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Welcome to Saint Peter's Episcopal Church! The Rev. Everett "Perry" Perine, Rector 30 Church St.Hebron, CT 06248(860) 228-3244
Serving the communities of Andover, Bolton, Colchester, Columbia, Coventry, Hebron, Lebanon, and Marlborough, Connecticut   Where ordinary people are doing extraordinary things. Our purpose is to provide information, help and inspiration to Internet explorers. We hope you'll find features that will make you want to bookmark our site as a favorite location. If you're looking for a church home, we'd love to have you become part of our parish family. If you're already an active member of a church, then we ask for your prayers as we try to make the Good News of Jesus Christ known to those who travel through cyberspace. Organized in 1734, we have a long and wonderful history — and yet we’re a modern, active congregation, with all of the worship, programs, and activities you would expect to find in any Episcopal church. We have a flourishing Sunday School, adult Christian education programs, Bible discussion and study, retreats, quiet days, fellowship groups, prayer groups, and a long list of activities that reach out to people in need. Welcome!
Notes from the Office Parish Office Hours: The Parish Office is open 8-11 a.m. Monday-Friday. If no one is in the office please leave a telephone message and your call will be returned as soon as possible. Father Perry’s day off is Friday.
Parish Notes and Upcoming Events
Church School Projects:
Scones for Haiti - The children of the Church School will be taking orders for their delicious scones during coffee hour this Sunday. Pickup will be during the Maple Fest event (Saturday, March 13) or the following Sunday (March 14). The children will be making the dough on March 7th during Church School time, and helpers (for preparation) and bakers (to take the scones home for baking) will be most heartily welcomed! For more information please speak with Liz Cyr. Proceeds from the sale of the scones will go to ERD (Episcopal Relief and Development) for distribution through the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti.
Food Pantries – The children of the church school are asked to bring in non-perishable food items, personal hygiene products, cleaning products, pet care products, to be distributed to regional food pantries. All, of course are welcome to participate in this ingathering.
The Maple Fest is coming up on March 13th. The next meeting of the Fundraising Committee will be March 3rd at 7:00 p.m. We need more helpers to set up, clean up, serve, sell baked goods and other item, etc. Please contact Chuck Eaton if you can help and please come to the meeting. Memorial Garden - The next meeting of the Memorial Garden Committee will be held on Monday, March 22, at 7:00 p.m. in Fr. Perry's office. We will review plans for installing the garden in April and review the first draft of the brochure. If you're interested in any aspect of the garden, please come to the meeting!
Lenten Bible Chats - Father Perry’s Lenten Bible Chats will be begin next Sunday, March 7 and will be held on the two following Sundays: March 14 and 21 from 5 to 7 p.m. at 5:00 p.m. Please join us for Pot luck supper and interesting and stimulating discussion. See the forthcoming newsletter for further details.
Communion Classes: Father Perry will be offering Communion classes for children of the Church School during the month of March. Who should attend?
Any child who wishes to take advantage of the tradition of First Communion
Any child currently receiving Communion who would like to know more about it
Any child who wants to share in the fun!
If your child is interested in attending these classes, see Fr. Perry as soon as possible. Once he has an idea of the ages of interested children he will develop one of more age-appropriate classes to meet the demand. All parents will then be apprised of the plans and dates. All children who attend the classes are encouraged to attend the Maundy Thursday service (April 1 at 7:30 p.m.) when class members will be recognized. For more information or to sign up, see Fr. Perry. Easter Flowers – The sign-up for Easter Flowers has been posted at the back of the church. Please sign up as soon as possible and please write clearly. Checks should be placed in the envelope attached to the signup sheet - please write Easter Flowers in the memo. The deadline is Monday March 29th in order to have your memorial included in the Easter Bulletin.
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Lent, Holy Week and Easter St. Peter's has many special events and services planned for Lent and Holy Week. Please click on the menu options above for more information about: Spiritual Opportunites during Lent (Spiritual) Worship services during Lent (Worship) 2010 Holy Week and Easter services (Holy Week and Easter)
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Community/Diocesan Events The Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut invites all children, youth, young adults and families to witness the Ordination and Consecration of Bishop-Elect the Reverend Dr. Ian T. Douglas as the 15th Dicoesan Bishop of Connecticut on Saturday April 17th, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. at the Koeppel Center of Trinity College, 175 New Britain Avenue, Hartford, CT.
Children and families will be seated in a reserved section which will allow the children to see and participate more fully. All children will receive a specially designed tee shirt and a child-friendly bulletin with activities and instructions to follow the worship.
Youth (grades 6-12) and young adults are invited to participate as greeters and ushers for this celebration, If you would like to be an usher or greeter please call the office for information on how to proceed. Youth Trip - At Thursday’s meeting of Episcopal clergy in churches “east of the river”, Paul Habersang of St. James Church in Glastonbury invited any youth in 6th – 12th grade to join them in a youth trip to Stamford on Saturday March 6th to meet with the youth of L’Eglise Epiphanie, a Haitian Episcopal parish. The details
of the trip from Paul are as follows:
1. We're leaving St. James' Glastonbury at 2:30PM Saturday afternoon. (I'm anticipating 1.5 hours drive each way)
2. We'll return to St. James' Glastonbury at approximately 8:30PM.
3. The folks in Stamford will be hosting a dinner for the youth.
4. As I mentioned, this is an exploratory "getting to know you" visit so that we can determine where we'd like to go in the future. We're looking for a long term relationship that is mutually rewarding for all congregations involved. I realize that this is very short notice and assure you that this is only the first step in our area churches connecting with L’Eglise Epiphanie in the coming year. I will have more details for you on Sunday, but wanted to give you a heads up. Golden Wedding Anniversaries Celebrated by the Diocese – If you were married on or before Dec. 31, 1960, and are celebrating your 50th (or more) anniversary, our Bishops invite you to a special celebration with a Holy Eucharist and a Renewal of Vows at Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford on Sunday May 16th, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. with reception to follow in Cathedral House. Please a see the flyer on the tract table or call the office. If you are interested please let the office know and the Bishops will send you an invitation with details about the event. Help for Haiti - To donate to the Haiti Fund, visit www.er-d.org or call 1-800-334-7626, ext. 5129. Gifts can be mailed to Episcopal Relief & Development, P.O. Box 7058, Merrifield, VA 22116-7058. Please put “Haiti Fund” in the memo line of all checks. Lecture: “Churches in Crisis: how Sex, the Bible and Authority are dividing the Faithful” by Frank Kirkpatrick on Monday March 15, 7:30 p.m. at McCook Auditorium, Trinity College. Free. See flyer.
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