JANUARY 31, 2021 at 11AM
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. If you have questions or need assistance for registering please contact the church office (309-688-9212 or office@salemofpeoria.com). If you want to join via the internet, you will need to download Zoom beforehand. Please make sure you have logged off your last meeting on Zoom before trying to connect to this one.
The Zoom access availability will begin (at 10:40am or 20 minutes prior) to avoid everyone trying to access it right at 11am and to confirm that we have a quorum of 50. You do not have to turn on your video. You can use this time to locate the chat box or polling function. Everyone will be put on mute at 11am, so the meeting can start promptly. We ask that you remain muted unless directed by Council President Dave Rees.
Holden Evening Prayer - Marty Haugen
Written in 1985-86 by Marty Haugen during a musical residency at Holden Village in the North Cascade mountains of Washington state. Holden Evening Prayer is a simple Lutheran vespers service that follows traditional form while using contemporary and inclusive language.
Together, we seek to support and draw strength from one another, reaffirming our values as people who have been called, equipped, and sent, and supporting each other’s work in stewardship and justice for all people.
Thank you for your support, understanding and cooperation with state and local leaders who are urging cooperation to help limit the spread of the expanding COVID-19 pandemic. Online resources remain as an effort to continue to gather for worship and prayer. Pastor Craig conducts Services of Prayer and Reflection that will be found on YouTube and Facebook.
Third Sunday after Epiphany As we continue through the time after Epiphany, stories of the call to discipleship show us the implications of our baptismal calling to show Christ to the world. Jesus begins proclaiming the good news and calling people to repentance right after John the Baptist is arrested for preaching in a similar way. Knowing that John was later executed, we see at the very outset the cost of discipleship. Still, the two sets of brothers leave everything they have known and worked for all their lives to follow Jesus and fish for people.
- Readings and Psalm
- Jonah 3:1-5, 10 – Repentance at Nineveh
- Psalm 62:5-12 – God alone is my rock and my salvation. (Ps. 62:6)
- 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 – Living in the end times
- Mark 1:14-20 – The calling of the disciples at the sea
• Masks are required at all times and social distancing will be followed.
• Following the Illinois Department of Public Health guidelines, we will limit participants to 40 at this time.
• Entry and exit will be through the North (2nd floor) main doors only.
• Participants are asked to line up outside and ushers will escort you to your seat following pre-defined paths to allow for social distancing and minimize crossing of paths.
If registration reaches it 40 participant limit, and you wish to be placed on a waitlist please click here. Waitlist registration does not guarantee a seat reservation.
In-Sanctuary Worship Guidelines
Please take a moment before attending indoor worship services to review the In-Sanctuary Worship Guidelines.

Faith at Home Resumes
Faith at Home Sunday School resumed on January 10. Celebrate Epiphany and listen to the stories as Jesus begins his ministry.
