Livestream and In person in the Sanctuary

Read  Revelation 21:1-6a and John 11:32-44 

 All Saints Day follows All Hallows Eve or what we truncate to – Halloween.  It is the day of remembrance of those saints of God both the living and the dead and now living in Christ.

We commemorate this All Saints Sunday remembering that there are beginnings, endings, and new beginnings in the resurrection power of Jesus.  Tears are holy; lament is healing – because in so doing God reveals a deeper truth of hope.

Join us on this Sunday as we celebrate God’s gracious hand and the communion of saints together in Christ. 

Set your clocks back 1 hour!

Join us on November 18th at 6:30pm at St. John's Episcopal Church as we share a joint thanksgiving worship service with our ministry partners.

Community fellowship will follow the worship.

A community choir is holding practices Wednesday evenings in November @ 6:30pm at St. Johns.  If you would like to be a part of the choir or would like more information, please contact Tish Sutton @ tish@stjohnsnb.com or 210-316-8402.

St. John's Episcopal Church
312 S. Guenther Ave.
New Braunfels, TX 78130 

Seekers and Sponges:  Sunday, November 7  8:30am in-person and ZOOM
Seekers and Sponges will continue with Episode 2 the Medieval Church as we explore Luther: Gospel, Law, and Reformation.  Our discussion each Sunday will be preceded by a video lecture given by Phillip Cary, Professor at Eastern University.   Cary points out that while Martin Luther was only one man—a humble monk and Bible professor—yet he sparked a religious rebellion that changed the course of history.  Who was he?  What made his theology so explosive in 16th-century Europe?  How did this late-medieval man launch the Protestant Reformation and help create the modern world as we know it?  And how should we think of him: hero or heretic, rebel or tormented soul?  Please join us for a discussion following the DVD lecture.  We will be meeting in person at Peace and also by Zoom.  

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

Beginning Sunday, November 7, 2021, we will be collecting items for the the New Braunfels SOS Food Bank. The SOS shopping cart will be prominently displayed in the narthex where non-perishable food and non-food items can be dropped off.

The SOS Food Bank, located at 248 Merriweather, New Braunfels has been active since June 1988. It is totally staffed by more than 400 volunteers. There are no paid employees. Monetary donations are greatly appreciated. Each dollar donated will provide 7 meals to a needy individual or family.

To make a monetary donation or for more information please visit the Food Bank's web site: sosfoodbankinc.org or call (830) 629-3663.

Peace Lutheran Church staffs the food bank the second Monday of every month. If you would like to volunteer, please contact; Carol or Martin Franz, (830) 708-9446 or email; mcarolfranz@yahoo.com

Starting this Sunday, November 7th, Peace Lutheran Church will be setting out it's Angel Tree in our Narthex. On this tree you will find tags with age appropriate gift ideas for children. These gifts will benefit Upbring of San Antonio, the new Lutheran Social Services. We encourage you to take a tag and bring back unwrapped gifts with tag attached and place under the tree no later than November 28th, so they can be distributed in time for Christmas.

Further instructions will be at the Angel Tree display in the Narthex. If you have any questions, please contact Brandi Raschke (Peace's Service Ministry Chair) at brandileighr@outlook.com or 832-633-6930.

Come join us for a full breakfast and some good conversation.  MayaWorks will be here so you can eat and shop!

MayaWorks will set up their artisanal products for sale in the Narthex on Sunday, November 21.

Today MayaWorks partners with over 125 artisans in six communities along the Central Highlands of Guatemala. The organization has two offices, one in Guatemala staffed by local women who work directly with the artisans and one in Chicago that distributes and markets the product. 

MayaWorks helps women transform their skills into a means of financial support for their families by creating a market for the traditional arts of Maya artisans. Textile products are distributed within wholesale and retail markets and are also sold by U.S. women in their local communities.  At its core, MayaWorks is about creating work for women so that they can financially support their families and become fully contributing members of their communities.

Giving Guatemalan women an opportunity to earn an income from their skills gives them self-confidence and hope for themselves, their families and their communities. For U.S. women, reaching across borders to give a hand up to help women in developing countries allows them to participate in economic justice on a global level.

For more information about MayaWorks visit their website @ www.mayaworks.org

Join us for our 2021 Christmas Tea, A Winter Wonderland, on Saturday, December 4 from 10:00am to 12:00pm.  Our special guest speaker will be Pastor Shelley Simmont.

You may sign up through November 28 in the Narthex, online @ www.peacenb.org (look for the button at the bottom of Peace homepage) or click the button below and you will be directed to SignUp Genius.  

The cost is $8.00 per person.

Peace Lutheran presents its annual  Live Nativity on December 11, from 6pm to 8pm on the front lawn.  Drive-by or stop in and experience. 

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!  Please contact Becky Voges at 830-587-4003

A varied program, exploring the idea of light, peace and hope, will be presented by the TLU choirs and instrumentalists.   Christmas Vespers will be held in TLU's Jackson Auditorium on:

Friday, December 3 @ 7:30 pm
Saturday, December 4 @ 7:30 pm
Sunday, December 5 @ 4:00 pm

and in Austin at St. Martin's Lutheran Church on Sunday, December 12 @ 4:00 pm (no tickets required)

Tickets for each Vespers service at TLU are free but required.  Tickets may be reserved online: tlu.edu/events/vespers-2 or at the TLU Bookstore.

Texas Lutheran University
1000 West Court Street
Seguin, TX 78155

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) is the short name for TOPS Club, Inc., the original (established in 1948) nonprofit, noncommercial network of weight-loss support groups and wellness education organization. TOPS offers tools and programs for healthy living and weight management, with exceptional group fellowship and recognition. 

TOPS will be meeting at Peace every Friday morning at 10am.  To join or for more information, please contact Sharon Monson @ 830-822-2443 or squilting1@gmail.com

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.