Blogs And Devotionals (Page 32)
CYF Blast & Family Tip Of The Week September 22,2022
September 22, 2022 Dear Peace families and friends, This weekend at Peace, we will be giving Bibles to our 3rd grade students. When a child is baptized (there is a baptism on Sunday too!), parents, sponsors, and the congregation make promises: To live with children among God’s faithful people To bring them to the word of God and the holy supper To teach them the Lord’s Prayer, the Creed, and the 10 Commandments To place in their hands the holy scriptures…
E-note September 16, 2022
September 16, 2022 Dear Peace members and friends, At the end of today’s e-note, I have an important announcement and invitation to our Sunday morning Adult Education Hour a week from this Sunday, September 25,th that I think many of you will be interested in, so be sure to read today’s note to the end. This Sunday, I’m looking forward to preaching about relationships. Relationships—be they marriage or any kind of partnership or close friendship—often just happen. But after we realize we’re in relationship with another human…
CYF Blast & Family Tip Of The Week September 15, 2022
Dear Peace families and friends, I want to say thank you to all of you who have made our fall kickoff week so special. Many volunteers came together to host our Gathering Sunday meal, and more yet who helped lead worship. Our middle school Confirmation students gathered for the first time yesterday evening, as did our high school students, and our new parents of teens group. And this weekend, our Sunday School year begins, with thanks to all of our…
E-note September 9, 2022
September 9, 2022 Dear Peace members and friends, It’s great to be back from vacation! The time away was refreshing and renewing and I’m excited about the months ahead, seeing all of you, and making the most of the all the opportunities to grow in faith and life this fall season. It begins this Sunday, “Gathering” Sunday. In worship (9:30am), we’ll begin a new fall sermon series: “Great Stories of the Bible.” Over the next weeks, we’ll look at some familiar Biblical stories and…
CYF Blast & Family Tip Of The Week September 8, 2022
September 8, 2022 Dear Peace families and friends, Today I have an invitation and a challenge for each of you. First, an invitation. Gathering Sunday is coming up this weekend, and we have a wonderful worship service planned, and it will be followed by a delicious meal in the parish hall. You are all invited, and we can’t wait to see you all, and are so excited to kickoff the new ministry year together. And now, a challenge. I would…
E-note September 2, 2022
September 2, 2022 Dear Peace Members and Friends, I began writing this from under the English Channel! For an old train guy like me, it’s still fun to travel this way (especially on much, much faster trains than those I worked on! 186 mph!). After a whirlwind drive through southern Ireland and a brief time in Paris, Marcie and I are on our way to London. It’s been a wonderful vacation and a fun time away. I do hope that…
CYF Blast & Family Tip Of The Week September 1, 2022
September 1, 2022 Dear Peace families and friends, It’s with great excitement that I share that we are just one Sunday away from Gathering Sunday, which will occur on Sunday, September 11. After worship we hope you and your families will join us for a meal, a time of fellowship, and some ministry previews. That week, our Wednesday evening programming will begin, and Sunday School will begin the following week on September 18. However, to make that happen, we need…