This Week at St. Peter’s

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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5th Sunday after Epiphany 02-05-2023

Salt and light. This is another blessing of God’s grace, a gift of God’s love and spirit, just like the Beatitudes. Jesus calls his disciples – yes, you and me! – to be that which we have already received and are empowered to do: useful and productive, making a real difference in the lives of others. A righteousness that exceeds. We are called to be more than just good, as the Pharisees were good. We are challenged and led to a deeper and higher righteousness, living in the world yet set apart from the world as we reveal and reflect Christ. Jesus invites us to live with a humble faith and a genuine faithfulness that does not focus on obsessive rule keeping or personal advancement through moralistic goodness, but reaches beyond the self to the neighborhood and to the world in servant love. Preserve God’s word in your hearts and add the distinct flavor of God’s grace to the lives of others. Don’t hide your light under a basket, but shine forth with good deeds, giving God all the glory!

AFFIRMATION OF FAITH. Today Stephanie Fluellen, Ida Swindle, and Charlotte Webb, each previously baptized, affirm their Christian faith and officially join our St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church family. Let us welcome and embrace our sisters in Christ! We invite you to share in our new life together, which is being shaped by the good news of Jesus Christ crucified and now risen among us.

SHARE HIS LIGHT. 🕆 BEAR HIS WORD. 🕆 DARE HIS WILL.

TODAY

9:00AM All Saints Choir warm-up.

10:00AM + EPIPHANY SEASON WORSHIP + (in person and online)

11:30AM Meal and fellowship downstairs.

1:30PM Light refreshments for those traveling here.

2:00PM Pastor Jack Saarela “book launch”. He has written The Long and Stony

Road about his experiences as a Lutheran pastor during Civil Rights.

Every day… BLACK HISTORY MONTH. Discover. Celebrate. Commit to the future.

Wednesday, 10:00AM Diane Hughes, volunteer office administration.

Wednesday, 10:30AM Senior Ministry “Games and Social Activities”.

Thursday, 7:30PM AL-ANON PROGRAM. Find encouragement to end your own codependence!

Friday, 6:30PM Girl Scouts.

Saturday, 10:00AM Eastern Star training event in Rhoda Hall.

Saturday, 10:30AM Girl Scouts.

Saturday, 11:00AM Women’s Ministry “Gathering”. Sisters in faith together in servant love!

What’s Happening…

February 12… SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. Hybrid worship in person + online at 10:00AM.

Turn a cheek, give away the cloak, go the second mile, help a beggar and borrower, and top it off with loving your enemy. Is Jesus serious about this?

February 13… CHURCH COUNCIL meeting on Zoom, 7:00PM.

February 14… Area Girl Scout leaders in Rhoda Hall, 7:00PM.

February 19… TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD. Hybrid worship in person + online at 10:00AM.

February 22… FIRST DAY OF LENT (Ash Wednesday). Repent. Renew.

February 26… FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT. Hybrid worship in person and online at 10:00AM.

St. Peter’s ANNUAL MEETING: Approve 2023 Budget, elect Church Council, etc.

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”.