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, who are still here, and we honor with gratitude the land itself and the life of the Rappahannock Tribe. Our mission statement is to do God’s Will in all that we do.

Sunday Links, Sept 24, 2023, Pentecost 17, Season of Creation IV

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  • Location – 823 Water Street, P. O. Box 399, Port Royal, Virginia 22535
  • Sun. Sept. 24, 2023, 10:30, God’s Garden — A gathering of children ages 5-9. Sunday School activities and fun, led by Elizabeth Heimbach, Jan Saylor in the Parish House
  • Sun. Sept. 24, 2023, 11am Church service – Eucharist
  • Serving:

    Lector: Jennifer Collins
    Chalice Bearer: Andrea Pogue
    Altar Cleanup: BJ Anderson
    Lectionary link

  • Sun., Sept 24, Last day to bring snacks for kickball Place in the backrow.
  • Mon., Sept 25, ECW Tea in the Parish House, 3pm. Meeting is to welcome Jean Devitt, to choose where to send ECW money for outreach, and to plan upcoming activities.
  • Tues., Sept 26, Kickball at the Heimbach’s, 5:30-7pm. Sponsored by Caroline County Public Schools
  • Ecumenical Bible Study, Wed., Sept 27 10am-12pm, Parish House Reading Lectionary for Oct 1, Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
  • Remembering St. Matthew Wed., Sept. 21
  • Remembering St. Michael and all the angels, Fri., Sept. 29

  • All articles for Sunday, Sept 24, 2023
  • Sept. newsletter
  • Recent Articles, Sun. Sept. 24, 2023

    Pentecost 17, Sept. 24, 2023
    Lectionary for Pentecost 17
    Lectionary commentary
    Visual Lectionary
    Season of Creation Podcast on this Lectionary
    God’s Garden 1st week review
    Matthew remembered, Sept. 21
    St. Michael and all the angels, Sept. 29
    Sept., 2023 newsletter

    Focus on the Season of Creation, Week 4
    The Season of Creation, 2023
    Keys to the Season of Creation, 2023
    5 areas of the Environment in the Season of Creation
    This week is food waste
    IPCC – Lowering emissions
    Project Drawdown
    Climate Change – Reduce

    Mission and Outreach
    Donations for Maui

    Andrea Pogue reported on St. Peter’s 2023 Jamaican mission trip Sept. 3, 2023 during church. This was our second mission trip after 2021 with the next trip planned for 2025. Thanks to Andrea and the entire mission team for a job well done serving 300 students with school supplies and prizes.

    Jamaican mission setup, Aug. 24, 2023
    Jamaican mission school distribution, Aug. 26, 2023
    Village Harvest

    Sunday Links, Sept 17, 2023, Pentecost 16, Season of Creation III

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  • Location – 823 Water Street, P. O. Box 399, Port Royal, Virginia 22535
  • Sun. Sept 17, 2023, 10:30, God’s Garden — A gathering of children ages 5-9. Sunday School activities and fun, led by Elizabeth Heimbach in the Parish House
  • Sun. Sept 17, 2023, 11am Church service – Eucharist
  • Serving:

    Lector: Cookie Davis
    Chalice Bearer: Elizabeth Heimbach
    Altar Cleanup: Linda Kramer
    Lectionary link

  • Sun. Sept 17, 2023, Hildegard celebrated
  • Ecumenical Bible Study, Wed., Sept 20 10am-12pm, Parish House Reading Lectionary for Sept 24, Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
  • Village Harvest, Wed., Sept 20, 3pm-5pm. Please email Andrea to volunteer at wakepogue.public@gmail.com, or (540) 847-9002. Pack bags 1-3PM, Deliver food to clients’ cars 3-5PM.
  • Remembering St. Matthew Wed., Sept 21
  • Coming Up!

  • Sun., Sept 24, Last day to bring snacks for kickball Place in the backrow.
  • Mon., Sept 25, ECW Tea in the Parish House, 3pm. Meeting is to welcome Jean Devitt, to choose where to send ECW money for outreach, and to plan upcoming activities.
  • Tues., Sept 26, Kickball at the Heimbach’s, 5:30-7pm. Sponsored by Caroline County Public Schools
  • All articles for Sunday, Sept 17, 2023
  • Recent Articles, Sun. Sept. 17, 2023

    Pentecost 16, Sept. 17, 2023
    Lectionary for Pentecost 16
    Lectionary commentary
    Reading Psalm 103 this week
    Visual Lectionary
    God’s Garden begins Sept 17

    Focus on the Season of Creation, Week 3
    The Season of Creation, 2023
    Keys to the Season of Creation, 2023
    5 areas of the Environment in the Season of Creation
    This week is Energy
    IPCC – Lowering emissions
    Project Drawdown
    Climate Change – Measure

    Coming up!
    Holy Cross Day, Sept. 14
    Hildegard celebrated, Sept 17.
    Matthew remembered, Sept. 21

    Mission and Outreach
    Donations for Maui

    Andrea Pogue reported on St. Peter’s 2023 Jamaican mission trip Sept. 3, 2023 during church. This was our second mission trip after 2021 with the next trip planned for 2025. Thanks to Andrea and the entire mission team for a job well done serving 300 students with school supplies and prizes.

    Jamaican mission setup, Aug. 24, 2023
    Jamaican mission school distribution, Aug. 26, 2023
    Village Harvest

    Sunday Links, Sept 10, 2023, Pentecost 15, Season of Creation II

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  • Location – 823 Water Street, P. O. Box 399, Port Royal, Virginia 22535
  • The Season of Creation returns

  • Sun. Sept 10, 2023, 11am Church service – Eucharist
  • Serving:

    Lector: Andrea Pogue
    Chalice Bearer: Alice Hughes
    Altar Cleanup: Andrea Pogue

  • Lectionary link
  • Sun. Sept. 10, 2023 Pool Party at the Davis’, 2PM-4PM.

  • Tues, Sept 12, Sacred Ground Group meeting. 7PM on Zoom.

    Zoom Link Meeting ID: 854 8811 5724 Passcode: 539098

  • Ecumenical Bible Study, Wed., Sept 13. 10am-12pm, Parish House Reading Lectionary for Sept 17, Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
  • Thurs, Sept. 14, Vestry meeting, 2PM in the Parish House.

  • Thurs, Sept. 14, Holy Cross Day, Sept 14, 2023

    Coming Up – Sept. 17

  • God’s Garden —A gathering of children ages 5-9. Sunday School activities and fun, led by Elizabeth Heimbach in the Parish House, 10:30AM.
  • All articles for Sunday, Sept 10, 2023
  • About the Season of Creation – Since the 1980’s, the Eastern Orthodox Church has designated this time each year to delve more deeply into our relationships with God and with one another in the context of the magnificent creation in which we live. The Catholic Church and Church of England also recognize this season. Various churches across the United States also celebrate the Season of Creation.

    The central focus of the month is on God – God as Creator. In his letter to the Romans, right up front, Paul makes this statement. “Ever since the creation of the world, God’s eternal power and divine nature, invisible though they are, have been understood and seen through the things that God has made.” We know a lot about God simply by paying attention to God’s creation. And Jesus, who came that we might have life, and might have it more abundantly, used his own attention to and love of the natural world in his teachings and parables, to help the people around him find the abundant life that can become ours through him. To be with Jesus through scripture and through the bread and wine is also to see and to know God the Creator of heaven and earth.

    The goal in worship then is to deepen our understanding of God as Creator, to celebrate God’s role as Creator, and to examine and deepen and widen our own relationships with God, creation, and with one another. In particular we need to work to recover the original splendor of the earth.

    An example – Look around your neighborhood where the human influence has been positive and negative on nature. Celebrate the former and do something about the latter.

    “Jesus was intimately involved with the natural world. When he spoke of God and God’s Kingdom, he almost always pointed to the natural world: seeds, the harvest, the clouds, vines, weeds, sheep, fire, water, lilies, bread, wine. Walk out into God’s wonderful creation – and be touched by the very hand of God.”

    –Br. Geoffrey Tristram, SSJE

    Recent Articles, Sun. Sept. 10, 2023

    Pentecost 15, Sept. 10, 2023
    Bulletin
    Lectionary for Pentecost 15
    Lectionary commentary
    Visual Lectionary
    Holy Cross day

    Focus on the Season of Creation, Week 2
    The Season of Creation, 2023
    Connecting to The Season of Creation, 2023
    Keys to the Season of Creation, 2023
    Season of Creation, Climate Change challenges
    Climate Change – some improvements
    Focus on 5 areas of the Environment in the Season of Creation

    Mission and Outreach
    Donations for Maui

    Andrea Pogue reported on St. Peter’s 2023 Jamaican mission trip Sept. 3, 2023 during church. This was our second mission trip after 2021 with the next trip planned for 2025. Thanks to Andrea and the entire mission team for a job well done serving 300 students with school supplies and prizes.

    Jamaican mission setup, Aug. 24, 2023
    Jamaican mission school distribution, Aug. 26, 2023
    Village Harvest

    Sunday Links, Sept 3, 2023, Pentecost 14, Season of Creation I

    This is the first Sunday of the Season of Creation. Spend 15 minutes picking up trash in your neighborhood to help restore the environment.

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  • Location – 823 Water Street, P. O. Box 399, Port Royal, Virginia 22535
  • Achievement in Jamaica Sun Aug. 27, 2023

  • Sun. Sept 3, 2023, 11am Eucharist Lectionary link
  • Sun. Sept 3, 2023, 12pm Coffee Hour
  • Ecumenical Bible Study, Wed., Sept 6. 23 10am-12pm, Parish House Reading Lectionary for Sept 10, Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
  • All articles for Sunday, Sept 3, 2023
  • Creation

    “Jesus was intimately involved with the natural world. When he spoke of God and God’s Kingdom, he almost always pointed to the natural world: seeds, the harvest, the clouds, vines, weeds, sheep, fire, water, lilies, bread, wine. Walk out into God’s wonderful creation – and be touched by the very hand of God.”

    –Br. Geoffrey Tristram, SSJE

    Service notes The Season of Creation uses the typical Pentecost service. There were at least 6 key changes from Week 1 This page covers most of them.

    Recent Articles, Sun. Sept. 3, 2023

    Pentecost 14, Sept. 3, 2023
    Lectionary for Pentecost 14
    Lectionary commentary
    Visual Lectionary
    Burning Coals – Epistle

    Focus on the Season of Creation, Week 1
    The Season of Creation, 2023
    Connecting to The Season of Creation, 2023
    Spiritual Reflections on Nature and Humankind
    Keys to the Season of Creation, 2023
    Season of Creation, Climate Change challenges
    Climate Change – some improvements
    Focus on 5 areas of the Environment in the Season of Creation
    Season of Creation-the Earth
    Season of Creation 2023 – the Earth and its Threats

    Mission and Outreach
    Donations for Maui

    Andrea Pogue reported on St. Peter’s 2023 Jamaican mission trip Sept. 3, 2023 during church. This was our second mission trip after 2021 with the next trip planned for 2025. Thanks to Andrea and the entire mission team for a job well done serving 300 students with school supplies and prizes.


    Jamaican mission setup, Aug. 24, 2023
    Jamaican mission school distribution, Aug. 26, 2023
    Village Harvest

    Sunday Links, Aug. 27, 2023, Pentecost 13

    This week is all about identity, who are are as Christians and people of St. Peter’s. In the lectionary, Peter is called upon to give testimory about Jesus and who he is. This time he gets it right!

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

  • Good luck to the Jamaican Mission Team on Sun Aug. 20, 2023


  • Ecumenical Bible Study, Wed., Aug. 23 10am-12pm, Parish House

    Reading Lectionary for Aug 13, Thirtenth Sunday after Pentecost

  • Remembering St. Bartholomew, Aug. 24
  • Sat., Aug 26, Jamaican Mission Team’s school supplies distribution, 10am.
  • Sun. Aug. 27, 2023, 11am Morning Prayer YouTube 823 Water St. Port Royal, VA 22535
  • Lectionary Aug. 27, Pentcost 13, Lectionary lnk
  • Remembering Augustine of Hippo, Aug. 28
  • Ecumenical Bible Study, Wed., Aug. 30 10am-12pm, Parish House

    Reading Lectionary for Sept 3, Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Season of Creation I

  • All articles for Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023