GRACE & ST PETER’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Welcomes You!
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic emergency in March,
we have had to suspend our usual worship schedule.
From July through October, we shared outdoor, socially-distanced morning worship with St John’s Episcopal Church,
North Haven, on their side lawn, every Sunday at 9:00 am.
With the arrival of fall, we continue our cooperation with St John’s.
We had planned to move our live services indoors,
but this plan lasted only one week, due to a return to a higher level
of public health restrictions.
We have therefore returned to remote worship only, till further notice.
Services are livestreamed at 9:00 am every Sunday
on our Facebook page.
Details and Zoom links for livestreams and videos of these services,
as well as “virtual coffee hours” and other interactive events,
are provided to members by email.
Videos of recent services are posted here and on Facebook.
We invite you to “attend” a virtual worship service any time you are able.
Video: Outdoor service of Morning Prayer (Liturgy of the Word),
at St John’s, Sunday, October 25, with retired Bishop James Curry
preaching and demonstrating his “Swords to Plowshares” ministry.
All are welcome at our weekly Dinner for a Dollar,
from 6:00 to 7:00 pm every Friday.
Service is on a take-out basis for the duration of the pandemic emergency.
Dinner for a Dollar is also offered on Saturdays,
at Hamden Plains United Methodist Church.
If you are in need of prayer, counsel, or other help at this difficult time,
or would like to know more about Grace & St Peter’s or be added to our email list, please contact the church office at 203-248-4338,
or use the “Contact Us” link at the bottom of this page.
Stay in touch: Rev. Bob’s messages to the congregation
We are a Christian community welcoming and accepting of all people
for worship, praise, fellowship and prayer.
We strive for justice and peace among all people and respect the dignity of every human being.
SHARING OUTDOOR WORSHIP
(SOCIALLY DISTANCED!)
WITH ST JOHN’S, NORTH HAVEN
Guidelines for Safe Outdoor Worship
Please use your own bathroom before coming to church.
Bring your own chairs or blanket.
Bring your own mask. If you forget, a small supply will be available.
Ushers will be checking temperatures.
There will be a limited number of bulletins provided; if you have access to this week's e-News, please download and print the bulletin yourselves at home.
The lawn is marked to provide social distancing separation.
No child care is provided, but families may wish to set up on the North Haven Green, right across the street, where children will have more freedom to move around safely. The sound system is more than adequate to follow from that distance.
No singing, but music is included in the order of worship.
No passing of the peace.
No collection. Please give online or by mail, as you choose.
If you are over 60, or have a medical condition, consider whether you should remain at home and watch the service remotely.
If you have a fever, cough, or trouble breathing, please remain at home.
Hamden Action Now held a peaceful protest on Sunday, June 7, in front of Hamden Town Hall.
We signaled our support with posters and other messaging, and set up a table on the front lawn with water bottles, and another with an electrical connection and cables for charging phones. The church building was open for those who needed access to a bathroom. Several parish members staffed this station.
Check our Photo Gallery for more pictures and information!
Grace and St Peter’s supports all those who peacefully seek and work for the healing, reconciliation and transformation
of our communities.
“No one is free until we are all free.”
- The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
EPISCOPAL BISHOPS IN NEW ENGLAND RESPOND
TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PHOTO OP IN FRONT OF ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, LAFAYETTE SQUARE, WASHINGTON, DC
“Our church may rightly feel outraged and insulted by having the symbols of our faith used as a set prop in a cynical political drama. The real abomination before us, however, is the continued oppression of and violence against people of color in this nation. Let us reserve and focus the energies of our indignation to serve our Lord Jesus Christ’s higher purpose: to extend love and mercy and justice for all, and especially for those whose life, liberty, and very humanity is threatened by the persistent sin of systemic racism and the contagion of white supremacy.”
at Hamden Plains United Methodist Church
as Grace & St Peter’s Receives Recognition
for Community Outreach Ministries
GRACE & ST PETER’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
AT THE CROSSROADS
Centerville, Hamden, CT
at the corner of Whitney and Dixwell Avenues, across from Hamden Town Hall
Grace & St Peter’s is a wonderfully kind, generous and welcoming community, worshiping together … serving our neighbors … sharing God’s love.
WORSHIPING TOGETHER
NORMAL SUNDAY SERVICE SCHEDULE
Suspended for the duration of the coronavirus crisis
Current information is at the top of the home page.
8 a.m. Contemplative Service - Holy Eucharist Rite I
9:45 a.m. Sunday School for children ages 5 to 12
10 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II
Nursery care is also available at this service, though babies and children are always welcome in the church during worship.
Children join the full congregation after the sermon, to share in the gifts of bread and wine.
After the service of worship, we enjoy some relaxed conversation with coffee and refreshments. All are invited!
There is a small parking lot behind the church, and parking is also available on Sundays in the lot behind the DeMatteo building, next door to the church grounds.
Enter the DeMatteo lot by the driveway right next to the church’s EXIT driveway.
WE ARE A CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY
... welcoming and accepting of all people for worship, praise, fellowship and prayer.
We strive for justice and peace among all people and respect the dignity of every human being.
SERVING OUR NEIGHBORS
At Grace & St Peter’s, we bring the Gospel into the world, giving our time and hearts to doing God’s work.
Every Friday night we host a dinner for the community. We have many regular guests that come to enjoy the great home-cooked meal and friendly conversations.
We also participate in many other outreach ministries in the Hamden-New Haven area.
SHARING GOD’S LOVE
Our congregation is lively and diverse. We come together in worship, service and fellowship: to share our lives, to support each other, to learn from each other, and to have fun together!
THE REVEREND
ROBERT BERGNER,
PRIEST-IN-CHARGE
We are called to love and support each other, to share each other’s joys and sorrows, to pray for one another, to encourage one another and to comfort one another.
We are called to gather together in worship, to sing, to pray, and to hear and reflect on scripture, to break bread
and share the Body of Christ.
We are called to go out into the world,
to serve our neighbors and to share
the good news of God’s love and Christ’s victory over sin and death.
Click here to read Rev. Bob’s blog, “Thoughts from the Center Aisle”
HISTORY
Grace and St. Peter’s is the product of the merger of two parishes in 1990. St. Peter’s did not exist until 1958, but the history of Grace Church stretches back 200 years before the merger, when our nation was newly independent, the Episcopal Church USA had only recently established its own constitution and structure apart from the Church of England, and the town of Hamden was little more than a dusty crisscrossing of paths in the countryside.
CONTACT US
Let us know you’re out there! Contact Grace & St Peter's Episcopal today.
