Renovating a house can be an exciting and rewarding experience, even when you hit a few bumps along the way. In the same way, God can renovate your life by altering the ‘old you’ and creating a ‘new you.’ It’s never easy, of course, and you may experience some disarray, but renovating with God is the opportunity of a lifetime. Besides, what is more valuable than people and their hearts to God?

Join us in worship as we explore the book of Nehemiah and the physical and spiritual renovation experienced by the nation of Judah.  Nehemiah knew that his plan for renovating the wall and gates of Jerusalem would be hard work. But equally hard would be the spiritual renovation of the Jewish people as they returned to their homeland.

Thankfully, spiritual renovation is not a do-it-yourself project. We need God's great power working through us to renovate our lives by the power of the Holy Spirit. We discovered the first week that it is never too late to renovate. This week, we recognize that building, changing and growing often come at a painful price…and there may be a few (or many??) tears shed in the process. These tears can’t and won’t stop us from renovating! 

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As of September 13th our regional COVID hospitalization rate is at 16.95%.  This means we are in level II of our protocols which includes indoor, in-person gathering with masks required, social distancing, and minimized social interaction.

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If you’ve ever been part of a renovation project, you know how disruptive it can be.  Your home is destroyed while the din of hammers and saws commence.  But after that time of disruption, the results are a new and beautiful addition.

Join us this fall as we begin a new series called Renovate: Building a Life with God beginning on September 12th and running through October 17th.

Each Sunday you’ll have opportunities to dive deeper into what it means to build a life with God.

9am – Community time in the Fellowship Hall in which we will watch a brief video clip and receive a given prompt to consider.

10am – Worship time in the sanctuary with a sermon series teaching on the book of Nehemiah in the Old Testament which deals with the Israelites return from exile and rebuilding the Temple.  Although the backdrop of the story is framed around the rebuilding of the Temple, the story also describes the rebuilding of the community itself. 

5pm – Return to the Peace Fellowship Hall for small group, facilitated learning opportunities.

Click HERE for more details and a schedule. 

Seekers and Sponges:  Sunday, September 12 - Sunday, October 17  9:00am in-person and ZOOM
Seekers and Sponges will be joining in as a group with Peace's new Worship and Life Groups series, "Renovate: Building a Life with God" begining on September 12th and running through October 17th.  Each Sunday you’ll have opportunities to dive deeper into what it means to build a life with God.  Each Sunday at 9am there will be Community time in the Fellowship Hall (or via Zoom) where we will watch a brief video clip and receive a given prompt to consider.  Click HERE for more information on the Worship and Life Group series.  Click HERE to join by Zoom. 

Sweet Hour of Prayer Group
Our weekly Prayer Group Zooms every Monday at 9:00 am. We have a devotion, share prayer requests and pray over each request. The group is led by Becky Voges. If you would like to be a part of the group, please email Becky (beckyvoges@yahoo.com) and she will send the Zoom link. All prayer requests will be kept confidential.

Pastor's Virtual Conversation
Every Monday from 3 pm - 4 pm; Come join Pastor Jake on Zoom to ask questions, check-in, and lift up prayers. Join HERE - Meeting ID: 991 3660 5065; Password: 015347

Stephen Ministers
Are here to listen and help: If you need help or support, click HERE to learn more about Stephen's Ministry at Peace Lutheran Church.

Tech Support
Need some technical support? Trying to stay connected in a virtual world can be frustrating when things don't work or the technological learning curve seems steep. If you need some help, contact: Patti Kassel @ kasselpatti@gmail.com or Deacon Darcy Mittelstaedt @ darcy.mittelstaedt@gmail.com

BIG SERVE WEEKEND:  October 9-10. Save the date as we gear up for another year of the community-wide effort to serve known as “The Big Serve”.  Multiple churches team up to launch an initiative to flood our local non-profits with servant disciples with big hearts. A variety of projects will be offered for different levels.  Stay tuned for more information about work sites and projects.

We are in need of 2 (two) singers to lead the congregation in singing during the Sunday morning worship service.  

We would also like to see people sign up to provide special music.  This would entail preparing a special musical offering to share.  This offering can be instrumental, bells, solo, duet, etc.  Please provide the name of the music and all copyright information when signing up.  The deadline to sign up is one week before the date of your performance.  

To sign up, you can visit our website and click on the Sunday Morning Music Button located at the bottom of the home page or click on the button below.

We now have full use of our new media booth which utilizes a sound technician, a livestream operator, and a powerpoint operator. 

To sign up to be one of the media booth technicians/operator, please click the button below to be redirected to our SignUpGenius.  You can also sign up by clicking the link at the bottom of Peace's homepage @  www.peacenb.org

If you would like to learn how to be a media booth technician/operator or you have any questions, please contact the Peace office at 830-620-0618.

We are part of one church body organized in three expressions — congregations, synods, and the churchwide organization. Each expression has its particular functions but all three together share a common mission of doing God’s work in the world and proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ. Together, they ensure a solid foundation of leadership, active involvement in communities, opportunities for dialogue and diverse perspectives, creative partnerships, and support for members and ministries of the ELCA.