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Peace Weekly News eBlastWednesday, March 17, 2021 |
Wednesday Worship for March 17
Click HERE for Wednesday worship 3/17. 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 fifth 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 Wil and Becky Voges and Darcy Mittelstaedt who share their wilderness journey with COVID. 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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Worship opportunities include:
Sunday March 21 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 Holy Week Schedule: Click HERE for worship schedule during Holy Week. |
Sunday's Worship PreviewSeeds of Hope Read John 12:20-33 Jesus entered Jerusalem for the last time to celebrate the Passover festival. Here Jesus’ words about seeds planted in the ground turn the disaster of his death into the promise of a harvest in which everyone will be gathered. What does it mean to face our own mortality? Where have you seen new life in the midst of death? Join us for worship on Sunday to hear a message about God’s new life emerging in unlikely places. |
Weekly COVID-19 Update
We continue in Phase 1 of our Regathering Guidelines. Hospitalization percentage in our area moved below 5% this week. 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 March 17, 2021: Hospitalizations: 4.84%. 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. |
Peace DialoguesSunday, March 21, 2021 at 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Join us for facilitated conversation from 12:30pm-1:30pm on Zoom as we wrestle with what it means to be church together in a complex world. Peace Dialogues is designed as a safe, grace-filled place for our church community to discuss various topics of inequality and injustices in our world today. Through dialogue with one another we hope to gracefully explore challenging and sometimes controversial topics in our search to see God's plan and hear God's call more clearly. This Sunday’s topic is on race in America. In 2020 across this nation and worldwide we saw an increase in protests against racial inequality. Join us as we reflect on our thoughts and reactions to race relations in America. It is through our reflections and listening to one another that we hope to listen for and hear God's call. For more information on "Peace Dialogues" visit our webpage HERE. |
Ecumenical Contemplative PrayerSunday, March 21, 2021 at 4:00 PM To join via zoom, please contact Marianne Gould at Marianne@peacenb.org |
Exploring the Bible TogetherTUESDAYS @ 6:30pm 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: Faithful. The word *emet* is a common word used to describe God in the Bible. It can be translated as “faithfulness” or “truth.” So when the authors say that God is “full of *emet*,” they are saying that he is trustworthy—we can trust him. But trusting isn’t always an easy thing. In this video, we look at why we can trust that God is full of *emet*. You may watch last week's episode Character of God: Loyal Love 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: Faithful 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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First Footing Homeless ShelterHelp by donating sheets and towels The First Footing Homeless Shelter is in need of Queen and King size sheets and bath towels (new or gently used). If you would like to purchase through Amazon, Serve Spot has provided the following Custom Wish List: https://www.amazon.com/registries/custom/1XRCS3K71D1XW/guest-view Your donations may be dropped off at McKenna Foundation, 801 W San Antonio St., New Braunfels, TX 78130. Please contact Kellie Stallings for more information. |
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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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