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Peace Weekly News eBlastWednesday, July 13, 2022 |
Sunday Worship Service - Sixth Sunday after PentecostJuly 17, 2022 10:00AM 10:00AM In-person in the Sanctuary and livestream For more infomation visit:
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Sunday's Worship PreviewFinding Balance In An Unbalanced World Recently I took a group of our youth to UrbanAir, an indoor trampoline park featuring all sorts of challenges, obstacles, and opportunities to jump around and fling one’s body in fun gymnastic ways. Watching the youth navigate these activities provided me with a great deal of entertainment to be sure! The various obstacles they faced demonstrated the need for a wide variety of physical and mental skills, but one skill was clearly and consistently required to successfully overcome any of the challenges they faced – balance. In our daily lives, we all have challenges and obstacles to navigate. We have a never ending stream of things that vie for our attention, and at times we struggle to maintain our balance. In our gospel for this week, Jesus gives us some helpful insight to help us maintain our balance as we face this obstacle course called life. |
Southwestern Texas SynodAssembly Debrief Each year the SWT Synod meets to share in the ministry of the 120 ELCA congregations in the southwestern Texas region. This year we met in New Braunfels from June 10-12. Click HERE or the button below for a video of the reflections from our voting members: Pastor Jake, Deacon Andrew, and Michael and Megan Wenzel. For more infomation visit:
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Communities in Schools of South Central Texas'Pack the Bus' School Supply Drive during July Join us in supporting Communities in Schools of South Central Texas (CIS) annual “Pack The Bus” School Supply Drive by donating some of their most needed items (see list below) during the month of July. Also, monetary donations made for Peace Lutheran's Mission Spotlight on Sunday, July 24 will benefit CIS. There is a designated spot in the Narthex for you to drop off your school supply donations throughout the course of the month. Any questions please reach out to Brandi Raschke at brandileighr@outlook.com. For more information about CIS and the "Pack the Bus" school supply drive, visit the CIS website at: cis-sct.org Most Needed Items: Wide ruled composition books |
Peace Day TrippersTour the Shiner Brewery Thursday, July 21 Join us for a tour of the Shiner Brewery on Thursday, July 21. We will carpool from Peace parking lot, leaving at 9:00am. Or you may meet us there (603 E Brewery St, Shiner, TX 77984) at 11:15am. Bring a sack lunch - United Evangelical Dr. Martin Luther Church will furnish tea and coffee in their Gathering Room. The tour cost is $20 per person, payable at the brewery when we get there. The tour can accommodate only 20 people..... call Becky Voges at 830-587-4003 to make a reservation. |
Peace Little PantryOpen and ready for service The Peace Little Pantry is open and ready for service on Peace's front lawn next to the driveway. There is a bench under the tree, an ice chest with bottled water and a wooden prayer box for prayer requests. A Dedication and Ribbon Cutting for the Little Pantry will be held on Sunday, September 11 as part of Peace's Ministry Fair Day. We have been blessed by many generous donations to help us get started with our new ministry. We have contacted local agencies and churches to let them know about the Pantry. Our "Pantry Angels" will pick a month to monitor the Pantry, checking the pantry and restocking it as needed. Special "thank-you's" to Dave Keeler and Wil Voges for bulding the Little Pantry and John Kassel and Dave Thomas for placing it in the ground in the sweltering July heat. |
Barbara Pizel Memorial ServiceSaturday, July 16 @ 3:00 pm We celebrate the life of Barbara Pizel whose new resurrection life began on July 7. A memorial service in her honor will be held at St. Andrew Lutheran Church at Canyon Lake at 3:00 pm on Saturday, July 16. |
SnapologyInteractive camp @ Peace this summer Snapology is an interactive camp meant to teach kids STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) skills through play. The program offers a wide variety of programs for children ages 5-14.... from fun LEGO-themed programs to robotics to engineering to animation. Peace is partnering with Snapology for the summer, hosting its programming efforts as an outreach to the community. This summer our Peace facilities will have kids utilizing the Fellowship Hall and Nursery areas from Monday—Friday. For a full schedule you may visit our calendar page: www.peacenb.org/pages/calendar For a detailed list of scheduling you may visit: https://pages.e2ma.net/pages/1924293/34150 or click HERE Camps run weekly (M-F) June 6th through August 19th. Half-day morning (9am -12pm) $159 per week |
Exploring the Bible TogetherZoom Bible Study every Tuesday from 6:30pm -7:30pm In our “Exploring the Bible Together” study, we meet by Zoom as a small group for about 45 minutes each week. Our study covers a wide range of topics, examining more closely the history, content, context, development, message, and interpretation of the Bible. As we do this, we grow in our understanding of the relevance and application of the Bible for our lives today.
Summer Bible Study on The Apostle Paul: We invite you to journey with us this summer as we follow the Apostle Paul, learning about how the early church was planted and grew from a small sect within Judaism in the 1st century to our beloved faith practiced by billions of people through today. In May, we began a 16 week study of the Apostle Paul - the person, the missionary and the letter writer - based on the book, The Greatest Story: Paul (Augsburg Fortress), This study does not require you to purchase the book, but it is helpful.
Anyone is welcome to join us - no experience with Bible study (or even the Bible) is necessary!
Click here to join: Tuesday Zoom Bible Study
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Peace Ministries
Seekers and Sponges: Sundays @ 8:30AM in-person and ZOOM Seekers and Sponges' Sunday discussion is based on Triumph of Christianity, by Bart Ehrman, which looks at the history of the establishment and growth of Christianity thru the ages. We are no longer meeting in the Fellowship Hall (we will be meeting in our regular classroom). Click HERE to join by Zoom. Sweet Hour of Prayer Group - meeting via Zoom, no in-person meeting Prayer Chain Requests - email Becky (beckyvoges@yahoo.com). Pastor's Virtual Conversation - ***We are taking a summer break and will resume meeting in August*** Stephen Ministers Tech Support |
Peace Music MinistryVolunteers needed for Sunday Morning Music 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.
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Media Booth Disciples
***Volunteers needed for July 24*** 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. For more infomation visit:
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Three Expressions of the Church
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.
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