Jim Steere's Step Right Up on display in the Living Room Gallery as part of the Remnants of Remembrance exhibition, open until March 21.
TOWARD THE LIFE GOD ALONE CAN GIVE
Dear faithful people of Saint Peter's Church,

Lent 2019 will be a ‘traditional’ Lent at Saint Peter’s Church this year, which means that we will be using the historic baptismal renewal Gospel texts each Sunday. (For those who pay attention to such things, that means that, after this Sunday, we will be following series A not series C, but that begins next Sunday.) For these next five Sundays the sanctuary is in its ‘confessional configuration’ with the candle receptacles arranged in the form of a cross in the center and our ‘heart of God’ icon at its center. The liturgical color for Lent is violet. At the 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Masses, we use ELW setting 4.

This Sunday, March 10 is the First Sunday in Lent and has distinctive liturgical elements in and of itself. Each mass begins with The Great Litany, the most historically inclusive collection of intercessions ever composed. The Gospel, this year from Luke (4:1-13), is the story of Jesus’ ‘temptation’ in the wilderness. Jazz Prayer Around the Cross at 6:00 p.m. features vocalist Theo Bleckmann.

The 10:00 a.m forum led by Dr. Dennis Raverty in the Living Room is Nineteenth-Century Africa in America. The slave trade tried to totally erase ethnicity during the middle passage, yet a surprising amount of West African spirituality and artistic influence (especially Yoruba) survived across the Atlantic.

6:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening Prayer is followed by a light meal and study led by Susan Shelhart. This week’s topic is An Evolving Faith.

Remember, Daylight Saving Time begins this Sunday. “Spring ahead!”

Peace and courage!
The Rev. Amandus J. Derr
Senior Pastor
GOOD TO KNOW
  • Daylight Savings Time begins on Sunday, March 10. Make sure to turn your clocks forward one hour!

  • Beginning Wednesday, March 6 (Ash Wednesday), the sanctuary will be in its Lenten Configuration.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach’s The Passion According to Saint John is presented Friday, April 19 at Noon in its original setting: in liturgy on Good Friday, much as it would have been at Leipzig's Nikolaikirche on April 7, 1724. Please click HERE and use code BACH19 to reserve your seat in advance!

  • If you would like to serve as a hospitality volunteer for the Good Friday Noon liturgy to welcome visitors and Saint Peter’s members, please email Sarah at smoga@saintpeters.org.

  • The Fiction Book Discussion Group will next meet on Sunday, April 14 (Palm Sunday) to discuss An American Marriage by Tayari Jones, which was just released in paperback in February. As there is no brunch provided that Sunday, we will plan to meet in Pastor Derr's office after the offering counters have completed their work (roughly 12:45 or so). Those interested will go out for food afterwards. All are welcome to come and join us!
Saint Peter's in Performance
On Wednesday, March 13, at 7:30 p.m., Spectrum Symphony of New York will present their Young Artist Concerto Concert, featuring the US premiere of Bálint Karosi’s Clarinet Concerto at Saint Peter’s Church. Please click HERE for tickets and use code saintpeters for a $10 discount.
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