PEACE
TIDINGS
Sunday WORSHIP 10:00
A.M.
MAY
2008
** ATTENTION**
Anyone wishing to read the Peace
Tidings online can view it at http://keysystemsplus.com/peace.
By choosing to do this you will be saving the church money in postage and copy
paper. Mary will not be sending the newsletter via email to those that previously
agreed to getting it by email due to the trouble she had sending it and those
receiving it. Thanks, Mary.
Church Staff
Pastor The
Rev Susan K.Cline skcline@bevcomm.net
Organist/Pianist
Connie Roessler
Director of Christian
Ed Heidi
Beske Heidi@keysystemsplus.com
Director of
Missions
Tanya Redfield
Pastor’s
Assistant Mary
Evenson Wentler
rmeven@bevcomm.net
Treasurer
Eric Boertje
Financial
Secretary
Chris Schroader
Custodian
Sharon Vogelsang
CHURCH COUNCIL MEMBERS
Sharon Vogelsang- President
553-5542
Arvilla Kain
462-3296
Tanya
Redfield 462-3309
Tom Theisse
462-3742
Krista Schroader
524-3788
Carol Malzahn
462-3261
CHANGE IS A PROCESS NOT AN EVENT!
BUS
TRIP#2/PLAY/and BUFFET SUPPER CHURCH BASEMENT LADIES 2-the sequel is here!!
Please
join us - Sunday, June 22nd
Bus
will LEAVE Peace UCC in MN Lake at 11:15a.m. SHARP.
Pickup
in Mapleton 11:25 a.m. – Windmill Bar Parking lot
Pickup
in Mankato 12:00 – Gander Mt. Parking lot (south end closer to Applebee’s)
Lake
Crystal Coach bus (with restroom)
Bring
your own sack lunch and beverage to eat/drink on the way up there.
Play
begins at 2:00 in Plymouth. Buffet supper of baked chicken, mashed
potatoes & gravy, corn, salad, cake & coffee/tea -following the play-
in a reserved banquet room.
Play
= $24.00 Bus = $16.00 Buffet Supper = 15.00 Total = $55.00 each
If
you are 70 or over AND a member of Peace Women’s Guild you pay
$45.00 each
Please
fill out the form below and give or mail it, along with your payment to
Carol
Malzahn
23
8th Av Minnesota
Lake, MN 56068
Make
checks payable to Peace UCC Women’s Guild for $55.00 (or $45 if you qualify)
(Includes ticket for the play, bus and supper.)
Deadline
is June 1st. Call Carol with questions – 462.3261
Cut
here
(fill out and return bottom part with your check or cash)
cut here
Name(s)__________________________________
No. attending________________
Your
phone number_____________________________
I
will board the bus at (circle one) Mn Lake Mapleton
Mankato
Payment
enclosed $_________________check #_________________or cash_________
Meet
at Peace UCC at 11:00 a.m. June 22nd. (Right after worship)
Deadline is June 1st No Refunds after that date.
Habitat Happenings
Friends of Habitat,
On Saturday, April 19 at 10:00 am
there was a groundbreaking ceremony for the Rosa Cordova family home at 420
Willow Street, Fairmont. Rosa’s home will be the 8th home to be
built by Habitat For Humanity of Martin and Faribault
Counties. The location is near the intersection of S. Prairie Avenue and Willow
Street.
Thank you for helping us spread this
Christian ministry.
Eric B. Johnson
Habitat
for Humanity of Martin - Faribault Counties Church Relations Chairperson
ecjohn@frontiernet.net
(507) 238-1780 923 Martin Street Fairmont, MN 56031
PRAYER:
At Myrna Foley’s, Tuesday’s at 9:00 a.m. You don’t have to
be a member of Peace Church to attend. This is open to the community. If you
don’t want to come, but know of someone who needs prayers,
please call me at 507-462-3660. Everyone is welcome!
Prayer
List:
SHUT-IN LIST
Sonny Malzahn
John Meyer-Home
Ruth Albrecht
Bernice Putz- Mapleton Community Home
Burnell Hamman
Bea Fable-Home
Steve Birkemeyer
Dorothy Neitzel-CountryNeighbors,Mapleton
Woody
Beske- 708 Mound Ave, Mankato
USHERS FOR April/May
April
6
Gwen & Don Bruckhoff
April
13 Trina
& Greg Bruckhoff
April 20 Ardie Esser & Jackie Gottberg
April
27 Joan
Gieneart & Ann Brehmer
May
4
Francis & Mavis Cain
Tom & Betty Collins
May
11
Ardis & Lynae Grunzke
Blaine & Sharon Grunzke
May
18
Burnell & Joy Hamann
Earl & Marcia Hull
May
26
Emil Huper, Mark Huper
& Stacy Graft
** REMEMBER**
When you are scheduled to usher and you aren’t able to do so, it is YOUR
responsibility to find someone to fill in for you.
Panera Bread will
be available May 7 for pickup! Volunteers are needed to pick up the bread
through the summer months if we want to continue this program. Contact Tanya
Redfield @ 462-3309 if you can help.
Women’s
Guild Meeting Wednesday,
April 2nd, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
In the absence of President LeAnna Nelson, VP Sharon Vogelsang
called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. with 7 members present. The
secretary’s report was approved as read. There was no treasurer’s
report.
OLD BUSINESS
It was decided that I would put a
classified ad in the Maple River Messenger for the spring rummage sale. I will
also get it in the Mankato Free Press and on KJLY’s announcements. We
will set up the tables on Monday night and begin unpacking rummage items on
Tuesday. It was decided to include homemade desserts for the supper. Sharon
will ask Aoltie Roessler to
begin calling for helpers. We are going to prepare for 100 people. Flyers were
handed out for distribution.
The bus trip was discussed.
Joanne Waisanen
did pick up the new coffee maker. The old one will be put on the rummage
sale.
NEW BUSINESS
Sewing day was set up for
Tuesday, April 8th starting at 9:00 a.m. until??
June 8th will be
graduation recognition day. The Guild decided to have a brunch that day
beginning at 8:00 a.m. We will serve egg bake. Carol will send a special
invitation to all the graduates – Seth Anderson, Tyler and Alan Jacobsen,
McCall Bisel. Further plans were tabled until our May
meeting.
Sharon V. and I will paint the
back library room on Friday, April 4th. The paint has already been
purchased.
Spring cleaning and painting
the parsonage were discussed.
Sharon V. moved and I seconded to
purchase the paint for the parsonage. Motion carried.
Krista Schroeder will bring paint
samples with her to the May meeting to pick out colors for the parsonage paint.
Krista also voiced her desire to paint a mural on the wall in the back room.
Myrna Foley will call in the order to have flowers delivered to LeAnna while she is home recuperating from surgery on her
shoulder.
Our next meeting will be on May 7th. It is the AAA banquet
that night. Bring your graduation photo or some other photo from your school
days.
At
8:30 the meeting was adjourned. We had no lunch.
Secretary, Carol Malzahn
WOOF- WORSHIP OUTDOORS ON FRIDAY! Come join us for worship around the campfire in the backyard
of the church. May 16, 2008 @ 7:00 p.m. We’ll sing,
listen to Bible stories, pray and fellowship. We’ll also make s,mores. Please bring a lawn chair
and come meet our Lord in His great outdoors. Children MUST be accompanied by
an adult.
Congratulations new members, Kory Hueper and Avery
Malakowsky to Peace United church of Christ! Kory and
Avery completed the two-year confirmation course and re-affirmed their
baptismal vows on Sunday April 20, 2008.
We welcome them and offer them our
continual support, direction and prayers.
The Minnesota Conference United
Church of Christ
The Annual Meeting of the Minnesota
Conference of the UCC will be held June 6-8, 2008 at the collage of St.
Benedict in St. Joseph, MN. This year’s theme is “Extravagant
Welcome…Evangelical Courage” Keynote speaker is the Rev. John Thomas, UCC General
Minister and President.
AT
THE GATEWAY IN WELLS…
An evening of Prayer, May 1, 2008 @ 7:00p.m. Everyone is welcome!
The Gateway is on Highway 22, what
used to be Redeemer Lutheran Church.
HELP! God’s
church is designed as a unit. In order for the unit to operate effectively,
everyone is called to offer their gifts and tithes to the Lord so God’s work
can indeed be carried out. Some who help in many ways are burning out because
they carry too much of the load. Presently Peace church is like a scale with
unequal weights and balances. Our unit is “top heavy”. We need teachers, Sunday
school aides, youth leaders, WOW (Worship on Wednesday) helpers, outreach
workers, kitchen help and those willing to call on and minister to others.
God’s church really has nothing to do about us, and everything to do about the
Lord Jesus Christ and telling and showing a lost hurting world about Him.
A Personal Comment from Peace
Council President….
Everyone knows
that gasoline prices keep going up, postage and freight have risen, it is
more expensive to put food on our table, the cost of medical care is on
the rise.
What hasn't changed in the last
year, the last 10 years, the last 2,000 years, is God's love for us. God
sent his son, Jesus Christ to give us everlasting life. We remember Jesus
at Communion. It is available to all. The price is not a
dollar amount but it is not free. The price is a personal commitment to Jesus
Christ. A commitment of faith. A faith that tells the
world you love Jesus Christ. What are you going to do to show your love
to Jesus?
Keep Christ in your heart in all
that you do and say.
Sharon Vogelsang
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
If you are willing to help sort through and clean out files
this summer, organize older Sunday School material and file items, PLEASE let
Pastor Susan know.
If anyone would care to donate a
couple of hours of their time to help Sharon clean at the church on Thursday
afternoon’s give her a call @ 553-5542
SAD
GOODBYE’S From January through April
Rusty Wentler,
Inez Kahl, and Lillie Holbrook all passed from this
life into eternity and are missed deeply. We continue to let go and miss their
presence and what they brought to Peace Church. Connie Roessler’s
mother Adeline passed from this life into life everlasting in March. Let us
remember in prayer the families of those who have passed on.
Rosemary Johnson of Arlington, VA
formerly of Minnesota Lake was laid to ret April 11, 2008 at Peace Church
cemetery. Nieces and nephews, along with Pastor Susan gathered for a committal
service at 11:00 a.m.
PRAYER SHAWL KNITTERS/CROCHETERS
I hope that all of you have been
able to find a little time to keep working on your Prayer Shawls in these “busy
days” in our lives. It is such a worthwhile ministry of caring and doing
something for others. I want to get together with all of you for a “session” of
knitting and crocheting and fellowship to remind us all of the importance of
the Prayer Shawl mission. I am tentatively looking at May 6.2008, 7:00 p.m.
in the church library. Come and invite a friend to join us.
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DONATIONS
of paper products such as paper
towels, napkins small paper plates, toilet paper, copy paper, light bulbs,
coffee, dish soap, garbage bags, etc. would be gratefully accepted. By doing
this we can help cut some of the expenses that occur on a regular basis yet
needed to keep our church going as we are used to having it.
THE CHURCH
When those who are called to fish
don’t fish, they fight.
When energy intended to be used
outside is used inside, the result is explosive. Instead of casting nets, we
cast stones. Instead of extending helping hands, we point accusing fingers.
Instead of being fishers of the
lost, we become critics of the saved. Rather than helping the hurting, we hurt
the helpers.
The result?
Church Scrooges! “Bah humbug” spirituality. Beady eyes searching for warts on
others while ignoring the wart on the nose below. Crooked
fingers that bypass strengths and point out weakness.
Split churches. Poor
testimonies. Broken hearts. Legalistic
wars.
And, sadly the poor go unfed,
confused go uncounseled, and the lost go unreached.
When those who are called to fish
don’t fish, they fight.
But note the other side of this fish
tale. When those who are called to fish, fish- they flourish!
Nothing handles a case of the gripes
like an afternoon service project. Nothing restores perspective better than a
common task.
Leave soldiers inside the barracks
with no time on the front line and see what happens to their attitude. The soldiers
will invent things to complain about. Bunks will be too hard. Food will be too
cold. Leadership will be too tough. The company will be too stale. Yet place
those same soldiers in the trench and let them duck a few bullets, and what was
a boring barracks will seem like a haven. The beds will feel great. The food
will be almost ideal. The leadership will be courageous. The company will be
exciting.
When those who are
called to fish, fish- they flourish. STUDY
GUIDE- Read Ephesians 4:11-16
From your experiences, what are the
top three reasons for church conflict?
How have you seen the principal
played out? We tend to be negative when we have nothing better to do. Describe
what we have been called to do as the body of Christ.
List some dangers of having too much
time on your hands.
What is the balance of being too
idle and being too driven regarding our service to God?
If the church is like a body, how is
conflict like cancer? What escalated disagreements in the church to the point
of anger? Why do we often feel passionately about issues having to do with
church?
Taken from the Max Lucado Study Bible
TITHING
You don’t give for God’s sake. You
give for your sake. “The purpose of tithing is to teach you to always put God
first in your lives” (Deuteronomy 14:23,tlb). How does
tithing teach you? Consider the simple act of writing a check for the offering.
First you enter the date. Already you are reminded that you are a time-bound
creature and every possession you have will rust or burn. Best
to give it while you can.
Then you enter the name of the one to whom you are giving the money.
If the bank would cash it, you’d
write God. But they won’t so you write the name of the church or group that has
earned your trust.
Next comes the amount. Ahh, the moment of truth.
You’re more than a person with a checkbook. You’re David, placing a stone in
the sling. You’re Peter, one foot on the boat, one foot on the lake. You’re a
little boy in a big crowd. A picnic lunch is all the Teacher needs, but it’s
all you have.
What will you do? Sling the Stone? Take the Step? Give the Meal?
Careful now, don’t move too quickly. You aren’t just entering an amount…you are
making a confession. A confession that God owns it all
anyway.
And then the line in the lower left-hand corner on which you write what the
check is for. Hard to know what to put. It’s for the
light bills and literature. A little bit of outreach. A little bit of salary.
Better yet, it’s a partial payment for what the church has done to help you
raise your family…keep your own priorities sorted out…tune you in to His
ever-nearness.
Or, perhaps, best yet, it’s for you. It’s a moment for you to clip yet another
strand from the rope of earth so that when He returns you won’t be tied up.
STUDY
GUIDE- Read Nehemiah 10: 28-39