GRACE & ST PETER’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Welcomes You!
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic emergency in March, 2020,
we have had to suspend our usual worship schedule.
From July through October, 2020,
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.
During the winter we returned to remote worship only.
With Easter and the return of warm weather, and the availability of vaccination,
we will be gradually and safely reopening in-person worship.
THE GREAT THREE DAYS
(Maundy Thursday through Easter Eve)
and EASTER
Maundy Thursday
Virtual Service 7:00 pm
Evening Prayer, concluding with the stripping of the altars.
Rev. Bob and Father Joseph, Presiding
Service Bulletin: Word, PDF
Service Access: Grace and St Peter’s Facebook Page
Good Friday
Neighborhood Prayer Tour 10:00 am
Join Rev. Bob as we walk and pray through our Hamden neighborhood
Please attend masked, we will socially distance
No service materials needed
Video to be posted to Grace & St Peter’s Facebook later in the day
Virtual Service 12:00 noon
Traditional Good Friday Liturgy
Father Joseph Krasinski; Presiding
Service Bulletin: Word, PDF
Service Access: St John’s Facebook Page
Holy Saturday
Interactive Virtual Great Vigil of Easter 8:00 pm
Gretchen Pritchard; leading
Be prepared with a candle, a pitcher and bowl of water,
some flowers or Easter eggs, noisemakers, and festive food!
Service Access: Grace and St. Peter’s Facebook Page
or get the Zoom link from the parish eNews
EASTER SUNDAY
In- Person Easter Holy Eucharist 9:00 am
Outdoors on the Side Lawn at St John’s Church, North Haven
Rev. Bob and Father Joseph; Presiding
Please bring your own chair
Also please note that printed bulletins will not be provided,
you may print your own from the link on the parish eNews
Online Access:
Grace and St. Peter’s Facebook Page
May the joy and love of the Risen Lord be with you this holiday and always.
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.
Details and Zoom links for livestreams and videos of our services,
as well as “virtual coffee hours” and other interactive events,
are provided to members by email and in our weekly e-News.
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
SHARING OUTDOOR WORSHIP
(SOCIALLY DISTANCED!)
WITH ST JOHN’S, NORTH HAVEN
Gathering on the lawn at St John’s with members of both churches,
for simple, informal worship following the order for the
Liturgy of the Word in the Book of Common Prayer.
Scripture readings, a sermon, and prayers
for the concerns of the world and our community.
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
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