ThiS week At st. peTer’s | 2-25-24
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 IN LENT 02-25-2024
+ Following +
Abraham and Sarah were so thrilled with God’s promises that they left home and kindred not knowing where following God would take them. It was a risk of faith that took them through many years and many miles and many questions. Many years later, the disciples of Jesus were completely unprepared to hear him speak of his future with ominous words: suffer, rejected, killed. Nor were they eager to deny themselves, take up their cross, and follow him. Giving up our own plans – even our lives! – to trust and obey God still challenges our hearts, still boggles our minds. In your spiritual journey right this moment, are you so ashamed of the Gospel that you are a shame to Jesus? What must you do to really follow? The truth of Lent is that the cross is both the heart of God’s love for the world and also the heart of true discipleship. Live each day by grace into the dream of what God wants you to be.
TODAY
9:00AM All Saints Choir warm-up for worship.
10:00AM + LENTEN SEASON WORSHIP + (in person and online)
11:20AM 93rd ANNUAL MEETING OF ST. PETER’S (in person + online)
Welcome to worship this morning, both in the sanctuary and also through technology. Thank you, Pastor David Maddox II, for being among us to share God’s saving and challenging Word!
Giving in 2024
Those present in the Sanctuary can put their offering in the offering plate to share their gratitude and generosity in response to Christ’s love. Those who are farther away might mail a check or money order to St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 2169 74th Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19138… contribute online through bit.ly/stpetersgiving and set up one time donation or recurring weekly gift to selected categories… or text to Give+ at 833-914-0896 and follow the instructions to register and record your contribution. God has blessed us to be a blessing!
PEACE + REST + ETERNAL LIFE
We thank God are for the life and faith of our St. Peter’s church member, Alicia Garrison, just 37 years old when her earthly journey ended just days ago. Her memorial service will be on Saturday. On the one hand, Christians see death as the genuine crisis it is – they grieve and they shed tears. On the other hand, Christians can and do have hope, hope that is grounded in the presence, the peace, the power, and the promises of God’s eternal and all-encompassing love through Jesus Christ our Lord. God’s love will uphold us as we face the turmoil and the tears of Alicia’s death and all other deaths.
ThiS week At st. peTer’s
Four more days… BLACK HISTORY MONTH. Discover. Celebrate. Commit to the future.
Monday, 7:00PM Scholarship Committee meeting on Zoom.
Wednesday, 9:30AM Senior Ministry “Study and Discussion”.
Wednesday, 10:00AM Diane Hughes, volunteer office administration.
Wednesday, 11:00AM Whole Foods fresh produce distribution.
Thursday… “LEAP YEAR DAY”… Recognize that God has dominion over time,
creation, and our lives. Do something special –
- Give $29 to someone or to some worthy cause;
- Give out 29 hugs (unless you are sick with something);
- Pray for 29 people.
- Walk or exercise for 29 minutes;
- Come up with your own celebration idea.
Thursday, 7:30PM AL-ANON PROGRAM. Find encouragement to end your own codependence!
Friday… Women’s History Month. Remember. Celebrate. Step forward.
Friday, 8:00AM Senior Food Box distribution.
Friday, 6:30PM Girl Scouts.
Saturday, 10:00AM Memorial Service and Meal in celebration of the life and faith of Alicia Garrison. Alicia and her sister Melissa were baptized on October 25, 1992, the same Sunday that their mother Karen also officially joined St. Peter’s.
What’s Happening…
March 3… THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT. Hybrid Worship in person and online at 10:00AM.
A few days into the next month, we’ll remember BLACK HISTORY MONTH in worship.
March 9… Women’s Ministry “Gathering” (in person and online), 11:00QAM.
March 10… FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT. Deadline for Easter plant orders.
March 13, 27… Whole Foods fresh produce distributions, 11:00AM.
March 17… FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT. Hybrid Worship in person and online at 10:00AM.
Pastor Clesha Staten will preach.
March 18… Scholarship Committee meeting on Zoom, 7:00PM.
March 24… PALM PROCESSION / PASSION SUNDAY. Hybrid Worship at 10:00AM.
March 28… MAUNDY THURSDAY Worship.
March 29… GOOD FRIDAY Worship.