Saints Peter and Paul Lutheran Church

05/13/2026

Join our friends tomorrow at Holy Cross - Johnstown!

Join us to celebrate Ascension Day, tomorrow, May 14th, at Holy Cross! There will be a meal at 5:30 PM followed by Ascension Divine Service at 7 PM

03/24/2026

Holy Week Schedule at Saints Peter and Paul

Palmarum (Palm Sunday) Divine Service 3/29 @ 11:30 AM
Maundy Thursday Divine Service 4/2 @ 7 PM
Good Friday Tenebrae Vespers 4/3 @ 7 PM
Holy Saturday Easter Vigil at Trinity Lutheran Church of Glen Savage 4/4 @ 6PM
Easter Sunday Divine Service 4/5 @ 11:30 AM

Come celebrate Our Lord's Passion and Resurrection with us! We'll be here all week, we'd love to meet you!

02/24/2026

On Wednesdays at 7 pm in Lent, we will be looking at the prophet Zechariah, and how his prophecies are fulfilled in the work of Jesus Christ. Zechariah had so much to say about what the Messiah. Join us, we'd love to meet you!

(Image is Gustav Dore, Zechariah)

02/17/2026

Ash Wednesday Divine Service with the imposition of ashes at 12 noon Holy Cross Lutheran in Johnstown, and 7 PM at Saints Peter and Paul Lutheran in Central City, tomorrow, 2/18! Join us - we'd love to meet you!

02/04/2026

01/28/2026

No Matins or Bible Study today (1/28)

01/25/2026

Pastor Witmer leads a prayer service for the Sunday of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, using Responsive Prayer 2 on page 285 of the Lutheran Service Book. The bulletin can be found at this link:https://holycrossjohnstown.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/20260125-Transfiguration.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqN6EJksts0

Pastor Brett Witmer leads a prayer service and presents his sermon for The Transfiguration of Our Lord, based on Matthew 17:1-9. If you have a hymnal and wou...

01/24/2026

Unfortunately, due to the impending weather, the Divine Service for Sunday, January 25 will be canceled. A link to a short devotional service and Pastor's sermon will be sent out. May the Lord watch over us through this storm.

01/16/2026

We are pleased to offer the text of the Book of Concord for free on our brand-new website. This easy-to-use resource lets you navigate through all the major documents of the Book of Concord.

Start exploring the Book of Concord for free at the link in the comments.

01/06/2026

Jan. 6 is Epiphany, the celebration of the Magi coming to see the child Jesus and a day of Thanksgiving for God revealing His mercy to the Gentiles. It is also historically a day for house blessings, when the pastor prays with families, asking for specific blessings from God according to each room of the home.

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:

“‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for from you shall come a ruler
who will shepherd my people Israel.’”

Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.” After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way. (Matthew 2:1–12)

We’ll be ending this series of daily prayers with this prayer, used at an Epiphany house blessing: O God, by the leading of a star You led the Magi to the home in which Christ our Lord dwelt, thereby making known Your only-begotten Son to the Gentiles. Mercifully grant that we who know You now by faith may after this life know the fullness of Your glorious Godhead; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.