Weekly email for Sunday, March 15, 3rd Sunday in Lent,
I continue to encourage you to join my Facebook as a friend of Peace. This has been a lot of fun and makes our community even stronger. You will need a Facebook account to join.
Sunday’s Sermon and Events
This Sunday we will be reading together the cleanings of the temple by Jesus in the Gospel of John. This story functions a means to understand how Jesus replaces the old temple with himself and how he know becomes the meeting ground for God. We know God through the cross and its power to redeem. The title of my sermon is “Zeal for the House” and I will be preaching about how Jesus great passion for God’s vision of the people of God propelled him to Golgotha.
We will be presenting a scout, “God and Me” award to Colin and Travis Rhodes at the beginning of the 9:45 service. If you have a scout, you might want to consider having him work toward this recognition. See me for more details.
Our Lenten services are going well and the soups have been wonderful. We are half way through so if you are planning to attend at least one, your time is running out. The times are 12:30 and 7:00 with soup meals beforehand.
Pony Express Fundraiser, April 19 (one worship at 10:30, SS at 9:00)
This Sunday we will be kicking off publicity for our Pony Express Property Improvement Fundraiser. 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 (including Pony Rides for the kids) for the whole family. The fundraiser hopes to collect $100,000 to improve our property by:
1. Constructing a safe and fenced playground for 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.
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.
Return a Visit Team Ministry and Sponsors for new members
The Evangelism team see the need to insure that our visitors feel welcome in our community and that new members have someone to befriend them as they join our congregation. We will have a special orientation and training in the return a visit ministry on Sunday, March 22 at 3:00. Call Elly Wells or the church office if you are interested. This ministry is a lot of fun.
Hurricane Ike Cleanup, From our Synod
We are looking at offering a training for lay people who could be team leaders on work projects.
Congregations who are interested in helping out for the long-haul might want
to consider having a team leader trained in project management...it would go
a long way to help us multiply our capacity. If they are interested, they
can let Volunteer Houston know when the register for the work day. Register
with Volunteer Houston (www.volunteerhouston.org) There will be specific
tabs for "Volunteer First". Follow the directions from there. Each
congregation can register as a group, but it would be very helpful to know
approximately how many are planning on coming. You can expect to be doing
roofing, sheet rocking, or other types of repair labor. Please call Carol
Flores, Lutheran Social Services Disaster Response 281-687-7121,
carol.flores@lsss.org, www.lsss.org <http://www.lsss.org/>
Prayer Concerns:
For our congregation to soon collect enough funds to pay our benevolence commitment to the synod. We are currently $2500 behind in our commitment.
For our Pony Express Outreach Appeal the unity and joy will fill our hearts as we seek to grow our congregation
For our Education ministry as they meet this Saturday that they will find wisdom in leading the disciplining of our members
For the police officer wounded in the line of duty last week that he will find healing
For our Lenten journey that we will be renewed in the great gift and identity of baptism.
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