Thursday, June 29, 2023
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Sunday Preview (July 2, 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: Why Do We Sing? | This Sunday we will be outside and John Kerns will be playing some music. The plan is a simple one. John will do some music. Jason will share a short reflection on Psalm 98. And then everyone will be invited to discuss why music and singing is such a dynamic part of being human!
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Little Free Library Update
Donations of money and new/gently used books are needed to support our Little Free Library, considering it’s been emptied three times since our grand opening last month.
Also needed are volunteers to check the library on Sunday mornings (or another convenient time during the week) and add books as needed.
Contact Cindy Tidball (tidballs@gmail.com) or Bonnie Chlebecek (bchle@comcast.net) with questions or to help out.
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Freedom to Read Statement
Many of us see the emptying of our LIttle Free Library as a senseless offshoot of the book-banning movements that have sprung up across the country. Besides helping us restock our shelves, you can read up on Freedom to Read for yourself.
Seventy years ago, the American Library Association and the Association of American Publishers published the original Freedom to Read Statement. Since then it has been amended three times and endorsed by a variety of publishing organizations and bookstores, authors and other concerned individuals.
Read the entire Freedom to Read Statement HERE. The site includes a way to sign up and affirm that you continue to trust the people of this nation to make their own decisions about what to read and believe.
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Memorial Service for Joe Hatcher – Recording on Facebook
On Saturday, June 24th at 2pm (central time), there was a memorial service for Joe Hatcher at Santa Cruz Valley United Methodist Church in Sahuarita, Arizona.
If you would like to watch a recording of the service, you can find it on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/scvumc).
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COSROW Women’s Retreat
Interested in going on the COSROW Women’s Retreat this fall?
Find more information, including the sign-up link: HERE!
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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.
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Upcoming Events
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
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Podcast!
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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.
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Peace Prayers
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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
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Volunteer Opportunities
The next Good Neighbor Meal is this Saturday, June 10th. Sign up here to help prepare and serve.
Help with Mowing at Peace. Here’s the link to the SignUp Genius: Peace mowing
The Gardening Group is starting up for the summer! There is a SignUp Genius available at: Peace gardening
Help with Hospitality this summer. Sign-up here.
To help keep the Little Free Library stocked with good books, we are recruiting help. If you would like to join us, you can sign-up HERE!
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