In Our Prayers: We are praying for our St. Peter alumni. Next week we will be praying for the St. Peter Lutheran School Class of 2007: Rachel Bauer, Brandon Beckrow, Christopher Benkert, Nicholas Chapin, Natalie Fettinger, Elizabeth Kangas, Matthew Latty, Mara Perry, Abram Ritz, Jordan Rhode, Lillian Schmidt, Paige Stavely, Kaylene Strzyinski and Adam Wendling.

Devotion of the Week: If you were in church last Sunday or were watching online, you were able to witness a wonderful miracle in church: the baptism of Paige Ostipow, one of our preschool students. We thank God for her baptism and our precious sacrament of Holy Baptism. Baptism works forgiveness of sins, rescues from death and the devil, and gives eternal life to all who believe. God's Word is powerful and water with God's Word becomes "life-giving water, rich in grace, and a washing of the new birth in the Holy Spirit." Hymn 590 in LSB states these words about baptism:

Lenten Worship: Our weekly Lenten services are on Thursdays at 6:30pm and these services are different from our Sunday services. Next week's Lenten theme is Return from Denial.

P-S-T Conferences Are Today Thursday, March 11: Our Parent-Student-Teacher Conferences are today! Thank you for signing up. Here are a couple reminders:

No School Friday, March 12: Reminder that we will not have school on Friday, March 12. Child care will be available.

First Grade Medical School: Our first graders recently participated in Doctor Week. St. Peter's first grade medical team examined x-rays and put them back together by matching sounds, became pharmacists and gave patients medicine to make them feel better, transplanted organs by adding/subtracting, performed blend-removal surgery, and so much more! We learned that being in the medical field is a lot of work, but mostly requires a lot of paperwork:). Great job first-graders!

Last week, we received a letter from a Zilwaukee Firefighter who had received a letter from one of our students. For National Lutheran Schools Week our students sent about 200 cards to local first responders. Here is the letter that was sent addressed to one of our students:

Dear Joshua,

Thank you for writing a thank you card. We here at Zilwaukee Fire Department do our best to serve the community to the best of our abilities. We are what you would call a paid on call department or volunteer department. When someone is in need we leave our daily lives and rush to the department which holds a brush truck, boat, rescue truck and two engines.

Our brush truck #2 switches between a regular pick up during the winter to a brush fire truck during the other seasons holding 250 gallons of water. It is an old F350 two wheel drive pick-up. The boat we have is an inflatable boat which can hold up to 8 personnel. Our rescue is used widely across Zilwaukee whether it is for a medical run or an accident. Any time an injury is suspected and our Engine 5 isn't available, Engine 4 and Rescue 1 will respond if on the expressway. Engines 4 & 5 are vehicles that we use for accidents, CO alarms, fire alarms and structure/vehicle fires.

We take pride in serving our community. We protect those in need. So, if you are ever in the neighborhood and find us down at the station, stop in and say hi and we'll let you go through the trucks.

Sincerely, Melvin Killinger, Firefighter/EMT-B

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Church Secretary Opening: St Peter Lutheran Church is accepting applications for the position of Church Secretary. A full listing of job duties is available in the church/school office or you can click here to obtain it. Resumes can be directed to St. Peter Lutheran Church - Board of Elders 2440 N. Raucholz Rd. Hemlock, MI 48626.

Young 5's/Kindergarten Open House: Our Young 5's/Kindergarten Open House will take place on Monday, April 19 from 6:00-7:30pm by appointment only. Any parents interested in our Young 5's or Kindergarten, should sign up at the link below.

Spirit Day: Friday, March 19 is 3rd grade spirit day. The 3rd graders chose Animal Day for March's spirit day. Have fun and dress up as your favorite animal. The menu for the day is Bosco sticks with pizza sauce, tater tots, mixed fruit, bananas and brownies.

Fish Fry: The Men’s Club will have their Annual Fish Fry tomorrow, Friday, March 12, from 3:00-7:00pm—take-out only with drive-thru service. A drive-thru line will begin in the church parking lot and continue to the school’s front drive where your dinner will be delivered to you. Cost is $11.00 per dinner. 

No Bussing Days: If you utilize Hemlock Public Schools bussing, Hemlock will be virtual on Friday, March 26 so there will be no bussing.

Auction 2021: Our 2021 Annual PTL Auction will continue but it will be virtual on Saturday, April 17, 2021. The target donation deadline is March 27. Donations can be left in the office with the donors name and address or the donor can be listed as anonymous. If you have any questions you can reach the auction chairperson, Becky Swanson, at 989-245-5633. 

Sunday Morning at 9:30am and

Thursday Evening Lenten Service at 6:30pm