Announcements

BCs Bible Memory Challenge: This week’s ABCs Bible Memory Challenge verse is: “…Do not be anxious about anything….”  (Philippians 4:6)  For more information about this “Memory Challenge” please see your September Newsletter for all the details.

Coffee Hour Volunteers Needed: Volunteers are always welcome and needed and we offer “free training” so that all are comfortable and confident to provide this important stewardship that spans from September 8th through December 29th. Please feel free to sign-up and if you would like more information and perhaps instruction on how to proceed, please reach out to Michele Vennard at mlvennard@gmail.com or at (518)858-0525. The sign-up sheets are in the kitchen.

Children’s Chapel: Children’s Chapel will be held on Sunday, September 29th during the 10:30AM service. Please join Mother Christina in the Sunday School Room on the second floor of the Guild House. We hope you will bring your children to participate in this children’s ministry. Dr. John Davis will be preaching at both the 8:30AM and 10:30AM services on this day.

CHOIR STARTUP AND RECRUITMENT: Choir rehearsals have begun on the following schedule: TREBLES: Tuesdays 4PM to 5PM and Thursdays 5PM to 6PM; SATB: Thursdays 5:30PM to 7PM; FULL CHOIR: Sundays 9:30AM rehearsal for the 10:30AM service. We are eager to welcome boys and girls age 8 to grade 8 to join the TREBLE section of the choir. We also welcome singers of high school age and above. Please contact Daniel Romero at: ddorganman@gmail.com for further information.

St. Francis Day Animal Blessing and Hot Dog Roast Benefit: St. Peter’s is offering an animal blessing for St. Francis Day on Friday, October 4th at 7PM. This special service will be preceded by a hot dog roast that begins at 6PM. Proceeds from the meal and other donations will be shared with the PAWS program of the Damien Center, which assists pet owners living with HIV/AIDS, ensuring that they are not separated from their animal companions. Beef and tofu dogs will be available. All are welcome!

Home Pet Blessings Available: Mtr. Christina is offering to do home visits to bless pets that cannot make it to the Animal Blessing service on Friday, October 4th. Sign-up sheets are located in the Pumpelly Room, or you can email Mtr. Christina at priest@stpeterschurchalbany.org to set up a visit. Also, deceased pets will be remembered at the St. Francis Day Pet Blessing on October 4th. If you'd like your pet to be named during the service but cannot personally attend, please email Mtr. Christina.

Teen Breakfast Club starting in October: Beginning on Sunday, October 6th a Teen Breakfast Club will have its first meeting. All teens are welcome. The Club meets in Mtr. Christina’s office from 9:30AM to 10:05AM. We’ll enjoy breakfast, a short spiritual discussion, and end with prayer. The Club will meet the first Sunday of each month unless otherwise announced in church communications.

ANGELS IN TRAINING: In October the Angels in Training will feed the hungry at St. Francis Mission on Saturday, October 12th and again the following Saturday, October 19th from 11AM to 1PM. Please consider helping for these 2 hours and give back to those less fortunate.

Funeral and Committal for John Cerniglia: John Cerniglia, a longtime choir member and parishioner here at St. Peter’s Church passed away on September 25, 2020 at the age of 63. Due to the COVID restrictions in place at that time and then the declining health of organist Neil Keen, we were not able to give John the proper funeral that he requested which was having the choir sing the Gabriel Fauré Requiem. We are happy to announce that John’s Funeral and Committal into the St. Peter’s Church Columbarium will be held on Sunday, November 3rd at 3PM. We invite all past choir alumni to join the choir in presenting the various movements of the Requiem during his funeral service. Please email Choirmaster and Organist Daniel Romero at ddorganman@gmail.com if you’d like to sing. A dinner buffet will follow the service. More information to follow.