We're a moderately sized, ELCA affiliated church with about 1500 members. Our pastors are Craig Ellingboe and Paul Graham.
We’d love it if you’d join us in worship!
Preschool Involvement Opportunities
By webmaster | May 15, 2008
Sunday Worship
Nursery– during the worship hours
Sunday School– 9:35 Sunday am
VBS (Summer, Vacation Bible School)
JAM night eating– 500 to 6:15 pm every Wed unless noted
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High School Involvement Opportunities
By webmaster | May 15, 2008
Sunday Worship
Crossroads Forum, 9:35 to 10:30 AM Sunday
Confirmation– 9th grade, 7:30 to 8:30 pm Wed
Adult Choir– Some Sunday singing and practice on Wednesday
Youth Worship Band “Pertinacious” (leads the youth forum worship section during the 9:30 AM youth forum hour)
10:45 AM worship band “Cornerstone”
Christcare (call office 645-8252 for more info)
Women’s Circles
JAM night eating– 5:00 to 6:30 pm every Wed unless noted
LUV ladies quilting
Jubilee Bells– occasional performances and practice Wed 6:15 pm
Table Talk at the Tavern– 2nd Thursday at the Tavern, 7:00 am
WELCA and WELCA board
WELCA book group)
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Middle School Involvement Opportunites
By webmaster | May 15, 2008
Opportunities for Middle School Youth:
Sunday Worship
Power Hour Forum, 9:35 to 10:30 am Sunday
Confirmation– 7th grade, 6:00 to 6:45 pm Wed
Confirmation– 8th grade, 6:45 to 7:30 pm Wed
Youth Worship Band “Pertinacious” (leads the youth forum worship section)
Cornerstone– band which leads the 10:45 am worship service
JAM night eating– 5:00 to 6:30 pm every Wed unless noted
Jubilee Bells– occasional performances and practice Wed 6:15 pm
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Children Involvement Opportunites
By webmaster | May 15, 2008
Sunday Worship
Sunday School– 9:30 Sunday am
JAM stations– Wednesday for K-5th
VBS (Summer, Vacation Bible School)
Day Camp (Summer)
Children’s Choir (Wed)
CAT Class– Contact the church office for information about CAT Class.
JAM night eating– 5:00 to 6:30 pm every Wed unless noted
Jubilee Bells– occasional performances and practice Wed 6:15 pm
Go to the complete children’s master schedule, (contains info about all activities.)
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Adult Involvement Opportunities
By webmaster | May 15, 2008
Sunday Worship
Friendship Forum, 9:30 to 10:30 am Sunday
Choir– Some Sunday singing and practice on Wed
Youth Worship Team Board (coordinates Youth Forum)
Cornerstone– leads contemporary worship
Christcare Small Groups (call office 645-8252 for more info)
Women’s Fellowship– 2nd and 4th Fridays, 9:00 am, location changes
Women’s Circles
JAM night eating– 5:00 to 6:00 pm every Wed unless noted
LUV ladies quilting
Jubilee Bells– occasional performances and practice Wed 6:15 pm
Table Talk at the Tavern– 2nd Thursday at the Tavern, 7:00 am
WELCA and WELCA board
WELCA book group
Driving kids to Sharing and Caring Hands
Teaching Sunday School or Youth Forum
Noon Bible Study at church, with the Pastors
Men’s Bible Study (call 645-8252 for more info)
Turning Point Counseling
Emotions Anonymous
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Faithful Democracy, 2008 Presidential Election
By webmaster | May 15, 2008
Faithful Democracy has launched a nonpartisan Web site designed to educate and engage people of faith about their role in the 2008 electoral process. FaithfulDemocracy.org is a “safe and welcoming space” for people to discuss the role of faith in the public life and promote civic participation, according to an April news release from Faithful Democracy. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is a member of Faithful Democracy — a coalition of 13 national faith- based organizations. You’ll also find a link to Faithful Democracy on the left hand side of this blog.
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Bookstore
By webmaster | May 15, 2008
Bookstore hours: Sunday from 9:15 am to 10:45 am, and Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. You can find the bookstore in the narthex of St. Peter’s church. See you there!
We have many books for children, teenagers, and adults. Extreme Teen Bible The Bible that equips your teens to take their faith to new heights– with a well grounded sense of who they are, what they believe, and what God promises for their future.
The Prayer of Jabez Discover how to release the miraculous power of God in your life! Taking you to an obscure corner of 1 Chronicles, Wilkinson introduces you to Jabez, whose audacious one sentence prayer brought him extraordinary blessings and has changed believers’ lives.
Omartian helps you place every detail of your family’s lives in the capable hands of our heavenly Father. Discover the joy of being part of God’s plan for your family.
We have devotionals for all ages!
We also have wonderful gifts, including:
Art for your walls
Napkins
Greeting cards
Christian pins, necklaces
Graduation gifts
Confirmation gifts
Wedding gifts
Videos
We do not intend to make money on the bookstore. Thanks, and visit the bookstore! Email dottiescharber@charter.net to see if we have the book or item you are looking for. We’ll soon respond.
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Bishop Hanson: Crisis in Kenya
By webmaster | May 15, 2008
Letter from presiding bishop about crisis in Kenya
February 7, 2008
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
(Psalm 27:1)
I write to invite you and your congregation to join brothers and sisters throughout the world in prayer for peace and reconciliation in Kenya. Pray for the church in Kenya, its leaders, for those who have lost loved ones to the violence, for those who are displaced, and for our mission personnel who continue to serve in Kenya. ELCA missionaries include two Young Adults in Global Mission, a husband and wife team providing leadership to the Nairobi International Lutheran Congregation, and an Africa-wide health consultant and his family. Mission personnel continue to work in-country, even as Global Mission staff monitors the situation to ensure their safety.
Since the end of December, what we have heard from our companion churches and mission personnel confirms what has been widely reported in the media: that serious ethnic conflict and violence in Kenya continues in the wake of that country’s disputed presidential election. Hundreds of thousands of Kenyan children, women, and men have been forced to flee their homes. This unrest has its roots in ethnic divisions that were reinforced by colonial rule and have shaped post-colonial life in Kenya. It also is rooted in the wide gap between “haves” and “have-nots” in that country. The emerging pattern of violence threatens the future of one of the most stable countries in Africa and could have enormous implications on other countries in the region.
This church is working with the churches in Kenya and global Lutheran and ecumenical partners to meet urgent human need. The Lutheran World Federation has two member churches in Kenya. The ELCA has a companion church relationship with the Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church (KELC). The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod is in altar and pulpit fellowship with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya (ELCK). From the very first days of the crisis, both churches have provided emergency food and supplies to families in the slums of Nairobi and in other parts of Kenya affected by the violence. The ELCA responded immediately, sending a $10,000 grant to our companion church and a $15,000 grant to Church World Service, which helped coordinate the work of Action by Churches Together in the initial days of the crisis. (ACT is a world-wide coalition of Protestant and Orthodox churches engaged in disaster response.) The ELCA also coordinated its response with Lutheran World Relief, a ministry of both the ELCA and the LCMS.
Please visit www.elca.org/disaster for updates and for ways individuals and congregations can give.
Our Global Mission staff continues to be in close communication with the KELC’s Bishop Zachariah Kahutu, both by phone and e-mail. Gaylord Thomas, director of the ELCA’s Africa desk, traveled to Kenya to provide encouragement and support to our companion church and also to ELCA mission personnel serving in Kenya.
Regionally, the All Africa Conference of Churches and Inter-faith Action for Peace in Africa are working with churches and faith groups in Kenya as they seek to build peace and achieve democratic accountability, transparency, and national unity in the midst of this crisis. Support includes visits, such as the recent trip of global church leaders organized by World Council of Churches.
May God, our refuge, give strength and wisdom to those seeking peace and justice as they seek to break the spiral of violence and bring peace and reconciliation in Kenya.
In God’s grace,
The Rev. Mark S. Hanson
Presiding Bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
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Youth Master Calendar
By webmaster | May 15, 2008
Here’s the youth master calendar does not include activities for kids middle school and high school ages– see High School and Middle School Youth.
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Worship Times, Description
By webmaster | May 15, 2008
Our 8:30 AM serivce is our Early service. This is a service of confession, praise, thanksgiving and witness, led by the congregation, organ, senior choir, bells, and guest musicians. Also, you’ll hear personal faith stories and for the little ones we often have a children’s sermon
Liturgy and hymns are from the new Evangelical Lutheran Worship hymnal (ELW). All styles of music from classical, to gospel, to contemporary are included in this service.
Our 10:45 AM serivce is our Contemporary service – you’ll hear contemporary music, guitars, drums.
Our Cornerstone singers lead the congregation, there is significant lay participation in the liturgy, and there are contemporary style liturgical prayers. Also, you’ll hear personal faith stories and for the little ones we often have a children’s sermon.
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