Pastor’s Announcements:
I thought for this Pastor’s desk article I would explain the last few weeks and a few of my plans for the future. A few weeks ago I announced in Church that I was returning the call that I received from Lincoln IL. Dana and I did go visit the church, and it seemed like a nice congregation. We still decided to stay. I appreciated all the prayers and thanks we received from members of both congregations while we considered the call. It did get me to think about the future specifically about the things we could do at our two churches going forward.
The first thing I would like to announce is I plan to do two Adult Bible studies on a weekly basis. The first will be at 10:00 am on Wednesdays at St. Peter. The second will be at 7:00 pm on Thursdays at St. Paul. The Two Bible Studies will be similar and cover the same material. The reason why I am doing it at both churches and at two different times is to make it easier for members to come to the Bible studies. I purposely made one in the morning and the other at night so that people could choose the one that worked for their schedule. The reason why I made it at both churches was so people could come to their own church for the Bible Study if they so wished.
The second thing I wanted to talk about was Confirmation. For the months of September and October we will be having Confirmation on both Wednesday night and Thursday both at 6:00 pm. I am doing this to give parents a chance to pick a night that works for them and to make it possible for them to be at their own church building. It might change though in November if only one child or no child is coming to one of the two nights.
If you have a question about either one of these two announcements call me 715-663-1845.
Catechism Classes
Catechism Classes will begin on Wednesday, September 1 st at 6:30 pm. The First class meeting will include the parents for an important organizational meeting will be held at St. Peter.
Joint Council Meeting
Joint Church Council Meeting will be held September 13 th at 7:30 pm at St. Peter.
First Day of Sunday School
is September 12th starting at 9:00 am! All children in preschool through 8th grade are welcome to join us.
Blessing of the Backpacks – We will be blessing the children’s backpacks during our 10:00 am worship
service.
LWML
Our next meeting is September 14th at 1:30 pm. The September’s project collecting new underwear and socks in all sizes for the Orphan Grain Train. These items can be placed in the box on the table in the narthex. Thank you for your assistance with this project.
LWML Retreat – Napoleon/Defiance Zones
Saturday – September 18 th St. John, Stryker – Corners of St Rts. 6 & 66 8:30 am – 2:00 pm The LWML provides the planning for the program, church service conducted by Pastors Stuenkel and Stottlemeyer. The theme is “The Wonderful Surprise, based on 1 Corinthians 2:10. The Bible study leader will be Rev. Dr. Thomas Ahlersmeyer, senior pastor at Holy Cross Lutheran Church and School in Ft. Wayne, IN. Please bring your Bible! All women of our churches are invited and urged to attend.
Registration forms are on the bulletin board in church narthex and need to be sent to Linda Bostelman with a check for $14 for each registrant. Deadline for registration is September 3rd.
Big Thank you!
Pastor would like to thank Ken Helmke, Doug Dammann, and Tim Buchhop for working on the parsonage property this Summer.
Notes from Preschool
We are excited to start school on August 31! We had our Preschool Fall Open House on August 18 and had 6 families attend and 1 follow up about enrolment. We currently have 7 children enrolled for the fall and will have combined classes on Tuesdays/Thursdays and our 4-5 year olds on Wednesdays. We understand this is a "rebuilding year" with all new children and have hopes of possibly adding more as the school year progresses. September 9 is our School picture day and our Back to School night for current families will be on September 29 at 6:00 pm. We look forward to a great start to the school year!
We are currently looking for classroom subs on September 14, 15, 16, and 21. If you are interested in helping out those days from 9:00 am - 11:30 am, please email Stephanie Arce at stpeterpreschool123@gmail.com. Thank you so much for your support!
Mrs. Arce
