From Pastor's Desk
When I think about the month of November I think about the changing Seasons. I saw the seasons change in a 24 hour period in my first year in Wisconsin. It was around Thanksgiving and my Father came up to see my Aunt and to hunt. The first day started with a wonderful Thanksgiving meal. Then we spent the rest of the day driving around looking at places they could set up to hunt deer. This was an almost perfect Fall ay. I wore a spring jacket, and it was nice and sunny. The next day I woke up and several feet of snow had fallen. My Father was literally outside hunting in a strong snow fall. They had purchased hand warmers and they needed them. The only thing I could think was, man I am glad I am not out there with him. It had changed from Fall to Winter.
The seasons are not the only thing that changes. Our lives change. One day might be a wonderful seemingly perfect day. The next day might be a terrible no good very bad day. On our terrible days God has a message for us, "Be Still and Know that I am God." (Psalm 46:10) No matter how bad our days are we can know that God is present in our lives and will not leave us nor forsake us. We also know that no matter how much our lives change God never changes. Hebrews 13:8 tells us "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today, and forever.” We can be confident that his love will not change. So we can face the changes of our lives with confidence knowing God is with us.
Lutheran Hour Ministries
Christmas Shoppers: Amazon Will Donate to the Ministry! Do you shop on Amazon at Christmas (or any time of the year)? Your purchases can help support the ministry—-without costing an extra cent. With the Amazon Smile program, each time you make a qualified purchase, Amazon will donate a portion of its profit to Lutheran Hour Ministries. It’s open to all Amazon customers. You can sign up in 3 easy steps: 1. Go to smile.amazon.com (NOT www.amazon.com) and log in like usual. 2. When asked which charity, type Lutheran Hour Ministries into the search box and select it in the results. 3. Start shopping. You must enter through smile.amazon.com each time for the donation to occur. It’s another way to help fund Gospel utreach! Thanks for your support.
St Peter’s Board of Witness and Stewardship
Church officers and Nominating committee are requesting your help. Witness and Stewardship is the responsibility of the entire congregation. Currently the Board of Witness and Stewardship needs your help. There will be a short meeting after church on Nov 3rd. Please consider coming and sharing your input. We need help dividing up next year’s programs, if you could take a month or two of the activities that would be greatly appreciated. ie, Mother’s Day flowers, Father’s Day treat, welcome back in the fall for Sunday school with juice and donuts, We Care Project (adopt a family) with purchasing clothing and toys, trunk/treat, church Christmas dinner, etc. Deb Oberhaus has notes on all of these activities to help you. Perhaps 2-3 people would like to work together on monthly activities. Many hands make light work. Please plan to attend. Thank you!
Henry County Christmas Cheer Program
Throughout the Month of November and until December 8th canned goods, dry goods and paper products are being collected for Christmas Cheer. Monetary donations (Checks payable to Henry County Christmas Cheer) may be sent to: Henry County Christmas Cheer c/o LeRoy Helberg Q610 County Road 19 Napoleon, OH 43545. In the Narthex you will find a listing of suggested items (remember NO home-canned products, preferably no microwave only products and Please NO items past their expiration dates). Also are forms that can be handed out to those families that are in need. If you wish to volunteer in assembling the baskets The date is Wednesday December 11th at the Filling Home.
Reduce Your Taxes with an IRA Gift
The IRA charitable rollover permits individuals who are 70 1/2 to rollover up to $100,000 from their IRA to charities like St. Peter Lutheran Church and the Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM) free from federal income tax. An IRA rollover gift also qualifies for your required minimum distribution, permitting you to lower your income and taxes for this year while helping us to share the Gospel. You can redirect your unneeded IRA income to our Church by having the contribution check made payable to the Church, you can also have the check mailed directly to the church to the attention of the Financial Secretary. To direct your rollover contribution to LHM, contact their gift planning staff to learn more about how you can redirect unneeded IRA income to them at lhm.org/ira, lhm-gift@lhm.org or 1-877-333-1963. Thanks for your support.
Preschool Pizza Fundraiser!
Orders are being taken now for the Pizza Fundraiser. Pisanello’s Cheese, Pepperoni or Sausage pizzas are available at $8 each (the preschool will make $5 profit on all pizza’s sold). Payment must be made at time of order (checks can be made out to St Peter Preschool). Ordering deadline is November 3rd .
Pizzas can be picked up at the church on Sunday, Nov 10th. Order blanks will be available in the Narthex.
Greetings from Preschool!
Things are going very well in Preschool so far this year, 15 students are enrolled, largest classes yet! So exciting! We've been very busy learning our letters and having weekly themes. Firefighter Kyle Richards is in this week for Fire Safety week ~ we love when he visits us!
Pisanello's Pizza sales are in full swing, please help support our Preschool and order some great deli style pizzas! $8 each and your choice of cheese, pepperoni or sausage!!! The Preschool makes $5 off each pizza sold!
Thanks so much to everyone for the prayers since my Cancer diagnosis. Sure has been amazing to have all the support from our community. Means so much to my family and I.
In God's Blessings, Mrs. Rees
