ThiS week At st. peTer’s | 9-29-24
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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MICHAEL + ALL ANGELS 09-29-2024
“Are you ready to face life? Are you ready to face death? No one is truly ready to die who has not learned to live for the glory of God. You can put your confidence in Jesus because he died for you, and in the last moment – the greatest crisis of all – he will have his angels gather you in their arms and carry you gloriously, wonderfully into heaven. – Billy Graham
TODAY
9:00AM All Saints Choir warm-up for worship.
10:00AM + PENTECOST SEASON WORSHIP + (in person and online)
11:30AM All Saints Choir rehearsal.
Gifted, grateful, good, generous, and glorious in our giving.
Beyond support of our 2024 Budget ($179,787 is what we envision spending this year) are various special opportunities for giving on behalf of others. They include:
ELCA World Hunger Appeal (meeting international, national, and local hunger and poverty needs)
$10 last week, $2,273 received to date in 2024. Your spirit of love is on the shine!
Lutheran Charities Appeal (assisting three local social ministry organizations – KenCrest Services, Lutheran Settlement House, and Gemma Services – that serve thousands of neighbors with various needs)
$10 last week, $976.50 received to date in 2024.Your spirit of love is on the shine!
Mission Offering (For July – December we have selected a local ministry, the Sisters of Saint Joseph Refugee Housing Project, introduced to us by our young adult member Andrea Wood. Their work includes transitional housing for refugee resettlement, family support services, and a distribution center with needed household items and furniture. This Mission Offering, other monetary gifts, new and gently used items (they have a “wish list”, see the Pastors) and volunteer opportunities are all ways to respond to refugees in need with genuine love.) $30 last week, $293 received to date. Your spirit of love is on the shine!
Some seem committed to “MAHA” (Make America Hate Again) by what they say and do. But these United States can be and do better than that. Close the door to hate and open the door to love in our nation and all over the face of this Earth. The election is already in process.
Are you registered to vote? Are you committing to vote? Are you praying and trying?
ThiS week At st. peTer’s
Wednesday, 10:30AM Senior Ministry “Games and Social Activity” in Rhoda Hall. Join the fellowship!
Thursday, 7:00PM WOMEN’S DAY CHOIR rehearsal. Add your voice to the praise!
Thursday, 7:30PM AL-ANON PROGRAM. Find encouragement to end your own codependence!
Friday, 8:30AM Senior Food Box distribution.
Friday, 6:30PM Girl Scout troops meeting.
Saturday, 2:00PM “Spaghetti Fundraiser” for Steven’s Wings Global Youth Adventures, $20… contact
Trudi Wright. Short program about “learning the joys and the how of travel”.
What’s Happening…
October 6… PENTECOST 20/World Communion Sunday. 10:00AM worship in person + online.
October 12-13… 39th Annual Women’s Day! “God’s Love Conquers All”
Prayer Breakfast with a short skit (“God Is on the Way!”) on Saturday at 10:00AM.
Worship Celebration and Meal on Sunday at 10:00AM.
Romans 8:37-39 / 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 / Philippians 2:1-11 .
Guest Preacher: Minister Zola Lamback, King Solomon Baptist Church, 2318 Germantown Avenue.
Women’s Day Special Offering – Funds to be used to complete renovation of Knapp Chapel.
Wear red, orange! Invite family, friends, and strangers!
October 14… CHURCH COUNCIL meeting in Rhoda Hall, 7:00PM.
October 15… World Food Day. You can help celebrate 50 years of ELCA World Hunger Appeal,
7:00PM Central time, through a Zoom Webinar. For 50 years we have joined together as Lutherans to address the root causes of hunger and poverty around the world and in our nation. There was great progress, but once again we face a startling increase due to rising costs, global conflict, climate change, and the lingering impact of COVID-19.
October 19… Memorial Service + meal celebrating the life and faith of Joan Elizabeth Dezoice, 11:00AM.
Joan joined St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church on 1-7-1990.
October 26… Scholarship Committee “Career Day”, 10:00AM – 2:00PM.
October 27… Reformation Sunday. 10:00AM Hybrid Worship (in person and online). November 3… All Saints Sunday. 10:00AM Hybrid Worship (in person and online).
We will remember and thank God for the lives and faith of those members who have lived and died in faith, completing their journey on Earth since last All Saints Sunday: Donna Jones, Ruth Kearse, Alicia Garrison, Ernest Lucas Jr., Daren Waite, and Joan Dezoice.
November 4… ELECTION DAY. It would be good to continue to pray right now, then, and after the voting has officially ended.
November 21… “Annual Sleep Out” fundraising event. Covenant House of Pennsylvania, located not too far away from St. Peter’s right here in Philadelphia, helps get homeless young adults off the streets, into a job, and transitioned into independent living. Our St. Peter’s congregation has supported them through “Mission Offerings” in past years.
November 24… CHRIST THE KING SUNDAY (Last Sunday of the Church Year)
Thanks be to God for his holy angels, our guardians and our guides!
Thanks be to God and his Son Jesus Christ, the king of angels,
for giving us salvation!
May you walk with faith and courage in the face of evil on earth,
even in the face of your own earthly death!
May you someday stand with all the saints and all the angels of heaven before Christ’s eternal throne –
in everlasting joy, in everlasting peace, and in everlasting fellowship.
ALLELUIA!