This week at St. Peter's includes the launch of Saints in the Summer at the 5:00 p.m. service on Sunday. Learn more about this summer program and this week's news.

Teen Mission Experience in Ferguson, Missouri

This Saturday, June 25, eleven of our high school youth and four of our adult Journey to Adulthood leaders will board three 15-passenger vans at 6:00 am with friends from St. Martin's, St. Mark's (Huntersville), St. Patrick's (Mooresville), and All Saints' (Concord) to travel to Ferguson and St. Louis, Missouri, and return on Friday, July 1. We seek to understand and make a difference in race relations and systemic injustice.

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This Sunday

8:00 a.m. Holy Communion

in the traditional language of the Book of Common Prayer (Rite I), including sermon, organ music, and hymns. Childcare available beginning at 7:30 a.m.

10:45 a.m. Holy Communion in the contemporary language of the Book of Common Prayer (Rite II), including sermon, choral and organ music, and hymns. Childcare available until 12:30 p.m.

5:00 p.m. Saints in the Summer, worship, followed by a meal with fun activities designed to inspire our walk with God. Time together will be inclusive of children, but not child-centric, so bring the whole household. June 26, July 31, August 7, August 14, August 21.

New This Week

Celebrate our first Saints of the Summer, St. Peter and St. Paul, Sunday Evening at 5:00 p.m. Saints in the Summer launches this Sunday, June 26. (Other dates are July 31, August 7, August 14, and August 21.) Our parish family will gather for Eucharist with a creative homily, prayers written just for this occasion, and special hymns, followed by a meal with fun activities to help us learn more about St. Peter's. Bring the whole household - wiggly kids are especially welcome! To help with meal planning, please RSVP here. Contact clergy or formation staff with questions.

Check out St. Peter's "God's Tapestry" Blog. Here you'll find reflections by our clergy and parishioners about difference and the Christian call to reconciliation - along racial and other lines. There are also curated resources to deepen our understanding of racism in our daily lives. The url is easy to remember: www.st-peters.org/godstapestry.

Summertime Call: Lay Ministers for Worship Roles. The Clergy and Vestry Coordinators for Worship and The Arts, Abigail Cudabac and Paul Keller, are now recruiting personnel and will collaborate with respective ministry team leaders to offer training sessions or make other appropriate connections for prospective new Acolytes (adult and youth from grade 5), the Altar Guild, Eucharistic Ministers, the Flower Guild, Lectors, Morning Prayer Officiants, the St. Peter's Choir, and Ushers. Training sessions will be offered between August and September to begin new ministry in Fall 2016. If you are interested in serving, contact Abigail Cudabac (acudabac@earthlink.net, 704-532-2740).