Posts from August 2025

Greetings from Peace Lutheran Church! I’m looking forward to gathering for worship as usual this Sunday morning where we will sing, pray, and hear a word of hope from scripture. The passage we will hear has to do with humility and hospitality in a world where we have too little of either. Yes, I’m thinking of the tragic shooting on Wednesday at Annunciation Catholic Church and School in south Minneapolis. It’s still hard to know how to respond. So in…

Greetings from Peace! Today is August 22, the second day of the State Fair. It’s often called the “Great Minnesota Get-together”, and for good reason – people from all walks of life gather for food, fun, and festivities. Speaking of which, did you know that Peace Lutheran helps out regularly with another “Great Minnesota Get-together”? On the third Tuesday of every month, several Peace members gather at Christ the King Lutheran Church just a few miles from here and prepare…

Dear Peace Community, Greetings from Peace! As of today we are officially halfway through August – the summer continues to slip away! But there is still plenty of warmth (and even HEAT) for us in these “Dog Days of Summer.” Our Transition Team has met TWICE now and continues to lay the foundation for our work ahead. Last Monday night we divided our work into various subcommittees (Communications Team, Written Survey Team, Listening Sessions Team) and we also elected our…

Dear Peace Community, Greetings on this fine Friday morning! This new Interim Pastor survived his first morning of worship last Sunday, and then gathered the very next day to meet with the Transition Team. We’re off and running! At that initial meeting, we discussed the importance of doing our work slowly and carefully, without rushing through it. The immediate work ahead is not simply about “filling a position” but rather it’s about “catching a vision” of God’s Spirit leading us…

Dear Peace Community, Last Sunday morning, Pastor Mark led his final worship service at Peace Lutheran. He and Marcie will now begin the next chapter of their lives together after nineteen years of faithful service in this congregation. Even in the midst of this change in leadership, the ministry of Peace Lutheran remains the same: each Sunday morning we will continue to gather to pray, to sing, and to share the meal of Holy Communion, and we will continue to…