Announcements for week of February 2-8, 2025

4th Sunday After Epiphany
02-02-2025

Every congregation wants to think of itself as a gathering of loving people who embody
the loving spirit of Jesus, who accept and affirm one another and nourish all that is good. But
we need to be reminded sometimes of the hard truth that warm, fuzzy thoughts and soft,
sentimental statements are not enough. Jesus Christ, the living Word, calls and
challenges us to loving action – patient, kind, not envious or arrogant or insisting on
its own way – and this loving action is not just toward those whom we like or to those
who are like us.

TODAY

9:00AM All Saints Choir warm-up for worship.
10:00AM + EPIPHANY SEASON WORSHIP + (in person and
online
11:30AM All Saints Choir rehearsal?
3:00PM Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod (ELCA) + African Descent
Lutheran Association “Martin Luther King, Jr. Annual
Memorial Service”, Christ Lutheran Church, 700 E Pennsylvania Ave.,
Oreland, PA. The Rev. Dr. Mona Fitch-Elliot will preach.
Annual reports of activities and financial records for 2024 are due today in preparation for our Annual
Meeting on February 23. Please get them in soon!

Month of February… BLACK HISTORY MONTH. Discover. Celebrate. Commit to the
future.
You are invited to wear Afrocentric clothing or appropriately messaged shirts this month.

+ Join our family, share God’s love, and grow in discipleship. +
Ask yourself these four questions: (1) Do you believe that God loves you? (2) Do you believe that you
are a sinner? (3) Do you believe that Jesus died for your sins? (4) Will you now trust Jesus Christ as
your Savior and follow him as your Lord? Speak to our Pastors about Holy Baptism, membership in
the congregation, and faithful discipleship. In 2025, place your life under new management, with Christ
as your Head and in your heart and in your hands.

This week at St. Peter’s

Wednesday, 10:30AM Senior Ministry “Games and Social Activity” in Rhoda Hall. Join the fellowship!
Wednesday, 7:00PM 95th Anniversary Planning Team (Zoom meeting).
Thursday, 7:30PM AL-ANON STEP GROUP. Find encouragement to end your own codependence!
Friday, 8:30AM Senior Food Box distribution ministry.
Friday, 6:30PM Girl Scout troops.
Saturday, 11:00AM Women’s Ministry “Gathering”.
Saturday, 12:00 noon Girl Scouts luncheon in Rhoda Hall.

What’s Happening…

FEBRUARY 9… St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church is 95 years old. WHOO-HA!
5th SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY. Hybrid worship at 10AM.
Pastor David Maddox II will preach.
February 10… CHURCH COUNCIL meeting on Zoom, 7:00PM.
February 16… 6th SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY. Hybrid worship at 10AM.
February 22… Area Girl Scouts training program in Rhoda Hall, 8AM – 3PM.
February 22… Church Council leaders at United Lutheran Seminary for Synod event, 9:30AM – 12:00 noon.
February 22… “Team Janice and Eric” painting project in first floor of Education Building, 8:30AM.
February 23… 7th SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY. Annual Congregational Meeting after
worship,
in the Sanctuary and online (alternate date March 2). Adopt our 2025 Budget. Elect Church Council.
Receive reports. Give thanks for God’s grace… for St. Peter’s journey… for each other and our
shared faith and faithfulness.
Month of March… Women’s History Month.
March 5… ASH WEDNESDAY, FIRST DAY OF LENT. Lord, have mercy!
March 29… “Jazz Luncheon” presented by our Scholarship Committee, 11AM – 2PM, $30 donation. Please
contact Jerona Jackson Rice, Veronica Britto, or any Scholarship Committee member.
November 7, 2028… U.S. Presidential Election.

Let the Church embody Christ’s Spirit!
LOVE, NOT HATE. PEACE, NOT VIOLENCE.

MERCY, NOT GREED. JUSTICE, NOT ABUSE.
HUMILITY, NOT ARROGANCE. GOD’S TRUTH, NOT LIES.

THE WAY OF JESUS, NOT JUST “MY WAY”.