Our Identity
We
advance our mission
as an Episcopal Church, in the Diocese of Virginia, rooted in the
classical Anglican Way, in communion with 80 million Anglican
brothers and sisters around the world.
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Our Mission
Building Christians for Service
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Our Vision
We are a Shining City on a Hill that cannot be hid:
Drawing people near and far into deepening relationship with Jesus,
Welcoming everyone into life-transforming Christian community,
Helping each person grow to maturity as a follower of Christ,
Serving the world sacrificially in Jesus’ name. |
Our Story
We are St Peter’s Church and just LOOK what happened to Peter!
Peter met Jesus, the Lord of ALL and that changed everything. For
three years Jesus loved, healed, mentored and equipped Peter, turning
his life around in pursuit of a new purpose. As Jesus poured his
life into him, Peter became the man God intended him to be. Their
story is ours. Gathered as followers of Jesus and rooted in the soil
of the Loudoun Valley for over a century, we are a caring community
of people Building Christians for Service person-to-person,
family-by-family, in partnership with others to the ends of the
earth. |
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Our
Core Values
We
are Evangelical in our message
of personal faith and transformation in Jesus Christ,
in our high view and diligent study of Holy Scripture and the
practice of personal discipleship and evangelism. We preach the
saving Good News of Jesus Christ and are “fishers of men” like
Peter (Luke 5:1-11).
We
are Catholic in our devotion to God through liturgical worship
in continuity with the ancient Church and the global Communion. We
hunger to grow in Christ and to help others do the same through the
simple, ancient disciplines of the spiritual life. We are built upon
the ancient Rock, and as Peter said, each of us are like “living
stones…built up as a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer
spiritual sacrifices to God through Jesus Christ” (1 Peter 2:1-12).
We
are Caring in our
love which embraces all sorts and conditions of people,
inviting everyone to find their place in our inter-generational
fellowship. Each of us are healed and restored to wholeness through
purposeful participation in life-transforming Christian community.
Peter denied Jesus three times, but Jesus restored him on the beach
at breakfast asking three times, “Do you love me, Peter? Then feed
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In the struggles wracking the
Episcopal Church we are faithful to the teaching of
Scripture, as it has been understood since ancient times and in the
consensus of the global church. We preach it and teach it and
live it well, seeking God’s deliverance from the confusions of our
culture.
Though not everyone at St Peter’s
views controversial matters with the same eyes, we still love, trust,
depend on, and work well with one another. That’s quite
remarkable in our polarizing culture. We have liberal and
conservative people at St. Peter's and we help each other with our
blind spots and we pick up each other's slack as we serve Christ
together. St. Peter's is a healthy and balanced parish because
of the faithful presence and input of ALL our people.
We are happily, humbly and steadfastly
orthodox Christians, proclaiming the good news that Jesus is risen
from the grave. He is Lord of ALL, the world's true King. To
him every knee shall bow and every tongue confess...which we do
together every Sunday in our worship, which joins us
shoulder-to-shoulder together at the altar, and with 80 million
Anglicans around the world. We are part of an ancient, rich and
balanced tradition that has stood the test of time.
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