Posts from June 2024
E-Note June 28, 2024
June 28, 2024 Dear Peace Members, I know that a number of you are traveling this coming July 4th week (more about this celebration near the end of this e-note). God’s blessings on your travel, your reunions, your gatherings, and all your celebrations! This Sunday in worship (9:30am), we continue in our sermon series, “Following Jesus in Mark’s Gospel.” In Sunday’s Gospel scene, Jesus meets a desperate woman who has suffered from hemorrhaging for 12 years. She has not only…
CYF Blast June 27, 2024
June 27, 2024 Dear Families and Friends of Peace, It’s been a whirlwind of a week in our CYF ministries since you received last Thursday’s edition of the Blast. Last weekend, from Thursday to Sunday, Peace families attended Family Camp at Wilderness Canoe Base up in the Boundary Waters. And from Monday through today, we have been hosting Vacation Bible School every morning this week with our friends over at Community of the Cross Lutheran Church. During both events, discussions…
E-Note June 21, 2024
June 21, 2024 Dear Peace Members, Believe it or not, I was once a Boy Scout and scouting was, in part, about earning merit badges at summer camp. One of those awards was swimming. And one of the requirements for the badge was to pass a time test treading water. I was pushed off a dock and told, “Keep your head above water.” My fear? I was way, way in over my head. In Sunday worship (9:30am), we’re going to…
CYF Blast June 20, 2024
June 20, 2024 Dear Families and Friends of Peace, VBS begins on Monday, and it’s going to be an incredible week as we go deep sea diving in this year’s program, SCUBA! “Scuba” is our underwater-themed curriculum that has kids dive deep into an adventure full of faith-building fun. Throughout the week, students will travel with their crews to different stations that help kids to grow personally, relationally, and spiritually. Each of these activities will help teach us and show…
E-Note June 14, 2024
Dear Peace members and friends of Peace, Many years ago, I had the opportunity to attend a workshop about helping organizations discover their strengths. At the beginning of the workshop, the speaker asked us to finish this sentence: “The thing that is wrong with most organizations is…….” Then he said, “The answer that you have just given to this sentence is what you will be looking for before you begin working with a group. That is your point of view.…
CYF Blast June 13, 2024
June 13, 2024 Dear Families and Friends of Peace, There are two very exciting events happening in the next two weeks. First, next weekend (Thursday, June 20 – Sunday, June 23) Peace families will be driving up the north shore and across the Gunflint Trail to Wilderness Canoe Base, a camping ministry of Camp Wapo that resides just outside of the Boundary Waters. The second, from Monday, June 24 – Thursday, June 27, Peace will be hosting Vacation Bible School…
E-Note June 7, 2024
Dear Peace members and friends of Peace, Did you know that Jesus had siblings? Yes, Mary and Joseph were his earthly parents, of course, but Mark’s Gospel also tells us that Jesus also had 4 brothers and a few sisters (Mark 6). Jesus had a family! Not only that he didn’t always get along with his family (sound familiar?). On Sunday in worship (9:30am), continue in our sermon series, “Following Jesus in Mark’s Gospel” with a message about Jesus’ family,…
CYF Blast June 6, 2024
Dear Families and Friends of Peace, The first week of summer. For many (particularly those under 22, and especially those under 18), it’s a release of the pressure they’ve been feeling for the last nine months, an immediate release valve as their shoulders drop and their worries lighten. For others (particularly those with children), the months out of school mean increased family time and more time off, but also the reality of needing to make plans for when you’re working…