About Us

Our History

"St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Elgin Texas is a congregation which is deeply rooted in a small town which is experiencing rapid expansion because of a close proximity to the capitol city of Austin. The City of Elgin recently coined the phrase “perfectly situated” to describe itself. We believe that St. Peter’s is also “perfectly situated” in its ability to grow and prosper in our community. The community has grown exponentially and St. Peter’s hopes to encourage growth within the newest sections of our community.

Our congregation is one that has a rich history of involvement in the community. Our members can be found leading and participating in almost every community organization that supports others. Some examples are the Community Food Bank, Meals on Wheels program, Relay for Life, Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, Friends of the Elgin Library, Operation Christmas Child, Elgin Caregivers, Elgin Soup Kitchen, Crop Walk and many others. We are arguably one of the most active congregations in our local community.

At present our congregation is made up of 350 members. This number is derived from a thorough update of our membership rolls, which was completed in July of 2011. Our congregation is led by Pastor Sam Brannon.

Our congregation is ready to change and grow in our life as a church body. We are ready for new ideas and are excited about the possibilities of expanding our ministries to include many new families of all social, ethnic and economic backgrounds."

Past President,
Stephen Kylberg

Our Mission

Revealing God's love through human hands: Seeking, Sharing, Serving

Our Purpose

Through words and Sacraments,
to reach out and share the good news of God's love in Jesus Christ;
to gather, prepare and equip people
to witness and minister in daily life to human needs as individuals and together.
This we do with praise and thanksgiving to God.

What We Believe

St. Peter's Lutheran Church is an Evangelical community of Christian believers. "Evangelical" is derived from the German word that means "Good News."

God loves the world and sent Jesus to show us the Way, the Truth, and the Life. That is "good news" because it means we have a path to follow and a place to go for health, healing, and solace. God pulls us out of a life of self-centered misery so we can in-turn live to serve the people God loves As such, we are a part of God's reign of mercy today.

We believe that God is expressed in the mystery of the Holy Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

We believe that Jesus of Nazareth is the Messiah or "Christ," that he is what it would look like if God were walking on the Earth as one of us.

Because Jesus is in Heaven with God, we believe Jesus' promise that the Holy Spirit is present now and walking along side of us, guiding us, loving us, consoling, disciplining, and directing us.

We believe that God, through the Biblical Word and the sacraments of Baptism and Holy Communion, offers us unmerited forgiveness of our sins, now and throughout eternity.