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JUNE 2012
UPCOMING EVENTS UPCOMING EVENTS UPCOMING EVENTS UPCOMING EVENTS
June 21-24 Visit us at the Word of Peace
Food Booth during Rockin’ Rogers
June 23
Watch for the Word of Peace float at the Rockin’ Rogers Parade
August 9
Community Corn Feed
SUMMER WORSHIP SERVICESSUMMER WORSHIP SERVICESSUMMER WORSHIP SERVICESSUMMER WORSHIP SERVICES
SUNDAYS: 8:30 am (Traditional)
10:00 am (Contemporary)
MONDAYS: 6:30 pm (Evening Contemporary) Stay for Sundaes on Mondays
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SUMMERTIME at
WORD OF PEACE!
SUMMER CAMPSSUMMER CAMPSSUMMER CAMPSSUMMER CAMPS
Family Camp June 8-10
Kids Camps June 10-15 and Aug. 5-10
CHILDREN’S MINISTRYCHILDREN’S MINISTRYCHILDREN’S MINISTRYCHILDREN’S MINISTRY
Vacation Bible School June 25-29
Preschool Camp with Boz! July 16-20
YOUTH MINISTRYYOUTH MINISTRYYOUTH MINISTRYYOUTH MINISTRY
912_Bonfires Wednesday evenings
Summer Stretch Middle and high school youth meet for service, and fun Select Wednesdays
throughout the summer.
National Youth Gathering 86 youth and adults are headed to New Orleans
July 17-24
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Pastor Krista Strum
Faith Formation Pastor
I recently returned from a gradua�on of a
very special person in my life. I drove to
Sioux Falls, South Dakota and was greet-
ed by a 23 year old young man I’ve
known for a very long �me. He was
wai�ng for me in the hotel lobby and as I
walked into the door received the big-
gest, �ghtest, warmest embrace with the
words “WELCOME, I am so glad you are
here!”
To be welcomed is a wonderful experi-
ence. Part of Word of Peace’s Mission
statement is “Christ works through us as
we: welcome all people to grow in faith,
love, and devo�on.”
We welcome you into the Lord’s family,
we receive you as a fellow member of the
body of Christ, child of the same heavenly
Father and worker with us in the kingdom
of God. These are the words of welcome
heard at every bap�sm. These are words
of iden�ty, belonging, and responsibility.
As a body of Christ, we are commi1ed to
the faith journeys of one another but also
to bring God’s love to the world. We wel-
come others by connec�ng with one an-
other in many ways—a handshake, a
glance, a smile or hug. We also welcome
others by having space for them in our
building and by having opportuni�es for
people to grow in rela�onship with oth-
ers and with God. We welcome others in
prayer.
One of my favorite bible stories is the
story of the Prodigal Son. The story of
the son that le5 his father, squandered
his inheritance, lived with the pigs, and
came groveling home to work as a serv-
ant for his father. Remember what hap-
pened? God’s model for us is the father,
with no thought for his dignity, races
down the road to welcome his son home.
He clothes him and hosts a celebra�on in
his honor as his son who was lost was
now found.
We are called to welcome those we know
and those we don’t. I invite you to be
inten�onal in this: Pay a1en�on to how
you welcome your family. Greet someone
you don’t know when you share the
peace in worship. Find a place to volun-
teer.
Peace to you!
Pat and Jacquie Bencke, our Missionaries in
Japan, will be at Word of Peace on Monday,
July 30th! Please mark your calendars for
this rare opportunity to share a meal with
the Bencke’s and learn more about the mis-
sion work they are doing in Japan. More in-
forma�on to come.
3rd
Annual Community Corn Feed fundraiser
will be on Thursday, August 9th. Request
your book of raffle �ckets by contac�ng Sta-
cy Stolba at 763-428-6306 or
[email protected]. The raffle �ckets
will be mailed to you the first part of
June. They are $5.00 each and come in a
booklet of 10. Proceeds from the Corn Feed
will go to C.R.O.S.S, ROADS, Lutheran Part-
ners (ministry in India), and A Strong Foun-
da�on building drive.
In an effort to provide more space in the
Gathering Area, the offices of Karen Running
and Mary Miller have been moved to Room
149 (Beth Brekke’s office) and Carrie Fischer
has moved into the Educa�on office.
All Rogers Senior High School gradua.ng
seniors are invited to the 2nd
Annual Com-
munity Baccalaureate Worship Service on
Wednesday, June 6th
at 7:00pm at Christ
Church in Otsego. Ceremony will include
staff and student speakers, prayers and mu-
sic. Please contact Karen Running at 763-428
-5510 with ques�ons.
Happenings
A Strong Founda�on has started out really strong! Thank you
for pledging and joining us on the journey that will reduce our
mortgage debt over the next 3 ½ years and help fulfill the
dream of a new sanctuary for Word of Peace.
To date, pledges total just over $848,000 with 242 households
making a pledge. This is so exci�ng! With this pledge total, we
can give $40,000 to C.R.O.S.S. Food Shelf to help those in need
in our community; we can con�nue to make our mortgage
payments each month; and, we can make extra payments on
the principal of our mortgage to reduce it and the interest we
are charged each month.
We have faith that we will con�nue to receive pledges over
the next several months and through the term of the cam-
paign. We are on our way to mee�ng our goal and you are a
part of that journey! If you have made a pledge to A Strong
Founda�on already, THANK YOU for your pledge. It is a gi5
and a blessing! If you have not made a pledge yet, we encour-
age you to think and pray about being a part of this journey.
It’s never too late to pledge and all gi5s are important and a
blessing.
God bless you and remember, God’s not finished with us yet!
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Music & Worship
Word of Peace Seniors
Please contact Judy Hanson at 763-428-7657 for resource, community or
general informa�on for seniors.
If you’d like to subscribe to the Senior Newsle1er, call 763-241-3520. Or,
you can read the newsle1er online at www.seniors.cityofrogers.org.
Date Time Activity Cost/Details Contact
Thursdays 10:00am Thursday Senior Shop Rogers Bus $1.00 per rider Judy 763-428-7657
6/3 1-5pm Jammers Pot Luck & Music Rogers Community Center
(eat at 4pm)
Dave 763-428-4217
6/12 11am Line Dancing Rogers Community Center Margaret 763-428-8650
6/15 9-10:30am Breakfast at Denny’s in Rogers Menu items for $6.99 includes
drink
Margaret 763-428-8650
6/20 1:30-3pm Memory Loss Support Group at Wellstead For family members caring for
loved ones
Heidi at 763-428-8181
6/27 6pm Chicken Dinner Rogers Community Center Margaret 763-428-8650
Rockin’ Rogers Days: Thursday, June 21 through Saturday, June 23. Come and enjoy the fes�vi�es! Come out and watch the parade
on Saturday!
July 1st—Minnesota Orchestra’s Salute to America at the Ted Mann Concert Hall at U of M. Motor coach from Heritage Place. Cost
is $43.00. Call Margaret at 763-428-8650.
C.R.O.S.S. Corner
Our Word of Peace congrega.on gave over 2,000 pounds of food
to CROSS so far this year! Now that fed some families!!!
Hunger Facts:
• Food shelf use is at record highs across the state
• 56% of food shelf visitors are families with children and 20% are
seniors
• More than 50% of adult food shelf visitors are employed. In the
Twin Ci�es alone, the working poor make up 60% of people who
use food shelves
• 2/3 of food shelf visitors make less than $1,000 a month; not
enough to cover their basic needs
• Hunger hurts every day: of those who use Minnesota's food
shelves, 47% of adults and 14% of children skip meals to stretch
their budgets
CURRENT NEEDS: Large juice, medium size peanut bu1er, honey,
jam/jelly, cereal, walnuts/almonds, popcorn, canned or jar spa-
gheV sauce, tomato sauce & paste, canned tomatoes, canned
beef stew, spam, kidney or chili beans, tuna, macaroni and cheese,
taco mix, bar/face soap, paper products
Thank you for your con.nued support of our local food shelf!
Dear Word of Peace Family,
I will be on sabba�cal throughout the summer and so we
are looking for special music for our worship services dur-
ing this �me.
If you have a talent you'd like to share with your church
family, contact Dawn Saxton in the music office at
[email protected] or 763-496-2413.
Musical talent is a gi= to you from God, and is meant to
be shared. So don't hide your light "under a bushel." Let it
shine "for all the world to see."
Best wishes for a blessed and peaceful summer.
Michael Sahlen
Minister of Music and Worship
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A reflec�on on the power of money
from “A Well-Formed Stewardship
Leader Embraces Financial Health as
an Expression of Faith” by Marty E.
Stevens:
“It goes without saying that money is
power in today’s world. In and of it-
self, money as power is not necessari-
ly a bad thing. Money as power can
become a bad thing when it takes
hold of our aVtudes and ac�ons. Je-
sus puts the issue starkly: ‘No one can
serve two masters; for a slave will
either hate the one and love the oth-
er, or be devoted to the one and des-
pise the other. You cannot serve God
and wealth’ (Ma1hew 6:24). When
money becomes master, we become
idolaters, worshiping something other
than the God who claims and calls us.
The Bible warns against failing to sub-
mit totally to God’s rule over all of
our lives. In Deuteronomy, shortly
a5er the admoni�on to commit total-
ly to God noted above, the people are
warned about the tempta�ons of life
in the Promised Land. ‘Take care that
you do not forget the LORD your
God…When you have eaten your fill
and have built fine houses and live in
them, and when your herds and
flocks have mul�plied, and your silver
and gold is mul�plied, and all that you
have is mul�plied, then do not exalt
yourself, forgeVng the LORD your
God…Do not say to yourself, ‘My
power and the might of my own hand
have go1en me this wealth.’ But re-
member the LORD your God, for it is
he who gives you power to get
wealth, so that he may confirm his
covenant’ (Deuteronomy 8:11-18).
It’s easy to think that the salary we
‘earn’ is en�rely our own doing. We
forget the talents God gave us that
enable us to do the work we do, the
fortuitous circumstances of living in a
country with a market economy that
will pay fair wages and benefits, the
sacrifices made by others to equip us
with the educa�on and skills needed,
the God-given gi5s of family and
friends who support us in our occupa-
�ons. It’s easy to think that we do it
all for ourselves, Sa�sfac�on with a
good standard of living can lead us to
serve money as master rather than
God, who gives and enables all good
things.”
21705 129th Ave. N.
P.O. Box 306
Rogers, MN 55374
Church Office
763-496-2400 (press 3 to leave an emergency
message for the pastor)
On the Web
www.wordofpeace.org
www.facebook.com/
wordofpeace
Office Hours
Mon-Thurs 8am-4:30pm
Fri 8am-12:30pm
Our Vision Statement Our vision is to be a community where
everyone knows Christ’s Love and
shares Christ’s Love with all people.
Our Mission Statement Christ works through us as we:
• Welcome all people to grow in
faith, love and devo�on,
• Share Christ through word
and deed,
• Care for others and the world
God made, and
• Work for jus�ce and peace.
NEWSLETTER SUBMISSIONS Contact Jennie Priebe in the
church office at 496-2401 or
July newsleAer deadline:
June 15 at Noon
Why does Word of Peace have BeFrienders?
Ask yourself: “Did you ever need to talk with someone? Were you
frustrated when someone didn’t seem to listen?” I think we all
have those experiences some�mes.
BeFrienders are trained to listen. Each BeFriender is assigned one
person to visit with once a week. This may be a shut in, a person
new to the community, a new mother, or someone suffering a loss of some sort.
A new BeFrienders training class will begin soon. Contact Beth Brekke, 612-922-4366
or bbrekke@woplc for details.
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Faith Forma.on Ministry
Youth Ministry
MSM.AM: Middle School Ministry A.M! We meet
twice a month for food, devo�ons and games. Friends
are always welcome. This month we meet June 3rd
and 24th from 10-11am in the Youth Room.
VBS ABer-Party: If you’re a youth volunteering at this
year’s VBS, you’re invited to the VBS a5er-party! Each
a5ernoon following the program, we will get together
for fun ac�vi�es like movies, outdoor games, Bunker
Beach and more! Monday, June 25th through Thurs-
day, June 28th!
Camp Info Mee.ng: Going to camp this summer?
Awesome! Come to the Word of Peace camp info
mee�ng on June 3rd at 11:30 in the Brekke Room and
learn everything you need to know about your week
away from home!
Na.onal Youth Gathering: Our next Na�onal Youth
Gathering mee�ng is June 24th at 11:45am in the
Sanctuary. See you there!
High School Bonfires are Back! Every Wednesday
from 7:30-9pm from now through August. This
month’s dates are June 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th.
Food, faith, fire and fun!
Sign-up for Vaca.on Bible
School by June 1
We’re making the final prepara-
�ons for VBS! If you would like
to waive the $25 registra�on
fee, please sign-up for VBS by
June 1.
VBS Volunteers are S.ll Needed
Call Rachel, Lisa, and Kris�n to find out how you can have
a week of morning fun June 25-29 from 9 am-noon. We
can be reached at 763.496.2400.
Incoming 9th Grade Confirma.on Students
Be sure to schedule your confirma�on conversa�on by
July with your assigned staff person. Bear in mind several
of our staff members will be gone on youth trips and va-
ca�ons in June or July so be sure to sign-up early. Church School Teachers Needed
We need YOU to teach church
school next year! We have more
than 700 kids who need a caring
adults in their life to share the love
of God with them. Haven’t tried it
before? No problem! All you need
is a heart for learning and to like
kids! Call Kris�n, Lisa, or Rachel!
Kids of Peace Preschool
has Openings!
Your li1le one will be blessed
by Word of Peace’s preschool
program. Children 33 months
through five years who have
been po1y trained are invited to a1end one of three
programs:
●Three/Four year Program
●Four/Five year Program
●High Five Program-for five year olds not
heading off to kindergarten in the fall.
We offer a warm, welcoming environment and great
teachers who provide an academic, social, and spiritual
educa�on.
For more informa�on call, Julie Piccona1o at 763-496-
2419 or email her at [email protected]. Sign-up for Church School and
Confirma.on! Returning families,
please register July 31.
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Sundays
8:30 a.m. Traditional
10:00 a.m. Blended
Mondays
6:30 p.m. Contemporary
June 3 & 4
Pastor Krista Strum: “Can You Hear Me Now?”
We may take for granted how powerfully connected
our voices are in our rela�onships. Today, we consider
how God speaks in the World and whether we are tuned
in to what God has to say.
Scripture Readings:
Psalm 29, Isaiah 6:1-8, Romans 8:12-17
June 10 & 11
Pastor Ron Prasek: “Op�mism, It’s the Way to Go!”
Chris�an hope is made possible by God’s promises, the
wonderful creeds given to us by our parents and grandpar-
ents, and people’s tes�monies.
Scripture Readings:
2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1, Mark 3:20-35, Psalm 138
June 17 & 18
Pastor Ron Prasek: “Now is the Time”
As Paul writes to the Chris�ans in Corinth, he encourages
them to consider their weapons of righteousness. This
is an invita�on to us to consider our strengths and how
we can best apply them to the needs at hand in our
community and in our world.
Scripture Readings:
2 Corinthians 6:1-13, Mark 4:35-41,
Psalm 9:9-20, Job 38:1-11
June 24 & 25
Pastor Rick Skare: “It’s Not What it Seems”
The Kingdom of God may look unimpressive to the world,
but rejoice! What the world regards as unimpressive,
Jesus depicts as miraculous.
Scripture Reading:
Mark 4:26-34, Ezekiel 17:22-24, Psalm 92:1-4, 12-15,
2 Corinthians 5:6-17
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