Talent In Action - St Peter Parish

Father

This planning committee provides for faith sharing groups, parish missions, and speakers.

Please talk to Father directly about your interest in this committee.

Contact Father

Altar Servers – Liturgy

Father

Altar Servers offer service to God and the community by assisting the priest during Mass.

The ministry is open to all youth of the parish who have made their First Communion and whose parents believe they are ready and responsible enough to be trained.

Training in the specifics of the ministry is provided throughout the year. Servers are assigned on a rotating schedule. Contact Father

If you are what you should be, you will set the whole world ablaze!

~ St. Catherine of Sienna

Bereavement Committee

Father

This ministry provides comfort and support for the bereaved.

Please talk to Father directly about your interest in this committee.

Each volunteer will be trained and then given a Volunteer Bereavement Manual to use as a tool to minister to the bereaved. Contact Father

Bible Study

Father

We use the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible that presents the written Word of God in a highly readable and accurate translation. This includes extensive study notes, topical essays and word studies that provide fresh and faithful insights informed by time-tested, authentically Catholic interpretations from the Fathers of the Church and other scholars. Commentaries include the best insights of ancient, medieval and modern scholarship, and follow the Church’s guidelines for biblical interpretation. Each New Testament book is outlined and introduced with an essay covering questions of authorship, date of composition, intended audience and general themes. Currently we are studying the Gospel of Luke.

Anyone can join this bible study! You are encouraged to bring friends and family who have fallen away from the Church or those who are Non-Catholic as this is the study of the Word of God.

The meetings are scheduled to run bi-weekly:

Sunday evenings at Rose LaNeve’s house led by Rose at 7:00 pm
Monday evenings at Our Lady of Mercy Church led by Jay & Jonah Perdue at 7:00 pm
Tuesday afternoons at St. Peter Parish led by Marianne Francis at 1:00 pm

If it were given to a man to see virtue’s reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and will in nothing but good works, careless of danger or fatigue.

~ St. Catherine of Genoa

Catholic Heart Work Camp

Kim Garrow

This group goes on mission trips.

Mission trip is open to Youth Group members.

Contact Kim Garrow

Children's Liturgy of the Word

Christine Alt

A bible study for children held on Sundays during Lent at Mass.

Children ages 3 thru First Grade can participate each Sunday.

If you are interested in assisting with this ministry, please contact Christine Alt. We will provide all materials for the weekly sessions. WE NEED YOU TO MAKE THIS MINISTRY A SUCCESS! Thank you in advance for volunteering to assist with this ministry!

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

~ St. Augustine

Collection Counters

Father

Collection counters are volunteers who assemble weekly for the responsibility of counting all of the church collections. This ministry makes certain that parishioners’ gifts of treasure receive an accurate accounting. The work is done in teams of two.

Please talk to Father directly about your interest in this ministry.

Contact Father

Communion to Home-bound and Nursing Homes

Evelyn Roth

We visit and bring Holy Communion to parishioners who are homebound or in nursing homes.

Any of our Eucharistic Ministers are welcome to join this ministry.

Contact Evelyn Roth

Love to be real, it must cost—it must hurt—it must empty us of self.

~ St. Teresa of Calcutta

Community Vacation Bible School

No ongoing Chair. A person volunteers this position as needed.

This is a summer ministry program to evangelize to our youth about Christ’s love and His word. We co-sponsor this program with St. Martin Church in Archbold.

This is not something that one ‘joins’ but instead volunteers to either lead or help with the program.

Watch for announcements to keep updated about our ongoing support!

Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University

Kevin and Elizabeth Seibert

Teaching people God’s and Grandma’s way of handling money. Helping to teach people how to live on a budget, pay off debt, save for the future and give generously.

Please talk to Kevin or Elizabeth directly about your interest in this group.

Contact Kevin and Elizabeth Seibert

You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.

~ St. Therese of Lisieux

Decorators – Liturgy

Father

The ministry enhances the celebration of liturgies by decorating the church, altar, and sanctuary to reflect the current liturgical season.

Artistic, sewing, or floral arrangement abilities are helpful. Willingness to devote time to decorating the Church is most important.

Contact Father

Eucharistic Adoration

Dennis Schwind

Adoration is the first attitude of man acknowledging that he is a creature before his Creator. It exalts the greatness of the Lord who made us and the almighty power of the Savior who sets us free from evil. Adoration is homage of the spirit to the “King of Glory,” respectful silence in the presence of the “ever greater” God. Adoration of the thrice-holy and sovereign God of love blends with humility and gives assurance to our supplications. —Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 2628

We invite new adorers to sign up for an hour of Eucharistic Adoration at a time that fits your schedule. You may bring your own prayer books, use the books in the chapel, read the Bible, pray the rosary, or just sit and relax and enjoy the peace that comes from simply being in the Presence of God. The mere fact that you take time each week to spend an hour with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament pleases Him very much and is in itself a prayer of great faith.

Please call Dennis Schwind if you would like to commit to one hour a week with Jesus.

Teach us to give and not count the cost.

~ St. Ignatius de Loyola

Eucharistic Distributors - Liturgy

Father

Specially trained and commissioned parishioners assist the Pastor, as Extraordinary Ministers, in the distribution of Holy Communion at all masses and other celebrations.

Candidates are approved by the Pastor, and receive the necessary training. These minsters must be Catholics in good standing who always attend Mass.

Contact Father

First Friday Brunch

No Chair

This groups meets on the first Friday of the month at 9:30 AM to eat brunch. Even more this group provides companionship and community.

Anyone is welcomed and encouraged to attend! Please feel free to come and get to know others in our Parish Family.

Watch for announcements to keep updated about our ongoing brunch! This is especially necessary if you would like to be notified about cancellations (sometimes this happens for respect given to funerals). Bring a dish to pass and enjoy!

I know well that the greater and more beautiful the work is, the more terrible will be the storms that rage against it.

~ St. Faustina

Finance Council

Parish Administrator: Father

The Finance Council assists the Pastor in the sound administration and governance of Parish funds to ensure all financial obligations are met in a timely manner. Under guidelines issued by the Diocese of Toledo, the Finance Council is responsible for the preparation and oversight of the Parish operating budget. Monthly and annual financial reports are prepared for both the Diocese and the Pastoral Council.

These are appointed positions that must be filled by Catholics in good standing who always attend Mass.

Contact Father

FISH Pantry

No Chair

This is a parish effort to support this community program.

Anyone is welcomed and encouraged to help!

Watch for announcements to keep updated about our ongoing support!

Charity and devotion differ no more, the one from the other, than the flame from the fire.

~ St. Francis de Sales

Funeral Dinners

Lois Grime and Chris Lopez

The gathering after a funeral is a good opportunity for people to spend time together and remember the person who passed on. Funerals often bring people together who may not have seen each other in some time, and this provides an opportunity for people to reconnect and support each other.

Anyone is welcomed and encouraged to help!

Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. (Galatians 6:2)

Please contact Lois Grime and Chris Lopez if you are able to donate a dish, help serve, or help prepare the funeral meal.

Greeters – Liturgy

Father

Greeting people at the Church door is a beautiful way to begin the ministry of hospitality. We all want to feel at home, having someone meet us, smile at us, reach out a hand and say a word of welcome. This usually puts us at ease and makes us feel a special part of the congregation. We feel we belong. The act of showing hospitality is described throughout the bible. As Roman Catholic Christians we’ve heard stories of people who offered hospitality to beggars, strangers, children, and lepers – only to discover that the person they welcomed so warmly was the Lord!

Jesus said, “Let the children come to me.” We are all children of God and you are invited to help share this gift with others.

Contact Father

Never see a need without trying to do something about it.

~ St Mary of the Cross MacKillop

Knights of Columbus

Grand Knight Garrett Grime

The Knights of Columbus is the world’s largest Roman Catholic fraternal service organization. that was founded in the United States in 1882, it is named in honor of Christopher Columbus. There are more than 1.8 million members in 15,000 councils, with nearly 200 councils on college campuses. Mutual aid and assistance are offered to the sick, disabled and needy members and their families. Social and intellectual fellowship is promoted among members and their families through educational, charitable, religious, social welfare, war relief and public relief works.

Membership is open to all males 18 years and older who are practicing Catholics.

Contact Grand Knight Garrett Grime

Lectors – Liturgy

Father

When we gather at Saint Peter Parish in His name, we encounter God in the proclamation of the Word of God. The person doing the proclaiming is an Official Church Minister. There are certain guidelines that have been set forth to govern the Readers. In the past, God spoke through His Prophets, Evangelists, and Apostles. Today He needs us – you and me – to speak for Him.

If you are willing to bring God into the assembly through the words you are asked to read . . .
If you are willing to acquire the skills necessary for proclaiming the Word . . .
If you can spend time with the selections you are asked to read . . .
If you are willing to turn to your Bible and read the verses preceding and following the selections for that Sunday or feast day . . .

Then please sign up for the Ministry of Lector.

Contact Father

Charity brings to life again those who are spiritually dead.

~ St. Thomas Aquinas

Parish Council

Parish Administrator: Father

Each member of the Pastoral Council will be assigned specific areas or ministries of responsibility. The member’s role is to be a liaison, to represent these specific ministries before the Council. This will include, but not limited to, the ministry’s status, accomplishments, plans, goals, budgets, financial needs, personnel needs and the like.

These volunteer positions must be filled by Catholics in good standing who always attend Mass.

Contact Father

Prayer Chain

Kim Garrow

We pray for people who have contacted our parish for prayerful support during a difficult time.

Anyone is welcomed and encouraged to join the parish prayer chain!

Our prayer chain is operated by email and telephone. To join the chain just call Kim Garrow or drop her an e-mail.

As long as any one has the means of doing good to his neighbours, and does not do so, he shall be reckoned a stranger to the love of the Lord.

~ St. Irenaeus of Lyons

Sacristan – Liturgy

Father

The sacristan’s role is to maintain the plans of the liturgical planning teams for the seasonal environment of the liturgical year, and to prepare the necessary furnishings, etc. for the various ministries. These include presider, deacon, servers, lectors, Communion ministers, hospitality ministers and crucifers, and occasionally the musicians. Sacristans also oversee day-to-day maintenance of liturgical objects, and offer help in improving areas of the environment as necessary.

Please talk to Father directly about your interest in this committee.

The parish sacristan ministry really has in its power the ability to enliven the parish worship by the proper visual and physical preparation of the space. It can be a most necessary behind-the-scenes occupation which needs to be taken seriously. If you feel you are called to this ministry, please contact Father.

St Vincent de Paul – Fayette

No Chair

Our parish supports St. Vincent de Paul – Fayette throughout the year. St Vincent de Paul is a non profit thrift store.

Anyone is welcomed and encouraged to join the parish effort to support this community effort!

Watch for announcements to keep updated about our ongoing support!

Love is itself the fulfillment of all our works. There is the goal; that is why we run: we run toward it, and once we reach it, in it we shall find rest.

~ St. Augustine

Rosary Altar Society

Lois Grime

The Altar Rosary Society has been dedicated to providing assistance to our parish through care and concern for our Sanctuary. Charitable causes have also become part of our mission. These ladies have served the community with a sense of sacrifice and pride in our wonderful parish. Here are some of the projects the Altar Rosary Society participates in: Candles, Hosts, Wine, Altar Linens, Funeral Supplies, Kitchen Supplies, Masses for Deceased Members, Fairlawn, FISH, Sponsor a Nun, St. Vincent de Paul at Fayette, Hands of Grace, American Red Cross, Fulton County Christmas Cheer – Angel Tree, Coffee and Rolls, Gifts for parents of newly baptized babies, Scholarship for Higher Education, Seasonal gifts to children of the parish, Donations for the less fortunate.

Membership is open and encouraged for all women of the parish age 18 and older.

The Altar Rosary Society meets in the Activity Hall on the first Wednesday of each month. Come join us! This Society can be whatever the ladies of the parish want it to be! Just show up for a meeting! The meetings are usually announced at Mass and also placed in the bulletin.

Rosary Leader – Liturgy

Judy Smith

The recitation of the Rosary is held on Sunday morning before the 10:30 am Mass. Asking for the intercession of Mary the Mother of God through praying the Rosary is a treasured Catholic tradition.

Any is welcomed and encouraged to join!

If you would like to help lead the rosary before Mass contact Judy Smith

Do not wait for leaders, do it alone, person to person.

~ St. Teresa of Calcutta

Welcoming Wagon

Father

We visit new families with packets that describe our Parish, distribute budget envelopes, and a welcome gift. Extending a hand of friendship, we assist families to feel comfortable with the transition to our neighborhood and Catholic community.

Please talk to Father directly about your interest in this committee.

Contact Father

Ushers – Liturgy

Father

Ushers facilitate the seating and the distribution of materials during the celebration of the Mass. They gather the collections and form the Offertory procession. They also assist those parishioners who are handicapped.

Please talk to Father directly about your interest in this committee.