Weekly Announcements for the week of 4-26-2026
4TH SUNDAY OF EASTER 04-26-2026
The image of Christ as shepherd might seem outdated when and where sheep and shepherds are not common. Even in his day, this talk by Jesus of being a shepherd would have been met with ridicule and scorn. Yet we modern folks continue to be attracted to these images and the Biblical passages that lift them up. Don’t we all long for guidance, protection, and strength in a world full of much chaos and confusion, dangerous situations and dangerous people? Don’t we all need a GOOD Shepherd to lead us, give us life, and assure us of love that does not abandon us? And might we then become “junior shepherds” in order to protect and guide, rescue and heal, feed and to assure others?
TODAY
9:00AM All Saints Choir warm-up.
10:00AM + EASTER SEASON WORSHIP + (in person and online)
11:20AM All Saints Choir rehearsal.
We are grateful to have our St. Peter’s member, the Rev. Robert Holum, preaching God’s Word and presiding at Holy Communion today.
Christian LIVING is always expressed through Christ-like GIVING!
ELCA World Hunger Appeal (meeting international, national, and local hunger and poverty needs).
We received $110 last Sunday and $1,401 to date. Your love is showing!
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).
We received $106.00 last Sunday and $356 to date. Lives are being changed!
Mission Offering (For January 1 – June 30 it is Sisters of St. Joseph Refugee Housing Project. We sent them $579.65 in 2024.) We received $10 last Sunday and $258 to date. Help welcome others!
“God’s Global Barnyard” is an ELCA development project to fight poverty. We have received $20 to date.
ThiS week At st. peTer’s
Wednesday, 10:30AM Senior Ministry “Games and Social Activity” in Rhoda Hall. Join the fellowship!
Thursday, 7:30PM AL-ANON STEP GROUP. Find and share support to overcome codependence!
Friday, 6:30PM Girl Scout troops.
What’s Happening…
May 3… 5th SUNDAY OF EASTER. Worship in person and online at 10:00AM.
Jesus is the WAY, the TRUTH, the LIFE. Ask!
May 8… Senior Food Box distribution, 8:30AM.
May 9… Women’s Ministry GATHERING, 11AM – 2PM. Special Mother’s Day weekend event – “Hats
and Hallelujahs” – with light meal, prayer, praise, arts and crafts, movie, and door prizes for decorated and fashionable hats. $10 per person, $2 if you are under 12 years.
May 10… 6th SUNDAY OF EASTER. MOTHER’S DAY BLESSINGS & PRAYERS!
May 11… CHURCH COUNCIL meeting in person and online, 7:00PM.
May 16… Rental event in Rhoda Hall, 12:00 noon.
May 17… 7th SUNDAY OF EASTER. The Rev. Mark Bethela will preach.
May 24… DAY OF PENTECOST: Worship + Picnic here at St. Peter’s!
Pastor David Maddox II will preach. Holy Baptism! New members!
May 29 – May 30… The Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod (ELCA) will meet for its annual Assembly at
Trinity Lutheran in Lansdale. We need three delegates to help represent us! Contact the Pastors.
June 4… Scholarship Committee bus trip to Sight and Sound Theatres in Lancaster, PA to see “JOSHUA”.
Just a few seats are left on the bus… contact Carol Chatman.
June 14… PENTECOST 2: SCHOLARSHIP RECOGNITION / Bear Creek Camp.
We’ll have a guest preacher and light refreshments or a luncheon as we celebrate our students and
welcome some of the staff from our overnight camp ministry in the Pocono Mountains.
He’s not Jesus, or a doctor, or a king, or a real peace maker, or a good shepherd. He’s also not stable or a genius, so please don’t drink the bleach. He insisted on telling his own versions of the “truth” over and over again, convinced that enough people would accept or surrender to the flavor of the week he offered. But now it doesn’t work as well as it did. Many all over the world are tired, worried, and disappointed. Both real and imagined power and authority seem to be slipping. “Friends” are drifting and staff are being dumped. Some are embarrassed that they believed. Health is crumbling, perhaps faster than what is admitted. It is a great comfort, in both good times and bad, to have Jesus upon the throne, to call upon Jesus as the Lord of our life, and to surrender our lives humbly and completely under his kingship, under his management, his presence and power. Today we celebrate a different kind of king. In turning to Jesus – who humbles himself, suffers, and dies on a cross – we have also found a kingdom “not of this world”, a new community where sacrificial love makes all the difference.