INTERNATIONAL DIOCESE/ACNA ST. PETER’S KEY Saint Peter’s Anglican Church SEPTEMBER 2020 Serving Our Lord in Fort Collins, Loveland, Windsor and Greeley - Colorado MONTHLY CALENDAR SEPTEMBER 3 – Bible Study Group on Zoom 7AM 5 – Teen Group Session 6:30pm 6 – 13th Sunday after Trinity Service, 9:00AM 7 – Labor Day 10 - Bible Study Group on Zoom 7AM 12 - Teen Group Session 6:30pm 13 - 14th Sunday after Trinity Service, 9:00AM 17 - Bible Study Group on Zoom 7AM 18 – Women’s & Men’s Luncheons 19 - Teen Group Session 6:30pm 20 – 15th Sunday after Trinity Service, 9:00AM 24 Bible Study Group on Zoom 7AM – SUNDAY SERVICES CONTINUE OUTSIDE! 26 - Teen Group Session 6:30pm 27 16th Sunday after Trinity Service, 9:00AM Since March most members of St Peter’s have adjusted to – the complicated schedule for Sunday services brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic. Most seemed to do rather well navigating the Zoom services during spring, and in the summer months with the switch to Facebook many still stayed connected. In spite to numerous technical challenges with cameras, cords, mics, etc. our special crew managed to keep us online even when facing these technology issues. With the Sunday outdoor services that started in June, we have been able to count on 70 to 90 plus participants weekly in spite of vacations, hot mornings and forest fire smoke. To date we have been blessed by rainless Sunday mornings. Plans have been considered to have our service inside; however, with the current Covid rules we will continue to meet outside on Sunday mornings. Please continue to bring your chairs and keep a good eye on the weather. PHOTO HAPPENINGS THANK YOU MAEDAS FOR THE BEAUTIFUL ALTAR FLOWERS! AN AUGUST SUNDAY MORNING IN THE FOREST FIRE SMOKE HAZE! ST PETER “THE ROCK” COVERING DOUG & DENNY GRILLING HOT THE RECTOR AND FAMILY ENJOY THEIR FIRST ST PETER’S THE WATER BACKFLOW GUAGE. DOGS & HAMBIRGHERS FOR ALL! PICNIC COOKOUT ON A HOT AND SMOKEY SUNDAY! EZ-UP COVERS KEPT EVERYONE IN THE SHADE AND THERE WERE BURGERS, HOT DOGS, COLD DRINKS AND SNACKS FOR ALL! THE AUGUST 21st TEAM PACKING BOXES #8, #9 AND #10 FOR SHIPMENT TO THE ZETEO MISSION ORPHANGE IN THE PHILIPPINES! FROM OUR RECTOR CARING FOR OUR SOUL FOR THE SAKE OF OTHERS As followers of Jesus, we are called to love God and our neighbor as yourself, but that is very hard to do when our souls are overwhelmed. We are continually being bombarded with information from every direction. The invention of the TV, radio, cell phone, tablet, and computer have made it possible for us to stay connected 24/7. Studies affirm that one's use of technology "directly relates to why so many people struggle with anxiety, depression, and envy," says John Eldredge. Part of the reason is that we continually see and hear about everything happening in our world. It is overwhelming for our heart, mind, and soul. The British anthropologist Robert Dunbar is known for his research in a human's cognitive ability to maintain healthy relationships. His research suggests that we're hardwired for a maximum of 150-200 connections. Before the invention of the radio, TV, phones, etc. humans primarily maintained the relationships in a small community of people. Dealing with the challenges 100-200 people face regularly is much different from continually processing the turmoil of our world. As finite beings, our souls are incapable of empathizing with all of the needs we hear about in our modern world. For the sake of our souls, and ultimately others, we need to discover ways to limit our exposure to information. Here are some soul care recommendations I recently heard in a leadership podcast: • Try to avoid looking at your phone before going to bed or after waking up. • Limit the amount of news you are watching, listening too, or reading daily. • Reconsider the number of people you are currently connected to on social media. • Create space to process life and pray at least a few times per day (e.g., set the alarm for 11 AM and 3 PM). As you pray, release the concerns you have, that you can do nothing about, over to Jesus. • Renew your mind by reading Scripture daily. Reading the Scriptures is also a great way to improve our relationship with God. • Ask your spouse or a close friend to provide you with some accountability. I hope and pray; this helps you implement some healthy rhythms into your life and increases your ability to love God and others. Grace, Peace, & Love, Rev. Jamie THURSDAY MORNINGS ON ZOOM For more than a decade a group of St Peter’s members have been gathering on Thursday mornings for study, prayer, fellowship and food. In the past the sessions were very early at the church building on County Road 30 for coffee and Silver Grill cinnamon rolls. After the move to Loveland the group decided to meet at a restaurant in south Fort Collins for food off the menu. With the advent of Covid-19 earlier this year the group, and desiring to be socially distance responsible, they switched their sessions online to Zoom. Current sessions are a Bible study approach to study the next Sunday’s Bible lessons through group discussion. Participants check into Zoom via the connection found on the church website. While there no longer are cinnamon rolls or an extensive menu to order from, everyone gets to have his/her favorite coffee and a home cooked breakfast. Join in every Thursday morning at 7:00AM. The group size is not limited and you don’t even have to live in Colorado! ST JOHN CHRYSOSTOM FEAST DAY IS SEPT 13TH Saint John Chrysostom was known as one of the finest preachers of the church, and with a significant number of his sermons still surviving to this day. He was reared by his widowed mother who saw that he obtained the best education of the day in oratory law. He became a monk; and while living in a mountainous cave, he developed health problems from the damp conditions. Returning to his home in Antioch he was ordained a deacon, and in 386 he was ordained a priest. Having developed a reputation for preaching, and his knowledge of the Epistles of Paul and the Gospels of Matthew, he was made a bishop’s special assistant. In the year 398 he was made Archbishop of Constantinople against his wishes. Others, not in favor of his selection as the patriarch and against his efforts to reform the church and society, conspired to depose him at the Synod of the Oak 403. Saint Chrysostom was exiled by The Empress Eudoxia after he was accused of calling her “Jezebel”. He was recalled from exile when an earthquake struck Constantinople terrifying the empress. On his return he resumed his “plain speaking”, and again was exiled to first Cucusus in Armenia and then to Pontus. Forced to travel in bad weather and on foot while completely exhausted, Saint John Chrysostom died on September 14, 404. Thirty-one years later his body was returned to Constantinople and buried in the Church of the Apostles. His feast day is celebrated on September 13th. When Anglicans celebrate Morning Prayer he is remembered with the recitation of A Prayer of St. Chrysostom. NEW CHRISTMAS STAMP TO BE ISSUED Serving Our Lord in Fort Collins, Loveland, Windsor and Greeley - Colorado The United States Postal Service announced in late July that a new traditional Christmas stamp would be issued late in the fall. This Christmas stamp features a detail of the painting “Our Lady of Guápulo.” Painted in the 18th century by an unknown artist in Cuzco, Peru, “Our Lady of Guápulo” is from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Enrobed in a pyramidal gown speckled with jewels and holding a scepter woven with roses and leaves, a crowned Virgin Mary looks down at a similarly adorned Christ Child in her left arm. USPS Art director Greg Breeding designed the stamp. No date for the stamp’s release has been announced by the postal service. PARISH EMPLOYEES HAVE NEW EMAIL ADDRESSES JAMIE GEORGE, RECTOR: [email protected] AMANDA SMITH, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: [email protected] EMILY MAEDA, MUSIC DIR: [email protected] SAINTS A PLENTY IN SEPTEMBER The Avenel Dictionary of Saints by Donald Attwater tells us that the English word “saint” is from the Latin word Santus. This word in turn represents the Greek word hagios, as well as the Hebrew word qâdosh. These three words were used to designate special people, things and God to set them apart for a sacred purpose or position and to make them Holy. In general terms, they were made Holy to God. Attwater says, “Holiness as sacredness, as a state of dedication to God’s service, is illustrated by the earliest Christian use of the noun ‘saint’. The virtue, the doing of good and avoidance of evil, required of them is a consequence of their state of sanctity, of their having been called to God’s service: they have to live ‘as becometh saints’. The following are listed as saint feast days for the month of September: Sept 1 – Saints Fiacre and Giles Sept 2 – Saints Brocard and Stephen of Hungary Sept 3 – Saints Cuthburga and Pius X Sept 4 – Saint Marinus of San Marino Sept 5 – Saints Bertin, Lawrence Giustinniani, Teresa of Calcutta Sept 6 – Saint Cagnoald Sept 7 – Saints Cloud and Evurtius Sept 8 – Saint Adrian Sept 9 Saints Ciaran of Clonmacnois, Isaac the Great, Joseph of – Volokolamsk, Omer and Peter Claver Sept 10 – Saints Aubert of Avranbches, Finnian of Moville, Nicholas of Tolentine and Pulcheria Sept 11 – Saints Deiniol, Paphnutius, Protus and Hyacinth Sept 12 – Saint Guy of Anderlecht Sept 13 - Saint Eulogius of Alexandria, John Chrysostom and Notburga Sept 15 - Katherine of Genoa, Nicetas