Volunteer Opportunity: Methodist Hospital Hospice will be providing training this spring for new volunteers. Our volunteers give respite care to caregivers who are caring for terminally ill loved ones in their own private homes. Commitment is a maximum of 4 hours per week, and training is 4 sessions. If interested, please call Libby Swanson at [...]
A memorial service for May Mechtel will be held at Peace Church on Thursday, March 11 at 6:30 p.m. Our contribution of towels, toothbrushes and volunteers resulted in the making of 1119 Health Kits at White Bear UMC on Saturday. Pastor Hugh StephensonPeace United Methodist ChurchChurch telephone 651-484-2226 Ext. 11Mobile telephone 651-398-7092E-mail hugh@peaceumc.comGet the latest [...]
Today is Ash Wednesday. It is the beginning of Lent. The days are lengthening. I think of it this way. Advent invites us to go to Bethlehem and understand how the divine is born and takes shape in us. Lent bids us journey to Jerusalem, a place of political, religious and spiritual power. So we [...]
From the office of Bishop Sally DyckMinnesota Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church 122 W. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55404 January 13, 2010 Dear Minnesota United Methodists: Like me, you may have a heavy heart as you learn about the earthquake that hit the struggling nation of Haiti yesterday. The Associated Press is reporting [...]
Thanks to those who volunteered for Project Home this past month (listed below). We partnered again with Galilee Lutheran Church but had a couple of unexpected situations. First, the first night of shelter was cancelled. I was surprised as there have been three overflow shelters this year and the shelters were running at or near [...]
Peace UMC participates in Project Home, a program for providing overflow emergency shelter services to homeless families in Ramsey County. The program is run by the St Paul Area Council of Churches. The primary shelter for homeless families is a 55-bed facility operated by Catholic Charities under contract with Ramsey County and other public agencies. [...]
