Welcome to St. Peter's United Methodist Church
Welcome to St. Peter's United Methodist Church
Worship Service
9:30 and 11:00am
in person or online at stpeters-umc.org
Communion:
First Sunday of the Month
We would like to get to know you and we welcome you to get to know us.
We believe you will find people of all kinds here.
Meet a new diverse family.
True service not only benefits others, but impacts our lives as well.
You are welcome to join us.
There is room for you.
Learning, growing and discussing.
We all have a personal walk
to share as we learn together.
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Pastor Cory Britt "From the Pastor's Desk"
Welcome to our community! My name is Cory Britt and I am thankful your curiousity has brought you this far. We are an open community who is looking at ways to center our lives around loving God and loving one another. We are imperfect but we pray we stumble towards the goodness of Jesus. If you are looking for a place to discover Jesus, yourself, your way in this world, or simply trying to figure out what the next step is on your faith journey is, please join us on a Sunday, email me, or stop in! We would love to connect with you.
“You thrill to God’s word, you chew on Scripture day and night”
Psalm 1:2
I was with my 9th grader, Sydney, in the grocery store and we were looking at cereal. I saw a box of Honey Smacks (the one with the Frog) and I told my kid that when I was a kid they were called Sugar Smacks. At some point, when health food fads started happening, the cereal companies realized parents were averse to buying food that was explicitly labeled as sugar. The solution was to change the recipe… NOO! They just changed the name of the cereals.
We love the idea of eating healthier, but we do not like the practice, so we readily buy into eating empty promises and lies. How often are we disappointed when we are told the best way to lose weight is to eat less and move more! Much like the rich young ruler whom Jesus told to sell his stuff, we walk away sad.
What threw me, though, was when I started paying attention to what I was eating. 4 Oreos are equal to 1 Cheeseburger! That cookie may give you instant satisfaction, but provides no nutrients, is not filling, and is stored away in our body as fat. I look at food in relationship to my goals now. This doesn’t mean I neglect taste, but I am more judicious as it relates to the full picture of my life.
Our life is bombarded with the idea that consumption is what brings us joy. Our commercials are full of people using mundane products as if they’ve solved world hunger. A mop will not improve your dating status, Sunny Delight won’t suddenly make your teenager want to talk to you or even out loud. TV shows, Sports, etc, are simply distractions from problems, not solutions. Yet we spend so much time feeding on these empty calories.
But God has given us a different food. The Psalmist sings, “Taste and see that the Lord is good”. Jesus proclaims himself as a living water in which we will never thirst again. He says he is the bread of life. We long for substance, but rarely put the effort into trying it. Yet, it is there for the taking!
To feed on God’s word is to nourish the soul to experience, the ears to hear, and the eyes to see that we may live into our calling as humans to, as Thomas Merton writes, “know what God knows, will what God wills, and love what God loves”. We can only do this if we spend time listening to God through the many means of grace offered to us. One of those is through scripture.
The next few weeks we are looking at the practice of Lectio Divina and then we will follow this up with a deep dive into the Lord’s Prayer. Lectio Divina is a way of praying the scripture. There are four parts, Lectio, we read the text, Mediatio, we meditate on the text, Oratio, we pray the text, Contemplatio, we live the text.
Guiro the 2nd, a 12 century monk, said of Lectio Divina, “reading, puts the solid food into our mouths, mediation chews it and breaks it down, prayer obtains the flavor of it and contemplation is the very sweetness which makes us glad and refreshes us”
If we want to understand God’s call in our life, get to know God better, feed on the substance of life and not cheap high caloric imitations with no nutritional value, then we will put effort into listening to the word of God and embracing his work of transformation. I invite you to join us over the next few weeks to learn more as well as visit the link provided for your edification. Let us walk together and learn of his love and work that we may be a part of his love and work in this world.
Peace,
Pastor Cory
Upcoming Events...
Upcoming Classes for Adults
Next Steps Class & New Member Orientation will be held on Sunday, Sept 11 at 12:30 PM
Sr Pastor Cory Britt will lead the first class
The Lord's Prayer:The new sermon series and church-wide study will be based on the book,
THE LORD'S PRAYER: The Meaning and Power of the Prayer Jesus Taught.
All adults are encouraged to participate in a small group as we study the book as a church family.
Watch for a listing of small groups or email Rachel Lever. The cost of the book is $12.00.
Contact Rachel Lever
561-793-5712 Ext 21
oe email at: rlever@stpeters-umc-org
GROUPS FOR ADULTS
++Denotes groups meeting by way of Zoom
**Denotes short term small groups
Sunday
AM – Fellowship++
AM – Seven Words**++
AM – Small Group for Parents of Young Children
PM – Next Steps Class (April 11)**++
PM – Small Group for Parents of Youth
PM – Abundance of Joy Reunion Group++
PM – Salty Sisters Reunion Group++
PM – Men’s Book Study++
Monday
AM – Monday Small Group++
AM – Seven Words**++
AM – Ruth Circle (1st Monday)
PM – Men’s Reunion Group++
PM – Women’s Reunion Group++
PM – Zoom Prayer Gathering++
PM – Women of St. Peter’s (2nd Monday)
PM – United Methodist Men (3rd Monday)
Tuesday
AM – Men’s Breakfast Group++
PM – Seven Words**++
PM – Women’s Small Group++
Wednesday
AM – Women’s Breakfast Reunion Group++
AM – Disciple Bible Study II++ (Begins-TBD)
AM – Christian Believer++
PM – Seven Words**++ (Brandt)
PM – Seven Words**++ (Siena)
PM – Prayer Shawl Ministry
Thursday
AM – Building Better Moms
PM – Men’s Bible Study++
Friday
PM – Women’s Lunch Reunion Group++
Saturday
AM – Men’s Breakfast Reunion Group++
Contact Rachel Lever, rlever@stpeters, for more information about groups for adults
Children's Choirs Fridays 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Meets every Friday
Angels 4:30-5:00 pm (3 yrs - K)
Celebration Singers 5:00 - 6:00 pm (1st - 5th Grade)
Jenn Morgan - Coordinator of Children's Arts jmorgan@stpeters-umc.org
Meets in the Fellowship Hall
UM Women - Second Monday of the Month 6:30 PM
Ladies--You are invited to join the United methodist Women in our Fellowship Hall at 6:30PM on the second Monday of each month. Programs and menue vary each month. Reservations are requested. Contact Rachel Lever for more details.
UM Men - Third Monday of the Month 6:30 PM
Men's group meets in our Fellowship Hall at 6:30PM on the third Monday of each month. Dinner includes your choice of steak, chicken or pork chop. Programs focus on men helping men, trying to walk the Christian walk. Reservations are requested. Requested donation: $10.00 Contact stpetersumcmen@gmail.com for more details.
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September 2022