Pastor’s Blog
St. Peter Lutheran Church Organized 1896
St. Peter Lutheran Church is located 23 miles northwest of Fredericksburg, in the picturesque Doss Valley, a rural community settled in the mid -1800s. St. Peter Lutheran was organized on Sept. 13, 1896, when the pioneers (mostly German Lutherans) saw the need for...
Thy Kingdom Come
October will be a special month with many reminders of who we are in Christ and of the mission and ministry we share. Coming off our pulpit exchange with our sister congregation, Holy Ghost, on Sept. 27, we will take our turn leading the Gillespie County Ministerial...
Oh the Place You’ll Go
Dr. Seuss begins, “Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away!”We often hear those words at graduations, but every graduation begins with a first day of class. One day, our children are walking into a new classroom with a...
St Peter July 26 Lamplighter
Words of Life: The 10 Commandments
A Sunday School teacher held up a picture of Moses coming down from Mount Sinai with the Ten Commandments in his hands. One little child looked carefully at the picture and asked, Why is Moses carrying two iPads?!"Well, they were certainly tablets - but not the kind...
Blest Be the Tie That Binds
"Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love; the fellowship of kindred minds is like to that above." That beloved hymn captures our life together at St. Peter, both in the blessings of last month and the opportunities in this new month of May. Last...