In Our Prayers: We are praying for our St. Peter boards, committees and organizations. Next week we will be praying for the St. Peter Lutheran Church Youth Board.

Devotion of the Week: We are now in the season of Lent. This is a wonderful time to begin or continue daily devotional time possibly for you personally or maybe with your family. We are currently following the devotional series Return to the Lord (CPH) and these can be found in the narthex of our church. If you would like to have a digital resource for devotions, Lutheran Hour Ministries has a devotional series called The Marks of Love which can be found by clicking anywhere in this article. We were reminded this week in chapel and also at our Lenten worship service with these powerful words from Joel 2:13, "Return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and He relents over disaster." May your Lenten journey draw you closer to God's Word as you read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest the story of our salvation because of what Jesus, our Cornerstone, has done for us. Blessings on your journey!

Lutheran Heritage Foundation: Can you imagine Bible storybooks being shared in a Muslim public school? In Indonesia, it's happening, and we can help provide the books that introduce Muslim children to Jesus! Thank you for your continued support of this quarter's chapel project.

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

Lenten Bible Study: Looking for a new way to experience Lent? You're invited to join your fellow brothers and sisters in Christ at St. Peter as we journey through Lent via hymns and explore Visual Faith™ activities. This hymn journal we will use from Next Step Press combines beloved hymns, original music, faith experiments, devotions by award-winning author Justin Rossow, and illustrations by Visual Faith™ Ministry artists. A refreshing way to prepare your heart for Easter! Open to men and women, boys and girls of all ages! We will meet weekly from 8pm-9pm on Wednesday evenings from 2/24- 3/31 on a ZOOM video call group. Come as often as you can and stay as long as you'd like. Check the St. Peter website or Facebook for the link to the video call each week and to order your book from Amazon. Contact Emily Abraham (404-713-7206 or emilyabraham730@gmail.com) for more details. 

Artist of the Month: For the month of February, Lucy Roberson, 2nd grader, has been our artist of the month. Her works of art are featured in our hallway. Congratulations Lucy!

The Human Body Systems: Recently the Fifth and Sixth graders spent time in Science class learning about the different Body Systems. Students worked in pairs to develop a slideshow presentation about a Body System. After learning more about each system, they then traced a partner and illustrated what the internal parts of that system were.  

Building a DC Motor: Our 7th-8th graders have been learning about electromagnetism in science. They spent a couple of days building direct current electric motors (pictured). Even though they look simple, there was quite a bit of experimentation in order to get them to operate. They did a good job of learning from their failed attempts until they had it running properly.

March Reading Month: We have lots of events taking place during our March Reading Month including spirit days and special reading events. Thank you to Ms. Kienitz and Mrs. Fehn for organizing the month-long events! Here is the spirit week to kick off our reading month:

Do you remember playing on the snow hills at school? With all of the snow, our students have been able to enjoy the snow piles at the church and the school. Below are pictures of our 5th-6th graders enjoying their recess playing in the snow, sledding, and running up and down the snow hills!

We are always looking for additional stories to share. Please click here to send us your story to be published in the Panther Press.

Snow & Ice: We are very thankful for our volunteers who continue to keep our sidewalks and parking lots clear from all of the snow and ice over the last couple of months. Thank you to Mr. & Mrs. Roger & Pam Breternitz for being here often clearing the snow, and thank you to Mr. Joe Wolgast for adding salt when it is icy. We are very thankful for these volunteers during these cold and snowy winter months.

Fish Fry: The Men’s Club will have their Annual Fish Fry on 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. 

Preschool Open House: Our Preschool Open House will take place on Monday, March 1 from 6:00-7:30pm by appointment only. Any parents interested in our preschool, should sign up at the link below. Returning preschool students to St. Peter do not have to attend the open house and will receive the packet of information the week before.

Hemlock Youth Baseball/Softball Registration: Registration for the 2021 baseball/softball season is now open. Click anywhere on this article to register. Please note, paper handouts will not be available this year.

Auction 2021: Our 2021 Annual PTL Auction will continue but it will be virtual on Saturday, April 17, 2021. Many enjoyed the 2020 virtual event and it will continue this year! Volunteer sign up is not required and donation support for this fundraiser is easy! The auction committee will not be requesting donations from businesses that were potentially impacted by the pandemic. This year if you plan to donate we are encouraging our donors to consider supporting one of our local businesses. They have supported us with this event for over 10 years! Some items we have seen in the past include: gift certificates for baked goods, one of a kind homemade/hand crafted items, gift cards, tickets for entertainment, sports team items, or items we can combine to create a gift basket. 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. Our committee is looking forward to making the auction a fun virtual event and looks forward to gathering together again in 2022!

Sunday Morning at 9:30am and

Thursday Evening Lenten Service at 6:30pm