St. Peter's News

The United States Postal Service food drive, Stamp out Hunger, was a rousing success and a blessing for World Outreach, Inc and its service to feed needy families on the Westside of Jacksonville. Volunteers from both the World Outreach Ministry and St. Peter’s Church worked from 1:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Saturday May 2nd, 2009 to pick up food from the USPS distribution center on Blanding Blvd and take it to the food pantry of World Outreach for sorting and storage. The volunteers handled in excess of 18,000 pounds of canned and dried good which was 3,000 pounds more than last year.
Volunteers used their own trucks to pick up the food from the distribution center and drive it to the World Outreach food pantry where the boxes and bag were unloaded and sorted into can goods and soft package products. This was a herculean effort on the part of the many volunteers who sacrificed a warm Saturday afternoon to do their part in fulfilling Christ’s command that we, as Christians, should do all we can to provide for those who are in need. In gratitude to the Lord He allowed us to collect a record amount of food that will soon find its way to the tables of those how need it most. God has been good to World Outreach in providing a rich bounty of food to be distributed, so we should all take time in our prayers to thank Him as He so richly deserves
We should also make an effort to give thanks to those who gave of their time and resources to make this once a year opportunity run so smoothly and successfully. Those who participated are:

Daniel Waldrop	Jim Sturgeon	Todd Cambron
Brooke Rodriguez	Taylor Smith	Ryne Cambron
Ashley Brammer	Augustine Cole	Jake Cambron
Diana Bradshaw	David Boyer	Gracy Cambron
Warren Jones	Carol Boyer	Jim Lovett
Gary Babcock	Alexis Boyer	Allen Lovett
Jennifer Pompilius	Charlie Wright	Jeanne Wright
Don Sheppard	Rose Watson

Souper Bowl Sunday Soup Drive. As of Monday January 19th we have exceeded our goal of 2000 cans of soup by Superbowl Sunday. The current count stands at 2190. Although we have exceeded our goal there is one week left to contribute so keep the cans of soup coming Remember that all the soup goes to the World Outreach Ministry and is used to feed that less fortunate here on the Westside of Jacksonville.
There was an exceptional turn out of parishioners for the Confirmation Service presided over by Bishop John Howard on June 15, 2008. Members of St. Peter's were either confirmed, reaffirmed and received into the Episcopal Church by Bishop Howard who also gave the sermon before the Confirmation rites took place. We at St. Peter's would like to thank Bishop Howard for performing the service and to thank him and his wife for taking the time out of their busy schedules to attend the reception in the parish hall that followed. Pictures of the reception can be found in the St. Peter's photo gallery or by clicking here.

The following were Confirmed by Bishop, The Rt Rev Samuel J. Howard on June 15th, 2008

Robert Allen	Linda Murphy
Charlie Arnold	Nikki Nash
Gary Babcock	Collin O'Hara
Sarah Bowley	Lavern O'Hara
Todd Cambron	Cynthia Perry
Alex Doll	Gary Perry
Cathy Doll	Jennifer Pompilius
Mary Fournier	Grace Sheppard
Delrose Francis	Michael Weaver
David Hon, Jr.	Toni Weaver
Vanessa Kelly	Patricia Wright
Cheryl Lambert	Kenny Yancey, III

The June 8, 2008 renewing of marriage vows and the 50th Anniversary reception for Father Bob and Ann Weeks was a rousing success. You can view pictures for the event in the web site's photo gallery under the Events and News button or by clicking here.

On May 10, 2008 St Peter's Church, on behalf of World Outreach, received from the Westside distribution center of the U.S. Postal service 13,054 pounds of non perishable food. The food was collected by postal delivery workers from individuals in the community who left bags of non perishable food next to their mail boxes. The postal workers then transported the food to the postal distribution center for pickup. Members of St. Peter's went to the distribution center and loaded the food in to their vehicles and brought the food to the food pantry of World Outreach for sorting and future distribution. St. Peter's would like to thank all those who participated in making this year's food drive such a rousing success.

Charlie Wright	Gary Babcock	Stan O'Neil
Charles Bickerstaff	Gary Perry	Cynthia Perry
Courtland Hunter	Don Sheppard	David Hon Sr.
David Hon Jr.	Larry Tipping	Carol Tipping
Rose Watson	Jennifer Pompilius	Jeanne Wright

St Peter's would also like to give a special "Thank You" to the ladies who have been sorting, organizing and bagging all the food that was collected from the U.S. Postal service on May 10th. 13,054 pounds of food does not sort and distribute itself you know!

Rose Watson

Jennifer Pompilius

Diana Bradshaw

St. Peter's Church