ThiS week At st. peTer’s | 1-5-25
St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
2169 74th Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19138
Church Office: 215-424-5122 Fax: 215-424-7841
e-mail address: stpetersinfo@yahoo.com
Revs. Gwendolyn Johnson-Bond & Neil A. Bond, Co-Pastors
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SECOND SUNDAY OF CHRISTMAS 01-05-2025
The late, great African American theologian and writer, Howard Thurman, wrote this brief reflection entitled “The Work of Christmas”, which says:
When the song of the angels is stilled,
When the star in the sky is gone,
When the kings and princes are home,
When the shepherds are back with their flock,
The work of Christmas begins:
To find the lost,
To heal the broken,
To feed the hungry,
To release the prisoner,
To rebuild the nations,
To bring peace among brothers and sisters,
To make music with the heart. (Howard Thurman)
A new year brings a fresh opportunity and a spiritual challenge to be regular and responsible in using our God-gifted lives and resources in faithful living and fervent loving. Today is just day #5 of 365 opportunities to do and to be this. May God lead and strengthen you along the way.
TODAY
9:00AM All Saints Choir warm-up for worship.
10:00AM + CHRISTMAS WORSHIP + (in person and online)
11:30AM All Saints Choir rehearsal?
THANK YOU. Christmas, the shortest season of the Church’s “liturgical year”, just twelve days, ends tonight at midnight. We are so grateful for your reflective preparation during the four Sundays of Advent as we prayed for hope, peace, joy, and love during that season. We are so grateful for each and every way that you helped make our celebration of Christ’s birth meaningful for yourself and others during this season. Perhaps you helped decorate or sing… collected for or contributed to special projects… gave a card, small gift, text message, or visit to one another or to the Pastors… passed the love and light of Christ on to a family member, a neighbor, a stranger. Jesus was born to give us new life.
ThiS week At st. peTer’s
Monday… DAY OF EPIPHANY! Read Matthew 2:1-12. The wise ones still seek him.
Wednesday, 10:30AM Senior Ministry “Games and Social Activity” in Rhoda Hall. Join the fellowship!
Thursday, 7:30PM AL-ANON STEP GROUP. Find encouragement to end your own codependence!
Friday, 6:30PM Girl Scout troops.
Saturday, 8AM – 6PM. Area Girl Scouts training program in Rhoda Hall.
Saturday, 11:00AM Women’s Ministry “Gathering”. Another year to grow as sisters of the faith!
Lord, keep us in faith that we may have and offer life.
What’s Happening…
January 12… BAPTISM OF OUR LORD. Renew Baptism promises. 10:00AM worship.
January 13… CHURCH COUNCIL meeting on Zoom, 7:00PM.
January 19… 2nd SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY. Hybrid Worship at 10:00AM.
*** RAFFLE FOR 4 BOX SEATS, NEW DATE! ***
Sixers/Lakers game, 01/28/2025 (Tuesday), at 7:30PM.
Four seats, food, drink ($2,000 total value) $20/raffle ticket
Drawing on January 19 after church service!
Contact Diane Hughes, our Church Secretary, for a raffle ticket.
January 20… The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
January 25… Rental event in Rhoda Hall, 2-5PM.
FEBRUARY 9… St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church is 95 years old.
February 23…7th SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY. Annual Congregational Meeting after worship.
(alternate date March 2).
March 5… ASH WEDNESDAY, FIRST DAY OF LENT.
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.