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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Submit prayer requests to: www.bit.ly/SOTPpray
To join our prayer chain and receive requests, email Donna at donna@sotpmail.com
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
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!
From Pastor Mark
Dear Ones,
As the New Year begins, Matthew 2:12 (the text for Epiphany, January 6) offers a quiet but powerful word of guidance: “Having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they left for their own country by another road.” The Magi’s journey did not end at the manger. Encountering Christ changed not only their destination, but their direction.
The New Year often invites us to keep moving forward on familiar paths—habits, routines, assumptions that feel safe because they are known. Yet this verse reminds us that faithfulness sometimes means listening for God’s warning and being willing to choose a different road. The Magi trusted that God’s guidance, even when it disrupted their plans, would lead them toward life and away from harm.
As we step into a new year, we do so with dreams, hopes, and perhaps fears. Matthew 2:12 invites us to pause and ask, where might God be redirecting us? What paths no longer serve love, justice, or faith? Following Christ may call us to leave behind old routes marked by fear, resentment, or complacency, and to walk a road shaped by courage, compassion, and trust.
The New Year is not just about turning the calendar, but about being open to transformation—returning home changed, and choosing, by God’s grace, another way forward.
May the peace of Christ, which surpasses all understanding, guard your hearts and minds as we step into a new year—hopeful, grateful, and filled with expectation for all that God will do among us.
In Christ’s love,
Pastor Mark
Contact Pastor Mark at: pastormark@sotpmail.com
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.
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Shepherd of the Prairie has a document that is helpful to have filled out for your loved ones as they plan your funeral.
This funeral planning guide is available online at www.bit.ly/SOTPplan or as a hard copy in the church office.
Shepherd of the Prairie Lutheran Church, Huntley, IL
CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
DECEMBER 2025
A HUGE thank you to our amazing kids, parents, volunteers, and leaders who made this year’s Christmas Program such a meaningful gift to our church family! Your joy, hard work, and dedication beautifully reminded us Jesus truly is the reason for the season.
