Covid has brought change — tragic changes in health and employment, and inconvenient change, like mask-wearing and limits on eating out. At church we’ve dealt with change in how we worship, share communion, celebrate marriages and bury loved ones. FewRead more…
Could Less be More?
Is your church staff shrinking? Mine is. Long term trends in school enrollment, followed by covid’s financial impact, forced our church leaders to implement two reductions in force in 2020, including a 50% reduction in my hours. It’s not justRead more…
Praying Psalm 23
For Caregivers and those they care for Attached is a resource I created some years ago. Just realized it never got shared on this website, mostly likely due to the fact that I was a caregiver at that time!
Prayer and Lament
Pain. Grief. Suffering. We’re experiencing and see a lot of this lately. Some are responding with violence and anger. Many followers of Jesus are perplexed at how to respond. This article suggests responding with prayer and lament. Perhaps this isRead more…
A New Normal
Here in Illinois, the coronavirus has me in my eighth week of working from home and we’re all in our seventh week of sheltering-in-place orders. We’re worshipping at home via screens and all the familiar church activities are cancelled. We’reRead more…
Blessings, Memories and Truth
For 9 years, my husband’s mother lived with us and we were her caregivers. Three months ago, in December 2019, God called her home. Blessings She was relatively healthy, physically and mentally; she was appreciative and cooperative. We shared faithRead more…
Marcia J. Kogler, 1920 – 2019
Marcia lived with her son Henry and his wife Karen the last 9 years of her life. Henry wrote the following obituary. Karen is the owner of The Equipper website. Marcia was born at home on August 26, 1920, inRead more…
A Caregiver’s Education for Life-Long Serving
Sunday, June 29, 2010, at age 89, my mother-in-law moved in with my husband and I, at our invitation. Monday, Dec. 2, 2019, at age 99, God called her to the home she longed for. In the intervening 9 years,Read more…
Ten Years of Conversations
Barb Vossel has many stories to tell. She loves talking to people. Not only is she naturally outgoing, she’s been talking to our church’s new members for the past ten years in her role as one of our Ministry Guides.Read more…
Serving God and Others Through Entrepreneurship
I generally think of entrepreneurs as people aiming to make a living. But this post is by a man who is an entrepreneur in order to serve his city and his Lord . . . and to change the culture.Read more…
A Dream Volunteer Job, and Why It Doesn’t Work
“Two retired English teachers . . . have solved the mystery of why volunteers like them are rarely invited to help . . .” This column from the Washington Post speaks volumes about a major roadblock for volunteers. It’s asRead more…
Christmas Thanks
Brighten your day by reading these thank you letters from the students at Good Shepherd Christian Academy (formerly Jehovah Lutheran School) in Chicago. The students received gifts from the St. Peter family through the Christmas Caring tree in our lobby. Gifts alsoRead more…
God’s Timing at Work
If you’ve taken St. Peter’s new member class in the past 10 years, you remember meeting with one of our volunteer ministry guides for a friendly conversation about your gifts and interests and ways they might be used at St.Read more…
Add a Little More Joy to Your Serving
If we’re driving, we need to know how much gas is in the tank. When we’re serving, it can be equally helpful to look at how much joy is in our tank! Let’s do a self-check. Do you look forwardRead more…
Add a Little Jesus to Your Serving
“I never thought of that as serving Jesus!” I hear this a lot. We all tend to equate ‘serving Jesus’ with volunteering that is at church or that is specifically religious. But St. Paul says, “. . . whatever youRead more…
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