May 17, 2025
Spring Cleanup Day
Come join us for our Spring cleanup on Saturday, May 17 at 9 am until noon. There is plenty of work to be done, both outside and inside. There is also plenty to do outside including work in the Memorial Garden, Rectory yard, and in front of the church. Afterwards, it will be pizza and ice cream party time for all volunteers in the Parish Hall. So be sure to bring gloves, sunscreen, shovels and rakes. Tom Streenan (Jr. Warden)…
May 3, 2025
World Labyrinth Day
Walking as One at 1: On World Labyrinth Day each year participants across the globe engage in a labyrinth walk at 1:00 pm local time. This synchronized practice creates a 24-hour rolling wave of peaceful energy that passes from one time zone to the next across the world. The idea is to collectively contribute to a sense of unity and harmony. World Labyrinth Day (WLD) is an international event held on the first Saturday each May, sponsored by The Labyrinth…
Apr 20, 2025
Holy Week: Easter Egg Hunt
What would Easter be without the tradition of an Easter egg hunt on the lawn of the church? Big kids and little kids can join in the hunt after the 10 am service on Easter Sunday.
Apr 19, 2025
Holy Week: The Easter Vigil
Easter Vigil All are invited to Trinity Cathedral to participate in the Great Vigil of Easter. Service will start at 8:00 pm. Anyone who wishes to have a speaking part at the service is welcomed to do so and can contact Hallie Murphy in advance to arrange to do so. The liturgy intended as the first (and arguably, the primary) celebration of Easter in the BCP (pp. 284-95). It is also known as the Great Vigil. The service begins in…
Apr 18, 2025
Holy Week: Good Friday Evening
At St. Paul’s Lutheran Church The Friday before Easter Day, on which the church commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus. It is a day of fasting and special acts of discipline and self-denial. In the early church candidates for baptism, joined by others, fasted for a day or two before the Paschal feast. In the west the first of those days eventually acquired the character of historical reenactment of the passion and death of Christ. The liturgy of the day includes…
Apr 18, 2025
Holy Week: Good Friday Ecumenical Service
Good Friday The Friday before Easter Day, on which the church commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus. It is a day of fasting and special acts of discipline and self-denial. In the early church candidates for baptism, joined by others, fasted for a day or two before the Paschal feast. In the west the first of those days eventually acquired the character of historical reenactment of the passion and death of Christ. The liturgy of the day includes John’s account of…
Apr 13, 2025
Holy Week: Palm Sunday Procession
Our annual tradition continues as we recall Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. We gather at the church and process through the neighborhood, visiting our neighbor churches, singing hymns, waiving palm branches and joyfully exclaiming ““Hosanna in the highest”. The real star of the show is our guest burro.
Apr 10, 2025
Pizza & Palms
Join us for a chance to visit, break bread (in the form of pizza) and fold palm crosses for the forthcoming Palm Sunday services. This annual event will be held this year in conjunction with the regularly scheduled Mary~Martha Guild meeting. All ladies of St. Peter’s are welcome!
Mar 30, 2025
Legislative Committee
Legislative Action Committee Meeting The Nevada Legislature is in session from February through June 2025. During that time members of St. Peter’s track bills of interest and engage with the law makers on issues of importance to the church. Meetings are open to anyone in the congregation or the community that wish to be involved.
Mar 5, 2025
Ash Wednesday Prayer Service
Ash Wednesday The first of the forty days of Lent, named for the custom of placing blessed ashes on the foreheads of worshipers at Ash Wednesday services. The ashes are a sign of penitence and a reminder of mortality, and may be imposed with the sign of the cross. We will observe Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at two services:
Mar 5, 2025
Ash Wednesday Eucharist
Ash Wednesday The first of the forty days of Lent, named for the custom of placing blessed ashes on the foreheads of worshipers at Ash Wednesday services. The ashes are a sign of penitence and a reminder of mortality, and may be imposed with the sign of the cross. We will observe Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at two services:
Mar 4, 2025
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner Shrove Tuesday, is the traditional feast day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Lent – the 40 days leading up to Easter – was traditionally a time of fasting and on Shrove Tuesday, Anglo-Saxon Christians went to confession and were “shriven” (absolved from their sins). Shrove Tuesday always falls 47 days before Easter Sunday, so the date varies from year to year and falls between February 3 and March 9. In 2025 Shrove Tuesday will…