Founded on October 20th, 1901 by Slovak immigrants to the United States of America, the congregation was originally located in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago. In 1957, the congregation relocated to its present site at 250 Woodside Road (31st and DesPlaines) in the near western suburb of historic Riverside Illinois. Today we continue to welcome all to join us in the worship of our lord and savior, Jesus Christ.
The congregation is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Slovak Zion Synod. We hope you will join us in worship at Sts. Peter and Paul so that our life together might more fully represent “the fullness of him who fills all in all” (Ephesians 1:23). You are invited to contact our pastor or office staff to obtain further information about the congregation and its programs or to arrange for a visit.
Logo History and Meaning
The congregational logo of Sts. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church was designed in 2001 by art teacher and life-long member of the congregation Paul Gavac in observance of the Centennial celebration of the congregation. The logo appears in the weekly worship folders, on church letterhead and refrigerator magnets, occasionally in newsletters, newspaper ads, publicity and on banners. Recently, it even appears on paychecks.
The logo emphasizes the centrality of the cross and resurrection of Jesus Christ, signified by the rising sun, as well as the Holy Trinity, one God in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The Trinity is not static but dynamic. It is not isolated and distant but in relationship and imminent. The joined hands signify what is known in the Orthodox Communion as “the dance of the Holy Trinity” (perichoresis). In this depiction, it is a circle dance around the cross and rising sun. This also alludes to the Church as the moving generations of the communion of saints in joined lives through our baptism into Christ's death and resurrection. You may also note the “shield of faith” (Ephesians 6:16) or banner suspended from one arm of the cross to convey movement forward into the open future of the cross and resurrection.
The logo was updated for the church's digital media in 2020.
The congregational logo of Sts. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church was designed in 2001 by art teacher and life-long member of the congregation Paul Gavac in observance of the Centennial celebration of the congregation. The logo appears in the weekly worship folders, on church letterhead and refrigerator magnets, occasionally in newsletters, newspaper ads, publicity and on banners. Recently, it even appears on paychecks.
The logo emphasizes the centrality of the cross and resurrection of Jesus Christ, signified by the rising sun, as well as the Holy Trinity, one God in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The Trinity is not static but dynamic. It is not isolated and distant but in relationship and imminent. The joined hands signify what is known in the Orthodox Communion as “the dance of the Holy Trinity” (perichoresis). In this depiction, it is a circle dance around the cross and rising sun. This also alludes to the Church as the moving generations of the communion of saints in joined lives through our baptism into Christ's death and resurrection. You may also note the “shield of faith” (Ephesians 6:16) or banner suspended from one arm of the cross to convey movement forward into the open future of the cross and resurrection.
The logo was updated for the church's digital media in 2020.
