St. Peter Lutheran Church

3200 Asbury Road Dubuque, IA 52001

563.583.0860 www.st-peter-lutheran.org

The Bellringer

When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come proclaiming the mystery of God to you in lofty words or wis-dom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. 1 Corinthians 2:1-2

Hello! This is Pastor Matthew Agee, and I’ve been asked to share a bit about myself, my family, and my call to serve as Pastor of St. Peter Lutheran Church in Dubuque.

I suppose I can begin with my last name: it is pronounced “AY-jee” – If you forget how to say it, don’t worry, I’ve heard just about every version of it possible. I was born and raised in a logging town called Kelso in Southwest Wash-ington State. It’s located on the rainy side of the state, along the Columbia River about a half hour north of Portland, Oregon.

I am an adult convert to Christianity and was baptized at age 26. Culturally, though, I’m a Norwegian Lutheran.

I attended college at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA, graduating in 2002. While I was at PLU, I met my wife Jennifer – we were married in 2003. We moved to the Seattle area and I worked at a local bank, while Jennifer began her career as an editor.

While I was working at the bank I began to hear the call to ordained ministry in the ELCA. I started the candidacy process in the NW Washington Synod, and enrolled at Seattle University to study for my M.Div.

After a year of working full time and going to school full time, plus commuting through Seattle traffic, the idea of Wartburg Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa kept popping up. This was, of course, impossible. Iowa? Everyone we knew or were related to lived in Washington! But, the Holy Spirit kept at us, and in 2008 we packed up, sold our house, and moved to Dubuque – and it was one of the best experiences of our lives. We loved our time in Dubuque, and returned to visit frequently. In fact, it was the first “road trip” we took with our daughter when she was 3 months old!

I graduated from Wartburg in 2012, and received a call to serve as pastor of Church of Our Saviour in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. It is a beautiful stone church and when you walk in the first thing you’ll notice is the handmade German Tracker Organ that was installed in the 1980s.

Jennifer is an editor and works freelance for various clients. While in Dubuque, she earned an MA in theology, and this past fall published her senior thesis as a book called “Systematic Mythology.” I am happy to report she’s way smarter than me. In May of 2014, we welcomed our daughter Jane – she attended a local 4K program last year, and will begin kindergarten in Dubuque this fall.

In my spare time you can probably find me reading books on history, or completely engrossed in some totally random new hobby, which I will no doubt be very happy to tell you all about. I love potlucks, music, reading westerns, and am skilled at turning any conversation back to Star Wars.

That’s a very broad outline, but I am pretty sure we’ll have a chance to get to know each other soon. I have been pray-ing for you, and give thanks to God for the chance to serve the people of St. Peter. I’ll see you all in a few weeks.

May the Peace of Christ be with you all.

Pastor Matthew Agee

Our Mission:

Saved by God’s mercy and called by the Holy Spirit, We share the Good News of Christ by reaching out in love.

August 2019

Gathering & Sending the Body of Christ

Baptisms We welcomed into the Body of Christ, by Baptism, Samantha Rose Davis and Henrich Joseph Reinert on Sunday, July 21, 2019. Thanks be to God!

New Members On July 14, we welcomed back Mark and Shannon Beard as official members of St. Peter. Welcome home Mark and Shannon.

Ordination We give thanks that we were able to celebrate the ordination of Pastor Hayden Kvamme here at St. Peter on Friday, July 26. Hayden and his family, Kathryn and Maggie attended the 10:30am Sunday service during the school year and we baptized their daughter, Maggie, back in April.

Party with a Purpose! WHEN: Friday, August 23rd Doors Open at 6:00pm WHERE: Wartburg Seminary Campus WHY: A fundraiser to support Almost Home Guest House ministry At Almost Home, we put people back on the path home by sheltering, serving and supporting our neigh- bors in need with beds, clothing, and connection to resources. They are a mission founded and sponsored by the congregation at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1276 White Street in downtown Dubuque WHO: All area ELCA Congregations, Friends, Family, Neighbors (y'all come!) COST: Admission is FREE, food and beverage for sale, freewill offering accepted LIVE MUSIC with 11 the Band and your favorite class rock tunes! (11theband.online)

What will be provided: burgers, hot dogs, buns and condiments along with water and lemonade Please bring your own: a dish to share, plates, utensils, etc, something else to dr ink, lawn chairs and happy faces looking to meet new people! Also bring: Donations of Non Per ishable Food Items will be accepted for the DBQ Rescue Mission There will be music and games for the kids!

Loving & Caring for Others

SAVE THE DATE — Sunday, September 8 — “God’s Work. Our Hands.” 12noon-3:00pm

Members of St. Peter will gather with other Dubuque ELCA churches to work on projects in downtown Dubuque. We will depart from the church after we celebrate “Rally Day” and have had lunch. Please sign-up on the sheet in the Gathering Area so we can plan projects accordingly.

The “Noisy” Offering

So far we have $46.07 in “noisy” offering for our project for Lutheran World Relief (LWR) School Kits. Sales should be starting soon on school supplies so keep watching for them. Mission Support Board has a table at the end of the hall hear Miriam’s office where you can drop off your donated school supplies. Thanks! We will run this project through Rally Sunday on Sept 8.

Mission Support School bags for LWR collection in fall 2019 Collection will go through September 15

*Draw-string backpack (cloth, 14 x 17)

CAFÉ St. Peter will serve at Café on Thursday, August 8th at 5:15pm at First Congregational Church at 255 W. 10th St, downtown Dubuque. If you can help serve, please call Jean Kapp to sign up, 556-5405

GROWING HOPE GLOBALLY -SHARE IN THE HARVEST – Bring your home-raised garden produce to share

This produce sharing with church members will go through September. The free-will donations for the produce will benefit “Growing Hope Globally” (formerly known as Food Resource Bank) Peru – Castrovirreyna program #1509 (led by Lutheran World Relief and local partner CODESO.) For more information, contact Dan Zauche at 563.590.8290

Items Needed

Our goal- 100

We Have

Still Needed

Bags* 100 bags 78 22

Notebooks 70 count wide or college rule

400

60

340

Scissors (blunt end)

100 13 87

Erasers 100 66 34

Pencil sharpeners

100 10 90

Rulers metric with inches non

breakable

100

46

54

Crayons 16 or 24 Count

100 8 92

Pencils # 2 do not sharpen

500 70 430

Pens (non gel)Blue or black

500 103 397

Educating and Equipping Disciples

Save the Date Rally Day will be Sunday, September 8, 2019

Youth News

Pool Party All middle and high school youth are invited to a pool party on Sunday afternoon of August 4th from 1-4pm We will gather at the pool at The Residences in Asbury. More details to follow. Please e-mail Pastor Karla if you can join us at: pastorstpeterdbq@gmail.com

Summer Mission Trip On June 23-27, Samantha Davis, Rayanne Hillman (so sorry, we forgot to include Rayanne in our list last month), Daniel Welter, Reed Whitaker, Erica Shireman, and Kendra Sirianni; along with Alain Davis, Dar-ren Sirianni and Pastor Karla went to Minneapolis. We stayed at the Urban Immersion Service Retreat Center. We had daily service projects at “Dress for Success”, “Feed My Starving Children” and “Mano a Mano”.

Supporting & Encouraging the Saints

Quilt Pieces There are always quilt pieces available (to your left as you come in the top door to the church) for you to take home and put together

Senior Luncheon You are invited to attend the lunch (which is provided by “master chef” Jim Daack. Please call him and let him know to set a place for you, 583.0860

Thank You “I thank my God every time I remember you, constantly praying with joy in everyone of my prayers for all

of you, because of your sharing in the gospel from the first day until now. I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work among you will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ.” - Philippians 1:3-6 These are the Apostle Paul’s words that I am borrowing because it sums up all “my feels” as I write this. I am so thankful and will continually be thankful for the time I had with you all here at St. Peter as your interim pastor!!! In God’s peace, in Jesus’ joy and with love, Pastor Karla Wildberger

Other News

Pastor Tawanda Murinda’s new postal address: 1632 51st Street South Apt #111, Fargo, ND 58103

August 2019 Worship Servants

August 17 & 18

Ushers:

4:30 Ric & Lisa Maiers

9:00 Connie Finger, Doug Recker

David Yeager, Neill Yeager

Greeters:

4:30 Ruth Neuhaus, Mary Roling

9:00 Georgiann & Michael Fettkether

Communion Assistants:

4:30 Ryan Oftedahl

9:00 Jan Peter, Jim Petersen

Lori Schmitt, Linda Sorensen

Lectors:

4:30 Ryan Oftedahl

9:00 Edy Puls

Assisting Minister: Doug Horstmann

Altar Servants:

August 24 & 25

Ushers:

4:30 Betty Artus, Ann Fritschel

9:00 Donna & Rod Clemen

Ramonna & Bob Miller

Greeters:

4:30 Mary Lursen, Daryl Tetterton

9:00 Karen Dolter, Darleen Sarvis

Communion Assistants:

4:30 Sheila Sharkey-Stuart

9:00 Mary & Michael Klein

Mary Jane Maas, Bill Thill

Lectors:

4:30 Peg Johannsen

9:00 Angie Puls

Assisting Minister: Julie Norby

Altar Servants: Connie Finger, Vicki

Hess

Aug 3 & 4

Ushers:

4:30 Donna Beadle, Donnelle Fuerste

9:00 Elaine & Dick Core

Dennis Rice, Roger Bentley

Greeters:

4:30 Judy Odefy, Dee Spiegelhalter

9:00 Nathan Dolter, Connie Finger

Communion Assistants:

4:30 Linda Sorensen

9:00 Jim Petersen, Kelly Roen

Paul Scherner, Karen Horstmann

Lectors:

4:30 Nancy Leonard

9:00 Ann GIle

Assisting Minister: Becky Heil

Alter Servants: Ellen Gukeisen

Betty Artus, Gigi Oliver

August 10 & 11

Ushers:

4:30 Dan & Amy Unmacht

9:00 Donna & Rod Clemen

Darleen Sarvis

Greeters:

4:30 Phil & JoAnn Oftedahl

9:00 Carole & Steve Sefzig

Communion Assistants:

4:30 Tori Anderson

9:00 Jim Daack, Becky Weitz

Darren & Sally Sirianni

Lectors:

4:30 Nancy Ferry

9:00 Gary Norby

Assisting Minister: Paul Scherner

Altar Servants:

Aug 31 & Sept 1

Ushers:

4:30 Jolene Rettenberger, Erica

Shireman

9:00 Gigi Oliver, Becky Weitz

Dave & Joyce Horstmann

Greeters:

4:30 Jane Burnett, Marge Schultz

9:00 Rich & Sandy Hyman

Communion Assistants:

4:30 Lisa Maiers

9:00 Jean Reiniets, Traci Ryan

Sally & Darren Sirianni

Lectors:

4:30 Ann Fritschel

9:00 Kelly Roen

Assisting Minister:

Alter Servants: Connie Finger

Vicki Hess

August Birthdays

1 Gene Heiberger Weston Maas 2 Diane Brondyke Ross Potter Brent Wilker Kevin Zumbach 3 Lydia Feenstra 4 Jean Kapp Kurt Schroeder Adrey Schumacher Dennis Vahle Camran Vondal 5 Tammy Gardner Kai Madsen Darren Sirianni Kendra Sirianni Nathan Vail Nicholas Vail 6 Hope Haylock Loren Larson Shirley Reisch 7 Ann Fritschel Margie Herrig 8 Gary Breiner Isaac Gukeisen Gloria Mahannah 10 Matthew Alexander Ron Mahannah Aiden Wernimont 11 Jensine Salmela 12 Connie Baylor Charles Huntley Emmett Lueneburg Michael Puls 13 Dawn Jackson Diane LaPage Kari Mueller 15 Kelly Jentz-Ruff Scott Schoenhard 16 Cindy Richey 17 Scott Brondyke Henry Schauf 18 Seth Gilbert Arlene Laaker Marissa Michel Parker Reinert Charles Schmal Leslie Wagner 19 Jacob Evans Grant Haylock Don Johannsen 20 Creed Birkhofer Joanna Salmela 21 Carson Lampe Maia Ramos 22 Roger Brimeyer Tom Mitchell

Katie Pottter Isabella Stapleton 23 Spencer Connolly Cooper Hess 24 Camden Tierney Piper Weitz 25 Jane Petersen 26 Charley Cueno-Perkins Mike Flynn Anna Meier Joe Wall 27 Katelyn Egan Jean Hesselbacher Kyle Mahannah Cooper Strub 28 Steven Coohey Kim Larson Stonja Schuster Daniel Welter 29 Zachary Meyer Amanda Zell 30 Lisa Vogt 31 Julie Guler Tawanda Murinda

“ Grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God every time I re-member you, constantly praying with joy in every one of my prayers for all of you, because of your shar-ing in the gospel from the first day until now. I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work among you will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ.” - Philippians 1:2-6

We Remember

(We remember those affiliated with our congregation who have died in the past ten years.)

August 16, 2009 JoAnn Pickel August 08, 2010 John P Glaser August 29.2010 Dorothy E. Love August 14, 2011 Arlene M Broughton August 27, 2011 Marsha Shaffer August 19, 2012 Ruth M (Kane) Papenthien August 25, 2012 Josiah William Claude Johnson August 10, 2013 Carl Jay Rentschler August 13, 2013 Robert McNamer August 14, 2013 Dale Grashorn August 17, 2013 Irene Holz August 29, 2013 Hans Bjornstad August 31, 2016 Edward Kenneth Kupferschmidt

August Anniversaries

Ron & Sue Scheffert August 18, 1956 Don & Barbara Kula August 28, 1959

Roger & Ann Brimeyer August 17, 1963 Gary & Jean Reiniets August 31, 1963 Dick & Elaine Core August 14, 1965 Del & Eunice Simpson August 27, 1967 Charles & Susan Huntley August 09, 1969 Doug & Karen Horstmann August 02, 1975 Dan & Marlene Frye August 09, 1975 Donald & Cary Lumley August 02,1980 Fred & Kim Boyes August 01, 1981 Rod & Donna Clemen August 22, 1981 Denise & Steve Goedken August 27, 1983 Rocky & Bonnie Tiefel August 18, 1985 John & Hilarie Vail August 04, 1990 Karen & George Bies August 26, 1995 Ric & Lisa Maiers August 24, 1996 Janann & Alan Dostal August 09, 1997 Tim & Kimberly Markham August 18, 2001 Tracy Ann & Kevin Koeller August 02, 2002 Mike & Robin Reed August 03, 2002 Jeff & Nancy Stahl August 24, 2002 Kris Spiegler & Norm Anderson August 08, 2003 Scott & Erin Schoenhard August 13, 2005 Marnie & Karl Kane August 11, 2006 Lisa & Chris Vogt August 03, 2007 Emily & Tad Schoeny August 08, 2009 Derrick & Lindsay Hess August 21, 2010 Marissa & RyanMichel August 03, 2012 Tara & Tyler Kennedy August 28, 2015 Katie & Ross Potter August 05, 2016

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Our worship services are aired on Mediacom Public Access Channel 81.

1 TV 4:00 pm Quilting Day 9 to 3

2 TV 8:00pm

3

Holy Comm 4:30pm (Traditional)

TV 5:00 pm

4 Holy Comm 9:00am (Traditional)

TV 8:30am & 7:15pm Youth Pool Party 1to4pm @ “The Residences”

5 TV 10:00 am

Staff Mtg 11:30

Evangelical Outreach 6pm

Worship Bd Mtg 6:30pm

Property Bd Mtg 7:00pm

6 TV 6:00 pm

Stephen Ministry Mtg 7:00pm

7 TV 8:00 am

Book Club 6:00pm

8 TV 4:00 pm

5:15pm Cafe Prayer Shawl 6:30pm

9 TV 8:00 pm

10 Holy Comm 4:30 pm (Traditional) TV 5:00 pm

11 Holy Comm 9:00 am (Contemporary) TV 8:30am & 7:15pm

ELCA Picnic 3-7pm Eagle Point Park

12 Pastor Matt’s 1st Day!

TV 10:00am

Staff 11:30

WT Music Selection 1:30

TOPS 6:00

Lay Ministry Mtg 6:30

Boy Scouts 7:00

13 TV 6:00 pm Mission Support Bd—Summer Potluck 6:00pm

14 TV 8:00 am

15 TV 4:00 pm

16 Senior Fellowship Luncheon 11:30am TV 8:00 pm Bellringer Deadline

17 Men’s Bible Study 8:00am

Holy Comm. 4:30pm (Traditional)

TV 5:00 pm

118 18 Holy Comm 9:00 am (Traditional) (Con

TV 8:30am & 7:15pm

19 TV 10:00 am

TOPS 6:00

Boy Scouts 7:00

Stewardship Bd Mtg 5:45pm PPC Mtg 7:00

20 TV 6:00 pm

21 TV 8:00 am

22 TV 4:00 pm Women’s Bible Study 1:30pm

23 TV 8:00 pm Fundraiser for “Almost Home” @ Wartburg Seminary 6pm

24 Holy Comm 4:30pm (Traditional) TV 5:00pm

25 Holy Communion 9:00 am (Contemporary) — Pastor Matt’s Installation TV 8:15am & 7:30pm

26 TV 10:00 am Hymn Selection 1:30 Education Bd Mtg 6:30 Tops 6:00

Boys Scouts 7:00

27 TV 6:00 pm Youth Bd Mtg 6:00pm

28 TV 8:00am

29 TV 4:00pm

30 TV 8:00pm

31 Holy Comm 4:30pm (Traditional) TV 5:00pm

August 2019

Nonprofit

Organization

US Postage

PAID

Dubuque, IA

Permit No. 813

Office Phone: (563) 583-0860 E-mail Address: stpeterdbq@q.com Web Page: www.st-peter-lutheran.org Office Hours: 9:00-5:00 M-Th; 9:00-1:00 F Home Phones Interim Pastor: Karla Wildberger office 563-583-0860 Youth & Family, Lily Brondyke youthstpeterdbq@gmail.com Visitation/Outreach Minister: J im Daack 563-556-0028 Education Coordinator: Miriam Bjornstad 563-663-6558 Custodian: Angie Puls 563-542-2711 Organist & Pianist: Kr istine Fishler 563-599-3937

Summer Worship Service Times

Saturday 4:30 p.m.

Sunday worship 9:00a.m.

Holy Communion is celebrated at both services.

3200 Asbury Rd.

Dubuque, IA 52001-8408

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

St. Peter Lutheran Church

Our Mission:

Saved by God’s mercy

and called by the Holy Spirit,

We share the Good News

of Christ by reaching out

in Love.