All middle school youth are invited to join us for Confirmation / Middle School Youth Group! We will be learning about the Baptism and Holy Communion in Luther’s Small Catechism through games, activities, Bible study an discussion. For more information, please contact us at office@splcuniontown.or or 724.439.4730.

2025 Church Directory – Schedule your family photos today!

Scheduling appointments via online portal … and now in-person after worship service!

We are please to announce that we will be compiling a 2025 church family pictorial directory with Universal. It will include all members’ family portraits and roster info so we can stay connected.

Sign up:

1. Online at www.ucdir.com – click “scheduling login” —> code is “pa1214” —> password is “photos”.

2. At church before or after service beginning October 5th.

3. For assistance, call the church office or Megan Cavaliere at (724) 208-9185.

There is no cost to be photographed & every family will receive a complimentary 8x10 portrait mailed to their home 3 weeks after photography – before Christmas!

Take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to make a treasured family keepsake.

Only participating households will receive a free directory!

Photography will take place on the following dates:

Monday, November 10th between 2pm – 8:30pm

Tuesday, November 11th between 2pm – 8:30pm Please join us – it won’t be the same without you!

ONLINE SCHEDULING INSTRUCTIONS FOR FAMILY APPOINTMENT SETTING 

1. Go to the Universal Church Directories website (www.ucdir.com)

2. Click on the box on the right side of the homepage entitled “photography appointment scheduling login”

3. Enter your church code pa1214

4. Enter your church password photos

5. Click on the Enter button

6. Click on the desired photography date

7. Click on the Reserve Time button beside the desired photography appointment time

8. Enter the appropriate information in all required fields (indicated by the asterisk)

9. Click on the Schedule Appointment button at the bottom of the screen to reserve the photography appointment time in your family’s name

10. If you have more than six family members being photographed, please reserve two appointments consecutively (such as 6:00 and 6:10)

11. Print the next screen to use as a reminder of your family’s photography appointment

 Contact your church’s online scheduling administrator to change or cancel your photography appointment

2025 Church Directory – Schedule your family photos today!

Scheduling appointments via online portal … and now in-person after worship service!

We are please to announce that we will be compiling a 2025 church family pictorial directory with Universal. It will include all members’ family portraits and roster info so we can stay connected.

Sign up:

1. Online at www.ucdir.com – click “scheduling login” —> code is “pa1214” —> password is “photos”.

2. At church before or after service beginning October 5th.

3. For assistance, call the church office or Megan Cavaliere at (724) 208-9185.

There is no cost to be photographed & every family will receive a complimentary 8x10 portrait mailed to their home 3 weeks after photography – before Christmas!

Take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to make a treasured family keepsake.

Only participating households will receive a free directory!

Photography will take place on the following dates:

Monday, November 10th between 2pm – 8:30pm

Tuesday, November 11th between 2pm – 8:30pm Please join us – it won’t be the same without you!

ONLINE SCHEDULING INSTRUCTIONS FOR FAMILY APPOINTMENT SETTING 

1. Go to the Universal Church Directories website (www.ucdir.com)

2. Click on the box on the right side of the homepage entitled “photography appointment scheduling login”

3. Enter your church code pa1214

4. Enter your church password photos

5. Click on the Enter button

6. Click on the desired photography date

7. Click on the Reserve Time button beside the desired photography appointment time

8. Enter the appropriate information in all required fields (indicated by the asterisk)

9. Click on the Schedule Appointment button at the bottom of the screen to reserve the photography appointment time in your family’s name

10. If you have more than six family members being photographed, please reserve two appointments consecutively (such as 6:00 and 6:10)

11. Print the next screen to use as a reminder of your family’s photography appointment

 Contact your church’s online scheduling administrator to change or cancel your photography appointment

Want a great opportunity to get together with a group of friends? Join us for Chair Yoga.

You'll practice a 45-minute chair yoga class appropriate for all experience levels of yoga (or no experience at all!). You'll mobilize all the major joints in the body, gently tone and stretch the muscles and finish with a guided relaxation to center your mind.

Class fee: $15 ($12 for seniors, over 65)

Class location: St. Peter's Lutheran Church, 121 Walnut Hill Road, Uniontown, PA. St. Peter's is a zero-entry facility, so no steps to navigate! Plenty of parking. Facility is climate-controlled with handicap-accessible restrooms. Doors will open at 11:15am.
Please pre-register with Erica Engel at erica@ericaengel.com or 509.406.0928.

When is the last time you were talking with someone & their name just slipped from your grasp? Well, we’ve got a solution for that! It’s Name Tag Sunday - the first Sunday of every month. Grab a name tag at the entryway, write your name, & go confidently into your conversations at St. Peter’s!

All Saints' Day celebration has a long history in the worship life of the Christian Church. It began as a commemoration of the martyrs who had died for the faith, and it has since become a day when we honor and remember those who, in death, have joined the Church Triumphant, as well as the faithful saints of the present who serve Jesus Christ. Martin Luther held that all Christians are simultaneously sinner and saint--a sinner because of our rebellious nature, but a saint because of salvation in Jesus.

During the worship service, we will honor the memory of those saints in the St. Peter’s community who have died in the last year, as well as celebrate the saints who have joined St. Peter’s through the sacrament of baptism in the last year.

All High School age youth are invited to join us for group activities, snacks, sprinkled with some Scripture :).

Reformation Day, annually occurring on October 31, honors Luther’s posting of his 95 Theses on the Castle Church doors in Wittenberg, Germany, on October 31, 1517. This holiday is largely exclusive to Protestants as a commemoration of the origin of the Protestant Reformation. Luther's 95 theses sparked the Reformation, as they were quickly translated and spread across Germany within weeks. 

Dr. Ray Pritchard writes: "on Reformation Day, we pause to give thanks to God for Martin Luther and for the recovery of the gospel truth that we are declared righteous in the eyes of God solely based on what Jesus Christ accomplished for us in his bloody death and victorious resurrection."

Martin Luther, desiring to spark theological discussion over the medieval practice of selling indulgences, nailed his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. That happened 503 years ago today. The spark he set off ignited a flame that spread across Europe and became known as the Protestant Reformation. By challenging the church's authority and its doctrine, Luther reclaimed for Christianity the central doctrine of salvation-justification by faith alone.

Luther took a bold and dangerous step as he nailed a paper to the door of a Cathedral in Wittenberg, Germany, on which he had written 95 complaints against the only Christian community of his day - his own Church. It went down in history as the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. The protests that were written that day for the public to see began the most dramatic reform within Christianity.

Reformation Day is traditionally observed on October 31, the same day as Halloween. In numerous German states, it is a public holiday; likewise, many branches of the government and court system are often closed. 

In the United States, this holiday is often observed on the Sunday preceding Halloween, a day recognized as Reformation Sunday, which will be October 27, 2024.

We invite you to wear RED on Reformation Sunday to remind us of the fire of the Spirit.

Join us for Fall Family Fun Night! All ages welcome at this free, family-friendly event!

Activities include:
Corn Sack Races
Egg & Spoon Race
Bobbing for Apples
Pumpkin Painting
Spooky Bible Stories

... and
Marshmallow Roast over Fire
Fall-themed snacks & refreshments

Learn more & sign up to attend so we get an idea for supplies & snacks! (Sign up located on "Get Involved!" Bulletin board OR by calling 724.439.4730.)

To receive updates on St. Peter's happenings & how you can be involved, subscribe to our newsletter at https://splcuniontown.org/subscribe

All middle school youth are invited to join us for Confirmation / Middle School Youth Group! We will be learning about the Baptism and Holy Communion in Luther’s Small Catechism through games, activities, Bible study an discussion. For more information, please contact us at office@splcuniontown.or or 724.439.4730.

St. Peter's Handbell Choir is growing!

This new(ish) music ministry intends to share music at worship services a few times per year ... we’d love for you to be part of this ministry!

Some music knowledge is helpful, yet we can work with you if a refresher is needed!

Contact Missy McCann with questions: 724.970.0799

We would LOVE to have you join us!

Want a great opportunity to get together with a group of friends? Join us for Chair Yoga.

You'll practice a 45-minute chair yoga class appropriate for all experience levels of yoga (or no experience at all!). You'll mobilize all the major joints in the body, gently tone and stretch the muscles and finish with a guided relaxation to center your mind.

Class fee: $15 ($12 for seniors, over 65)

Class location: St. Peter's Lutheran Church, 121 Walnut Hill Road, Uniontown, PA. St. Peter's is a zero-entry facility, so no steps to navigate! Plenty of parking. Facility is climate-controlled with handicap-accessible restrooms. Doors will open at 11:15am.
Please pre-register with Erica Engel at erica@ericaengel.com or 509.406.0928.

When is the last time you were talking with someone & their name just slipped from your grasp? Well, we’ve got a solution for that! It’s Name Tag Sunday - the first Sunday of every month. Grab a name tag at the entryway, write your name, & go confidently into your conversations at St. Peter’s!

Be a part of a life-saving cause! Schedule your appointment to donate blood at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church on October 3rd.

Here are a few details to help you prepare:

Maximize your blood donation. Help more patients. If you are an eligible type O, B- or A- donor, consider making a Power Red donation. Red blood cells are the most commonly transfused blood component.

Please call 1-800-733-2767 or visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter SPLC to schedule an appointment.

Streamline your donation experience and save up to 15 minutes by visiting RedCrossBlood.org/RapidPass to complete your pre-donation reading and health history questions on the day of your appointment.

Want a great opportunity to get together with a group of friends? Join us for Chair Yoga.

You'll practice a 45-minute chair yoga class appropriate for all experience levels of yoga (or no experience at all!). You'll mobilize all the major joints in the body, gently tone and stretch the muscles and finish with a guided relaxation to center your mind.

Class fee: $15 ($12 for seniors, over 65)

Class location: St. Peter's Lutheran Church, 121 Walnut Hill Road, Uniontown, PA. St. Peter's is a zero-entry facility, so no steps to navigate! Plenty of parking. Facility is climate-controlled with handicap-accessible restrooms. Doors will open at 11:15am.
Please pre-register with Erica Engel at erica@ericaengel.com or 509.406.0928.

When is the last time you were talking with someone & their name just slipped from your grasp? Well, we’ve got a solution for that! It’s Name Tag Sunday - the first Sunday of every month. Grab a name tag at the entryway, write your name, & go confidently into your conversations at St. Peter’s!

Sunday, September 7th

Join us to celebrate our efforts to support Lutheran World Relief’s “Growing Hope Globally” campaign supporting farmers in Peru. We will gather for a brief worship at 10:30am (hopefully in the outdoor pavilion!) … followed by a family-style cookout! You can also meet some of the farm animals our local youth are raising right here in Fayette County, in solidarity with the Peruvian farmers we will be supporting.

On Sunday, Sept. 7th, congregations of the ELCA will join together for our annual day of service. “God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday began in 2013 in connection with the ELCA’s 25th anniversary. It continues to be an opportunity to celebrate who we are as the ELCA — one church, freed in Christ to serve and love our neighbor.

This day is an opportunity to celebrate who we are as the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America — one church, freed in Christ to serve and love our neighbor.

Service activities offer an opportunity for us to explore one of our most basic convictions as Lutherans: that all of life in Jesus Christ – every act of service, in every daily calling, in every corner of life — flows freely from a living, daring confidence in God’s grace.

Want a great opportunity to get together with a group of friends? Join us for Chair Yoga.

You'll practice a 45-minute chair yoga class appropriate for all experience levels of yoga (or no experience at all!). You'll mobilize all the major joints in the body, gently tone and stretch the muscles and finish with a guided relaxation to center your mind.

Class fee: $15 ($12 for seniors, over 65)

Class location: St. Peter's Lutheran Church, 121 Walnut Hill Road, Uniontown, PA. St. Peter's is a zero-entry facility, so no steps to navigate! Plenty of parking. Facility is climate-controlled with handicap-accessible restrooms. Doors will open at 11:15am.
Please pre-register with Erica Engel at erica@ericaengel.com or 509.406.0928.

Bring your school backpack and/or work bag for a special blessing during Sunday’s service this weekend. We wish our student, teachers, staff & parents/caregivers a positive, safe return to work & school next week!

Bless the school year ahead –

fill it with compassion for those making difficult decisions,

comfort to parents wondering how to manage home, work, and school,

and strength to teachers navigating new ways of learning.

Bless the school year ahead –

reminding us to see our neighbors as ourselves and Christ in all that we meet.

Bless the school year ahead –

remembering that God always goes before us

and claims us as beloved children of God.

Bless the school year ahead –

trusting your grace in our lives and hope for what is to come.

Be with us this year. Grant us your wisdom, Lord, that we continue to seek it, and look for signs of your love all around us.  

Source: Kimberly Knowle-Zeller, an ordained ELCA pastor