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Join us for worship!
A missional mindset, is an approach, an understanding that we must intentionally and with dedicated effort seek out, invite and bring others into a relationship with Christ Jesus. One of the ways we're doing such at St. Peter's is with our Powerful Praise worship experience. Please share this opportunity for a radically different worship experience. Pray for it to be fruitful and financially donate to it that it may better reach out. Our next service will be on Saturday, September 10th at 5P. Join us for powerful song and scripture. Powerful Praise will be on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month.
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Operation School Bell
Do you knit or crochet? Is it something you use to do, but have not done for a while? Or would you like to learn how? If so, mark your calendar for Saturday, September 24th, 10 am to 3 pm, and come hear about Operation School Bell!
Jan Cullor (Sue’s sister) will give a presentation about this philanthropic program that provides thousands of qualified students with new school clothes. Volunteers help each child select three new outfits, a winter jacket, toiletry kit, and one week’s supply of underwear and socks. They also select a handmade scarf and hat. That’s where we come in. There will be supplies provided for knitting or crocheting scarves and folks to help if you’re interested in learning. (There will also be fleece to be cut into scarves if you feel that you are “yarn challenged.”) A light lunch will be provided.
Come enjoy a time of fellowship while contributing to a worthwhile cause.
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The Sophia Way Luncheon
St. Peter’s has been a strong supporter of The Sophia Way since the beginning and we will have a table for 8 at the annual luncheon October 13th at the Red Lion Hotel in Bellevue, 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM. The Keynote Speaker will be Sara Rankin from the Seattle University School of Law. She is founder and director of the Homeless Rights Advocacy Program (HRAP) and will speak to the theme, “Creating Spaces”.
The luncheon is free although a donation is expected. To sign up, please go to: www.sophiaway.org and click on the “Save the Date” picture.
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Yard Sale Does Lots of Good
Although we are committed to sending $1,400 per year to the General Board of Global Ministries, our Yard Sales generate more funds than that so it has been decided that this year we will send $100 to the program at Seattle First UMC providing breakfasts to the homeless. We are also sending $200 to the new Methodist campaign, “Abundant Health” (John 10:10: “I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.”) see separate article on Abundant Health. An additional $1,750 is being transferred to the Trustees for their use in improving carpeting/sound system in the sanctuary.
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Card Ministry
The United Methodist Women will meet the 4th Sunday of each month to write cards to church family and friends. Please join us for this inspirational and supportive project. Any questions please contact Debbie Miller.
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Email display of the Keys
When you view the Keys in your email, it may not always display as intended. If you are having problems viewing the Keys in your email, you can click on a link at the top of the email to view the newsletter in your web browser (e.g., Internet Explorer or Chrome). Printed copies are available in the Narthex if you are having trouble printing at home.
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The Spoken Word
If you’d like to listen to a favorite sermon, you can access sermon recordings (also known as podcasts) on the St. Peter’s website (www.stpetersumc.net). Go to the “Resources” tab and then “Sermons – Podcasts” to view the list of available sermons. Click on the sermon that you’d like to hear. In addition to Rev. Baber’s sermons, you can also see some of our guest preachers.
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Church Council
The Church Council will meet on Tuesday, September 27th at 7 P. this is also a reminder to get your budgets turned into Carol Benedict if you have not done so already. Charge conference reports will be due early this year and we will discuss this and other business at the next council meeting. Any questions please contact Diana Wilson.
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Crop Walk- Ending Hunger One Step at a Time
New start time, New route, New Friends!
2016 Bellevue-Redmond Interfaith
Visit the Crop Walk website- here
October 2nd 2016
Start - Muslim Association of Puget Sound (MAPS)
17550 NE 67th CT Redmond, WA 98052
Registration – 1:00PM
Group Gathering – 1:30PM
Walk – 1:45PM
This year’s Crop Walk takes us through beautiful Marymoor Park. Parking available at MAPS and Marymoor.
Following the walk will be a community BBQ. This is an Interfaith event, all are welcome.
The Bellevue-Redmond Crop Hunger Walk supports incredible anti-hunger work around the globe. Seventy-five percent of all funds support the international relief and development work of organizations such as Church World Service, Islamic Relief, etc. The remaining twenty-five percent support the local efforts or the Emergency Feeding Program, MAPS-MCRC, and Hopelink.
Your Walk Recruiter, John Fountain, can supply you with a walker pledge packet or direct you to support a walker. Either way you can help change people’s lives.
Contact John Fountain 425-652-1096 or john.fountain@yahoo.com.
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Smile.Amazon.com Rewards Program
How to donate to St. Peter’s from your purchases on Amazon. A special sign in script has been set up so that everyone who shops at Amazon may have a percentage of the amount spent donated to St. Peter’s via the smile.amazon.com program. Please view this video link to help you set up your account:
Smile.Amazon.com Set-Up Video
When it comes time to designate a charity please select: St. Peter’s United Methodist Church, Bellevue, Washington. Be sure to note that there is more than one St. Peter’s church listed.
If you have questions, please contact Diana Wilson who can help you set up your account. We will receive 0.1% of the value of purchase donated directly to St. Peter’s.
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Abundant Health
Following up on the United Methodist very successful campaign “Imagine No Malaria”, Methodists have now joined with the United Nations to promote child health. Just as with “Imagine No Malaria”, the campaign will address issues that are threats to children’s health. These include ensuring safe births, promoting breast feeding and appropriate nutrition, preventing and treating diarrhea, respiratory infections and preventing malaria.
This program of the General Board of Global Ministries is Advance #3021770 and will help children in the US and around the world.
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UMW Fellowship Circle
Wednesday September 21st from 10 a.m. till noon. We will be cutting fabric and talking about new projects as well as enjoying fellowship and refreshments. All women are invited to join us. Come to help us work on projects or just come to visit with your friends. Questions see Diana Wilson.
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UMW Fall Social
Our fall salad social will be Wednesday, September 28th at 5:30 p.m. Please mark your calendar. We will hear about new projects, share status on current activities for mission, hear about the new reading program for 2017, and have a chance to share food and fellowship with other ladies and friends.
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Anna's Concert- Illuzionz Jazz Ensemble
This year our annual Anna's Concert will feature the Illuzionz Jazz Ensemble on October 9th at 3:00 pm. The Illuzionz Jazz Ensemble is a 6-piece group that has been playing in the Greater Seattle area for more than 10 years. They recently played at the San Gennaro Italian Festival in Seattle. Other recent venues include Grazie's Ristorante, Crossroads Shopping Center, 909 Bistro, Mathews Winery, and several private and corporate functions.
Their repertoire includes songs from the swing era as well as music from the 60s and 70s. For Anna's Concert, the group will focus on music from the 30s to the 50s. For questions about the concert, please call the church office.
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Christmas Play
We are fortunate to have the Taproot Theatre Touring Company visiting us again this Advent season. They will be performing a play titled "Hark the Harold". The play is about an angel named Harold who is paired with Gabriel to make the announcement about the birth of Christ. The last play Taproot did at our church, "The Inkeeper's Christmas" was very well received with the Christmas message presented in a humorous way. Tickets will be on sale starting on Sunday, November 6th for $10 each.
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St. Peter's Wish List
Have you noticed the new tables and chairs in the Fellowship Hall? These were placed on the St. Peter's wish list by the UMW. A chance for getting them on sale before we had all the money raised came up so we acted on faith and purchased them. If you have had occasion to either put them up or take them down you already know how much easier they are to handle than the old ones. We are still short of covering the purchase price. So we are hoping that some people will be able to give a special gift towards this purchase. If you wish to contribute you can put a check in the offering and designate it for the wish list. Thanks.
Sue Cullor
Chairman of Finance
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Pastoral Care
St. Peters’ UMC members,
If a member of our church has an extended illness and wishes a visit from Pastoral Partners, please consult Rev. Steve Baber who will assign a Pastoral Partner. Annually In December our committee gathers in the fellowship hall to create gifts of love for the shut-ins. All members are welcome to assist us creating these packages. Debbie Miller graciously creates cookie packages.
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Childcare Center
St. Peter's Childcare is open every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9-12:30 for ages 1 month through 5 years during the school year. Cost is $7 per hour/$60 for 10 hours prepaid. Reservations required, call 425-443-5897 to reserve your spot up to 2 months in advance.
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A Short Greeting from Bishop Elaine Stanovsky
Grace and peace to you in the name of Jesus Christ,
I’m Elaine Stanovsky and I’m the brand new bishop in the Greater Northwest Area of The United Methodist Church, having just moved here from Denver, Colorado where I served for eight years. I can’t tell you how excited my husband Clint and I are to be in the Northwest, we came from the Northwest, we served all of our professional lives in the Northwest and its great to be back in the Pacific Northwest Conference, the Oregon-Idaho Conference, and the Alaska Conference.
I believe to the core of my being that God is still at work in the world through the Church. And that the job of those of us who believe in Jesus Christ and who know the power of Christ’s life-giving work; our job is to figure out where God is at work, and how God is at work in the world, and to go join God in that work! I hope that all of you and all of your places are looking for that kind of new reengagement with your neighborhoods.
I can’t tell you how excited I am to get to meet you as I begin to travel the Area, learn about the ministries you are involved in, and encourage you along the way. But for now I’m going to say:
God bless you, God keep you, and may God bring us together on the road.
Bishop Elaine J.W. Stanovsky
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Thinking Ahead….
Here are dates for all-church events coming up this year. You may want to make note of them.
October 2nd- CROP Walk
October 9th- Anna’s Concert
October 30th- Halloween Party
December 3rd- Holiday Potluck
December 4th- Charge Conference
December 11th- Taproot Theatre- "Hark the Harold"
Look for further details on each event as the dates come up.
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