Parish Notices and Events
Women’s Club - The next meeting of the St.
Peter's Women's Club will be held on Tuesday, May 21st at 7:00 at Laurel
Houle's home, 21 Charles Lane, Hebron. You can call her at 860-808-4739 for directions or more info. Come join us for good conversation and lots of laughter!
Mowers
needed!! – We need more people (men and/or women) to help with
the mowing of the Church and Rectory Grounds! The lawn tractor and walk behind
mowers are supplied, the gas is supplied so all that’s needed are people to
walk behind or sit on the tractor. Please contact Rick Marks if you would be available (860-428-6503). Even volunteering once or twice during the season
(May-October) would lighten everyone’s load. Many hands make light work!
Our
Parish Youth are fundraising to help finance their pilgrimage to Borderlands Education and Spiritual Center in July
(see Fr. Perry’s note above). They will
be selling Munson’s Chocolate bars at coffee hours on Sundays. If you love chocolate, Munson’s is the
best! If don’t want the chocolate but
would like to help out our kids, please consider making a contribution to the
Confirmation Pilgrimage. For those who are interested, information about
Borderlands Pilgrimages may be found on the internet at http://www.borderlandsranch.org/pilgrimage.htm
Giant
Tag Sale – St. Peter’s storage bin is now ready to accept your
treasures to place in our Tag Sale (June 7 & 8) so they can find a new home. No clothing or computers or printers; if you
are in doubt, ask Alberta. If you have
items to donate please call the office or Alberta (860-228-3723).
Weekly
Weeders –
The Weekly Weeders have resumed their gardening evenings, aimed at keeping the
weeds in the Memorial Garden under control. If you love working in the garden,
please share your talents with a similarly inclined group of people. Come to the Memorial Garden at St. Peter’s
every Monday evening and have some fun playing in the dirt with friends old and
new. Please bring your own tools:
shovels, edgers, spades, trowels and gardening gloves! We start at 6:30 p.m.
and stop at 7:20 p.m. sharp so that no one gets too tired. Come join us! Everyone
is welcome!
Our Pentecost Celebration
Click on the 2013 Pentecost celebration menu item on left for more pictures!
Outreach
AHM Youth &
Family Services 10th Invitational Golf Tournament will be held at
Blackledge Country Club on Monday July 22 (9:30 am shotgun start). Please plan to play, sponsor or
volunteer. Every dollar raised goes
directly back into supporting services for local youth. Registration forms are
on the back table in the church.
St Peter’s makes
monthly donations to the food pantries of our surrounding towns. Each month the
target town changes as we cycle through Hebron, Colchester, Lebanon, Andover
and Marlborough. There is a basket in
the narthex for the collection of
these items. The local food pantries look for non-perishable items for the
kitchen, for baby & child care and for personal hygiene. Please remember to
pick up an extra box or can or tube of an item you are purchasing for your
family. Every small donation makes a big difference to struggling
families. A fundraising letter from
Hebron Inter-faith Human Services (HIHS) states: “Studies show that children
and adults from food--insecure homes suffer physical, emotional and educational
harm. Food insecurity fuels the cycle of poverty ….”
“I was hungry and you gave
Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me
in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you
visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me…..‘Truly I
tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters
of mine, you did for me.’(Matthew 25-35-40)
Perception Programs, Inc. in Willimantic provides rehabilitation programs for men when
they are released from prison. Many of these men have no means of support,
neither family nor friends. The mission
of the program called “Brooklyn Bridge,”
is to help these men reenter society successfully, thereby creating safer
communities in Northeastern Connecticut. The men are without the most basic items. The wish list is as follows:
Men’s gently used or new
clothing of all sizes (including XXXL);
Shoes/sneakers;
New underwear and socks;
Razors and shaving cream;
Soap, shampoo, conditioner,
deodorant, combs, toothbrushes, toothpaste;
Coffee cups and plates
(heavy plastic or corning ware)
Eating utensils;
Magazines, books, puzzles,
board games (please remove any addresses from magazines);
Brooklyn
Bridge is the first step to a new life for approximately 300 men a year. Any questions may be directed to Denise
Keane, 860-450-7122. Any items you would
like to donate can be left in the Narthex of the church in the Brooklyn Bridge
box or dropped off in the church office.
