Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel has come to you, O Israel! Our celebration of Christmas begins with a single service at 5:00pm on Christmas Eve. Harpist Leslie McMichael will join us for this service of lessons and carols, which will also feature bells, flute, and keyboard. This service will appeal to all ages and will be less […]
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A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. The spirit of the LORD shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD. – Isaiah 11:1-2 Beloved of God, For some […]
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The Creation Care Team would love to have congregation members weigh in on how our budget dollars are allocated among three carbon offset projects: Reforestation via handmade cookstoves in Malawi, Africa, benefitting about 200,000 people by improving livelihood, preventing deforestation and reducing respiratory diseases, burns and greenhouse gas emissions (UN Project 9935) A solar power […]
CARBON OFFSET CHOICES – Input needed! Read More »
“Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get back.” Luke 6:38 Beloved of God, November is a month of Thanksgiving in more ways than one. It begins with our celebration […]
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THE HOLIDAY BAZAAR IS BACK! After a pandemic hiatus, the Holiday Bazaar at Peace Lutheran returns this year. Come join us on Saturday, November 12 from 10am to 2pm, and Sunday, November 13 from 12pm to 2pm. Details can be found here: Holiday Bazaar Flyer 2022 FINAL 11.1.22 We hope to see you!
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“I am grateful to God…when I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day. Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy. I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am […]
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“For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ…Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.” 1 Corinthians 12:12, 26 Beloved of God, IT’S TIME. One year ago, after 18 months of pandemic […]
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“I was there to hear your borning cry, I’ll be there when you are old. I rejoiced the day you were baptized, to see your life unfold.” Borning Cry, John Ylvisaker Beloved of God, There’s a crow “cawing” outside my office window at Peace right now. A young bird, newly fledged, he’s trying to figure […]
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As an extension of this year’s SEASON OF CREATION THEME: ROOTED, we have arranged with the Duwamish Alive Coalition to take a GUIDED TOUR OF THE ROXHILL BOG on SATURDAY, JUNE 25, from 10:00 to 11:30. The BOG serves as the headwaters of Longfellow Creek, a tributary of the Duwamish. Urbanization and climate change have caused damage to the urban […]
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“The individual is the meeting place of the four elements,” writes John O’Donahue of the ancient Celtic perspective. “We have come up out of the depths.” We have this privilege, and with it a sacred obligation to live with meaning. The word obligation sounds burdensome but is rooted beautifully in the Early French ligament – that which binds […]
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