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Seminary Donation Day

Posted on Oct 16, 2025 CATEGORIES: e-news content

Mission of the Quarter Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne, IN July thru September 2025

Members of St. Peter
Thank-you for sharing your gifts of non-perishable food and clothing and a donation of $2,675.00 to support our Seminary and Deaconess students who are attending CTSFW. Five members of our congregation traveled to Fort Wayne on Tuesday, October 14th , to attend Donation Day at the Seminary. We participated in a Worship Service in the Chapel. It was an amazing experience as we heard God’s Word preached and you can imagine joyful singing with wonderful organ
music and the voices of LWML Sisters in Christ, Seminary and Deaconess students, faculty and staff from CTSFW! Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and South Wisconsin LWML District Presidents acknowledged the students from their Districts and presented Grants to CTSFW from their Districts. We were able to interact with the students and their families in the Commons. We ate lunch and interacted with students as we shared a meal in the cafeteria. After lunch, the LWML Choir
met at Worship Anew and recorded 5 songs to be used in future Worship Anew broadcasts. It was a very inspiring day! We praise and thank God for His never- ending grace and mercy.

Christmas Marketplace for Seminary Students

Posted on Oct 16, 2025 CATEGORIES: e-news content

The LWML invites you to support our seminary students and their families by purchasing gift cards which will be shared with students before they leave for their Christmas break in December. It would be a blessing for them to receive

gift cards in increments of $10, $20, or $25 which may be used at Fort Wayne merchants such as Walmart, Target, Meijer, Kroger or restaurant chains such as Applebees, McDonalds, Olive Garden, Outback Steakhouse, Red Robin, Subway, Texas Roadhouse, Culvers, etc.
Service station and gas cards from Shell, Marathon, BP or Speedway in increments of $25 or $50.
Cash gifts are also accepted to purchase dining hall lunch tickets.

Donations will be accepted until November 16^th and may be placed in the marked container in the church office. These cards can be purchased from SCRIP which will benefit St. Peter as well. Thank you for your support!

LWML Treatshop

Posted on May 7, 2025 CATEGORIES: e-news content

LADIES: Jesus Knows Me; This I Love! Isn’t it wonderful that God knows us? From the hairs on our heads to when we are asleep or awake, He knows. Even more wonderful is His forgiveness and grace for us, even though He knows it all.

On August 9, 2025, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Indianapolis, we will explore that love for us at the treatshop. A treatshop is a workshop and a retreat. It will include wonderful Bible Studies, activities, educational breakout sessions, Christ-centered mission projects, lunch, and, of course, wonderful LWML fellowship and fun. We hope you’ll plan to attend.

Complete the registration form and mail it along with your registration fee to Penny Letterman to let us know you’ll be there. We look forward to hearing from you. (Registration forms can also be picked up in the church office.)

For ride sharing information please see Gloria Field or Cheryl Tellman.

Seminary Christmas Marketplace

Posted on Oct 30, 2024 CATEGORIES: e-news content

Thank you to all who have purchased gift card for our seminary families this year. If you are so inclined it is not too late to do so. You have until November 10th . These cards will be shared with the students before they leave for their Christmas break in December.

It would be a blessing to receive:
1. Gift cards in increments of $10, $20 or $25, which may be used at merchants in the Fort Wayne area such as Walmart, Target or Meijer or restaurant chains such as Applebees, Cracker Barrel, Olive Garden, Red Robin, Subway and others.
2. Service station and gas cards from Shell, Marathon, BP or Speedway in increments of $25 and above.
3. Cash gifts to purchase dining hall lunch tickets. The lunch tickets allow students who live off campus to eat lunch on campus rather than needing to bring their meals from home.

Please place your gifts in the gold can on the counter. Thank you!

Disaster Relief cont.

Posted on Oct 23, 2024 CATEGORIES: e-news content

“We love because he first loved us.” 1 John 4:19 Helping the hurting amid disaster

Pray for the:

victims of Hurricane Helene in Swannanoa, that they would know and experience God’s love, hope, healing and renewal as their lives have been disrupted by this disaster
safety of volunteers as they travel and work together to provide immediate response and early recovery by providing for basic needs – food, water, clothes, and shelter
volunteers as they share Jesus, shine Jesus’ light and bring comfort, healing and restoration
members of St. Peter Lutheran congregation in Conover, North Carolina who are hosting volunteers (1 hour from Swannanoa)

Update–3rd Quarter Mission Offerings

Posted on Oct 16, 2024 CATEGORIES: e-news content

Concordia Theological Seminary – Fort Wayne

Thank-you members of St. Peter for supporting missions this quarter! Thank-you for being gracious givers for the Lord’s work and sharing your love and care for others.

The amount of our Offering for CTSFW 2,990.00. We were able to take the check to CTSFW on Donation Day this past Tuesday along with all the generous offerings of Food and Clothing. We were able to attend Chapel and have lunch with the Seminary and Deaconess students to get to know them and hear how God led them to say: “Yes Lord, Send Me” to CTSFW to become Pastors and Deaconesses. An added highlight of the afternoon was being able to be part of the LWML Choir at Worship Anew. The recorded hymns will be part of Worship Services that will be broadcast in the future. Continue to keep CTSFW – Students, Faculty, and Staff in your prayers.

Flood Relief with Orphan Grain Train

Posted on Oct 9, 2024 CATEGORIES: e-news content

Flood Relief Effort

Orphan Grain Train – Indiana Branch Jonesville, IN has organized a relief load to be transported to the community of Elizabethon, Tennessee. A Team of 10 Members from St. Peter, North Judson and St. Mark, Medaryville will be working at Orphan Grain Train on Saturday, October 19 th , 2024. Please see, text or call Pastor Wickert if you have any questions (812-528-2607We would like to collect items needed for the relief effort. If you can donate any of the items listed below, please bring them to St. Peter by 8 pm on Thursday, October 17th , 2024.

Items Needed:

Water (especially in gallon jugs (not distilled)

Cleaning Supplies: Pine Sol type cleaner (no bleach)

heavy duty brooms/mops;

Canned Goods and dry goods

basic Baby supplies i.e. – diapers, formula, wipes, food

blankets

NO Clothes and NO Furniture at this time.

UPDATE–3rd Quarter Mission Offerings

Posted on Oct 9, 2024 CATEGORIES: e-news content

UPDATE–3rd Quarter Mission Offerings Concordia Theological Seminary – Fort Wayne

Thank-you members of St. Peter for supporting missions this quarter! Thank-you for being gracious givers for the Lord’s work and sharing your love and care for others. The amount of our Offering for CTSFW 2,990.00. We were able to take the check to CTSFW on Donation Day this past Tuesday along with all the generous offerings of Food and Clothing. We were able to attend Chapel and have lunch with the Seminary and Deaconess students to get to know them and hear how
God led them to say: “Yes Lord, Send Me” to CTSFW to become Pastors and Deaconesses. An added highlight of the afternoon was being able to be part of the LWML Choir at Worship Anew. The recorded hymns will be part of Worship Services that will be broadcast in the future. Continue to keep CTSFW – Students, Faculty, and Staff in your prayers.