SCHEDULE FOR THIS WEEK
Sunday, January 22nd
8:00am Worship (Sanctuary)
9:00am Sunday School (Fellowship Hall)
9:00am Budget Listening Session (Fireside Room)
10:00am Worship (Sanctuary)
Tuesday, January 24th
9:00am Quilting (Quadrooms)
5:30pm Boot Camp (Fellowship Hall)
Wednesday, January 25th
10:00am Bible Study (Fireside Room)
1:30pm Men’s Bible Study (Fireside Room)
6:30pm Confirmation (Fellowship Hall)
Thursday, January 26th
10:00am Fidget Mats (Quadrooms)
5:30pm Boot Camp (Fellowship Hall)
Sunday, January 29th
8:00am Worship (Sanctuary)
9:00am Sunday School (Fellowship Hall)
10:00am Worship (Sanctuary)
WORSHIP AND WITNESS MISSION NEWS
St. Peter Live
Our service is livestreamed to our Facebook page (https://m.facebook.com/stpetersheboygan/) each Sunday morning. Following worship, the service will be uploaded to YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkvPIB8agxVhS72C5822etA) and our website (https://stpetersheboygan.com). The weekly bulletin is attached to this email if you would like to follow along with the online service.
Worship Assistants
Please consider signing up to be a worship assistant! Each week we need help with ushering, communion serving, reading, altar guild and recording the 8am service. You can sign up using the Sign-Up Genius link below (through February), or you can call Carrie (920.452.4771) and she can sign you up for any duty at any service. Thank you for all of your help!!
Stay Healthy!
It’s cold and flu season! These cold temperatures force everyone indoors and the germs are out in full force. This is just a reminder that if you are not feeling well, please stay home and enjoy worship online. If you do come to church, please consider wearing a mask to protect yourself and others! Masks are still available inside the main doors and at the fellowship hall entrance.
ANNUAL MEETING
The Annual Meeting is scheduled for Sunday, February 5th at 11:00am in the Fellowship Hall. The Budget Listening Session is scheduled for Sunday, January 22nd at 9am.
SUNDAY SCHOOL/COFFEE FELLOWSHIP UPDATE
Sunday school is now in the fellowship hall and coffee fellowship is in the fireside room. For safety reasons, the fellowship hall doors are intentionally locked on Sunday mornings. Please use the main doors to enter the building when you come for worship, Sunday School, or coffee fellowship. You may exit through the main doors or fellowship hall doors.
LIFELONG LEARNING MISSION
Sunday School
Join us for Sunday School at 9:00am in the fellowship hall. Kids ages 3 years old through 5th grade are invited to join us for a time of bible stories, music, and activities.
Confirmation
Confirmation is on Wednesdays from 6:30-7:30pm.
Leah Circle
Please join us, we meet on the 1st Wednesday of the month (February 1st) in the Fireside Room at 11:30am. Bring a lunch. We lead with prayer, have a brief meeting while eating lunch, then follow with the Gather Magazine Bible Study. Please reply to this email if you have questions, or you can talk to Kelly J.
Men’s Bible/Book Study
Join Jim and Steve for a weekly men’s study on Wednesdays from 1:30 – 2:30pm in the Fireside Room. All men are welcome, you need not be a member of St. Peter to attend.
Bible Study
Join us for Bible Study, led by Myra, on Wednesday mornings from 10:00am to 11:00am in the Fireside Room.
SOCIAL OUTREACH MISSION NEWS
Mitten Tree
We just made deliveries to Grant and Longfellow Schools. The tree is naked – that means we need to dress it with more hats, mittens, and gloves! Thank you to all who help with this ministry.
Fidget Mats
Fidget mats and cuffs continue to be popular items. We give thanks to the many hands that create these, each with their own special style and creativity. Every place we take them there is so much appreciation, especially since their budgets are small and because of your generosity in giving doodads and gizmos we can gift them. Please join us each Thursday morning from 10am to noon in the Quadrooms. No experience necessary, we can help you get started.
Quilting
Join us for quilting for Lutheran World Relief on Tuesdays from 9am– 12pm in the quad room. Please come, we have a lot of work to do. No experience necessary. We will teach you. See you there.
El Salvador News
Sponsor letters will be coming out in January. This year there are 12 students that will be leaving our program – several because of graduations! There are a few that had to move from the area due to gang problems. We have received a list of 21 new students, most in the grade school system. We will be seeking help from the entire congregation hoping to find some new sponsors. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me anytime. The cost of sponsoring a student in the grade school is $180.00 per year. Cost breaks down to $15.00 a month or $3.75 per week. Scholarships can be paid over an entire year or may be paid in a lump sum. It’s up to the individual sponsors. All I ask is for prayerful consideration. Love Always, Jim
Northside Christian Food Pantry
Northside Christian Food Pantry is thankful to members of St. Peter for their financial and food donations throughout the year. The pantry is open to all those in need of food. Every Thursday from 12:00-12:30pm the pantry door are open. It is located at St. Dominic Parish, 2133 N. 22nd Street, Sheboygan. WI.
January’s most needed items are: Toilet Paper, Paper Towels, Napkins and Kleenex though other items are always accepted. Place items in the food cart near the coat rack. Pat L.
SCIO
Three families/10 people are currently living in the Bridgeway House. We continue to meet each individual where they are at to set goals and move through past traumas. Please hold the Bridgeway family in your thoughts and prayers as we venture through a season of change with staff and new residents. Bridgeway is in need of twin bed blankets and new pillows. SCIO families are also in need of transportation assistance. Daily bus passes and gas cards are welcomed donations as we make our way through the winter months.
The Winter Market will continue every first and third Saturday from 9am-12pm, through April. The Winter Market is located inside First Congregational UCC Church, 310 Bluff Avenue. We will continue to offer EBT and $15 Double Your Bucks match at every market! Look for new vendors in 2023!
Want to make a difference? Looking for a part-time position in the evening and alternating weekends? We are hiring Program Assistants for about 10-15 hours a week for Family Pathways and Bridgeway. Please send a resume or email your interest to lisa@sheboygancountyinterfaith.org.
Please help SCIO with the following items: sidewalk salt/de-icer, diapers size 5 and 6, infant and toddler socks.
Community Resources
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is now operational. This lifeline provides care and support to people experiencing stressful situations. It is free, confidential, and is available 24/7. People of all ages who need help for themselves or a loved one can access the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by: calling 988, sending a text message to 988, or using the chat feature at 988lifeline.org. People who contact 988 will be connected with a trained counselor who takes note of the person’s needs, understands how the person’s problem is affecting them, provides support, and, if needed, gets the person additional help.
PRAYER REQUESTS
Please keep the following people in your prayers:
Sharon, Dave, Dan, Tom, Those who are LGBTQ+, Carol, Roger, Terry & Family, Leonart and his family, Jennifer, Kelvin and family, Kari, Tim, Wina, Mike, Connie, Cirilla, and Apostles of Christ.
BULLETIN AND WEEKLY NEWSLETTER ARTICLE DATES
Announcements for the bulletin and weekly newsletter are due at noon each Wednesday. Please submit information to Carrie, at email address stpeter@stpetersheboygan.com. The staff will review and make final decisions based on clarity, space, content, timing, and needs of the community.