SUNDAY SCHOOL AND WORSHIP
Sunday School 9am **in recess until Jan 12!**
classes for all ages
Divine Worship 10:15am
The News
Year-end Statements
Year-end contribution reports will be available starting Sunday, Jan 5 for pick up. Please pick up yours and take a shut-in theirs! See Cindy Matthews if you have questions.
College Boxes
Please bring your donations of goodies for our SPLC college/graduate students and leave them in the bin by the slat wall by Saturday, February 1. Cookies, breakfast/protein bars, popcorn, hot chocolate mix, candy, and gum are always welcome, but we do have several who are gluten-free, so careful shopping is appreciated as well. Thank you for your generosity!
Call for Christmas Trees!
We will be looking to use artificial Christmas trees for our VBS program in the summer of 2025. If you have one that you are ready to get rid of, please let Krista Hunt know. We’d be happy to collect it now or at the end of the Christmas season if you don’t plan to keep it for next December. Another option would be if you have a tree you would be willing to loan us for the week during VBS, consider packing it up and leaving in an accessible location to make a quick grab from your storage area in June. Green trees in all sizes, styles, and shapes would be welcomed. Thank you for keeping us in mind!
2025 Offering Envelopes
Envelopes are out and ready for you to pick up. If you would like a set of envelopes and don’t see one for your household, please see Cindy Matthews. If you’d like to set up electronic giving, see David-Luster Bartz or Renee in the office.
Name Tags
We’d like to invite everyone to please begin wearing your name tag again, while you’re at church on Sundays. If you do not have a name tag or cannot find yours, let Renee know and she’ll print you another one.
We have MANY new people and it helps them feel comfortable and confident when they can learn the names of the people worshiping here (and we can learn their names, too!). Also, the elders appreciate being able to say your name as they are communing you, but sometimes they draw a blank. Please help everyone out by using your name tag! It’s a simple way we can BIOMEN SYNDESMOI under the Long Arms of the Cross.
Resurrection Lutheran Academy (RLA)
News, Info, and Ministry Opportunities
Bible Studies & Ministry Updates and Opportunities
Sunday Servants Gather Before Worship
All who help lead the Divine Service gather promptly at 10:05am to take 3 minutes 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.
Winter Mid-Week Bible Studies
THURSDAY MORNING, 9am at church: we meet in the “library area” of the narthex. Our study beginning Nov. 7 is called “Casting Stones.” We’d love for you to join us! Connect with Paula Ryan or call Renee in the office (574-255-5585).
FRIDAY NIGHT: 1st and 3rd Fridays 6:30pm: we meet in the fellowship hall. Hosts offer dinner from 6:30-7, with study beginning at 7 and lasting about an hour, usually. We begin this new year with a study of Isaiah! If you’ve never been part of this group and would like to join, please see John Schroeder or Mike Fonck. All are welcome!
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.
Week of 29 December 2024
Offerings
General Fund (Advent 4 – Christmas 1): $35,786
RLA: $25
Pastors’ Discretionary: $120
Worship Attendance
Pr. Mangelsdorf’s funeral: 190
Sunday 12/29: 114
Christmas Day: 93
Christmas Eve: 140
Advent 4: 143
M.A.C. Food Pantry
• The Pantry is closed until January 7 but please continue to bring food donations so we’ll have lots to give them in the new year!
• most needed right now: rice, soup, side dishes, hamburger helper
Contact Cindy Matthews (574) 855-3504 for more information.
Braille Bible Team
• 544 braille books in 2024!!!!!
Contact Sharon Csaszar (574) 904-1411 or Sandy Ellis (574) 220-3636 for more information.
Sewing Quilt Team
• resumes January 7
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.
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
If your group needs to use Zoom, please email the office at office@splcm.org.
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 Adam Clark, Senior Pastor
Pastor Bryan Borger, 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)