April Grapevine

Check Out The Following
Events!

Apr 1	MAUNDY THURSDAY
Apr 2	GOOD FRIDAY 7 PM English Service
Apr 3	VIGIL OF EASTER
Apr 4	Easter Sunday Service 10 AM Bilingual Service
Apr 4	Easter Egg Hunt 11 AM for the Children
Apr 7	Seniorenkreis - 11AM EASTER PARTY
Apr 12	Bible Study - 7:00 PM
Apr 19	Church Council - 7:30 PM
Apr 21	Seniorenkreis - 11AM
Apr 22	Bell Choir - 7:00 PM
Apr 25	Saxon Club - 3:00PM
Apr 26	Bible Study - 7:00 PM
May 2	80th Anniversary 10:00AM Bilingual Service 1 PM At Carpathia Club
May 13	Ascension of Our Lord

We are inviting everyone to
consider purchasing one or more
Easter lilies ($10.00 per plant) for
use in our chancel area on Easter
Day. You may pick up your plant
after around 12:00 Noon
on Easter Sunday.

Osterliliien können jetzt für $10.00 für Ostersonntag bestellt werden um unsere Kirche für Ostern zu schmücken. Die Blumen können nach 12 Uhr
Mittags am Ostersonntag wieder
mitgenommen.

SUNDAY VIDEO SYSTEM
TUTORIALS
(We need YOUR help!)

We are looking for individuals who are
interested in learning

Also operating the video system for Sunday services. At the present time we only have a couple of members doing so.

The system is VERY EASY
to learn and operate.

You do not need to have computer
experience to operate the system.

Please contact or call our
church office at 586-979-3850
To set up this training

HELPING ALL GOD'S
CHILDREN BY^{^®} Paul Gutmann Teaching the faith,
Deepening our worship life,
Strengthening one another
in faith and acceptance,
Developing faithful
and effective leadership
for a changing world.

BIBLE STUDY
This Month dates are

April 12th & 26th

They Meet Every 2nd and 4th Mondays of
each month at 7 p.m. to learn more about
God’s word. Every one is welcome to
participate, no prior knowledge
necessary.

These meetings are in English.

For more information please
contact me. See you soon!

Our Church Office at:
(586) 979-3850

"Working Together"
Public Service Announcement

In this public service announcement produced for radio and television, Davey reassures Goliath that no matter what happens, God is there through the people who help after a disaster.

View 60-second click on the triangle in the picture

THE GARDEN

There is a quiet garden,
From the rude world set apart,
Where seeds for Christ are growing;
This is the loving heart.

The tiny roots are loving thoughts;
Sweet words, the fragrant flowers
Which blossom into loving deeds,
Ripe fruits for harvest hours.

Thus in our hearts the seeds of love
Am growing year by year;
And we show our love for the Saviors,
By loving His children here.

Mother’s
Day

A wonderful custom at St. Peter’s on
Mother’s Day is to place a Geranium Plant
in honor of your mother in the chancel
of the church.

Red Geranium Plant
Placed if your mother is living
White Geranium Plant
if your mother is deceased.

These plants may be taken following the service to be given to your mother if possible, to be placed at the cemetery of appropriate, or to be planted in your yard if you wish. Plants that remain at the church following the 10:00 AM Service will be attractively planted on the church grounds. If you would like to join in honoring your mother in this way.

Kindly sign up in the Narthex or call the church office (586-979-3850).

The cost of each plant is $6.00
Mother’s Day

THE SAXON
CLUB

Spring Meeting
April 25, 2010
3:00 PM

We are back from summer vacation
See you at our gathering today

Sunday, April 4th
11:00 AM
Bilingual Service Holy Communion

Coffee Hour After
Our Service

Outside
(Weather Permitting)
After Our
11AM Service

SENIOREN EASTER
CELEBRATION

Wednesday
April 7, 2010
Program and Lunch
$13.00 / adult

11:00 AM Program

Sign up in the Narthex
Our Church Office at:
(586) 979-3850
Everyone is Welcome

TABLE BLESSING^{^{©
®}}
^{Author
Believed to be Unknown}May God bless this place and bless this food.
Come God and sit with us.
May our hearts grow with peace & Serenity.
Please come with your love to surround us,
with friendship and love.
May we bloom and grow each day.
Bless our friends, Bless our food!
Please bless us all forever.
Amen

ST. PETER’S,
TO ALL NON-MEMBER FRIENDS . . .

Who receive this newsletter
are kindly asked to make their
2010 minimum donation
of $10.00 now.

FREUNDE UNSER GEMEINDE …

Die nicht Mitglieder sind, aber weiterhin den Gemeindebrief erhalten wollen, werden gebeten eine Mindestspende von $10.00 für 2010 Porto und Unkosten einzuschicken.

THANK YOU / DANKE SCHÖN !

We thank you for your friendship
and continued support !

IMAGES OF THE SEASON

On Easter Day,
we stand gaping at the
open and empty tomb.

Though we have had centuries to get used to the idea, if we think about it at all, it is dumbfounding. He is risen? Really?

On that first evening, Jesus' followers, understandably more flummoxed than we, found what they thought would be a safe place and hid there. When Jesus appeared among them, he began the process of drawing them away from the graveyard and into the land of the living. The season of Easter does the same for us. We need not linger at the tomb. Because he is risen indeed, we must discern how we shall live.

White Easter paraments set off the beauty of our emerging understanding, like the dormant plants now stirring outdoors. The fresh colors of spring, buds swelling and then releasing the pent-up leaves and flowers, all shine vividly after the sparsely of the Lenten season. We can sing Alleluia again!

Easter is the morning of faith. The air is fresh and new. The sun is not too harsh. If Lent was the night of waiting, Easter is the dawn of hope, not yet tarnished by discouragement or impatience. The texts for the third Sunday of Easter work this theme. We could not see in the night, but in the morning, we can recognize that it is Jesus who feeds us and calls us to feed others.

During the Easter season, the raw fear and confusion of the hours surrounding Jesus' death and resurrection slowly gives way to a growing awareness that we are called out of our comfort zones to claim and proclaim the power of the resurrection. Faced with this new identity, we need assurances, much like a child who is learning to walk. No longer immobile or a crawler, a walking child gains a certain independence and is faced with the responsibility and risk inherent in it. The fourth Sunday reminds us that God is still in charge and will use the power of the resurrection to bring life to others and to us. Dorcas, who had done much good, was raised to life again. We shall not want, the psalmist confesses. Jesus, with a view of the Mount of Olives where he prayed so earnestly before his death, asserts that no one can snatch his sheep from his hand.

We are encouraged to venture forth, people of the resurrection. We can boldly claim the bloom that is ours.

Assured of God's steadfastness, we are invited into the visions of what this resurrection faith looks like. Peter's dream vision expanded his view of salvation to include the Gentiles, an unthinkable option before the resurrection. All people and all creation praise God's goodness in this new world--it is truly a new heaven and a new earth, a place where death will be no more and the spring of the water of life flows freely for all. Jesus offered the new commandment at the last supper: "Love one another." This will be the mark of our new identity, that we love one another.

The visions play out even more in the following weeks. Paul is drawn to Macedonia and the faith of Lydia, ever farther from the temporal city of Jerusalem. The new Jerusalem, though, is filled with God. No temple is needed, nor sun, nor moon. From the throne flows the river of the water of life, which nourishes the tree of life, whose leaves are for the healing of the nations.

This vision is what the resurrection has broken open for us. Our thirst for wholeness and holiness is slaked in this river. Our need for cleansing is satisfied in this river. From this river of life flows the baptismal water that has made each of us, and all of creation, God's chosen. Ours is not a God of modest means, but one of poignant purpose. God's power is for the sake of the well-being of all of God's creatures. Anyone who wishes may take the water of life.

In the season of Easter, we are called beyond our fears and confusion and into the light of day. We are offered a vision of the power of God's abundant, steadfast, and irrepressible love. We see a God who is truly the beginning and the end, calling us to live in love and unity with each other in a world made radically new by the resurrection of Jesus. Death defeated, we can live lives of new possibility, fashion a world of peace and hope, and cherish each other as the gifts we are.

Reprinted from Words for Worship,
copyright 2003
Used by permission of
Augsburg Fortress.

From Our:
Church Council President
April 2010

The Olan Mills Church Partnership

To all Congregation Members,

Olan Mills is willing to produce an entire color produced directory for our church that includes:

We are still in need of other pictures of our members, family's and group picture to include our members serving in areas as:

Kirchenchor
Bible Study
Confirmation Class
Bell Choir
Seniorenkreis
Seniorenchor
Church Council
Worship and Music

Activity Pages from pictures we have taken
during our events such as:

Bake Sale
Spring and Fall Dinner events
Church Picnic
Carpathia Christmas event
Our Church History, Vision and Mission

Each member of the Church that participates will receive FREE, one complete bound Color directory. Each member will also receive a FREE 8x10 color picture from their portrait sitting.

Studio portrait settings have been completed and we are waiting to complete our Color directory!

Anyone can call our Church Office
and help in this matter.

I thank you in the name of our Church Council !
St. Peter’s Church Council
Larry Kracker
Congregation President

Our Call Committee
Up Dates and News

We have approval and our "Ministry Site Profile" is online with the ELCA ministry site. Know we are looking at our Michigan Southeast Synod for additional direction.

have been meeting after Sunday's services in February to prepare the "Ministry Site Profile" required by the ELCA to post this on their website for Pastor's that are looking another Church.

This document is intended for use by congregations and church-related organization that are seeking to call an ordained roistered minister. Posting on the ELCA website for Pastor's that are looking another Church.

Our call committee is working on the requirements that we are looking for in our new Pastor along with reviewing this document.

God's work - Our hands
* * *

For our:

help plan the Sunday School curriculum, Vacation Bible School, Confirmation classes

help plan activities for our Young Families

If you are interested in joining any of these committees please contact the church office, 586-979-3850, or see Larry Kracker.

Birthdays and Anniversaries
At St. Peters

BIRTHDAYS
FOR THE
APRIL
Never To Old

Kyle R,	8	Christina I.	21
Herbert W.	8	Peter W.	22
Alexander S.	9	Ingrid F.	23
Anna D.	10	Joseph M.	23
Joshua O.	11	Eva H.	25
Helmut B.	13	Ida S.	25
Eike P.	16	Michael K.	27
Maria K.	16	Joshua O.	29
Richard R.	20	Maria D.	29
Jacob M.	21	Hildegard L.	29

We apologize if anyone’s birthday or anniversary
has been overlooked. Please notify our church
secretary, Astrid, 586-979-3850,
so that we may update our records.
Thank you!

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ANNIVERSARIES
Month April
If you would like a visit from our Pastor for your anniversary or a
small devotion during
Sunday Service.

Please contact our office
586-979-3850

Mr & Mrs Herbert W.
Mr & Mrs Karl M.
Mr & Mrs Emest W.
Mr & Mrs Ruby K.

6
8
12
28

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If you would like to have a prayer said for someone special, please drop a note into our Prayer box in the Narthex. Forms are on the counter next to the box

SENIORENKREIS^{^{®

Special German Speaking Gathering}}

Da wir in der Passionszeit sind, will ich diesen Bericht mit einem Gebet beginnen:

Herr, wir danken dir von Herzen, für alle deine Not, für die Wunden, für die Schmerzen, für den herben, bittern Tod, für dein Zittern, für dein Zagen, für dein tausendfaches Plagen, für deine Angst und tiefe Pein wollen wir ewig dankbar sein. Amen

Es ist eine Zeit, wo wir unseren Herrn Jesus begleiten nach Golgatha und am Ostermorgen die wunderbaren Auferstehungs-Lieder singen. Jesus lebt, mit ihm auch ich!

Ostern und Frühjahr ist eine Zeit, wo alles vom langen Winterschlaf erwacht. Durch die warmen Sonnenstrahlen fängt in der Natur das neue Leben an. Wir begrüßen den Lenz und freuen uns an seiner herrlichen Frühjahrszeit. Der April macht auch manchmal was er will.

Unsere Treffen waren am 03. und 17.März, wie gewöhnlich um 11 Uhr. Nach der Begrüßung, einem Gebet und einer Ansprache von Fritz Mohr wurde das Lied “Danke für diesen guten Morgen” von allen Senioren gesungen. Anschliessend feierten wir die März -Geburtstage. Vielen Dank allen, die daran teilnahmen.

Bis dieser Bericht ankommt, ist die Osterzeit da. Wir, vom Seniorenkreis, wünschen allen ein frohes Osterfest ! Drei Tage nach Ostern, am 07.April, ist die Osterfeier des Seniorenkreises, mit einem warmen Essen, vorbereitet von unseren drei Köchinnen. Dazu laden wir alle herzlichst ein. Anmeldung bitte vor dem 30.März bei Erika A. oder Käthe F oder Kirche Nartex. Es kostet $12/per Person

Auf unserem Plan ist eine Tages -Busfahrt mit einer 2-stündigen Boatsfahrt auf „Lady Huron“, Essen bei Thomas Edison Inn
(Port Huron)

am 24. Juni 2010. ( Siehe Einlage im Monatsblatt, oder Kirche Nartex.) Anmeldung für die Busfahrt bei Käthe F., Feli K. oder Adele R.

Unser nächstes Treffen ist am 07.April - die Osterfeier!

In Liebe, Käthe Fedototszkin und der Seniorenkreis Vorstand

Mit Liebe,
Käthe F.
und der Seniorenkreis Vorstand.

BRIEF HIGHLIGHTS

We met on March 3rd and 17th. After the opening we celebrated the March birthdays.

We wish everyone a Happy Easter and invite you to our Easter Celebration on April 7th at 11:00 AM. Donation is $12.00 per person for a warm meal, Easter goodies and a festive program. Please RSVP with Käthe F. -or- Erika A.

In our plans for the future is a bus trip to Port Huron on June 24, 2010 for a 2 hour boat trip on „Lady Huron II“, and lunch at the Edison Inn. Please see the enclosed flyer in this newsletter. Please sign up with either Käthe F, and Feli K. or Adele R..

Our next meeting is on April 7th for our Easter celebration.

Translation by:

Astrid Campbell

Special Collections For Fun Reading

GOD IS LIKE^{^{^©}}
Author Believed Unknown

God is like. BAYER ASPIRIN
He works miracles.

God is like. a FORD He's got a better idea.

God is like. COKE He's the real thing.

God is like. HALLMARK CARDS
He cares enough to send His very best.

God is like. TIDE He gets the stains out that others leave behind.

God is like. GENERAL ELECTRIC
He brings good things to life.

God is like. SEARS He has everything.

God is like. ALKA-SELTZER
Try Him, you'll like Him

God is like. SCOTCH TAPE You can't see Him, but you know He's there.

God is like. DELTA He's ready when you are.

God is like. ALLSTATE
You're in good hands with Him.

God is like. VO-5 Hair Spray
He holds through all kinds of weather.

God is like. DIAL SOAP Aren't you glad you have Him? Don't you wish everybody did?

God is like. B o u n t y . . . ..He is the quicker picker upper! can handle the tough jobs and He won't fall apart on you!

Opportunities
Are never lost!
Someone will take
the ones you miss.

EASTER SUNDAY: April 4^thRenew our commitment to God,
Reflect on our lives
and let them be directed by God,
Respond to Jesus’ call
for love and mercy toward all God’s children.

Your Lenten journey ends with Jesus’ Resurrection, giving you new hope—and new life. The light of dawn serves as a vivid symbol of the risen Christ.

a Rejoice with family and friends. Share an Easter
      meal together. Give thanks and praise to God,
      using Easter hymns or prayers.
a Reflect on your Lenten journey. How have you
      strengthened your relationship with God? How
      will you continue in the Lenten spirit after Easter?
a Read a Gospel account of Jesus’ resurrection
      aloud: Matthew 28; Mark 16; Luke 24:1-17;
      or John 20:1-23.
a Take part in church services. Join with your faith
      community to celebrate Christ’s victory over
      death - and the beginning of the new Easter
      season.
a Share God’s gift of love. Spend some time with
      people who are ill or confined to home.
      Take them an Easter basket or lily.

Experience Lent and the true joy of Easter all year round!

Parish Adds and Notices

    80th Anniversary
    St. Peter's Lutheran Church
                  Eight decades is a long time!

St. Peter’s Lutheran congregation has experienced many joyous years in Detroit and Warren, MI. Our congregation will have the wonderful opportunity to take a look back at our historical pathway and also look forward to the future years as we Go and Share the Love of Christ“.

On behalf of the Anniversary Committee, please join us on
Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 10:00 AM
Starting with a bilingual Church Service

Bishop Stephen G. Marsh preaching
Pastor Gustav Kopka officiating.

Celebration dinner will follow at
Carpathia Club at 1:00 PM

Cost: $25.00 / adult $10.00 / child,
under 3 years – free

Reservation and payment due: Tuesday April 20th

There is a sign-up sheet in the narthex,
contact the church office at 586 979-3850
or e-mail:
stpeters_church@sbcglobal.net.

Anniversary Committee Chairperson

We sincerely hope to meet and greet our church members, friends of St. Peter’s, and extended family members at this prestigious occasion. Extra flyers will be available in our narthex to forward to friends of St. Peters. Should you have any questions please contact a Committee member.

Thank you!

Call Committee
Up Dates and News

God's work - Our hands

We have approval and our "Ministry Site Profile" is
online with the ELCA ministry site. Know we are
looking at our Michigan Southeast Synod for
additional direction.

Our call committee is working on the requirements
that we are looking for in our new Pastor along
with reviewing this document.

Sunday, April 4th
11:00 AM
Bilingual Service Holy Communion
Coffee Hour After Our Service

Easter Egg Hunt

For The Children
Outside
(Weather Permitting)
After Our 11AM Service

SENIOREN EASTER
CELEBRATION

Wednesday
April 7, 2010
Program and Lunch
$13.00 / adult
11:00 AM Program

PLEASE
REMEMBER
TO RETURN.

Your books, tapes & CD’s
when you are finished borrowing
them from our Library

Never Too Old For Sunday School

Come on one and all
and learn Gods Love!

Click Photo Above
Introducing Jesus of Nazareth

Every Sunday morning, the children of the parish join in the 9:30 AM Service through the Children's Sermon. They are then excused with their teachers to their respective classrooms for their lesson based on the Sunday Lectionary used in worship. Show your children your faith in God and bring them to Sunday School. It is important that our children learn about their Christian faith, they will have fun in the process and make new friends. Please be supportive of this children's ministry.

Bible Quiz

Although St. Paul is credited with writing the letter to the Romans, he had one of his friend do the actual penmanship. Toward the end of the letter, the penman identifies himself.

Who Was this writer:

A. Tertius B. Timothy C. Lusius
D. Aquila E. Peter F: John

The answer can be found in Romans 16-22

Other Stewardship Here at Saint Peter's

The Women of St. Peter’s host the Coffee Hour

The Women of St. Peter’s host the Coffee Hour after each service on Sundays. However, they are in need of volunteers to help bake or purchase baked goods and also clean up afterwards. Volunteers only need to help once in a while. Please sign the sheet on the bulletin board in the Narthex.

You may also make a monetary donation to the group and they will purchase items on your behalf.

Perhaps, you might consider hosting the Coffee Hour yourself for a special occasion such as a birthday, anniversary, etc. If you would like to do this, please contact our church office.

This is an appreciated activity
which is enjoyed by all.

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SUNDAY SERVICES ARE ON CD's MP3 Format
"English or German"
Costs $10 per CD

Our Sunday services are now recorded on cassette tapes. If you are homebound and would like to hear our services, please call our office 586-979-3850 and let Mrs. Campbell, know what Sundays you would like then a tape will be sent your way.

Nursing Homes
We have  2
reported In Care Facilities
We have  1
reported

At Their Homes
We have  7
reported

Cheer someone up by giving them
a friendly call!

Call our Church Office
for additional information
586-979-3850
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THANK YOU
To our volunteers who help mail out our newsletter every month

Your hard work and dedication is appreciated
by all who receive our Newsletter

A Look At Some Activities
Here at Saint Peter's

If you would like to join,
just attend one of our rehearsals
or call the church office
for more information
586-979-3850

Were we pick folks up that cannot make it to Church on there own!

This can be a fun Adventure!

ST. PETER'S BIBLE STUDY

At our recent meeting we studied Colossians,
which is one of the shorter Books of the Bible
with only four chapters. Yet, by reading it one can discover what a blessing Christ truly is to us.

Our " Herta" puts so much thought and effort into
these studies, that it would be nice if more of you
would join us.

Thank you, your support in this ministry.
April 12^th & 26^th 7 PM
We will welcome you here!

THE PARISH
NURSERY
EVERY SUNDAY

The church nursery is at your disposal every Sunday during both services, during church dinners, and special functions. There are toys for every age group as well as a crib, changing table, and a high chair. Plus you don’t have to miss a single word of the church service for it is piped into the nursery as well. Please feel free to use it whenever you wish!

GREETERS
For Our Church
Services
Welcome Someone
You Will Find Joy

Altar Guild
   Do you like to be on the Altar
    Guild! Do you like picking out
    Church Hymns! Have some new
    Ideas for different Worship
    Services!

         Do you like getting Volunteers
for Flowers Sunday's Church Services!

For additional information
Call our Church Office
586-979-3850

BELL CHOIR

Click on the Bell and Here Us
The sound of a Bell Choir is very unique !

Everyone is invited to join the Bell Choir -no experience necessary, we will teach you! The Bell Choir rehearses every other Sundays, starting 9:00AM, and plays during both services the following Sunday..

KIRCHENCHOR
SUNDAYS 10:30 AM

The choir (Kirchenchor) resumes it's Fall schedule on Sundays refer to above or look at our calendar. The choir meets every other Sunday for rehearsals and sings during that Sunday service. If you have any questions please feel free to contact:

SENIORENKREIS
Are Back Having
a Good Time

The Seniors (Seniorenkreis) will meet again on every other Wednesdays during each Month at 11AM. The group meets the first and third Wednesday of every month for a short meeting followed by festivities and a luncheon. Stop by for a visit and consider joining, everyone is welcome !

6,300 Lutheran
churches
participate and
36 in our area!

“SIMPLY GIVING”
Electronic Transfers

“Simply Giving” is an automated giving program designed to help you conveniently and consistently contribute to St. Peter’s Lutheran Church. Through “Simply Giving”, your offerings are made through a preauthorized withdrawal from your bank account. You determine the frequency of your automatic gift—weekly, semi-monthly or monthly—the option is yours. Your offering is deposited into the church’s bank account on the same day it is withdrawn from your account—at NO cost to you or the church.

Benefits to you and to your
Congregation

“Simply Giving” is a reliable, safe way to move your stewardship plan into action. It allows you to share your offerings through planned giving and activates your generosity into ongoing stewardship. Because your offering is given consistently, you won’t need to play “catch-up” at yearend or worry about forgotten checkbooks or missed Sunday offerings.

But you’re not the only one that benefits. Your congregation benefits from steady, more predictable revenues throughout the year, more efficient bookkeeping and greater confidence in meeting its financial commitments.

Why does Thrivent Financial for Lutheran offer Simply Giving?

Thrivent Financial offers Simply Giving to further its mission of serving Lutheran congregations and institutions.

How do I participate?

Complete the enrollment form included in this newsletter and return it to church. If you have questions about the form please contact our Church Office at:

St. Peter's Lutheran Church
586-979-3850