What Do We Do?
The Mission Team’s focus is on any mission opportunity beyond the doors of SOTP.
We are to Enlighten, Encourage and Equip!
Enlighten
We inform of mission opportunities.
Encourage
We encourage folks to take advantage of the available opportunities in whatever way they can. (Anyone at any time can participate on their own or in a group.)
Equip
We provide opportunities for folks to participate by setting up special times/days :
- Feed My Starving Children
- Northern IL Food Bank
- Grafton Food Pantry
- Habitat for Humanity restore work days
- collections of the Welcome pack items for Exodus for vetted refugee families VA(not immigrants),
- Collections to help disaster reliefs
- And so much more.
If you have any questions—-or—
If you have any 501C charity you would like the mission team to look into—Please do let us know.
Contact: Sandy Hupert, Mission Team Leader, at sandyhupert@gmail.com
Information from the mission team
Calling All Soup Chefs
We had a fantastic Dinner Church worship experience this Lent. 
A big part of that was the delicious soups brought by many. So, we have decided to put together our SOTP SoupBook with all of those delicious recipes. If you brought a soup for Dinner Church or if you just have a wonderful soup recipe, please send them our way so we can include them. Please email your recipe to donna@sotpmail.com If you have any questions, please contact Donna Kelly via email or through the church office. Thanks, and happy souping!
Contact: Donna Kelly at donna@sotpmail.com
From the Congregational Treasurer
As monetary donations are given to Shepherd of the Prairie Lutheran Church, it is important that our counters and contributions secretary are informed of the following: 
- the donor’s name, and
- the breakdown of the amount of the donation or the per cent of the donation that should be credited to the General Fund, the Mortgage Service Fund or any other fund.
- For those donors who are using the pre-printed envelopes provided by SOTP, the blanks on the envelopes need to be filled out so that the donation is credited to the proper account.
- For those donors who are submitting donations by check but without an envelope, please make sure that the donor’s name is on the check and the breakdown of the donation is indicated on the “memo” line of the check.
Over time, we have experienced some problems with being able to credit members’ accounts when checks are received directly from banks or other financial institutions without any identifying information about the donor. Many of these donations are qualified charitable distributions (QCDs) from retirement accounts.
To help alleviate this situation, I ask that each member who has a financial institution directly submitting checks to SOTP to please notify that institution that your name needs to be provided either on or along with your check. This will be very helpful in making sure that your donation gets properly credited to your account.
Thank you for your assistance in helping address this matter and thank you for your continued support of SOTP.
Blessings to you all.
George Attaway, Treasurer
Contact: George Attaway galaonthelake@yahoo.com
Barber Shop Chorus
The New Tradition ] Chorus is an award-winning a cappella chorus singing in the TTBB range with members from Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. 
Chartered in 1982, this Illinois District chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society has a long-standing reputation for delighting audiences through exciting harmonies and memorable performances of songs spanning decades and genres. The chorus rehearses in Glenview, IL
Visit the church website at www.bit.ly/SOTPARTIST for further information on the Artist Series or email at artistseries@sotpmail.com
With Thrivent
The Heartbeat of SOTP
What are small groups?
Gatherings of 4-12 people for learning, sharing, fellowship, service and more Jesus had many disciples or followers, but he had his special small group of 12. As his apprentices, they learned to live and serve as he did.
7s GROUPS
- Monday 1pm at SOTP Annette Petersen petersenannette12@ gmail.com Study: THE CHOSEN
- Thursday 6:30pm (Group is Full) Jim & Kim Stancl’s home kstancl@comcast.net Study: THE CHOSEN
- Thursday 7pm Steve & Carol Legel’s home sjvet@yahoo.com STUDY: THE CHOSEN
- Thursday 6pm –at SOTP Donna Kelly donna@sotpmail.com
FRIENDS BIBLE STUDY
- A study for women of all ages Mondays at 12:30 pm Linda Dungey lindajsd88@gmail.com
NEXT STEP FELLOWSHIP
- Join with other Seniors for fellowship activities or outings. Fourth Saturday of each month 10am Phyllis Thompson phyllisthomson@aol.com
BOOK CLUB
- Come join the fun as we enter into new adventures through books! First Thursday of each month-at SOTP– Candace Beck, candybeck48@gmail.com
HOLY SMOKERS
(Group is full)
- Men’s Bible Study Group meets Tuesday 7pm via Zoom
COFFEE fellowships
- Women’s Coffee Fellowship—Friday 10am –McDonalds in front of Walmart in Huntley
- Men’s Coffee Fellowship—Tuesday 8:30am -McDonalds in front of Walmart n Huntley
Register at:
For more information on small groups, contact: Donna Kelly at donna@sotpmail.com
For Thrivent Members
Matt & John Drafall will be at church on Saturday March 9th and Sunday March 10th to assist you with directing any Choice Dollars you may have accrued. 
They need to be directed by March 31st, or the money will be lost.
In the past 10 years, Thrivent Financial has sent SOTP an average between $5,000.00 & $6,000.00 each year.
Contact: Ralph Wehnes ralphwehnes@sbcglobal.net
In the Sanctuary
Ask your hearing care professional how. Some hearing aids are set up where they might have an app on your cellphone that says “telecoil mode”, and you’ll activate that. You might have the ability to adjust the volume up and turn down for the microphone level. But again, talk to your hearing care professional, they should be able to show you all those options, and then play around with it, when you’re in church.
Contact: your hearing aid professional
May
Scissors Needed
Happy New Year everyone! 
As always our ladies have been hard at work making some fun and some beautiful quilts. As you can see, this quilt isn’t quite finished, but won’t this be special for someone?
We are asking for a donation of some new, high quality fabric scissors to the quilters. We had one pair and they have gone missing. They are the only scissors that really cut the fabric for us.
Contact: Bev Kenny krkbjk@comcast.net
