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MINISTRY NOTES March 18-24, 2017

Guests: Please stop by the Welcome Center for a gift and more information about Peace.

2017 Lenten Services Wednesday, March 22, 6:30pm — Contemporary

Wednesday, March 29, 6:30pm — Traditional

Wednesday, April 5, 6:30pm — Traditional

Thursday, April 13, 10am — Maundy Thursday* (Lawndale)

Thursday, April 13, 6:30pm — Maundy Thursday* (T)

Friday, April 14, 6:30pm — Good Friday (T)

Saturday, April 15, 6:30pm — Easter Vigil* (Lawndale)

Sunday, April 16, 7am, 9:30am & 11:15am — Easter Sunday*

All services are held at our Adams campus unless noted. Please join us before each Wednesday service at 5pm for a

Lenten dinner ($5 per person) hosted by the Peace Youth Group in the church gym. Join us for Easter morning breakfast

from 8-9:15am in the gym.

*Denotes Communion (T) Traditional Worship (C) Contemporary Worship

Please pray for...

Those who have been HOSPITALIZED … Ruth Miller (St. Mary’s), Ron Bamberg (Covenant Cooper), and Kathy Mull and Edmund Nagel (Health Source).

Those being BAPTIZED … We celebrate God’s gift of baptism for Kamdyn, Kyler and Kwynn Reynolds, children of Brandt and Katti, during our 11:15am service Sunday, March 19.

MINISTRY AT PEACE

Ministers Every Member of Peace

Staff C. William Weis - Senior Pastor

Paul Hinz - Associate Pastor (274.7920) Matthew Hauser - School Pastor (792.2581)

Ed Kast - Pastor Emeritus Bert Eggers - Pastor Emeritus

Henry Pahlkotter - Dir. of Ministries (793.9025) Michael Socier – Business Manager (992.9788) Joel Keup - Principal/Facilities Dir. (245.7878)

Ken Klages - Minister of Music (792.2688) Dan Stauffer - Ass't. Min. of Music (372.1559)

Billy Cmeyla - Youth & Confirm. (260.413.8747) Deborah Hauser - Dir. of School Admissions and Early Childhood Education (482.6160) Misty Gower - Office Manager (793.9025)

Board of Directors Charlie Rood, Chair

Suzanne Marvosh, Vice Chair Mike Periard, Secretary Dennis Hoeg, Treasurer

Ken Claus, Dorothy Dawe, Gary McCray, Jamie Nisidis

Ron Salvner, Lisa Seelye, Gary Weber, Pastor C.W. Weis, Ex Officio

Dale Walk Jr., Ex Officio

Board of Elders Dale Walk Jr., Chair

Todd Arner, Randy Beadle, Kevin Cieszlak, Mark DeWolf-Ott, Bob Duggar,

Paul Eschmann, Mike Habitz, David Hoffman, Robert Kaczmarek, Tom Knaub, John Koltvedt, John Rabassa, Greg Rollwagen, Allan Wilke,

Steven Witchger, George Wojahn

Prayer Ministry Daytime: Nancy Salvner (799.7921)

Evening & email: Jeanette Taylor jngtaylor_06@yahoo.com (790.2386), Joann Paluck - rjpal61@charter.net

(797.2293) or Sue Williams swilliams@peacesaginaw.org (213.2293)

THE WEEK AT PEACE

March 19-25, 2017

SUNDAY

8:45am 9:00am 9:00am

10:15am 10:15am 10:15am 10:15am 11:00am 11:15am 11:15am

5:00pm 7:30pm

Nursery Care Traditional Worship Sunday Bible Club Kids Growth Gathering Catechism ‘Believe’ Growth Gathering (Gym) ‘Believe’ Adult Bible Study (Parlor) Nursery Care Contemporary Worship Sunday Bible Club Youth Worship / Bible Study AA Meeting

MONDAY - Spring Begins

6:30pm

No Worship Service AA Meeting

TUESDAY

5:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:15pm

Board of Directors Meeting (211)Youth Band Quilt Club Worship Team

WEDNESDAY

7:55am 9:30am 5:00pm 6:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm

Chapel (Lawndale) LWML Bible Study Lenten Dinner (Gym) Lenten Worship Worship Team NA Meeting

THURSDAY

5:30am 10:00am

6:15pm 7:00pm 7:30pm

Men’s Bible Study Quilt Club Handbells Thursday Special Choir

FRIDAY

No Activities

SATURDAY

6:30pm

Casual Worship* (Lawndale) *Denotes Communion

‘Believe’ - Week 8

“Believe,” our 10-week church-wide Bible

study, is a spiritual growth experience that

helps Christians of all ages think, act and be

more like Jesus. Among our “Believe”

opportunities:

Sunday ‘Believe’ Bible study: Suellen

Estes leads a weekly “Believe” Bible study

every Sunday at 10:15am (between

services) in the church parlor downstairs.

All are welcome!

Sunday ‘Believe’ Growth Gatherings:

Each week between our Sunday morning

services at the church, we meet in the

gym near the stage from about 10:15-

11am for a pastor-led “deeper dive”

discussion into that week’s “Believe”

sermon topic. Child care is provided in the

nursery for children through age 2, and in

the downstairs youth area for 3 and older.

Sunday Notes

TODAY - Offering My Time: This weekend’s

sermon focuses on “Offering My Time.” To

supplement the message, Thrivent Financial

will be on hand after each service with

information about its Thrivent Action Teams, a

program that helps provide seed money for

different projects, as well as Thrivent Choice,

which helps you easily designate funds to help

Peace. Thrivent will also talk briefly about

these programs during our Growth Gathering

at 10:15am in the gym on Sunday, March 19.

Board of Directors: The next Peace Board

of Directors meeting is planned for Tuesday,

March 21, at 5pm in the church Christ Care

Room (211). All are welcome to attend.

Communion Workshop: The next

communion workshop for youth will be held

Saturday, April 8, from 10am-2pm at the

church. Lunch will be provided. Parents are

asked to attend the first and last half-hour of

the workshop. Call the church office at

793.9025 to sign up.

Peace Board Nominations: A Nominations

Committee has been formed and is seeking

candidates for the Peace Board of Directors

for terms beginning July 1. Please follow the

instructions you received in your email this

past week or obtain copies from the church

office. The completed Nominations Form must

be submitted to the church office, or to a

member of the Nominating Committee, by

Monday, April 10.

Community Good Friday Service: The

annual Tri-City Good Friday Worship Service

will be held on April 14 at the Horizons

Conference Center, 6200 State St., at 1pm.

The Rev. Dr. Richard Wolfram, who is in

administration at the Michigan District office in

Ann Arbor, will be the guest speaker. Peace

will have its Good Friday service at 6:30pm at

the Adams Campus.

Monday Services: Please note that there

are no Monday night worship services

throughout Lent. Monday services will resume

on April 24.

New Member Class: Interested in

becoming a member of Peace Lutheran

Church, or know someone who is? We will be

hosting our next New Member Class on

Saturday, April 29, from 9am-noon in the

church parlor. This class is for anyone wishing

SCRIPTURE READINGS Ephesians 5:15-21 Matthew 25:31-40

OUR SERVANTS THIS WEEK 3-19 NEXT WEEK 3-26

Preaching

Assisting

Rev. Matthew Hauser

Rev. C. William Weis

Worship Leader - Sat, 6:30pm

Organist - Sun, 9:00am

Worship Leader - 11:15am

Organist - Mon, 6:30pm

Dan Stauffer

Ken Klages

Dan Stauffer

Ken Klages

BASIC

Ken Klages

Dan Stauffer

Ken Klages

Readers - Sun, 9:00am

11:15am

Mon, 6:30pm

Tammy Kelly

Matt Starke

No Worship Service

Joel Keup

Sue Sullivan

No Worship Service

Elders - Sat, 6:30pm

Sun, 9:00/11:15am

Mon, 6:30pm

John Rabassa

Greg Rollwagen / Steve Witchger

No Worship Service

John Rabassa

Todd Arner / Mark DeWolf-Ott

No Worship Service

Communion Asst’s- Sun, 9:00am

11:15am

No Communion

Joel Keup / J.J. Boehm

Henry Pahlkotter

Manors Live Streaming,

9:00am

Susan Breen (McBrite)

Leslie Hansen (Shattuck)

Dave Hoffman (McBrite)

Tom Knaub (Shattuck)

Prayer Volunteer 11:15am No Communion Traci Gross

Altar Workers - Sun, 9:00am

11:15am

Mon, 6:30pm

No Communion

Joann Paluck

Sally Landeryou

No Worship Service

Usher Captains - Sun, 9:00am

11:15am

Mon, 6:30pm

Dave Marvosh

Ralph Garrison

No Worship Service

Brian Hensler

Randy Beadle

No Worship Service

Greeters - Sun, 9:00am

11:15am

Ken & Donna Claus

Sue Browning

Gene & Joann Roller

Wilma Chia

Acolytes - Sun, 9:00am

Sunday, 11:15am

Brady Maurer

Nick Kelly

Gavin Girard

Mason Ehlert

Children’s Ministry - 9:00am

11:15am

Cara Eschmann

Sam Karas

Kaitlyn Pittmann

Lexie Peplinski / Alivea Wolcot

Video Stream - Sun, 9:00am

11:15am

Tom Knaub

Dave Kabobel

Terry Gavit

Marshall Fulmer

Projection - Sat, 6:30pm

Sun, 9:00am

Sun, 11:15am

Mon, 6:30pm

Dale Myers

Justin Hecht

No Worship Service

Kristofer Nisidis

Judy Towns

Peyton Bartnikowski

No Worship Service

CAPS Sue Sullivan / Ken & Donna Claus Ben & Jan Wells

Welcome Center - Sat, 6:30pm

Sun, 9:00am

11:15am

Linda Wilke

Seymour & Linda Geiersbach

Carla Gauthier

Ken & Donna Claus

Myra Sebele

Ann Witchger

to discover the basics of the Christian

Lutheran faith, as well as find out more about

the ministry of Peace. If you would like to

attend or know someone who might be

interested, please contact the church office at

793.9025.

Nursery Help Needed: The Peace

Children’s Ministry has two caregiver positions

open in our Nursery on Sunday mornings. If

you feel you have the qualities below, please

visit the church office to fill out an application:

Available 8:45am-12:45pm Sundays

At least two years’ experience caring for

children ages 6 weeks to 36 months

18 years of age, female member of Peace

Satisfactory completion of background

check

Satisfactory completion of CPR training

for infants, children and AED

Good communication skills — parent and

child interaction

Computer knowledge or willing to learn

Three references

SCHOOL NOTES

TODAY — Support our Panthers: Both our

Boys and Girls Peace Panther Basketball

Teams have made it to the National

Tournament in Valparaiso, Ind., on March 23-

26. THIS weekend we have some different

ways for you to help contribute to that trip, if

you so desire, including T-shirt sales and

freewill donations. If you’d like to help, visit the

basketball table after the service. Please also

pray for our teams as they prepare for and

travel to and from this tournament.

Youth Service: Please note there will be no

Youth Service on Sunday, March 26.

Peace School Play: Peace Lutheran School

students will present Shakespeare’s “A

Midsummer Night's Dream” in the church

(Adams Campus) gym at 7pm Friday, April 7,

and Saturday, April 8. Tickets are available in

the school office and at the door. Concessions

will be sold, and all proceeds will benefit the

Peace drama program. We are also seeking

theater patrons to help support Peace Drama.

Please see the salmon-colored insert in

today’s Tidings.

Easter Egg Hunt: The Peace Lutheran

School PTL will host an Easter Egg Hunt at

the school (Lawndale Campus) on Saturday,

April 8, at 10am for all Peace church and

school children through Grade 3. Arrive a little

Youth Alert Junior and Senior High

Questions or concerns? Contact Billy at 260.413.8747 or wcmeyla@peacesaginaw.org.

PLEASE NOTE: CATECHISM CLASSES HAVE BEEN MOVED TO SUNDAYS,

10:15AM.

Sunday Worship for Grades 6-12: Join us every Sunday for fellowship, worship and

Bible study starting at 5pm. We look forward to seeing you! (There will be no Youth

Worship Service on Sunday, March 26.)

Bible Study Leaders Needed: We are currently looking for Bible study leaders for

our Sunday nights. We could use leaders for Grades 6-8, as well as a few for high

school age.

Youth Alerts: Please watch Jupiter Grades for updates every week.

***IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES***

MICHIGAN DISTRICT GATHERING

Plans are underway for the 2017 Michigan District Gathering on Mackinac Island on June 25-28. Our last gathering was a blessing to those who attended, so we want all interested youth to make plans now so they won’t be left out. Our total number of spaces on the island is 1,200. This gathering includes inspirational speakers, musicians and breakout sessions. It will also include servant event opportunities and fellowship events. There will be one mass event per day and a daily Bible study session each day. You have the opportunity to attend breakout sessions on Monday and Tuesday of the gathering.

OUR THEME: “Fortress” based on 2 Samuel 22:2: “The Lord is my rock, my FORTRESS and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge.”

WHO: Current ninth-graders through college freshmen.

LOCATION: Mission Point Resort on Mackinac Island.

COST: $385 – includes ferry tickets, breakfast Monday and Tuesday and lunch and dinner provided on Monday and Tuesday with a buffet breakfast provided on Wednesday morning, housing, program, luggage handling, and a T-shirt.

COMMUNION WORKSHOP: Our next communion workshop for youth will be held

Saturday, April 8, from 10am-2pm at the church. Call the church office at 793.9025

to sign up.

RETREATS: Our spring retreat is May 5-6. Two retreats are covered in the

confirmation fee. Students can attend all three, but need to pay for the third retreat.

HEARING HIS WORD

Total Attendance Last Week -748-

Saturday 6:30pm - 132

Sunday 9:00am - 207, 11:15am - 281

5:30pm - 102

McBrite Manor - 4, Shattuck Manor - 22

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Sunday Live Streaming: 9:00am - 68

11:15am - 52, Total - 120

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Lenten Wednesday (3/15) - 181

Lenten Wednesday Live Streaming - 38

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Adult Bible Study - 241

Adult Growth Gathering - 54

Sunday Bible Club - 15

Kids’ Growth Gathering - 4

early and have some Easter fun before the

hunt!

Sunday Bible Club: Please note there will

be no Sunday Bible Club on Easter Sunday,

April 16.

School Staff Retirements: Mrs. Deborah

Hauser, the Peace School Director of

Admissions and the Early Childhood Program,

and Mrs. Karen Robinson, our School Office

Manager, have both announced that they will

retire at the end of this school year. We thank

God for Deborah and Karen, and their many

years of service to Peace. They will be

formally recognized for their service on Staff

Recognition Sunday, June 4.

PEACE

VOLUNTEERS

Easter Sunday

Servants: Please

note that our Easter

Sunday services will

be held at 7am,

9:30am and

11:15am on

Sunday, April 16.

Many of our

volunteer servant

schedules show a

service time of 9am,

which is incorrect.

Please note the time change.

SUPPORTING

PEACE MINISTRIES

Community Village: Throughout the month

of March, Peace is collecting items and

monetary donations to help Community

Village, Peace School’s charity recipient for

the 2016-2017 school year. This month we

are collecting shampoo, deodorant, denture

adhesive, granola bars and crackers, as well

as monetary gifts to help with purchasing bed

linens and window treatments. Items are

collected in the downstairs Church Donation

Center and in the red box in the school

commons area. Monetary donations can be

made on Wednesdays at school chapel and

any time in the school office.

Give+: For those who prefer to make

contributions to the church electronically,

electronic-giving company Vanco has

introduced the free mobile app Give+, which

you can download for your iPhone from the

App Store. Search for Give+ in the App Store,

select Peace Lutheran Church and tap

Donate Now. If you have questions, contact

Peace Business Manager Mike Socier at

793.9025, ext. 307.

Box Tops: Please continue to support

Peace Lutheran School with the Box Tops for

Education Program. Clip the Box Tops and

send them to the school office or bring them

to the church Donation Center in the church

basement. Keep your eyes peeled for Bonus

Box Top certificates on products and at

checkouts. Make sure you cut out the entire

certificate when you find them on products.

Turn in Box Tops promptly — they do expire.

Encourage friends and family to help collect.

COMMUNITY

CORNER

Scholarships Available: The Saginaw

Lutheran Scholarship Mixed Bowling League

has scholarships available for students

pursuing studies in the ministry of teaching or

preaching in the Lutheran Church. Application

forms are due by Saturday, April 1, so contact

James Ruthig at 792.9123 or

jruthig@sbcglobal.net for an application.

WE HAVE A PLACE FOR YOU!

Children’s Ministries

Nursery: 6 weeks - 36 months The Nursery is staffed by a carefully screened and CPR-certified worker and is located next to the Sanctuary (Arthur Hill side). Children are welcome to attend on Sundays from 8:45am-12:45pm. Sunday Bible Club (SBC): 3 years - 5th grade Two sessions are offered on Sunday mornings, 9am and 11:15am. SBC is held in the lower-level Youth Area. Children are welcomed to gather Sundays to grow in their faith in Jesus at their level. (There will be no SBC on Easter Sunday, April 16.) *NEW* Kids’ Growth Gathering: 3 years - 5th grade KGG takes place each Sunday from 10-11:15am in the lower-level Youth Area. Children are strengthened in their faith through a

short video and activity.

Pencil Tree Bags” - Parents

of Preschool Age Children

Please feel free to take a bag off the Pencil Tree in the narthex. It has some items in there to help keep your child "quietly busy" during church. Please RETURN the bag after the service, as you found it, so it can be enjoyed over and over again.

Adult Bible Studies - Opportunities to Gather, Grow & Go

Looking for a Bible study? As disciples at Peace, we all have an opportunity to join a small group to help one another grow in Christ. If you are not currently in a small-group Bible study but would like to be, please visit the church office for a listing of available opportunities! We are currently in the midst of the 10-week church-wide “Believe” Bible study. Call the church office at 793.9025 for small-group Bible study information. Small-group leaders: Please remember to call the church office each week with the number of people who attended your Bible study ONLY if the numbers have changed. As an alternative, you may email the number of attendees to mgower@peacesaginaw.org.