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May Newsletter 2021 ST PETER’S ANGLICAN CHURCH MAY 2021 ST. PETER’S KEY 90THE MAZE OF ANGLICAN CLERGY INTERNATIONAL DIOCESE/ACNA ST. PETER’S KEY Saint Peter’s Anglican Church MAY 2021 Loveland, Colorado 80538 FORWARD, ALWAYS FORWARD, EVERYWHERE FORWARD MAY CALENDAR BISHOP BILL ATWOOD 1 – Church yard Clean-Up & Tree Plant TO VISIT PARISH FOR 1 – Teen Group 6PM CONFIRMATION, RECEPTION 2 – 5th Sunday of Easter 9 & 10:30AM and ORDINATION 6 - Study-Prayer Group 7AM Zoom 8 - Teen Group 6PM The Rt. Rev. Dr. Bill Atwood, Bishop of the International Diocese, 9– 6th Sunday of Easter 9 & 10:30AM 9 – Mother’s Day will visit St. Peter’s Anglican Church the weekend of May 15 – 16. 13 – Study-Prayer Group 7AM Zoom His prime purpose will be to officiate the Confirmation Service on 15 – Those to be confirmed and received Sunday and to Ordain The Rev. Thomas Corbin to the priesthood. luncheon with the Bishop The Ordination service will begin at 3:00pm, and due to size and 15 – Tom Corbin Ordination, 3PM covid complications, it will be held at Peak Community Church in 15 - Teen Group 6PM Fort Collins. During Bishop Atwood’s visit he will also meet with the 16 – Sunday After Ascension 9 & 10:30AM parish clergy, parish vestry, the rector search committee, and those 16 - Bishop’s Visit for Confirmation aspiring to serve as deacons in the church. The Bishop will also 20 - Study-Prayer Group 7AM Zoom meet for a special final review with those to be confirmed, and the 20 - Vestry Meeting 7PM on Zoom several parishioners who have decided to be officially received from 22 – Teen Group 6PM 23 - Day of Pentecost 9 & 10:30AM other church denominations into the Anglican Church in North 27 - Study-Prayer Group 7AM Zoom America. 29 - Teen Group 6PM Following the Sunday confirmation service there will be a 30 – Trinity Sunday 9 & 10:30 AM reception for Bishop Atwood, and parishioners are encouraged to 31 – Memorial Day please give him a warm welcome. SAINT PETER’S ANGLICAN CHURCH HEAD of the CHURCH: JESUS CHRIST A Biblically-Based Anglican Community The Most Reverend Dr. Foley Beach, Archbishop Sunday Services at 9:0 &10:30AM Anglican Church in North America Senior Warden, Mr. Mark Maeda The Right Reverend Dr. Bill Atwood, Bishop, Junior Warden, Mr. Dennis Llewellyn International Diocese Mrs. Elizabeth Baugh, Administrative Assistant The Reverend Jamie George, Interim Rector Deacons: The Reverend Fawn Corbin and The Reverend Tom Corbin Website: stpetersonline.org/ 4044 Duffield Avenue, Loveland CO 80538 970-292-8595 PHOTO HAPPENINGS EASTER SUNDAY SANCTUARY 2021. PREPARING TO ENTER THE EASTER VIGIL. EASTER MORNING SUNRISE SERVICE. PRISHIONERS PREPARING THE TRADIONAL EASTER SUNDAY FLOWER CROSS! EASTER SERVICE ENTRY. EASTER VIGIL SERVICE REHERSAL SESSION DEPARTING THE EASTER VIGIL SERVICE. 3 DAY OLD PARKER ARRIVES AT ZETEO! A SUNNY 2ND SUNDAY IN EASTER RECEPTION FOR FR. MATT RUCKER. NEW ENTRANCE ARTWORK! ROBERT, MARGARET & REX Date: Saturday, May 15th Time: 3:00PM Location: Peak Community Church 500 Mathews Street, Fort Collins We pray for the service men and women who have died in the violence of war, each one remembered by and known to God; and for those who love them in death as in life, offering the distress of our grief and the sadness of our loss. ST AUGUSTINE of CANTERBURY MAY 26th With other monks, in about AD 596, the Italian Saint Augustine was sent by Pope Gregory to evangelize the heathen Anglo-Saxons at what is now known as Britain. Received with great caution by King Ethelbert at Kent, he was allowed to preach, and he was given a house in Caterbury. Baptising King Ethelbert and numerous numbers of his people in AD 601, St Augustine worked to build the first cathedral at Cantebury where he became its first bishop. He also founded the Sts. Peter and Paul Monastery at Canterbury, and he established Sees at both Rochester and London. Although controversary exits, he is considered the “apostleof the English”. Pope Gregory directed St Augustine not to destroy pagan temples, but only the idols within. He founded a school in Canterbury that was known for producing books and an established a library. The manuscript referred to as “The Gospels of St Augustine” was brought by him to England, and is used for the enthronement of archbishops of Canterbury. Thought to be a miracle worker throughout his life, his feast day is celebrated on May 26th (some say May 27th), which was the day of his death. No pictures or drawings of him exist, but his thought to be likeness is featured in a stained-glass window design at Christ College, Oxford. He is considered the patron for both printers and theologians. THANK YOU TO . .THE MUSIC TEAM FOR . THE ALTAR GUILD FOR ALL . FOR THEIR EXCEPTIONAL GREAT MUSIC AT EASTER AND OF THEIR GREAT WORK AT EFFORTS WHEN FR RUCKER FOR FR RUCKER’S VISIT! THE MANY EASTER SERVICES! PAID A VISIT TO ST PETER’S! . DR. HARRY & MRS. JOANNE TAYLOR FOR . DEACONS FAWN AND TOM DONATING TEN TREES TO THE . JENNIFER FOR HER NEW FOR HOLDING OUR FIRST PARISH TREE PLANTING ART WORK DISPLAYED AT THE EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE! PROJECT! CHURCH ENTRANCE DOOR! . BONNIE AND JERRY FOR . ELIZABETH FOR HER FIVE . BISHOP BILL ATWOOD FOR DONATING THE NICE BENCHES DAYS A WEEK SERVICE IN THE MAKING THE TRIP TO ST AT THE CHURCH ENTRANCE! PARISH OFFICE! PETER’S THIS MONTH! NEW YORK NUNS MOVE TO ACNA Sisters of the oldest Anglican order in the USA (1865) voted in April to leave The Episcopal Church and affiliate with the Anglican Church in North America. The Community of St. Mary- Eastern Province is now part of the Diocese of the Living Word with Bishop Julian Dobbs. Currently situated in Greenwich, New York, the sisters operate a small farm where they host retreats and practice a healing ministry. On joining ACNA Morther Miriam stated: “We believe in so doing we stay within the rich traditions of historic Anglican doctrine and worship rather than acquience to the cultural maelstrom many Christian denominations try to accommodate.” Their website is: www.stmaryseast.net SUNDAY - MAY 9th SUNDAY – MAY 30th ASCENSION DAY – MAY 13th WHAT ARE ROGATION DAYS? The 6th Sunday in Easter is traditionally known as “Rogation Sunday.” This is because the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of the following week are known as the “Rogation Days,” days for fasting and prayer. The Thursday of that week is the feast of the Ascension, which comes on a Thursday, the 40th day after Easter (when Easter Sunday is counted as the 1st day). “Rogation Days are the three days preceding Ascension Day, especially devoted to asking for God’s blessing on agriculture and industry”. Churches will often mark the Rogation days with a “Rogation procession,” and the praying of the Great Litany. As the 2019 BCP notes, “The Great Litany is especially appropriate for Rogation days, other days of fasting or thanksgiving, and occasions of solemn and comprehensive entreaty” (pg. 6). ST PETER’S FLEECE VESTS AVAILABLE A limited number of handsome fleece vests are available for purchase by St Peter’s parishioners. Each vest has the St Peter’s Anglican Church red shield logo emblazoned on the upper left, along with the church’s name and location. The vests were secured in a special one-time only buy, and are limited to only 20 vests. Most vests are gray in color with a few in moss green. Each vest has two exterior zippered pockets and two interior pockets. Sizes are also limited as follows: medium, large, x-large and xx-large. Sorry, no smalls! The cost for each vest is only $25.00. If all vests are sold a small profit will go the parish’s College Scholarship Fund. Vests may be secured from Terry Dunn. ROBERT WILLIAMS 1925 – 2021 It is with sadness that we learned of the death of Robert Williams on March 29th of this year. Robert, and his wife Naomi who preceded him in death were most active in the life of St Peter’s after moving to Fort Collins from Estes Park. Robert was always supportive of Naomi who was usually engaged in parish activities, including chairing a very successful rummage sale that increased the parish’s building fund by over $5,000.00 Robert and Naomi were both born in England and each had moved to Canada for employment, but they only met and were eventually married in Canada. Most of his professional life was in the airline industry related to aircraft safety. Robert was a very quiet person who loved his family and the Lord. It was Robert who contributed the funds to remodel the church kitchen in loving memory of Naomi. On his departure in 2019 to elder care near his son in Missouri, he presented the brass bell which currently hangs at the kitchen entrance. He is survived by his son Adam, daughter Claire and grandson Douglas Williams. Please say a heart-felt prayer for Robert, and the next time you pass by the bell give it a gentle ring in his memory. SHORT INFORMATION NOTES Thank you for signing up for the Kings Soopers non-profit sharing program for St. Peter’s. This past month the church received a nice check for $56.31! Treasurer Jerry Webb reports that a total of $1,789.93 was collected for donation to the Bishop’s Well Fund. If you would like to have a new coin bottle to begin your coin collection for next year’s program you will find one in the church narthex. A new Kestrel nesting box has been added to the parking lot light pole in hopes of attracting a spring Kestrel couple.
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