Posts from 2025 (Page 6)
E-Note January 17, 2025
Dear Peace Members and Friends, Wherever you are, I hope you’re staying warm! I identify with Garrison Keillor when he describes a recent return to Minnesota cold: “Nobody is out for a walk, nobody is hanging out, everyone is heading briskly for a car or for a warm building. And there is no complaining. This is the remarkable thing. Nobody says, “My God, it’s cold out, I have no feeling in my face,” because (1) this is not a personal…
CYF Blast January 16, 2025
Dear Families and Friends of Peace, As of Wednesday, registration for summer 2025 is officially open!Our schedule for summer 2025 is as follows: June 23-26: VBS @ Peace July 27-31: Wilderness Canoe Base July 27-August 1: Wapo Youth Camp August 1-3: Wapo Seeds Weekend August 8-10: Family Camp @ Camp Wapo Please see the “Summer Camps” section below for more information and for registration links. An important note on registration: Registrations are taken on a rolling basis. In other words, the earlier you sign…
E-Note January 10, 2025
Dear Peace Members and Friends, Little did I know that when we had an Adult Education Hour in December on “Preventing Becoming a Victim of Fraud and Scams” that I would become one so soon! Many of you caring (and discerning!) Peace members who received an e-mail or text from me in the last day asking “for help” have written or called to find out whether this was a legitimate request from me. To which I said to them and now to all of you: “This…
CYF Blast January 9, 2025
Dear Families and Friends of Peace, As we step into the new year, there are a lot of things that might catch us by surprise. For example, it’s already time to start planning for this summer! Our schedule for summer 2025 is as follows: Vacation Bible School will be hosted at Peace once again, and in partnership with Community of the Cross Lutheran Church. Our students will be venturing to the True North, where they will learn about “Trusting Jesus in…
E-Note January 3, 2025
Dear Peace Members and Friends, Remember Christmas? It’s almost a distant memory now. Many have packed up their trees, the decorations, and returned gifts that didn’t make the cut (or the size!). Those lights don’t seem to twinkle so brightly and the lefse is gone. And we plod into the new year because winter—real winter—begins now. Christmas? “Hark!” the herald angels sang. Then they stopped. And now it seems we are left to fend for ourselves. Not so fast! Sunday…
CYF Blast January 2, 2025
Dear Families and Friends of Peace, Thank you to everyone who helped make this year’s Christmas Program, “Great Joy For All,” possible! This year we give special thanks to: May God’s love bring Great Joy For All this Christmas season and through the New Year! In gratitude and celebration, Pastor Joe Orner