PRAYERS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Family and friends of Gail Wogsland.
Jon Cook; Millie Mutka; Barb Zima and her friends Stefan Sladek, Dave Butschli, Mick, Steven and Marilyn Hummel; Gregory Bowens; Laurie Nelson; Amber Ross’s daughter Linda; Randy & Diane Niemczyk’s daughter Julia VanAvery, niece Sarah Joda, and their dear friend Denise Hazel; Karen Stanton’s sister Sioux Vasarella; Dick Volland; Valeria Hesselberg; Chris Markussen; Anne Verona’s sister/brother-in-law Pat & Woody Woodworth; Dawn Gonitzke’s brother Scott Premo; the Ebert’s friends Patricia Kulzick and John Oliver; the Waggoner’s sister-in-law Cheryl Busse; Karen Engels and her niece Lisa and friends Bob and Dawn; Ann Carlson’s people Stacy, Enid, Carolina, Curt, and Troy; and peace for all nations and comfort for those in distress.
PRAYER LIST PROCEDURE – Submit your prayer requests to the office in writing, by phone, by email or in person. If requesting prayers for someone other than yourself or an immediate family member, please obtain permission – unless the circumstances are public in nature.
WORSHIP ON FACEBOOK – Live on Facebook on Sundays at 9:00 & posted later for viewing.
GUESTS – if you are visiting us today, please sign our book at the entrance to the sanctuary.
QUILTERS UNTIE! – I mean unite to tie. Tie one on with the quilting group as they assemble quilts. Meet every first and third Wed of the month 9:30 to 11:30 am.
COMMUNION CARDS – there are yellow communion cards in the Narthex. If you were at the Annual meeting and took communion – you do not need to fill one out. These cards only need to be filled out once a year.
PANCAKE/PACZKI SUNDAY – is March 2nd after Worship. A not-to-be-missed event!
SHOUT OUT TO ST. PETERS – they did a big grocery run for the Weekend Backpack Program!
THRIVENT CHOICE DOLLARS – Attention Thrivent Members, you can support the ministries of Prince of Peace through the Thrivent Choice Dollars. Login in to your account at Thrivent.com. For more details check with Mike Bishop or Pastor Grant.
WINTER DOLDRUMS GOT YOU DOWN? – get your Vit D checked! If your Vit D is low – you’ll be feeling low as well.
LADIES WHO LUNCH – their luncheon for this month will be this coming Monday, February 10, at 11:30 a.m. at Agave Azul. Please contact Karen Tobin at tobinktt@gmail.com if you will be attending. And – of course – no boys allowed!
FUN FACT – Feb 9th is National Pizza Day! So is the Super Bowl! Coincidence? I think not.
In keeping with my space allotment – all further fun fantastic football facts will be found in the fabulous announcement email.
And here it is!
First off – since Sunday is National Pizza Day – here – according to the Minocqua Foodies group on FaceBook are the current pizza standings.
2025 Winter Northwoods PIZZA power rankings!!
1. Greenhills Conover
2. Big Dipper Park Falls
3. Monical’s Arbor Vitae
4. Clubhouse Woodruff
5. Minocqua Pizza Co. Minocqua
6. Spangs St Germain
7. Dina Mia Rhinelander
8. Preuss’s Pub Arbor Vitae (Crab Rangoon Pizza)
9. Ye Olde Shillelagh Manitowish Waters
10. Aiello’s Eagle River
11. Bad Bones Arbor Vitae
12. Sayner Pub Sayner
13. Rustic Pines Minocqua
14. Jailhouse Rhinelander
15. Hilltop Rathskeller
Here is some history about the two teams and the game itself. Plus – in the Narthex is a full-on Super Fan/Super Bowl trivia quiz – only 20 copies. It is for the true diehard football fan. (I didn’t take the quiz – I’m pretty sure I would fail)
Some history about the Kansas City Chiefs:
In 1959, Lamar Hunt began discussions with other businessmen to establish a professional football league that would rival the National Football League. Hunt’s desire to secure a football team was heightened after watching the 1958 NFL Championship Game between the New York Giants and Baltimore Colts. After unsuccessful attempts to purchase and relocate the NFL’s Chicago Cardinals to his hometown of Dallas, Texas, Hunt went to the NFL and asked to create an expansion franchise in Dallas. The NFL turned him down, so Hunt then established the American Football League and started his own team, the Dallas Texans, to begin play in 1960.
Hunt agreed to relocate the franchise to Kansas City on May 22, 1963, and on May 26, the team was renamed the Kansas City Chiefs. Hunt and head coach Hank Stram initially planned to retain the Texans name, but a fan contest determined the new “Chiefs” name in honor of Mayor Bartle’s nickname that he acquired in his professional role as Scout Executive of the St. Joseph and Kansas City Boy Scout Councils, and founder of the Scouting Society, the Tribe of Mic-O-Say. Despite the historical use of Native American features, it has been acknowledged that the team’s naming was not a direct reference to Native Americans but only to Bartle’s nickname “Chief”.
If someone were to get hurt, the Chiefs wouldn’t have to turn to their medical staff, they could turn to the offensive line. Lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif finished his medical degree while playing for the team and will become the first medical doctor to play in the NFL and of course, the Super Bowl.
Some history about the Philadelphia Eagles:
The Philadelphia Eagles’ first coach was Greasy Neale! Neale was born on November 5, 1891, in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Although writers eventually assumed that Neale got his nickname, “Greasy”, from his elusiveness on the football field, it actually arose during his youth, from a name-calling joust with a friend.
Greasy was a baseball player to start and later played football – becoming a coach while he was still playing football.
The Eagles were the only team to ever beat Vince Lombardi’s Packers in the playoffs. The Packers only suffered one playoff loss during Lombardi’s legendary, nine-year tenure: In the 1960 NFL Championship Game, the Eagles prevailed over the Packers at Franklin Field by a final score of 17-13.
In 2017, the city of Philadelphia tried greasing streetlight poles to prevent Eagle fans from celebrating on them. It didn’t stop Eagle fans however. There are many pictures of Eagle fans climbing the greased streetlights.
Two Star Wars films contain hidden Eagles references. Lucasfilm sound engineer David Acord loves his Philadelphia Eagles. When he was tasked with devising a language for the reptile-like alien Teedo in 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Acord had the beast say “Celek” and “Fletcher” onscreen. This was a reference to Eagles tight end Brent Celek and defensive tackle Fletcher Cox. For Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Acord passed off an Esperanto translation of “Fly, Eagles Fly” as a mystical Jedha City chant.
Things the teams have in common:
Both teams were coached by Dick Vermeil and Andy Reid!
Random Trivia
Question: What team has played in four Super Bowls but never held a lead?
Answer: Minnesota Vikings
Question: What teams have won the most Super Bowls?
Answer: Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots (6 each)
Question: What teams haven’t appeared in a single Super Bowl?
Answer: Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars
Question: What team has participated in the most Super Bowl games?
Answer: New England Patriots (11)
Question: How much does the Lombardi Trophy weigh? And who makes it?
Answer: Seven pounds/Tiffany & Co.
Question: Which player has the most Super Bowl rings in history?
Answer: Tom Brady (7)
Question: What city hosted the coldest Super Bowl ever?
Answer: New Orleans
Question: Who holds the record for most passing yards in a Super Bowl?
Answer: Tom Brady
Question: Which two starting quarterbacks won Super Bowls with two different teams?
Answer: Peyton Manning (Colts and Broncos) and Tom Brady (Patriots and Buccaneers)
Question: How many chicken wings are consumed on Super Bowl Sunday?
Answer: 1.45 billion
Question: How much do Americans spend on beer for Super Bowl Sunday?
Answer: $1.3 billion
Question: What two teams are tied for most Super Bowl losses?
Answer: New England Patriots and Denver Broncos (5 losses each)
Question: What was the lowest-scoring Super Bowl in history?
Answer: Super Bowl LIII saw the New England Patriots defeat the Los Angeles Rams, 13-3.
Question: What is the highest score ever by one team in a Super Bowl game?
Answer: 55 points by the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XXIV
What does football have to do with being a Lutheran? Not much. I did find a couple of articles about football and religion, but nothing that resounded with me enough to share it. Have a great Sunday!
FYI – I love pizza. I like football. I prefer college ball over pro-football. But – I do like watching a good football game regardless. I’ll go back to our regularly scheduled Ann-ouncements next week.