You are welcome at Saint Peter's Church!
We have people here of every age and condition: young, old, male, female, children, pensioners, university professors, farmers, gay, straight, married, divorced, Maori and Pakeha. Our regular worshippers come from all over Dunedin, and from as far afield as Palmerston and Oamaru.
Our worship is in the Anglo-Catholic tradition, centred around the Eucharist. At the 8 o'clock service on Sunday mornings we use the historic liturgy in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. For the Sung Eucharist at half past ten we use two different but complimentary liturgies in more modern language. Incense is used at this service, and there is music and singing.
Music:
We sing the usual hymns, Taize Chants, traditional chants, and the Eucharistic setting from Franz Schubert’s Deutsche Messe.
We believe in the Bible – not as literalists, but not dismissing the virgin birth and the resurrection as mere myths either. As Anglicans, we appeal to Scripture, Tradition, and Reason. We pay attention to what the great saints, scholars and mystics (past and present) have said about Bible interpretation and Church doctrine, and think about their ideas. Always, the purpose is to draw near to God and to learn how to serve him and his creation.
There are many groups within the Church: a meditation group, a weekly games evening - and a weekly games morning as well, a healing ministry, a Sunday School, Sunday lunches, study groups and more.
