WORSHIP and SUNDAY SCHOOL
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Sunday Education Hour 9am (Age 3 to Adult)
Divine Worship at 10:15am
The News
SPLC Local Pilgrimages: Everything You Need to Know
Pilgrimage planning for St. Peter’s Year of Renewal has begun! Take the first step by reading the “Everything You Need to Know” booklet.
Printed copies of the booklet are available on the slat wall near the kitchen. Or you can access it online via St. Peter’s website https://splcm.org/pilgrimage-samples/ and download a copy. A new tab for all things renewal has been created, too. Visit https://splcm.org/renewal/.
Create your own pilgrimage or join one that someone else is planning. Check out the sample pilgrimage ideas in the “Everything You Need to Know” booklet. Local pilgrimages will be shared with the congregation as they come in over the coming weeks.
As Pastor Borger noted in his sermon on January 21, pilgrimages are a way to rightly order our lives in devotion to God. They are not meant to cause anxiety but are a way to experience God with one another.
Don’t miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage opportunity that is designed to help us live connected with God and one another! Read the booklet. Discover what makes your heart sing!
Questions about pilgrimages? Contact Deaconess Amy Smessaert, Renewal Team chair, at amyhsmessaert@gmail.com or 574-360-8377, or one of the pastors.
This Sunday, 9am: RLA’s 25 Year Pilgrimage – Hear Alums, Teachers, and Future Plans
For 25 years now, Resurrection Lutheran Academy has been on the pilgrimage appointed to it by the Lord. Come this Sunday for three great offerings: 1) a roundtable with RLA Alums now in college or the workforce: what difference did RLA and St. Peter make for their pilgrimage into “adulting”? 2) the Luster-Bartzes on Lutheran Schools Week and their pilgrimage as a “teaching couple,” and 3) Brian Ruch and Donald Swift on “three big goals” for the future + how to get there.
New Thursday Morning Bible Study: Colossians
Paula Ryan will begin hosting a bible study on February 1, meeting each Thursday at 9am at the church.We will do a study of Colossians called The Mighty and the Mysterious. Books are $18 (let us know if that is an obstacle); we will order all the books together and then take money.Please indicate your interest by signing up on the sheet under the slat wall so we know how many to order. See Paula with questions!
Thank you, St. Peter!
Dear St. Peter Church family,
Thank you for the generous Christmas gift to Amazon! I was so excited to buy some new and much needed percussion instruments for our Western spring concert piece! Hope you can come hear it in May 😀
Sincerely, Mrs. Natalie Liss, RLA Music teacher
On the Tables by the Slat Wall
Homebound/shut-in packets for February are available for pick-up and delivery. Envelopes for 2024 PLUS year-end contribution statements are available on the tables by the slat wall. Please pick yours up. Any questions, email Cindy Matthews (she will be traveling a LOT coming up, so email is the best way to get a response).
Please sign the frame for Deb and John Watson, behind the pews. The Watsons’ last Sunday with us was the 21st but Pastor Borger will be seeing them next week.
MAC Food Pantry
We received a card from the food pantry saying: “Thank you for your generous gifts to MAC Food Pantry, which enable us to serve those in need in our community. It is because of faithful servants like your church which keeps the pantry serving. The Lord bless you and continue to pour out his goodness in your life.”
But please note: most of what is donated to the food pantry each week comes from one SPLC household. We are asking for MORE help from MORE folks in two ways.
- Please consider getting an item or two for the food pantry each week when you do your normal grocery shopping. You do NOT need to know what the specific pantry needs are: they accept whatever is donated as long as it’s non-perishable and within date.
- We’d love to start handing out reminder slips again on Sundays if we had a few folks willing to volunteer to do this. Please contact Pastor Clark (adamclarknd@gmail.com) with interest. Thank you so much for helping us support those in our community with food needs.
Public Service Announcement
Have you heard about the new Indiana state law adopted by St. Joseph County that offers a homestead credit for homeowners over age 55? It will prevent property taxes from rising more than 2% annually. Check out www.sjcindiana.com/2302/auditor for more information.
Ministry Updates and Opportunities
Sunday Servants Gather Before Worship
All who help lead the Divine Service will gather for 5 minutes by the font at 10 a.m. to prepare their hearts and minds for worship. If you are serving as altar guild, usher, crucifer/acolyte, lector, greeter, tech person, elder, musician/dancer, doorkeeper or other HEART member, etc. on a particular Sunday, please come together for quick introductions and short prayer led by Deaconess Amy Smessaert. Together, we will ask God to bless our service to God’s people as we live connected in spiritual formation in Christ. All confirmands and parents are encouraged to participate, whether or not you are serving on that Sunday.
New Sunday Morning Adult Bible Study Topic: Pilgrimage toward Renewal
See announcement above!
New Thursday Morning Bible Study
See announcement above!
Friday Night Bible Study
The FNBS next meets February 2 at 6:30pm for dinner, followed by study beginning at 7pm. This year’s focus is Chad Bird’s book, Limping with God: Jacob and the Old Testament Guide to Messy Discipleship. Anyone is welcome to join; no previous bible study experience needed!
Jacob seems to be anything but a model disciple. And yet he is also “Israel,” the namesake of the Old Testament community of God, chosen and blessed. In Jacob’s life we see our lives, our struggles, our failures…but most especially, the God who loves us and chooses us as his own. Come explore Jacob’s story as we learn more together about ourselves and about the God of Israel, who is with us and for us in Jesus the Messiah.
Book: Check it out or order here (the church will cover the cost if needed)
Time: Meal, 6:30pm | Study 7-8:30pm
Dates: 1st and 3rd Fridays [Feb 2 and 16, Mar 1 and 15]
Where: Fellowship Hall
Sign-up: Please contact either John Schroeder (jschroeind@aol.com) or Mike Fonck (mfonck@comcast.net) to let them know you’re interested.
Pick Your Next Usher Date!
Thanks to everyone who has served as an usher or part of an usher team. It’s time to pick another date to serve! Please sign up on the Sunday Servants sheet on the slat wall. You can see the specific list of duties, with video demos, here. A veteran usher will assist you and teach you one extra duty beyond communion each time you serve.
Church Set-up
If you are using the church for any reason and need the church set up a certain way, please text or call Matt Rockwell at 574-261-8318.
Coffee Hour/Hospitality
We need volunteers for hospitality on Sundays. Pick up some treats from the store such as mini rolls, strudel, fruit, donut holes, small cinnamon rolls, or similar. Total cost is no more than $20 (3-4 packages). There is a sign-up sheet and instructions on the table by the slat wall. Please contact Nancy Kroll if you have any questions at (574) 229-9496.
Week of January 21, 2023
Offerings
General Fund: $2,165.26
Worship Attendance
Sunday 1/21: 102
M.A.C. Food Pantry
• food collected last week: 15 pounds
• this week’s shopping list: soup, hamburger helper, syrup
Contact Cindy Matthews (574) 855-3504 for more information.
Sewing Quilt Team
• no quilts this week (weather cancellation)
Through the program year, the sewing group meets Tuesdays to cut squares, size sheets, assemble backs and fronts of quilts, iron sheets, sew and pin quilts. Participants of ANY skill level from the least to the greatest are welcome. If you are interested in this human care ministry, contact Helga Platz (574) 514-3751 for more information.
Braille Bible Team
• no books this week (weather cancellation)
Contact Sharon Csaszar (574) 904-1411 or Sandy Ellis (574) 220-3636 for more information.
Links and General Info
Prayer Requests may be submitted by:
- Using the convenient on-line Submit New Prayer Request Here Link
- Adding written prayers to the “Our Gathering Prayers” form on Sunday morning
Announcements may be submitted by:
- Using the online form: https://splcm.org/forms/submit-announcement/
- Filling out an announcement form from the left of the slat wall in the Narthex and placing it on the pastor’s chair to the right of the Cross at the front of the sanctuary.
St. Peter Members Website Page
Did you know that we have a dedicated page just for members of St. Peter? This page contains monthly celebrations for birthdays, baptisms, and wedding anniversaries; annual Kingdom Spending Plan (budget); monthly financial reports; MLT and Voter Assembly minutes and announcements; church Constitution, and more. NOTE: Password is the same as “prayers” password; call the church office with questions, 574-255-5585.
Zoom Videoconferencing
Changes have continued. If your group needs to use Zoom, please email PC at adamclarknd@gmail.com.
Your St. Peter Leadership
- Mission Leadership Team (MLT)
Brian Reedstrom (President)
David Seitz (Vice-President)
Alex Homann (Secretary)
David Luster-Bartz (Treasurer)
Andrew Deliyannides (At-Large member)
Elizabeth McGrath (At-Large member)
Dylan Bergstrom (At-Large member) - Elders
Chuck Ryan (Head Elder), Marty Orlowski, Brian Reedstrom, Mark Waldron, David Gurnee, John Schroeder, Jeff Rockwell - Pastors
Pastor Bryan Borger, Senior Pastor
Pastor Adam Clark, Associate Pastor
Office Hours:
Mon: “flex” (call to see)
Tue: 11:00am-3pm
Wed: 11:00am-3pm
Thu: 10:30am-3pm
Fri: “flex” (call to see)
Pastors’ Day Off: Mondays
*Otherwise, call, text, or email to set an appointment. See contact below.
Sunday Schedule
- Education Hour: 9am
Ages 3-Adult - Divine Worship: 10:15 am
(stream: splcm.org/worship)