IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE WEEK OF
February 16th, 2025-February 23rd, 2025

You will find the video for last Sunday’s service at the following YouTube link:
https://youtu.be/EarxXxw9M6E
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Announcements:  Coming Events - bold print - events here at St. Peter’s  

Feb. 19 Bible Study (see below)
Feb. 23 Titanium Spatula & Salad Fest (see below)
Feb. 23 Taize (see below)
Mar. 2 Town Hall Meeting & Fellowship Time following worship (see below)
Confirmation Program
Mar. 7 World Day of Prayer (see below)
Mar. 8 Menno Singers (see below)
Mar. 23 AGM Meeting following worship (further details to follow)
Apr. 20 Easter Breakfast (further details to follow)

The Life of St. Peter’s for the week of Feb 16, 2025-Feb 23, 2025

Monday 1:00 pm Min. of Facilities, Risk & Property Mtg.(Scout Rm)
Tuesday 6:30 pm Scouts (Scout Rm., Sun.Sch.Rm, F.Hall, Art Rm.)
Wednesday 10:30 am Bible Study at St. Peter’s Place
7:00 pm “I’m Still Here” Zoom Book Study
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday 10:00 am St. Peter’s Worship Service (Sanctuary)
11:30 am Immanuel City Worship Service (Music Rm)
12:00 pm RCCG Worship Service (Sanctuary)
1:00 pm The Refuge Church Worship Service (Chapel)
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Pastor Laura will out of the office February 23 – March 1 for continuing education time, but is still available in case of pastoral emergencies (serious illness or death).
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Pastoral Visit:  Pastor Laura is available for visits by appointment by calling the church office, 519-653-4721. Whether you have a particular pastoral concern or would just like some one-to-one time to get to know Pastor Laura, she would love to meet with you.
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Prayer List:  Bill, Don, Lynn, Helen, Sharon, Donald, Shirley, Clara, Carol, Aaron, MacKenzie, Rhett, Ken, Lee, Maria, Deborah, Sherri, Luis, Ginette, Mary, Barbara, Donna, Alice
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Weekly Bible Study 10:30 am every Wednesday, except the 2nd week of the month in the lounge at St. Peter’s Place.
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Snyder Heritage Farms -

$24.00 / 1 Litre Mason Jar Organic Maple Syrup
Please contact Alex Black or St. Peter's office 519-653-4721 to place an order.
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We need you to help feed our neighbourhood!  The freedom Centre has joined with Cambridge Community Table to offer a meal to our community twice a month on Tuesday night.  We need volunteers:  Food Preparation, set up, take down, meet and Greet.  Every hour you can give once or twice a month.  Call for information 519-591-6518 or email rosemary@freedomcentre.ca.  Donations of the following are always needed and welcome: Paper plates, Napkins, Paper cups with lids, Take out containers, Peanut butter, Jam, Lunch meats, Gift certificates for groceries , coffee, tea, sandwich bags, brown paper lunch bags, tin foil, saran wrap, sugar, dish soap, dishwashing tabs.
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Move with Robert (Free Exercise Class Mondays 1 – 2 pm, YMCA Certified Fitness Instructor – Wear exercise shoes/bring water/no registration required/ arrive by 12:45 pm – Trillium United Church, Cambridge)
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February 23 Titanium Spatula & Salad Fest in the fellowship hall following the worship service. Calling our men star bakers to bake a delicious dessert. Women are invited to bring their favorite salad (ex. green salad, fruit salad, potato salad, pasta salad, chicken salad...) for the lunch. Tickets will be sold for judging deserts.
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February 23, 2025 at 7 pm – Taize Service at Trillium Lutheran Church, 22 Willow St. Waterloo.
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March 2, 2025 - There is a Town Hall meeting immediately following service to discuss the latest proposal from Releven (TCF).
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Friday, March 7, 2025 at 2 pm - World Day of Prayer – Service produced by Christian women of the Cook Islands; Theme “I Made You Wonderful”; Psalm 139: 1-18 Service will be held at St. Luke’s Anglican Church, 1485 Mary St. Cambridge, ON N3H 4N8, (corner of Bishop and Mary). For more information please speak to Barb Jones.
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Friday, March 7, 2:00 p.m.Saturday, March 8, 7:30pm (Trillium Lutheran Church, 22 William St, Waterloo): Menno Singers and Artistic Director Brandon Leis presents ‘Songs for the Changing Seasons’ with Abner Martin Scholarship winner, cellist Elliot Sloss from the Curtis Institute. Tickets $25, Child/Student $5 at the door, from choir members or at www.mennosingers.com
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Saturday, March 8, 7:30pm (Trillium Lutheran Church, 22 William St, Waterloo): Menno
Singers and Artistic Director Brandon Leis presents ‘Songs for the Changing Seasons’
with Abner Martin Scholarship winner, cellist Elliot Sloss from the Curtis Institute. Tickets
$25, Child/Student $5 at the door, from choir members or at www.mennosingers.com
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Everything [in] between Lenten Devotional - beginning Ash Wednesday and concluding with Easter Sunday offers art, reflections, poetry and hymns inspired by scriptures in the Gospel of Luke that you can read at your own pace. For ordering purposes, please sign the indication sheet in the Narthex. Suggested donation $8.00 each.
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March 23, 2025 – The Annual General Meeting (AGM) is scheduled!
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Critical Window of Support for Gaza: CLWR’s partners at Lutheran World Federation Jerusalem are ready to act immediately to provide critical aid in Gaza now that a ceasefire is in place. Your support will help deliver medical care, trauma support, and essential supplies like food, blankets, and hygiene kits to those in urgent need. Please consider making a gift today at clwr.org/gaza or by calling 1-800-661-2597 (Mon-Fri, 8:30am-4pm CST).
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A special thank you to our guest musician Chris Bramble who is filling in for Brad again today! Welcome back!
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