WORSHIP and SUNDAY SCHOOL
Divine Worship 10:15am
Sunday School 9:00am
(classes for all ages)
The News
Sunday, May 11: Last Regular Sunday Morning Adult Ed
Final session in our spring “semester”! This Sunday, we will touch on key Scriptures around the Protestant “split” over the Lord’s Supper, then discuss lingering questions and how to talk about all this with friends and family of a different Christian confession.
Sunday, May 18, 8:30am – SPY Gravy/Biscuits and Catechism NYG Fundraiser – enjoy a tasty breakfast while you hear our youth, Dave Homann, and Pastor Clark share from their memorization of Luther’s Small Catechism.
Mite Boxes
For those of you who joined us in collecting coins for Lutheran Braille Workers during Lent, please bring your boxes into church. Look for the labeled container near the slat wall for the drop-off place. Thank you!
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 this 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!
Thank You – and Thanks be to God!
- For everybody who participated in Confirmation – Anne and Emily for playing, Don Graves for guitar, Chuck and Emily for singing, Dave for canting, Chasity for cakes, WoSP for serving, Dave Gurnee for pics, families and friends who attended and supported, mentors and others who participated in formation during the 2 years.
Thanks be to God for these servants and their service!
Resurrection Lutheran Academy (RLA)
News, Info, and Ministry Opportunities
RLA CASE STATEMENT: Detailed Project Proposal
Vacation Bible School
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.
Spring Mid-Week Bible Studies
THURSDAY MORNING, 9am at church: we meet in the “library area” of the narthex. We begin a new book April 24 on the Apostles’ Creed. 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 6:30-7pm, with study beginning at 7pm and lasting an hour or 90 minutes, usually. We are studying Isaiah! If you would like to know more, please see John Schroeder or Mike Fonck.
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 4 May 2025
Offerings
General Fund: $12,309
RLA: $100
Capital Campaign/Maintenance: $20
Endowment: $535
Braille: $21
Worship Attendance
Sunday 5/4: 169
M.A.C. Food Pantry
• 496 pounds this week
• most needed right now: jelly/preserves; Jell-O; Jiffy mixes; cereal
Contact Cindy Matthews (574) 855-3504 for more information.
Braille Bible Team
• 8 copies of Galatians – Philemon in Spanish LAST week thanks to help from RLA 5th-8th grade students!
• 14 copies from the afternoon group (after school kids left)
Contact Sharon Csaszar (574) 904-1411 or Sandy Ellis (574) 220-3636 for more information.
Sewing Quilt Team
• 8 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: 11:00am-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)