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Prayers for Students & Families Afraid but Not Surprised
Gracious God, We come before you on behalf of families in need of your grace, your calm and assuring Spirit. We need your Love to change us from the inside out; to create new hearts from hearts of stone; to heal minds disturbed. Father, we’re no longer surprised by the depravity of destruction – but we are afraid. We beg for your Mercy to enter into the most isolated darkness loved ones now feel. Use us as you see fit…
Just Breathe!
Just Breathe There’s a sacramental quality to a deep breath. A sacrament combines an earthly element with Divine Truth; visible and invisible elements, to bring the grace of God to bear. And so, with baptism there is the visible water and the invisibility of God’s Word! “Baptism…now saves you…” as Peter writes (1Peter 3.18) The grace of God comes to bear even in those who cannot understand it! The sacrament of the Lord’s Supper is designed the same way for…
Anxious for Nothing Part 4: Rejoicing Always!?
Rejoice, Always!? (Really, Always!?) It can sound like spiritual hyperbole, can’t it!? God has everything under control. It boggles the imagination – even spurs inclinations of resistance – that horrible injustices, terrorist evils and suffering from painful disease are somehow strangely a part of The Plan in God’s design. It may even fuel doubt and tilt the soul toward unbelief. Even more ghastly is that during any or all of this we might participate in St Paul’s imperative to, “Rejoice…
Rejoicing in the Lord’s Mercy: Part 3 of “Anxious for Nothing”
Rejoicing in the Lord’s Mercy You are Guilty! Did you do it? Is it your irresponsibility that caused this? Did you forget? What are you hiding? You’re lying! You’re not providing the whole story. It’s your fault! You’ll never amount to anything. You’re a failure. Did you cheat? These internally driven and externally experienced accusations (and many more like them) are a part of our daily human existence that wreaks havoc on the soul. Our guilt, either real or perceived,…
Baptism – What does this mean?
Baptism connects us with Christ. We are united with him in his death and when he rose from the dead, we rise with him. That is about as personal a relationship as we can get. Yet there is more. When we are united with Christ, we are also made a part of his body, the Church. We now have brothers and sisters in Christ with whom we will live forever. When Jesus gave his final instructions to his apostles, he…
Easter Sunday, Angst Free Living – To Heaven & Back
For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. – St Paul (Romans 8.38)
Invitation to Maundy Thursday 7pm Worship
Pastor Karl welcomes you to attend Maundy Thursday worship service at 7pm. He will talk about sustaining the means of grace and peace through body and blood. He will talk about sustaining intimacy and love with one another and with God. Come worship our loving God Come hear God’s Word and our pastor’s sermon Come set the stage for our salvation on Good Friday Come to Peace Lutheran Church on Maundy Thursday
Holy Week
Holy Week at Peace Our worship theme for Holy Week – and Beyond: “Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World” Palm Sunday at 10 AM Who’s Your Savior!? Special Celebration Brunch at 11 AM . Bananas Foster French toast; Prime Rib carving station; Smoked Salmon; Breakfast Sausage Links; Breakfast Potatoes; Eggs; Eggs with Vegies; Fruit Medley; Cheese Assortment; YogurtMaundy Thursday at 7 PM Sustainable Means of PeaceGood Friday at 7 PM Becoming Sin to Remove the Hatred Easter Worship at 9…