Our Commitment to Protect the Vulnerable

 

Vestry Statement: Affirming our Traditional Commitments to the Vulnerable

In response to the dismantling of policies and practices that protect vulnerable people, the Vestry of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church commits to upholding the practices of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in our parish programs and practices, guided by the values that flow from our Christian faith, our Episcopal context and our identity as St. Peter’s Church.

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These include:

Our Baptismal covenant, which includes promises to renounce evil, commit ourselves to Christ, and “strive for justice and peace among all people, respecting the dignity of every human being.”

 

Our parish mission, in which we affirm our call to be a people “rooted in God’s love, growing by God’s grace and reaching out to all.”

 

Our parish charisms which we have discerned as gifts of welcome, caring connection and inviting liturgy.

 

As we discern as a parish and as individuals of faith how best to stand with, serve and create a safe space for vulnerable people at this time, we reaffirm these values as our guiding principles and call upon all to pray for God’s grace and guidance.​