Reminder: St. Peter's is an approved location for Middle and High School Student Service Learning Hours or (SSL)
PAINTING PARTY AT ST PETER'S
August 22 – 24
Every night the week of August 23, starting at 5:30pm, we will be painting the parish hall. We are seeking anyone with a talent for painting walls with a roller - sorry, this is for adults only. All supplies will be provided. The schedule that week is as follows: * Monday 5:30pm - ??: Prep. Taping and Spackling* Tuesday 5:30pm - ??: Painting* Wednesday 5:30pm - ?? Painting - St Peter's Cookout starting at 6:00pm....come paint and be feed!* Thursday 5:30pm = ?? Painting
Breathe
Night Out!!
Please join us Monday, August 23rd for dinner and a movie at Rio Washington Center. We will be having dinner at 6:00 at Hamlet prior to seeing "Eat Love Pray" at 7:25.
If you would like to car pool, please meet at the church at 5:30 pm. Feel free to join us for just dinner or the movie if you can not make both. Please contact the church office if you plan to attend so that we can make a reservation for dinner and have enough seats saved at the theater.
Hope you can attend - looking forward to a great evening!
This is open to ALL women!
Fall
We look forward to a fun fall. The regular bi-weekly meetings will begin in September, and there is plans for an over night retreat. Watch the announcements!
St. Peter’s Summer Cookouts
We are continuing our fun summer cookouts on Wednesday, August 25 at 6:00 p.m. Please join us for food and fellowship in the St. Peter's "backyard. August will be movie night. We will show a fun, family movie outside on the big screen. For those who just want to sit outside and enjoy the evening and the conversation, we will have plenty to eat and drink. Once again, St. Peter's will provide water, lemonade, iced tea, and the main course (hot dogs and burgers). Please bring a side dish and/or dessert to share along with any other beverages you would like to share. Hope to see all of you at this great fellowship event!
St Peter's Parish Clean Up
August 28th8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Saturday August 28 is the Semi Annual Clean-up. We need all hands - any and all sizes - to help with the spruce-up. This is an inside - outside event. Even if you can only provide 30min of assistance, please drop by. No prior experience needed!!!!
Blessing of the Backpacks
School starts at the end of this month. All children are invited to bring their backpacks to church on Sunday, August 29 for A Blessing of the Backpacks, a prayerful kickoff to the school year. Please join us at the 10:30 am service on the 29th for this special event.
HELP WANTED: The altar guild is looking for parishioners who would like to help out in this vital but behind-the-scene ministry. Training will be happily provided to those interested. Please contact Nancy Dowdy at 301-921-0865.
South Africa
In the summer of 2005, Saint Peter's established a partnership with Anglican and Dutch Reformed Churches in South Africa to provide spiritual, health, nutrition, sanitation and employment support in Richmond, South Africa. Numerous parishioners have traveled to Richmond to participate in on-going work, while other have helped by raising funds and gathering clothing, musical instruments, sports supplies and over-the-counter medication to send to Richmond. Over the past year, several international service organizations and another Episcopal Church have been added to the partnership. The website for the partnership is www.hopeinsouthafrica.com.
RICHMOND, THE D.C. BLAST and ST. PETERS
Appearing in a July 17 Washington Post article (page F7) entitled "Soccer Players Come Home with Open Eyes." This exceptionally powerful story recounts how members of D.C. Blast, a teenage girls' soccer team, established friendships earlier this month with girls in Richmond, South Africa. "Under the umbrella of a program started two years ago by St. Peter's Church in Poolesville," the American team "stayed two days to deliver food and play with the local kids." Lives were changed through personal contacts. Blast members hope to return to Richmond as well as raise money so that South African girls can visit the United States. If you don't have the newspaper handy, check the Washington Post website. This is your invitation to join a team to provide meals, friendly visiting, telephone reassurance, or transportation for interested St. Peter's members. For more information, please contact Boo Davis (831-8327) or Karen Wathen (407-9022).
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