2026

Spring 2026

Pastor’s Corner – Pastor Terry Wimmer

Grace and Peace be to you and yours during this season of Pentecost. Amen!

During Pentecost, we are called not just to remember the coming of the Holy Spirit, but to live as Spirit-filled disciples of the Risen and Ascended Christ. Our focus is to shift from what God has done in Christ to how God continues working through us in the world.

We are all called, especially during Pentecost, to proclaim the Gospel by sharing Christ's love and promise with others (Matthew 28:19), and to serve our neighbors who are in need of mercy, compassion, and hope. This is at the heart of what it means for each and every one of us to “do” evangelism.

The people of St. Peter Church do social ministry extremely well with community events like St. Peter Day on September 12-13. We have a new Youth Group which has monthly community-themed events, a new Church Choir and Sunday School for our children and Adults. The Spirit is truly alive at St. Peter.

Pentecost also reminds us that church is more than a building or a Sunday gathering. We are Christ's body in our communities, workplaces, homes, and neighborhoods.

Pentecost is not simply a season to sit and admire the flame resting on the disciples. It is the season to ask, “Where is the Spirit sending me now?” The Spirit comforts us, yes—but the Spirit also sends us. We gather at the font and table so that we may be scattered into the world as bearers of Christ's love.

Please join us for worship on Sunday at 9am!

Pastor Terry

History Corner - By Dave Hause

Back in the 1800’s, our Church had two separate congregations, one being Lutheran and the other being Reformed. These two branches held church services on an every other Sunday basis. There was a Zartman family split between the two congregations. The father, John Kobel Zartman, was a Lutheran. He was born 18 Oct 1805 and was a farmer. On 1 Apr 1832 he married Anna Marie Seiler at St. Peter Church in a ceremony performed by Rev. Benjamin Boyer, a Reformed Minister. During his lifetime, John Zartman stayed a Lutheran. His wife, Anna Marie, born 22 May 1812, stayed a Reformed Member. Two of their sons and four of their daughters were Reformed members.

John and his wife are buried side by side in our Church Cemetery. Six of their children are also buried in our Church Cemetery.

Home Visits

Pastor Terry is continuing to visit and give Holy Communion to those who cannot come to worship, visiting those who are ill in hospitals and giving solace to all who need him. Pastor Terry wants to make clear that he will visit anyone who needs him, day or night. He is a strong advocate for pastoral care. Just call his cell at 610-618-0304 and he will be wherever you need him.

Adult Sunday School – Adult Sunday School is back! Class is held downstairs in the Social Hall at 10:15 am following the church service. We are currently discussing various areas of the Bible and the discussion is very lively, goes off topic at times, but offers a great opportunity to learn. Pastor Terry can really make you think. Join us!

Winter Roundup

Youth & Family Night – February 28th – Game Night & Build A Hoagie – So many thanks to Little Sicily for their generous donation of sub makings for our Youth & Family Night. Great food. It was a wonderful night of food, games and fellowship.

March 28th – 7:30 pm – Easter Egg Hunt by Flashlight– What a great turn-out … 65 kids and 55 adults. Prizes, food and a special visit from the Easter Bunny. It was so much fun!

March 29th – Palm Sunday service at 9 am; coloring eggs downstairs following service for the outreach meals – Wonderful tradition of our youth coloring Easter eggs to include in our outreach program to feed families in the area!

April 5th – Easter Sunrise Service – 6:30 am followed by breakfast downstairs in the Social Hall; 2nd service at 10 am – It was a beautiful early Easter morning as we all experienced the sun rising and shining through our beautiful windows during the Sunrise service. For those of you who missed it, please join us next year. The breakfast after was delicious – every kind of egg you could think of – even poached! Many thanks to the members who manned the kitchen and made that wonderful breakfast possible.

April 18th – Soup & Bake Sale – All proceeds to benefit our cemetery - What a success! Delicious beef vegetable soup made by our soup specialists – Dan, Doyle, Sue, Celeste and Eric. We were sold out by Noon!

And, of course, our famous bake sales. Many thanks to Ann, Ashley, Janie and Sandy!

April 25th – Youth & Family Night – Craft Night – Paint A Flower Pot for Mom – Our Youth & Family Night continues to draw members of our community. Our Youth Ministry team works hard and commits many hours to its success. We are grateful to all of them. We had a crowd for our Paint A Flower Pot for Mom and the kids painted 18 flower pots and went home with a baggie of soil and a packet of flower seeds.

FUTURE HAPPENINGS

May 17th – Youth & Family Night – Planting Flowers at the Parsonage Immediately Following Church

Note: There will be no 4th Saturday Youth & Family Night Due to the Memorial Day weekend

Vacation Bible School will be held on each Sunday in June downstairs in the Social Hall during the church service

June 27th – 5 pm – Youth & Family Night – picnic and outside games

July 25th – 5 pm - Youth & Family Night

August 22nd – 5 pm – Youth & Family Night

September 12th & 13th St Peter Days –

September 25th – 5 pm – Youth & Family Night

THIS & THAT

St Peter Days - Planning is continuing for the St Peter Days on September 12 & 13. We need volunteers. Please see Doyle Ferster and be generous with your time. We need all of you!

Blankets, Mugs and Cookbooks are still available. Contact any member of Council.

Weekly Communion – St. Peter’s is now offering Holy Communion weekly every Sunday at 9 am. We are also now offering sparkling cider in addition to wine for those who prefer no alcohol. As you approach the communion table, we ask that you cross your hands over your chest to signal that you prefer sparkling cider.

Colleen & Trip Arters (Pastor T)

Sherrie Bernard

Sandy Bobb

Ed Boyer (Linda B)

Glenn Bucher (Ann R)

Maureen and Dan Coleman

Carl Criley (Doyle F)

Robin Danneker (Audrey E)

Linda Derck (Evie)

Angie Edminson (Celeste F)

Angie French (Audrey E)

Darlene French (Audrey E)

Michael Fuhrman

Scott Hauser

Kimberly Hayes

Family of Ross Heckert (Dave H)

Anthony Julio, Jr (Celeste F)

Sandra Kieffer

Shane Kieffer

Ken Klassa (Cathy E)

Greg Klock (Doris K)

Pauline Kohl (Tina N)

Reggie “Frenchie” LaChance

(Dave H)

Diana LaChance (Dave H)

Ken and Ranae Lahr

John Masser (Doyle F)

Angie Meadows

Family of Taryn & Dennis Morgan

(Anna H)

Terry Pascolini

Marion Yost Ramer (Jenny S)

Jim Reiner

Sandy Reiner

Wes Rhodes (Anthony R)

Deana Schwartz

Sandy Snyder

Colyton Wagner

Karen Wallize (Celeste F)

Autumn Wehry (Jim D)

Nancy Williard

Raun Wilson (Celeste F)

Diane Wolfe (Audrey E)

Gary Wolfe (Audrey E)

Joel Wolfe (Audrey E)

Email Addresses for Contact-We are continuing to collect email contact information in an effort to keep in contact with all of you via email. This would allow us to send you updated info, reminders or new events that are planned. The quarterly Newsletter will still be mailed to you. Please send your email address to our church email at stpeterlcmc@outlook.com

Livestreaming Services – We continue to livestream our Sunday service on Facebook. We also are transferring these service videos to our YouTube channel which can be found on our ebsite at stpeterredcross.com

Summer 2026

Pastor’s Corner – Pastor Terry Wimmer

About this time last year, I put out a little “dead” pumpkin from the porch and put it in the yard next to the steps of the parsonage. Months passed and I thought little about that dead pumpkin.

As the snow melted, I saw little sprouts appear from the frozen earth. Soon thereafter I saw leaves, then flowers, then baseball-size blossoms from that “dead” pumpkin.

As I write this, I now have three orange basketball-sized pumpkins (no, I’m not going to submit them for judging at the PA Farm Show in January!)

During the last year I have often preached about our obligation as baptized Children of God to share that Good News of God in Christ Jesus to all our sisters and brothers we know and meet in our journeys.

I know that many of you in the past year have planted seeds of God’s peace and love with your family, neighbors, and friends. A choir, a youth group, Adult and Children’s Sunday School programs have all begun, but more (seeds) need to be planted.

When was the last time you INVITED someone to come to St. Peter’s? When was the last time you INVITED THEM MORE THAN ONCE? Did you offer to drive that person to St. Peter’s? Did you offer to drive them MORE THAN ONCE? When was last time you CALLED that person to see how they were doing? Did you call them back MORE THAN ONCE? My pumpkin seeds grew because of REPEATED gifts of sunshine, because of REPEATED gifts of rainfall!

Our nation is suffering from an epidemic of loneliness. God’s prescription to loneliness is for us to take the initiative, to be proactive, to be persistent and invite our fellow sisters and brothers to church, to sing in the choir, to attend Sunday School, to invite their children to our Saturday Night Youth activities, and to serve in a leadership role in ST. PETER CHURCH.

God never fails to provide HIS mercy, HIS grace, and HIS love. Let us ALL respond to HIS gifts as we approach the start of a new Christian year (November 29).

Thanks be to God. Amen!

Pastor Terry

History Corner - By Dave Hause

Northumberland County Democrat

July 9, 1886

Northumberland County Democrat

August 7, 1885

Home Visits

Pastor Terry is continuing to visit and give Holy Communion to those who cannot come to worship, visiting those who are ill in hospitals and giving solace to all who need him. Pastor Terry wants to make clear that he will visit anyone who needs him, day or night. He is a strong advocate for pastoral care and we are very grateful for that. Just call his cell at 610-618-0304 and he will be wherever you need him.

Adult Sunday School –Adult Sunday School is back! Class is held downstairs in the Social Hall at 10:15 am following the church service. Pastor Terry is currently offering a 10–12 week study of Luke’s Gospel and the Book of Acts. The discussion is very lively, goes off topic at times, but offers a great opportunity to learn. Pastor Terry can really make you think. Join us.

Summer Roundup

Planting Flowers at the Parsonage

Vacation Bible School was held each Sunday in June downstairs in the Social Hall during the church service. Bret Brosious, Michelle Michaud and Susan Ferster were instrumental in putting the VBS program together. It was a great success and the kids loved it!

Youth & Family decorated and entered a float in 3 area parades for the month of July. The float announced the upcoming St. Peter’s Days celebration on September 12th and 13th where the 250th birthday of America will be celebrated. They joined the parades in Klingerstown, Pillow and Hickory Corners and tossed candy to the crowds.

August 15th – Chicken BBQ & Bake Sale - Sold out by 12:30 pm! We had to turn people away because we ran out! Special thanks to Doyle, Dan, Michelle, Sharon, Bret, Celeste, Sue and Anna. A BIG SHOUT-OUT to Gabby Brosious and Lily Michaud for running the bake sale table. They did a great job!

August 22nd – Youth & Family Back to School Splash & Blessing of the Backpacks – As the kids head back to school, they celebrated with water games, a campfire and made mountain pies. Each child was given a backpack and school supplies which were blessed by Pastor Terry. Bret Brosious offered a message to the kids on John 1:9 and spoke about how if we confess our sins, God erases them - just like an eraser on the end of their school pencils erase the mistakes they make in school.

FUTURE HAPPENINGS

September 12th & 13th St Peter Days

September 26th – 5 pm – Youth & Family Night – Welcoming Fall by Painting Pumpkins

October 24th – 5 pm – Youth & Family - Trunk or Treat

December 24th – Christmas Eve - 2 pm & 7 pm

THIS & THAT

Choir – Becci Mauser has brought back the choir to St Peter Lutheran Church of Red Cross! If you would like to become part of the choir, practice is every Saturday at 2 pm. We’d love to add more voices!

Blankets, Mugs and Cookbooks are still available. Contact any member of Council.

Email Addresses for Contact-We are continuing to collect email contact information in an effort to keep in

contact with all of you via email. This would allow us to send you updated info, reminders or new events that are planned. The quarterly Newsletter will still be mailed to you. Please send your email address to our church email at stpeterlcmc@outlook.com

Livestreaming Services – We continue to livestream our Sunday service on Facebook. We also are transferring these service videos to our YouTube channel which can be found on our website at stpeterredcross.com

Prayer List

Colleen & Trip Arters (Pastor T)

Sherrie Bernard

Jane Blair (Sandy R)

Sandy Bobb

Jean Bordner (Pastor)

Ed Boyer (Linda B)

Maureen and Dan Coleman

Carl Criley (Doyle F)

Robin Danneker (Audrey)

Darryl, Sky, Kendrick & Bryce (Pastor T)

Linda Derck (Evie)

Angie Edminson (Celeste)

Dan Ferster (Anna H)