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Wednesday, July 10, 2024
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Sunday Preview – July 14, 2024
 
Traditional Sunday | Why do we sing? Why do we prayer certain prayers, or structure the service in a specific way? The traditions of the church help shape how we tell the story of the gospel and can bring deeper meaning to many aspects of our faith. For some people, the traditions are a vital pathway for not only engaging their faith but experiencing God.
AND! We have a special musical treat for everyone. Dave Tidball (piano), Marnie Theiss (violin), and Kara Baldwin (handbells) will be playing two special pieces of music during the service!
This Sunday will also feature Communion.
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Family Game Night – July 14th @ 5:00pm
Join us on July 14th at 5:00pm for Family Game Night. Peace will provide the hot dogs, buns, and s’more stuff. Bring a dish to share and a friend.
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Scheduling Update – Swapping Sundays
In order to accommodate some shifting summer schedules, we are swapping a couple upcoming Sundays regarding our themes and plans.
UPDATE:
Sunday July 21st will be CONTEMPLATIVE SUNDAY
Sunday July 28th will be NATURE SUNDAY
For Contemplative Sunday, Shaila Cunningham from YogaHotDish (www.yogahotdish.com) will be joining us as one of our four meditative stations. So dress to do some calming yoga poses and breathing. We will also be utilizing the Prayer Labyrinth, hosting Lectio Divina, and providing a Journaling station.
For Nature Sunday, we will plan to meet away from the church. More information to come on where we will meet soon!
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GARDENING GROUP STILL NEEDS VOLUNTEERS
Enjoy the gardens around Peace?
You can help keep them beautiful all season long by volunteering to water, weed, and deadhead.
We really need you now as we head into a drier and hotter weather pattern.
Two people per week can sign up and share duties.
Here’s the link: Gardening
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Affordable Child Care Agenda
For those interested in supporting the Affordable Child Care Agenda, HERE is the link. You can become a citizen co-sponsor. Also, the map on this page shows the number of co-sponsors in each state.
* Although this agenda is proposed by Katherine Clark (Massachusetts Representative and Democratic Whip of the US House of Representatives), sharing this agenda is not an endorsement of a political party or a specific politician. Instead, this agenda supports policies that have the potential to bring equity to those who don’t have position or power.
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Good Neighbor Meal – An Update
Update on meals at the Good Neighbor Center…
The Recovery Church has discontinued serving as a Good Neighbor Meal host. They served their last meal on May 25, 2024. The GNM will continue twice a month in June & July. Brennan & family are hosting June 8 & Shiloh Missionary Baptist church on July 13. Peace will host many of the last Saturdays of each month. Everyone can continue to use the Sign-Up Genius to volunteer.
The number of Peace volunteers & outside groups has dwindled over the years making it difficult to sustain meals twice a month. There’s a core group of 10-12 people from Peace who sign up regularly. The sign up genius will be amended to reflect changes.
The number of guests has declined significantly since covid. Tina from the Recovery church has handed out over 300 flyers & I have put up signs in area libraries & centers that assist low income & homeless families.
Anyone who has suggestions to reach more guests & increase Peace volunteers please contact me, Pam Jacobson (651-214-7701 or pjjacobson22@gmail.com)
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Summer Book Read and Discussion – August 4th
Check-out Kim Stanley Robinson’s book The Ministry of the Future – A novel about the effects of global warming in the not-so-distant future. You can find the book HERE. Our plan is to read over the summer and then discuss the book on Sunday, August 4th at 6:30pm.
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Pages for Progress – Additional Summer Book Study
The General Board of Church and Society invites you to join a second Pages for Progress book study!
Book: “Our Unfinished March: The Violent Past and Imperiled Future of the Vote- A History, A Crisis, A Plan.”
Author: Eric Holder and Sam Koppelman
Virtual Meeting Dates: July 11, 18, 25, and August 1
Time: 3:30-5 PM (ET)
Venue: Zoom
Join us as we discuss the book and dive deeper into the topic of voting rights as people of faith. We will also learn what is happening now and how we can get involved in the continuing work for free and fair elections.
Register now via this online form!
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Little Free Library – July Themes!
* Donated funds and books are always appreciated!
* Plan ahead
—Think freedom in July with: Independence Day, World Population Day, World Day for International Justice.
Also Plastic Free July – resist the urge to purchase products in single-use plastic!
* Monetary donations go in the offering plate; book donations go in the red bin in the Commons.
* Questions? Ask Cindy (tidballs@gmail.com) or Bonnie (bchle@comcast.net).
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COSROW Raising Support for Emma Norton
A donation site is in The Commons. You can go to Emmanorton.org. Click on “how to help” to find a complete list of items to donate.
- $25 gift cards to the following locations: Target, Walmart, Dollar Tree, Aldi, Cub, Hy-Vee, Lunds & Byerlys, or general Visa/Mastercard gift cards. (Purchase from Wayne Leatherman on Sunday mornings & also support Scrip)
- Household cleaning supplies: disinfectant, floor cleaner, sponges, dish soap
- Pillows: twin & full bed sets
- Dish sets
- Towels
- Menstrual products
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Upcoming Events
July 14 | Traditional Sunday (Communion) @ 10:00am
July 14 | Family Game Night @ 5:00pm
July 21 | Contemplative Sunday @ 10:00am
July 23 | Men’s Connection @ 12:00 noon
July 23 | Finance / Trustees / SPRC Meetings @ 5:30pm / 6:30pm / 7:30pm
July 28 | Nature Sunday @ 10:00am
August 4 | Celebration Sunday (Communion) @ 10:00am
August 11 | Blessing of the Animals (Outdoor Worship) @ 10:00am
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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.
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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
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Volunteer Opportunities
The next Good Neighbor Meal is Saturday, July 27th. Sign up here to help prepare and serve.
Help with Hospitality this year. 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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