Who we Are
St Peter’s exists to worship God as a loving community where people of all backgrounds may grow in the Christian faith, share the love of Jesus through their talents, and help bring the Gospel message to the world.
Our Philosophy
Faith is more than what happens on Sunday mornings. It’s a part of who we are, inside and out. At St Peter’s Anglican Church, we believe in sharing the joy of the gospels daily and living a life that embodies the spirit of Christ.
How We Worship
St Peter’s offers traditional Anglican services based on the 1928 Book of Common Prayer, supplemented by the American Missal. The faith taught is that of the United Church of the first millennium as received from the Church in England.
As an Anglican Parish we also adhere to:
The Primacy of Holy Scriptures. The Three Catholic Creeds commonly known as The Apostles Creed, The Nicene Creed and The Athanasian Creed. The Seven Ecumenical Councils. The Seven Traditional Sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation, The Holy Eucharist, Confession, Holy Matrimony, Ordination, and Unction.
St. Peter’s offers its members and guests the ability to practice a sacramental life through:
* Morning and Evening Prayer
* Bible Study
* Christian Formation Classes and Sunday School
* Prayer Group and Fellowship time
* Outreach ministries
All culminating in and revolving around the Eucharist, the very foundation of our Christian life, where “faith alone, when sight forsaketh, shows true hearts the mystery.”
Our Services use:
* The King James Bible
* The 1928 Book of Common Prayer
* The 1940 Hymnal
* The Anglican Missal
* The English Office
* The English Hymnal
Our Clergy
The Rev’d Geordan Geddings, SSC.
Rector
Fr. Geordan attended the University of South Carolina where he found the Anglican Church. He attended the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, SC, receiving a Master of Arts in Religion and formation at the Anglican Cathedral of the Epiphany under the Rt. Rev. Paul C. Hewett, SSC. He has served as a priest at parishes in Alabama and Georgia. He and his wife, Joanna, met at the St. Michael’s Anglican Youth Conference in Detroit, MI., they have four children. Fr. Geordan was called as Rector of St. Peter’s in February 2020. He enjoys reading, playing the piano, and fishing.
The Rev’d Micah Snell, PhD.
Assistant Priest
Father Micah Snell is a part-time assistant at St. Peter’s. He and his wife Jennifer have six children. He is an Assistant Professor of English in the Honors College at Houston Baptist University, where his specialty is the intersection of theology and literature. He attended Biola University as an undergraduate, went to Nashotah House Theological Seminary for his priestly training, and holds a PhD in Theology and the Arts from the University of St. Andrews. He likes boats, fountain pens, and Blue Bell Ice Cream.
The Rt. Rev’d Paul Hewett, SSC.
Diocesan Bishop
The current bishop of the Diocese of the Holy Cross is The Rt. Rev’d Paul Hewett, SSC, who was consecrated on December 4, 2004. Bishop Hewett is a graduate of Temple University and has a Master of Divinity from Philadelphia Divinity School, he has also served at and founded several parishes throughout the United States. He is currently based at the Anglican Cathedral Church of the Epiphany, Columbia, South Carolina.
The Most Rev’d Mark Haverland, PhD.
Archbishop
Archbishop Mark Haverland is a graduate of Kenyon College with a bachelor’s degree in political science. He earned an MA in Roman Catholic theology from Duquesne University, and a Ph.D. in religion from Duke University. Before his consecration to the episcopacy he served parishes in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Georgia. He was consecrated Bishop of the Diocese of the South in 1998, and enthroned as Archbishop of the Anglican Catholic Church in 2005. He is located in Athens, Georgia, at the Pro-Cathedral of St. Stephen’s.
Our Parish History
St Peter’s Anglican Church was founded in 1991 under The Rt. Rev. A. Donald Davies, the sixth bishop of Dallas, the first bishop of Fort Worth and the Episcopal Missionary Church. St Peter’s first Rector was the longtime rector and headmaster of St Barnabas Episcopal Church in Houston, The Rev. S. Patrick Murphy, SSC.
The parish met at the Post Oak YMCA for twelve years, preaching the Gospel and offering the sacraments of the Church to the faithful. In time funds were raised to purchase land and build a church in the town of Jersey Village. Then Bishop of the Diocese of the Holy Cross, Bp. Murphy continued to guide his flock in Jersey Village until his death in 2009.
In 2011 St Peter’s welcomed its second Rector, The Rev. John Needham. Shortly thereafter the parish began construction of its new home in Cypress where services began in 2015. Fr. Needham moved in 2019, and the parish called it’s third Rector, The Rev. Geordan Geddings, in February 2020. St. Peter’s joined the Anglican Catholic Church when the Diocese of the Holy Cross was received as a nongeographic Diocese in 2021. From Post Oak to Jersey Village to Cypress, the mission of St Peter’s remains the same: To preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ to a fallen world while offering the sacraments of our Lord’s one, holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.
Contact
Location
Our Location
19915 Cypress Church Rd. Cypress TX. 77433.
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+(281) 758-2755
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