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3/16/2024 Lenten Daily Devotional
John 12:20-33 20Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. 21They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. 23Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies,…
E-Note March 15, 2024
Dear Peace members and friends, Easter is not far off now. And yet, between now and then is Palm/Passion Sunday, Maundy Thursday, and Good Friday—all connected and which, together, tell the story of our salvation in Jesus Christ our Lord. And this Sunday’s 5th Sunday in Lent worship (9:30am) is a preview of the next two weeks. The Gospel reading for the day (John 12:20-33) describes it. When some Greeks who come looking for Jesus at Passover, Jesus knew it…
3/15/2024 Lenten Daily Devotional
Hebrews 5:5-10 5So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming a high priest, but was appointed by the one who said to him, “You are my Son, today I have begotten you”; 6as he says also in another place, “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.” 7In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and…
CYF Blast March 14, 2024
Dear Families and Friends of Peace, Our Pancake Brunch Fundraiser is this weekend, and our students are so excited to welcome and host you all! Every dollar raised will go directly to our students to help lower the financial burden on them as we prepare to travel to New Orleans for this summer’s ELCA National Youth Gathering. Food will be served before the service from 8:30-9:15am and after worship from 10:30-11:30am. Sunday School will start at 11:00am instead of 10:45am…
3/14/2024 Lenten Daily Devotional
Jeremiah 31:31-34 31The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 32It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, says the Lord. 33But this is the covenant that I will make with the house…
3/13/2024 Lenten Daily Devotional
Acts 13:16-26 16So Paul stood up and with a gesture began to speak: “You Israelites, and others who fear God, listen. 17The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it. 18For about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness. 19After he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their…
E-Note – Lent – March 12, 2024
Dear Peace Members and Friends, Lenten Midweek worship and fellowship continues tomorrow night with worship at 6:30pm, preceded by dinner being served, beginning at 5:30pm! One long time tradition of Lent is to focus on the passion of our Lord Jesus Christ—the events, the people—and its meaning for our lives. And that’s what we are doing this year, in a sermon series entitled, “God in Pain: The Suffering of Jesus….and Our Own Suffering.” Tomorrow night, we will look at what…
3/12/2024 Lenten Daily Devotional
Mark 9:30-41 30They went on from there and passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it; 31for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him, and three days after being killed, he will rise again.” 32But they did not understand what he was saying and were afraid to ask him. 33Then they came to Capernaum; and when he was in the…
3/11/2024 Lenten Daily Devotional
John 1:35-46 35The next day John again was standing with two of his disciples, 36and as he watched Jesus walk by, he exclaimed, “Look, here is the Lamb of God!” 37The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. 38When Jesus turned and saw them following, he said to them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi” (which translated means Teacher), “where are you staying?” 39He said to them, “Come and see.” They came and…
3/9/2024 Lenten Daily Devotional
John 3:14-21 14And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. 16“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. 17“Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be…
E-Note March 8, 2024
Dear Peace members and friends, First of all, remember the time change this Sunday–clocks are set forward! “Is it still Lent?” they asked, (emphasis on “still”), with a certain amount of weariness. “When is Easter, again?” Unspoken was the thought, “Enough of this Lent stuff—crosses and sin and its consequences—let’s get to the good stuff; the Good News of Jesus’s resurrection, Easter hymns, and lilies!” I understand. And so, for hundreds of years, has the church. On this coming 4th…
3/8/2024 Lenten Daily Devotional
Ephesians 2:1-10 1You were dead through the trespasses and sins 2in which you once lived, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient. 3All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else. 4But God, who is rich in mercy,…