St. Peter's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church

500 South Country Road

Bay Shore, NY 11706

E-News

Sunday, April 17, 2016

In This Issue

This Sunday

Eagle Scouts Plaque

Plaque Supporters Form

Center for the Arts Summertime Musical Adventures

Center for the Arts

Music at St. Peter's

Online Donations

Parish Calendar for

17 April 2016
through
23 April 2016

Sunday, 4/17
8 - Holy Eucharist: Rite I
9 - Sandwich Program
9:15 - Choir Rehearsal
10:15 - Choral Holy Eucharist: Rite II

Monday, 4/18
9 - Preschool
9 - Morning Prayer
7 - AA Meeting

Tuesday, 4/19
9 - Preschool
7:30 - Vestry Meeting

Wednesday, 4/20
9 - Preschool
7 - Boy Scouts

Thursday, 4/21
9 - Preschool
9:30 - Island Symphony Rehearsal
7:30 - Boy Scouts Meeting
7:30 - Choir Rehearsal

Friday, 4/22
9 - NO Preschool
12:30 - Thrift Store
8 - AA

Saturday, 4/23
9 - Safe Church Training
10 - Thrift Store

Important Links

PARISH WEBSITE

PRESCHOOL 2016

MUSIC AT ST. PETER'S

ST. PETER'S BY THE SEA TREBLE CHOIR

THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF LONG ISLAND

THE NATIONAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH

THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER 1979

THE EPISCOPAL LECTIONARY

THE DAILY LECTIONARY

WATCH THE VIDEO

PRAISE THROUGH FLOWERS 2015

April 17, 2016

The Fourth Sunday of Easter

Acts 9:36-43

Psalm 23

Revelation 7:9-17

John 10:22-30

Click here to see the leaflet

The Holy Eucharist: Rite I

8:00 am

St. Edmund's Chapel

The Choral Eucharist: Rite II

10:15 am

Church

The Right Reverend Johncy Itty, Celebrant and Preacher
Mark Engelhardt, Organist and Choirmaster

Parish Notices for the Week of 10 April 2016

Safe Church Training at St. Peter's: The Episcopal Church requires that ALL Church Personnel, including clergy, salaried staff and volunteers, including Church School staff, Scout Leaders, Music Directors and Teachers, Lay Eucharistic Visitors, Parochial school teachers, Vestry Members, and any keyholders have Safe Church Training. We will host such training at St. Peter's on Saturday, April 23 from 9 am to 3 pm. The trainer will be the Reverend Anthony Jones, Deacon at St. John's, Huntington. This training is at no cost to the participant. If you have not already, please sign up on the sheet in the narthex. We can only accommodate 50 persons, so reserve your space early. While all are invited and encouraged to take the onsite training, people in these categories may take the course online: Church School Teachers, Nursery Workers, Parochial School Teachers, Keyholders. If you fall into one of these categories and cannot make the training date, please speak with Mark Engelhardt about registering for the online course.

ECW Meeting on Thursday, April 21 at 11:30 AM. Guest speaker will be Sarah Faye Meurer, President of Sagtikos Manor Historical Society.

Suffolk Archdeaconry ECW Bus Trip! Date: 26 April 2016. Destination: Seamen's Church Institute, Port Newark, NJ.

Save the Date! The 4th Annual Episcopalian Bike Ride for Fellowship and Fundraising -- Saturday, April 30th. A sign-up sheet, sponsor form and FAQs sheets are available in the Narthex.

Good Shepherd Hospice Bereavement Services are opened to anyone in the community who has experienced a loss through death at no charge. Upcoming Bereavement Support Groups, led by a Bereavement Specialist, include: Spousal/Partner Loss Group - 4/7/16-5/26/16; 6:00PM-7:30PM. Group is held at St. Patrick Catholic Church, 9 Clinton Ave., Bay Shore. Registration required - (631) 828-7629.

The Center for the Arts at St. Peter's is gearing up for Summer Fun! See more information below, or pick up a flyer posted on the bulletin boards around the narthex!

Our rejuvenated Treble Choir program has a new Facebook page! Check it ou tat https://www.facebook.com/stpeterstreblechoir/and LIKE us on Facebook!

Troop 43 wants to honor its 59 Eagle Scouts with a Memorial Plaque that will be located in the Narthex of St. Peter's Church. The cost of the plaque is $1,500. We have raised $750 so far but we need help raising the rest of the funds. Please help support this worthy cause. Troop 43 thanks you for your support. Further information is available in the narthex.

Prayers for the Week

We pray for those seeking healing: Alice, Ann, Ann, Beryl, Bill, Bruce, Bruce, Chris, Connie, David, Deron, Diane, Elizabeth, Ellen, Ellie, Emma, Gary, Ginny, Irene, Jack, James, Jim, Jim, Kelly, Kevin, LaJune, Linda, Manuel, Nancy, Nicole, Robert, Roger, Sarah Grace, Theo, Tom, Trey, Vance, and the Reverend Robert J. McCloskey, Jr.;

We pray for those who have died

We pray for those in military service, and especially for Eileen, John, Kyle, Robert, and Stephen;

We pray for those with special needs: the unemployed; for all who suffer from addictions; for all who have AIDS and those who care for them;

We pray for our companion dioceses of Torit & Ecuador-Central;

In the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer we pray for St. Mary's, Carle Place; The Daughters of the King; St. John's, Cold Spring Harbor; St. Francis, East Meadow; St. Thomas', Farmingdale; St. Elisabeth's, Floral Park; The Women's Commission;

In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer we pray for the Nippon Sei Ko Kai (Japan); and the dioceses of Caledonia & Calgary (Canada); California (USA); Cameroon (West Africa); Canberra & Goulburn (Australia); Carlisle (England); The Most Revd and Rt Hon Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury and the Diocese of Canterbury (England).

Troop 43 wants to honor its 59 Eagle Scouts with a Memorial Plaque that will be located in the Narthex of St. Peter's.

The cost of the plaque is $1,500 and we have raised $750 so far and we need help raising the rest of the funds. Please help support this worthy cause. Troop 43 thanks you for your support. Please see below.

The Center for the Arts at St. Peter's

Private Instruction in Piano, Voice, Guitar and Orchestral Instruments for beginners through advanced musicians. Qualified, degreed music teachers. Extremely reasonable rates!

CURRENTLY TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR ALL STUDENTS!!!

Contact Mark at 631-665-0051 x. 23

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Online Donations to St. Peter's Ministries:

You can donate online

and even use our safe and secure parish website for pledging, and making donations to the Food Pantry, and to the Music Program. Look for "Donate" at www.stpetersbayshore.org.

You may also direct your Thrivent Choice Dollars to St. Peter's: Individuals who participate in the Thrivent financial network and have Choice Dollars can designate these dollars to St. Peter's. To learn more, contact your Thrivent rep or call (800) 847-4836 and mention Choice Dollars.