Welcome to the Easter Season at Peace.

Today’s gospel begins with two disciples walking to Emmaus, overcome with sadness, loss, and disappointment. They had hoped Jesus, who was crucified, would be the one to redeem Israel! Yet the risen Christ walks with them and then opens their eyes in the breaking of the bread. Each Sunday our hearts burn within us as the scriptures are proclaimed and Christ appears to us as bread is broken and wine is poured. The story of Emmaus becomes the pattern of our worship each Lord’s day.

To tune into the Live Stream broadcast of this service at 10:30 am, click HERE.

The Worship Guide can be downloaded here: Easter 3A 4.23.23 bulletin

Welcome to the Easter Season at Peace.

In today’s gospel the risen Christ appears to the disciples and offers them the gift of peace. Even amid doubts and questions, we experience the resurrection in our Sunday gathering around word and meal, and in our everyday lives. Throughout the coming Sundays of Easter the first two readings will be from the Acts of the Apostles and the first letter of Peter. Even as early Christians proclaimed the resurrection, we rejoice in the new birth and living hope we receive in baptism.

To tune into the Live Stream broadcast of this service at 10:30 am, click HERE.

The Worship Guide can be downloaded here: Easter 2A 4.16.23 bulletin

Welcome to Easter Sunday at Peace.

FESTIVAL WORSHIP @ 10:30am  

Festival worship will include music by the Peace Ringers and Peace Choir. Holy Communion will be served.

Join us as we celebrate God’s triumph over death and despair!

Easter Breakfast is back! Starting at 9am we will serve pancakes, ham, and fruit salad. There will be a free will offering with proceeds going to camperships for anyone attending Lutherwood this summer, including family camp. After the breakfast there will be an egg hunt at 9:45am with special goody bags for finding eggs. 

Pastor Chelsea Globe will be presiding.

To tune into the Live Stream broadcast of this service at 10:30 am, click HERE.

The Worship Guide can be downloaded here: Easter 1A 4.9.23 bulletin

Welcome to Easter Vigil at Peace.

This night with the Vigil we bring to conclusion the celebration of God’s victory in Christ that brings us, the world, and God back together. There are four parts to this celebration.

Lighting the new fire: Christ rising from death brings light into the darkness and brokenness of our world.

Word: With stories from the First Testament we hear that God has always been at work rescuing people. We include examples of rescue in our own time.

Water: We are reminded that via baptismal waters we are united with Christ in his dying and rising. We are renewed in hope for our lives.

Bread and Wine: In reading the Gospel of Jesus’ rising to life, and receiving the bread and wine of the Eucharist we participate in the life that is ours in Christ. Nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ. We celebrate!

Pastor Paul Winterstein will be presiding.

To tune into the Live Stream broadcast of this service at 7:00 pm, click HERE.

The Worship Guide can be downloaded here: Easter Vigil A 2023 4.8.23 bulletin

Welcome to Good Friday at Peace.

The focus of our worship this evening is on the death of Jesus. Yet in the Scripture readings from Isaiah, Psalm 22, and the Gospel of John there is a note of victory in spite of the pain and suffering. The suffering has a productive outcome. In John’s Gospel Jesus dies saying, “It is finished”—meaning I accomplished what I came to do, to rescue God’s people. It is a Good Friday! Because that rescue is understood as being for everything and everyone, we pray for the whole of the world and its people.

Pastor Paul Winterstein will be presiding.

To tune into the Live Stream broadcast of this service at 7:00 pm, click HERE.

The Worship Guide can be downloaded here:Good Friday A 4.7.23 7pm bulletin2 (1)

Welcome to Maundy Thursday at Peace.

With our worship this evening we begin the single observance—spread over three days—of  the dying and rising again of our Lord which restores the broken relationship between us and God. Tonight’s portion of this observance focuses on Jesus as he offers his life in humble service to people who didn’t understand him, and all of whom will desert him—people such as we are. We have an opportunity to experience such humble service in the act of foot-washing—either to one another, or to be served by the pastor. At the conclusion of this portion of the service the altar is stripped as a reminder that Jesus’ service included being stripped and killed.

Pastor Paul Winterstein will be presiding.

As we celebrate Christ’s presence in the Bread of Wine of the Eucharist, we receive bread for the journey.  To tune into the Live Stream broadcast of this service at 7:00 pm, click HERE.

The Worship Guide can be downloaded here: Maundy Thursday A 2023 4.6.2023

Welcome to Palm/Passion Sunday at Peace.

Jesus enters Jerusalem in a kind of parade, but he comes when all the political, military, and especially religious authorities are gathering their resources to make sure his parade is stopped. So, the day is filled with a kind of tension. Although the service starts with a rehearsal of the triumphal procession into Jerusalem, it continues with remembering the powers allied against Jesus that led to his death.

Pastor Chelsea Globe will preside. We start out on the patio with the procession of palms. Once inside the sanctuary we will read the Passion of our Lord according to Matthew.

As we celebrate Christ’s presence in the Bread of Wine of the Eucharist, we receive bread for the journey.  To tune into the Live Stream broadcast of this service at 10:30am, click HERE.

The Worship Guide can be downloaded here: Lent A Palm-Passion 2023 04.2.23 bulletin

The Raising of Lazarus, John Reilly, 1962

Welcome to the Lenten Season at Peace.

As we continue the 40-day journey with Christ toward the cross and empty tomb, our relationship with God through the covenant of baptism is renewed. Returning to our baptismal call, we are set free to more intentionally bear the fruits of mercy and justice in the world.

In today’s gospel Jesus reveals his power over death by raising Lazarus from the dead. The prophet Ezekiel prophesies God breathing new life into dry bones. To those in exile or living in the shadows of death, these stories proclaim God’s promise of resurrection. In baptism we die with Christ that we might also be raised with him to new life.

Pastor Erik Kindem will preside.  Pastor Paul Winterstein, our preacher today, will serve as Sabbatical Pastor while Pastor Kindem is on sabbatical leave, beginning March 27.  Following worship there will be a reception in the Fellowship Hall.

As we celebrate Christ’s presence in the Bread of Wine of the Eucharist, we receive bread for the journey.  To tune into the Live Stream broadcast of this service at 10:30am, click HERE.

The Worship Guide can be downloaded here: Lent 5A 2023 3.26.23 bulletin

Welcome to the Lenten Season at Peace.

As we continue the 40-day journey with Christ toward the cross and empty tomb, our relationship with God through the covenant of baptism is renewed. Returning to our baptismal call, we are set free to more intentionally bear the fruits of mercy and justice in the world.

The gospel for this Sunday is the story of the man born blind healed by Christ.  “I was blind, now I see,” declares the man.  This healing sets off a controversy about what enables us to see God at work and what prevents us from seeing God at work.  While the ability of the “officially religious” representatives in the story become more and more rigid in their conviction, the insight of man who was formerly blind grows until finally his physical sight and spiritual insight converge as he sees Jesus for who he truly is: Lord.  In baptism God opens our eyes to see the truth of who Jesus is and who we, by grace, are: God’s beloved children.

As we celebrate Christ’s presence in the Bread of Wine of the Eucharist, we receive bread for the journey.

To tune into the Live Stream broadcast of this service at 10:30am, click HERE.

A copy of the worship bulletin can be downloaded here: Lent 5A 2023 3.26.23 bulletin

Jesus and the Samaritan Woman, by Jorge Cocco Santangelo

Welcome to the Lenten Season at Peace.

As we continue the 40-day journey with Christ toward the cross and empty tomb, our relationship with God through the covenant of baptism is renewed. Returning to our baptismal call, we are set free to more intentionally bear the fruits of mercy and justice in the world.

In today’s gospel the Samaritan woman asks Jesus for water, an image of our thirst for God. Jesus offers living water, a sign of God’s grace flowing from the waters of baptism. The early church used this gospel and those of the next two Sundays to deepen baptismal reflection during the final days of preparation before baptism at Easter. As we journey to the resurrection feast, Christ comes among us in work, bath, and meal—offering us the live-giving water of God’s mercy and forgiveness.

As we celebrate Christ’s presence in the Bread of Wine of the Eucharist, we receive bread for the journey.

To tune into the Live Stream broadcast of this service at 10:30am, click HERE.

A copy of the worship bulletin can be downloaded here: Lent 3A 2023 3.12.23 bulletin