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Regathering Updates Effective July 1, 2021

REGATHERING UPDATES EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY (JULY 1, 2021) Over the last few weeks, more and more people have been returning to church. This has been so good to see and experience. Everyone has been commenting on how safe it feels. WE JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME NEW UPDATES WITH YOU… Effective immediately, you no longer need to…

School Supply Drive for Arnie’s Cupboard (July & August)

SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE (JULY & AUGUST) The people of St. Peter’s always respond to the needs of those in our community who need our help! Our parish has such a generous and caring spirit. ARNIE’S CUPBOARD is the Food Pantry at UMASS DARTMOUTH where I serve as chaplain. The mission of Arnie’s Cupboard is to…

UPDATES Regathering Guidelines – Effective May 30, 2021

Dear Friends and Parishioners of St. Peter’s, Our newest Regathering Guidelines and Policies have been announced in this letter to our parish. Please click on this link (below) to read the letter. Regathering Letter to Parish May 2021

Regathering Guidelines for In-Person Worship beginning May 9, 2021

RETURN TO IN-PERSON WORSHIP Sunday, May 9, 2021 ONLINE RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED. Although the Governor is allowing 50% capacity in worship spaces, the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts has set the number to 35%. Here at St. Peter’s, we are going to initially take a more cautious approach of 25 people per service. We…

NEW Message Series: I’M IN

NEW 5-WEEK MESSAGE SERIES: “I’M IN” April 18, 25; May 2, 9, 16 @ 10:00AM stpetersdartmouth.org/watch OR Facebook Live Join us for our NEW Message Series: “I’M IN.” It’s not enough to just show up at church. Our hearts long for more than that. We want to be needed. We want to be known. We…

Palm Sunday, Holy Week & Easter Schedule 2021

HOLY WEEK / EASTER TRIDUUM SCHEDULE 2021 Friends, we hope to regather for in-person worship sometime in April or May. This year, our Palm Sunday, Holy Week & Easter liturgies will be held online on Facebook Live or stpetersdartmouth.org/watch The word “triduum” means “three days.” These are the three most sacred days on our liturgical…

Statement of The Episcopal Church on Vaccines

In a strong endorsement for stricter government vaccine mandates, the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church reiterated in a pre-COVID-19 2019 resolution: “That The Episcopal Church has long maintained that we are guided by faith and reason, and that scientific evidence helps us to better understand God’s creation, our place in it, and ways to…

UPDATE on Small Groups

SMALL GROUPS AT ST. PETER’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH We are in the process of creating our first round of SMALL GROUPS here at St. Peter’s. Small Groups help keep people connected and to allow people the opportunity to grow in their spiritual lives. Small Groups are made up of 6-12 parishioners who come together (online on…

Moms Support Group

MOMS SUPPORT GROUP INFORMATIONAL MEETING (Online) Tuesday, March 9, 2021 from 6:30-7:00PM We are beginning a MOMS SUPPORT GROUP here at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church We are going to begin on ZOOM and our own Tanya Gouveia will be the group coordinator! The benefit of a group like this is to check in and connect…

Easter Flowers 2021

Dear Parishioners and Friends of St. Peter’s, Each year, we rely on the generosity of our parishioners to donate toward the cost of flowers to decorate our worship space for Easter. Even though we will be most likely live streaming again for Easter, we still want to decorate our worship space to radiate Easter joy!…