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1 St. Peter's Good News Lutheran Church Newsletter Plainfield Township, Pennsylvania (610) 863-6859 January 2019 The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.John 1:9 I was talking to a friend recently and he was SAD. And no, I don't mean that he was unhappy. I mean that he suffers from Seasonal Affective Disorder, a condition that affects many people during the winter months when there is less daylight, the temperatures are colder, and we are forced indoors for more of the time. Doctors attribute the symptoms of SAD, which include depression, less energy, trouble concentrating, greater need for sleep, and an increased desire to be alone, to a deficit of sunlight in a person's regular routine. One of the recommended treatments for SAD is light therapy, which involves sitting a few feet away from a very bright light source (20 times brighter than normal room lighting) for a period of 10 - 45 minutes per day, depending on the patient's response. This is a real and serious condition that can have a devastating effect on a person's normal routine but, with treatment, the symptoms can be eased and they can resume a normal life. I think we suffer something similar when we are missing the Light of Christ in our lives. Sometimes it happens after a great loss in our lives or when the cares of this world weigh us down and we stop going to church or reading our Bibles or praying to God. Failure to have Christ's Light in our lives can cause us to lose hope, to become doubtful, to have less energy and an increased desire to cut ourselves off from the rest of the world. And the effect is cumulative. The worse we feel, the more we cut ourselves off, and the more we cut ourselves off, the worse we feel. But when we come to Christ to light our way in the world, our lives can be what God intends them to be, full of life and a desire to live with others. We need light to live and we need The Light to truly live. Pastor Chris MAY YOU SHINE THE LIGHT OF CHRIST IN THE NEW YEAR!

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St. Peter's Good News

Lutheran Church Newsletter Plainfield Township, Pennsylvania (610) 863-6859 January 2019

“The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.”

John 1:9

I was talking to a friend recently and he was SAD. And no, I don't mean that he was

unhappy. I mean that he suffers from Seasonal Affective Disorder, a condition that affects

many people during the winter months when there is less daylight, the temperatures are

colder, and we are forced indoors for more of the time. Doctors attribute the symptoms

of SAD, which include depression, less energy, trouble concentrating, greater need for

sleep, and an increased desire to be alone, to a deficit of sunlight in a person's regular

routine. One of the recommended treatments for SAD is light therapy, which involves sitting

a few feet away from a very bright light source (20 times brighter than normal room lighting)

for a period of 10 - 45 minutes per day, depending on the patient's response. This is a real

and serious condition that can have a devastating effect on a person's normal routine but,

with treatment, the symptoms can be eased and they can resume a normal life.

I think we suffer something similar when we are missing the Light of Christ in our

lives. Sometimes it happens after a great loss in our lives or when the cares of this world

weigh us down and we stop going to church or reading our Bibles or praying to God. Failure

to have Christ's Light in our lives can cause us to lose hope, to become doubtful, to have

less energy and an increased desire to cut ourselves off from the rest of the world. And the

effect is cumulative. The worse we feel, the more we cut ourselves off, and the more we cut

ourselves off, the worse we feel. But when we come to Christ to light our way in the world,

our lives can be what God intends them to be, full of life and a desire to live with others. We

need light to live and we need The Light to truly live.

Pastor Chris

MAY YOU SHINE THE LIGHT OF

CHRIST IN THE NEW YEAR!

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This month we pray for...

January 1 - Louise & Jennae Luecke

January 2 - Ladislav Lukac family

January 3 - Ryan & Melissa Lychak

January 4 - Edith Mackes

January 5 - James Mammana family

January 6 - Tim Manieri family

January 7 - John Mann family

January 8 - Ethel Manoway

January 9 - Joe Marascio family

January 10 - George Markopoulos family

January 11 - Carl Marsteller family

January 12 - Rob Marsteller family

January 13 - Kelly Maynard

January 14 - Audrey McAbee

January 15 - Michael McInerney

January 16 - Scott McKeague family

January 17 - Helen Mease family

January 18 - Tim & Judy Mellert

January 19 - Carla Menhennitt

January 20 - Paul & Pam Meyers

January 21 - Brenda Miller

January 22 - Erma Miller

January 23 - Gerald & Gwen Miller

January 24 - Glenn Miller

January 25 - Greg Miller family

January 26 - Keith Miller family

January 27 - Mary Miller

January 28 - Matt Miller family

January 29 - Tom & Betty Miller

January 30 - Matt Moore family

January 31 - James Morykin family

If your name has been omitted, please contact the church office.

Scholarship Committee Corner

St. Peter's

Annual Oldies Dance Sponsored by

St. Peter's Scholarship Committee

Saturday, February 9, 2019

Time: 6:00PM - 10:30PM

Cost: $23.00 per person - BYOB

Place: Blue Valley Farm Show Bldg.,

Bangor, PA

Doors open at 5:00PM.

DJ - Bobby Koch

Includes: *Ham, Turkey, Filling, Sides *Veggies-Desserts *Non-Alcoholic Beverages For Tickets call *Bernie & Jackie Brinker 610.588.2101 *Church Office 610.863.6859 Sponsors: *Dotta Motors, LLC *Thrivent of Northampton County Please bring a non-perishable

along and it will be donated to our local food pantries.

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Happy

New Year!

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3 Finance 6:00PM

Adult Choir

7:30PM

4 Girl Scout Sleepover

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6 8 & 10:15AM

Epiphany of Our Lord

Holy Communion

9AM Coffee Hr.

S.S./Confirmation Class

7 Social Ministries

6:30PM

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LCW 11:30AM

Council 7:00PM

9 Choir/Bells

6:00PM Children’s 6:30PM - 7:15PM

Youth 7:15PM - 8:00PM

Bells

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Adult Choir 7:30PM

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13 8 & 10:15AM

Baptism of Our Lord

Council Installation

9AM Coffee Hr.

S.S./Confirmation Class

Scholarship Meeting

Altar Guild/Comm.

Meeting

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New Members Sponsor Meeting

6:00PM

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16 Choir/Bells

6:00PM Children’s 6:30PM - 7:15PM

Youth 7:15PM - 8:00PM

Bells

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Adult Choir 7:30PM

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20 8 & 10:15AM

2nd Sunday of Epiphany

Holy Communion

9AM Coffee Hour

Sunday School

Confirmation Class

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Cemetery Board

Meeting

7:00PM

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23 Choir/Bells

6:00PM Children’s 6:30PM - 7:15PM

Youth 7:15PM - 8:00PM

Bells

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Adult Choir 7:30PM

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Garden

Luncheon

Party &

Planning

11:00AM

27 8 & 10:15AM

3rd Sunday of Epiphany

9AM Coffee Hour

Sunday School

Confirmation Class

Soup & Hoagie orders

deadline

New Members Meeting

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Property

6:00PM

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30 Choir/Bells

6:00PM Children’s 6:30PM - 7:15PM

Youth 7:15PM - 8:00PM

Bells

31 Adult Choir

7:30PM

January 2019

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Donna Bruch

Madison Keller Gwendolyn Miller

2 Steve

Counterman

3 Cecilia Bachman Brian Kessler

Drew Smolenyak

4 Karl Sellers

5 Betty Miller Ryan Munch

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8 Brittany Heyne Kim Kochanski

Emma Trone

9 Bryan Barabas

Richard Chaszar

Abigail Faulk-ner

Daniel Rissmil-ler

10 Leonie

Worster

11 Derrick Lynch Eileen Sandt

Sheryl Sellers Marc Sullivan Taffet Szakacs

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13 Leia Hoagland Matthew Itterly Dolores Sprague

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15 Irene Dech

Jena Hagerty Robert Rutt

16 Amy Bachman Tonya Heller

Nancy Hornick Lila Kelly

Faith Weeast

17 Mattey Boyer Brendan Buss Amy Hettel

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19 Dawson Frable Diane Giavanni

Kyle Hettel John Roberts Calia Wilgus

20 Max Lawson

21 Karen Evans

Ruth Getz

22 Tricia Getz Dolly Rufe

Phyllis Smith Katie Wilgus

23 Sandra Groller Jamie Itterly

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25 Kelly DeHaven

John Fairall Brenton Jacobsen

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27 Eliana Koehler Annie Schneck

28 Vivian Berhel

Bill Bonatz James Mammana

29 Donald Bortz Roxanne Rutt

30 Diane Flyte

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2019 January Happy Birthday

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In Service of St. Peter's January 2019

Acolytes and Crucifers January 6 8:00AM – Holly Larsen 10:15AM – Eliana Koehler & Owen Miller January 13 8:00AM – Alex Predmore 10:15AM – Griffin Porter & Callie Schneck January 20 8:00AM – Robert Tollinger 10:15AM – Emma Toth & Ellianna Wallbillich January 27 8:00AM – Jacob Wolf 10:15AM – Braydon Bowie & Bethany Druckenmiller

Altar Flower Committee Doris Brewer & Fran Eckert

Altar Flower Sponsors January 6 – OPEN January 13 – OPEN January 20 – OPEN January 27 – OPEN

Altar Guild January 6 8:00AM – Robin Hahn, Barb Hampton, Cindy Witkowski, Kelly Woolley 10:15AM – Kathleen Campbell, Tammy Lawson, Patti Williams January 13 8:00AM – Randa Barabas, Vivian Dawe, Sue Irwin, Pat Voigt 10:15AM – Sarah Brewer, Linda Heller, Micki Houser, Barb Sanders January 20 8:00AM – Robin Hahn, Barb Hampton, Cindy Witkowski, Kelly Woolley 10:15AM – Kathleen Campbell, Tammy Lawson, Patti Williams

Announcements January 6 8:00AM – OPEN 10:15AM – OPEN January 13 8:00AM – Erin Fraser 10:15AM – OPEN January 20 8:00AM – Buddy Batha 10:15AM – OPEN January 27 8:00AM – OPEN 10:15AM – OPEN

Bulletin Sponsors January 6 – OPEN January 13 – OPEN January 20 – OPEN January 27 – OPEN

Church Office Volunteers January 4 – June Beckage January 11 – Linda Paynter January 18 – Jennie Schank January 25 – Gladys Wagner Girl Friday – Judy Kessler

Coffee Hour Set-Up/Bakers January 6 – Erin Fraser Baker – Roxanne Rutt January 13 – Bernie & Jackie Brinker Baker – Harry Erhardt January 20 – Joe Free Baker – Jean Temos January 27 – Joe Barabas Baker – Randa Barabas

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In Service of St. Peter's

Cont’d

Communion Bread

January 6 – Randa Barabas January 13 – Janet Barczynski January 20 – Debbie Cornman

Communion Team January 6 8:00AM – Randa Barabas, Ruth Ann Vough, Dean Pysher, Jim Sandt 10:15AM – Leon & Linda Heller Karen Pysher, Bill Kessler January 13 8:00AM – OPEN 10:15AM – Ryan & Amy Rotzell, Karen Gallagher, Bill Kessler January 20 8:00AM – Debbie Cornman, Mary DeHaven, Terry Albert, Marty Eichner 10:15AM – John & Kathleen Campbell, Ann & Dave Super

Counting Team Trudie Pepe (captain) Linda Heller, Rosalyn Pennington

Greeters January 6 8:00AM – OPEN 10:15AM – Dave Ott family January 13 8:00AM – OPEN 10:15AM – Terry & Lori Barry January 20 8:00AM – OPEN 10:15AM – Leon & Linda Heller January 27 8:00AM – OPEN 10:15AM – John & Kathleen Campbell

Head Ushers

January 6 8:00AM – Dave & Barb Hampton 10:15AM – Leon & Linda Heller January 13 8:00AM – Jessica Batha, Dean Pysher 10:15AM – Fran Eckert, Linda Paynter January 20 8:00AM – Lynn Fairall, Terry Albert 10:15AM – Scott Sandt January 27 8:00AM – Joe Barabas 10:15AM – Jill Ott

Lectors January 6 8:00AM – OPEN 10:15AM – OPEN January 13 8:00AM – OPEN 10:15AM – OPEN January 20 8:00AM – OPEN 10:15AM – OPEN January 27 8:00AM – OPEN 10:15AM – OPEN

Prayers of the Church January 6 8:00AM – Lynn Fairall 10:15AM – Karin Gallagher January 13 8:00AM – Doris Faulds 10:15AM – Micki Houser January 20 8:00AM – Carol Free 10:15AM – Debbie Sandt January 27 8:00AM – Marlene Weeast 10:15AM – Pete & Rosalyn Pennington

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On February 3, 2019, St. Peter's Lutheran Church women will be sponsoring a "Soup Sale" once again for Souper Bowl Sunday. Homemade vegetable beef soup, chicken pot pie and ham and bean soup will be available for purchase. The cost is $5.00 per one quart jar. All proceeds will go to the Slate Belt Ministerium. The deadline for orders is Sunday, January 27, 2019. Orders may be placed in the box marked soup orders on the community table in the overflow area of the church, the Church office, or given to Kathleen Campbell.

PLEASE DO NOT PLACE ORDER FORMS IN THE OFFERING PLATE.

You may use the form below or call the church office at 610-863-6859, 9:00AM to 2:30PM daily. Soup orders may be picked up after either of the worship services on Sunday, February 3. Thank you to everyone for your continued support. NAME: ________________________________PHONE:_____________________

_____Qt.(s) Vegetable Beef Soup @ $5.00________

_____Qt.(s) Chicken Pot Pie @ $5.00_________

_____Qt.(s) Ham and Bean Soup @ $5.00___________

TOTAL due with order____________________

Please make checks payable to L.C.W.

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HOAGIE SALE…The Scholarship Team is selling Italian Hoagies (with

or w/out onions) for Souper Bowl Sunday, February 3, 2019. Hoagies can

be picked up and paid for on Sunday, February 3.

Deadline for ordering is Sunday, January 27. A collection box

for orders is on the community table in the overflow area of the church. Proceeds from the sale

will go to the St. Peter's Scholarship Fund. If you should have any questions, please see any

Scholarship Team member.

PLEASE DO NOT PLACE ORDER FORMS IN THE OFFERING PLATE.

>>> Italian Hoagies <<<<

NAME________________________________ Phone Number____________________

Number with onions_______________ Number w/out onions________________

TOTAL_______________________________ @ $5.00ea.=________________________

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In case of inclement weather,

please watch WFMZ Channel 69 news; or our

website - stpetersplainfield.com

or our facebook page for church

cancellations. Our listing for

Channel 69 is St. Peter’s

Lutheran Church, Plainfield.

A BIG THANK YOU to the participants

in this year’s Christmas musical,

“The Mystery of Simon Shepherd”

Also thank you to Stacy Hageman, Linda

Kern, Kevin Ramaley, Lucy Hahn, Parents

of the Cast Members, and the Sunday

School Teachers: Jessica Batha, Melissa

Hahn, Melissa Koehler and Amanda Taylor

for helping with this enjoyable event.

Sunday school classes will resume

on January 6, 2019 at 9:00AM.

Blessings for a

Happy and Healthy

2019

Erin Curtolo Christian Ed Director

GOOD NEWS The Monthly Newsletter of

St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church Plainfield Township, Pennsylvania Web site: StPetersPlainfield.com

Phone/Fax: 610-863-6859 E-Mail: [email protected]

The Rev. Chris Druckenmiller, Pastor

Kelly Woolley, Parish Administrator Erin Curtolo, Christian Ed Director

Linda Kern, Organist, Sr. Choir Director Stacy Hageman, Youth & Bell Choir Director

Gary & Pat Davies, Sextons

Council Officers President: Mary DeHaven

Vice President: Buddy Batha Secretary: Ann Super

Treasurer: John Campbell Financial Secretary: Debbie Sandt

Sunday Church School

9:00AM

Good News Newsletter Kelly Woolley, layout

Worship Services 8:00AM & 10:15AM

Please Join Us!

The deadline date for the

articles for the “Good News”

Newsletter is the 1st of the

month. Articles must be

received in the church

office by that date. Any

item received after that date will be held

for the following month.

All Choir Rehearsals and Bell Choir will

practice:

Tuesday - Praise Band 7:00PM

Wednesday - Children’s Choir 6:00PM

Youth Choir 6:30PM - 7:15PM

Bell Choir 7:15PM - 8:00PM

Thursday - Adult Choir 7:30PM

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11/30/2018 – 91.7% of YEAR

General Fund Contributions

so far this year: $ 174,877

* 90.5% of our Annual Budget

* $19,397 or 12.5% above last year

General Fund Expenses

so far this year: $ 184,854

* 80.5% of our Annual Budget

* $43,601 or 30.9% above last year

Average Weekly Attendance

so far this year: 169

* 15 or 9.7% above last year

Weekly Giving Report:

We need $4,418 a week to meet our

“general operations expenses”

* On Nov 4 our offering was $3,632.50

* On Nov 11 our offering was $4,385

* On Nov 18 our offering was $4377.50

* On Nov 25 our offering was $3,711

* Monthly Average per week $4,026

* Year-to-Date Ave per week $3,721

Note: The offering we get from our envelopes

(Initial, weekly, communion, & special days),

along with our loose offering, Sunday school

offering, and from bulletins is the money we use

to operate the church on a day by day basis.

New Member Sponsors Needed

On January 14

th at 6:30PM we will be having

a meeting to talk about new member sponsorship and what it means to be a sponsor. If you are interested in being a sponsor for a new member, or member family, to our congregation, please sign up on the sheet in the overflow area. If you can’t make the meeting, but are interested in being a sponsor, please see Pastor Chris.

New Members

Welcome Meeting

If you are interested in joining St Peter’s, or

know of someone who might be interested in

joining, there will be a New Members Welcome

meeting on Sunday, January 27th. The meeting

will be held between the two worship services.

This is an informal chance to gather and find out

more about St Peter’s, meet some of our church

council members, and find out how you can

become a member of St Peter ’s. Please

see Pastor Chris or sign up on the sheet in

the Information Area to indicate your interest.

We will look to receive new members into

membership some time during February, at

both of the Sunday morning services.

POINT OF INFORMATION…

It was recently discovered that the church has a radon gas level in the basement area that is slightly above the recommended maximum. The property committee is currently involved in an effort to mitigate this issue.

Several contractors have been contacted and work should begin in the next several weeks on the mitigation program/system. More information will be provided as it is available.

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It’s that time of year again for Year-end reports.

All year-end reports and financial reports, will be

prepared and distributed at the February Budget Meeting. All committees and persons responsible for their committee’s activities are asked to submit their reports by the deadline date listed: Any changes not re-ceived, a copy of the last report given will be used.

All financial reports and year end reports are due by January 14, 2019.

Reports are preferred by email to:

[email protected] or may be dropped off at the church office. In addition, please submit any changes or updates for our membership directory. Thank you.

Among the items that are appropriate for the column are announcements of births, deaths, engagements, marriages, milestone birthdays and anniversaries, interesting vacations, promo-tions, awards and relocations out of the area.

If you have an item you would like included in the February 2019 edition of the newsletter, please return the form below to the church office or place it in the collection plate. Name:________________________________ Address:______________________________ _____________________________________ Phone: ______________________________ I would like to recognize the following: (Include date, if relevant.) _____________________________________ _____________________________________ ____________________________________

Reminder…

Please remember to pick up your 2019 church envelopes in the back of the church. If you do not see your name there, please contact Kelly in the church office at 610.863.6859.

The LCW is selling RADA

knives. There are many items,

such as paring knives, vegetable

peelers and their excellent knife

sharpener, and many other

types of cutlery available through their cata-

log. Please contact Kathleen Campbell at 570-

242-3200, for more information.

The catalogs are available in the back of the

church.

We would like to wish the St. Peter’s family a

Healthy and Happy New Year and hoping your

Christmas was Merry and Bright!

Mike & Cindy Witkowski

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No Altar Flowers for Lent

This year during the Lenten season

you’re going to notice some things that are a

little different from previous years, and some

things that are very different. There will be more

information on that in next month’s newsletter

but, for now, one of the changes that you will

see is that there will be no altar flowers during

the season of Lent. This is to recognize the sol-

emn nature of the Lenten season and the som-

berness of our worship, even in the midst of our

normal Sunday celebration. As the church looks

a little more bare than normal, we wait with ex-

pectation for the celebration of Easter when the

fullness of all our Easter decorations highlights

the resurrection of our Savior.

If anyone would like to volunteer with being a

greeter, head usher, Communion Team, prayer

readers, lector, etc… please contact the church

office at 610.863.6859 and we will forward your

name to the coordinator. There is no experience

necessary.

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Discussion of Communion Every Sunday

Attention all Communion Assistants

& Altar Guild Volunteers! We are considering extending communion to every service. We value your opinion and feed-back and encourage you to attend a special meeting on January 13 at 9:00AM. During this meeting, we will discuss what it means to increase to a weekly communion schedule and ask if you will be willing to serve more than what you are currently scheduled. If you do not currently serve on the communion teams or Altar Guild but would like to become a volunteer, you are more than welcome to attend this meeting!

Please come with an open mind and a willingness to share your thoughts. We will meet in the Sanctuary at 9:00AM on January 13th.

If church is cancelled due to the weather, the meeting will be rescheduled to January 20 at 9:00AM.

Dear Members of St. Peter’s:

We at God’s Garden of Grace would like to

say thank you for being partners in our com-

munity mission of feeding the hungry of the

Slate Belt. We would not have been as suc-

cessful without your support.

Network in

Monroe County. For every dollar we spent

for the garden, we delivered over 10lbs., of

fresh produce to people in need. We are proud

to have you as partners and look forward to

working together in the future. We can always

use extra hands during the growing and

harvest season and invite any willing hearts

to join us.

On Saturday, January 26, 2019, we are having

a Garden Party, a luncheon and planning

meeting for the upcoming 2019 season. We

will be reviewing 2018 and start the process

for next year.

The meeting starts at 11:00am. It is informal

and will be in St. Peter’s Fellowship Hall. We

hope you will join us for the celebration as

we meet and share fellowship together.

Yours in Christ,

Jim Sandt

Garden Coordinator

Beginning January 6, 2019

The front double doors on the left side of the church (Facing the church from the street) will remain locked during the worship services. All traffic should enter the right side door. Security signs have been posted on the parking lot entry & exit.

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In This Issue. . .

Page 1 From the Pastor

Page 2 Prayer Calendar/Valentine Dance

Page 3 Calendar of Events

Page 4 Birthday Calendar

Page 5 Participant Listing

Page 6 Participant Listing

Page 7 Soup/Hoagie Order forms

Page 8 Sunday School

Page 9 Treasurer Report/New Members

Page 10 RADA Cutlery/Annual Reports

Page 11 Garden Party/Altar Flowers

The New Year

Dear Master, for this coming year,

Just one request I bring.

I do not pray for happiness

Or any earthly thing;

I do not understand

The way Thou leadest me;

But this I ask—Teach me to do

the thing that pleaseth Thee.

I want to know Thy guiding Voice,

To walk with Thee each day.

Dear Master, make me swift to hear

And ready to obey;

And thus the year I now begin

A happy year will be,

If I am seeking just to do

The thing that pleaseth Thee.

Author Unknown