Text Box: Parish Visitor Text Box: St. Peter’s Lutheran Church 418 Sumner Street East Northfield, MN 55057 507-645-8252 www.northfieldstp.org Text Box: April 2008 Text Box: How Can I be Involved in Simply Giving? What is Simply Giving? Simply Giving is a program offered to St Peter’s Church through Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. It allows members of St Peter’s to sign up and have their offering taken out of their bank account every month. No more forgetting to mail in the offering or bring the offering envelope with to church. Going on vacation is much simpler because there is one less item to remember to take care of before leaving The designated offering is taken from the bank account every month without having to do any more. Doesn’t one less thing to remember sound great? I know it is a relief for me to have one less item on my plate ,while I am still doing what I can for my Church. If I wish to change the designated amount at any time, that can be done by simply contacting the church office. I have been using this program for several years and have been very pleased with it. I set a designated amount that I know I want to contribute to my church, and it is taken out of my account once a month. This is a great benefit for the church as well. By members setting up a contribution in a designated amount once every month, it allows the Church Council to rely on these funds to be in their account every month to cover their expenses. Currently, there is a small group of members that are utilizing this service. If more members were to take advantage of the Simply Giving program, just think about how this could benefit your Church’s monthly budget. The Church is no different then any other business in that there are expenses incurred each month, If a particular month is low in offerings, the Church would be able to count on the funds that have been designated for Simply Giving to be there every month. By designating a withdrawl once a month versus once a week, reduces the paperwork that the Church has to do to maintain the program. Simply contact Dottie Scharber now to find out more information about the Simply Giving program and sign up to become a part of this program. Thanks for you support in this program. Sandy Bremer Text Box: Your Gifts Make a Difference Text Box: Inside this issue: Text Box: Special points of interest: Information on Congregational meeting for vote on new Associate Pastor Northfield Ecumenical Women Gathering Sign up dates for new Church directory

News from Music Director

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Pastor’s Corner

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Cornerstone

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Education Pages

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Youth Pages

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Women’s Pages

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Turning Point Counseling Center

 

Church Council Minutes

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