SUNDAY SCHOOL AND WORSHIP
Sunday School 9am
classes for all ages
Divine Worship 10:15am
The News
New Member Sunday and Potluck after Worship: THIS SUNDAY, March 2
In worship this Sunday, March 2, we will welcome 18 new members in 7 households to St. Peter. Please also join us for a potluck after worship. MLT, Elders, and “J&P Catering” are providing pulled pork sandwiches (in support of NYG), as well as dessert. Please click here to RSVP and sign up to bring a SIDE or SALAD.
Lent Begins this Coming Week with Ash Wednesday, 7pm (no supper)
Not too late!!!!! NYG Fundraiser – Trivia Night at St. Paul, Saturday, March 1
National Youth Gathering Auction: Request for Donations to Support Our Youth!
This auction is our largest fundraiser in support of the National Youth Gathering. We invite you to offer items for auction in one of three categories: food, service, or miscellaneous. Food examples: cake or cookies baked to order, jar of homemade applesauce, etc. Service examples: yardwork, errands, tutoring, photo session, computer help, etc. Misc. examples: hosted game night with cooking for 4, pool party, boardgame basket, movie night basket, skilled hand-made jewelry, etc. Ultimately, anything you are good at, or any common interest, can be turned into a service or other item! Please click here to sign-up to donate.
Please also save the date for the auction: Sunday, March 23 after worship.
Soliciting Members: Emergency Prayer Team
Mary Jo Dubie, who has a passion for the power of prayer, is soliciting members for a prayer team that is immediately accessible when there is a life-threatening emergency (only). Team members will receive the call and be asked to call one other person. This team will serve alongside our regular prayer list and procedure for all other prayers.
If you would like to join the team, please see Mary Jo at church. Once the team is up and running, we will let everyone know how to reach them for prayer. Let’s cover each other in prayer when the need is greatest!
Sunday Adult Bible Study, 9am: Confessional Lutherans in the Wider Body
We continue our pilgrimage into the Protestant traditions. This week we hear the “Anabaptist Story” before turning more directly to the theology and the further “branches” we see today (Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist, Mennonite, Pentecostal, etc.). Never too late to join us!
Call for Christmas Trees!
We are STILL LOOKING for 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 anytime before summer 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!
Save the Date! Family Game Night, Friday, March 14
It’s that time again! Bring your favorite board/card/table game and come on out to play with other SPLC members on Friday, March 14, beginning at 6:30pm. We’ll provide some snacks and also games. BIOMEN SYNDESMOI in a fun, family-oriented evening of recreation. See Elizabeth McGrath with questions.
New Directories!!!!
Finally! The moment you’ve all been waiting for! Brand-new and up-to-date directories (that include all the new people!) are hot off the press and ready for you to pick up from the tables by the slat wall. Grab one for your household and a smaller version for your car glove box, if you’d like. We will mail a copy to our homebound members. Please remember that because of security issues, we do not put the directory online, or hand it to visitors. Let’s help keep members’ contact information safe. Let Renee know if you have any questions.
LWML Zone Event
All Women of St. Peter are invited to attend the LWML Zone Prayer Service on Saturday, March 15, beginning at 10am at St. Paul’s BREMEN. A luncheon will follow. No RSVP necessary.
LCMS Pastor Dissertation Survey
If you have an interest in helping an LCMS pastor with his dissertation research by completing a survey about your experiences of Christian community, please let Renee know. She has the survey and can send it out to you via e-mail.
Thank You – and Thanks be to God!
- For Marty Orlowski, who checked out the drainage problem with our sacristy sink and ended up solving the problem and saving a hefty chunk of change, at least for now. Watch those worries disappear down the drain – Thanks be to God!
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 next study on the book of James begins late February. 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.
“The Numbers” — Week of 23 February 2025
Offerings
General Fund: $9369.10
SPY NYG: $230
Endowment: $50
Worship Attendance
Sunday 2/23: 119
M.A.C. Food Pantry
• 420 pounds this week
• The Food Pantry is under new leadership and has developed an expanded list of needed items.
• most needed right now: CRACKERS; jelly/preserves; Jello-O; Rice-a-Roni; bags of rice; pasta: noodles, bow-tie, elbow, spaghetti; boxed potatoes; canned tuna; toilet paper; feminine hygiene; adult diapers; Jiffy; side dishes
Contact Cindy Matthews (574) 855-3504 for more information.
Braille Bible Team
• 24 copies of Exodus in Spanish this week
Contact Sharon Csaszar (574) 904-1411 or Sandy Ellis (574) 220-3636 for more information.
Sewing Quilt Team
• 7 quilts this week
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: 11:30am-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)