One of my joys is to be able to welcome new people into our large parish community.  I hope you will be happy and that the parish meets your expectations.

Joining a church is not like joining some club, but rather you are entering into a faith community with mutual obligations.   Entering this faith community of St. Peter's is like any other relationship you have; you want and expect a give-and-take with the people of your life.  All give with no return and all take with no giving is hurtful and eventually destructive to the relationship.

So with us at St. Peter's, we are holding out a collective hand and we want you to grasp it.  We are willing to bond ourselves to you in faith, hope and love and we ask the same from you.  We are looking for active involvement because we are more interested in having a real faith family than a registry of passive and inactive members.

So, once again, welcome.  We are indeed thrilled to have you.  We know that we can mutually enrich one another and look forward to a good relationship.

Much peace and blessing!

        In the God who gives us strength,

Rev. John R. Yonkovig

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