THIS WEEK’S CALENDAR
Sunday, November 12th
8:00am Worship (Sanctuary)
9:00am Sunday School (Fellowship Hall)
9:00am Fellowship Hour (Fireside Room)
9:00am WELCA Meeting (Conference Room)
10:00am Worship (Sanctuary)
11:00am Love Fellowship Worship (Sanctuary)
Tuesday, November 14th
9:00am Quilting (Quadrooms)
6:00pm Council (Conference Room)
Wednesday, November 15th
10:00am Bible Study (Fireside Room)
6:30pm Confirmation (Fellowship Hall)
6:30pm Choir (Music Room)
Thursday, November 16th
10:00am Fidget Mats (Quadrooms)
7:15pm Dartball (Fellowship Hall)
Sunday, November 19th
8:00am Worship (Sanctuary)
9:00am Sunday School (Fellowship Hall)
9:00am Fellowship Hour (Fireside Room)
10:00am Worship (Sanctuary)
11:00am Love Fellowship Worship (Sanctuary)
THANKSGIVING & CHRISTMAS WORSHIP SCHEDULE
Sunday, November 26th (Thanksgiving Weekend)
9:00am Worship Service in the sanctuary and livestreamed online.
No Sunday School
Sunday, December 24th (Christmas Eve)
9:00am 4th Sunday of Advent Worship Service
No Sunday School
4:00pm Candlelight service; music led by band
7:00pm Candlelight service; music led by choir
All services will be livestreamed online.
Monday, December 25th (Christmas Day)
No Worship
Sunday, December 31st (New Year’s Eve)
9:00am Lessons and Carols worship in the sanctuary and livestreamed online.
No Sunday School.
GIVE THANKS
Stop by the office door, grab a sticky note, and write down something you are thankful for. It can be anything! Maybe you are thankful for certain people, places, things, or activities. You can share your gratitude for our church, certain ministries, or places where you volunteer. Then, post it on the glass wall as a way to share gratitude and give thanks to God. It is also a way for us to see what different people are thankful for in our faith community. Fill out as many as you want to!
WORSHIP AND WITNESS MISSION NEWS
St. Peter Live
Our 10:00am 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 linked here (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QqNm9HQVucB6-D1pITw-n7MxQz3M59E-/view?usp=sharing) if you would like to follow along with the online service.
Worship Assistants
Please consider helping out by reading, ushering, serving communion, running tech or altar guild. Please take a look at your availability and sign up, through the end of the year, using the link below or call Carrie to sign up. Thank you! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084aaaac2eaaf58-worship
LIFELONG LEARNING MISSION NEWS
Sunday School
Join us for Sunday School each week from 9:00-9:45am! Kids ages 3 years old through 5th grade are invited to join us for a time of bible stories, music, and activities. To register for Sunday School, please visit the website below:
Confirmation
Confirmation for youth in 6th-8th grade has begun, please join us on Wednesday nights from 6:30-7:30pm. To register for Confirmation, please visit the website below:
Bible Study
Join us for Bible Study, led by Myra, on Wednesday mornings from 10:00am-11:00am in the Fireside Room.
Save the Date…
The Annual Meeting is scheduled for Sunday, February 4th at 10:00am in the Fellowship Hall. We will have one 9:00am service that day.
Budget Listening Sessions will be held in mid-January, keep an eye out for dates and times.
SOCIAL OUTREACH MISSION NEWS
P-Y-P Day (Pick your Project)
All are welcome! What is it, you ask? Come to the Quadrooms or Fellowship Hall for conversation, camaraderie, and a place to work on your project of choice.
You can use table space for laying projects out, sewing machines or the industrial sewing machine, putting LWR kits together, writing out birthday cards for WELCA, cutting quilt squares, bringing your own knitting, crocheting or embroidery projects. Whatever you would like to work on. We will meet the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month.
Any questions, ask Kelly J.
Fidget Mats Plus
Our fidgeters have been very busy and very productive! There are several mats ready for delivery, hopefully before any more snow flies! We call ahead to see if there is a need for our mats and that will take place the first full week in November.
Before we deliver to the community, please let us know if there is a need from our own congregation for these mats, for any reason, and please remember because of your generosity in giving fabric, doodads and gizmsos we are able to gift all mats, cuffs, kids’ books, aprons and Foley bag covers wherever there is a need.
Please join our group every Thursday @ 10am, we’d love to have you with us. Come out of curiosity to see what we do!
Fellowship Hour
Join us for fellowship hour in the Fireside Room between services. Please come to chat and have a cup of coffee or hot tea.
We need VOLUNTEERS to make, set up and clean up coffee. A sign-up sheet is on the table in the Fireside Room. If no one signs up, there will be no coffee made. If you are interested in helping, but would like a quick tutorial, please see Kelly J.
Lutheran World Relief Layettes and Health Kits
LWR layettes making needs: Toddler size socks and T-shirts. Shirt sizes 6-24 mos. (boys and girls, white, solids and prints). Items can be placed in baskets in the hallway to Fellowship Hall.
Quilting
Our mission for quilts for Lutheran World Relief requires: Gently used sheets for quilt backs. (Not silky type fabrics). Flat sheets are preferred, but fitted sheets can be used as well. Twin, Full, Queen, King, and any colors or prints. Then join us for quilting on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon, in the Quadrooms.
We welcome anyone willing to cut quilt squares, layout squares to make tops, sewers to put tops together, or to tie quilts once sewn. Sew! (So) come join us! We would love to have you.
Northside Christian Food Pantry
The NSCFP Open House held the first weekend of November was well attended. It was an opportunity to see how the pantry is set up, food is stored, and talk with volunteers and board members.
St. Peter has been an active partner of NSCFP for decades providing food and financial support. The pantry thanks you for your participation. It is because of you that our mission to provide food to the needy, following the compassionate character of Jesus Christ is possible.
Every month there will be a list of most needed items put in the weekly email. Please bring items to St. Peter and put them in the food cart. We will see to it that they are taken to the pantry. November’s most needed items are: Cereal/Breakfast Bars/Oatmeal, Canned Fruit/Vegetables, Spaghetti Sauce/Pasta, Canned Tuna/Canned Chicken, Boxed Potatoes, Soup, Baked Beans, Canned Meals/Beef Stew.
Thank you for your support. Pat L.
COMMUNITY RESOURCES
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
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: Wilson, Julian, Mya, Jazzy, Kim, Allen, Barb, Paul, Jim, Karen, Scott, Dave’s family, Mike’s family, Duane’s family, Don, Kathy, Relatives of the mass shooting victims, Sharen, Allie and her unborn child, 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.