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Greetings from Peace! October is winding now, which means that it’s time for our annual celebration of our Lutheran heritage this week on Reformation Sunday! Please join us this Sunday morning at 9:30am when we gather for a festive worship service followed by our “Harvest Fest!” During worship we’ll sing, pray, and hear a message about the life of Martin Luther and the beginning of the Reformation that took place over 500 years ago. And then after worship during the…

Greetings from Peace Lutheran Church! It’s been a cool, drizzly few days outside at Peace, but it’s been nice and dry inside! We’ll just have to wait and see what the rest of these fall days have in store for us! Last Sunday morning we had a great day – our kids blessed the Lutheran World Relief Personal Care Kits during the Children’s Message, we learned about healthy sleep practices during the Adult Education Hour, and the Transition Team held…

Greetings from Peace Lutheran Church! What a great week we’ve just had! On Sunday, we gathered for worship, Sunday School, Personal Care Kit Packing, and another Transition Forum during our Adult Education Hour. On Monday our Transition Team met to take our next steps forward in the Call Process. (Have you signed up for a Listening Session yet?) And on Wednesday night our Confirmation Kids experienced firsthand what it means to “walk by faith and not by sight” by leading…

Welcome to the first weekend of October! Where did the summer go? Where did the beginning of fall go? Temperatures will soon be dropping (I think next week already!) and we’re on our way to those wonderful fall colors! This past week I had the joy of spending a few days up in Alexandria at the annual Bishop’s Theological Retreat with about a hundred other pastors from the Minneapolis Area Synod. We spent time in worship, prayer, and conversation, as…

Greetings to everyone from Peace Lutheran Church! In the past couple of weeks our church leadership has been gathering for a variety of reasons: The Service and Mission Committee met to discuss their upcoming service projects, the Listening Sessions Team gathered to organize the transitional work we’ll be leading in the next couple of months, and the Church Council met to carry on with their ongoing leadership responsibilities. Peace is a vibrant congregation with excellent lay leaders! Coming up this…

Greetings to all! It’s September and we’re just a few days away from the official start of Fall! The temperatures are just beginning to drop, the leaves are just beginning to turn, and pumpkin spice lattes are just beginning to appear in our coffee cups! And speaking of beginnings, many new things are beginning (or beginning again!) here at Peace. Sunday School has started, Confirmation classes have begun, the Choir has returned, and we’re off and running into a new…

Greetings from Peace Lutheran Church! We had a great time last week at our annual “Gathering Sunday” celebration, Part One! Following a festive worship service, we gathered inside and outside for popcorn, sno-cones, glitter tattoos, a bounce house, and our first ever “Flat Pastor” project! (Have you sent your pictures in yet? (Click here to send it!) This Sunday we’ll be celebrating “Part Two” of our Back-to-School celebration. During worship we’ll be blessing our students, blessing our teachers, passing out…

Greetings from Peace Lutheran Church! The summer is winding down and the energy is winding up! School programs are starting in our neighborhoods and church programs are starting in our congregations! This Sunday we’ll be kicking off the coming year with our annual “Gathering Sunday” events. During worship, we’ll sing our songs, pray our prayers, share in the Lord’s Supper, and hear a word from Jesus about our call to be a community that’s grounded in the cross of Christ.…

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…