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Christmas 2024 Schedule

St Peter Advent and Christmas Schedule Dec 1 (Sun) 9:30am Advent Begins Dec 1 (Sun) 3:30pm JamAfternoon Song Circle: Christmas Songs Dec 4 (Wed) 7:30pm Midweek Advent Service Dec 5 (Thu) 1:00pm Christmas Decorating Dec 7 (Sat) 10:00am Nursery School Christmas Celebration Dec 11 (Wed) 7:30pm Midweek Advent Service Dec 15 (Sun) 3:00pm Christmas Caroling for shut-ins/friends Dec 18 (Wed) 7:30pm Youth-led Midweek Advent Service Dec 24 (Tue) 5:00pm7:00pm Christmas Eve Services Dec 25 (Wed) 10:00am Christmas Day Service

Meet Our Team

Pastor
Pastor Dunbar

Pastor Dunbar

Pastor Jon has been serving the people at St. Peter since September of 2022. He is a graduate of Valparaiso University in his home state of Indiana (1999) and Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, MO (2005). Prior to coming to New Jersey, he served congregations in Iowa and Nebraska. He lives with his wife, Hope, and their two sons in the church parsonage. Pastor Jon finds particular joy in teaching the Christian faith to people of all ages including nursery…
Head Sunday School Teacher and Office Administrator
Amy Van Hise

Amy Van Hise

Music Director
Chris Fusco

Christopher Fusco

Chris, a native of Glen Cove, New York, holds an undergraduate degree in church music from Concordia College in Bronxville, New York as well as a graduate degree in organ performance from The New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. He has been organist at Saint Peter since May 2015 and is also a practicing attorney, serving as general counsel for a major non-profit corporation in Central New Jersey. He and his wife, Patricia Scalese, live in Belle Mead,…
Nursery School Director
Jennifer Garrow

Jennifer Garrow

Sermon and Bible Study Archive

December 15, 2024 ADVENT 3

“Rejoice!” is the traditional theme for this third week in Advent. But there are many reasons why we may not feel much like rejoicing this time of year. Perhaps an overly full calendar, seasonal depression, or missing loved ones has Advent joy feeling like an out of reach dream for you. John the Baptist struggled to find joy in Jesus due to his imprisonment (Luke 7). Yet Jesus assured him that the Savior had come to save his people –…

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