Page 7 - Annual Meeting, 2020

delving into during the Season of Creation each year. 2019 was a great year for continuing
education, and I thank all of you for making the time for this enrichment possible.

We have also been blessed at St Peter’s to have those in discernment for ministry
join with us in a variety of ways. Phil Fitzhugh, who helps with the food distribution and
is a regular at the Wednesday Ecumenical Bible Study and who has preached at St Peter’s,
is in the process of becoming a locally licensed pastor in The United Methodist Church.
Salli Hartman, who did her discernment work at St Peter’s, is in the diocesan school and is
being trained as a Deacon in The Episcopal Church. She has been approved to move
forward with her candidacy. The Reverend Deacon Carey Connors, who is currently a
Deacon, is at VTS and will graduate this May and be ordained as a priest in The Episcopal
Church. We are blessed by having her with us two Sundays a month. She is sharing her
extensive knowledge in missions with us as well as preaching once a month and serving as
the Deacon in our worship services.

Two blessings for St Peter’s are Morgan Key, daughter-in-law of Roger and Eunice Key, and
John Hess, who joined St Peter’s in 2019. We are grateful for their presence in our midst.
Morgan helps with Village Dinners and has done babysitting at the Spanish Bible study.
John is a lector and serves on the altar guild.

And near the end of 2019, we welcomed DaVon Ny’Kese Townsel through the sacrament of
Holy Baptism into our community. He and his parents, Cornesha Howard and David
Townsel, then played the parts of the Holy Family for this year’s Christmas pageant.

Several in our community have moved away. We sent our blessings along with Wendy and
Alan Gayle, who have moved to the Charlottesville area; Howard and Millie Muhly, who
have moved to Maryland to be closer to their children; and with Dave Fannon, who has
moved away to be closer to his sons. In their time at St Peter’s, they all blessed us richly,
and may they be happy in their new homes.

Three memorial services took place at St Peter’s in 2019. We said goodbye to Peggy
Roberts, Rachel Marie Schnakenberg, mother of Trenton and Nathaniel Schakenberg and
sister in law of Becky Fisher, and to John Sellers, beloved resident of Portobago Bay and a
good friend of St Peter’s. I am so grateful to the support that this community showed to the
families—providing welcome and comfort, and a time for the families to gather after the
service for food and fellowship. This sort of generosity is deeply appreciated by grieving
families.

The nursery has gotten a new roof. Many thanks to Rob Dobson who did the work that
had to be done before the roof was installed. The windows are being replaced and the
interior work will be done, making this space more welcoming for our children.

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