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MINISTRY NOTES March 8-14, 2014

Welcome! We’re delighted you are here!

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

Sunday Adult Bible Study 11am in Church Parlor

Topic: “Stuff They Didn’t Teach Me in Sunday School about Matthew and Mark” Leader: Suellen Estes All are welcome!

Lenten Services

March 12, Lenten Worship— 6:30pm (A) March 19, Lenten Worship— 6:30pm (A) March 26, Lenten Worship— 6:30pm (A)

April 2, Lenten Worship— 6:30pm (A) April 9, Lenten Worship— 6:30pm (A)

Potato & Salad Bar will be served prior to the Wednesday Lenten services, starting at 5pm, Adams Campus gym. Donations will be supplemented by

Thrivent Financial - Northeast Chapter.

April 13, Palm Sunday — 8:00, 9:30, 11:15am (A) * April 17, Maundy Thursday— 10:00am (L) 6:30pm (A)

April 18, Good Friday— 6:30pm (A) April 18, Community Service — 1:00pm (H)

* April 19, Easter Saturday— 6:30pm (L) * April 20, Easter— 7:00, 9:30, 11:15am (A)

(A) Adams (L) Lawndale (H) Horizons Center (*) with communion

Please Pray for…

Those who are ILL or HOSPITALIZED…

Louise Inglis, Louella Heinz, (Covenant-Cooper); Norine Hales, Briana Hauser, Amber Matt (Covenant-Harrison); Miriam Grace Hauser (U of M)

Those who are GRIEVING…

Leonard Kraatz, husband of Shirley Kraatz, passed away February 27.

THE WEEK AT PEACE

March 16 - March 22, 2014

SUNDAY

8 & 9:30am

9:30 & 11am 9:15am/11am

11:15am

5pm 6:15pm 7:30pm

Traditional Worship (Cry Room available) Adult Bible Study Nursery Care Contemporary Worship Kids Connection following message Youth Worship/Bible Study Parents of Youth Bible Study Alanon, Alateen & AA

MONDAY

6:30pm 6:30pm

Traditional Worship AA (Lydia’s House)

TUESDAY

3:15pm 6:30pm 7:00pm

Youth Bible Study Worship Team Quilt Club

WEDNESDAY

8:20am 5pm 6pm

6:30pm 7:30pm

Chapel @ Lawndale Campus Potato Bar Confirmation Lenten Worship NA Meeting (Lydia’s House)

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 w/comm

MINISTRY AT PEACE

Ministers

Every Member of Peace

Staff

C. William Weis - Senior Pastor (497-0146)

Paul Hinz - Associate Pastor (274-7920)

Ed Kast - Pastor Emeritus

Bert Eggers - Pastor Emeritus

Michael Socier – Business Manager (992-9788)

Henry Pahlkotter - Principal (401-6539)

Matthew Hauser - Director of Discipleship

Lawndale Campus(792-2581)

Ken Klages - Minister of Music (792-2688)

Dan Stauffer - Ass't. Min. of Music (372-1559)

Keith Minda - Youth & Confirmation (326-1168)

Deborah Hauser - Early Childhood (482-6160)

Sandy Schlaefke - Office Manager (781-3139)

Board of Directors Dan Heyn, Chair

Kurt Kuck, Vice-Chair

Mike Periard, Secretary

Dennis Hoeg, Treasurer

Tim Arnold, Suzanne Marvosh, Dave Meyer

Dale Myers, Ron Salvner

Lisa Seelye, Rick Welzein

Pastor C.W. Weis, Ex Officio

Charlie Rood, Ex Officio

Board of Elders

Charlie Rood, Chair

Randy Alpin, Todd Arner,

Randy Beadle,

Phil Bird, David Hoffman,

Robert Kaczmarek,

Mark DeWolf-Ott,

John Rabassa, Dale Walk

Steven Witchger, George Wojahn

Prayer Ministry

Daytime: Nancy Salvner (799-7921)

Evening & e-mail: Jeanette Taylor -

jngtaylor_06@yahoo.com (790-2386),

Joann Paluck - rjpal61@charter.net (797-2293)

or Sue Williams - smwill7175@aol.com

(793-2909)

SUNDAY NOTES

The Peace Nominating Committee is currently seeking applications from eligible Peace members for the Peace Board of Director (BOD) openings for terms beginning July 1, 2014. In order for you to know whether you are qualified to be on the BOD and to help the Nominating Committee select the best candidates, please refer to the Peace website (peacesaginaw.org) or the church office.

There you will find:

1. Nominations Form. 2. Minimum & Preferred Qualifications of

BOD members. 3. Board Expectations to be signed by all

BOD members on an annual basis regarding their commitment to the Peace BOD and to Peace Lutheran Church.

Completed Nominations Forms must be submitted to the church office or to a member of the Nominating Committee no later than Thursday, March 17, 2014. A person may not submit a Nominations Form on behalf of another person unless that person being nominated signs the form. If you have any questions, please call the church office at 793.9025.

Nominating Committee:

John Rabassa, Chair

Pastor C. William Weis, Sr. Pastor

Henry Pahlkotter, Principal

Sandy Schlaefke

Lisa Seelye

Linda Tomandl Peace Trust Fund: Peace Foundation is now accepting requests for disbursements from the

Peace Trust Fund. Application forms are available in the church office. Return completed forms to the church office. Deadline: March 31, 2014. Requests will be approved and disbursed by a Foundation Committee. (This is NOT Church Workers Endowment Fund.) Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage class is suspended during Lent and will resume on Tuesday, April 29 at 6:30pm. This will be the last class in the series.

We are in the process of building a team of volunteers to run the computer in our sound booth for the 9:30am service. No computer knowledge is necessary. If enough people volunteer, they would only have to serve once a month or so. Interested people should contact Dan Stauffer 793.9025 or Kathy Mull 799.9445.

School Notes

Attention Parents: There will be a PTL meeting Monday, March 10 at 7pm in the media room at Lawndale Campus. Please join us for fellowship and idea sharing. More PTL news: The PTL is looking for three volunteers to lead the Apple Pie sale for the 2014/2015 school year. This sale enables the PTL to help fund AR, Jupiter grades, and Bright Arrow. Please contact Cheryl Karas at 989.245.7088 or plt@peacesaginaw.org if you would like to help. Box Tops for Education = $$$ for Peace Lutheran School: Please keep those box

tops coming. You can do so by encouraging your family, friends and neighbors to save their Box Tops. Also, by

SCRIPTURE READINGS:

Genesis 3:1-7 Matthew 4:1-11

OUR SERVANTS THIS WEEK NEXT WEEK

Preaching Minister- Assisting Minister-

Rev. C. W. Weis Rev. Paul Hinz

Worship Leader - Sat, 6:30pm- Organist - Sun, 8/9:30am-

Worship Leader - 11:15am- Organist - Mon, 6:30pm-

Saturday Team Ken Klages Dan Stauffer Ken Klages

Readers - Sun, 8am- 9:30am-

11:15am- Mon , 6:30pm-

Gary Campbell Todd Arner Carrie Doman Andrea Garrison

Lou Ann Jakes Tim Arnold Carla Gauthier Linda Geiersbach

Elders - Sat, 6:30pm- Sun, 8/9:30/11:15am-

Mon, 6:30pm-

John Rabassa Dave Hoffman Bob Kaczmarek

Randy Beadle Dale Walk Charlie Rood

Communion Ass’t –8:00am- 9:30am-

No Communion Gary Campbell Scott Neumeyer

Prayer Volunteers 11:15am- No Communion Dave Kiefer, Sue Williams

Altar Workers - Sun, 8am- 9:30am-

11:15am- Mon, 6:30pm-

No Communion

Usher Captains - Sun, 8am- 9:30am-

11:15am- Mon, 6:30pm-

Susan Korth Brian Hensler Randy Beadle

Pete Tallon

Greeters - Sun, 8am- 9:30am-

11:15am- Mon, 6:30pm-

Patricia Rennert Emily Kast Greg & Gretchen Leo Lee LeRoy

Acolytes - 9:30am- 11:15am- 6:30pm-

Robert Wooten Max Honaman Matthew Cole

Children’s Ministry - 11:15am- Haley Bengry, Eliza Gorsline

Video Stream - Sun, 9:30am- 11:15am-

Mon, 6:30pm-

Terry Gavit, Tom Knaub Jared Gross ——

Easyworship - Sat, 6:30pm- Sun, 9:30am-

Sun, 11:15am-

Tyler Lozano Andrea Garrison Samantha Stauffer

Interpreter, 11:15am - William Fitrakis

CAPS- Mary Ann Ernest, Jenean Provenzano

Welcome Center- Sat, 6:30pm- Sun, 8am-

9:30am- 11:15am-

Linda Wilke Lisa Seelye Mollie Wheatley Ann Witchger

registering your Kroger card you can earn eBox Tops and Meijer offers several bonus Box Tops opportunities throughout the year. With our fall submission, we received a check for $2,380.50! Our spring submission has been sent and now we are working on this coming fall’s submission. Thanks for supporting Peace Lutheran School! This is FREE money.

SUPPORTING PEACE

MINISTRIES

Altar Flowers - If you’d care to remember a loved one, recognize an anniversary or birthday, or a similar occasion by providing flowers for our

altar, please contact the church office 793.9025. Cost is $30 for both vases. Also, donations in any amount are welcome to help defray the costs of flowers each weekend. Checks should be made payable to Peace Lutheran Ladies Guild. The flowers may be picked up after our Monday evening service.

Peace Lawndale Community Garden Project: Some first steps in developing the Lawndale property include a proposal to utilize a plot of land at the Lawndale Campus for a community garden. See blue handout at the Welcome Center for more detail. Saginaw Lutheran Scholarship Mixed Bowling League Scholarships: At this time, there are scholarships available from the Saginaw Lutheran Scholarship Mixed Bowling League. These scholarships will be given to students who are preparing for full time church work in the preaching and teaching ministry, at one of the synodical schools. These are open scholarships for any year of schooling after the twelfth grade. Applications are available in the church office. Completed forms should be postmarked no later than April 4.

VBS Volunteers: Would you like to help build God's Kingdom? Do you enjoy helping children learn about Jesus? Vacation Bible School is a great place to do that! Volunteers are need for; crafts, recreation, decorations and registration. We also are in need of volunteers to help with preparation prior to the start. Vacation Bible School will be held June 16th - 20th at the Lawndale campus, from 9-11:30am. Please pray about volunteering, listen to God and see where He leads you! If you have any questions or feel led to volunteer, please contact Sheila Wazny 793.9025 ext. 329 or swazny@peacesaginaw.org. We will be able to find an area where you will be a good fit to help build God’s Kingdom! Movie: Join the Ladies Guild of Peace for a movie and refreshments, Sunday, March 16, at 2pm in the Youth area, Adams Campus. The name of the movie is “Because of Winn-Dixie”. Church Extension Fund - At what age do you want to retire? This is a critical question because the answer will help you determine how many years you can expect to be in retirement. The number of years in retirement is a key variable in estimating how much retirement savings you will need to accumulate to financially support a comfortable retirement and how long you have to accumulate that amount. CEF offers

Youth Alert

Junior High

We continue with our Bible study on Sunday nights. We begin our final series from the Skit Guys. We invite all our 6-8th graders to join us. We have fellowship at 5pm, followed by praise and worship at 5:30pm, and break into our small groups for Bible study at 6:15-7pm. All 6-8th grade students are encouraged to attend. Don’t forget the Confirmation requirement of 20 Bible studies for 6-8th graders. Pizza and pop are available for purchase: pizza $1, pop $1. We will not meet March 30 (Spring Break) or April 20 (Easter).

Spring Retreat is coming May 2-3. Set those dates aside for an awesome experience.

Retreat forms have been handed out. Please return them as soon as possible.

Our last Communion Workshop of the school year is coming April 12. If you have a student that has not attended a workshop and would like to attend, please call the church office to register your child. There is no cost to this event which runs from

10am-2pm. We ask parents to be at the first and last half hours.

Coming in August is the Junior High Youth Gathering at Concordia University in Ann Arbor. It is an awesome event for a spiritual mountaintop experience. Information sheets are available from Mr. Minda or on the youth office bulletin board. Dates are July 25-27, 2014. Cost is $125. Scholarships are available. Registration forms are now available. Your child can also sign up for our potato bars to earn some funds for this event.

Senior High

Join us for our weekly study of God’s word each Sunday night. We go from 5-7pm. If you plan to be in God Squad for 2013-2014, please know that you need to be in WEEKLY Bible Study. God Squad Covenants are on the youth office bulletin board. God Squad members MUST attend Sunday night Bible Study. We will not meet March 30(Spring Break) or April 20(Easter).

Spring Retreat is coming May 2-4. Set those dates aside for an awesome experience. We need our God Squad Leaders to help with leadership. Forms

are now available.

Our Michigan District Youth Gathering will be held at Mission Point Resort at beautiful Mackinac Island June 22-26, 2014. Our theme is “LIGHTHOUSE,” which focuses on the scripture, “You are the light of the world.” We have 63 registered. Pre-gathering Bible Studies will begin in April.

Coming in the summer of 2015 is our mission trip. We are planning a trip to New Orleans which is the site for the 2016 National Youth Gathering. Plan now to attend. Details will come soon.

Hearing His Word Total Attendance Last Week

- 964 -

Saturday, 6:30pm – 118 Sunday, 8am – 73, 9:30am – 307,

11:15am – 312, 5:30pm – 118 Monday, 6:30pm - 36

Ash Wednesday - 360

******* Adult Bible Study - 357 Youth Bible Study - 162

SBC - 20, Kids Connection - 10

both traditional, Roth and Educational IRA’s. CEF also accepts transfers or roll-overs from other plans. More information and current interest rates are available by calling Gerald Hensler at 792.9108 or at www.mi-cef.org.

COMMUNITY CORNER

The Saginaw Rescue Mission is holding a Pantry Party at the Gordon Food store on Bay Road during the month of March. Customers are asked to make a donation to the Rescue Mission at the checkouts. Volunteers are needed to hand out flyers promoting the pantry party to customers as they enter the store. If you might be willing to volunteer to do this for several hours during the week, please contact Nancy Hillenbrand at 752.6051, ext. 122.

Immanuel Lutheran Church & School of Frankentrost has a 4-day teaching position available in their Preschool & Kindergarten Classroom. Immanuel's Board of Education is currently accepting applications. Interested candidates may request more detailed position descriptions from Principal Jonathan Kamin, and submit resumes for consideration by March 10. Mr. Kamin may be reached at 989.754.4285 or jkamin@frankentrost.org. Old Town Baby Pantry provides baby items for moms in need. Although all items, big or small, are welcome, they are especially in need of diapers (newborn through size two), sleepers (sizes 0-9 months), and infant/toddler books. If you have any of these items, new or gently used, they would be much appreciated. Please bring your donations to the Old Town bins located in the lower level. For large items such as cribs and high chairs, you may call Old Town on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays between 10am and 4pm. They’d be happy to pick them up.

Chicken BBQ: Immanuel Lutheran Church, 8220 Holland in Saginaw. TODAY, Sunday, March 9. 11:15am drive-thru take-outs / 11:30am dinning room. Take-outs $9.00; Adults $9.00; Children (6-12) $5.00; children 5 & under FREE.

Holy Cross BlueJay’s ‘Bid and Bite’ Auction & Dinner: Friday, March 14. Spaghetti dinner 5-7pm. Auction tables close by 8pm. Tickets are available in advance at Holy Cross Lutheran School office or at the door. Take-outs available. Questions? Contact Dawn Vargas at 989.213.8876 or dawnnarv05@aol.com. St. Peter Lutheran Men’s Club is sponsoring their Annual Fish Fry on Friday, March 14. The dinner will be held in the school gym, 2440 N. Raucholz Road, Hemlock, serving from 4-7pm; take-outs are available from 4-6pm. Plenty of handicapped parking is available. Ticket prices are $10.00 adults; $4.00 children 5-12; preschoolers free. Mystery/Comedy Dinner Theater “The Mysterious Benefactor”: Join Trinity St. James Lutheran Church, 119 E Munger Rd in Munger, March 15, at 6:15pm for appetizers & 6:45pm for dinner. Cost is $10 which includes appetizers and a three course meal. Tickets must be purchased in advance. Call 989.659.2506 for more information. Free Grief Support Group: Sponsored by Deisler Funeral Home. Meeting fourth Thursday of the every month, from 5:30-7pm at Zauel Library, 3100 N. Center Rd in Saginaw Township. Next meeting is March 27. Call 989.799.1151 for more information. Living Passion Drama - Walk the Path of Jesus Christ: St. Michael’s Lutheran Church of Richville, April 16, 18 & 19, 6-9pm in the park next to the St. Michael’s School (M-15). 15 minute guided tour. See their website for more information: stmichaelsrichville.com.

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES

Children & Youth Ministries

NURSERY CARE - Children up to 35 months in age meet in the room next to the South Church Entrance (Arthur Hill Side) at 9:15 and 11am.

SUNDAY BIBLE CLUB - Children ages three through fifth graders are invited to our Sunday Bible Club at 9:30am. Registration and/or information may be found in the lower level of the Youth Area. Follow the signs.

KIDS CONNECTION (4-7 years) - Children are dismissed after the 11:15am “Children’s Message”. Lower level in Youth Area.

YOUTH (6th - 12th grade) - See “Youth Alert” on next page

Sunday Adult Bible Study at 11am in Parlor

Topic: “Stuff They Didn’t Teach Me in Sunday School about Matthew and Mark” The 400 year period of transition between the Old and New Testaments witnessed significant changes in Israel’s history and cultural development. During this time, superpowers like the Persians, Greeks and Romans were the dominant geopolitical players in the regions of the

Mediterranean and the Near East. In Palestine, groups like the Pharisees, Sadducees, Zealots, Essenes, and others filled the stage, vying for local power and prestige. Into this milieu comes

Jesus, the Word Incarnate, who --- along with His disciples --- would change the world forever. Join Bruce Wurdeman from the Lutheran Hour ministries as he bridges the gap between

the Old and New Testaments and launches into the Gospels, beginning with the books of Matthew and Mark.

Adult Bible Study - Opportunities to Gather, Grow, & Go

As disciples at Peace we all have an opportunity to join a small group to help one another grow In Christ. There is a list of currently open small groups

available in the Info Center in the lobby of the church, in the Church Office, or you may visit the website “peacesaginaw.org” to view the list of Bible

studies/Small Groups available and sign up on line. All these groups would welcome you to come and visit them!

Listed below is a sample of some small group highlights…….

Love & Respect: An enlightening marriage study on the needs and communication styles of men & women. Saturday evening for couples (w/childcare). Contact Matt Starke at 751.1177 for more info.

Parents of Preschoolers: Share as a support group while learning how to handle the stresses of being parents of young children. 2nd & 4th Wednesday evenings for preschooler parents. Contact Emily Kast at 791.4172 for more info.