St. Peter's Episcopal Church

Shawl knitting ministry was started several years ago by a group of women who enjoyed knitting.  It's purpose was to knit prayer shawls for those who were experiencing difficult times in their lives such as a death, injury or a sadness.  The shawls are blessed during a church service and given, attractively packaged, with a prayer attached.  When there are an abundance of shawls they are  passed on to hospitals where they are given to cancer patients during treatments. The group has recently begun knitting baby blankets which are given to babies who are baptized at St. Peter's.

Prayer Shawl Ministry meets the second Monday of every month.  For more information, contact the church office.

The United Thank Offering (UTO) is a ministry of The Episcopal Church for the mission of the whole church. Through UTO, individuals are invited to embrace and deepen a personal daily spiritual discipline of gratitude. UTO encourages people to notice the good things that happen each day, give thanks to God for those blessings and make an offering for each blessing using a UTO Blue Box. UTO is entrusted to receive the offerings, and to distribute the 100% of what is collected to support innovative mission and ministry throughout The Episcopal Church and Provinces of the Anglican Community.

End 68 Hours of Hunger is a public non-profit effort to confront the approximately 68 hours of hunger that some school children experience between the free lunch they receive in school Friday and the free breakfast they receive in school Monday. St. Peter’s provides volunteers the first Saturday of each month to support this effort in the Londonderry school system. 

CROP Hunger Walks are community-based walk fundraising events held in cities and towns across the United States, created to support the global mission of Church World Service, a faith-based organization transforming communities around the globe through just and sustainable responses to hunger, poverty, displacement and disaster. After a CROP Hunger Walk ends, 25% of the funds raised is returned to the host community to support local hunger fighting efforts. St. Peter’s Happy Feet and Helping Hands Team walks and raises funds each year to support food agencies in the Nashua area.

St. Peter’s regularly collects and delivers food donations to support the St. Andrew’s food pantry. St. Andrew's Episcopal Church's food pantry provides free food to feed families and individuals in need. They serve everyone from low income families, single parents, senior citizens, unemployed individuals, disabled veterans, working poor, and anyone else that comes to the pantry for food assistance in a vibrant and positive atmosphere.

St Peter’s partners with St. Jude’s and local social services to provide holiday gifts for local families who need help at Christmas. Toys, clothing, stocking stuffers, and gift cards are provided for all the family members, along with a holiday meal. 

This program provides for support children of imprisoned parents, as well as educating and providing resources for their parents and members of the judicial and social services community. ChIPS (Children of Incarcerated Parents) is supported through gifts for the children from the congregation. The gifts are taken to the annual convention by St. Peter’s delegates and are provided to the incarcerated parents so they can choose and wrap presents for their children. 

The Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter provides food and shelter to vulnerable individuals and families in the Greater Nashua Region in a dignified and sustainable manner. NSKS works to increase access to a full spectrum of basic needs through advocacy, targeted programs, and collaboration with other organizations. St. Peter’s volunteers help with food preparation and serving meal for their dinner program.

Alcoholics Anonymous’ primary purpose is to help alcoholics to achieve sobriety through a program provided through free weekly meetings. St. Peter’s makes meeting space available for one of the weekly AA meetings in Londonderry.

St. Peter’s supports Troop 58211 of the Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains through fundraising efforts and by making meeting space available. Girl Scouts bring their dreams to life and work together to build a better world.