St. Peter's has its roots in Germany when an entire village chose to immigrate to America rather than give up their religious heritage.

The congregation started a Christian Day School in 1843, that continues to provide education for children from the surrounding communities.

St. Peter's originally was a member of the Buffalo Synod, which through a series of mergers became part of the American Lutheran Church, and finally, the ELCA.

The need to make Christ known has most recently taken the shape of exchanging the structures of denominational Lutheranism for the freedom of function offered by LCMC.

The first educational building in Walmore was built of clay and timber at the north end of a lot donated by Friedrich Haseley.

The furious clanging of the bell, coming unexpectedly in the middle of the afternoon, notified the Walmore families that some disaster had occurred.

This seemingly overwhelming schedule of classes, and variety of subjects to be taught by a single teacher, required much cooperation from the parents as well as very strict discipline of the students.

Major offenses could mean writing 100-200 "lines", staying in at recess or lunch hour, or for the incorrigible ones, punishment could mean being sent out to cut a willow branch and it would then be used to spank the child.

Hours had been spent in preparation for the church program; songs had to be rehearsed, recitations memorized.

There was a pot bellied stove in the northwest comer to provide heat and as many desks as required to accommodate the fluctuating number of students.

There was no indoor plumbing; two "little houses" complete with Sears catalogs served as "Johnny on the Spot".

Subsequently, over the years the scope and size of St. Peter's Christian Day School has changed and increased to include foreign languages, home economics, and computer science.