The Deacon's Corner
The Rev. Deacon Karla Westfall Hunt is a vocational deacon, serving under the Bishop in collaboration with the priest at St. Peter’s where she has been assigned since August 2019. As stated in The Catechism: The ministry of a deacon is to represent Christ and his Church, particularly as a servant of those in need; and to assist bishops and priests in the proclamation of the Gospel and the administration of the sacraments. (BCP, p. 856)
The prayer box on the corner is seeing a lot of use. Many prayer requests have been left in the middle basket and the top basket of individual prayers for people to take with them has been emptied several times. The box is checked on Wednesdays and Sundays and the requests are incorporated into the Prayers of the People the following Sunday. Later the requests are available for review, in case parishioners are interested in praying over them in their personal prayers.
Deacon Christine Garcia and I continue to sit on the corner from 10-11AM Wednesdays and are occasionally joined by Deacon Steve Pace.
We have started live-streaming our Sunday services on Facebook and you are invited and encouraged to join us either live at 11AM on Sundays or later as your schedule permits.
Tuesday mornings at 10AM, I can be found volunteering in the chaplain’s office at Richmond Community Hospital.
Please continue to pray for the Richmond Police Department and its Faith Leaders Group as they perform RESETs after traumatic events in a community. Deacon Christine and I participate together and individually whenever our schedules allow.
The prayer box on the corner is seeing a lot of use. Many prayer requests have been left in the middle basket and the top basket of individual prayers for people to take with them has been emptied several times. The box is checked on Wednesdays and Sundays and the requests are incorporated into the Prayers of the People the following Sunday. Later the requests are available for review, in case parishioners are interested in praying over them in their personal prayers.
Deacon Christine Garcia and I continue to sit on the corner from 10-11AM Wednesdays and are occasionally joined by Deacon Steve Pace.
We have started live-streaming our Sunday services on Facebook and you are invited and encouraged to join us either live at 11AM on Sundays or later as your schedule permits.
Tuesday mornings at 10AM, I can be found volunteering in the chaplain’s office at Richmond Community Hospital.
Please continue to pray for the Richmond Police Department and its Faith Leaders Group as they perform RESETs after traumatic events in a community. Deacon Christine and I participate together and individually whenever our schedules allow.
Please let me know if you have questions or comments. Please contact me if you’re discerning a call to any of these ministries.
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St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
1719 N. 22nd Street Richmond VA 23223 804-643-2686 stpeterschurchhill@gmail.com |
