125th Anniversary for St. Peter's Lutheran Church

125th Anniversary Celebration

We are a community of God’s people who exist to glorify Him who was crucified and raised for us. God has brought us together in this community called St. Peter’s to be fed and nurtured and strengthened for reflecting His love and forgiveness in our daily lives. Read more about our congregation's history.

God has given each of us special gifts to share with each other and with the community of which we are a part. In thanksgiving to God for all the blessings given to our congregation, we celebrated our 125th anniversary of the founding of St. Peter’s through a series of these three events.

September 7th, 2008 - Rally Day

Due to some morning rain, we moved the outdoor worship service indoors. After the worship service, the weather cleared and Barbeque/Carnival started.

October 11th, 2008

An evening of music and worship with the celebrated Gospel Singer Tonya Baker at 7:00pm. A dessert reception followed the concert. We enjoyed an evening of music and “sweet delights”.

Psalmist Tonya Baker
     An anointed psalmist, gifted songwriter and a blessing to the Body of Christ - this young lady has reached the nations with her gift of song.
     As a vocalist, this young lady is a much sought after psalmist who ministers the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ across the country. She has previously released two recordings - “Life In Him” and “Since He Came In” under her independent record label Bakehouse Music Group, of which she is President. She has appeared on tapings of The Bobby Jones Show, local broadcasts of TBN, the Gospel Superfest, The Full Gospel Baptist Fellowship Conference Women’s Choir; numerous gospel music showcases such as The Stellar Awards Music Showcase, I Hear Music in the Air, The Gospel Music Workshop of America and the Gospel Heritage Foundation New Artist Showcase. She counts it an honor to have ministered in several of the country’s mega-ministries such as Valley Kingdom Ministries (Apostle H. D. Wilson) of Chicago, Illinois and Mt. Zion Baptist Church (Bishop Joseph W. Walker) of Nashville, Tennessee. Her music ministry has reached the nations as she ministered on a 15 city European (France) tour in 2006.
     She has served as emcee and host for many events, concerts and showcases throughout the Midwest. Tonya ministers the Word of God in workshop sessions on topics such as Worship and Integrity in Music Ministry.
     As a songwriter, she has written songs that have been recorded by such national recording artists as Tonex and Helen Baylor with others yet to be released. As a background vocalist, she has traveled with Byron Cage, Percy Bady, Lisa McClendon among others. She has shared the stage and opened for such artists as Shirley Caesar, CeCe Winans, Fred Hammond, Israel Houghton, Dorinda Clark-Cole, Mary Mary and Tye Tribbett to name a few.
     Tonya is now signed as an artist with Kingdom Records. She is excited about this next season of her life as the recording, “Special Friend”, will be released nationally and be available in stores on August 19, 2008 which will be distributed through the Universal Music Christian Group. You can hear her at Kingdom Records or Tonya Baker's MySpace.

November 9th, 2008

A service celebrating 125 years of congregational life. Sermon was delivered by special guest speaker, Rev. Terry Cripe, LCMS Ohio District President. Special musical guest, Jim Mittelstadt, organist. Formal dinner followed in the Fellowship Hall. Listen to the Service.

St. Peter's Lutheran Church, 18000 Van Aken Blvd., Shaker Heights, OH, 44122