Worship with us this first week of Lent! 9:00 am worship, then coffee and snacks following worship. "Inspired" book study will start this Sunday at 10:10am in the Fireside room. Sunday School is on as usual! All visitors welcome! Parents: Remember the kids are singing this Sunday. Have them in the sanctuary for one last practice at 8:40am. Wear your blue St. Peter's shirt if you have one! About worship 3/1: Today's gospel tells of Jesus’ temptation in the desert. His forty-day fast becomes the basis of our Lenten pilgrimage. In the early church Lent was a time of intense preparation for those to be baptized at the Easter Vigil. This catechetical focus on the meaning of faith is at the heart
Join in worship at 9am at St. Peter's this Sunday! Then stay for a MARDI GRAS pancake breakfast and celebration! All are welcome. Also, in the Fireside Room this Sunday, Kathy Chatelaine from the synod will give a presentation on her experience down at our southern border, and more on sanctuary denominations. Welcome, Kathy! About worship this Sunday 2/23: Today’s festival is a bridge between the Advent-Christmas-Epiphany cycle that comes to a close today and the Lent-Easter cycle that begins in several days. On a high mountain Jesus is revealed as God’s beloved Son, echoing the words at his baptism. This vision of glory sustains us as Jesus faces his impending death in Jerusalem. We turn th
Join in worship at St. Peter's Lutheran this Sunday, February 16 at 9:00 am! About worship: In today’s reading from Deuteronomy we are called to choose life by loving and obeying God. Much of today’s gospel reading echoes portions of the Ten Commandments. Jesus’ instructions to the crowd reveal a pattern of behavior that honors both God and the neighbor, resulting in life and health for the whole community. We too are invited to embrace these commandments, not out of fear of retribution, but because God has promised that to do so means life for us. (sundaysandseasons) Stay for coffee following worship. The second half of "Planning Sabbaticals" book study will at 10:10. Grab your cup of coffe
For those who wish to reflect this morning at home: Our worship today, the 5th Sunday after Epiphany is about being the small thing that can make a big change! Light shines in the darkness for the upright, the psalmist sings. Isaiah declares that when we loose the bonds of injustice and share our bread with the hungry, the light breaks forth like the dawn. In another passage from the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus, the light of the world, calls his followers to let the light of their good works shine before others. Through baptism we are sent into the world to shine with the light of Christ. (sundaysandseasons) You may read the lessons for today in your Bibles: First Lesson: Isaiah 58:1-9a The f
Salt & Light! Worship with us at 9am, stay for coffee and a community connection with Health Finders following worship. Sunday School is on as usual at 10:10 am! All visitors welcome! About worship on 2/9: Light shines in the darkness for the upright, the psalmist sings. Isaiah declares that when we loose the bonds of injustice and share our bread with the hungry, the light breaks forth like the dawn. In another passage from the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus, the light of the world, calls his followers to let the light of their good works shine before others. Through baptism we are sent into the world to shine with the light of Christ. (sundaysandseasons)
