Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Sunday Preview (April 16, 2023)
Our Spring Series: Out of the Box & Outside the Lines.
God often brings order to the chaos. But humans have a way of taking the good and using it for power and control. In those moments, God will lead us to color outside the lines and think out of the box. The revolution of love and justice that Jesus so often preached is just such a moment.
Let’s explore stories of God taking us outside the lines, as we imagine where that type of creativity and imagination might be needed in our world today.
Family Game Night – This Sunday @ 5:00p
When | Sunday, April 16th
Time | 5:00pm
What to Bring | A dish to share and some friends and neighbors!
Where | The Fellowship Hall
What to Expect | A fun time of playing games and chatting with new and old friends.
ENCORE – This Sunday @ 7:00p
When | Sunday, April 16th
Time | 7:00p
Where | The Fellowship Hall
What to Expect | Amanda will be leading the youth in a fun personality test that will help them understand how God has wired them. Knowing how we are wired helps us learn how we can best serve others and help bring a little bit of heaven to earth. Let’s live into the uniqueness and wonder for who we are!
Men’s Connection – Next Tuesday @ Noon
When | Tuesday, April 18th
Time | 12:00 noon
Where | The Gathering Place
What to Expect | Bring your lunch and come ready to connect.
THANK YOU!
A HUGE thank you to all those who came to the Easter Pancake Breakfast! We raised over $600 for our Youth Missions Trip.
A special thanks to Dan, Heidi, Lily, Nathan, Jak, Missy, Jillian, Teal, Elliot, Giana, Renee, and Amanda (if I forgot someone…so sorry!) for all their help preparing, serving, and cleaning!
And a TREMENDOUS thank you to all those who purchased Easter flowers and made our sanctuary so beautiful on Sunday morning. What a beautiful service in a beautiful sanctuary.
2023 Women’s Retreat – Homelessness and Advocacy
To learn more about the Women’s Retreat: https://peaceumc.com/staging/8882/2023-womens-retreat/
To pay for the Women’s Retreat: https://www.simplechurchgiving.net/app/giving/peac5050234
Support Midwest Mission – Shampoo Needed
Midwest Mission works with trusted nonprofits to aid those who need help in four main areas. Disaster relief, Education, Health, and Micro Business.
They will be sending health kits to both the Ukraine (due to the war with Russia), as well as to Turkey following the earthquakes that have devastated that area. Currently, the biggest need is for shampoo in 12-19oz bottles.
There is a collection box located near the name-tag bulletin board in The Commons.
Check out the website to learn about their mission statement and how they have helped others in need: midwestmission.org.
Youth and Family Ministry Updates!
Youth and any interested adults, pencil in your calendars for a Storm Mountain Service Trip July 31-August 4. More details to come! We will be fundraising: bake sales, pancake breakfasts, and flamingo-ing!
Storm Mountain Service Trip
Nursery Help Needed
We could use a few more volunteers to help in the nursery each Sunday. Please contact Amanda if you are interested in any of
these opportunities.
Family Game Night
Family Game Night (FGN) FGN is open to all! Everyone is welcome to bring a friend, a dish to share and a game. Peace will have drinks & desserts. Please join us, 5:00–6:30 pm in Fellowship Hall. Dates for FGN through spring: Apr. 16 & May 21.
Look forward to seeing you there!
Encore
Encore is a spiritually and socially justice minded youth time at Peace. During the summer we will work with the Garden Group on decorating the Little Free Library and with VLAMO (local watershed group). We are open to other projects, games, activities, and ideas!
Easy Details for Each Group
Nursery | Sundays | During Service | Nursery
Children’s Church | Sundays | During Service | Fellowship Hall
Encore | 1st & 3rd Sundays each month | 7:00-8:30pm | Fellowship Hall Lounge
Family Game Night | Sunday, April 16 | 5:00-7:00pm | Fellowship Hall
Help Peace Plant a Little Free Library
Here’s how you can help:
- Make a wish come true for a specific book. We have placed a wish tree in the Commons with wishes hanging on it. Pick up a wish next time you’re in the building, return with the wish tucked into the actual book, and put the book in the designated bin in the Commons.
- Donate a gently-used book that you’re done with. We’re especially interested in banned books and books that espouse values of our Peace community.
- Make a monetary donation in the offering plate, specifying the Little Free Library (or just LFL).
*If you want us to buy a particular book from the wish tree in the Commons, please put the wish with your check.
*If you have another book in mind, please write its title on the memo line.
*If you just want to make a donation and let someone else decide on the book(s), that’s fine, too! - Make a monetary donation online through Simple Church Giving at https://peaceumc.com/staging/8882/participants-page/giving/. We’ll select a book or books.
- If you’re interested in helping to keep the library stocked with appropriate material by reviewing its contents occasionally and adding books from our supply, please talk to Cindy Tidball (tidballs@gmail.com) or Bonnie Chlebecek (bchle@comcast.net). We hope to get several people to help with this. If you work with Sign-Up Genius and can help us set that up with a volunteer schedule, please contact one of us, too!
Upcoming Events
Sunday, April 16 – Family Game Night at 5:00pm
Sunday, April 16 – Encore (Youth Group) at 7:00pm
Tuesday, April 18 – Men’s Connection at 12:00 noon
Thursday, April 20 – L.I.F.E. Group Art Gallery Tour and Lunch
Podcast!
Peace | The Podcast can be found on Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, or almost anywhere you find your podcasts.
Most of what you will hear are the Sunday morning messages, with a few additional elements of the Sunday service.
There is also a new page on our website that helps you navigate to the podcast home page. We will also try to embed episodes on this page.
Peace Prayers
Do you have a specific need?
Do you want to share a specific celebration of gratitude?
Peace Prayers is a space to share specific prayer requests and specific celebrations of gratitude. These are not going to be private…these are public. Our plan is to put them in the bulletin and/ or on a slide in The Commons, and include them in the Tuesday News weekly email.
We invite you to share with one another so we can be a praying people – both in times of hurt and struggle, and in times of joy and celebration.
You can fill-out Peace Prayers HERE: https://forms.gle/4YAguMDHmUkJqzjf8
Volunteer Opportunities
The next Good Neighbor Meal is Saturday, April 29th. Sign up here to help prepare and serve.
