For Sunday March 8

Peace Facebook

Be sure to check out Peace Lutheran’s Facebook. I am posting pictures and regular updates about what is happening in the congregation. It’s kind of fun and you can control the amount of information you want to share.  You need to have a Facebook account to become a “Friend of Peace”.  Facebook is a great way to feel connected to your church friends during the week. As time passes I can see this becoming a wonderful way to build our community and reach out to others.  We can do a lot with it.

To find our Facebook go to Facebook and search Peace Lutheran.  I am posting pictures and videos that make it personal.

Sermon Title and Theme

I will be preaching about “Taking up the Cross” and what redemptive suffering for others means. I want to lift up how suffering for others is a great sign of Christ’s church.  When we lose our life for others, we gain it.

Daylight Savings Time

This Sunday is daylight saving time Sunday and everyone needs to move their clocks forward one hour.

Saturday Ministry Events

This Saturday we will be having a Men’s Brotherhood breakfast at 7:30 at Peace and a Lay Ministry Workshop at 9:00. The workshop is about growing and supporting Lay Ministry at Peace.

Education Ministry Workshop, Saturday, March 14, 9:00am at Peace

This workshop is for everyone interested in growing the education ministry at Peace. We will spend the morning working on our current Sunday School Program, Vacation Bible School Plans, Confirmation and other items. Everyone is welcome! We will be done by 12:00 noon.

Pony Express Fundraiser, April 19

This Sunday we will be kicking off publicity for our Pony Express Property Improvement Fund raiser.  On Sunday, April 19 at 10:30am we will begin this fundraiser with one worship service and a Bar-B-Que cook off and “Round Up” with games and activities for the whole family.  The fundraiser hopes to collect $100,000 to improve our property by:

1. Constructing a safe and fenced playground for neighborhood children (We have already raised about $12,000 for this project. Estimated cost is $30,000)
2. Constructing a LED Sign for Fairmont Parkway that will advertise our activities and ministries to the community (Estimated cost is $50,000)
3. Purchasing pull down screens, projectors and LCD Panels for our sanctuary and narthex. (Estimated cost is $20,000)

We will collect estimate of giving cards from everyone by passing a saddle bag from home to home. No money will be collected with the bag, but we encourage everyone to give prayerful consideration to how much they estimate they will give to this special fund.  Inside your route’s bag will be a special envelope with your name on it and an estimate of giving card with return envelope for you to seal and place in the saddle bag.  These saddle bags will eventually make their way back to Peace.  If you would like to make a one time donation, please return your envelope with the donation inside to the church.

On the “Round Up” Sunday, April 19, we will begin passing these bags.

As always the success of this mission outreach depends on the participation of everyone. Please choose one or more of the following ministries:

1. Pray for God’s Spirit to move in our hearts with faith, generosity, joy, enthusiasm and unity for sharing the Gospel through giving to these projects (no pessimism or discouragements).
2. Sign up to be one of the Bar-B-Que cook off teams in the narthex. We are asking that you cook your favorite Bar-B-Que dish either at your home or here on church grounds for the April 19 meal and round up. We will have special prizes and recognitions. We want each team to have a name. We would like to have at least 15 teams.
3. Offer to be a “station agent” that monitors the movement of the saddle bags on a predetermined route. You do not have to carry the bag from home to home, only insure that the bag does not get stuck in one place. We will have special training to help you. You will not have to ask anyone for money. We need 30 to 40 of these agents.
4. Offer to help decorate, set up, or clean up on Round Up Sunday. We would like to have at least 10 people to help with this effort.