:30pm-8:15pm. Zoom link Meeting ID: 893 1712 7905 Passcode: 505603

Sun., March 17, “God’s Garden”, 10:00am. They will be learning about Holy Week.

Servers, Fourth Sunday in Lent, Eucharist, March 17, 11am
Lector Linda Kramer
Acolyte Chester Duke
Bread and Wine
Chalice Bearer Johnny Davis
Altar Clean up Linda Kramer

Wed., March 20, Ecumenical Bible Study, Parish House, 10am-12pm  Reading Lectionary for Palm Sunday

Wed., March 20 – Village Harvest, 3pm-5pm. Call Andrea (540) 847-9002 to volunteer All help is welcome for this vital St Peter’s ministry. Time of food pick up and unloading of food to be announced for earlier in the week and help will be needed

Wed., March 20, “The Creeds—a Guide to Deeper Faith”, 7pm. What does the Church have to say about The Holy Catholic Church, Baptism, Resurrection, Eternal Life Zoom link Meeting ID: 833 7014 5820 Passcode: 528834

Thurs., March 21, Confirmation Class continues, 7:30pm-8:15pm. Zoom link Meeting ID: 893 1712 7905 Passcode: 505603

Coming up!

Portland Guitar Duo, April 19, 7pm

1. The concert
2. Help us advertise

Lenten Page

Quick link to Feb, 2024 Lent Calendar
Quick link to March, 2024 Lent Calendar

March., 2024 newsletter

All articles for Sunday, March 17, 2024

Fifth Sunday in Lent, March 17
Photos
Videos
Sermon
Spring in the second week of March
God’s Garden- “Resurrection Eggs”, March 17
Irish elements in the service
About St. Patrick
What to remember about St. Patrick
Bulletin
Lectionary, 11am service
Visual Lectionary – Vanderbilt
Lectionary, Lent 5
Psalm 51
SALT Commentary on the Gospel

Lent began Feb. 14 (Ash Wednesday)
Lent at St. Peter’s
Lent Basics
3 key points about Ash Wed
Ash Wed. 2024, 7pm service

“Letting Go”-Diocese of Atlanta March 17
“Letting Go”-Diocese of Atlanta March 10
“Letting Go”-Diocese of Atlanta March 3
“Letting Go”-Diocese of Atlanta. Feb. 25
“Letting Go” series, Diocese of Atlanta

Conversation about Ash Wed
Lent Stations:Vices & Virtues

Ministries
Chancellor’s Village sermon March 12

Portland Guitar Duo at St. Peter’s
Help us advertise the concert!
Past Concerts at St. Peter’s

Village Harvest, Feb., 2024

Creed Class, March 20 – Conclusion
Creeds class, March 13 – Holy Spirit
Creeds class, March 6 – Jesus
Creeds class, Feb. 28- God
Creeds class, Feb. 21
Lenten Study – The Creeds

God’s Garden- “Resurrection Eggs”
God’s Garden – Holy Week
God’s Garden – “Let the Children come to me”
God’s Garden – Making pretzels
God’s Garden- Learning the Lord’s Prayer
God’s Garden – The Alleluia Banner, Part 2
The Alleluia Banner, Part 1

Discretionary Fund donations Feb. 11

Sacred Ground, Jan., 2024
Sacred Ground, Feb., 2024

Fourth Sunday in Lent, March 10

Web site

YouTube St. Peter’s Page for viewing services

Facebook St. Peter’s Page

Location – 823 Water Street, P. O. Box 399, Port Royal, Virginia 22535

Wed., March 6, Ecumenical Bible Study, Parish House, 10am-12pm  Reading Lectionary for the Fourth Sunday in Lent

Wed., March 6, “The Creeds—a Guide to Deeper Faith”, 7pm. This week, Jesus in the Creeds Zoom link Meeting ID: 833 7014 5820 Passcode: 528834

Thurs., March 7, Confirmation Class begins, 7:30pm-8:15pm. Zoom link Meeting ID: 893 1712 7905 Passcode: 505603

Sun., March 10, “God’s Garden”, 10:00am. They will be learning about Holy Week.

Servers, Fourth Sunday in Lent, Eucharist, March 10, 11am
Lector: Alice Hughes
Chalice Bearer: Alice Hughes
Altar Clean up: Andrea Pogue

Tues., March 12, Chancellor’s Village Eucharist, 1pm

Wed., March 13, Ecumenical Bible Study, Parish House, 10am-12pm  Reading Lectionary for the Fifth Sunday in Lent

Wed., March 13, “The Creeds—a Guide to Deeper Faith”, 7pm. This week, the Holy Spirit in the Creeds Zoom link Meeting ID: 833 7014 5820 Passcode: 528834

Thurs., March 14, Confirmation Class continues, 7:30pm-8:15pm. Zoom link Meeting ID: 893 1712 7905 Passcode: 505603

Coming up!

Holy Week Workshop, March 24, 2:30pm The following donated items needed by March 17: egg cartons (12 egg size), terra cotta 2 1/2″ pots, and 6″ terra cotta drip trays (used is fine), and any leftover potting soil you might like to share. Place items on the back pew. Thank you!!

Portland Guitar Duo, April 19, 7pm

1. The concert
2. Help us advertise

Lenten Page

Quick link to Feb, 2024 Lent Calendar
Quick link to March, 2024 Lent Calendar

March., 2024 newsletter

All articles for Sunday, March 10, 2024

Fourth Sunday in Lent, March 10
Sermon
Videos
Photos, Sunday service
Spring flowers at Church, March 10
Photos, Spring is here 1st week in March
Bulletin
God’s Garden, 10:00-11am
Lectionary, 11am service
Commentary Fourth Sunday in Lent
Visual Lectionary – Vanderbilt
Lent 4 – Mothering Sunday
10 Ways of Understanding the Cross
Thoughts on John 3:16 – God’s Offensive Love
Old Testament – Lifted Up
SALT blog for March 10

Lent began Feb. 14 (Ash Wednesday)
Lent at St. Peter’s
Lent Basics
3 key points about Ash Wed
Ash Wed. 2024, 7pm service

“Letting Go”-Diocese of Atlanta March 10
“Letting Go”-Diocese of Atlanta March 3
“Letting Go”-Diocese of Atlanta. Feb. 25
“Letting Go” series, Diocese of Atlanta

Conversation about Ash Wed
Lent Stations:Vices & Virtues

Ministries
Holy Week Workshop, March 26
Portland Guitar Duo at St. Peter’s
Help us advertise the concert!
Past Concerts at St. Peter’s

Village Harvest, Feb., 2024

Creeds class, March 6 – Jesus
Creeds class, Feb. 28- God
Creeds class, Feb. 21
Lenten Study – The Creeds

God’s Garden – Holy Week
God’s Garden – “Let the Children come to me”
God’s Garden – Making pretzels
God’s Garden- Learning the Lord’s Prayer
God’s Garden – The Alleluia Banner, Part 2
The Alleluia Banner, Part 1

Discretionary Fund donations Feb. 11

Sacred Ground, Jan., 2024
Sacred Ground, Feb., 2024

I.Theme –   Rebellion and Redemption

 "Saving grace to all humankind"  – stained glass, Washington Cathedral

The lectionary readings are here  or individually:

Old Testament – Numbers 21:4-9
Psalm – Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22 Page 746, BCP
Epistle –Ephesians 2:1-10
Gospel – John 3:14-21 

We hear of snakes in the desert (Numbers 21, John 3:14), shipwrecks at sea (Psalm 107), and grace, faith, and good works (Ephesians 2). In the midst of all this is the most well-known verse in the Bible, John 3:16.

This week of Lent, we take a slight break from the journey through the covenants of the Hebrew Scriptures. Instead, we read this strange story in Numbers, in which the people one last time complain about the journey to the promised land. The formula occurs for the final time: the people complain, God gets angry, God sends some sort of plague or force against the people to dwindle their numbers, the people cry out to Moses for help, Moses calls out to God, and God responds to Moses, relenting from whatever misfortune has occurred and offering deliverance. In this case, poisonous snakes are sent, and the remedy is for Moses to lift up a bronze serpent on a pole, and whoever lifts their eyes up to the pole would live if they were bitten by the serpent. We are reminded that God’s desire for us is always life, not death, and restoration, not punishment.

Psalm 107 reminds us that God brings deliverance to all, even those who sin and go astray. God always provides a way when we seek it. The psalmist sings the story of the people of Israel, and sings our story–when we sin, we are not well–it is as if we are sick, and God brings healing and restoration, hope and a way home.

John 3:14-21 begins by echoing the passage from Numbers. It seems a strange reference, but the writer of John is linking how the people’s only way of hope was to look up to the serpent, and now their only way of hope is to look to Jesus, who will be raised up on a cross as well as raised up from the dead.

So many of us have memorized John 3:16 from our youth, but have forgotten John 3:17, in which we are reminded that God did not send Jesus to condemn the world but to save the world. Jesus goes on to share that there is condemnation for those who reject the light of God, but that God’s desire is not rejection but salvation. God’s desire for us is to live into God’s light and become light in the world, not to live in darkness, where we know only ourselves, focus only on our own desires and own gain, but in the light, we see the needs of our brothers and sisters and see the world God has created, as well as God’s desire for us, which is light, life, and love.

Ephesians 2:1-10 reminds us of the darkness of the world–the sin that we have lived in is the sin of our own desires for our own self-satisfaction. Sin leads us to death, but God has given us the great gift of Jesus, who gives us the promise of new life now and the hope of resurrection. We are reminded that in God’s creation, we were created good, and that God has created us in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life (vs. 10).

The way of the world is sin that leads to death. When we desire only to seek self-satisfaction, our own success and gain, we are dead to the world’s pain, dead to the suffering of others, and dead to relationships. We cannot seek relationship with God when we have no relationships with others. But when we repent–we turn away from sin, turn towards the way of God, care for our neighbors and those in need, live in the way of Christ and not for our own gain–we are alive. We live in the light of God. We remember our true created intention: to do good works, which we were created to do.

“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God” (vs. 8). We need to remember the great verses of John 3:16-17–God sent us the greatest gift, God’s only son, Jesus, not to condemn the world, but that we might be saved through Christ. It is a gift. For there is nothing we can do to earn grace, and yet there is nothing we can do to be separated from the love of God in Christ Jesus.

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The fourth Sunday in Lent is traditionally known as “Mothering Sunday” or Refreshment Sunday. In some parts of Great Britain, the custom was to return to the “mother church” or the cathedral for a special service on this day, and it also became customary to celebrate or pay special respect to one’s own mother on this day, a sort of Anglican “Mother’s Day.”

Another custom is the relaxation of austere Lenten observances on this day, the baking of simnel cakes (light fruit cakes covered in marzipan), and in some places the replacement of purple robes and liturgical hangings with rose-colored ones. Simnel cakes are called such because of the fine flour (Latin “simila”) they were made of.

Children of all ages were expected to pay a formal visit to their mothers and to bring a Simnel cake as a gift. In return, the mothers gave their children a special blessing. This custom was so well-established that masters were required to give servants enough time off to visit out-of-town mothers – provided the trip did not exceed 5 days! This holiday became Mother’s Day in America.

The cake is an English tradition for the fourth Sunday in Lent, known as Mothering Sunday. One scripture that is use

Galatians 4:26 “But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.”

Stories

1 a tradition of visiting one’s mother after this particular service. Expecting their families, mothers would bake this cake to serve with tea.

2 Serving girls on estates and in households were allowed this Sunday off to visit their mothers.

3 A family would travel to its ‘Mother Church,’ or parish they were originally from, on this Sunday.

These cakes became popular over time for that occasion midway through Lent, which was a good time to break the fasting a little. Much like the third Sunday of Advent, ‘Stir Up Sunday,’ with its baking tradition.

“Simnel” is from the Latin ‘similis,’ as in similar or same, as the cakes were originally made with equal parts of flour and sugar.

Recipe is here

Below is simpler one.

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Ingredients
1 ½ Cups butter 4  Cups flour 8 eggs 1 teaspoon salt	4  Cups sugar 2/3 Cup grated lemon & orange peel 2  Cups currants 8 oz. (or more) almond paste
Mixing & Baking Directions
Cream butter and sugar until smooth.  Add eggs singly, beating after each one  Sift and add flour and salt.  Dust peel and currants with flour and add to batter.

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