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Peace Weekly News eBlastWednesday, March 3, 2021 |
Wednesday Worship for March 3
Click HERE for Wednesday worship 3/3. This worship can be shared in your own time or we will be premiering the worship at 7 pm on Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/PeaceLute or our website: https://www.peacenb.org. The season of Lent is a deep time of spiritual renewal for forty days remembering that we are journeying with Jesus to the cross. Join us for our third week in our Lenten series, "Voices in the Wilderness", as we raise our laments before the Lord, but also witness the hope of the cross of Jesus. This week we are joined by the Clark family sharing their testimonies of lament and hopes for God's healing. Online Lenten resources can be found by clicking the button below or at https://www.peacenb.org/pages/worship Our worship series focuses on the lament Psalms and finding ways to express the challenges we continue to face and to seek God’s healing. For more infomation visit:
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Church Flooding
Click HERE for a video walkthrough. The Peace Lutheran Church facilities were flooded during the winter freeze. Join Pastor Jake for a walkthrough on the damage, but also a message of God's restorative power during the times we feel overwhelmed and flooded with challenges. |
Worship opportunities include:
Sunday March 7 8am Parking Lot Worship @ Peace Wednesdays during Lent Precorded Worship sent in the Wednesday e-blast(see Voices in the Wilderness above) and set to stream on Facebook live and peacenb.org at 7pm |
Weekly COVID-19 UpdateUpdate will refresh next week, March 10. See below for update as of February 23. We continue in Phase 1 of our Regathering Guidelines. Hospitalization percentage in our area moved below 15% for the second week in a row. In normal circumstances we might be entertaining in-person worship again, but with the damage to our facility due to the winter weather, we cannot recommence at this time. Stay tuned to future announcements on the timeline for repairs. We are tracking members that we are aware of that have tested positive as well as vaccinations to date: · 1 death If you have tested positive or know of anyone within our congregation that has tested positive, please notify the church promptly. We will be doing contract tracing and let others know of who might be at risk. Additionally, we would like to support our church family with care. In this map you will see the highlighted area, Area P. This is an exceptionally large area which includes San Antonio. The current statistics as of February 23, 2021: Hospitalizations: 11.67%. We had a decrease an additional 1% in a week's time. Numbers are steadily declining. The Peace Regathering Team will be monitoring the daily COVID statistics and will continue to advise the church council on changes that impact our in-person worship services and church community. Our Peace Regathering Guidelines are modeled after the State of Texas opening guidelines. Instead of using active cases, which have proven to be difficult to gauge, we are monitoring the percentage of hospitalizations. |
Exploring the Bible TogetherTUESDAYS @ 6:30pm Bible Study was not held yesterday, March 2. We will discuss last week's material below on March 9. Character of God: Slow to Anger Join Pastor Jake Fain, Deacon Andrew More, and Pastor Paul Miller as we explore the Bible together. Check out this week's episode by clicking on the title above to view Character of God: Slow to Anger. What does it mean for God to be slow to anger? In this video, we’ll explore how anger and justice shape our understanding of God’s character. You may watch last week's episode Character of God: Gracious by clicking HERE. Go to https://bibleproject.com Exploring The Bible Zoom Bible Study
Each Tuesday from 6:30 pm – 7:00 pm we will have an open discussion of one of the Bible Project videos. This week it will be helpful for you to watch the YouTube video of Character of God: Slow to Anger above first, but not required. We’ll spend about 30 minutes unpacking the video and opening it up for questions, insights, comments, etc. This link will work for all subsequent Tuesdays, so keep it handy. Anyone is welcome to join us! No experience with Bible study (or even the Bible) is necessary! Join us as we explore the Bible together!
Click here to join: Tuesday Zoom Bible Study
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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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