Care & Serve
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Fellowship Event Support
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Friday, November 20th @ 5:00 pm
Presale tickets have begun! Get your tickets using the registration link on the HUB. Our goal is to sell 750 tickets before Nov. 13th when the prices goes up!
Wanna get behind the scenes? Click HERE to serve.
We're looking for 40 AMAZING people to serve food, restock desserts, manage carry out orders, and direct guests.
A big THANK YOU to everyone who already said yes to bringing desserts or pies. We expect to have everything we'll need because of you!
We'd Love Your Help
If you'd like to help with this event, we'll have a sign up here soon to bring a soup or cookies or if you'd like to help with set up or clean up. Many hands make light work and we really appreciate everyone pitching in to make these events special and easy.
Outreach & Mission
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One home. Two friends. A legacy that lives on.
For nearly 20 years, Mike Bultemeier has served with Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders, and for much of that time his friend, Scott Dewalt, served alongside him. Together they put their faith into action to help countless families rebuild after disasters.
Mike and Scott lived in different parts of the country, but they coordinated their schedules to serve side by side multiple times. Mike shared his knowledge, his many tools, and his heart for helping others. This July, we lost Scott, a dear friend and faithful volunteer.
This November, Mike will complete his 52nd disaster mission trip. FCDR is planning a special build honoring his decades of service and remembering Scott, his friend and fellow Warrior of the Faith.
Their goal is to raise $130,000 to build a new, safe home in Mike and Scott’s honor. Every gift and every helping hand can help turn years of friendship and service into a home where a family can begin again.
Let’s make this one more mission together, in honor of Mike and Scott.
Callers Needed
We're looking for compassionate volunteers to help prepare for this year's Angel Tree program by serving as caregiver outreach team members. This important role involves contacting caregivers in late October and early November to gather gift wish information for the children we support. The information collected helps us create our Angel Tree tags, making it easy for church members to purchase meaningful gifts for each child.
This is not an immediate commitment. Volunteers will receive training, helpful tips, and the support they need before any calls are made. Whether you're an experienced volunteer or looking for a new way to give back, this is a wonderful, easy opportunity to make a difference behind the scenes.
A simple phone call can help ensure every child's wishes are represented and every family feels remembered during the holiday season.
If you enjoy connecting with people, have a caring heart, and can spare a little time this fall, we'd love to have you join our Angel Tree team.
Together, let's start the season of giving early and help make Christmas a little brighter for the children and families we serve. Use your Realm Connect app and find these options to sign up under the Serve tab, or reach out to Alicia Weaver at weavers2020@gmail.com or the church office reception@stpetersfw.org for further information or questions.
Help with Reception, Hospitality, and Spiriual Care
St. Peter's is preparing to host an incredible outreach opportunity to the community of Fort Wayne. Opening a clinic is unlike anything we've ever done before, but we have been planning with Austin Bradtmueller, CEO of CCHC, and with your help will bring the love of Jesus through much needed healthcare.
CCHC fully funds itself, but as a good host does, we want to provide a personal and welcoming space for guests. This is where you come in. If you can see yourself serving in this mission, talk one of the folks on the steering committee (Danielle Gernhardt, Karen Shadle, Ashley Goldsberry, or Brian Bradtmueller). Or say yes now and use the CCHC Volunteer Interest Google Form below.
Beyond our Boarders
We have an update as of January 2026 with their latest newsletter. We're so blessed to get to be part of this mission alongside them! Find their prayer needs and newest adventures in the newsletter below.
Pastor James, Angie Sharp & family are excited to be part of such a great mission team! Read about how it’s going for them in their most recent newsletter by clicking the button below or you can subscribe to their newsletter from their website at www.sharpmission.org.
In-Reach & Care
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A Team to Pray With
Prayer Partners is a new PrayER Team initiative to go in pairs to our St. Peter's shut-ins and those in nursing homes and pray with people face-to-face. While our pastors get to visit with this same group of people, this is to bring the Christian fellowship out to our people who crave and long for the days these intereactions were normal. It's a way for the Church to care for the Church.
Provide Meals or Request One
When someone in our congregation struggles, it's hard to know what to do or how to help. Providing a meal for someone can be such a boost for morale or even necessary when mobility is an issue. This is an actionable step you can do to take to care for our St. Peter's family. Contact member, Emily Weible, Mary Koenemann, or the Church Office. We'll help get you connected to receive a notification for when meals are needed. You can go through the same route if you or someone you know within the St. Peter's family is in need of meals for a short time.
We Are a Praying Congregation
God asks us to pray unceasingly and we're so thankful to those on our PrayER Team who receive prayer requests to pray for each of them. If you'd like to be part of the PrayER Team ministry, click the button below to sign up. Let us know if you prefer request to come to your email or straight to your phone via text.
Operational Support
Are you looking to serve your church in a way that cares quietly, has a consistant expectation, and something you can plan for? Operation Supports are vital to this ministry and often overlooked as ways to gift time and talents. Prayerfully consider one of these.
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Altar Flowers
If you'd like to provide flowers for the altar or chancel area for the dates listed below, please call or email Carol Nahrwold or the church office can get you connected to her.
- November 14-15
- November 21-22
- December 19-20
Music Ministry
The Music Ministry at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church is about to begin another wonderful year of making music together, and we invite you to be a part of it! St. Peter’s musical ensembles provide special music for several worship services throughout the year. Prayerfully consider joining
- Brass Choir: Rehersals start September 14th and continue Mondays at 7 pm in the sanctuary balcony.
- Adult Choir: Rehersals start September 8th and continue Tuesdays at 6:30 pm in the Cornerstone Room.
- Instrumental Ensemble (scheduled rehearsals)
- Adult Handbell Choir (need 5-11 people interested to start one)
Be assured, it will be a richly rewarding experience as you glorify our Lord with your musical talents. Musical ensembles are open to anyone High School age and up.
Pushing Buttons for the Lord
Our AV team is awesome! The job difficulty spans from pushing a button to advance slides to learning how to change camera angles during a live stream service. All of our services need at least one person who turns on the tvs and advances our slides from an "already created" PowerPoint presentation. If you love pushing buttons, this one's for you!
From Mowing to Snow Blowing
We are so blessed with a large property, but being good stewards of such a large space take a dedicated group of people to mow, edge, pull weeds, mulch, shovel snow, and care for the cemeteries. If you lawn care is your love language, we'd love to hear from you.
Welcome Worshipers Online
This is a way to care from home or we can set you up in the church office. Your job is just to watch the Sunday 10:30 worship service online through our YouTube page. "Be there" about 10 minute early to type in a welcome message, take prayer requests and email them to the pastors, and help those tuning in feel connected.
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We have several incredible teams of members that rotate different jobs throughout each month to keep our Sanctuary and the surrounding area clean and ready for worship in our most sacred space. Recently, one of our teams had to step down from running the floor machine, dry mop, and dusting. If you're interested in being part of this amazing set of people who care for God's house behind the scenes, fill out the form through the button below and our coordinators Devon & Alicia Weaver will reach out to you.
Portals of Prayer & Hopeful Living
If you would like to sponsor the Large Print Portals of Prayer, regular print of Portals of Prayer, or the Hopeful Living for 2027, please call the church office to share those details or get questions answered.