Thank you to all the people who helped with the funeral service and lunch last night. The parking lot got full early but some folks directed traffic to the school lot down the road and then set up a shuttle service. The worship area overflowed but several folks were ready to set up chairs. The refreshments [...]
Three cars in the parking lot were entered and items were stolen on Wednesday night. Please be careful about valuables in the church parking lot. Over the years we have had stuff stolen at night, in the daytime, as well as during funerals and other events. We have also had purses taken from time to time while left unattended [...]
Laura Carlson’s dentist( Maplewood Dental Associates) is donating a couple hundred tooth brushes and will order more for us from their dental supplier. This way they are 50 cents each. So I will have my hand out for money on Sunday to pay for toothbrushes. Our goal is 1000. No one reports great deals on hand towels. I still [...]
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 [...]
We are working with White Bear UMC to put together 1000 Health Kits for distribution by the United Methodist Committee on Relief in times of disaster. We have been assigned to get by March 3 1000 toothbrushes and 200 hand towels The specifications on these items can be found in this list from the UMCOR [...]
http://secure.gbgm-umc.org/donations/umcor/donate.cfm?code=418325&id=3018760 This is the address to make donations to Haiti Emergency for the United Methodist Committee on Relief. The web is slow right now but I was able to make a donation. You can have it credited to Peace Church if you take the time to go through the procedure as you check-out. We are in the [...]
