Reader Leaders are needed to listen one-on-one to LES students while they practice their reading skills. If you can read, you’re qualified! Please contact Sue Fritschler at 743-1018.
Women’s Ministry Ladies, what’s on your calendar for March 20th ?” Mine says “Spring Begins” and right next to that “Brown Paper Bag Day of Prayer Retreat – St. Peters.” Registration forms will be available from Feb. 8 until March 8 in the entry areas. Register early by contacting Judy Schumacher at 559-9550. Undecided? Pray about it!
The Shepherding Team meeting is Tuesday, Feb. 16th at 5:15 pm in the Conference Room.
Sunday School will be singing next Sunday (Feb. 14th) at the 10 am service. It is Valentine’s Day and also Bring Your Parents/Family Day. All family members are welcome to attend.
Member to Member Ministry “I am a friend to all who fear you, to all who follow your precepts.” Psalm 119:63 There is an exciting new movement starting at St. Peters. It’s called Member to Member Ministry. The main principle of this ministry is fellowship. Quite simply it is members of our St. Peters family visiting other members in their homes. It is just a friendly visit to get to know other members and get any questions or comments that may be out there. This is not about stewardship or money. It is about fellowship within our St. Peters family. The plan is to visit all the family units at St. Peters in four phases or groups over the next year. Teams of two people each will be making the visits. We may be calling you to be a visitor in one or more phases of this ministry. It is a wonderful opportunity to get to know members better. Please say yes, and welcome your fellow members when they call to visit your family.
Annual Report Minutes There were 119 members in attendance at the January 24 Annual Congregational meeting. Of the 119 members, 69 were eligible to vote. Of the reports given most of the discussion and resulting explanations involved Pastor Zessin’s report on member changes and Pastor Kolterjahn’s statistical report. Regarding Pastor Zessin’s report the discussion resulted in the uncertainty as to whether members to be released had been contacted by a pastor one last time before being added to the list. Without the documentation at hand, a motion was made to remove the Members Out from the list before approval. A motion was made and seconded to approve the Members In only. The motion was approved.
Questions on what to make of the statistical report’s numbers regarding the drop in communion attendance of approximately 1,100 over the year were voiced. A number of possible explanations were given. The ushers will also be asked if they can count the communion attendees at each service rather than use the Friendship Register as the source of the number for those who take communion. This was looked at as a more exact way to count attendance, as some people do not sign the Friendship Register.
Treasurer Chad Hougaard presented the Financial Report for the end of 2009. Explanations were given in regard to the refinancing with Bank First National to consolidate our loans in December. This resulted in our bank loan balance being $470,000. After very little discussion the Financial Report for 2009 was approved.