Jim Steere's Rural Route 10 on display in the Living Room Gallery as part of the Relics of Remembrance exhibition.
LOVERS, ENEMIES, AND FRIENDS
Dear faithful people of Saint Peter’s Church:

While it’s not quite the end of this blessedly-long Time after Epiphany, it is the end, for quite a while, of “ordinary time” at Saint Peter’s. Put differently, this is the last ‘"green Sunday" until June 23, 2019. But what Jesus does with us this Sunday is anything but ordinary, nourishing us with himself and teaching us, in word and example, the hardest teaching of all: love your enemies. Through this Sunday’s liturgies, we pray for peace.

At our 10:00 a.m. Forum Helen Goodkin presents the third of her three-week series:  Love God and love your neighbor: The Good Samaritan and Mary and Martha.

6:00 p.m. Jazz Vespers features pianist Oded Lev-Ari.

We will complete our month-long work on our Ministry Site Profile this Wednesday and writing teams and writers will begin their work to complete the draft document.  At the 6:00 p.m. with Misa forcusing our prayers on the Guidance of the Holy Spirit, Pastor Fabian Arias will preside, I will preach and Sion’s musicians provide the music. Because I think these homilies are important, our 6:00 p.m. Wednesday mass/misa will be live streamed.  All are encouraged to attend and participate in the mass and this final discussion at 7:00 p.m. following the misa.

We observe the Transfiguration of our Lord, the last Sunday after Epiphany, next Sunday. Mass is celebrated at each liturgy this day. Music at the 11:00 a.m. mass is endowed by the Phillip Lang Memorial Fund. The choir and Saint Peter’s Bach Collegium Orchestra will present Handel’s “The Lord is my light.”  At the 6:00 p.m. Jazz Mass, we welcome Norwegian guest soloists Froydis Frorud, Helge Nysted and Thomas Hevel and a trio of dancers joining the Ike Sturm Ensemble and Catherine Russell.  

Our 10:00 a.m. Forum on Sundays March 3 and 10 will be in the Living Room. On March 3, Pastor Derr will present “A Peek into Saint Peter’s New Sacristy,” his final building project at Saint Peter’s Church.

LENT begins on Ash Wednesday, March 6. Dr. Dennis Raverty will be our forum presenter each Sunday during Lent.

Peace and Courage!
The Rev. Amandus J. Derr
Senior Pastor
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GOOD TO KNOW
  • The Fiction Book Discussion Group will next meet on Sunday, March 3, after brunch (approx. 1:15 pm) in Pastor Derr's office to discuss The Friend by Sigrid Nunez. This book won the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction.

  • Palm branches taken home on Palm Sunday 2018 may be brought to the church and given to one of the pastors between now and March 3. These will be burned to become ashes for Ash Wednesday, March 6.

  • At the 1:30 Misa this Sunday, February 24, a special collection will be taken to support those affected by the political crisis in Venezuela. In additional to financial support, medical and personal care supplies are needed. Please see Pastor Fabian for more details.

  • Members of Saint Peter’s Chapel Fundraising Committee host a special brunch on Sunday, February 24, at 12:30 with a screening of PBS’s NYC-ARTS special on Nevelson Chapel. Bill O’Donnell, Great Performances series producer at Channel 13, will speak about the creation of the segment. Chair Maria Del Toro and other members of Saint Peter’s will offer reflections on the episode’s impact and the Chapel’s significance in their personal and professional lives. Please reach out to Maria with any questions you may have about the event.

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