10805 Main St. Huntley, IL 60142
Easter Offering
Distribution 2024
SOTP has a heart to reach out to others needs. 
In response this year’s Easter offering will be going to:
- Feed My Starving Children
- Habitat for Humanity
- Northern IL Food Bank
- Turning Point
This is including:
- Easter Loose Offering
- Offerings in Easter Envelopes
- Offerings made online under Easter Offering at: www.bit.ly/SOTPGIVING
Contact: Sandy Hupert sandyhupert@gmail.com
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2024 Offering Envelopes
And Giving Numbers
We have heard from many members that are on electronic giving, that they don’t want or need envelopes. 
We have implemented a new system, where there is an opportunity to opt out of receiving offering envelopes.
Besides electronic giving, if you are on annual or semi-annual giving, you also can opt out of envelopes. Contact Michelle Rankin to get set up.
With this change, many of you will have new envelope numbers for 2024. The 2024 envelopes will be ig envelopesssued sometime in December.
Contact: Michelle Rankin at michelle@sotpmail.com
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Prayer Chain
Submit prayer requests to: www.bit.ly/SOTPpray
To join our prayer chain and receive requests, email Donna at donna@sotpmail.com
A Note From
From Your Stewardship Team
Dear Partner in Ministry:
Generosity is all around us, but sometimes we have to look for it. In the feeding of the 5,000 story in the Bible, significant generosity happened once the child shared (John 6:9). That is how it is here. Once we begin to share, we will see God has blessed us with plenty. 
“507 – (Re)Forming our Faith, (Re)Membering Who We Are, (Re)Acting to God’s Call is the theme of our fall stewardship appeal. This theme points us to the generosity we have witnessed around our church over the last year, but also reminds us of our rich heritage and our responsibility to continue to make Christ known.
There are always reasons to worry there might not be enough. As people of faith we plan, prepare, and trust in the abundance of God in all things.
Our grateful response in generosity helps to demonstrate to us and to the world around us God has provided us everything. We have enough, even enough to share.
In the weeks ahead, you will be hearing more about generosity and thankfulness along with celebrating our rich heritage as Lutherans. Newsletter articles, mission moments, emails and more will be used to share this story and our hopes for an even more robust ministry next year. In Christ, we believe the best is yet to come!
In the coming weeks, please engage the materials. Pray about how you can become more generous. Then, on All Saint’s Weekend, November 2-3, please bring your intent card with you to declare the generosity you intend to share with this congregation.
Thanks be to God, you are part of this exciting congregation. Pray for our common work together as we continue to reach out with the Gospel.
Sincerely in Christ,
Mike McCann
Stewardship Team Leader
Email Mike McCann: michealmccann71@gmail.com
Thank You!
Craft Fair & Bake Sale
Our SOTP Bazaar was a success.
A special Thanks to all who helped to set up and take down our bazaar.
Another thank you to all who baked yummy treats and those who crafted wonderful items for sale.
Of course I wouldn’t forget all those who worked at the Bazaar. Everyone is part of our success.
We earned $2003.50 and every penny has gone toward our SOTP mortgage.
THANK YOU!
A Note
From Pastor Mark
In this Easter season, we encounter again the powerful witness of Stephen—the first Christian martyr—through the lens of resurrection hope. His story draws us into our Easter theme… The Courage to Stay Close—(Acts 7) to remain near to Christ even when fear, suffering, or uncertainty press in. And as we celebrate Mother’s Day, we recognize this same courage reflected in the quiet, steadfast love of mothers and those who nurture us.
Jesus’ final words on the cross still echo: “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” In that moment of deep pain, Jesus chose closeness—close to the Father’s will, close to humanity in compassion, close to a love that remains even in suffering. The resurrection proclaims that this love endures. It is stronger than fear, stronger than loss, stronger than death itself.
Stephen lived in that same love. Shaped by the story of Jesus, he stood with courage before those who accused him. He did not pull away in fear but stayed close—to the truth, to the Spirit, and to the love he had received. Even as stones were raised, Stephen saw Christ standing with him. And in his final breath, he offered forgiveness.
This kind of love—steady, sacrificial, enduring—often mirrors the love we see in mothers. A mother’s love stays close in the long nights, in moments of worry, in sacrifices unseen. It forgives, it hopes, it remains. It reflects the heart of Christ—a love that does not walk away, even when it is hard.
This is the gift of Easter: love that remains becomes love that sustains. We are invited into that same courage—to stay close to God, to one another, and even to those who are difficult to love.
As we once again celebrate Mother’s Day, we give thanks to those who have shown us this kind of love. And we are reminded that, in Christ, we are held in a love that never let’s go.
Where is God calling you to stay close today?
Thankful to be part of the ministry we share at Shepherd of the Prairie!
Pastor Mark
Contact Pastor Mark at: pastormark@sotpmail.com
Welcome New Members
February 2025
The weekend of February 22 & 23 we welcomed these new members to our community of faith.
WHAT'S HAPPENING AT SOTP?
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Saturday Night
Ushers Needed
Saturday night ushers needed for the 5th Saturday of the month. 
You would serve ONLY four times a year. Wanted: two persons or a couple to fill this request.
Please join our Team.
Contact: Barb Hoppensteadt hoppen@sbcglobal.net
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