SCHEDULE FOR THIS WEEK
Sunday, October 9th
8:00am Worship
9:00am Sunday School
9:00am LWR School Kit Assembly
10:00am Worship
11:00am Love Fellowship Church of God in Christ
Tuesday, October 11th
9:00am Quilting
Wednesday, October 12th
10:00am Bible Study
6:30pm Confirmation
Thursday, October 13th
10:00am Fidget Mats
7:15pm Dartball—Home vs Eagles
Sunday, October 16th
8:00am Worship
9:00am Sunday School
10:00am Worship
11:00am Love Fellowship Church of God in Christ
WORSHIP AND WITNESS MISSION NEWS
Fall Worship Times
8:00am – Worship (Sanctuary)
9:00-9:45am – Sunday School (Meet in Fireside Room)
10:00am – Worship (Sanctuary)
Coffee Fellowship will be between services in the Fellowship Hall
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.
Sign up to be a Worship Assistant
It is now easier than ever to help with worship! Visit the Sign-Up Genius site to help with reading, ushering, communion and tech through October. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084aaaac2eaaf58-worship
St. Peter Organizational Structure
We thought it was a good time to remind everyone of our organizational structure at St. Peter. A chart is attached to this email, which will be very helpful in understanding how this works! It is a structure that is built around collaboration and healthy communication.
Each Ministry Team is part of a Mission. Each Mission exists for different purposes, but they are all rooted in the gospel and carry out the mission of St. Peter Lutheran Church to “Glorify God by building healthy relationship with God, with one another, and with our community following the example of Jesus Christ.” Ministry Teams meet as needed to carry out specific goals related to specific ministries.
Each Mission is assigned a council liaison. Some Missions may have more than one liaison. The liaison(s) function as a link between Ministry Teams within the Missions and the church council. The liaison(s) are not required to attend meetings and events for teams in their Missions. If you are part of a Ministry Team and don’t know who your council liaison is, please ask Joy, our council president, or reply to this email and Carrie will get you the appropriate information.
Below is a description of the Missions at St. Peter. Remember to use the chart that is attached to this email to give you a whole picture and a list of Ministry Teams in each Mission!
Social Outreach Mission – This mission consists of church, community, synod, and international ministries that focus on efforts to live into Matthew 25:35-40. The Social Outreach Mission supports a wide variety of local, national, and international efforts that include, but are not limited to: promoting justice; providing school supplies; donating food; building relationships; and traveling to partner congregations.
Lifelong Learning Mission – Ministries for all ages that are related to the learning, service, and growth of the congregation. The Lifelong Learning Mission connects members of the congregation through worship, prayer, play, and fellowship ministries.
Worship and Witness Mission – This mission oversees the worship life of the congregation. The Worship and Witness Mission ministries offer direction through leadership in worship planning, preparing recommendations, and taking action related to all aspects of worship, music, and the use of worship space.
Resource Development Mission – This mission consists of ministries that work to ensure responsible care of the building, grounds, finances, and financial future of St. Peter. The Resource Development Mission offers consideration and attention to financial activities and takes care of the physical property of the church.
Parish Life Mission – These ministries offer activities, learning, service, and growth through fellowship, entertainment, information sharing, and relationship building. Parish Life Mission Ministries operate within their own spirit-driven time frame and may overlap with other Missions in the church.
LIFELONG LEARNING MISSION
Sunday School
Join us for Sunday School at 9:00am. Kids ages 3 years old through 5th grade are invited to join us for a time of bible stories, music, and activities. Please click the link to register for Sunday School. https://stpeter.breezechms.com/form/3931c5
Confirmation
Confirmation is on Wednesdays from 6:30-7:30pm. Please click the link to register for confirmation. https://stpeter.breezechms.com/form/3931c5
SOCIAL OUTREACH MISSION NEWS
Lutheran World Relief School Kit Assembly
Many hands make light work!! Join in to help assemble Lutheran World Relief school kits between services on Sunday, October 9th. We have enough supplies to assemble 400 school kits because of so many generous donations of paper, pens, pencils, erasers, scissors, rulers, crayons and pencil sharpeners. In addition, we would like to thank the sewers who made the 400 bags to fill. (That’s a lot of thread!)
The school kits, in addition to health kits, layette kits and many beautiful quilts will be boxed and blessed on October 9th, to be ready to be loaded on the semi-trailer on October 15th. We have a great crew from St. Peter taking the first shift (7:00-9:30am) for trailer loading at First United Lutheran Church where other churches in our community will add their donations before it travels to a LWR warehouse in Baltimore, Maryland.
The impact of such generosity cannot be expressed in words but felt in the hearts and hands of each quilt or kit that reaches around the world where it is most needed. Thank you to each and every one who has shared in this project
Dartball Aluminum Can Drive
Let’s do this one more time! Thanks so much for the great response to the September can drive! Let’s do it again on Sunday, October 30th between services. Bring your bags of aluminum cans (aluminum only – please continue to recycle your other items) to the kitchen entrance (north side) of the building between services on October 30th. If you would like someone to pick up your aluminum, please reply to this email and we will coordinate a time for you.
Mitten Tree
The Mitten Tree is up in the back corner of the Fellowship Hall and ready for your donations of warm mittens and gloves for our friends at the elementary schools. We did receive a wonderful donation of almost 120 handmade hats – so we would love your donations of mittens and gloves in a range of colors and sizes. We would love to send items to the schools before it gets cold, so they are ready to go! Thank you!
Northside Christian Food Pantry
Each month we prepare a list of most needed items. Below is a list of the needed items for October: Bottled Juice/Iced Tea, Spaghetti Sauce – no low sodium sauce is needed at this time, Canned Vegetables, Canned Fruit, Cereal, Breakfast Bars, Large Canned Soup, Pasta/Rice Sides, Canned Meals/Beef Stew and Plastic Grocery Bags.
Thank you, St. Peter, for your partnership in serving the community.
Our board, volunteers and those in need are grateful for your food and financial donations. Pat L.
Fidget Mats
On Friday, September 16th, 24 fidget mats and 7 cuffs were delivered to Pine Haven in Falls, North High and South High. Fidgeters, keep up the outstanding creativity you have in creating mats because not only do they give us joy, but we are doing what Jesus wants us to do in loving our community. The comments were: “These are cool and you guys rock,” “These are awesome and creativity is wonderful,” “How fun!” and “3 classes will share these great mats.”
God Bless this congregation for their generosity in gifting the doodads and gizmos so we in turn can continue to gift mats. I wish everyone could see the reaction when I make these deliveries. Priceless! To the Glory of God. Peace!
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.
SCIO
Items that we would especially appreciate at this time are toilet paper, napkins, 13-gallon garbage bags, and facial tissues.
Bridgeway remains near capacity in our ministry to assist vulnerable women with children. They are getting into the swing of back to school and the new pace that comes with a new routine. The mentoring program has started, and we are grateful for the generosity of our Bridgeway graduates to share their support and lived experiences to help current women in residency.
Bridgeway Appeal 2022: Please be generous with your support! We are serving over 200 women and children annually through residency and outreach programs. Your support is more important than ever so we can continue to meet the needs of this vulnerable population!
The SCIO Summer Farmers Market runs through the end of October! We will be in Fountain Park every Wednesday and Saturday from 8am-1pm, offering EBT and Double Your Bucks at every market. The Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program vouchers will only be available through the end of September. Winter market begins the first weekend in November – mark your calendars!
Family Pathways is the only private supervised visitation program in Sheboygan County. If you or a family you know is going through a transition, please contact us about this service. There are currently openings on our schedule. familypathways@sheboygancountyinterfaith.org
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is now operational. This lifeline provides care and support to people experiencing stressful situations. It is a 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: Kathy’s Family, Jill Ann, Valerie’s Family, Those who are bullied and in pain, those who are bullied for who they are, The awesome confirmation students, For a fantastic start to the school year, Arlyn, Those struggling with their identities, Brooklyn, Jaden, Hannah, Jill, Darlene, Esmerelda, People dealing with cancer, Dave, 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.