Inside this

issue:

From Pastor Stephanie

AUGUST 2019

Worship Services

at a glance:

Sunday, 08/04, 9 a.m.

Sunday, 08/11, 9a.m.

Sunday, 08/18, 9 a.m.

Sunday, 08/25, 9 a.m.

SAINT PETER'S UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST,

OWENSVILLE, MISSOURI

www.stpetersowensvi l le . com

s tpeters@fidnet .com

on Facebook: St . Peter ’s UCC

Owensvi l le

From Pastor Stephanie 1&2

Pantry Suggestions 2

Financial Spotlight 2

Mission of the Month 3

CASA Coffee 3

Thanks Go To... 4

Birthdays &

Anniversaries 4

Contact Update Request 4

Thank You From... 5&6

St. Peter’s Month at a

Glance

7

August Scripture

Readings

8

THE LETTERS OF SAINT PETER

“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a

multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another without grum-

bling. Each one should use whatever gift he or she has received to

serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various

forms.” 1 Peter 4:8-10

We are blessed in Owensville to have places that offer hospitality

and service to a wide variety of people. I would like to highlight a

couple of these places.

The Senior Center offers care and hospitality to seniors in our

community. A nutritious and tasty lunch is offered for $4 for those

60 and over. If you are under 60, you can have lunch for $6.50.

Kindness is expressed toward all who walk through the door. Stop

by the Senior Center on First Street on a weekday around 11am,

and you will find a member of St. Peter’s enjoying conversation,

delivering meals to shut ins or serving cups of coffee. Hospitality

is offered with joy. If you would like to support the Owensville

Senior Center, you can do so by buying a ticket for the Third

Annual Dinner and Purse Auction at the White Mule on Thurs-

day, August 22 at 5:30pm. For reservations, call 573-437-3096 or

drop by the Senior Center at 214 N. First St., Owensville.

Helping Hands Outreach Center is an amazing community

organization which handles so much more than food distribution

to those who need a helping hand in our community. Helping

Hands is completely run and staffed by volunteers. Those who

volunteer at Helping Hands are using their gifts to serve others,

and thus faithfully administering God’s grace in variety of forms.

If a family or individual needs food, Helping Hands can provide

it with love.

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Children, who receive breakfast and lunch at school during the week, may go

hungry on the weekends. Helping Hands administers the Backpack Program that

sends food home for children on Fridays so that they will have food for the weekend.

Operation Christmas helps families celebrate Christmas with food and gifts.

The Owensville Rosebud Ministerial Alliance works with Helping Hands to aid those

who need financial assistance with gas, medicine and more. The new Helping Hands

location has a nice cubicle for the ministers to meet with clients who need a prayer

and a bit of extra financial help.

All of this is possible through the generous donations of community members. Church-

es, local businesses, community groups and individuals provide the money to keep

these places of love and hospitality going. For this everyone is grateful.

This month St. Peter’s UCC will be focusing on supporting the Helping Hands New

Building Fund. Helping Hands’ new building is located at 3522 Kosark Road in

Owensville. An Open House for Helping Hands is planned for Sunday, August

4 from 1pm to 3pm. Please stop by to see the wonderful new facility to share God’s

love in this community.

Thank you for caring and sharing God’s love. Let others know about all that St. Peter’s

supports in our community. Invite them to join us in our love and caring by inviting

them to church.

Blessings,

Pastor Stephanie

PANTRY SUGGESTIONS

Sunday, August 11, we have our monthly collection of Helping

Hands Outreach Food Pantry items.

Suggested items this month are tuna, peas, peaches, and cereal.

As always CASH or checks are very welcomed!

You will notice the display and collection area set up for these

items with a place in which to leave cash donations for the Food

Pantry created by the Mission Committee of St. Peters.

Thank you for your continued support of Helping Hands!

FINANCIAL SPOTLIGHT FOR JUNE, 2019

Total General Fund income for June $9,901.76

(including offerings of $8,732, Helping Hands $35, OCWM $175,

Mission of the Month: Every Child’s Hope $295)

Total General Fund expenses for May: $14,004.42

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MISSION OF THE MONTH

The August Mission of the Month is the Helping Hands Outreach

Center Building Campaign.

Helping Hands Outreach Center of Gasconade County has been

serving our community for the last 17 years with a goal of making sure

no one in our community goes without food. Over the years the commu-

nity has donated both food and funds and volunteered countless hours

toward meeting their goal. Community support has always been wide ranging, from

individuals to the schools, churches and organizations and some of the businesses.

Their ability to provide food has grown over the years and expanded from the food

distribution and Operation Christmas to programs such as weekly backpacks for

children who do not have enough to eat over the weekend and monthly mobile markets

that distribute perishables such as bakery, dairy and produce --- all through the ongo-

ing efforts and support of the community. They added more and more shelving, coolers

and freezers and in the process, outgrew their space and borrowed space from the park,

one of the schools and one of the churches. When offered over 5,000 square feet of space

for less than $10 per square foot, there was an opportunity that would increase food

storage and office space and also allow them to house the backpack program, mobile

markets and Operation Christmas on site.

An ambitious project is continuing to raise enough funds for the building purchase,

renovation costs and one year of operational costs. The result will be a volunteer opera-

tion that can look forward to being there for those in need for many years to come.

It is not too late to join in on this community project and you are urged to support

this effort with a donation to our Mission of the Month. Helping someone in need is a

way to share our blessings and make Owensville a better place to live for everyone.

~Thank you from the Mission Committee!

CASA COFFEE

CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) is having an information

session August 20 at 8 am in the Simply Sweet Upstairs area.

CASA advocates are volunteers appointed by a judge to discover the

best possible outcome for abused or neglected children in foster care in

Gasconade County. Volunteers are needed in our area. Volunteers

complete 30 hours of training, review case records, research infor-

mation, and advocate in court. CASA is looking for people with a desire

to help children in our community. The next training is at the end of

September.

Bring a friend, have a cup of coffee and share conversations with current CASA

volunteers.

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Thanks Go To…

… Bonnie Hengstenberg, JoEllen

Steineker, Judy Balluff, and Vickie

Mayberry for assembling the July

newsletters.

...Men’s and Ladies’ Chorus, Louise

Baker, and Robin Schaefferkoetter

for sharing their amazing talents for 9

a.m. special music selections.

Thank you for the pool party! It was

an enjoyable evening for all. We had

fun. Thanks also to those who gener-

ously donated to cover the cost of the

pool rental.

Thank you to all who helped at the

Fair Ice Cream Stand!

August 1 Brynn & Paul Baker

August 17 Reginald & Mary Scheel

August 23 Donald & Kendra Greenwalt

Thank you to my church for sponsoring me

to go to Camp MoVal. I had lots of fun, made

new friends, and enjoyed it all! (The food was

good, too!) Kimber Mayberry

I would like to thank everyone that kept

Ken and I in their thoughts and prayers

during my surgery and recovery time. I

really appreciate the cards, calls, and

prayers. Letha Ellis

Please remember that if you see someone

“doing good” around church, or on behalf

of Saint Peter’s, to submit the

information to the church office so we

can recognize the person or group on our

“thank-you” list.

August 1 Jane Maciejewski

August 2 David Mayberry

August 2 Lisa Antisdel

August 4 Janette Rosson

August 5 Mark Delozier

August 5 Mark Willoughby

August 6 Irma Enke

August 7 JoEllen Steineker

August 12 Cody Basham

August 13 Kimber Mayberry

August 15 Letha Ellis

August 16 Bob Uffmann

August 18 Bob Schultz

August 22 Ryan Limberg

August 23 Donald Greenwalt

August 23 Kendra Greenwalt

August 24 Susan Davis

August 26 Megan Walker

August 27 Beth Walker

August 30 Bonnie Hengstenberg

Up to Date Info?

Does the church have your updated contact and household information (change

of address, college students moving out, etc.)?

If you’re not sure, give the church office a call at 573-437-2779 or e-mail

stpeters@fidnet.com.

Thanks for keeping us up to date!

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Thank You From…

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Thank You From…

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 10:30am-12:30pm-

Upper Room Store to benefit

Helping Hands

2-5pm Back to School Fair at Lions

Hall

2

5pm-wedding rehearsal

3

3pm--Walker/Hillis wedding

4

5

10am-Grape Country Cluster meeting at

Ebenezer Stone

6

6pm- Pastoral Relations

Committee meeting

7

12:30 pm-Quilters and Crafters

8

10:30am-12:30pm-

Upper Room Store to benefit

Helping Hands

6 pm– Christian Ed.

Committee meeting

9

10 10am-3pm -

Strategic Initiative meeting

@Columbia UCC

11

12

7 pm Council meeting

13

14

12:30 pm-Quilters and Crafters

15

10:30am-12:30pm- Upper Room

Store to benefit

16

17

18

19

20

21

12:30 pm-Quilters

and Crafters

6:45pm-Chancel

Choir practice

22

10:30am-12:30pm-

Upper Room Store to benefit

Helping Hands

5 pm- Girl Scout

meeting

23

24

25

26

27 28 12:30 pm-Quilters

and Crafters

6:45pm-Chancel

Choir practice

29 10:30am-12:30pm-

Upper Room Store to benefit

Helping Hands

5 pm- Girl Scout

meeting

30 31

SAINT PETER'S UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST,

OWENSVILLE, MISSOURI

www.stpetersowensvi l le .com

s tpeters@fidnet .com

on Facebook: St . Peter ’s UCC

Owensvi l le

MoM Noisy Offering

9am-Worship

10am-Evangelism

Committee meeting

9am-Worship

10am-Mission

Committee meeting 2 pm- Pastor at

Gasconade Manor

9am-Worship

7pm-KLIC, FROG, TACO

9am-Worship

1-3pm-Helping Hands Outreach

Open House

August 4th: Eighth Sunday after Pentecost—

Proper 13

Hosea 11:1-11

Psalm 107:1-19, 43 OR

Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23

Psalm 49:1-12

Colossians 3:1-11

Luke 12:13-21

August 11th: Ninth Sunday after Pentecost—

Proper 14

Isaiah 1:1, 10-20

Psalm 50:1-8, 22-23 or Genesis 15:1-6

Psalm 33:12-22

Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16

Luke 12:32-40

August 18th: Tenth Sunday after Pentecost—

Proper 15

Isaiah 5:1-7

Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19 or Jeremiah 23:23-29

Psalm 82

Hebrews 11:29-12:2

Luke 12:49-56

August 25th: Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost—

Proper 16

Jeremiah 1:4-10

Psalm 71:1-6 or Isaiah 58:9b-14

Psalm 103:1-8

Hebrews 12:18-29

Luke 13:10-17

August Scripture Readings

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Owensville, MO 65066

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