OUR PEACE NOTES FORMAT IS CHANGING – To help you avoid deluges of email, we will be combining news from Peace into two emails per week. Peace Announcements and More will go out on Tuesdays, and Peace Ministerial Matters will go out on Thursdays. Special editions will only be sent when necessary with time-sensitive information.
SATURDAY PEACE CONVERSATIONS
Saturday mornings at 9 am (Zoom)
We begin a new Advent series, Christmas Stories, on November 27
We all have Christmas stories that have influenced our lives at this time of year. The Christmas stories found in Matthew and Luke have also influenced our lives and the cultures around the world. For the four Saturdays before Christmas at 9 am you are invited to join in a conversation on the Christmas in our sacred stories and the Christmas we live in the 21 century. A brief video will be posted the Thursday before each session to help guide the conversation. Take time to relax on Saturday mornings with Peace Conversations.
Below are the dates and their topics:
November 27 – So Many Christmas Pageants
December 4 – Christmas Dramas and Matthew’s Christmas Story
December 11 – Christmas Music and Luke’s Christmas Story
December 18 – Peace On Earth
Watch the short video about Christmas Stories by clicking the link below.
https://youtu.be/I3fibavFvso
SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP
Sunday mornings at 10 am (in person).
This coming Sunday, we will explore the Joy of Soaring into Hope. Videos of our services will continue to be emailed out as Peace Times and made available on our website on Sunday evenings.
Beginning Sunday, November 28: The Inn – Housing the Holy
During the Christmas holiday season Peace will be exploring how we as individuals and as a faith community can “House the Holy.” The pandemic has laid bare, and widened, economic disparity locally and globally. As we enter the Christmas holiday season, how can our lives become houses where the Holy will be born anew–offering respite, sustenance, and care, opening the doors ever wider to those seeking shelter from the onslaught of life? No one can do it all, but each can do something. During this Advent season we will hear prophets call us to care for ourselves, our neighbors and “make room in the inn,” and the lonely and frightened spaces within us are filled with the light of Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love.
Watch a short video about the Peace Advent worships at the link below.
https://youtu.be/NkoaVmcZze4
TUESDAY EVENING STUDY: CRACKING OPEN THE BIBLE
Tuesday evenings at 7 pm (in person or on Zoom)
This Bible study uses the tools of modern Biblical interpretation from a progressive Christian perspective.
Next Tuesday (November 23) we will explore the spread of the Christ Resurrection movement as it is found in Acts chapter 11.
Join us by clicking the Zoom invite below on Tuesday evening at 7 pm.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88193469563?pwd=a1RjZ2tBb29JbEJKYW4wZ1JlMThwZz09
SHARING OUR JOYS AND CONCERNS
In our pandemic-influenced world, many things have changed, but not our sense of community. We remain deeply connected even while we maintain a proper physical and social distance. We need to share news with one another. We long to know what is going on in each other’s lives. And we need a safe way to share our joys and concerns. For now, our safe way will be for you to share your joy or concern with Gary (text to 651-387-4095 or email gary@peaceumc.com) and also indicate your permission if you want him to share your news in Sunday worship, and/or with the Prayer Chain (about 25 people), and/or via the full Peace email group (about 175 people).