COMMUNITY AT ST. PETER'S
Looking for community and prayer? Our gatherings are designed to create space and grace as we come together around the transforming presence of Christ. Check back here for more updates as they come!
Looking for community and prayer? Our gatherings are designed to create space and grace as we come together around the transforming presence of Christ. Check back here for more updates as they come!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Celebrate Advent and Christmas with St. Peter’s Chelsea!
- Tree Lighting Party and Holiday Market, Friday, December 12, at 6 pm. Join us to light up the night with our tree and carols, then enjoy hot chocolate, cookies and a holiday market featuring the creativity of our Artists Collective. All proceeds will support the Roots and Restoration Project.
- No Rehearsal Christmas Pageant, Sunday, December 14 at 10 am. There wasn’t a rehearsal for the Nativity either, so we’re in good company! All you have to do is show up and we’ll inhabit and tell the Story together. We’re also calling on our bakers to bring Christmas cookies for coffee hour to enjoy afterwards.
- Longest Night Service, Sunday, Dec 21, 5 pm. The holidays can be a difficult time for many, a season focused on being “merry and bright” made all the more dissonant when you're carrying grief, loss and struggle. On the Longest Night, darkness is a place where we can encounter Immanuel, God with us.
- Christmas Eve Service, Wednesday, December 24 at 5 pm
- Christmas Day Service, Thursday, December 25 at 10 am
St. Peter’s “1831” Raffle: Support the Rectory Project. Our resident brewmaster, Randall Leazer, has brewed 48 bottles of special Scottish wee heavy honey ale for St. Peter’s, and raffling it off to support our 1831 Rectory Project. Tickets are available to purchase after the service. Every dollar raised goes directly toward restoring our rectory as a place of hospitality and ministry. Here are the details:
- 4 winners, each receiving 12 bottles
- Tickets: $20 for 1, $50 for 3, $100 for 7
- Must be 21+ and able to pick up at St. Peter’s
- The drawing will be done on Friday, Dec 12 at the Christmas Tree Lighting and Holiday Market (If you’re not present when your number is selected, we will contact you separately to coordinate)
WEEKLY MEETINGS:
Yoga + Noonday Prayer, Wednesdays from 11:30 am to 12:15 pm. Rev. Lisha will lead 30 minute yoga sessions in the sanctuary followed by Noonday Prayer. Mats provided. Wear comfortable clothing. All levels welcome. RSVP to [email protected].
Find Your Rhythm in House Church. This fall, don’t rush headlong into the busyness—come anchor yourself in rhythms that give life. House Church is a space to come back to center: sharing a meal, praying with and for one another, and listening for God’s voice together. We’d love for you to join us!
- Downtown House Church (Chelsea), Wednesday nights starting September 24, 6:30-8:30 pm. Contact: Christine at [email protected].
- Uptown House Church (UWS), Thursday nights starting September 25, 7-9 pm. Contact: Lisha at [email protected].
Zoom Morning Prayer, Weekdays at 8 am. Join the Episcopal Diocese of New York (EDNY) any weekday on zoom for morning prayer and start your day with prayer, connection and peace. You can register here, and EDNY will send you the zoom access details by email.
Volunteer for our Food Pantry, Fridays from 4-6 pm or Saturdays, 9:30 to 11:30 am. Join us to serve our neighbors in need as we have more guests than ever with the recent cut of SNAP benefits. Volunteers can help set up for the pantry on Fridays or serve guests on Saturday mornings. Sign up to serve here or email Brian Wexler, the Program Director at [email protected] with any questions.
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