January 30, 2022
The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany

Friends, I'm going to keep this brief. It's been a heck of a year. We've had some tremendous challenges, and some incredible joy. Through it all, God has been on the move.

Attached is the Annual Report, which will give you in-depth descriptions of what that looked like this year. I hope you'll join us at the Annual meeting as we give thanks for God's grace in bringing us this far.

In this season of retrospectives, new year's resolutions, etc, I commend this article to you, written by my friend Sarah Condon, an Episcopal Priest and college chaplain at Rice University. She reframes the whole "new year, new me" concept by celebrating the toughness and determination that brought us to this year. It's worth your time...and so is our annual meeting. Join us for worship, followed by a community check-in on Zoom, and a celebration of all that we've come through.

I can't wait to see you there.
Yours with gratitude,

Matt +
This week at St. Peter's

8:00 a.m. Worship online via Facebook and Youtube, and from our website.

10:00 a.m. Worship online via Facebook and Youtube, and from our website.

The same service will be broadcast at 8 and repeated at 10 am. Join for the service that works best for you!

9:30-9:50 a.m. Sunday School will meet on Zoom for the month of January. To connect with Sunday School, contact Melissa Watson.

11:00 a.m. The Annual Parish Meeting will be held online following the 10 am service. Here is the link to join https://us06web.zoom.us/j/95986435218

Wednesday 12 noon healing service continues online on Facebook and Youtube,

We hope these interventions help us avoid the worst of the anticipated surge in cases, so that we might return to in person gatherings more readily when it is safe to do so.
The Readings for Sunday,
January 30, 2022

The meeting will be held
following the 10 a.m. service.

This is a much needed opportunity to come together as one family to look ahead to our future, and thank those who have worked so hard to keep us connected despite the challenges of the last 22 months! Here's the link for the report.

Here is the link to join the Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 889 1756 5873
Passcode: 471639

Dial by your location
    +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)
     
Meeting ID: 889 1756 5873
Passcode: 471639

Best wishes and congratulations to Mike Moore, Diane Gendreau,
and Jonah Lindeman
who are celebrating their
birthdays this week.
Please join us Wednesdays
at 7 p.m. via Zoom.

We will be using the Yale Bible Study Series on Luke's Gospel. Join us for an 8 Week Bible Study that will allow us to focus on the life of Jesus from the perspective of St. Luke the Evangelist.

Click the Photo above, or this link to get connected!
The latest issue of Forward Day by Day
has finally arrived!

If you wish to have one, please send a request to the office asking to have one mailed to you, or pick one up at services at the rear of the church when we have resumed in-person worship. If you wish to have it mailed, please be sure to include your mailing address.
Mission Trip to Juarez! April 18-23! Join us!

Looking for adventure and meaning? Come join the Juarez Mission Team as we prepare for our 14th trip to build a home in the high desert of Mexico on the border with El Paso, Texas! Four days in the desert could change your life!

We will leave on April 18th and return on Saturday, April 23rd. The build will take place Tuesday through Friday. New folks are welcome to join and learn how great it feels to join with our Mexican brothers and sisters to build a welcome shelter for their family! We have been blessed with two large donations that cover the home and our food and shelter, the vans and insurance. Our out of pockets costs are for airfare and personal spending. Interested? Participants must be 14 or above. 

Contact Dee Green at: deirdregreen61@gmail.com or Linda Roti at 203-878-8910 for more information. 

Watch for our Super Bowl Chili sale coming up very soon! Info next week with orders being taken. Pickup will be at the Parish Hall.
Milford’s Way is a newly formed organization partnering with Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services (IRIS) among congregations here in Milford to cosponsor the Resettlement of an Afghan family here in Milford.

Several members of St. Peter's are currently working hard to help organize this endeavor alongside many other congregations in Milford.

We are looking for volunteers in various capacities including driving family members to appointments, connecting with employment opportunities, donating furniture, as well as providing guidance in using public transportation and utilizing our local resources. 

Is time not something that you have available right now? We would very much appreciate any dollar donations you feel called to gift.

Checks can be made out to “Milford’s Way” and addressed to c/o St. Peter’s Church 71 River St, Milford Ct. 06460.

For more information on volunteering or to make a donation to help a family, please contact Deirdre Green deirdregreen61@gmail.com, Susan Fernandez at svfernandez0@gmail.com, or Cynthia Cook (Trinity Lutheran church) at seacreationsbycynthia@gmail.com and JimKrantz krantzjames67@gmail.com
Let’s start this new year by reaching out and showing our love and support for those in need. Bless you all.
Invitation to a conversation about Affordable Housing.

Friends, please see the following opportunity to share experiences with housing in Milford, as the City seeks input about how to proceed with an affordable housing plan. Many of our neighbors from other churches will be part of this conversation. Come to share your story about affordable housing, and come to learn more about what may be unfolding for Milford.
Your prayers are requested this week for Grace, Helen, Violet and Paul, Marie and Bob, Jen, Milton, Frances, Charissa, Arian, Farrah, Kevin, Rea, Debby, Janice, Nora, Pam, Jackie, Elaine, Dick W., Jack, Sophie, Corrine, Matt, Donald, Jim, Emma, Ronald, Rick, David, Ray, Paul, Gail, John, Susan, Nancy, Gabriel, Dorothy, Doug and Corliss, Claire and her family, Kate, Carolyn Martin, Richard, Patricia and Jim, Mike, Helene, Donna Reed, Bob and Connie, and Alice.

+ Pray for those who have died, and for all those who are bereaved.
+ Pray for those who are frightened, anxious, or lonely, especially the sick in this holiday season.
+ Pray for continued wisdom and discernment in our leaders in government and the church alike.
+Pray for the unemployed and underemployed; for all who suffer from addictions; for all who suffer chronic illness, and for all caregivers;
+ Pray for support and strength for health care workers, first responders, hospice chaplains, palliative care teams, funeral directors, and all who attend to end-of-life care.
+Pray for all who have died, especially Helene Jackson, and all who grieve.
+ Pray for all communities impacted by climate change and continued severe weather events.
+ Pray for all who will be persecuted for their faith, and for all refugees seeking safety. Pray for discernment as we seek to welcome them in Milford.
+ Pray for renewal in our church, that the Holy Spirit might bless us with the endurance to run the race before us, and to do so with joy.
+ Pray for our diocese as we seek to appoint a new bishop.
+In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer this week, we pray for The Diocese of Kano – The Church of Nigeria. In the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, we remember Christ & the Epiphany, East Haven; St. John’s, East Windsor; Christ’s Church, Easton; and Holy Trinity, Enfield.


Please send requests for additions to the weekly Prayer list by email to office@stpetersmilford.org