ST PETER EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH (FUELLING) DECATUR, INDIANA Reverend Martin K. Moehring, Pastor Jen Fuelling, Secretary Church/Office Phone: 724-7533 Phone: 815-216-8516 Parsonage Phone: 724-7552 e-mail: splchurchsec@gmail.com e-mail: spl1845@centurylink.net Website: www.stpeterdecatur.org Volume - Number 4 Newsletter May 2017 The mission of St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church is to: Teach the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ to all; Reach the lost with the same Word by the witness of our words and actions; Care for all in need as we live in Christ s love through the same Word. SECRETARY S NOTES The month of June is approaching fast, and it will be time again to get out a new phone directory. Please take a few minutes and check out your information in the old phone directory, and send any updates to me. I have included a sheet you may fill out with any updates, or you can give me a call, drop me a note in the basket at church, or send me an email. At this time I would also like to remind you of the newsletters schedule for the summer. It will be June, by itself, and then July and August together. Once again I want to thank everyone for all of their input and support on bulletins and newsletters. Jen Fuelling, Church Secretary -- JUNE NEWSLETTER DEADLINE will be Friday, May 19 th. Thanks! THE ANNUAL MOTHER'S DAY CARNATION SALE will be on Mother s Day after the worship service, sponsored by Decatur Area Lutherans for Life. Honor your mother by giving her a carnation ($1.00 each); and, at the same time, help pro-life causes in the local area. SCRIP NEWS: We are in a lower than normal time of using Scrip gift cards and would like to have everyone think about using them. It only helps our kids at St. Peter Immanuel Lutheran School which is such a wonderful cause. Stop by the table on Sunday, send an order with your child to school, or give us a call to place your order. Graduation is coming soon and these cards would make great gifts... Karen 260-341-4787 Karey 260-623-6538 SPI SPRING MUSICAL: You are invited to attend the Spring Musical School House Rock on May 5 th at 9am or 7pm in the school gymnasium. SPI NEEDS YOUR PLASTIC BAGS: Ms. LeBeau is asking for your plastic grocery and store bags to use in her classroom. Please send in your clean plastic bags. Ms. LeBeau s class needs a lot of these bags! Thank you!
Mark your calendar for upcoming LWML events: (Decatur Zone Area 2) June 22-25, 2017 LWML 37 th Biennial Convention Albuquerque, New Mexico Information and application forms available in the LWML Quarterly August 19, 2017 Save the date for Treatshop 2017. Cornerstone Lutheran, Carmel, Indiana. 9 a.m. to 4:15 pm. Love One Another Serve the Lord Romans 12:10-11 The SRD committees and District President will present sessions. Each attendee will choose three (3) sessions to attend. Registration Fee: $ 10.00 includes a morning snack, bottled water, and packed lunch. Registration will open in May. Watch for the online registration on District website (www.lwmlindiana.org) INGATHERING: Lutheran Child and Family Services: The Sharing Place Food Pantry, 6501 Sunnyside Road, Door 5, Indianapolis The Emergency Diaper Dispensary, 1525 N Ritter Ave, Indianapolis. September 17, 2017 SRD Workshop, St John Lutheran Church Bingen 3:00 PM 1.) Opening devotions by Rev. Peter Brock 2.) Knotting quilts for Lutheran World Relief. 3.) At the present time (4-23-l7) we have 9 quilts needing knotted. We encourage you to continue using up your old material by making 45 X 60 sized quilts to be knotted. Help us keep count by notifying Marlene Conrad 260-547-4597 if you will be donating quilts to be knotted. 4.) Come help knot on Sunday, Sept 17 th. Bring Scissors. Many working hands make light work and will be appreciated. 5.) We will need boxes to pack the quilts into for donation. (No heavier than 50 lbs. each.) 6.) An evening meal will be served by St. John Lutheran Church ladies. October 15, 2017 LLL/LWML Fall Rally, Zion Lutheran Church Friedheim 3:00 PM Speaker: Pastor Otto A. Brillinger Mission work in Lithuania and outreach to the over 30,000 Lithuanians who migrated to Spain in the Valencia Region. 2018 June 29 July 1 LWML Indiana District Convention at Valparaiso University Walk in the Light of the Lord 2020 LWML Indiana District Convention to be held in Fort Wayne, Indiana at the Parkview Mirro Center. Sponsored by Kendallville, Fort Wayne, and Decatur Zones. 2021 LWML National Convention to be held in Lexington, Kentucky. Sponsored by Michigan, Ohio and Indiana
St. Peter Events in the Past 50 Years Ago - Dr David J Ludwig No events during May 1967 100 Years Ago - Pastor Louis W Dornseif Baptism 5-13-1917 Raymond Friedrich Wilhelm Hermann Fuelling Father: Otto Fuelling Born 4-29-1917 Mother: Sophie nee Kükelhan Sponsors: Wilh Kükelhan Jr, Friedr H Fuelling & Hermann Franz (Raymond F W H Fuelling married Della Hormann; died 9-1-1954) 150 Years Ago - Pastor J Andreas Fritze Baptism not recorded Engle L Melcher Father: G H Carl Melcher Born 5-17-1867 Mother: L Engel nee Klenker (Engle L Melcher married Jacob Chaffee; died 8-24-1958) Burial 5-19-1867 Burial 5-19-1867 Louise Engel Melcher nee Klenker Died 5-17-1867 Child Melcher (twin) Died 5-17-1867 Submitted by Allen Franz