On Sunday July 23, 2023, St. Peter’s Accounting Warden Dennis Reid had an experience every golfer dreams of but rarely experiences — he shot a hole-in-one. At the Linfield National Golf Club approximately 5 miles from his home, Dennis’ tee shot at the 128-yard 7th hole took a graceful arc and — with God’s help invoked at the St. Peter’s […]
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St. Peter’s parishioner Amy Atlee has begun teaching Qigong classes at the Phoenixville YMCA at 400 E. Pothouse Road, starting January 4, 2024. Her 45-minute classes are held in Studio B at the YMCA on Thursdays at 12:15pm. Amy’s first class was a big success, attended by 8 students, including Leo Guen, who encouraged Amy to start teaching at the […]
At St Peter’s Christmas Eve service on Sunday December 24th, the choir was truly outstanding, from the 7:15pm Prelude of Benjamin Britten’s “A Ceremony of Carols” through to “Nunc Dimittus” at the end. Derek Maninfior’s wife, Liz Faranda, Marty Bloem, and Emma Martz sang beautiful solos. Marty Bloem solo – A Ceremony of Carols – Processional Liz Faranda – A […]
On a rainy Saturday, October 14, Judy Ripley and Leo Guen transformed Maggie’s lawn — at the northeast corner of the parking lot in front of the ADA ramp — into Maggie’s garden. Judy started the transformation process by putting a layer of newspapers atop the lawn to inhibit future grass growth. Then she spread mulch that Leo moved from […]
On Saturday, October 7th, the Gardening team transplanted a large hydrangea and two hellebores to the West lawn between the ADA ramp and parking lot. Fred and Judy Ripley and Leo Guen dug 8 holes in the stony earth to make new homes for the hydrangea roots that were split into 3 parts and the hellebores split into 5 parts. […]
On Sunday, June 25, 2023, St Peter’s welcomed new members who had joined within the past year. New Members ministry leader Judy Hans and Vestry Senior Warden Diane Hope led the welcoming ceremony to introduce the Class of 2023 new members to the congregation. A few of the new members are already active, as Peter Schuenzel is already a lector, […]
On Sunday September 24, 2023, St. Peter’s new class of Lay Eucharistic Ministers (LEM) were introduced to the congregation and received a blessing from Father Sam. They are Gary Russell, Gretchen Streuli, Lisa Scott, Vernet Spence-Brown, Vince Giancaterino, and Maureen Baker (see photo). Deacon Joe Dietz is the leader of this ministry.
On a hot Saturday June 10, 2023, 6 members of the Property, Environmental and Gardening Committees gathered to begin construction of the new organic gardens on the southeast lawn of the church grounds. Led by Dave Brennfleck, who purchased and delivered lumber to the building site, and Shawhan Fox, who cleverly organized wall construction on the flat high ground above […]
On May 20, a sprinkling Saturday morning, the Gardening team transplanted the northern magnolia sapling from the Cloister Garden to the “northwest lawn” next to the new ADA ramp. After digging a hole about 2.5 feet wide and 1.5 feet deep in very rocky soil, we filled the hole with 6 inches of water. Then we went to the Cloister […]
The very first non-holiday Saturday service was held at St. Peter’s on May 13, 2023 at 4:30pm, with Father Sam celebrating. Approximately 30 parishioners attended, including adults, youth and children. Following a long history of other churches holding Saturday evening services as an alternative to Sunday services, Father Sam embarked on this initiative in recognition of the decades-long trend of […]