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Thursday, June 15, 2023

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Our Summer Series: The Music That Made Us

What songs have resonated with you? What lyrics have put words to your longings and your struggles? How has music touched your soul and impacted your faith? This summer we will highlight the music that has made us.

Send me your songs! (jason@peaceumc.com) And when you do, tell me why it has resonated with you.

THIS SUNDAY: Cat’s In The Cradle by Harry Chapin | Generations of _______ | I love what Harry Chapin says at the beginning of the video I’ve linked to…that this song is dedicated to his son Josh and that it scares him. Isn’t that what parenting is all about?! We want to be present and we want to do our best, but we are scared that we might not be good enough.

In the Bible, God warns the people that our choices impact the trajectory of generations. This is both great news…and terribly frightening. But we must always remember that God is with us!

Pride @ Peace

At Peace, we affirm the dignity and worth of all persons and celebrate the image of God found in each unique child of God.

The Minnesota Reconciling Congregations group that we highlighted a couple weeks ago is still looking for people to volunteer at their booth during the Pride festivities June 24th and 25th. Here is what they sent me:

Twin Cities PRIDE 2023 is less than two weeks away.

THANK YOU to all who have already volunteered to staff the MN Reconciling PRIDE booth in Loring Park on June 24 & 25.

We have a few volunteer slots left on Friday (for booth setup), and a significant number of slots on Sunday that are still available.

As of Monday evening, the needs are:
Friday, 9:00-11:00 a.m.:  Booth Setup: 3 volunteers.
Saturday, 2:00-4:00 p.m.: Clergy volunteer
Sunday, 9:45 a.m.- Noon:  Lead Volunteer (if you’ve volunteered in the booth in the past, you are qualified to fill this slot), 4 volunteer slots.
Sunday, Noon-2:00 p.m.:  Lead Volunteer.
Sunday, 2:00-4:00 p.m.:  1 volunteer slot.
Sunday, 4:00-6:00 p.m.:  Lead Volunteer; 4 volunteer slots. This tends to be busy time. We ordered 20,000 Peace Medallions this year so there should still be medallions to handout. If you’re volunteering from 2:00-4:00 p.m. and could stay for a second shift, that would be helpful!
Sunday, 6 p.m. Take Down: We have just two people for the take down; NEED 4 more volunteers. If you’re volunteering for an earlier shift and plan to check out the festival, when you’re finished, please consider signing up to return and help with take down. More hands/bodies will get this task completed more quickly.

If you can help with any of these times or know someone who would like to be part of this outreach to let people know that there are UMCs that welcome and affirm LGBTQ+ persons, go to https://ttsu.me/8abvvr to select your slot.

THANK YOU for helping make our presence at PRIDE a success!

Juneteenth – Monday, June 19th

“Juneteenth (June 19) marks the day in 1865 when U.S. federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to take control of the state and ensure all African Americans were freed. The troops’ arrival came a full two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation had been signed.”

Check out THIS article to learn more about this important holiday.

Family Game Night – Sunday, June 25th @ 5pm

Hot Dogs over an open fire! Drinks and Desserts! Bring a dish to share and bring a friend.

Sunday, June 25th at 5:00pm.

Dog Park Days – Tuesday, June 27th @ 8am

Let’s hang-out with our dogs! Tuesday, June 27th at 8:00am. Rice Creek Off-Leash Dog Area, 5959 Lexington Ave. N.

Men’s Connection – Tuesday, June 27th @ Noon

Men’s Connection Time is coming up on Tuesday, June 27th at noon. Bring your lunch!

Mowing Help Needed

Weekly volunteers are needed to maintain the Peace grounds. Volunteers are asked to mow sometime between Thursday and Saturday (please avoid Saturday mornings during the church services happening then), so the lawn is in good shape for Sunday services. It takes roughly 3+ hours to mow/ trim the entire area.

Tim Fried (651-600-1316) is the contact person for using the lawnmowers, etc.- please contact him if you haven’t used the equipment before. Peace has two riding mowers, one push mower, and a weed whipper.

Here’s the link to the SignUp Genius: Peace mowing

Thank you!

Faith Support with Sojourners Magazine

“Sojourners Magazine has been a key part of my personal faith support plan since I first encountered it while in seminary in the late 1980’s. Issues come out monthly. I read each one cover to cover – breakfast reading that I always look forward to!

“As I finished the most recent issue, I noticed a program Sojourners has where they distribute copies at a significant discount ($20/year as opposed to $40/year for the regular individual rate) to group members who gather together regularly to use the magazine for group reflection and discussion.

“So I thought I would see if there are any Peace Church participants who are interested in forming a Sojourners faith support group.

“Please send me an email at tidballs@gmail.com if this idea sounds interesting to you.

“Those who express an interest will help to decide the organizational details for the group (how often we meet, group process, etc.) Thanks for considering this opportunity.” Dave Tidball

Peace Gardening Group

It’s almost time to work on the Peace gardens. Every year, the gardening group plants some annuals around Memorial Day, then volunteers to do watering, weeding, and deadheading on a weekly basis. Two volunteers per week are needed.

There is a SignUp Genius available at: Peace gardening

New gardening volunteers are always welcome.

COSROW Women’s Retreat

Interested in going on the COSROW Women’s Retreat this fall?

Find more information, including the sign-up link: HERE!

Youth and Family Ministry Updates!

Storm Mountain Service Trip

Youth and any interested adults, pencil in your calendars for a Storm Mountain Service Trip July 30-August 4. More details to come!

Family Game Night

Family Game Night (FGN) is open to all! Everyone is welcome to bring a friend, a dish to share, and a game. Please join us, 5:00–6:30 pm at the Outdoor Worship area or Fellowship Hall. Dates for FGN this summer are: June 25th and August 13th.

Look forward to seeing you there!

Children’s Church

This summer we have two plans: indoors and outdoors.

Indoors: When we have church indoors, we will plan to still have Children’s Church with Amanda and some volunteers.

Outdoors: When we have church outdoors, we will have ‘busy bags’ available for the grade school kids. The preschool-aged kids can go with Amanda and some volunteers to play on the playground.

Upcoming Events

June 25 | Blessing of the Animals | Outdoor Worship

June 25 | Family Game Night

June 27 | Dog Park Day

June 27 | Men’s Connection

July 2 | July 4th Weekend | Outdoor Discussion

July 9 | Communion

July 16 | Outdoor Worship

July 18 | Men’s Connection

August 6 | Communion

August 8 | Men’s Connection

August 13 | Blessing of the Animals | Outdoor Worship

August 13 | Family Game Night

August 22 | Men’s Connection

September 3 | Labor Day Weekend | Outdoor Discussion

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