A Call for Global Peace
Eternal God, in whose perfect kingdom no sword is drawn but the sword of righteousness, no strength known but the strength of love: So mightily spread abroad your Spirit, that all peoples may be gathered under the banner of the Prince of Peace, as children of one Father; to whom be dominion and glory, now and for ever. Amen.
-Book of Common Prayer, 1979
Prayer list
Thanks to our parish nurse, St. Peter's provides menstrual care boxes to help ensure an inclusive and hygienic space for all. In addition to the care boxes, the parish nurse creates monthly "Back door Readings" to provide tips on health and wellness.
Ways to take action
Donate good friday offereing
As is our custom each year, our Good Friday offering will be dedicated to supporting ministries in the Holy Land.
Donate during the tenenbarae service using the good friday envlopes or online here.
donate relief and development
Dear people of God in The Episcopal Church,
Here in the United States, we awoke this morning with alarm to the news that the United States and Israel have launched a large military strike on Iran. This violent attack comes despite weeks of negotiations that many of us had hoped would prevent armed conflict in this fragile region, which is home to so many religious traditions and faithful people.
Bishop Jeffrey Mello of Connecticut and a group of pilgrims from that diocese are in the Holy Land now, and when we spoke this morning, he let me know that they are safe at St. George’s College in Jerusalem. I ask you to pray fervently for them and their safe return.
Pray, too, for all the people of the Holy Land, and especially for the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East and its leader, Archbishop Hosam Naoum. I had planned to be with Hosam today and tomorrow when he made a long-planned visit to our church. Many Episcopalians who had hoped to see him and assure him of our support will feel his absence keenly in the coming days. I commend to you the letter that he has sent to the people of his diocese this morning....
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Thanks to our parish nurse, St. Peter's provides menstrual care boxes to help ensure an inclusive and hygienic space for all. In addition to the care boxes, the parish nurse creates monthly "Back door Readings" to provide tips on health and wellness.