Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, St. Peter’s Church has suspended all public liturgies and all other public gatherings until further notice.

We will be livestreaming Holy Week services on our St. Peters Lutheran Church facebook page.  

I encourage you to remain strong in the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Church was instituted as a community; however, we know from history that at times of crisis the Church continues on the faith of individuals separated from each other. It seems that Providence has placed us in such a situation now. See this time of trial as a retreat. Crack open that Bible that’s been sitting on the shelf for years. There are also digital services of the word available from our Synod at mnys.org

Bishop Egensteiner stated the following, which I feel is very well said:

“Again, our priority is to maintain the health and well-being of all members of our community. This is not a panicked or rash approach, but a series of cognizant and cautious decisions to ensure the safety of ALL OUR SIBLINGS.”

Keep in mind that you are daily in my prayers, and especially in this time of testing and loneliness. I’m available if anyone needs me at 516.610.6676. Let me conclude with a prayer.

Let us pray.

O God,

Where hearts are fearful and constricted, grant courage and hope.

Where anxiety is infectious, grant peace and reassurance.

Where impossibilities close every door and window, grant imagination and resistance.

Where distrust twists our thinking, grant healing and illumination.

Where spirits are daunted and weak, grant soaring wings and strengthened dreams.

We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

The Rev. Edward G. Barnett, Pastor