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UPDATED COVID GUIDELINES @ ST. PETER’S The CDC now advises that fully vaccinated persons wear a mask when gathered together in indoor public places as we are faced with the more transmissible Delta variant of the virus. Effective Sunday, August 8, we will now require all parishioners to wear a mask when attending our Service…

SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE FOR ARNIE’S CUPBOARD St. Peter’s Episcopal Church (Dartmouth, MA) is coordinating a SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE for Arnie’s Cupboard, the Food Pantry at UMass Dartmouth. Arnie’s Cupboard, located right on campus, is fully stocked with nutritious food items and serves students, faculty, and staff, and their households. In addition to needing food, many…

On the following Sundays in the Summer of 2021, we will not offer an IN-PERSON OR LIVE STREAM Service of Holy Eucharist on the following Sunday mornings: JULY 18 AUGUST 15 AUGUST 22 On these Sundays, we will post a live stream from another parish on our Facebook page by Sunday afternoon so that we can…

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 (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…

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

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 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…

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…