WELCOME!
St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church is a member congregation of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod that has stood in the heart of Joliet, Illinois, for over 150 years.
Like the apostle from whom our congregation takes its name, we are ordinary people whom Jesus Christ has called to follow Him. Like Peter, despite our weakness and sin, we look to Jesus alone for our salvation, confessing to Him and before the world, “You are the Christ, the Son of God!”
Our congregation believes, teaches, and confesses the Christian faith taught in the Holy Scriptures and faithfully witnessed in the Lutheran Confessions, the Book of Concord of 1580. Our worship reflects the glory of the Triune God and our communion in the one, holy Church of all times and places as we observe the historic liturgy. Our children and the children of our community are diligently instructed in the riches of the Christian faith at St. Peter using Dr. Martin Luther’s Small Catechism.
At the center of St. Peter’s worship, teaching, and life together is Jesus Christ the crucified. He is with us, proclaiming the good news that God is reconciled to us sinners because of His blood shed for us on the cross. He washes away our sins in Holy Baptism and heals us, giving us His very body and blood to eat and drink for the forgiveness of our sins. He gives us new life in His Body, the Church, and leads us to the fullness of joy that awaits us in the world to come.
We welcome you in His name and invite you to join us in our life together as His disciples!
Our Pastor
Rev. David W. Totsky
Worship Services
Divine Service (with Holy Communion): Sundays at 9:00am
Bible Study
Sundays at 10:30am
Radio Broadcast
Sundays at 11:00 am, WJOL 1340 AM
WJOL now does a ‘live stream’ on their website (wjol.com). Just go to their website and click on the “LISTEN LIVE” link at the top of their page.
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Church Phone Number: (815) 722-3567
~ Pastor’s Office (Ext 304)Pastor David Totsky
~ Church Office (Secretary Desk) (Ext 301)
~ Church Office Hours – Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 1:00pm
*-*-* Summer Church Office Hours (June thru September) Monday – Thursday, 8:00am – 1:00pm (Dates subject to change)
~ Financial Office (Ext 303)
Church Fax Number: (815) 722-6544
Church Email address: stpeterjoliet@aol.com
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Calendar
Our online calendars are up and running. Please click on the “calendar” link on the left side of the home page to see each month’s calendar.
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Upcoming Events and Meetings
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September
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Sunday, Sept 12 — 11:30am — Annual Church Picnic at Hammel Woods
Thursday, Sept 16 — 6:30pm — Neighborhood Meeting at St Peter
Tuesday, Sept 21 — 7:00pm — Church Council Meeting
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October
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Saturday, Oct 2 — 9:30am — Neighborhood Clean-Up Starting at St Peter
Tuesday, Oct 19 — 7:00pm — Church Council Meeting
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November
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Tuesday, Nov 16 — 7:00pm — Church Council Meeting
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December
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Tuesday, Dec 21 — 7:00pm — Church Council Meeting
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Upcoming Sermon Titles
Please join us as our Pastor, Rev. David Totsky leads our services each week. They can be found posted on Facebook. You can also call the church office to have yourself added to our email list.
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We are happy to be having services in our beautiful church.
We are still in the midst of this pandemic, so we will be following guidelines set to help us all stay safe and healthy while we worship together as a church family. Please see our new practices here …
Safe Service and Communion Practices
Masks will be worn by everyone into the building. An usher will be at the entrance with some disposable masks available for those that do not have/forget a mask. Once you are in the pew, you may remove your mask until the end of the Service. Please do not leave it lie in the pew. Suggestions would be to leave it around your neck, or place in your purse or pocket. Please put it back on prior to exiting your pew at the end of the Service.
All doors into and throughout the building will be propped open so that it will be unnecessary to touch any of those surfaces. We ask that you go directly to your seats to avoid congregating in the Concourse.
An Usher will be operating the elevator for one occupant at a time. We will have hand sanitizer available at the top and bottom of the staircase in the Concourse for use if you use the banisters. There will also be a table with Bulletins on it. Please pick one up and then take it home with you as a reference throughout the week for prayers, birthdays, and anniversaries. Distancing is of utmost importance.
Our Communion Service has returned to “normal”. We ask that you consider wearing your mask up to communion. It can be pulled down as you take communion and pulled back up when you are done.
At the end of the Service you will be ushered out starting with the back rows to avoid groups congregating in the aisles. Please remember to put your mask back on prior to exiting your pew. We are not to congregate in the Concourse. Conversations are to happen outside with proper social distancing and with masks on. Please take anything with you that you have used during the service.
Bible Study will be held each week in the cafeteria after the service. There will be a Fellowship Hour with proper social distancing.
Although this seems very awkward or stilted, it is the Council’s belief that we must be very prudent in our procedures to avoid the chance of illness and in compliance with Illinois government directives. (Romans 13:1 ff)
Thank you for your patience and understanding with these procedures.
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