For Sunday, March 27, 2011
Third Sunday In Lent
For a list of upcoming activities go to http://www.mychurchevents.com/calendar/calendar.aspx?ci=G1K5L6N8L6I3N8
Be sure to check out our website http://welcometopeace.com
If you cannot attend this Sunday, you can still make an offering using our online service at Contribute Online. Thank you for your commitment to our mission and ministry.
We invite you to become a friend of Peace on the Peace Facebook webpage. Facebook is an online social networking site that helps communities of friends stay connected on an on-going basis. The cost is free. Facebook is a lot fun and you will enjoy the connections. You will need a Facebook account to join. Go to http://facebook.com for more information and search Facebook for Peace Lutheran Church, Pasadena Texas. We look forward to you joining.
Sunday’s Events
Saints of Faith Milestone At 11 Am Worship: Last week our third graders learned about what are saints, what does it mean to be a saint in today’s world, and about the people that helped spread the Christian faith. On Sunday the following students will receive a blessing and a milestone gift from the congregation: Charlie Beck, Noah Chicoria, Ariana Gonzales, Kaley Hagemeister, Rhiannan Hicks, Naoum Mashraqi, Michelle McDonald, Kadin Pettigrew, Mykenzie Shaw and Nathaniel Swick.
A Message from Pastor Galen
This Sunday we will meet a woman who received living water from Jesus. This Gospel story is told in John 4:5-42. She was a foreigner to Jesus. He was a Jewish man and she was a Samaritan woman. Jesus broke with social norms and engaged the woman in a theological conversation. But the deeper meaning of this encounter is the amazing grace of God. Jesus also offers us the gift of living water. That gift is mercy and forgiveness that we cannot earn. Like the woman of Samaria we need to receive it as a gift from God. Come to the waters of life! Meet Jesus once again! See you in church. Pastor Galen
Midweek Lenten Worship
Our midweek Lenten theme this year will be a reflection on our life together as a congregation. The springboard for this reflection will be Dietrich Bonhoeffer's little book entitled Life Together. This classic in spiritual literature is still available in print if you want to read it on your own. Our Lenten reflections will not be a book study or strictly speaking a Bible study, so having the book and reading it will not be necessary. Pastor Galen will offer his reflections on the five chapters of Bonhoeffer's book.
March 30: The Day Alone.
April 6: Ministry.
April 13: Confession and Communion.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer is commemorated on our ELCA church calendar in remembrance of his resistance to Hitler and his death as a martyr in that cause on April 9, 1945. Bonhoeffer helped form the Confessing Church and headed its underground seminary. His well known books, The Cost of Discipleship and Life Together reflect his effort to establish a faith community that was faithful to the Gospel in the face of grave social injustice by the Nazis.
Plan to join us each Wednesday during the season of Lent for services at 12:30 pm and 7:00 pm. A soup lunch will be held at 11:45 am and our usual soup suppers at 6:00 pm.
ELCA Disaster Response to the Japan Earthquake & Pacific Tsunami
On March 11, one of the largest earthquakes struck Japan near the town of Sendai triggering tsunami warnings across the Pacific Ocean. The initial earthquake was followed by 30-foot waves, devastating Japan’s coastal areas, and more than 50 aftershocks. The death toll continues to mount as assessments of the damage are finding their way out through contacts on the ground. Local officials are also assessing impact to new technology such as nuclear power plants, transportation and communication networks.
The Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church (JELC) has reported minimal damage to its churches in Tokyo and is assessing the full extent of impact to JELC congregations near the epicenter, particularly Sendai Lutheran Church. The ELCA, through the churchwide unit for Global Mission, currently has 22 missionaries serving in schools and parishes of the JELC; all have been found to be safe and secure.
The ELCA stands in solidarity with its companion on the ground, the JELC, as it assesses the safety and security of its members and communities served by the church. Through its predecessor bodies, the ELCA has been present in Japan since 1892 and will accompany the JELC in its planned response to this disaster. Elsewhere in the Pacific region, the ELCA remains in contact with companions in the Pacific Islands, South America and throughout the coastal region of the United States to respond as needed to the tsunamis caused by the earthquake.
If you would like to donate to the ELCA Disaster Response you can send your check directly to ELCA Disaster Response, 39330 Treasury Center, Chicago, IL 60694. Please write “Pacific Earthquake and Tsunami” on your check’s memo line.
Girls’ Night Out: March 25, 6:30-8:30 pm
Flowers are blooming and soon our outdoor activities will be resuming. Spring is in the air as we roll buncos at our March Bunco affair. Don’t forget to wear your favorite Spring color! Cost is $5.00. Last names A-L bring desserts and last names M-Z bring main or side dishes.
Volunteers Needed for Maundy Thursday Worship
The Maundy Thursday evening worship service on April 21st will include the rite of foot washing. We will need 12 volunteers (children and adults) to participate. If you would be interested, please call Monica Clark at (281) 991-7151, or the church office. Sign-up sheets are also available on the servant’s bulletin board in the narthex.
Easter Lilies
If you would like to donate a Lily to be used for our Easter services, please be sure to write your name on the sign-up sheet in the narthex. Lilies should be brought to the church on April 21st or 22nd, and can be taken home following the 11:00 worship service on Easter Sunday.
Ben Remmert’s Commissioning As An Associate in Ministry On April 10th-
Thank you for those that were at our congregational meeting on February 27th to vote and call Ben Remmert as our Associate in Ministry for youth and family ministries. On April 10th Ben will be commissioned at Kinsmen Lutheran Church, 12100 Champion Forest Dr., Houston, at 4:00 pm. Ben would like to extend an invitation to you to celebrate this important event in his life, as well as witness a special ceremony where he will be commissioned by the Bishop Mike Reinhart. A light reception will be held afterwards. Please RSVP Sharon Peebles at slp1029@sbcglobal.net if you plan to attend.
Congregational Survey
As an effort to get the best picture of the congregation and your thoughts and hopes for a new pastor, a congregational survey will be distributed in the next few weeks. One method by which we will be offering the congregational survey is on-line. If you would like to receive a link to the on-line survey but do not currently receive the weekly Peace email, please make sure to include your email address on the worship attendance card.
Lunch Bunch
Bring your family and join us at the Grand Buffet, 8309 Spencer Hwy, on Sunday from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. Any questions call Owen King (281) 961-0803.
Installation of Pastor Gary Morgan-Gohlke
The congregation of Light of Christ Lutheran Church in La Porte, TX announces the installation of Pastor Gary Morgan-Gohlke as their pastor at a service on Thursday, April 7th at 7:00 pm.
Sarah’s House
Just a reminder, as we do our spring cleaning, don't forget Sarah's House. They are always in need of clothing for women and children. Shoes and hand bags also acceptable. Clothing must be clean and in bags, which may be placed in the collection baskets under the Parish Life table. Please prayerfully consider making a donation.
Buck A Chick: For ELCA World Hunger Relief
This Easter, we are going to join congregations from across the nation by having a “Buck-a-Chick” sale. For one dollar, you can purchase and decorate a paper chick for yourself or in honor of a loved one where your gifts will help provide families living in poverty with chicks to provide a source of food and income. If you are going to write a check, please make your checks out to Peace Lutheran with “Buck-a-Chick” in the memo line.
Lutherhill Ministries Golf Tournament
The 10th Annual Lutherhill Ministries Golf Tournament will be held at the Longwood Golf Club in Cypress on Friday, April 15th. 1:30 pm shot gun start. 4 Person Scramble Entry Fee: $110. Sponsorships are also available. Register by April 11th. See further information on the Parish Life bulletin board. Your generous participation and sponsorship of this event helps us to insure that no one is kept from camp due to cost.
Creative Hands Caring and Sharing: Monday Night, March 28 6:30 Pm
We are going to take part in the "Buck A Chick". Join us for a fun, silly night. I will have pictures of the Chick and we will paint, color, dress, decorate, add embellishments, etc. This is open to all and all ages. Everything will be furnished, however you may bring extra jewels or trims, whatever you think will make your chick the best. Who knows, someone might win a prize but one thing for sure your buck will help provide a family in need of eggs to eat and sell at market. The chicks will be on display in the narthex. Cost $1.00 per chick. (Monies will go to ELCA World Hunger.)
Creative Hands will again be making journals for the boys and girls at the Krause Center in Katy. We will need 60 plus black and white non-spiral composition books. I have a few on hand and will purchase a few with our ink rebates but will need more. We appreciate any that you might care to donate. Please watch for times and dates to come and help with this project.
We will also do gift bags for the Krause Center. We are asking for all who travel to please save your unopened and unused hotel toiletries. These are perfect for the gift bags. We need 60 plus shampoos, soaps, lotions and conditioners. We also need small beanie size stuffed toys, decks of cards, toothbrushes and white sport socks for the boys (men sizes) and ladies size sport fun socks for the girls.
Jany
PLEASE CONTINUE TO SAVE YOUR USED INKS AND TONERS. The rebate we get back helps us get our supplies that we need for card making, the blessings and other projects.
Communion Instruction- April 3rd, April 10th, And April 17th At 1:00 pm
It’s coming up, our spring class of Communion Instruction! All students ready for instruction in First Communion (we suggest 3rd grade- 5th grade) are invited to attend classes every Sunday at 1:00 pm on April 3rd , April 10th, and April 17th. We are going to learn more about how communion is our gift of God’s love and grace while learning how it helps us communicate our Christian message. Our children will receive their first communion on April 24th with their families. Please contact Ben Remmert if you have questions. Please sign up today so we can have enough supplies for our class.
From the Youth Director
So we are on our second week in Lent and how have your Lenten practices coming along? I know that many people take this time to give something up in their lives and when they break their commitment, they give up for the rest of Lent. But I challenge you to get back to your practice. When this happens, this is a wonderful time to realize the sacrifice that Jesus did for us as he died for our sins. Take this time to remember the love that God has for you as you go through your journey this Lent season.
Also I would like to invite you in this time of Lent to a prayer station that we made in our narthex. This is a place where you can write a prayer that you have and give this prayer to God by writing on a sticky note and placing it on the wooden cross symbolizing how God takes our prayers and listens to them. There are also other Lent goodies that you can use to help make this time special for your friends and family.
God Bless,
Ben Remmert
Youth Lent Focus: Becoming a Contagious Christian
Lent is the time to focus our attention to the ministry of Jesus Christ. Our Wednesday night evenings are focused on how to equip our youth in relational evangelism by discovering your own style of communicating about Christ, how to build spiritual significant relationships, telling your own story, and having some fun doing so. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Jr. High Human Dignity Retreat: April 8-9
What this is not is a Sex Ed. Retreat. However, this is a place to have caring and warm discussions where we will talk about how we are relational beings and how God has given us the gift of sexuality. This is a lock-in only for our Jr. High students and we are going to Holy Comforter Lutheran Church where we will be with 5 other Lutheran congregations. There will be food, games, fellowship, and meaningful conversations. For parents, we just had our meeting, but we can email you a copy of the meeting which discusses about the weekend. We will meet at Peace Lutheran Church at 6:00 pm and be back at Peace on April 9th at 8:00 pm. Cost is $30 which includes three meals, snacks, transportation, and our activities. Sign ups are on the youth and family ministry bulletin board. Please sign up by April 3rd. More questions please contact Ben Remmert.
Family Seder Meal on April 20th at 6:30 pm
During Holy Week, we are going to celebrate our time together with a Seder Meal where we will come together to have a family friendly Seder Meal. After our meal, we will have our Jr. High and Sr. High perform their Easter production. It’s going to be a time to come together for fellowship, come together in prayer, and come together to learn more about our shared Christian history. We will need a count for food, so please be sure to sign the sheet on the table in the narthex. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Calling Our Jr./Sr. High Actors For An Easter Performance
It’s closer than you think. With such a successful Christmas Program, we are going to be putting on another production for our Easter service and we need some help! As of right now we are looking for Jr. High and Sr. High students who would like to perform in a production that has to do with the Easter Message. If you are interested, please contact Ben Remmert for more information as we are beginning our rehearsal.
Sunday Refuge For Jr. & Sr. High @ 9:45 am!
Are you ready for a new experience? Are you needing a time to be amongst people your age? Why not come to a place of Refuge where you can explore your faith while having a blast doing it! This will not be your typical Sunday School class you have experienced in the past. There will be food, games and activities, and time to listen to the gospel in a new light with a message that reflects our world today. Bring a friend!
Camp Hope Paid Staff Interviews-April 2 & 3
Camp Hope is an opportunity for our Jr. High and Sr. High to lead in a 3 week day camp where we teach the good news of Christ through games, worship, interactive story telling, snacks, crafts, expressive arts, and service. If you have not turned in your staff application, please contact Ben Remmert as we will begin our interviewing for staff on April 2nd. Please sign up on a time that you can come in to interview on our Camp Hope bulletin board in the narthex.
Youth Garage Sale on April 16th!
To help raise funds for Camp Hope and summer ministries this summer, we are going to host a garage sale here at Peace. We will also be serving lunch at the garage sale. So if you have items in your closet, attic, or garage that are collecting dust and just need a reason to donate, why not help our youth as they are preparing for our summer outreach ministries. If you plan on donating items, please plan on bringing them over to Peace Lutheran Church and the items can be placed in Ben Remmert’s office. For more information, please contact Ben.
Easter Extravaganza 2011 on April 23 At 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
It’s almost here. Our time together for our Easter Extravaganza where we will have our church wide Easter Egg Hunt for our 2 year olds to 5th graders.
We’ll also decorate our flower cross for Easter Sunday worship, create Easter Baskets for our shut-ins, and come together for a light meal. It’s going to be a lot of fun and we hope that all of our children and families can make it out to this very memorable event. The hunt starts promptly at 10:20 am, so don’t be late.
We would also like the kids to bring fresh flowers to help decorate the cross. If you would like to donate individually wrapped candy for the hunt, there will be a box in the narthex for your donations.
Lutherhill Summer 2011!
If you are planning on going to Lutherhill this summer, we need you to sign up as soon as possible. Spots are filling fast and we need a good head count so we can put down our deposit. Remember that if you are in 1st-5th grade, we are going to Lutherhill on August 7th-12th, 2011 and 6th-8th are going to Lutherhill on June 19th-24th. Sign Ups are on the youth and family bulletin board for summer ministries and see the pictures form our Rally Day. More questions? Contact Ben Remmert.
Deep Leadership Meeting: Sunday at 2 pm Upstairs
Our leadership team is called “DEEP” because we are going to dive into our ministry together, head first. We are going to begin our times together discussing about the research done on the spiritual lives of American youth by Kendra Dean in Almost Christian. Kendra Dean has made some new discovers that can help us grow in our ministry. This meeting will be about finalizing our ministries in April, discussions about Camp Hope, and also about our summer ministries together. So if you are interested in becoming a leader in our youth and family committee, please contact Ben Remmert.
Family Meal Nights with the Youth Director
Thank you for those families that have already talked to me about a time to meet, but for those that have not, there is still time! I am still committed to meeting all of our families here at Peace Lutheran. I have placed a sign-up sheet on our youth bulletin board for families to sign up on the day and time that you would like to schedule a meal together where we can bond together as Brothers and Sisters in Christ. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Jr. High, Sr. High and Young Adults
Are you a youth and are searching for a community to belong to? Do you want to have fun with people your own age? Why not come and give youth group a try. This is a time where we are going to build on our community through fellowship, prayer, devotion, and a meal together as a group. We are wanting this to be an engaging time for our youth so the more the better! Here is the schedule for our youth groups for 2011.
Jr. High – Sundays at 5-6 pm
Sr. High – Sundays at 4-6 pm
Young Adults – Wednesdays at 7-8:30 pm
Camp Hope Registration for Summer!
This summer Camp Hope is themed as our own circus! Camp Hope is a ministry where our youth who are 5 years old through 5th grade are invited to our three week Day Camp. Expect an action packed day for school children which includes Bible stories, crafts, games, (indoor & outdoor), songs and more. Campers are cared for by trained High School and College age Small Group Leaders and Support Staff. Camp Hope is from July 11-15, July 18-22, July 25-29. So make sure to register now to get in on our early bird discounts by April 30th. Registration forms can be found on the table in the narthex. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert or Camp Manager Jessica Gaul.
VBS 2011 Pandamania – July 31-August 5
Vacation Bible School is just around the corner! A wild celebration of God’s unconditional love! At PandaMania VBS, kids will discover that God has a purpose and a plan for everyone and that he crafted each of us with his own loving hands. Make sure to check out our VBS board in the narthex for more up to date information as we move closer to our event.
Sr. High Summer Adventure in Corpus Christi, TX
For this summer, we are going to head down to Corpus Christi, TX from June 15th-18th where we will camp on the beach, go deep sea fishing, catch a hooks game, and so much more. While down in Corpus Christi, we are going to talk about what it means to be Lutheran in the South and how rich our Lutheran identity is in this time of age. Sign ups will be on the youth and family ministry board. Cost will be $150 which will cover transportation, room and board, and meals. If you have any more questions, please contact Ben Remmert.
Sr. High/Young Adults- Paintballing: April 3
We’re going to paintball with our neighborhood Lutheran church, House of Prayer, right after church on April 3rd and we should be back for closing prayer and devotion. Cost is $20 which covers the paintballs and rental equipment. Make sure to also fill out a Release form. Sign ups are on the youth and family bulletin board. Bring a friend. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
The Brotherhood
Gentlemen, mark your calendars, bring a guest and plan to join us on Saturday, April 2nd at 8:00 am in the Fellowship Hall for our monthly breakfast and meeting. If you have any questions please contact Weldon Wilkerson.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Friday, March 18, 2011
For Sunday, March 20, 2011
Second Sunday In Lent
For a list of upcoming activities go to http://www.mychurchevents.com/calendar/calendar.aspx?ci=G1K5L6N8L6I3N8
Be sure to check out our website http://welcometopeace.com
If you cannot attend this Sunday, you can still make an offering using our online service at Contribute Online. Thank you for your commitment to our mission and ministry.
We invite you to become a friend of Peace on the Peace Facebook webpage. Facebook is an online social networking site that helps communities of friends stay connected on an on-going basis. The cost is free. Facebook is a lot fun and you will enjoy the connections. You will need a Facebook account to join. Go to http://facebook.com for more information and search Facebook for Peace Lutheran Church, Pasadena Texas. We look forward to you joining.
Sunday’s Events
LWR Fair Trade Coffee on Sale
The midweek Bible Study group is a “partner” in the coffee business and sells coffee, tea and hot cocoa mix through the Lutheran World Relief Fair Trade Coffee Project. By using Fair Trade coffee and other products in our congregation and homes, we are helping farmers receive a fair price that covers their cost of production and guarantees them a living wage for their labors. Look for the table in the narthex.
St. Patrick Day Celebration: March 20, 12:30 pm-2:00 pm
It’s that time of the year again. Wear your green with pride, but it’s also a time of celebration of Saint Patrick, the Saint that helped spread Christianity. We’ll have a church family picnic here at Peace Lutheran with games, food (Potato Bar: $6.00/Adults, $3.00/Children under 10, an enjoy our Christian community together as we share our church’s history.
A Message from Pastor Galen
The Scripture readings for Sunday, March 20th are rich: God's call to Abram and Sarah in Genesis 12:1-4a, Psalm 121 where we are told to lift up our eyes to the hills in expectation of God's help, Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 where Paul speaks of Abraham's faith, and John 3:1-17 where Jesus speaks to Nicodemus about a new birth by the Spirit. It's a richness fit for a feast. Some of you may have celebrated St Patrick's Day. Did some of you celebrate St Joseph's Day with an Italian feast? Come to worship this Sunday for a foretaste of the feast that is to come! Let us remember, "God so loved the world." You are God's creation. Let us remember, God doesn't make junk! Like Abraham and Sarah, we have been blessed to be a blessing.
Midweek Lenten Worship
Our midweek Lenten theme this year will be a reflection on our life together as a congregation. The springboard for this reflection will be Dietrich Bonhoeffer's little book entitled Life Together. This classic in spiritual literature is still available in print if you want to read it on your own. Our Lenten reflections will not be a book study or strictly speaking a Bible study, so having the book and reading it will not be necessary. Pastor Galen will offer his reflections on the five chapters of Bonhoeffer's book.
March 23: The Day with Others.
March 30: The Day Alone.
April 6: Ministry.
April 13: Confession and Communion.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer is commemorated on our ELCA church calendar in remembrance of his resistance to Hitler and his death as a martyr in that cause on April 9, 1945. Bonhoeffer helped form the Confessing Church and headed its underground seminary. His well known books, The Cost of Discipleship and Life Together reflect his effort to establish a faith community that was faithful to the Gospel in the face of grave social injustice by the Nazis.
Plan to join us each Wednesday during the season of Lent for services at 12:30 pm and 7:00 pm. A soup lunch will be held at 11:45 am and our usual soup suppers at 6:00 pm.
Ben Remmert’s Commissioning As An Associate in Ministry On April 10th-
Thank you for those that were at our congregational meeting on February 27th to vote and call Ben Remmert as our Associate in Ministry for Youth and Family Ministries Ben will be commissioned in a service at Kinsmen Lutheran Church on April 10th at 4:00 pm. A light reception will be held afterwards. Ben would like to extend an invitation to you to celebrate this important event in his life, as well as witness a special ceremony where he will be commissioned by the Bishop Mike Reinhart. If you have any questions, please contact Ben Remmert.
Call Committee Notes of March 13, 2011 Meeting
Great progress was made in our meeting and we are looking forward to getting input from the congregation. There will be a Congregational Survey form available soon for your input.
A part of the Call Process involves identifying candidates for review. This "list of candidates" usually comes from the Synod as they look for an adequate match of pastor and church. But members of the congregation may also nominate pastors for The Call Committee to consider. Here is the process to nominate possible candidates:
Complete the "Pastoral Candidate Nomination Form" – which is located on the Call Committee Bulletin Board.
Drop the form in the "Council Suggestion" Drop Box located on the table in the Narthex. The Call Committee Council representative will then forward this to the Call Committee for consideration.
It is important that the Congregation has input into the call process and your opinions are valuable to us.
Think on this – "What is God’s will for Peace?"
Blessings,
Peace Lutheran Call Committee
From the Special Call Committee Prayer Group
TAKE TIME TO BE CAREFUL OF....
Your thoughts,
For they become your words.
Your words,
For they become your actions.
Your actions,
For they become your habits.
Your habits,
For they become your character.
Your character,
For it becomes your life.
Have a blessed, careful day!
"Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to move your feet."
Remember to pray for:
The Call Committee, the pastor the Lord is preparing for service at Peace, the ministry of Pastor Knutson, as he serves as interim pastor and for Ben Remmert, as he leads the Youth and Family Ministry of Peace.
Congregational Survey
As an effort to get the best picture of the congregation and your thoughts and hopes for a new pastor, a congregational survey will be distributed in the next few weeks. One method by which we will be offering the congregational survey is on-line. If you would like to receive a link to the on-line survey but do not currently receive the weekly Peace email, please make sure to include your email address on the worship attendance card.
Lunch Bunch
Bring your family and join us at the Grand Buffet, 8309 Spencer Hwy, on March 27th from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. So that we can plan for enough seating please be sure to sign up on the Parish Life bulletin board in the narthex, next to the chapel. Any questions call Owen King (281) 961-0803.
Senior Citizen’s Day Cancelled
Senior Citizen’s Day, scheduled for Wednesday, March 23rd, is cancelled for this month. Join us at 11:45 am for our midweek Lenten soup lunch followed by our worship service.
Installation of Pastor Gary Morgan-Gohlke
The congregation of Light of Christ Lutheran Church in La Porte, TX announces the installation of Pastor Gary Morgan-Gohlke as their pastor at a service on Thursday, April 7th at 7:00 pm.
Sarah’s House
During the month of March we will be collecting items in Jars: peanut butter, jelly, spaghetti sauce etc, and also canned soups. Sarah’s House is a shelter for women and their children who have fallen on hard times. They rehabilitate the women and get the children back in school. Please prayerfully consider donating one or two items. It would be greatly appreciated.
Lutherhill Ministries Golf Tournament
The 10th Annual Lutherhill Ministries Golf Tournament will be held at the Longwood Golf Club in Cypress on Friday, April 15th. 1:30 pm shot gun start. 4 Person Scramble Entry Fee: $110. Sponsorships are also available. Register by April 11th. See further information on the Parish Life bulletin board. Your generous participation and sponsorship of this event helps us to insure that no one is kept from camp due to cost.
Creative Hands
We will again be making journals for the boys and girls at the Krause Center in Katy. We will need 60 plus black and white non-spiral composition books. I have a few on hand and will purchase a few with our ink rebates but will need more. We appreciate any that you might care to donate. Please watch for times and dates to come and help with this project.
We will also do gift bags for the Krause Center. We are asking for all who travel to please save your unopened and unused hotel toiletries. These are perfect for the gift bags. We need 60 plus shampoos, soaps, lotions and conditioners. We also need small beanie size stuffed toys, decks of cards, toothbrushes and white sport socks for the boys (men sizes) and ladies size sport fun socks for the girls.
Jany
PLEASE CONTINUE TO SAVE YOUR USED INKS AND TONERS. The rebate we get back helps us get our supplies that we need for card making, the blessings and other projects.
Lutheran World Relief Sewing Kits
March & April items will be collected for World Relief Sewing Kits. Many retailers will be running their yard goods on sale. Wal-Mart in Pasadena is a great place to purchase your material also. The following items are needed to assemble a sewing kit:
Cotton or cotton blend fabric (no knits or 100%
polyester)
2- 1/4 yds of 60" wide fabric, or
3 yds of 44" wide fabric, or
4 yds of 36" wide fabric
1 pkg of 10-15 needles
1 spool of matching general purpose thread, 250-
300 yds
6 to 10 average size matching buttons (1/2 to 3/4
preferred)
Please prayerfully consider a sewing kit for World Relief. Thanks for your support and help through out the year. Remember to continue to save your cancelled stamps.
From the Youth Director
So we are well underway for Lent as we approach this time to reconcile with God. This includes sorrow for our sins as your life changes when you admit that Christ suffered and died for your sins, a time of spiritual growth, and a renewed commitment in the hope and faith of Jesus Christ. But the popular notion of lent is the fasting of something that is close in our lives to remember Christ’s temptation with the devil. However, did you know that you can also take this time to study scripture, a time for prayer and reflection, or a time for good deeds? So my question for you is what are your spiritual practices that you are doing for Lent? Come on over to my office and write your practices on my dry erase board.
Also I would like to invite you in this time of Lent to a prayer station that we made in our narthex. This is a place where you can write a prayer that you have and give this prayer to God by writing on a sticky note and placing it on the wooden cross symbolizing how God takes our prayers and listens to them. There are also other Lent goodies that you can use to help make this time special for your friends and family.
God Bless,
Ben Remmert
Sunday Refuge for Jr. & Sr. High @ 9:45 am!
Are you ready for a new experience? Are you needing a time to be amongst people your age? Why not come to a place of Refuge where you can explore your faith while having a blast doing it! This will not be your typical Sunday School class you have experienced in the past. There will be food, games and activities, and time to listen to the gospel in a new light with a message that reflects our world today. Bring a friend!
Camp Hope Paid Staff Applications- Turn Them in Asap!
Camp Hope is an opportunity for our Jr. High and Sr. High to lead in a 3 week day camp where we teach the good news of Christ through games, worship, interactive story telling, snacks, crafts, expressive arts, and service. It’s an opportunity for Peace to be a part of one of the most successful outreach and youth leadership programs that our synod offers to our youth and families. If you have not turned in your staff application, please contact Ben Remmert as we will begin our interviewing for staff on April 2nd so please sign up on a time that you can come in to interview.
Saints of Faith Milestone: March 20 at 9:45 am and March 27 at 11 am Worship
We are given our time together as a gift of God’s creation. People are given the choices to do what they want with their time. Our Christian faith calls us to live the life of the servant, the life that Jesus Christ lived. But can we truly live this life style? For those that accept the call to live the life of the suffering servant and preach the good news of Jesus Christ to the community, these are saints. This is what we are going to ask of our third graders for this milestone celebration as they will be learning about the people that helped shape our Christian story and heritage and how we can continue to shape the Christian story. So be sure to mark your calendar for this important milestone. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Youth Garage Sale on April 16th!
To help raise funds for Camp Hope and summer ministries this summer, we are going to host a garage sale here at Peace. We will also be serving lunch at the garage sale. So if you have items in your closet, attic, or garage that are collecting dust and just need a reason to donate, why not help our youth as they are preparing for our summer outreach ministries. If you plan on donating items, please plan on bringing them over to Peace Lutheran Church after March 20th. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Lutherhill Summer 2011!
If you are planning on going to Lutherhill this summer, we need you to sign up as soon as possible. Spots are filling fast and we need a good head count so we can put down our deposit. Remember that if you are in 1st-5th grade, we are going to Lutherhill on August 7th-12th, 2011 and 6th-8th are going to Lutherhill on June 19th-24th. Sign Ups are on the youth and family bulletin board for summer ministries and see the pictures form our Rally Day. More questions? Contact Ben Remmert.
Deep Leadership Meeting: Next Meeting Sunday March 27th @ 2 pm
Our leadership team is called “DEEP” because we are going to dive into our ministry together, head first. This is again a time for us to come together to gather and share the vision of Peace Lutheran’s ministry but also a time for our leaders to come together for devotion and have some discussions about passing on the faith to our youth. We are going to begin our times together discussing about the research done on the spiritual lives of American youth by Kendra Dean in Almost Christian. Kendra Dean has made some new discovers that can help us grow in our ministry. So if you are interested in becoming a leader in our youth and family committee, please contact Ben Remmert.
Family Meal Nights with the Youth Director!
Thank you for those families that have already talked to me about a time to meet, but for those that have not, there is still time! I have been here for 9 months and I am still committed to meeting all our families here at Peace Lutheran. I have placed a sign up sheet on our youth bulletin for families to sign up what day and time you would like to schedule a meal together where we can bond together as Brothers and Sisters in Christ. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Jr. High, Sr. High and Youth Group!
Are you a youth and are searching for a community to belong to? Do you want to have fun with people your own age? Why not come and give youth group a try. This is a time where we are going to build on our community through fellowship, prayer, devotion, and a meal together as a group. We are wanting this to be an engaging time for our youth so the more the better! Here is the schedule for our youth groups for 2011.
Jr. High- Sundays at 5 pm- 6pm
Sr. High- Sundays at 4 pm- 6 pm
Young Adults- Wednesdays at 7 pm-8:30 pm
Communion Instruction- April 3rd, April 10th, And April 17th At 1 pm
It’s coming up, our spring class of Communion Instruction! All students ready for instruction in First Communion (we suggest 3rd grade- 5th grade) are invited to attend classes every Sunday at 1pm on April 3rd , April 10th, and April 17th we are going to learn more about how communion is our gift of God’s love and grace while learning how it helps us communicate our Christian message. Our children will receive their first communion on April 24th with their families. Please contact Ben Remmert for more questions. Please sign up by March 27 so we can have enough supplies for our class.
Sr. High and Jr. High Hunger Famine Lock-In- March 25th- March 26th
Final Sign Ups Sunday! We will be going over to Kinsmen Lutheran Church with other Lutheran congregations from March 25th – March 26th! All Senior High and Junior High are invited as we will have activities for both grades and activities that are to engage them on their own level. We are going to learn more about world hunger and participate in a 30 Hour Famine to help raise money for Lutheran World Relief to help the world fed the world. It’s going to be a blast! Please bring $5 to help pay for dinner and breakfast. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Jr. High Human Dignity Retreat: April 8-9
What this is not is a Sex Ed. Retreat. However, this is a place to have caring and warm discussions where we will talk about how we are relational beings and how God has given us the gift of sexuality. This is a lock-in only for our Jr. High students and we are going to Holy Comforter Lutheran Church where we will be with 5 other Lutheran congregations where there will be food, games, fellowship, and meaningful conversations. For parents, we will come together on March 21st at 6:30 pm to discuss what we will be talking with your youth about. We will meet at Peace Lutheran Church at 6 pm and be back at Peace on April 9th at 8 pm. Cost is $30 which includes three meals, snacks, transportation, and our activities. Sign ups are on the youth and family ministry bulletin board. Please sign up by March 21st. More questions please contact Ben Remmert.
Youth Lent Focus: Becoming A Contagious Christian
Lent is the time to focus our attention to the ministry of Jesus Christ. So with Lent coming around the corner, we are going to have our Wednesday Night evenings focused on how to equip our youth in relational evangelism by discovering your own style of communicating about Christ, how to build spiritual significant relationships, telling your own story, and having some fun doing so. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Calling Our Jr./Sr. High Actors For An Easter Performance
It’s closer than you think. With such a successful Christmas Program, we are going to be putting on another production for our Easter service and we need some help! As of right now we are looking for Jr. High and Sr. High students who would like to perform in a production that has to do with the Easter Message. If you are interested, please contact Ben Remmert for more information as we are beginning our rehearsal.
Family Seder Meal on April 20th At 6:30 pm
During Holy Week, we are going to celebrate our time together with a sedar meal together where we will come together to have a family friendly seder meal. After our meal, we will have our Jr. High and Sr. High perform their Easter production. Its going to be a time to come together for fellowship, come together in prayer, and come together to learn more about our shared Christian history. We will need a count for food, so please sign the sheet on the table in the narthex if you plan to attend. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Buck A Chick: For ELCA World Hunger Relief
This Easter, we are going to join congregations from across the nation by having a “Buck-a-Chick” sale. For one dollar, you can purchase and decorate a paper chick for yourself or in honor of a loved one where your gifts will help provide families living in poverty with chicks to provide a source of food and income. If you are going to write a check, please make your checks out to Peace Lutheran with “Buck-a-Chick” in the memo line.
Camp Hope Registration for Summer!
Camp Hope this summer is themed as our own circus! Camp Hope is a ministry where our youth who are 5 years old through 5th grade are invited to our three week Day Camp. Expect an action packed day for school children which include Bible Stories, crafts, games (indoor & outdoor), songs, & more. Campers are cared for by trained High School and College age Small Group Leaders and Support Staff. Camp Hope is from July 11-15, July 18-22, July 25-29th. So make sure to register now to get in on our early bird discounts by April 30th. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert or Camp Manager Jessica Gaul!
VBS 2011- Pandamania – July 31 – August 5
Vacation Bible School is just around the corner! A wild celebration of God's unconditional love! At PandaMania VBS, kids will discover that God has a purpose and a plan for everyone and that he crafted each of us with his own loving hands. Make sure to check out our VBS board in the narthex for more up to date information as we move closer to our event!
Second Sunday In Lent
For a list of upcoming activities go to http://www.mychurchevents.com/calendar/calendar.aspx?ci=G1K5L6N8L6I3N8
Be sure to check out our website http://welcometopeace.com
If you cannot attend this Sunday, you can still make an offering using our online service at Contribute Online. Thank you for your commitment to our mission and ministry.
We invite you to become a friend of Peace on the Peace Facebook webpage. Facebook is an online social networking site that helps communities of friends stay connected on an on-going basis. The cost is free. Facebook is a lot fun and you will enjoy the connections. You will need a Facebook account to join. Go to http://facebook.com for more information and search Facebook for Peace Lutheran Church, Pasadena Texas. We look forward to you joining.
Sunday’s Events
LWR Fair Trade Coffee on Sale
The midweek Bible Study group is a “partner” in the coffee business and sells coffee, tea and hot cocoa mix through the Lutheran World Relief Fair Trade Coffee Project. By using Fair Trade coffee and other products in our congregation and homes, we are helping farmers receive a fair price that covers their cost of production and guarantees them a living wage for their labors. Look for the table in the narthex.
St. Patrick Day Celebration: March 20, 12:30 pm-2:00 pm
It’s that time of the year again. Wear your green with pride, but it’s also a time of celebration of Saint Patrick, the Saint that helped spread Christianity. We’ll have a church family picnic here at Peace Lutheran with games, food (Potato Bar: $6.00/Adults, $3.00/Children under 10, an enjoy our Christian community together as we share our church’s history.
A Message from Pastor Galen
The Scripture readings for Sunday, March 20th are rich: God's call to Abram and Sarah in Genesis 12:1-4a, Psalm 121 where we are told to lift up our eyes to the hills in expectation of God's help, Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 where Paul speaks of Abraham's faith, and John 3:1-17 where Jesus speaks to Nicodemus about a new birth by the Spirit. It's a richness fit for a feast. Some of you may have celebrated St Patrick's Day. Did some of you celebrate St Joseph's Day with an Italian feast? Come to worship this Sunday for a foretaste of the feast that is to come! Let us remember, "God so loved the world." You are God's creation. Let us remember, God doesn't make junk! Like Abraham and Sarah, we have been blessed to be a blessing.
Midweek Lenten Worship
Our midweek Lenten theme this year will be a reflection on our life together as a congregation. The springboard for this reflection will be Dietrich Bonhoeffer's little book entitled Life Together. This classic in spiritual literature is still available in print if you want to read it on your own. Our Lenten reflections will not be a book study or strictly speaking a Bible study, so having the book and reading it will not be necessary. Pastor Galen will offer his reflections on the five chapters of Bonhoeffer's book.
March 23: The Day with Others.
March 30: The Day Alone.
April 6: Ministry.
April 13: Confession and Communion.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer is commemorated on our ELCA church calendar in remembrance of his resistance to Hitler and his death as a martyr in that cause on April 9, 1945. Bonhoeffer helped form the Confessing Church and headed its underground seminary. His well known books, The Cost of Discipleship and Life Together reflect his effort to establish a faith community that was faithful to the Gospel in the face of grave social injustice by the Nazis.
Plan to join us each Wednesday during the season of Lent for services at 12:30 pm and 7:00 pm. A soup lunch will be held at 11:45 am and our usual soup suppers at 6:00 pm.
Ben Remmert’s Commissioning As An Associate in Ministry On April 10th-
Thank you for those that were at our congregational meeting on February 27th to vote and call Ben Remmert as our Associate in Ministry for Youth and Family Ministries Ben will be commissioned in a service at Kinsmen Lutheran Church on April 10th at 4:00 pm. A light reception will be held afterwards. Ben would like to extend an invitation to you to celebrate this important event in his life, as well as witness a special ceremony where he will be commissioned by the Bishop Mike Reinhart. If you have any questions, please contact Ben Remmert.
Call Committee Notes of March 13, 2011 Meeting
Great progress was made in our meeting and we are looking forward to getting input from the congregation. There will be a Congregational Survey form available soon for your input.
A part of the Call Process involves identifying candidates for review. This "list of candidates" usually comes from the Synod as they look for an adequate match of pastor and church. But members of the congregation may also nominate pastors for The Call Committee to consider. Here is the process to nominate possible candidates:
Complete the "Pastoral Candidate Nomination Form" – which is located on the Call Committee Bulletin Board.
Drop the form in the "Council Suggestion" Drop Box located on the table in the Narthex. The Call Committee Council representative will then forward this to the Call Committee for consideration.
It is important that the Congregation has input into the call process and your opinions are valuable to us.
Think on this – "What is God’s will for Peace?"
Blessings,
Peace Lutheran Call Committee
From the Special Call Committee Prayer Group
TAKE TIME TO BE CAREFUL OF....
Your thoughts,
For they become your words.
Your words,
For they become your actions.
Your actions,
For they become your habits.
Your habits,
For they become your character.
Your character,
For it becomes your life.
Have a blessed, careful day!
"Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to move your feet."
Remember to pray for:
The Call Committee, the pastor the Lord is preparing for service at Peace, the ministry of Pastor Knutson, as he serves as interim pastor and for Ben Remmert, as he leads the Youth and Family Ministry of Peace.
Congregational Survey
As an effort to get the best picture of the congregation and your thoughts and hopes for a new pastor, a congregational survey will be distributed in the next few weeks. One method by which we will be offering the congregational survey is on-line. If you would like to receive a link to the on-line survey but do not currently receive the weekly Peace email, please make sure to include your email address on the worship attendance card.
Lunch Bunch
Bring your family and join us at the Grand Buffet, 8309 Spencer Hwy, on March 27th from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. So that we can plan for enough seating please be sure to sign up on the Parish Life bulletin board in the narthex, next to the chapel. Any questions call Owen King (281) 961-0803.
Senior Citizen’s Day Cancelled
Senior Citizen’s Day, scheduled for Wednesday, March 23rd, is cancelled for this month. Join us at 11:45 am for our midweek Lenten soup lunch followed by our worship service.
Installation of Pastor Gary Morgan-Gohlke
The congregation of Light of Christ Lutheran Church in La Porte, TX announces the installation of Pastor Gary Morgan-Gohlke as their pastor at a service on Thursday, April 7th at 7:00 pm.
Sarah’s House
During the month of March we will be collecting items in Jars: peanut butter, jelly, spaghetti sauce etc, and also canned soups. Sarah’s House is a shelter for women and their children who have fallen on hard times. They rehabilitate the women and get the children back in school. Please prayerfully consider donating one or two items. It would be greatly appreciated.
Lutherhill Ministries Golf Tournament
The 10th Annual Lutherhill Ministries Golf Tournament will be held at the Longwood Golf Club in Cypress on Friday, April 15th. 1:30 pm shot gun start. 4 Person Scramble Entry Fee: $110. Sponsorships are also available. Register by April 11th. See further information on the Parish Life bulletin board. Your generous participation and sponsorship of this event helps us to insure that no one is kept from camp due to cost.
Creative Hands
We will again be making journals for the boys and girls at the Krause Center in Katy. We will need 60 plus black and white non-spiral composition books. I have a few on hand and will purchase a few with our ink rebates but will need more. We appreciate any that you might care to donate. Please watch for times and dates to come and help with this project.
We will also do gift bags for the Krause Center. We are asking for all who travel to please save your unopened and unused hotel toiletries. These are perfect for the gift bags. We need 60 plus shampoos, soaps, lotions and conditioners. We also need small beanie size stuffed toys, decks of cards, toothbrushes and white sport socks for the boys (men sizes) and ladies size sport fun socks for the girls.
Jany
PLEASE CONTINUE TO SAVE YOUR USED INKS AND TONERS. The rebate we get back helps us get our supplies that we need for card making, the blessings and other projects.
Lutheran World Relief Sewing Kits
March & April items will be collected for World Relief Sewing Kits. Many retailers will be running their yard goods on sale. Wal-Mart in Pasadena is a great place to purchase your material also. The following items are needed to assemble a sewing kit:
Cotton or cotton blend fabric (no knits or 100%
polyester)
2- 1/4 yds of 60" wide fabric, or
3 yds of 44" wide fabric, or
4 yds of 36" wide fabric
1 pkg of 10-15 needles
1 spool of matching general purpose thread, 250-
300 yds
6 to 10 average size matching buttons (1/2 to 3/4
preferred)
Please prayerfully consider a sewing kit for World Relief. Thanks for your support and help through out the year. Remember to continue to save your cancelled stamps.
From the Youth Director
So we are well underway for Lent as we approach this time to reconcile with God. This includes sorrow for our sins as your life changes when you admit that Christ suffered and died for your sins, a time of spiritual growth, and a renewed commitment in the hope and faith of Jesus Christ. But the popular notion of lent is the fasting of something that is close in our lives to remember Christ’s temptation with the devil. However, did you know that you can also take this time to study scripture, a time for prayer and reflection, or a time for good deeds? So my question for you is what are your spiritual practices that you are doing for Lent? Come on over to my office and write your practices on my dry erase board.
Also I would like to invite you in this time of Lent to a prayer station that we made in our narthex. This is a place where you can write a prayer that you have and give this prayer to God by writing on a sticky note and placing it on the wooden cross symbolizing how God takes our prayers and listens to them. There are also other Lent goodies that you can use to help make this time special for your friends and family.
God Bless,
Ben Remmert
Sunday Refuge for Jr. & Sr. High @ 9:45 am!
Are you ready for a new experience? Are you needing a time to be amongst people your age? Why not come to a place of Refuge where you can explore your faith while having a blast doing it! This will not be your typical Sunday School class you have experienced in the past. There will be food, games and activities, and time to listen to the gospel in a new light with a message that reflects our world today. Bring a friend!
Camp Hope Paid Staff Applications- Turn Them in Asap!
Camp Hope is an opportunity for our Jr. High and Sr. High to lead in a 3 week day camp where we teach the good news of Christ through games, worship, interactive story telling, snacks, crafts, expressive arts, and service. It’s an opportunity for Peace to be a part of one of the most successful outreach and youth leadership programs that our synod offers to our youth and families. If you have not turned in your staff application, please contact Ben Remmert as we will begin our interviewing for staff on April 2nd so please sign up on a time that you can come in to interview.
Saints of Faith Milestone: March 20 at 9:45 am and March 27 at 11 am Worship
We are given our time together as a gift of God’s creation. People are given the choices to do what they want with their time. Our Christian faith calls us to live the life of the servant, the life that Jesus Christ lived. But can we truly live this life style? For those that accept the call to live the life of the suffering servant and preach the good news of Jesus Christ to the community, these are saints. This is what we are going to ask of our third graders for this milestone celebration as they will be learning about the people that helped shape our Christian story and heritage and how we can continue to shape the Christian story. So be sure to mark your calendar for this important milestone. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Youth Garage Sale on April 16th!
To help raise funds for Camp Hope and summer ministries this summer, we are going to host a garage sale here at Peace. We will also be serving lunch at the garage sale. So if you have items in your closet, attic, or garage that are collecting dust and just need a reason to donate, why not help our youth as they are preparing for our summer outreach ministries. If you plan on donating items, please plan on bringing them over to Peace Lutheran Church after March 20th. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Lutherhill Summer 2011!
If you are planning on going to Lutherhill this summer, we need you to sign up as soon as possible. Spots are filling fast and we need a good head count so we can put down our deposit. Remember that if you are in 1st-5th grade, we are going to Lutherhill on August 7th-12th, 2011 and 6th-8th are going to Lutherhill on June 19th-24th. Sign Ups are on the youth and family bulletin board for summer ministries and see the pictures form our Rally Day. More questions? Contact Ben Remmert.
Deep Leadership Meeting: Next Meeting Sunday March 27th @ 2 pm
Our leadership team is called “DEEP” because we are going to dive into our ministry together, head first. This is again a time for us to come together to gather and share the vision of Peace Lutheran’s ministry but also a time for our leaders to come together for devotion and have some discussions about passing on the faith to our youth. We are going to begin our times together discussing about the research done on the spiritual lives of American youth by Kendra Dean in Almost Christian. Kendra Dean has made some new discovers that can help us grow in our ministry. So if you are interested in becoming a leader in our youth and family committee, please contact Ben Remmert.
Family Meal Nights with the Youth Director!
Thank you for those families that have already talked to me about a time to meet, but for those that have not, there is still time! I have been here for 9 months and I am still committed to meeting all our families here at Peace Lutheran. I have placed a sign up sheet on our youth bulletin for families to sign up what day and time you would like to schedule a meal together where we can bond together as Brothers and Sisters in Christ. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Jr. High, Sr. High and Youth Group!
Are you a youth and are searching for a community to belong to? Do you want to have fun with people your own age? Why not come and give youth group a try. This is a time where we are going to build on our community through fellowship, prayer, devotion, and a meal together as a group. We are wanting this to be an engaging time for our youth so the more the better! Here is the schedule for our youth groups for 2011.
Jr. High- Sundays at 5 pm- 6pm
Sr. High- Sundays at 4 pm- 6 pm
Young Adults- Wednesdays at 7 pm-8:30 pm
Communion Instruction- April 3rd, April 10th, And April 17th At 1 pm
It’s coming up, our spring class of Communion Instruction! All students ready for instruction in First Communion (we suggest 3rd grade- 5th grade) are invited to attend classes every Sunday at 1pm on April 3rd , April 10th, and April 17th we are going to learn more about how communion is our gift of God’s love and grace while learning how it helps us communicate our Christian message. Our children will receive their first communion on April 24th with their families. Please contact Ben Remmert for more questions. Please sign up by March 27 so we can have enough supplies for our class.
Sr. High and Jr. High Hunger Famine Lock-In- March 25th- March 26th
Final Sign Ups Sunday! We will be going over to Kinsmen Lutheran Church with other Lutheran congregations from March 25th – March 26th! All Senior High and Junior High are invited as we will have activities for both grades and activities that are to engage them on their own level. We are going to learn more about world hunger and participate in a 30 Hour Famine to help raise money for Lutheran World Relief to help the world fed the world. It’s going to be a blast! Please bring $5 to help pay for dinner and breakfast. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Jr. High Human Dignity Retreat: April 8-9
What this is not is a Sex Ed. Retreat. However, this is a place to have caring and warm discussions where we will talk about how we are relational beings and how God has given us the gift of sexuality. This is a lock-in only for our Jr. High students and we are going to Holy Comforter Lutheran Church where we will be with 5 other Lutheran congregations where there will be food, games, fellowship, and meaningful conversations. For parents, we will come together on March 21st at 6:30 pm to discuss what we will be talking with your youth about. We will meet at Peace Lutheran Church at 6 pm and be back at Peace on April 9th at 8 pm. Cost is $30 which includes three meals, snacks, transportation, and our activities. Sign ups are on the youth and family ministry bulletin board. Please sign up by March 21st. More questions please contact Ben Remmert.
Youth Lent Focus: Becoming A Contagious Christian
Lent is the time to focus our attention to the ministry of Jesus Christ. So with Lent coming around the corner, we are going to have our Wednesday Night evenings focused on how to equip our youth in relational evangelism by discovering your own style of communicating about Christ, how to build spiritual significant relationships, telling your own story, and having some fun doing so. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Calling Our Jr./Sr. High Actors For An Easter Performance
It’s closer than you think. With such a successful Christmas Program, we are going to be putting on another production for our Easter service and we need some help! As of right now we are looking for Jr. High and Sr. High students who would like to perform in a production that has to do with the Easter Message. If you are interested, please contact Ben Remmert for more information as we are beginning our rehearsal.
Family Seder Meal on April 20th At 6:30 pm
During Holy Week, we are going to celebrate our time together with a sedar meal together where we will come together to have a family friendly seder meal. After our meal, we will have our Jr. High and Sr. High perform their Easter production. Its going to be a time to come together for fellowship, come together in prayer, and come together to learn more about our shared Christian history. We will need a count for food, so please sign the sheet on the table in the narthex if you plan to attend. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Buck A Chick: For ELCA World Hunger Relief
This Easter, we are going to join congregations from across the nation by having a “Buck-a-Chick” sale. For one dollar, you can purchase and decorate a paper chick for yourself or in honor of a loved one where your gifts will help provide families living in poverty with chicks to provide a source of food and income. If you are going to write a check, please make your checks out to Peace Lutheran with “Buck-a-Chick” in the memo line.
Camp Hope Registration for Summer!
Camp Hope this summer is themed as our own circus! Camp Hope is a ministry where our youth who are 5 years old through 5th grade are invited to our three week Day Camp. Expect an action packed day for school children which include Bible Stories, crafts, games (indoor & outdoor), songs, & more. Campers are cared for by trained High School and College age Small Group Leaders and Support Staff. Camp Hope is from July 11-15, July 18-22, July 25-29th. So make sure to register now to get in on our early bird discounts by April 30th. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert or Camp Manager Jessica Gaul!
VBS 2011- Pandamania – July 31 – August 5
Vacation Bible School is just around the corner! A wild celebration of God's unconditional love! At PandaMania VBS, kids will discover that God has a purpose and a plan for everyone and that he crafted each of us with his own loving hands. Make sure to check out our VBS board in the narthex for more up to date information as we move closer to our event!
Thursday, March 10, 2011
For Sunday, March 13, 2011
First Sunday In Lent
For a list of upcoming activities go to http://www.mychurchevents.com/calendar/calendar.aspx?ci=G1K5L6N8L6I3N8
Be sure to check out our website http://welcometopeace.com
If you cannot attend this Sunday, you can still make an offering using our online service at Contribute Online. Thank you for your commitment to our mission and ministry.
We invite you to become a friend of Peace on the Peace Facebook webpage. Facebook is an online social networking site that helps communities of friends stay connected on an on-going basis. The cost is free. Facebook is a lot fun and you will enjoy the connections. You will need a Facebook account to join. Go to http://facebook.com for more information and search Facebook for Peace Lutheran Church, Pasadena Texas. We look forward to you joining.
Sunday’s Events
The Transition Team will be installed on Sunday morning. Members of the team are: Rev. Gary Morgan-Gohlke – Transition Coach, Barbara Hagemeister, Carolyn Calley, Nanette Hlavaty, Sam Smith and Toni Bowman. Please keep these people in your prayers.
A Message from Pastor Galen
"Temptation and Trust" will be my theme for Sunday's sermon. We will focus on Jesus' temptation in the wilderness as told by Matthew in chapter 4:1-11. Those who want to read ahead might also look at the First Reading: Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7, that tells our human story of yielding to temptation. On the First Sunday in Lent we always read about Jesus' 40-day time of temptation in the wilderness. Our Lord's story of temptation also invites us to enter into a 40-day spiritual journey in preparation for the Church's celebration of God's work of salvation in Jesus' death and resurrection. I will uplift an additional text, Psalm 91, in Sunday's proclamation. The tempter quoted this scripture to Jesus in a perversion of faith. We might ask, "When does our prayer for God's will to be done in our lives cross the line of temptation and become putting God to the test?" Trust in relationships is beautiful. Trust is a gift in our relationship with God. We might also ask, "How is trust broken, and how can we build trust in our relationships with one another, in congregation life as well as our family and friendship networks.
Pastoral Care
Dale Taggart continues his treatment for cancer.
Jason Elliott continues his treatment for cancer.
Bill Cook: Released from hospital
Congratulations To…
David Speck & Angela Turlington who were united in marriage on March 4th. David is the son of Lester & Judy Speck.
Midweek Lenten Worship
Our midweek Lenten theme this year will be a reflection on our life together as a congregation. The springboard for this reflection will be Dietrich Bonhoeffer's little book entitled Life Together. This classic in spiritual literature is still available in print if you want to read it on your own. Our Lenten reflections will not be a book study or strictly speaking a Bible study, so having the book and reading it will not be necessary. Pastor Galen will offer his reflections on the five chapters of Bonhoeffer's book.
March 16: Community.
March 23: The Day with Others.
March 30: The Day Alone.
April 6: Ministry.
April 13: Confession and Communion.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer is commemorated on our ELCA church calendar in remembrance of his resistance to Hitler and his death as a martyr in that cause on April 9, 1945. Bonhoeffer helped form the Confessing Church and headed its underground seminary. His well known books, The Cost of Discipleship and Life Together reflect his effort to establish a faith community that was faithful to the Gospel in the face of grave social injustice by the Nazis.
Plan to join us each Wednesday during the season of Lent for services at 12:30 pm and 7:00 pm. A soup lunch will be held at 11:45 am and our usual soup suppers at 6:00 pm.
Ben Remmert’s Commissioning As An Associate in Ministry On April 10th-
Thank you for those that were at our congregational meeting on February 27th to vote and call Ben Remmert as our Associate in Ministry for Youth and Family Ministries Ben will be commissioned in a service at Kinsmen Lutheran Church on April 10th at 4:00 pm. A light reception will be held afterwards. Ben would like to extend an invitation to you to celebrate this important event in his life, as well as witness a special ceremony where he will be commissioned by the Bishop Mike Reinhart. If you have any questions, please contact Ben Remmert.
Call Committee Notes of March 6, 2011 Meeting
Members present: Darla Haygood (non voting member/council liaison); Gary Morgan-Gohlke (Transition Coach); Joann Hutton (Secretary); Bob Wells (Correspondent); Ernie McWilliams, Ed Buskirk, Dawn Lambert, Weldon Wilkerson.
The devotion was based on scripture from Matthew 6:26-33, followed by the question: "God desires us to be successful, and lead others to His love. How does God’s vision of success differ from that of the world in which we live?"
The Call Committee is filling out the Ministry Site Profile (MSP), which takes a significant amount of time and input. We will be gathering input from the congregation, looking at how Peace is reaching out to the community, and obtaining information for compiling the MSP. Once the MSP is finalized and approved by council, we will have a major milestone completed, which will help us on our path to getting names of Pastors who are interested in being the Pastor for Peace Lutheran Church.
Please take a look at the bulletin board in front of the sanctuary. THANK YOU, ERIN MEHLING, for the wonderful job! This will give you an up to date visual of progress being made in the Call Process.
God’s blessings to all,
Peace Lutheran Church Call Committee
From The Special Call Committee Prayer Group
“If I shut myself off
so I can’t hear you cry,
What good am I?
What good am I, if I know and don’t do,
If I see, and don’t say, if I look right through you,
If I turn a deaf ear to the thunderin’ sky,
What good am I?
What good am I, while you softly weep,
And I hear in my head what you say in your sleep,
And I freeze in the moment like the rest who don’t try,
What good am I?
What good am I then to others and me,
If I’ve had every chance and yet still fail to see,
If my hands are tied, must I not wonder within
Who tied them and why, and where must I have been?
What good am I, if I say foolish things,
And I laugh in the face of what sorrow brings
And I just turn my back while you silently die,
What good am I?
—BOB DYLAN,
“WHAT GOOD AM I?”
Father God, help me to be honest with myself, about what I can do. Then, Lord, help me to go and do. Amen.
From the Youth Director
The season of Lent is upon us! It’s our time together where we come together to recall the Easter story and absorb its meaning in our lives today. So as we are entering into this important time in our church calendar, here are some hints on how to observe Lent effectively. 1) Take some time to observe Lent with others. This is a time where we can strengthen our family ties and help others see the great news of Christ. 2) Develop some helpful attitudes. We should approach Lent joyfully, thinking of it as a time of opportunity instead as a sacrifice to be loving towards others and open to God’s love. 3) Be fair in your practices. Make sure to try and incorporate these spiritual practices into your life without making others feel guilty or uncomfortable as some people may not understand the true meaning of Lent.
Also, we have made a prayer station in our narthex. I would like to invite you in this time of Lent to stop by the station and write a prayer that you have and give this prayer to God by writing on a sticky note and placing it on the wooden cross symbolizing how God takes our prayers and listens to them. There are also other Lent goodies that you can use to help make this time special for your friends and family.
God Bless,
Ben Remmert, Dir. of Youth and Family Ministry
Buck-a-Chicks: For ELCA World Hunger Relief
This Easter, we are going to join congregations from across the nation by having a “Buck-a-Chick” sale. For one dollar, you can purchase and decorate a paper chick for themselves or in honor of a loved one where your gifts will help provide families living in poverty with chicks to provide a source of food and income. If you are going to write a check, please make your checks out to Peace Lutheran Church, with “Buck-a-Chick” in the memo line.
Sunday Refuge for Jr. & Sr. High @ 9:45 am!
Are you ready for a new experience? Are you needing a time to be amongst people your age? Why not come to a place of Refuge for you to explore your faith while having a blast doing it! This will not be your typical Sunday School class you have experienced in the past. There will be food, games and activities, and time to listen to the gospel in a new light with a message that reflects our world today. Bring a friend!
Camp Hope Paid Staff Applications- TURN THEM IN ASAP!
Camp Hope is an opportunity for our Jr. High and Sr. High to lead in a 3 week day camp where we teach the good news of Christ through games, worship, interactive story telling, snacks, crafts, expressive arts, and service. Its an opportunity for Peace to be a part of one of the most successful outreach and youth leadership program our synod offers to our youth and families. If you have not turned in your staff application, please contact Ben Remmert as we will begin our interviewing for staff on April 2nd so please sign up on a time that you can come in to interview.
Saints of Faith Milestone: March 20th at 9:45 am and March 27th at 11 am Worship
We are given our time together as a gift of God’s creation. People are given the choices to do what they want with their time. Our Christian faith calls us to live the life of the servant, the life that Jesus Christ lived. But can we truly live this life style? For those that accept the call to live the life of the suffering servant and preach the good news of Jesus Christ to the community, these are saints. This is what we are going to ask of our third graders for this milestone celebration as they will be learning about the people that helped shape our Christian story and heritage and how we can continue to shape the Christian story. So be sure to mark your calendar for this important milestone. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
LUTHERHILL This Summer!
If you are planning on going to Lutherhill this summer, we need you to sign up as soon as possible. Spots are filling fast and we need a good head count so that we can put down our deposit. Remember that if you are in 1st-5th grade, we are going to Lutherhill on August 7th-12th, 2011 and 6th-8th are going to Lutherhill on June 19th-24th. Sign Ups are on the youth and family bulletin board for summer ministries and see the pictures form our Rally Day. More questions? Contact Ben Remmert.
DEEP Leadership Meeting: Next Meeting Sunday March 27th @ 2 pm.
Our leadership team is called “DEEP” because we are going to dive into our ministry together, head first. This is again a time for us to come together to gather and share the vision of Peace Lutheran’s ministry but also a time for our leaders to come together for devotion and have some discussions about passing on the faith to our youth. We are going to begin our times together discussing about the research done on the spiritual lives of American youth by Kendra Dean in Almost Christian. Kendra Dean has made some new discoveries that can help us grow in our ministry. So if you are interested in becoming a leader in our youth and family committee, please contact Ben Remmert.
Family Meal Nights with the Youth Director!
Thank you for those families that have already talked to me about a time to meet, but for those that have not, there is still time! I have been here for 9 months and I am still committed to meeting all our families here at Peace Lutheran. I have placed a sign up sheet on our youth bulletin for families to sign up what day and time you would like to schedule a meal together where we can bond together as Brothers and Sisters in Christ. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Jr. High, Sr. High, and Youth Group: Oh My!
Are you a youth and are searching for a community to belong to? Do you want to have fun with people your own age? Why not come and give youth group a try. This is a time where we are going to build on our community through fellowship, prayer, devotion, and a meal together as a group. We are wanting this to be an engaging time for our youth so the more the better! Here is the schedule for our youth groups for 2011.
Jr. High- Sundays at 5 pm- 6pm
Sr. High- Sundays at 4 pm- 6 pm
Young Adults- Wednesdays at 7 pm-8:30 pm
Communion Instruction- April 3rd,April 10th, and April 17th at 1 pm
It’s coming up, our spring class of Communion Instruction! All students ready for instruction in First Communion (we suggest 3rd grade- 5th grade) are invited to attend classes every Sunday at 1pm on April 3rd , April 10th, and April 17th we are going to learn more about how communion is our gift of God’s love and grace while learning how it helps us communicate our Christian message. Our children will receive their first communion on April 24th with their families. Please contact Ben Remmert for more questions.
Sr. High and Jr. High Hunger Famine Lock-In- March 25th- March 26th
Sign up by March 20th! We will be going over to Kinsmen Lutheran Church with other Lutheran congregations from March 25th – March 26th! All Senior High and Junior High are invited as we will have activities for both grades and activities that are to engage them on their own level. We are going to learn more about world hunger and participate in a 30 Hour Famine to help raise money for Lutheran World Relief to help the world feed the world. It’s going to be a blast! Please bring $5 to help pay for dinner and breakfast. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
St. Patrick’s Day Celebration: Sunday, March 20, 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
JOIN US… for Games, Potato Bar ($6.00/Adults, $3.00/Children under 10), Crafts. Enjoy our Christian community together as we share our church’s history!
It’s that time of the year again. Wear your green with pride, but it’s also a time of celebration of Saint Patrick. Who was the Saint that helped spread Christianity? We are going to spend the day celebrating the life of Saint Patrick with a church family picnic here at Peace Lutheran where we will play some games, eat some food, create some crafts, and enjoy our Christian community together as we share our church’s history. If you are interested in helping out in this event or need more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Jr. High Human Dignity Retreat: April 8th-9th
What this is not is a Sex Ed. Retreat. However, this is a place to have caring and warm discussions where we will talk about how we are relational beings and how God has given us the gift of sexuality. This is a lock-in only for our Jr. High students and we are going to Holy Comforter Lutheran Church where we will be with 5 other Lutheran congregations where there will be food, games, fellowship, and meaningful conversations. For parents, we will come together on March 21st at 6:30 pm to discuss what we will be talking with your youth about. We will meet at Peace Lutheran Church at 6 pm and be back at Peace on April 9th at 8 pm. Cost is $30 which includes three meals, snacks, transportation, and our activities. Sign ups are on the youth and family ministry bulletin board. Please sign up by March 21st. More questions please contact Ben Remmert.
Youth Lent Focus: Becoming a Contagious Christian
Lent is the time to focus our attention to the ministry of Jesus Christ. So with Lent coming around the corner, we are going to have our Wednesday evenings focused on how to equip our youth in relational evangelism by discovering your own style of communicating about Christ, how to build spiritual significant relationships, telling your own story, and having some fun doing so. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Calling our Jr./Sr. High Actors for an Easter Performance
It’s closer than you think. With such a successful Christmas Program, we are going to put together another production for our Easter service and we need some help! As of right now we are looking for Jr. High and Sr. High students who would like to perform in a production that has to do with the Easter Message. If you are interested, please contact Ben Remmert for more information, as we are beginning our rehearsal.
Youth Garage Sale on April 16th!
To help raise funds for Camp Hope and summer ministries this summer, we are going to host a garage sale here at Peace. We will also be serving lunch at the garage sale. So if you have items in your closet, attic, or garage that are collecting dust and just need a reason to donate, why not help our youth as they are preparing for our summer outreach ministries. If you plan on donating items, please plan on bring them over to Peace Lutheran Church after March 20th. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Family Cedar Meal on April 20th at 6:30 pm
During Holy Week, we are going to celebrate our time together with a cedar meal where we will come together to have a family friendly cedar meal. After our meal, we will have our Jr. High and Sr. High perform their Easter production. It’s going to be a time to come together for fellowship, come together in prayer, and come together to learn more about our shared Christian history. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Adult Game Night
Bring a snack to share and come join us for an adult evening of fellowship, games, food and a lot of fun on Friday, March 11th at 7:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. If you have any questions, please call Ruth Meyer.
Creative Hands
The classes for Monday, March 14th, are CANCELLED due to Spring Break. We will reschedule at a later date. Watch your weekly bulletin for date. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Krause Center
The journals were so popular that we have decide to make journals for all the boys ad girls at the Krause Center in Katy. We will need 60 plus black and white non-spiral composition books. I have a few on hand and will purchase a few with our ink rebates but will need more. We appreciate any that you might care to donate. Please watch for times and dates to come and help with this project.
We will again do gift bags for Krause Center. We are asking for all who travel to please save your unopened and unused hotel toiletries. These are perfect for the gift bags. We need 60 plus shampoos, soaps, lotions and conditioners. We also need small beanie size stuffed toys, decks of cards, toothbrushes and white sport socks for the boys (men sizes) and ladies size sport fun socks for the girls.
Jany
Sarah’s House
During the month of March we will be collecting items in Jars: peanut butter, jelly, spaghetti sauce etc, and also canned soups. Sarah’s House is a shelter for women and their children who have fallen on hard times. They rehabilitate the women and get the children back in school. Please prayerfully consider donating one or two items. It would be greatly appreciated.
Lutheran World Relief Sewing Kits
March & April items will be collected for World Relief Sewing Kits. Many retailers will be running their yard goods on sale. Wal-Mart in Pasadena is a great place to purchase your material also. The following items are needed to assemble a sewing kit:
Cotton or cotton blend fabric (no knits or 100%
polyester)
2- 1/4 yds of 60" wide fabric, or
3 yds of 44" wide fabric, or
4 yds of 36" wide fabric
1 pkg of 10-15 needles
1 spool of matching general purpose thread, 250-
300 yds
6 to 10 average size matching buttons (1/2 to 3/4
preferred)
Please prayerfully consider a sewing kit for World Relief. Thanks for your support and help through out the year.
Remember to continue to save your cancelled stamps.
Girls’ Night Out: March 25, 6:30-8:30 Pm
Flowers are blooming and soon our outdoor activities will be resuming. Spring is in the air as we roll buncos at our March Bunco affair. Don’t forget to wear your favorite Spring color! Cost is $5.00. Last names A-L bring desserts and last names M-Z bring main or side dishes. A sign-up sheet is located on the table in the narthex.
Senior Citizen’s Day Cancelled
Senior Citizen’s Day, scheduled for Wednesday, March 23rd, is cancelled for this month. Join us at 11:45 am for our midweek Lenten soup lunch followed by our worship service.
First Sunday In Lent
For a list of upcoming activities go to http://www.mychurchevents.com/calendar/calendar.aspx?ci=G1K5L6N8L6I3N8
Be sure to check out our website http://welcometopeace.com
If you cannot attend this Sunday, you can still make an offering using our online service at Contribute Online. Thank you for your commitment to our mission and ministry.
We invite you to become a friend of Peace on the Peace Facebook webpage. Facebook is an online social networking site that helps communities of friends stay connected on an on-going basis. The cost is free. Facebook is a lot fun and you will enjoy the connections. You will need a Facebook account to join. Go to http://facebook.com for more information and search Facebook for Peace Lutheran Church, Pasadena Texas. We look forward to you joining.
Sunday’s Events
The Transition Team will be installed on Sunday morning. Members of the team are: Rev. Gary Morgan-Gohlke – Transition Coach, Barbara Hagemeister, Carolyn Calley, Nanette Hlavaty, Sam Smith and Toni Bowman. Please keep these people in your prayers.
A Message from Pastor Galen
"Temptation and Trust" will be my theme for Sunday's sermon. We will focus on Jesus' temptation in the wilderness as told by Matthew in chapter 4:1-11. Those who want to read ahead might also look at the First Reading: Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7, that tells our human story of yielding to temptation. On the First Sunday in Lent we always read about Jesus' 40-day time of temptation in the wilderness. Our Lord's story of temptation also invites us to enter into a 40-day spiritual journey in preparation for the Church's celebration of God's work of salvation in Jesus' death and resurrection. I will uplift an additional text, Psalm 91, in Sunday's proclamation. The tempter quoted this scripture to Jesus in a perversion of faith. We might ask, "When does our prayer for God's will to be done in our lives cross the line of temptation and become putting God to the test?" Trust in relationships is beautiful. Trust is a gift in our relationship with God. We might also ask, "How is trust broken, and how can we build trust in our relationships with one another, in congregation life as well as our family and friendship networks.
Pastoral Care
Dale Taggart continues his treatment for cancer.
Jason Elliott continues his treatment for cancer.
Bill Cook: Released from hospital
Congratulations To…
David Speck & Angela Turlington who were united in marriage on March 4th. David is the son of Lester & Judy Speck.
Midweek Lenten Worship
Our midweek Lenten theme this year will be a reflection on our life together as a congregation. The springboard for this reflection will be Dietrich Bonhoeffer's little book entitled Life Together. This classic in spiritual literature is still available in print if you want to read it on your own. Our Lenten reflections will not be a book study or strictly speaking a Bible study, so having the book and reading it will not be necessary. Pastor Galen will offer his reflections on the five chapters of Bonhoeffer's book.
March 16: Community.
March 23: The Day with Others.
March 30: The Day Alone.
April 6: Ministry.
April 13: Confession and Communion.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer is commemorated on our ELCA church calendar in remembrance of his resistance to Hitler and his death as a martyr in that cause on April 9, 1945. Bonhoeffer helped form the Confessing Church and headed its underground seminary. His well known books, The Cost of Discipleship and Life Together reflect his effort to establish a faith community that was faithful to the Gospel in the face of grave social injustice by the Nazis.
Plan to join us each Wednesday during the season of Lent for services at 12:30 pm and 7:00 pm. A soup lunch will be held at 11:45 am and our usual soup suppers at 6:00 pm.
Ben Remmert’s Commissioning As An Associate in Ministry On April 10th-
Thank you for those that were at our congregational meeting on February 27th to vote and call Ben Remmert as our Associate in Ministry for Youth and Family Ministries Ben will be commissioned in a service at Kinsmen Lutheran Church on April 10th at 4:00 pm. A light reception will be held afterwards. Ben would like to extend an invitation to you to celebrate this important event in his life, as well as witness a special ceremony where he will be commissioned by the Bishop Mike Reinhart. If you have any questions, please contact Ben Remmert.
Call Committee Notes of March 6, 2011 Meeting
Members present: Darla Haygood (non voting member/council liaison); Gary Morgan-Gohlke (Transition Coach); Joann Hutton (Secretary); Bob Wells (Correspondent); Ernie McWilliams, Ed Buskirk, Dawn Lambert, Weldon Wilkerson.
The devotion was based on scripture from Matthew 6:26-33, followed by the question: "God desires us to be successful, and lead others to His love. How does God’s vision of success differ from that of the world in which we live?"
The Call Committee is filling out the Ministry Site Profile (MSP), which takes a significant amount of time and input. We will be gathering input from the congregation, looking at how Peace is reaching out to the community, and obtaining information for compiling the MSP. Once the MSP is finalized and approved by council, we will have a major milestone completed, which will help us on our path to getting names of Pastors who are interested in being the Pastor for Peace Lutheran Church.
Please take a look at the bulletin board in front of the sanctuary. THANK YOU, ERIN MEHLING, for the wonderful job! This will give you an up to date visual of progress being made in the Call Process.
God’s blessings to all,
Peace Lutheran Church Call Committee
From The Special Call Committee Prayer Group
“If I shut myself off
so I can’t hear you cry,
What good am I?
What good am I, if I know and don’t do,
If I see, and don’t say, if I look right through you,
If I turn a deaf ear to the thunderin’ sky,
What good am I?
What good am I, while you softly weep,
And I hear in my head what you say in your sleep,
And I freeze in the moment like the rest who don’t try,
What good am I?
What good am I then to others and me,
If I’ve had every chance and yet still fail to see,
If my hands are tied, must I not wonder within
Who tied them and why, and where must I have been?
What good am I, if I say foolish things,
And I laugh in the face of what sorrow brings
And I just turn my back while you silently die,
What good am I?
—BOB DYLAN,
“WHAT GOOD AM I?”
Father God, help me to be honest with myself, about what I can do. Then, Lord, help me to go and do. Amen.
From the Youth Director
The season of Lent is upon us! It’s our time together where we come together to recall the Easter story and absorb its meaning in our lives today. So as we are entering into this important time in our church calendar, here are some hints on how to observe Lent effectively. 1) Take some time to observe Lent with others. This is a time where we can strengthen our family ties and help others see the great news of Christ. 2) Develop some helpful attitudes. We should approach Lent joyfully, thinking of it as a time of opportunity instead as a sacrifice to be loving towards others and open to God’s love. 3) Be fair in your practices. Make sure to try and incorporate these spiritual practices into your life without making others feel guilty or uncomfortable as some people may not understand the true meaning of Lent.
Also, we have made a prayer station in our narthex. I would like to invite you in this time of Lent to stop by the station and write a prayer that you have and give this prayer to God by writing on a sticky note and placing it on the wooden cross symbolizing how God takes our prayers and listens to them. There are also other Lent goodies that you can use to help make this time special for your friends and family.
God Bless,
Ben Remmert, Dir. of Youth and Family Ministry
Buck-a-Chicks: For ELCA World Hunger Relief
This Easter, we are going to join congregations from across the nation by having a “Buck-a-Chick” sale. For one dollar, you can purchase and decorate a paper chick for themselves or in honor of a loved one where your gifts will help provide families living in poverty with chicks to provide a source of food and income. If you are going to write a check, please make your checks out to Peace Lutheran Church, with “Buck-a-Chick” in the memo line.
Sunday Refuge for Jr. & Sr. High @ 9:45 am!
Are you ready for a new experience? Are you needing a time to be amongst people your age? Why not come to a place of Refuge for you to explore your faith while having a blast doing it! This will not be your typical Sunday School class you have experienced in the past. There will be food, games and activities, and time to listen to the gospel in a new light with a message that reflects our world today. Bring a friend!
Camp Hope Paid Staff Applications- TURN THEM IN ASAP!
Camp Hope is an opportunity for our Jr. High and Sr. High to lead in a 3 week day camp where we teach the good news of Christ through games, worship, interactive story telling, snacks, crafts, expressive arts, and service. Its an opportunity for Peace to be a part of one of the most successful outreach and youth leadership program our synod offers to our youth and families. If you have not turned in your staff application, please contact Ben Remmert as we will begin our interviewing for staff on April 2nd so please sign up on a time that you can come in to interview.
Saints of Faith Milestone: March 20th at 9:45 am and March 27th at 11 am Worship
We are given our time together as a gift of God’s creation. People are given the choices to do what they want with their time. Our Christian faith calls us to live the life of the servant, the life that Jesus Christ lived. But can we truly live this life style? For those that accept the call to live the life of the suffering servant and preach the good news of Jesus Christ to the community, these are saints. This is what we are going to ask of our third graders for this milestone celebration as they will be learning about the people that helped shape our Christian story and heritage and how we can continue to shape the Christian story. So be sure to mark your calendar for this important milestone. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
LUTHERHILL This Summer!
If you are planning on going to Lutherhill this summer, we need you to sign up as soon as possible. Spots are filling fast and we need a good head count so that we can put down our deposit. Remember that if you are in 1st-5th grade, we are going to Lutherhill on August 7th-12th, 2011 and 6th-8th are going to Lutherhill on June 19th-24th. Sign Ups are on the youth and family bulletin board for summer ministries and see the pictures form our Rally Day. More questions? Contact Ben Remmert.
DEEP Leadership Meeting: Next Meeting Sunday March 27th @ 2 pm.
Our leadership team is called “DEEP” because we are going to dive into our ministry together, head first. This is again a time for us to come together to gather and share the vision of Peace Lutheran’s ministry but also a time for our leaders to come together for devotion and have some discussions about passing on the faith to our youth. We are going to begin our times together discussing about the research done on the spiritual lives of American youth by Kendra Dean in Almost Christian. Kendra Dean has made some new discoveries that can help us grow in our ministry. So if you are interested in becoming a leader in our youth and family committee, please contact Ben Remmert.
Family Meal Nights with the Youth Director!
Thank you for those families that have already talked to me about a time to meet, but for those that have not, there is still time! I have been here for 9 months and I am still committed to meeting all our families here at Peace Lutheran. I have placed a sign up sheet on our youth bulletin for families to sign up what day and time you would like to schedule a meal together where we can bond together as Brothers and Sisters in Christ. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Jr. High, Sr. High, and Youth Group: Oh My!
Are you a youth and are searching for a community to belong to? Do you want to have fun with people your own age? Why not come and give youth group a try. This is a time where we are going to build on our community through fellowship, prayer, devotion, and a meal together as a group. We are wanting this to be an engaging time for our youth so the more the better! Here is the schedule for our youth groups for 2011.
Jr. High- Sundays at 5 pm- 6pm
Sr. High- Sundays at 4 pm- 6 pm
Young Adults- Wednesdays at 7 pm-8:30 pm
Communion Instruction- April 3rd,April 10th, and April 17th at 1 pm
It’s coming up, our spring class of Communion Instruction! All students ready for instruction in First Communion (we suggest 3rd grade- 5th grade) are invited to attend classes every Sunday at 1pm on April 3rd , April 10th, and April 17th we are going to learn more about how communion is our gift of God’s love and grace while learning how it helps us communicate our Christian message. Our children will receive their first communion on April 24th with their families. Please contact Ben Remmert for more questions.
Sr. High and Jr. High Hunger Famine Lock-In- March 25th- March 26th
Sign up by March 20th! We will be going over to Kinsmen Lutheran Church with other Lutheran congregations from March 25th – March 26th! All Senior High and Junior High are invited as we will have activities for both grades and activities that are to engage them on their own level. We are going to learn more about world hunger and participate in a 30 Hour Famine to help raise money for Lutheran World Relief to help the world feed the world. It’s going to be a blast! Please bring $5 to help pay for dinner and breakfast. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
St. Patrick’s Day Celebration: Sunday, March 20, 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
JOIN US… for Games, Potato Bar ($6.00/Adults, $3.00/Children under 10), Crafts. Enjoy our Christian community together as we share our church’s history!
It’s that time of the year again. Wear your green with pride, but it’s also a time of celebration of Saint Patrick. Who was the Saint that helped spread Christianity? We are going to spend the day celebrating the life of Saint Patrick with a church family picnic here at Peace Lutheran where we will play some games, eat some food, create some crafts, and enjoy our Christian community together as we share our church’s history. If you are interested in helping out in this event or need more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Jr. High Human Dignity Retreat: April 8th-9th
What this is not is a Sex Ed. Retreat. However, this is a place to have caring and warm discussions where we will talk about how we are relational beings and how God has given us the gift of sexuality. This is a lock-in only for our Jr. High students and we are going to Holy Comforter Lutheran Church where we will be with 5 other Lutheran congregations where there will be food, games, fellowship, and meaningful conversations. For parents, we will come together on March 21st at 6:30 pm to discuss what we will be talking with your youth about. We will meet at Peace Lutheran Church at 6 pm and be back at Peace on April 9th at 8 pm. Cost is $30 which includes three meals, snacks, transportation, and our activities. Sign ups are on the youth and family ministry bulletin board. Please sign up by March 21st. More questions please contact Ben Remmert.
Youth Lent Focus: Becoming a Contagious Christian
Lent is the time to focus our attention to the ministry of Jesus Christ. So with Lent coming around the corner, we are going to have our Wednesday evenings focused on how to equip our youth in relational evangelism by discovering your own style of communicating about Christ, how to build spiritual significant relationships, telling your own story, and having some fun doing so. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Calling our Jr./Sr. High Actors for an Easter Performance
It’s closer than you think. With such a successful Christmas Program, we are going to put together another production for our Easter service and we need some help! As of right now we are looking for Jr. High and Sr. High students who would like to perform in a production that has to do with the Easter Message. If you are interested, please contact Ben Remmert for more information, as we are beginning our rehearsal.
Youth Garage Sale on April 16th!
To help raise funds for Camp Hope and summer ministries this summer, we are going to host a garage sale here at Peace. We will also be serving lunch at the garage sale. So if you have items in your closet, attic, or garage that are collecting dust and just need a reason to donate, why not help our youth as they are preparing for our summer outreach ministries. If you plan on donating items, please plan on bring them over to Peace Lutheran Church after March 20th. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Family Cedar Meal on April 20th at 6:30 pm
During Holy Week, we are going to celebrate our time together with a cedar meal where we will come together to have a family friendly cedar meal. After our meal, we will have our Jr. High and Sr. High perform their Easter production. It’s going to be a time to come together for fellowship, come together in prayer, and come together to learn more about our shared Christian history. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Adult Game Night
Bring a snack to share and come join us for an adult evening of fellowship, games, food and a lot of fun on Friday, March 11th at 7:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. If you have any questions, please call Ruth Meyer.
Creative Hands
The classes for Monday, March 14th, are CANCELLED due to Spring Break. We will reschedule at a later date. Watch your weekly bulletin for date. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Krause Center
The journals were so popular that we have decide to make journals for all the boys ad girls at the Krause Center in Katy. We will need 60 plus black and white non-spiral composition books. I have a few on hand and will purchase a few with our ink rebates but will need more. We appreciate any that you might care to donate. Please watch for times and dates to come and help with this project.
We will again do gift bags for Krause Center. We are asking for all who travel to please save your unopened and unused hotel toiletries. These are perfect for the gift bags. We need 60 plus shampoos, soaps, lotions and conditioners. We also need small beanie size stuffed toys, decks of cards, toothbrushes and white sport socks for the boys (men sizes) and ladies size sport fun socks for the girls.
Jany
Sarah’s House
During the month of March we will be collecting items in Jars: peanut butter, jelly, spaghetti sauce etc, and also canned soups. Sarah’s House is a shelter for women and their children who have fallen on hard times. They rehabilitate the women and get the children back in school. Please prayerfully consider donating one or two items. It would be greatly appreciated.
Lutheran World Relief Sewing Kits
March & April items will be collected for World Relief Sewing Kits. Many retailers will be running their yard goods on sale. Wal-Mart in Pasadena is a great place to purchase your material also. The following items are needed to assemble a sewing kit:
Cotton or cotton blend fabric (no knits or 100%
polyester)
2- 1/4 yds of 60" wide fabric, or
3 yds of 44" wide fabric, or
4 yds of 36" wide fabric
1 pkg of 10-15 needles
1 spool of matching general purpose thread, 250-
300 yds
6 to 10 average size matching buttons (1/2 to 3/4
preferred)
Please prayerfully consider a sewing kit for World Relief. Thanks for your support and help through out the year.
Remember to continue to save your cancelled stamps.
Girls’ Night Out: March 25, 6:30-8:30 Pm
Flowers are blooming and soon our outdoor activities will be resuming. Spring is in the air as we roll buncos at our March Bunco affair. Don’t forget to wear your favorite Spring color! Cost is $5.00. Last names A-L bring desserts and last names M-Z bring main or side dishes. A sign-up sheet is located on the table in the narthex.
Senior Citizen’s Day Cancelled
Senior Citizen’s Day, scheduled for Wednesday, March 23rd, is cancelled for this month. Join us at 11:45 am for our midweek Lenten soup lunch followed by our worship service.
Friday, March 4, 2011
For Sunday, March 6, 2011
Transfiguration of Our Lord
For a list of upcoming activities go to http://www.mychurchevents.com/calendar/calendar.aspx?ci=G1K5L6N8L6I3N8
Be sure to check out our website http://welcometopeace.com
If you cannot attend this Sunday, you can still make an offering using our online service at Contribute Online. Thank you for your commitment to our mission and ministry.
We invite you to become a friend of Peace on the Peace Facebook webpage. Facebook is an online social networking site that helps communities of friends stay connected on an on-going basis. The cost is free. Facebook is a lot fun and you will enjoy the connections. You will need a Facebook account to join. Go to http://facebook.com for more information and search Facebook for Peace Lutheran Church, Pasadena Texas. We look forward to you joining.
Sunday's Events
Pastor Galen Knutson will be installed as our Interim Pastor. A reception for Pastor Galen & his wife, Pastor Donna Erickson, will be held in the Fellowship Hall following the 11:00. We hope that you will stop by and welcome them into the family of Peace. Rev. Don Carlson will perform the installation, and we also thank him for bringing us the message this morning.
Meet Pastor Galen Knutson, Interim Pastor for Peace Lutheran Church
Most people in the congregations I have served simply call me “Pastor Galen.” I am never offended if someone calls me by my baptismal name, “Galen.” Using the title “pastor” helps to identify the professional relationship that exists between congregation members and their pastor. I have been an interim pastor for the past 12 years, most recently serving for 3 years at Faith Lutheran Church in Bellaire, Texas. I love being a pastor and being able to walk the journey of faith with people through the highs and lows of life. Please help me learn who you are. Introduce yourselves generously. Name tags are very helpful, not only to me but also to those who are thinking about making Peace their church. You may reach me through the church office for most purposes, 281-487-1635, and by email at pastorgalen@welcometopeace.com. For pastoral emergencies my cell phone is 832-382-6646. I will be taking Friday as a day off and usually reserve Saturdays for final preparations for Sunday.
I am married to Pastor Donna Erickson, who is a retired clergy having specialized in pastoral care ministries. Pastor Donna has served as a hospital and long-term care chaplain and spiritual care director. We have adult children and their families living in Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Georgia. We have very recently moved to Pasadena and are in the process of settling in and getting to know this community.
We are God’s people, blessed to be a blessing!
Pastor Galen
Pastoral Care Notes
Helen Shoppa: Released
Dale Taggart continues his treatment for cancer.
Jason Elliott continues his treatment for cancer.
Ash Wednesday Services
Lenten Services will begin on March 9th with our Ash Wednesday services. We will have two services that day, one at 12:30 pm and one at 7:00 pm. Both will have communion and both will have the opportunity for you to have the imposition of ashes. (No meal on Ash Wednesday.)
Plan to join us each Wednesday during the season of Lent for services at 12:30 pm and 7:00 pm. A soup lunch will be held at 11:45 am and our usual soup suppers at 6:00 pm.
Call Committe Meeting Notes of February 27, 2011
All members were present: Sandy Tillis (Chair); Darla Haygood (non voting member/council liaison); Gary Morgan-Gohlke (Transition Coach); Joann Hutton (Secretary); Bob Wells (Correspondent); Ernie McWilliams, Ed Buskirk, Dawn Lambert, Weldon Wilkerson.
Please watch for our weekly update, which is in the weekly email and in Sunday’s bulletin. Ongoing communication with the congregation is very important to us. It is our privilege to serve on the call committee. If you have any questions or comments, please let one of us know.
Look for our bulletin board in the Narthex. This will give a visual of the Call Process.
We are grateful for the prayers of our church family and the prayer group, who pray for us as we are meeting.
It is our joy and delight to welcome our Interim Pastor, Galen Knutson, and his family to our church family.
The next meeting of the Call Committee will be March 6, 2011 at 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
God’s blessings,
Peace Lutheran Call Committee
Give Yourself to Prayer
One of the greatest blessings we have as children of God is prayer—the right to communicate with God the Father. Anyone who is striving to do the will of the Lord will have an active prayer life. The Call Committee Prayer Team (note, we have a new name) has met only twice, but in those two meetings, we have already experienced such wonderful times with our God—times of blessings and joy and peace.
You may be saying to yourself, “But, I can pray anywhere. I don’t have to go to the church....I can pray in my home…in my recliner…in the garden…in the kitchen…wherever” and our reasonings go on and on. While it is true, we can pray anywhere, there is power in number, so we come together as a group and lift our prayers unto the Lord.
We’re praying you’ll give yourself to prayer and join us on Sunday afternoons at 3:00 pm in the Prayer Room, as we pray for the Call Committee, for all who are involved in the call process and for Peace Lutheran in general. Come as you are… no special requirements… you don’t have to pray out loud, unless, of course, you want. ‘Til then, God’s blessing be upon you.
The Call Committee Prayer Team
Brotherhood Breakfast
Our monthly Brotherhood Breakfast will be held on Saturday, March 5th, 7:30 am at The Golden Corral on Spencer Highway in Pasadena. All men of the congregation are invited to bring your wives and join us.
From the Youth Director
Uhh the allergies! I know that so many of my friends (and me) have been suffering from this horrible infliction. So while I was taking care of myself, I discovered that resting on Saturday, this was the first time in the past two months I truly found myself resting. It’s funny because each week I ask our youth when do they get to rest and here I was not getting rest that I needed. So for this week, I am hoping to bring awareness into your life on when you rest during the week? We all need to have that one day to rest, this may not have to do with sleep, but we need that time to come closer to our friends, family, our passions, and our God. So as spring is closer to being here, please take the time to find your rest.
God Bless,
Ben Remmert
Write a College Kid a Note!
With spring break around the corner, we just wanted to share the joy with our college kids by sending them care packages & a warm note from y'all. So stop by our table in the narthex on Sunday to write a note to our college kids.
Sunday Refuge for Jr. & Sr. High @ 9:45 am!
Are you ready for a new experience? Are you needing a time to be amongst people your age? Why not come to a place of Refuge for you to explore your faith while having a blast doing it! This will not be your typical Sunday School class you have experienced in the past. There will be food, games and activities, and time to listen to the gospel in a new light with a message that reflects our world today. Bring a friend!
Camp Hope Paid Staff Applications- TURN THEM IN ASAP!
Camp Hope is an opportunity for our Jr. High and Sr. High to lead in a 3 week day camp where we teach the good news of Christ through games, worship, interactive story telling, snacks, crafts, expressive arts, and service. Its an opportunity for Peace to be apart of one of the most successful outreach and youth leadership program our synod offers to our youth and families. If you have not turned in your staff application, please contact Ben Remmert as we will begin our interviewing for staff at the end of March.
Saints of Faith Milestone: March 20th at 9:45 am and March 27th at 11 am Worship
We are given our time together as a gift of God’s creation. People are given the choices to do what they want with their time. Our Christian faith calls us to live the life of the servant, the life that Jesus Christ lived. But can we truly live this life style? For those that accept the call to live the life of the suffering servant and preach the good news of Jesus Christ to the community, these are saints. This is what we are going to ask of our third graders for this milestone celebration as they will be learning about the people that helped shape our Christian story and heritage, and how we can continue to shape the Christian story. So be sure to mark your calendar for this important milestone. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Lutherhill This Summer!
Last week we had Matt Kindsvatter from Lutherhill come to talk to us about summer ministries and have a mini Lutherhill camp day. If you are planning on going to Lutherhill this summer, we need you to sign up as soon as possible. Spots are filling fast and we need a good head count so we can put down our deposit. Remember that if you are in 1st-5th grade, we are going to Lutherhill on August 7th-12th, 2011 and 6th-8th are going to Lutherhill on June 19th-24th. Sign Ups are on the youth and family bulletin board for summer ministries and see the pictures from our Rally Day. More questions? Contact Ben Remmert.
DEEP Leadership Meeting: Next Meeting Sunday March 27th @ 2 pm.
Our leadership team is called “DEEP” because we are going to dive into our ministry together, head first. This is again a time for us to come together to gather and share the vision of Peace Lutheran’s ministry but also a time for our leaders to come together for devotion and have some discussions about passing on the faith to our youth. We are going to begin our times together discussing about the research done on the spiritual lives of American youth by Kendra Dean in Almost Christian. Kendra Dean has made some new discoveries that can help us grow in our ministry. So if you are interested in becoming a leader in our youth and family committee, please contact Ben Remmert.
Family Meal Nights with the Youth Director!
Thank you for those families that have already talked to me about a time to meet, but for those that have not, there is still time! I have been here for 9 months and I am still committed to meeting all our families here at Peace Lutheran. I have placed a sign up sheet on our youth bulletin for families to sign up what day and time you would like to schedule a meal together where we can bond together as Brothers and Sisters in Christ. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Jr. High, Sr. High, and Youth Group: Oh My!
Are you a youth and are searching for a community to belong to? Do you want to have fun with people your own age? Why not come and give youth group a try. This is a time where we are going to build on our community through fellowship, prayer, devotion, and a meal together as a group. We are wanting this to be an engaging time for our youth so the more the better! Here is the schedule for our youth groups for 2011.
Jr. High- Sundays at 5 pm- 6pm
Sr. High- Sundays at 4 pm- 6 pm
Young Adults- Wednesdays at 7 pm-8:30 pm
Communion Instruction- April 3rd,April 10th, and April 17th at 1 pm
It’s coming up -- our spring class of Communion Instruction! All students ready for instruction in First Communion (we suggest 3rd grade- 5th grade) are invited to attend classes every Sunday at 1:00 pm on April 3rd , April 10th, and April 17th We are going to learn more about how communion is our gift of God’s love and grace while learning how it helps us communicate our Christian message. Our children will receive their first communion on April 24th with their families. Please contact Ben Remmert if you have any questions.
Sr. High and Jr. High Hunger Famine Lock-In- March 25th- March 26th
Sign Up by March 20th! We will be going over to Kinsmen Lutheran Church with other Lutheran congregations from March 25th – March 26th! All Senior High and Junior High are invited as we will have activities for both grades and activities that are to engage them on their own level. We are going to learn more about world hunger and participate in a 30 Hour Famine to help raise money for Lutheran World Relief to help the world feed the world. It’s going to be a blast! Please bring $5 to help pay for dinner and breakfast. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
St. Patrick Day Celebration: March 20, 2011, 12:30 pm-3:00 pm
It’s that time of the year again. Wear your green with pride, but its also a time of celebration of Saint Patrick. Who was the Saint that helped spread Christianity? We are going to spend the day celebrating the life of Saint Patrick with a church family picnic here at Peace Lutheran where we will play some games, eat some food, create some crafts, and enjoy our Christian community together. If you are interested in helping out in this event or need more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Jr. High Human Dignity Retreat: April 8th-9th
What this is not is a Sex Ed. Retreat. However, this is a place to have caring and warm discussions where we will talk about how we are relational beings and how God has given us the gift of sexuality. This is a lock-in only for our Jr. High students and we are going to Holy Comforter Lutheran Church where we will be with 5 other Lutheran congregations where there will be food, games, fellowship, and meaningful conversations. For parents, we will come together on March 21st at 6:30 pm to discuss what we will be talking with your youth about. We will meet at Peace Lutheran Church at 6 pm and be back at Peace on April 9th at 8 pm. Cost is $30 which includes three meals, snacks, transportation, and our activities. Sign ups are on the youth and family ministry bulletin board. Please sign up by March 21st. More questions please contact Ben Remmert.
Youth Lent Focus: Becoming a Contagious Christian
Lent is the time to focus our attention to the ministry of Jesus Christ. So with Lent coming around the corner, we are going to have our Wednesday Night evenings focused on how to equip our youth in relational evangelism by discovering your own style of communicating about Christ, how to build spiritual significant relationships, telling your own story, and having some fun doing so. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Calling our Jr./Sr. High Actors for an Easter Performance:
Its closer than you think. With such a successful Christmas Program, we are going to put on a putting together another production for our Easter service and we need some help! As of right now we are looking for Jr. High and Sr. High Students who would like to perform in a production that has to do with the Easter Message. If you are interested, please contact Ben Remmert for more information. We will have our production decision by the end of the month and begin rehearsals in on March 7th at 7 pm.
Youth Garage Sale on April 16th!
To help raise funds for Camp Hope and summer ministries this summer, we are going to host a garage sale here at Peace. We will also be serving lunch at the garage sale. So if you have items in your closet, attic, or garage that are collecting dust and just need a reason to donate, why not help our youth as they are preparing for our summer outreach ministries. If you plan on donating items, please plan on bring them over to Peace Lutheran Church after March 20th. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Family Sedar Meal on April 20th at 6:30 pm:
During Holy Week, we are going to celebrate our time together with a cedar meal together where we will come together to have a family friendly cedar meal. After our meal, we will have our Jr. High and Sr. High perform their Easter production. It’s going to be a time to come together for fellowship, come together in prayer, and come together to learn more about our shared Christian history. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
From The Director of Administration
Nursery Volunteers Needed (Must be at least 16 years of age)
Discussion has been held about the number of children one Nursery Attendant can have at one time per State of Texas guidelines. State guidelines dictate 6 children of varying ages per attendant.
With this being said Peace Lutheran Church is not in a financial position to hire a 2nd attendant to be on standby in the event this situation takes place. Therefore, I am asking for ONE volunteer (at least 16 years of age) per service to be on standby in the event we get into this situation. If the Volunteer will check in with the Nursery Attendant, Joanne Bowman, prior to the service and pick up a pager then she will page you if she is in need of assistance where she has more than 6 children at one time.
Also, to the parents whose children stay in the Nursery, it is important that you sign your child in at the time you are dropping them off and Joanne will give you a pager to carry during the Service. This is simply in the event of an emergency and/or situation with your child where she needs your assistance since she can not leave the other children unattended to come and locate you in the Sanctuary.
I hope each Member of Peace will prayerfully consider volunteering your services in the Nursery on an as needed basis.
Church Facility Keys
I am also trying to get a handle on all of the keys to the church facility. If you have a key to the Church, please stop by my office and complete the form that we need to keep on file for insurance purposes. It is very important that I get this task taken care of as soon as possible.
Bernie Anderson,
Director of Administration
Lutheran World Relief Sewing Kits
March & April items will be collected for World Relief Sewing Kits. Many retailers will be running their yard goods on sale. Wal-Mart in Pasadena is a great place to purchase your material also. The following items are needed to assemble a sewing kit:
Cotton or cotton blend fabric (no knits or 100%
polyester)
2- 1/4 yds of 60" wide fabric, or
3 yds of 44" wide fabric, or
4 yds of 36" wide fabric
1 pkg of 10-15 needles
1 spool of matching general purpose thread, 250-
300 yds
6 to 10 average size matching buttons (1/2 to 3/4
preferred)
Please prayerfully consider a sewing kit for World Relief. Thanks for your support and help through out the year. Remember to continue to save your cancelled stamps.
Simply Giving Available
Simply Giving is available at Peace Lutheran Church. If you are interested in having your donations to our general fund or building fund done by electronic fund transfer then Simply Giving is for you! There are no fees involved for you or the church. For more information or to sign up, please call the church office. Applications are also available on the table in the narthex.
Sarah’s House
During the month of March we will be collecting items in Jars: peanut butter, jelly, spaghetti sauce etc, and also canned soups. Sarah’s House is a shelter for women and their children who have fallen on hard times. They rehabilitate the women and get the children back in school. Please prayerfully consider donating one or two items. It would be greatly appreciated.
Creative Hands Ministry
Please continue to save your used toner and ink cartridges (any brand or style is now accepted.) The Creative Hands uses the rebates for their paper products and other supplies. Please place them in the box on the WOP table in the narthex.
Healing Ministry of St. Luke
During communion we offer a healing ministry by inviting those who wish to have the ritual of anointing. This ministry is not about invoking a “supernatural” healing, but to affirm God’s spiritual, emotional and physical healing in our lives. We hope that this will become a “station of comfort” for you. You may come to the baptismal font after you have communed for anointing of oil.
If you would like to participate in this ministry please contact Monica Clark (281) 991-7151.
Worship Assistants Needed For All Services
We are in need of more men and women volunteers to prepare communion on Sunday mornings at all three services but especially at the 11:00 service. We also need Assisting Ministers, Lectors, Acolytes, Crucifers and Ushers for all services. Please prayerfully consider volunteering in one of these positions. The sign-up sheets for worship assistants are on the bulletin board in the narthex. Training is available. For more information contact Monica Clark at (281) 991-7151. Thank you to all of our faithful volunteers. You are so appreciated.
Monica Clark, Worship Coordinator
Adult Game Night
Bring a snack to share and come join us for an adult evening of fellowship, games, food and a lot of fun on Friday, March 11th at 7:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. If you have any questions, please call Ruth Meyer.
Transfiguration of Our Lord
For a list of upcoming activities go to http://www.mychurchevents.com/calendar/calendar.aspx?ci=G1K5L6N8L6I3N8
Be sure to check out our website http://welcometopeace.com
If you cannot attend this Sunday, you can still make an offering using our online service at Contribute Online. Thank you for your commitment to our mission and ministry.
We invite you to become a friend of Peace on the Peace Facebook webpage. Facebook is an online social networking site that helps communities of friends stay connected on an on-going basis. The cost is free. Facebook is a lot fun and you will enjoy the connections. You will need a Facebook account to join. Go to http://facebook.com for more information and search Facebook for Peace Lutheran Church, Pasadena Texas. We look forward to you joining.
Sunday's Events
Pastor Galen Knutson will be installed as our Interim Pastor. A reception for Pastor Galen & his wife, Pastor Donna Erickson, will be held in the Fellowship Hall following the 11:00. We hope that you will stop by and welcome them into the family of Peace. Rev. Don Carlson will perform the installation, and we also thank him for bringing us the message this morning.
Meet Pastor Galen Knutson, Interim Pastor for Peace Lutheran Church
Most people in the congregations I have served simply call me “Pastor Galen.” I am never offended if someone calls me by my baptismal name, “Galen.” Using the title “pastor” helps to identify the professional relationship that exists between congregation members and their pastor. I have been an interim pastor for the past 12 years, most recently serving for 3 years at Faith Lutheran Church in Bellaire, Texas. I love being a pastor and being able to walk the journey of faith with people through the highs and lows of life. Please help me learn who you are. Introduce yourselves generously. Name tags are very helpful, not only to me but also to those who are thinking about making Peace their church. You may reach me through the church office for most purposes, 281-487-1635, and by email at pastorgalen@welcometopeace.com. For pastoral emergencies my cell phone is 832-382-6646. I will be taking Friday as a day off and usually reserve Saturdays for final preparations for Sunday.
I am married to Pastor Donna Erickson, who is a retired clergy having specialized in pastoral care ministries. Pastor Donna has served as a hospital and long-term care chaplain and spiritual care director. We have adult children and their families living in Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Georgia. We have very recently moved to Pasadena and are in the process of settling in and getting to know this community.
We are God’s people, blessed to be a blessing!
Pastor Galen
Pastoral Care Notes
Helen Shoppa: Released
Dale Taggart continues his treatment for cancer.
Jason Elliott continues his treatment for cancer.
Ash Wednesday Services
Lenten Services will begin on March 9th with our Ash Wednesday services. We will have two services that day, one at 12:30 pm and one at 7:00 pm. Both will have communion and both will have the opportunity for you to have the imposition of ashes. (No meal on Ash Wednesday.)
Plan to join us each Wednesday during the season of Lent for services at 12:30 pm and 7:00 pm. A soup lunch will be held at 11:45 am and our usual soup suppers at 6:00 pm.
Call Committe Meeting Notes of February 27, 2011
All members were present: Sandy Tillis (Chair); Darla Haygood (non voting member/council liaison); Gary Morgan-Gohlke (Transition Coach); Joann Hutton (Secretary); Bob Wells (Correspondent); Ernie McWilliams, Ed Buskirk, Dawn Lambert, Weldon Wilkerson.
Please watch for our weekly update, which is in the weekly email and in Sunday’s bulletin. Ongoing communication with the congregation is very important to us. It is our privilege to serve on the call committee. If you have any questions or comments, please let one of us know.
Look for our bulletin board in the Narthex. This will give a visual of the Call Process.
We are grateful for the prayers of our church family and the prayer group, who pray for us as we are meeting.
It is our joy and delight to welcome our Interim Pastor, Galen Knutson, and his family to our church family.
The next meeting of the Call Committee will be March 6, 2011 at 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
God’s blessings,
Peace Lutheran Call Committee
Give Yourself to Prayer
One of the greatest blessings we have as children of God is prayer—the right to communicate with God the Father. Anyone who is striving to do the will of the Lord will have an active prayer life. The Call Committee Prayer Team (note, we have a new name) has met only twice, but in those two meetings, we have already experienced such wonderful times with our God—times of blessings and joy and peace.
You may be saying to yourself, “But, I can pray anywhere. I don’t have to go to the church....I can pray in my home…in my recliner…in the garden…in the kitchen…wherever” and our reasonings go on and on. While it is true, we can pray anywhere, there is power in number, so we come together as a group and lift our prayers unto the Lord.
We’re praying you’ll give yourself to prayer and join us on Sunday afternoons at 3:00 pm in the Prayer Room, as we pray for the Call Committee, for all who are involved in the call process and for Peace Lutheran in general. Come as you are… no special requirements… you don’t have to pray out loud, unless, of course, you want. ‘Til then, God’s blessing be upon you.
The Call Committee Prayer Team
Brotherhood Breakfast
Our monthly Brotherhood Breakfast will be held on Saturday, March 5th, 7:30 am at The Golden Corral on Spencer Highway in Pasadena. All men of the congregation are invited to bring your wives and join us.
From the Youth Director
Uhh the allergies! I know that so many of my friends (and me) have been suffering from this horrible infliction. So while I was taking care of myself, I discovered that resting on Saturday, this was the first time in the past two months I truly found myself resting. It’s funny because each week I ask our youth when do they get to rest and here I was not getting rest that I needed. So for this week, I am hoping to bring awareness into your life on when you rest during the week? We all need to have that one day to rest, this may not have to do with sleep, but we need that time to come closer to our friends, family, our passions, and our God. So as spring is closer to being here, please take the time to find your rest.
God Bless,
Ben Remmert
Write a College Kid a Note!
With spring break around the corner, we just wanted to share the joy with our college kids by sending them care packages & a warm note from y'all. So stop by our table in the narthex on Sunday to write a note to our college kids.
Sunday Refuge for Jr. & Sr. High @ 9:45 am!
Are you ready for a new experience? Are you needing a time to be amongst people your age? Why not come to a place of Refuge for you to explore your faith while having a blast doing it! This will not be your typical Sunday School class you have experienced in the past. There will be food, games and activities, and time to listen to the gospel in a new light with a message that reflects our world today. Bring a friend!
Camp Hope Paid Staff Applications- TURN THEM IN ASAP!
Camp Hope is an opportunity for our Jr. High and Sr. High to lead in a 3 week day camp where we teach the good news of Christ through games, worship, interactive story telling, snacks, crafts, expressive arts, and service. Its an opportunity for Peace to be apart of one of the most successful outreach and youth leadership program our synod offers to our youth and families. If you have not turned in your staff application, please contact Ben Remmert as we will begin our interviewing for staff at the end of March.
Saints of Faith Milestone: March 20th at 9:45 am and March 27th at 11 am Worship
We are given our time together as a gift of God’s creation. People are given the choices to do what they want with their time. Our Christian faith calls us to live the life of the servant, the life that Jesus Christ lived. But can we truly live this life style? For those that accept the call to live the life of the suffering servant and preach the good news of Jesus Christ to the community, these are saints. This is what we are going to ask of our third graders for this milestone celebration as they will be learning about the people that helped shape our Christian story and heritage, and how we can continue to shape the Christian story. So be sure to mark your calendar for this important milestone. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Lutherhill This Summer!
Last week we had Matt Kindsvatter from Lutherhill come to talk to us about summer ministries and have a mini Lutherhill camp day. If you are planning on going to Lutherhill this summer, we need you to sign up as soon as possible. Spots are filling fast and we need a good head count so we can put down our deposit. Remember that if you are in 1st-5th grade, we are going to Lutherhill on August 7th-12th, 2011 and 6th-8th are going to Lutherhill on June 19th-24th. Sign Ups are on the youth and family bulletin board for summer ministries and see the pictures from our Rally Day. More questions? Contact Ben Remmert.
DEEP Leadership Meeting: Next Meeting Sunday March 27th @ 2 pm.
Our leadership team is called “DEEP” because we are going to dive into our ministry together, head first. This is again a time for us to come together to gather and share the vision of Peace Lutheran’s ministry but also a time for our leaders to come together for devotion and have some discussions about passing on the faith to our youth. We are going to begin our times together discussing about the research done on the spiritual lives of American youth by Kendra Dean in Almost Christian. Kendra Dean has made some new discoveries that can help us grow in our ministry. So if you are interested in becoming a leader in our youth and family committee, please contact Ben Remmert.
Family Meal Nights with the Youth Director!
Thank you for those families that have already talked to me about a time to meet, but for those that have not, there is still time! I have been here for 9 months and I am still committed to meeting all our families here at Peace Lutheran. I have placed a sign up sheet on our youth bulletin for families to sign up what day and time you would like to schedule a meal together where we can bond together as Brothers and Sisters in Christ. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Jr. High, Sr. High, and Youth Group: Oh My!
Are you a youth and are searching for a community to belong to? Do you want to have fun with people your own age? Why not come and give youth group a try. This is a time where we are going to build on our community through fellowship, prayer, devotion, and a meal together as a group. We are wanting this to be an engaging time for our youth so the more the better! Here is the schedule for our youth groups for 2011.
Jr. High- Sundays at 5 pm- 6pm
Sr. High- Sundays at 4 pm- 6 pm
Young Adults- Wednesdays at 7 pm-8:30 pm
Communion Instruction- April 3rd,April 10th, and April 17th at 1 pm
It’s coming up -- our spring class of Communion Instruction! All students ready for instruction in First Communion (we suggest 3rd grade- 5th grade) are invited to attend classes every Sunday at 1:00 pm on April 3rd , April 10th, and April 17th We are going to learn more about how communion is our gift of God’s love and grace while learning how it helps us communicate our Christian message. Our children will receive their first communion on April 24th with their families. Please contact Ben Remmert if you have any questions.
Sr. High and Jr. High Hunger Famine Lock-In- March 25th- March 26th
Sign Up by March 20th! We will be going over to Kinsmen Lutheran Church with other Lutheran congregations from March 25th – March 26th! All Senior High and Junior High are invited as we will have activities for both grades and activities that are to engage them on their own level. We are going to learn more about world hunger and participate in a 30 Hour Famine to help raise money for Lutheran World Relief to help the world feed the world. It’s going to be a blast! Please bring $5 to help pay for dinner and breakfast. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
St. Patrick Day Celebration: March 20, 2011, 12:30 pm-3:00 pm
It’s that time of the year again. Wear your green with pride, but its also a time of celebration of Saint Patrick. Who was the Saint that helped spread Christianity? We are going to spend the day celebrating the life of Saint Patrick with a church family picnic here at Peace Lutheran where we will play some games, eat some food, create some crafts, and enjoy our Christian community together. If you are interested in helping out in this event or need more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Jr. High Human Dignity Retreat: April 8th-9th
What this is not is a Sex Ed. Retreat. However, this is a place to have caring and warm discussions where we will talk about how we are relational beings and how God has given us the gift of sexuality. This is a lock-in only for our Jr. High students and we are going to Holy Comforter Lutheran Church where we will be with 5 other Lutheran congregations where there will be food, games, fellowship, and meaningful conversations. For parents, we will come together on March 21st at 6:30 pm to discuss what we will be talking with your youth about. We will meet at Peace Lutheran Church at 6 pm and be back at Peace on April 9th at 8 pm. Cost is $30 which includes three meals, snacks, transportation, and our activities. Sign ups are on the youth and family ministry bulletin board. Please sign up by March 21st. More questions please contact Ben Remmert.
Youth Lent Focus: Becoming a Contagious Christian
Lent is the time to focus our attention to the ministry of Jesus Christ. So with Lent coming around the corner, we are going to have our Wednesday Night evenings focused on how to equip our youth in relational evangelism by discovering your own style of communicating about Christ, how to build spiritual significant relationships, telling your own story, and having some fun doing so. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Calling our Jr./Sr. High Actors for an Easter Performance:
Its closer than you think. With such a successful Christmas Program, we are going to put on a putting together another production for our Easter service and we need some help! As of right now we are looking for Jr. High and Sr. High Students who would like to perform in a production that has to do with the Easter Message. If you are interested, please contact Ben Remmert for more information. We will have our production decision by the end of the month and begin rehearsals in on March 7th at 7 pm.
Youth Garage Sale on April 16th!
To help raise funds for Camp Hope and summer ministries this summer, we are going to host a garage sale here at Peace. We will also be serving lunch at the garage sale. So if you have items in your closet, attic, or garage that are collecting dust and just need a reason to donate, why not help our youth as they are preparing for our summer outreach ministries. If you plan on donating items, please plan on bring them over to Peace Lutheran Church after March 20th. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Family Sedar Meal on April 20th at 6:30 pm:
During Holy Week, we are going to celebrate our time together with a cedar meal together where we will come together to have a family friendly cedar meal. After our meal, we will have our Jr. High and Sr. High perform their Easter production. It’s going to be a time to come together for fellowship, come together in prayer, and come together to learn more about our shared Christian history. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
From The Director of Administration
Nursery Volunteers Needed (Must be at least 16 years of age)
Discussion has been held about the number of children one Nursery Attendant can have at one time per State of Texas guidelines. State guidelines dictate 6 children of varying ages per attendant.
With this being said Peace Lutheran Church is not in a financial position to hire a 2nd attendant to be on standby in the event this situation takes place. Therefore, I am asking for ONE volunteer (at least 16 years of age) per service to be on standby in the event we get into this situation. If the Volunteer will check in with the Nursery Attendant, Joanne Bowman, prior to the service and pick up a pager then she will page you if she is in need of assistance where she has more than 6 children at one time.
Also, to the parents whose children stay in the Nursery, it is important that you sign your child in at the time you are dropping them off and Joanne will give you a pager to carry during the Service. This is simply in the event of an emergency and/or situation with your child where she needs your assistance since she can not leave the other children unattended to come and locate you in the Sanctuary.
I hope each Member of Peace will prayerfully consider volunteering your services in the Nursery on an as needed basis.
Church Facility Keys
I am also trying to get a handle on all of the keys to the church facility. If you have a key to the Church, please stop by my office and complete the form that we need to keep on file for insurance purposes. It is very important that I get this task taken care of as soon as possible.
Bernie Anderson,
Director of Administration
Lutheran World Relief Sewing Kits
March & April items will be collected for World Relief Sewing Kits. Many retailers will be running their yard goods on sale. Wal-Mart in Pasadena is a great place to purchase your material also. The following items are needed to assemble a sewing kit:
Cotton or cotton blend fabric (no knits or 100%
polyester)
2- 1/4 yds of 60" wide fabric, or
3 yds of 44" wide fabric, or
4 yds of 36" wide fabric
1 pkg of 10-15 needles
1 spool of matching general purpose thread, 250-
300 yds
6 to 10 average size matching buttons (1/2 to 3/4
preferred)
Please prayerfully consider a sewing kit for World Relief. Thanks for your support and help through out the year. Remember to continue to save your cancelled stamps.
Simply Giving Available
Simply Giving is available at Peace Lutheran Church. If you are interested in having your donations to our general fund or building fund done by electronic fund transfer then Simply Giving is for you! There are no fees involved for you or the church. For more information or to sign up, please call the church office. Applications are also available on the table in the narthex.
Sarah’s House
During the month of March we will be collecting items in Jars: peanut butter, jelly, spaghetti sauce etc, and also canned soups. Sarah’s House is a shelter for women and their children who have fallen on hard times. They rehabilitate the women and get the children back in school. Please prayerfully consider donating one or two items. It would be greatly appreciated.
Creative Hands Ministry
Please continue to save your used toner and ink cartridges (any brand or style is now accepted.) The Creative Hands uses the rebates for their paper products and other supplies. Please place them in the box on the WOP table in the narthex.
Healing Ministry of St. Luke
During communion we offer a healing ministry by inviting those who wish to have the ritual of anointing. This ministry is not about invoking a “supernatural” healing, but to affirm God’s spiritual, emotional and physical healing in our lives. We hope that this will become a “station of comfort” for you. You may come to the baptismal font after you have communed for anointing of oil.
If you would like to participate in this ministry please contact Monica Clark (281) 991-7151.
Worship Assistants Needed For All Services
We are in need of more men and women volunteers to prepare communion on Sunday mornings at all three services but especially at the 11:00 service. We also need Assisting Ministers, Lectors, Acolytes, Crucifers and Ushers for all services. Please prayerfully consider volunteering in one of these positions. The sign-up sheets for worship assistants are on the bulletin board in the narthex. Training is available. For more information contact Monica Clark at (281) 991-7151. Thank you to all of our faithful volunteers. You are so appreciated.
Monica Clark, Worship Coordinator
Adult Game Night
Bring a snack to share and come join us for an adult evening of fellowship, games, food and a lot of fun on Friday, March 11th at 7:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. If you have any questions, please call Ruth Meyer.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
For Sunday, February 27, 2011
Eighth Sunday after Epiphany
For a list of upcoming activities go to http://www.mychurchevents.com/calendar/calendar.aspx?ci=G1K5L6N8L6I3N8
Be sure to check out our website http://welcometopeace.com
If you cannot attend this Sunday, you can still make an offering using our online service at Contribute Online. Thank you for your commitment to our mission and ministry.
We invite you to become a friend of Peace on the Peace Facebook webpage. Facebook is an online social networking site that helps communities of friends stay connected on an on-going basis. The cost is free. Facebook is a lot fun and you will enjoy the connections. You will need a Facebook account to join. Go to http://facebook.com for more information and search Facebook for Peace Lutheran Church, Pasadena Texas. We look forward to you joining.
Sunday's Events
We are pleased to welcome The Rev. Joseph Winston as our guest preacher on Sunday morning.
Mark Kindsvatter and staff from Lutherhill will be here to tell us about the summer ministries at Lutherhill.
Congregational Meeting at 12:30 pm to extend a call to our Youth Director, Ben Remmert, as an AiM for Youth & Family Ministries here at Peace. Please make a special effort to attend.
Pastoral Care Notes
Hospitalized:
Helen Shoppa: Triumph, Clear Lake
From the Youth Director
It’s the end of February and we are quickly approaching March. This is the time when winter is having its final days and spring is beginning to come. So while it’s been two full months in 2011, I am just curious about how your New Year’s resolutions are coming along? I ask this because I know so many people will think that since their goals for 2011 are not coming true, they will make them their Lent practices. But as Lent is coming around the corner, I just want you to begin thinking about what you are planning on doing to prepare for Easter?
Also we have our March youth and family newsletter in the narthex if you would like a copy.
God Bless,
Ben Remmert
We Have To Call Ben Again? What Does This Mean?
So some of you may wonder why do we have to vote on Ben Remmert again as our Director of Youth and Family Ministry? The answer is simple, because now I am called to ministry of Word and Service as an Associate in Ministry (AiM). Associates in Ministry are leaders who are commissioned for ministry to equip and enable others in their Christian lives. They are theologically trained lay ministers that specialize in service in congregations, provide leadership and support program ministries of the whole people of God and who possess a deep value to the church. They go through candidacy process that our ordained pastors go through to be leaders in our church and work hand in hand with our Word and Sacrament leaders.
So we are having a congregational meeting to vote to see if this is who you would want to help serve as your Dir. of Youth and Family Ministry. For now I am not only an individual theologically and academically trained for youth and family ministry, but I am called to serve in leadership in the whole Christian Church. So please come to our congregational meeting on Feb. 27th to vote if you want me to be your Associate in Ministry for your Youth and Family Ministries.
Summer Lutherhill Rally Day: February 27
On Sunday, we are having Matt Kindsvatter from Lutherhill to talk to us about Summer ministries. We are going to have some fun learning more about Lutherhill with some games, snacks, and fun. So please plan on coming to worship so Matt can talk about the ministries offered at Lutherhill. For the Sunday School class, we are going to have some fun playing some games, have a craft or two to create, and have a mini-day of Lutherhill for our Sunday School class. If you are planning on going to Lutherhill this summer, we need you to sign up as soon as possible. Spots are filling fast and we need a good head count so we can put down our deposit. Remember that if you are in 1st-5th grade, we are going to Lutherhill on August 7th-12th, 2011 and 6th-8th are going to Lutherhill on June 19th-24th. Sign Ups are on the youth and family bulletin board for summer ministries. More questions? Contact Ben Remmert.
St. Patrick Day Celebration: March 20th, 2011, 12:30 PM-3:00 PM
It’s that time of the year again. Wear your green with pride, but it’s also a time of celebration of Saint Patrick, the Saint that helped spread Christianity? We are going to spend the day celebrating the life of Saint Patrick with a church family picnic here at Peace Lutheran where we will play some games, eat some food, create some crafts, and enjoy our Christian community together. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Calling Sr. High and Young Adults: Need Help with Recycling Program
For the past months, we have been picking up papers from residents at the Waterford Retirement Community in Deer Park. We collect these papers and put them in our receptacles, which raises money for our youth and family programs, but also to help our environment. We need weekly pick ups. This is not hard work, and it’s an amazing opportunity to reach out to Waterford, raise money, and help serve God’s creation. You may even leave with cookies, candy, and other goodies. We need help Sr. High and Young Adults to pick up these papers. If you are interested, please contact Ben Remmert.
Sunday Refuge For Jr. & Sr. High @ 9:45 AM!
Are you ready for a new experience? Are you needing a time to be amongst people your age? Why not come to a place of Refuge for you to explore your faith while having a blast doing it! This will not be your typical Sunday School class you have experienced in the past. There will be food, games and activities, and time to listen to the gospel in a new light with a message that reflects our world today. Bring a friend!
Camp Hope Paid Staff Applications- Due February 27!
Camp Hope is an opportunity for our Jr. High and Sr. High to lead in a 3 week day camp where we teach the good news of Christ through games, worship, interactive story telling, snacks, crafts, expressive arts, and service. It’s an opportunity for Peace to be a part of one of the most successful outreach and youth leadership program our synod offers to our youth and families. If you have not turned in your staff application, please contact Ben Remmert.
Saints of Faith Milestone: March 20th At 9:45 AM and March 27th at 11 AM Worship
We are given our time together as a gift of God’s creation. People are given the choices to do what they want with their time. Our Christian faith calls us to live the life of the servant, the life that Jesus Christ lived. But can we truly live this life style? For those that accept the call to live the life of the suffering servant and preach the good news of Jesus Christ to the community, these are saints. This is what we are going to ask of our third graders for this milestone celebration as they will be learning about the people that helped shape our Christian story and heritage and how we can continue to shaping the Christian story. So be sure to mark your calendar for this important milestone. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
DEEP Leadership Meeting: February 27 @ 2:00 PM!
Our leadership team is called “DEEP” because we are going to dive into our ministry together, head first. This is again a time for us to come together to gather and share the vision of Peace Lutheran’s ministry but also a time for our leaders to come together for devotion and have some discussions about passing on the faith to our youth. We are going to begin our times together discussing about the research done on the spiritual lives of American youth by Kendra Dean in Almost Christian. Kendra Dean has made some new discovers that can help us grow in our ministry. So if you are interested in becoming a leader in our youth and family committee, please contact Ben Remmert or join us on Sunday.
Family Meal Nights with the Youth Director!
Thank you for those families that have already talked to me about a time to meet, but for those that have not, there is still time! I have been here for 8 months and I am still committed to meeting all our families here at Peace Lutheran. I have placed a sign up sheet on our youth bulletin for families to sign up what day and time you would like to schedule a meal together where we can bond together as Brothers and Sisters in Christ. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Jr. High, Sr. High, and Youth Group: Oh My!
Are you a youth and searching for a community to belong to? Do you want to have fun with people your own age? Why not come and give youth group a try. This is a time where we are going to build on our community through fellowship, prayer, devotion, and a meal together as a group. We are wanting this to be an engaging time for our youth so the more the better! Here is the schedule for our youth groups for 2011.
Jr. High- Sundays at 5 pm- 6pm
Sr. High- Sundays at 4 pm- 6 pm
Young Adults- Wednesdays at 7 pm-8:30 pm
Communion Instruction- April 3rd, April 10th, And April 17th At 1 PM
It’s coming up, our spring class of Communion Instruction! All students ready for instruction in First Communion (we suggest 3rd grade- 5th grade) are invited to attend classes every Sunday at 1:00 pm on April 3rd, April 10th, and April 17th. We are going to learn more about how communion is our gift of God’s love and grace while learning how it helps us communicate our Christian message. Our children will receive their first communion on April 24th with their families. Please contact Ben Remmert for more questions.
Sr. High and Jr. High Hunger Famine Lock-In- March 25th- March 26th
We will be going over to Kinsmen Lutheran Church with other Lutheran congregations from March 25th – March 26! All Senior High and Junior High are invited as we will have activities for both grades and activities that are to engage them on their own level. We are going to learn more about world hunger and participate in a 30 Hour Famine to help raise money for Lutheran World Relief to help feed the world. It’s going to be a blast! Please bring $5 to help pay for dinner and breakfast. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Jr. High Human Dignity Retreat: April 8th-9th
What this is not is a Sex Ed. Retreat. However, this is a place to have caring and warm discussions where we will talk about how we are relational beings and how God has given us the gift of sexuality. This is a lock-in only for our Jr. High students and we are going to Holy Comforter Lutheran Church where we will be with 5 other Lutheran congregations where there will be food, games, fellowship, and meaningful conversations. For parents, we will come together on March 21st at 6:30 pm to discuss what we will be talking with your youth about. We will meet at Peace Lutheran Church at 6:00 pm and be back at Peace on April 9th at 8:00 pm. Cost is $30 which includes three meals, snacks, transportation, and our activities. Sign ups are on the youth and family ministry bulletin board. Please sign up by March 21st. More questions please contact Ben Remmert.
Youth Lent Focus: Becoming a Contagious Christian
Lent is the time to focus our attention to the ministry of Jesus Christ. So with Lent coming around the corner, we are going to have our Wednesday Night evenings focused on how to equip our youth in relational evangelism by discovering your own style of communicating about Christ, how to build spiritually significant relationships, telling your own story, and having some fun doing so. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Lent Is Coming Up- Calling Our Jr./Sr. High Actors For An Easter Performance
It’s closer than you think. With such a successful Christmas Program, we are going to be putting together another production for our Easter service and we need some help! As of right now we are looking for Jr. High and Sr. High Students who would like to perform in a production that has to do with the Easter Message. If you are interested, please contact Ben Remmert for more information. We will have our production decision by the end of the month and begin rehearsals in on March 7th at 7 pm.
Jr. High and Sr. High Youth Group: Tangled Blue is Coming!
On March 1st at 6:00 pm, Tangled Blue (well renowned Christian band) is coming to House of Prayer Lutheran Church for a youth (Jr. and Sr. High) only evening where they will be playing games that encourage positive peer mediation. We will be ordering pizza. Then on Wednesday March 2nd, the Sr. High are invited to attend the concert at House of Prayer Lutheran Church at 6:30 pm until 8:00 pm. There is no ticket price, but a free will offering will be taken. It’s going to be a lot of fun. For more questions, please contact Ben Remmert.
Youth Garage Sale on April 16th!
To help raise funds for Camp Hope and summer ministries this summer, we are going to host a garage sale here at Peace. We will also be serving lunch at the garage sale. So if you have items in your closet, attic, or garage that are collecting dust and just need a reason to donate, why not help our youth as they are preparing for our summer outreach ministries. If you plan on donating items, please plan on bring them over to Peace Lutheran Church after March 20th. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Call Committee Report of February 20, 2011 Meeting
We had our second meeting at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 20, 2011. All members were present and we have a positive, enthusiastic, and knowledgeable group who are here to serve our Lord. So that our congregation can have a thumbnail sketch of steps to be taken and maybe have a visual of the process, below is a partial list to show the process.
Step 1 - The Bishop’s office is to meet with our church council, appoint a Transition Coach, and provide resources for the church council and call committee to help in the Call Process. This step has been done.
Step 2 - Pastor has resigned, responsibilities of the Transition Coach are explained, there is to be a closure consultation, professional ethical boundaries and retirement boundaries are explained and there is to be a tying up of loose ends. These "loose ends" are submitted to the Synod Bishop (1) a certification that all financial obligations have been fulfilled between the congregation and the pastor; and (2) a certification that all the congregations records are in good order. The loose ends of this step are to be completed soon.
Step 3 - (A) Creation of a Transition Team - who should serve. The transition team should be appointed by council. The team should consist of no more than seven persons who represent the composition of the congregation (and are held in high regard and trust by the membership of the congregation). Council is working on this.
(B) Securing Pastoral Leadership during the Transition - This step has been accomplished. Our interim pastor, Galen Knutson, will be installed March 6, 2011.
Step 4 - Forming a Call Committee - This step has been accomplished.
The call committee members are Sandy Tillis, Ed Buskirk, Weldon Wilkerson, Bob Wells, Joann Hutton, Dawn Lambert, Darla Haygood (non voting member/liason with council), Ernie McWilliams. (1) The call committee should form a time line and provide to the congregation, so everyone is relating to the same schedule. (2) The call committee is to establish a budget with church council. The call committee is working on these two items.
As a bonus, a Prayer Group has been formed to keep the congregation, the members of council, members of the call committee, and our future pastor in their prayers.
There are many steps in the call process and these are just the first 4. The next major step is to complete the Ministry Site Profile (MSP) (more information regarding this process will be published as the whole congregation is involved in this) and submit the MSP to the Bishop’s office. This will start the ball rolling toward getting names of potential pastors to interview.
We are a "Call" Committee, not a "Hiring Committee," and we want to serve God in a way that is pleasing to Him.
Blessings and Peace,
Peace Lutheran Call Committee
Calling All Praying People of Peace
The Special Prayer Group met last Sunday. The purpose of this group is to pray, not only for the Call Committee, but also for all ministries of Peace during the call process. We will be praying again on Sunday at 3:00 pm. This time was not chosen by accident--it is the time the Call Committee will be meeting, and, what better time for us to be praying.
Anyone can pray anywhere – but, there is power in numbers of believing Christians, praying together at the same time. So, prayerfully consider joining us. The group last week was small enough to meet in the Prayer Room. But, what a joy it would be, if we had to move to another room because we couldn’t all fit in the prayer room. Prayer is something we can all do--men and women, young and old, so join us as we lift our hearts to God in prayer. Any questions? Please contact Barbara Hagemeister.
Prayer Conditioning:
With Prayer and Thanksgiving, Give God the Glory! 1 Chronicles 29:10-11
“Praise be to you, LORD, the God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Yours, LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours”.
Pray that we, the People of Peace, will have listening and hearing ears, as the Word of God speaks to us…
Pray that the Holy Spirit will stir us to joyful participation when we are called to serve…
Pray that Satan and his angels will be blocked from entering any facet of the call process…
Pray thanking the Lord for the faithful service of the Call Committee members--tremendous responsibility lies squarely on their shoulders…
Pray for the Call Committee - for wisdom and discernment, as they perform the tasks they have been called to do…
Pray that this time of transition will be a time of spiritual growth for all…
Pray for our interim pastor, Pastor Galen Knutson, and his ministry at Peace...
Pray for the Pastor that the Lord is preparing for ministry at Peace.
With Prayer and Thanksgiving, Give God the Glory!
From The Administrator
Nursery Volunteers Needed
Discussion has been held about the number of children one Nursery Attendant can have at one time per State of Texas guidelines. State guidelines dictate 6 children of varying ages per attendant.
With this being said Peace Lutheran Church is not in a financial position to hire a 2nd attendant to be on standby in the event this situation takes place. Therefore, I am asking for ONE volunteer per service to be on standby in the event we get into this situation. If the Volunteer will check in with the Nursery Attendant, Joanne Bowman, prior to the service and pick up a pager then she will page you if she is in need of assistance where she has more than 6 children at one time.
Also, to the parents whose children stay in the Nursery, it is important that you sign your child in at the time you are dropping them off and Joanne will give you a pager to carry during the Service. This is simply in the event of an emergency and/or situation with your child where she needs your assistance since she can not leave the other children unattended to come and locate you in the Sanctuary.
I hope each Member of Peace will prayerfully consider volunteering your services in the Nursery on an as needed basis.
Church Facility Keys
I am also trying to get a handle on all of the keys to the church facility. If you have a key to the Church, please stop by my office and complete the form that we need to keep on file for insurance purposes. It is very important that I get this task taken care of as soon as possible.
Bernie Anderson,
Director of Administration
Brotherhood Breakfast/Meeting: March 5
All men of the congregation, mark your calendars and plan to join us on Saturday, March 5th at 8:00 am in the Fellowship for our monthly breakfast meeting. If you have any questions about this group please contact Weldon Wilkerson at (713) 941-1184.
Lutheran World Relief Health Kits
Collection of Health Kits items continues. Delivery date for all kits and quilts is the Monday after Easter. If you need a list of Health Kit items please check the women’s table in the Narthex.
Please continue to save your cancelled stamps, this is an on going program and your participation has been overwhelming. Great job! Have a blessed day.
Paper/Cardboard Recycling Bins
Help the YOUTH of Peace by bringing your Paper/Cardboard recycling with you to church on Sundays (or during the week) and dump in the Recycle Bins at the back of the parking lot off the Fellowship Hall. All the monies received from this recycle project goes to the Youth Fund.
Creative Hands Ministry
Please continue to save your used toner and ink cartridges (any brand or style is now accepted.) The Creative Hands uses the rebates for their paper products and other supplies. Please place them in the box on the WOP table in the narthex.
Simply Giving Available
Simply Giving is available at Peace Lutheran Church. If you are interested in having your donations to our general fund or building fund done by electronic fund transfer then Simply Giving is for you! There are no fees involved for you or the church. For more information or to sign up, please call the church office. Applications are also available on the table in the narthex.
Midweek Lenten Services
Lenten Services will begin on March 9th with our Ash Wednesday service of ashes. We will have two services that day, one at 12:30 pm and one at 7:00 pm. Both will have communion and both will have the opportunity for you to have the imposition of ashes.
Plan to join us each Wednesday during the season of Lent for services at 12:30 pm and 7:00 pm. A soup lunch will be held at 11:45 am and our usual soup suppers at 6:00 pm.
Eighth Sunday after Epiphany
For a list of upcoming activities go to http://www.mychurchevents.com/calendar/calendar.aspx?ci=G1K5L6N8L6I3N8
Be sure to check out our website http://welcometopeace.com
If you cannot attend this Sunday, you can still make an offering using our online service at Contribute Online. Thank you for your commitment to our mission and ministry.
We invite you to become a friend of Peace on the Peace Facebook webpage. Facebook is an online social networking site that helps communities of friends stay connected on an on-going basis. The cost is free. Facebook is a lot fun and you will enjoy the connections. You will need a Facebook account to join. Go to http://facebook.com for more information and search Facebook for Peace Lutheran Church, Pasadena Texas. We look forward to you joining.
Sunday's Events
We are pleased to welcome The Rev. Joseph Winston as our guest preacher on Sunday morning.
Mark Kindsvatter and staff from Lutherhill will be here to tell us about the summer ministries at Lutherhill.
Congregational Meeting at 12:30 pm to extend a call to our Youth Director, Ben Remmert, as an AiM for Youth & Family Ministries here at Peace. Please make a special effort to attend.
Pastoral Care Notes
Hospitalized:
Helen Shoppa: Triumph, Clear Lake
From the Youth Director
It’s the end of February and we are quickly approaching March. This is the time when winter is having its final days and spring is beginning to come. So while it’s been two full months in 2011, I am just curious about how your New Year’s resolutions are coming along? I ask this because I know so many people will think that since their goals for 2011 are not coming true, they will make them their Lent practices. But as Lent is coming around the corner, I just want you to begin thinking about what you are planning on doing to prepare for Easter?
Also we have our March youth and family newsletter in the narthex if you would like a copy.
God Bless,
Ben Remmert
We Have To Call Ben Again? What Does This Mean?
So some of you may wonder why do we have to vote on Ben Remmert again as our Director of Youth and Family Ministry? The answer is simple, because now I am called to ministry of Word and Service as an Associate in Ministry (AiM). Associates in Ministry are leaders who are commissioned for ministry to equip and enable others in their Christian lives. They are theologically trained lay ministers that specialize in service in congregations, provide leadership and support program ministries of the whole people of God and who possess a deep value to the church. They go through candidacy process that our ordained pastors go through to be leaders in our church and work hand in hand with our Word and Sacrament leaders.
So we are having a congregational meeting to vote to see if this is who you would want to help serve as your Dir. of Youth and Family Ministry. For now I am not only an individual theologically and academically trained for youth and family ministry, but I am called to serve in leadership in the whole Christian Church. So please come to our congregational meeting on Feb. 27th to vote if you want me to be your Associate in Ministry for your Youth and Family Ministries.
Summer Lutherhill Rally Day: February 27
On Sunday, we are having Matt Kindsvatter from Lutherhill to talk to us about Summer ministries. We are going to have some fun learning more about Lutherhill with some games, snacks, and fun. So please plan on coming to worship so Matt can talk about the ministries offered at Lutherhill. For the Sunday School class, we are going to have some fun playing some games, have a craft or two to create, and have a mini-day of Lutherhill for our Sunday School class. If you are planning on going to Lutherhill this summer, we need you to sign up as soon as possible. Spots are filling fast and we need a good head count so we can put down our deposit. Remember that if you are in 1st-5th grade, we are going to Lutherhill on August 7th-12th, 2011 and 6th-8th are going to Lutherhill on June 19th-24th. Sign Ups are on the youth and family bulletin board for summer ministries. More questions? Contact Ben Remmert.
St. Patrick Day Celebration: March 20th, 2011, 12:30 PM-3:00 PM
It’s that time of the year again. Wear your green with pride, but it’s also a time of celebration of Saint Patrick, the Saint that helped spread Christianity? We are going to spend the day celebrating the life of Saint Patrick with a church family picnic here at Peace Lutheran where we will play some games, eat some food, create some crafts, and enjoy our Christian community together. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Calling Sr. High and Young Adults: Need Help with Recycling Program
For the past months, we have been picking up papers from residents at the Waterford Retirement Community in Deer Park. We collect these papers and put them in our receptacles, which raises money for our youth and family programs, but also to help our environment. We need weekly pick ups. This is not hard work, and it’s an amazing opportunity to reach out to Waterford, raise money, and help serve God’s creation. You may even leave with cookies, candy, and other goodies. We need help Sr. High and Young Adults to pick up these papers. If you are interested, please contact Ben Remmert.
Sunday Refuge For Jr. & Sr. High @ 9:45 AM!
Are you ready for a new experience? Are you needing a time to be amongst people your age? Why not come to a place of Refuge for you to explore your faith while having a blast doing it! This will not be your typical Sunday School class you have experienced in the past. There will be food, games and activities, and time to listen to the gospel in a new light with a message that reflects our world today. Bring a friend!
Camp Hope Paid Staff Applications- Due February 27!
Camp Hope is an opportunity for our Jr. High and Sr. High to lead in a 3 week day camp where we teach the good news of Christ through games, worship, interactive story telling, snacks, crafts, expressive arts, and service. It’s an opportunity for Peace to be a part of one of the most successful outreach and youth leadership program our synod offers to our youth and families. If you have not turned in your staff application, please contact Ben Remmert.
Saints of Faith Milestone: March 20th At 9:45 AM and March 27th at 11 AM Worship
We are given our time together as a gift of God’s creation. People are given the choices to do what they want with their time. Our Christian faith calls us to live the life of the servant, the life that Jesus Christ lived. But can we truly live this life style? For those that accept the call to live the life of the suffering servant and preach the good news of Jesus Christ to the community, these are saints. This is what we are going to ask of our third graders for this milestone celebration as they will be learning about the people that helped shape our Christian story and heritage and how we can continue to shaping the Christian story. So be sure to mark your calendar for this important milestone. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
DEEP Leadership Meeting: February 27 @ 2:00 PM!
Our leadership team is called “DEEP” because we are going to dive into our ministry together, head first. This is again a time for us to come together to gather and share the vision of Peace Lutheran’s ministry but also a time for our leaders to come together for devotion and have some discussions about passing on the faith to our youth. We are going to begin our times together discussing about the research done on the spiritual lives of American youth by Kendra Dean in Almost Christian. Kendra Dean has made some new discovers that can help us grow in our ministry. So if you are interested in becoming a leader in our youth and family committee, please contact Ben Remmert or join us on Sunday.
Family Meal Nights with the Youth Director!
Thank you for those families that have already talked to me about a time to meet, but for those that have not, there is still time! I have been here for 8 months and I am still committed to meeting all our families here at Peace Lutheran. I have placed a sign up sheet on our youth bulletin for families to sign up what day and time you would like to schedule a meal together where we can bond together as Brothers and Sisters in Christ. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Jr. High, Sr. High, and Youth Group: Oh My!
Are you a youth and searching for a community to belong to? Do you want to have fun with people your own age? Why not come and give youth group a try. This is a time where we are going to build on our community through fellowship, prayer, devotion, and a meal together as a group. We are wanting this to be an engaging time for our youth so the more the better! Here is the schedule for our youth groups for 2011.
Jr. High- Sundays at 5 pm- 6pm
Sr. High- Sundays at 4 pm- 6 pm
Young Adults- Wednesdays at 7 pm-8:30 pm
Communion Instruction- April 3rd, April 10th, And April 17th At 1 PM
It’s coming up, our spring class of Communion Instruction! All students ready for instruction in First Communion (we suggest 3rd grade- 5th grade) are invited to attend classes every Sunday at 1:00 pm on April 3rd, April 10th, and April 17th. We are going to learn more about how communion is our gift of God’s love and grace while learning how it helps us communicate our Christian message. Our children will receive their first communion on April 24th with their families. Please contact Ben Remmert for more questions.
Sr. High and Jr. High Hunger Famine Lock-In- March 25th- March 26th
We will be going over to Kinsmen Lutheran Church with other Lutheran congregations from March 25th – March 26! All Senior High and Junior High are invited as we will have activities for both grades and activities that are to engage them on their own level. We are going to learn more about world hunger and participate in a 30 Hour Famine to help raise money for Lutheran World Relief to help feed the world. It’s going to be a blast! Please bring $5 to help pay for dinner and breakfast. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Jr. High Human Dignity Retreat: April 8th-9th
What this is not is a Sex Ed. Retreat. However, this is a place to have caring and warm discussions where we will talk about how we are relational beings and how God has given us the gift of sexuality. This is a lock-in only for our Jr. High students and we are going to Holy Comforter Lutheran Church where we will be with 5 other Lutheran congregations where there will be food, games, fellowship, and meaningful conversations. For parents, we will come together on March 21st at 6:30 pm to discuss what we will be talking with your youth about. We will meet at Peace Lutheran Church at 6:00 pm and be back at Peace on April 9th at 8:00 pm. Cost is $30 which includes three meals, snacks, transportation, and our activities. Sign ups are on the youth and family ministry bulletin board. Please sign up by March 21st. More questions please contact Ben Remmert.
Youth Lent Focus: Becoming a Contagious Christian
Lent is the time to focus our attention to the ministry of Jesus Christ. So with Lent coming around the corner, we are going to have our Wednesday Night evenings focused on how to equip our youth in relational evangelism by discovering your own style of communicating about Christ, how to build spiritually significant relationships, telling your own story, and having some fun doing so. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Lent Is Coming Up- Calling Our Jr./Sr. High Actors For An Easter Performance
It’s closer than you think. With such a successful Christmas Program, we are going to be putting together another production for our Easter service and we need some help! As of right now we are looking for Jr. High and Sr. High Students who would like to perform in a production that has to do with the Easter Message. If you are interested, please contact Ben Remmert for more information. We will have our production decision by the end of the month and begin rehearsals in on March 7th at 7 pm.
Jr. High and Sr. High Youth Group: Tangled Blue is Coming!
On March 1st at 6:00 pm, Tangled Blue (well renowned Christian band) is coming to House of Prayer Lutheran Church for a youth (Jr. and Sr. High) only evening where they will be playing games that encourage positive peer mediation. We will be ordering pizza. Then on Wednesday March 2nd, the Sr. High are invited to attend the concert at House of Prayer Lutheran Church at 6:30 pm until 8:00 pm. There is no ticket price, but a free will offering will be taken. It’s going to be a lot of fun. For more questions, please contact Ben Remmert.
Youth Garage Sale on April 16th!
To help raise funds for Camp Hope and summer ministries this summer, we are going to host a garage sale here at Peace. We will also be serving lunch at the garage sale. So if you have items in your closet, attic, or garage that are collecting dust and just need a reason to donate, why not help our youth as they are preparing for our summer outreach ministries. If you plan on donating items, please plan on bring them over to Peace Lutheran Church after March 20th. For more information, please contact Ben Remmert.
Call Committee Report of February 20, 2011 Meeting
We had our second meeting at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 20, 2011. All members were present and we have a positive, enthusiastic, and knowledgeable group who are here to serve our Lord. So that our congregation can have a thumbnail sketch of steps to be taken and maybe have a visual of the process, below is a partial list to show the process.
Step 1 - The Bishop’s office is to meet with our church council, appoint a Transition Coach, and provide resources for the church council and call committee to help in the Call Process. This step has been done.
Step 2 - Pastor has resigned, responsibilities of the Transition Coach are explained, there is to be a closure consultation, professional ethical boundaries and retirement boundaries are explained and there is to be a tying up of loose ends. These "loose ends" are submitted to the Synod Bishop (1) a certification that all financial obligations have been fulfilled between the congregation and the pastor; and (2) a certification that all the congregations records are in good order. The loose ends of this step are to be completed soon.
Step 3 - (A) Creation of a Transition Team - who should serve. The transition team should be appointed by council. The team should consist of no more than seven persons who represent the composition of the congregation (and are held in high regard and trust by the membership of the congregation). Council is working on this.
(B) Securing Pastoral Leadership during the Transition - This step has been accomplished. Our interim pastor, Galen Knutson, will be installed March 6, 2011.
Step 4 - Forming a Call Committee - This step has been accomplished.
The call committee members are Sandy Tillis, Ed Buskirk, Weldon Wilkerson, Bob Wells, Joann Hutton, Dawn Lambert, Darla Haygood (non voting member/liason with council), Ernie McWilliams. (1) The call committee should form a time line and provide to the congregation, so everyone is relating to the same schedule. (2) The call committee is to establish a budget with church council. The call committee is working on these two items.
As a bonus, a Prayer Group has been formed to keep the congregation, the members of council, members of the call committee, and our future pastor in their prayers.
There are many steps in the call process and these are just the first 4. The next major step is to complete the Ministry Site Profile (MSP) (more information regarding this process will be published as the whole congregation is involved in this) and submit the MSP to the Bishop’s office. This will start the ball rolling toward getting names of potential pastors to interview.
We are a "Call" Committee, not a "Hiring Committee," and we want to serve God in a way that is pleasing to Him.
Blessings and Peace,
Peace Lutheran Call Committee
Calling All Praying People of Peace
The Special Prayer Group met last Sunday. The purpose of this group is to pray, not only for the Call Committee, but also for all ministries of Peace during the call process. We will be praying again on Sunday at 3:00 pm. This time was not chosen by accident--it is the time the Call Committee will be meeting, and, what better time for us to be praying.
Anyone can pray anywhere – but, there is power in numbers of believing Christians, praying together at the same time. So, prayerfully consider joining us. The group last week was small enough to meet in the Prayer Room. But, what a joy it would be, if we had to move to another room because we couldn’t all fit in the prayer room. Prayer is something we can all do--men and women, young and old, so join us as we lift our hearts to God in prayer. Any questions? Please contact Barbara Hagemeister.
Prayer Conditioning:
With Prayer and Thanksgiving, Give God the Glory! 1 Chronicles 29:10-11
“Praise be to you, LORD, the God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Yours, LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours”.
Pray that we, the People of Peace, will have listening and hearing ears, as the Word of God speaks to us…
Pray that the Holy Spirit will stir us to joyful participation when we are called to serve…
Pray that Satan and his angels will be blocked from entering any facet of the call process…
Pray thanking the Lord for the faithful service of the Call Committee members--tremendous responsibility lies squarely on their shoulders…
Pray for the Call Committee - for wisdom and discernment, as they perform the tasks they have been called to do…
Pray that this time of transition will be a time of spiritual growth for all…
Pray for our interim pastor, Pastor Galen Knutson, and his ministry at Peace...
Pray for the Pastor that the Lord is preparing for ministry at Peace.
With Prayer and Thanksgiving, Give God the Glory!
From The Administrator
Nursery Volunteers Needed
Discussion has been held about the number of children one Nursery Attendant can have at one time per State of Texas guidelines. State guidelines dictate 6 children of varying ages per attendant.
With this being said Peace Lutheran Church is not in a financial position to hire a 2nd attendant to be on standby in the event this situation takes place. Therefore, I am asking for ONE volunteer per service to be on standby in the event we get into this situation. If the Volunteer will check in with the Nursery Attendant, Joanne Bowman, prior to the service and pick up a pager then she will page you if she is in need of assistance where she has more than 6 children at one time.
Also, to the parents whose children stay in the Nursery, it is important that you sign your child in at the time you are dropping them off and Joanne will give you a pager to carry during the Service. This is simply in the event of an emergency and/or situation with your child where she needs your assistance since she can not leave the other children unattended to come and locate you in the Sanctuary.
I hope each Member of Peace will prayerfully consider volunteering your services in the Nursery on an as needed basis.
Church Facility Keys
I am also trying to get a handle on all of the keys to the church facility. If you have a key to the Church, please stop by my office and complete the form that we need to keep on file for insurance purposes. It is very important that I get this task taken care of as soon as possible.
Bernie Anderson,
Director of Administration
Brotherhood Breakfast/Meeting: March 5
All men of the congregation, mark your calendars and plan to join us on Saturday, March 5th at 8:00 am in the Fellowship for our monthly breakfast meeting. If you have any questions about this group please contact Weldon Wilkerson at (713) 941-1184.
Lutheran World Relief Health Kits
Collection of Health Kits items continues. Delivery date for all kits and quilts is the Monday after Easter. If you need a list of Health Kit items please check the women’s table in the Narthex.
Please continue to save your cancelled stamps, this is an on going program and your participation has been overwhelming. Great job! Have a blessed day.
Paper/Cardboard Recycling Bins
Help the YOUTH of Peace by bringing your Paper/Cardboard recycling with you to church on Sundays (or during the week) and dump in the Recycle Bins at the back of the parking lot off the Fellowship Hall. All the monies received from this recycle project goes to the Youth Fund.
Creative Hands Ministry
Please continue to save your used toner and ink cartridges (any brand or style is now accepted.) The Creative Hands uses the rebates for their paper products and other supplies. Please place them in the box on the WOP table in the narthex.
Simply Giving Available
Simply Giving is available at Peace Lutheran Church. If you are interested in having your donations to our general fund or building fund done by electronic fund transfer then Simply Giving is for you! There are no fees involved for you or the church. For more information or to sign up, please call the church office. Applications are also available on the table in the narthex.
Midweek Lenten Services
Lenten Services will begin on March 9th with our Ash Wednesday service of ashes. We will have two services that day, one at 12:30 pm and one at 7:00 pm. Both will have communion and both will have the opportunity for you to have the imposition of ashes.
Plan to join us each Wednesday during the season of Lent for services at 12:30 pm and 7:00 pm. A soup lunch will be held at 11:45 am and our usual soup suppers at 6:00 pm.
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