AuthorSister Dottie Almoney

Director of Education & Outreach

Our youth grow into faithful disciples through education, fellowship and service. I am also excited about the new social ministries in which we are partnering with other Manheim Township churches, such as Lydia’s Closet and Homes for Hope.

The Omicron variant – a Doctor’s advice

The rostered leaders have asked me to summarize where we are currently with the Omicron variant of COVID and what that should mean to us as members of St. Peter’s and members of our Lancaster County community. I’m a family physician in Millersville, and I’ve been attending St. Peter’s and singing in the choir for…

Updated Covid Protocol for Church and Preschool

January 14, 2021 – Please visit our website for our most up to date protocol for Covid 19 – it can be found under the news tab. Our newest recommendations come from the CDC and the PA Department of Health. Our goal is to keep everyone who enters our doors safe and healthy! Questions can…

Children and Youth Update – December 20, 2021

Please be aware of the following updates and changes that will occur in the next few weeks here at St. Peter’s as it pertains to our children and youth ministry. We will continue to wear masks indoors. Please reach out to Sister Dottie or Pastor Ross with any questions. CHRISTMAS EVE FAMILY SERVICES UPDATE – Please…

Congregational Christmas Caroling

Join us on Sunday December 12th at 6:00 pm for neighborhood Christmas Caroling! All ages are welcome to join in the fun. We will sing around our St. Peter’s neighborhood then return for hot chocolate and cookies which will be provided. Bring your voice and Christmas cheer. This is a great community outreach. We will…

St. Peter’s Holiday Craft Show

Need to shop for Christmas? Join us on Saturday November 27th from 9:00 – 2:00 pm here at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church for our annual Craft Show. We will have approximately 40 vendors in which to shop. Breakfast and lunch foods will be available for purchase. Our youth who are attending the 2022 ELCA National…

St. Peter’s Preschool Prayground

Prayground is the new lunch program that we offer on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at St. Peter’s Preschool. This year we are intentionally using St. Peter’s Strategic Plan and will have “cross over ministries” with Preschool as it pertains to education, fellowship and service Prayground runs from noon until 1:30 and it is only open…

Christians and Climate Change

And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Genesis 1:28 Our ELCA Social Statement “Caring for Creation:…

Moral Monday Reflections May 24 2021

Political Vs. Biblical Vs. Both/And There is no theological teaching of Luther that is politically innocent. His theology and politics must be distinguished but never separated. Luther himself is thus the first and best witness that the so-called, “Two-Kingdoms Doctrine” does not lead to political abstinence but exactly the opposite: the world as a whole…

Family Camp Day

Join us on Sunday May 23rd at Camp Kirchenwald for Family Camp Day! Time is 10:00 – 6:00 pm. All are welcome to be part of this outdoor fellowship event! The Day’s Schedule Our Family Camp day will consist of a morning of lawn games or the low ropes course in which families can work…

Thursdays in Black

Why do I wear black on Thursdays? I wear black to support and to bring awareness to global gender based violence that has been taking place far too long. Thursdays in Black grew out of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Decade of Churches in Solidarity with Women (1988-1998), in which the stories of rape…