No Sunday Education Hour
Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Vigil ALL at 7PM
Easter Sunday Worship at 8 AM
Easter Season Office Closures
The church office will be closed Thursday, April 1 – Wednesday, April 7. The office will reopen Thursday, April 8 at 9am.
WordPress Improvements
SPLC took advantage of a sale to upgrade to a “business” plan with WordPress, which should get rid of the distracting ads and also give us new options going forward on this site. Enjoy the improvements!
Save the Date: Saturday, April 24 at 10:30am – St. Joseph Co. Resiliency Outreach
St. Joseph County Cares Consortium has organized a resiliency campaign to lift up the county through intentional acts of kindness. Groups like St. Peter can select their own “kindness event” to encourage our neighbors. For our first St. Peter event, we will have a short devotion, share small gift cards at the Family Express across the street to brighten our neighbors’ day as they pump gas, and then discuss the experience briefly after. Our youth have done this kind of activity before, always with fun and interesting results! Mark your calendars and/or click here to sign-up!
Fellowship and Hospitality after Church
Light refreshments will be served after worship in the Fellowship Hall. Please keep food and drink in the Fellowship Hall or outside and mask in other parts of the church. This allows those who are comfortable to snack but those who want to fellowship with masks do that, and have a path to the door. Thank you for your care for each other.
Special Lenten Prayer Requests…
Click here for the Prayer Sheet. We encourage you to take this opportunity to see where others in the Body are at and to join Christ in interceding for one another.
Submitting Regular Prayer Requests
We would like to ensure that both pastors get all prayer requests and that they also get to the pastor who ends up doing prayers on any given Sunday. To help, please email your requests to PB, PC, & Jenna (all three): revborger@mac.com, adamclarknd@gmail.com, splcsecretary@att.net. These emails are also listed at the top of the weekly prayer sheet.
Eucharist Opportunities
Opportunities to receive the Holy Eucharist at St. Peter:
- In-Person during Divine Service on this Sunday morning at 8am.
- By Appointment at St. Peter Church (best days are Wednesdays or Thursdays). Contact Pastor Borger at revborger@mac.com
- By Appointment at your home. Contact Pastor Borger at revborger@mac.com.
- Zoom Communion, approximately once a month. Contact Pastor Clark at adamclarknd@gmail.com.
MAC Food Pantry
We delivered 284 lbs this week! They are in need of Hamburger Helper and mixed veggies.
Current COVID Policies for St. Peter:
- Masking
- Wear masks throughout the entire worship gathering including when seated.
- Children 5 and under are not required to wear a mask.
- Pastors and Lectors (while in the chancel area), Organists (while playing instruments), and the Choir (while offering their gift of song) may unmask at those times.
- Masks can be lowered to receive communion and also in Fellowship Hall while eating snacks after worship.
- Other COVID Guidelines:
- Continue to practice good hand-washing / hand-sanitizing
- Ensure social distancing
- Sit “zigzag” in pews so there are 6 feet or more between you diagonally.
- Move to open spaces if you realize you’re sitting too close
- Follow guidance by health departments for all public venues: If you or a member of your household is sick with a possible COVID symptom, please stay home for 10 days from onset or until you have a negative test. If you have known exposure to someone COVID-positive (contact traced) but no symptoms, quarantine for 14 days or until a negative test.
Thank You the congregation in advance for their cooperation in adopting this extended protocol. We would also like to thank the congregation for their continued support and encouragement of the leadership as we wade through these difficult decisions.
Mission Leadership Team (MLT): Jeff Luppes, President; Rob Hunt III, Vice-President; Amy Carter, Secretary; David Luster-Bartz, Treasurer; Ninette Deliyannides, At Large Member; Ed Mueller, At Large Member; Susannah Clews, At Large Member Elders: Chuck Ryan, Head Elder; Marty Orlowski; Brian Reedstrom; Mark Waldron; David Gurnee; John Schroeder
Pastors: Pastor Bryan Borger, Senior PastorPastor Adam Clark, Associate Pastor
Zoom Videoconferencing
A Detailed Reference Guide and Quick Reference Guide are available on the blog at the following link: https://splcm.org/zoom/. Leaders, if you need another copy of the leader guide, please email PC at adamclarknd@gmail.com.
Ministry Coordinator’s Regular Office Hours: Tuesday – Thursday 9 am – 2 pm. However, her schedule will be more of a “flex schedule” for now due to some unforeseen circumstances. Prayers for her and her family are appreciated. Thank you for your patience during such a weird, crazy time in our lives.
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It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3, 4! See the photos below for reference!
- First go to stpetermishawaka.wordpress.com and enter your email address in the blank field above the SUBSCRIBE button & click SUBSCRIBE. (Do not *Create an Account.)
- Log into your email, open the email from stpetermishawaka.wordpress.com and CONFIRM FOLLOW.
- You will then be automatically redirected to the “Subscription Management” page. This is where you can change the Delivery Frequency. Click SAVE CHANGES. (You may close the page now.)
- You will then get a confirmation email for your subscription.
You will now automatically get an email informing you of anything we add to the blog when we add it. Still feel free to visit the blog at any time, tho. Any issues, contact Jenna at splcsecretary@att.net.