But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.
St. Luke 11:20
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Fr. Paul led our beautiful Holy Communion service on the Third Sunday in Lent. Thank you Hutch for serving with him! Please find Fr. Paul's sermon at the following link:
"A Kingdom Divided?"
Thank you Fr. Mike for leading our Morning Prayer service this past Sunday.
Fr. Mike posted a sign up sheet for Morning and Evening Prayer readers in the Parish Hall. Please consider signing up for this important part of our services!
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After services we enjoyed a delicious lunch provided by Melinda, Misty, and Rose Marie. Their Mexican themed lunch included black beans, refried beans, Mexican chicken casserole, Caesar Salad, tossed salad, tortilla chips with many salsas, key lime pie, chocolate pie, ice cream, candy, and cookies! Thank you so much for the feast!
A special thank you to Michele for taking all the lunch time pictures!
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Fr. Paul continued his series of Christian Education classes about Anglicanism. Adult Christian Education classes start each Sunday morning at 9:15. Please find a recording of this Sunday's lesson, at the link below:
"Anglicanism 101: What is Anglicanism? The Roman Church Arrives."
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The children's Sunday School class begins at 9:15. We are using the program produced by the APA - "The Life of Christ - From Bethlehem to Emmaus".
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On Wednesday, March 26, Fr. Mike will lead Evening Prayer Services at 6pm.
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Choir rehearsal starts at 10 am on Thursday upstairs in the sanctuary. All are welcome to join! Please see Fr. Paul or Rose Marie for more information.
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Our Bible Study program, led by Fr. Paul meets on Thursday at 11 am.
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Our next Stations of The Cross service is this Friday, April 11 at 6 pm. Please join us for this beautiful service.
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Fr. Paul has arranged to run both radio and print ads for St. Peters this Easter Season. The ad will run in the Johnson City Press and the Kingsport Times News on both April 5 and April 10. We will run radio ads on several stations including WHCB, WPWT, WHGG, & WCQR. The ads on WCQR will run on April 7 and April 13. Also WCQR will put the above image on their webpage. I will post more information as I receive it!
Thank you Fr. Paul for all your work researching and arranging these ads!
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Please consider a Memorial Contribution towards the lilies used on the alter during our Easter services. Please give the names of your loved ones to Fr. Paul or any member of the Mission Committee and place designated contributions in the collection plate on or before Palm Sunday.
After Easter services, we will celebrate with a Festive Congregational Easter Feast. The church will provide an Easter ham, side dishes, and drinks! Please sign up downstairs so we can have accurate head count!
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We had a great time this past Saturday at our 'Burgers & Bingo' night.
We enjoyed burgers with all the fixings and a variety of chips and cookies!
We had several exciting games of Bingo led by our MC extraordinaire, Diane.
We had lots of prizes including a big basket of goodies for the final round!
Thank you to everyone who made it a great evening out, particularly Rose Marie for organizing everything!
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Spring Cleaning
A Spring Work/Clean Up Day to prepare the church for Easter is scheduled for Saturday, April 5 @ 10:00. The work includes trimming bushes, picking up trash around the property, pulling weeds (removing roots), removing some bamboo, and generally sprucing up the yard as well as some deep cleaning in the sanctuary. Please bring your garden tools (shovels, hedge trimmers, clippers, weed wackers, rakes, root slayers, etc...).
The church will provide a pizza lunch for everyone! Please join us as we keep the church looking nice!
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Jim has scheduled the first meeting of The Anglican Anglers for this year. They will meet at St. Peter's at 10 am on Saturday, April 12 and will head over to the weir dam area of the Holston River. Starting with this outing, Jim is welcoming both spin and fly fishermen. Please see Jim with any questions.
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John shared and highly recommended these lectures on the Shroud of Turin.
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Food Team Schedule
Team 1 Agnes, Carol T., Diane, Nancy, Teresa
Team 2 Laurel, Lin B., Lynn L., Michele
Team 3 Carole A., Melinda, Misty, Rose Marie
Team 4 Ambler, Benita, Jessica, Rosalind
Team 5 Men's Team
April 6 Team 5
April 13 Potluck
April 20 Easter Feast
April 27 Team 1
May 4 Team 2
May 11 Potluck
May 18 Team 3
May 25 Team 4
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Lenten Devotional
The Lenten Devotional created by Clergy and Special Guests of the G3 Anglican Churches is now available at the following link on our webpage:
Fr. Paul's contribution to this devotional is found on the Thursday after the Third Sunday in Lent. The devotional is a PDF and may be read on the computer or printed out (FYI it is over 100 pages long).
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Lenten Appeal - 2025
The 2025 APA Lenten Appeal goes to support our overseas churches, especially those in India. Please read the information below and prayerfully consider supporting this worthy cause! Please mark any donation as "Lenten Appeal" and place in the offertory.
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