In the wake of the recent devastating earthquake and hurricane, the people of Haiti are in desperate need of support. You can be part of the effort to respond by contributing to one of our Lutheran partner organizations that is working right now on the ground in Haiti. Following these links will bring you to […]
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Over the past several weeks we have watched the unfolding disaster in Afghanistan in the wake of imminent US withdrawal. Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services, one of the leading resettlement organizations in the country, has put out a call to individuals and congregations to come to the aid of our Afghani allies and other vulnerably Afghans seeking […]
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Welcome to Peace – We’re glad you’re here. As part of our Season of Creation: Rivers series in June 2021, we asked author and river advocate BJ Cummings and Duwamish Tribal leader and riverkeeper James Rasmussen to share with us some of their deep knowledge and hard-won wisdom about Seattle’s only River–the Duwamish. The result is the recording below. […]
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“Glory to you for oceans and lakes, for rivers and streams. Honor to you for cloud and rain, for dew and snow. Praise to you for the Duwamish and Cedar and the glaciers that feed them; for Longfellow and Fauntleroy Creeks, and the waters of the Salish Sea. Your waters are below us, around us, […]
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“Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him.” […]
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Make no mistake: if He rose at all it was as His body; if the cells’ dissolution did not reverse, the molecules reknit, the amino acids rekindle, the Church will fall. It was not as the flowers, each soft Spring recurrent; it was not as His Spirit in the mouths […]
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Welcome to Peace – We’re glad you found us! The recording of our Maundy Thursday service for April 1, 2021 can be found on our YouTube channel. To participate from home you can create three simple STATIONS which will correspond to the STATIONS Pastor Erik has in the chancel at Peace. Items you can assemble for participation at home include: STATION […]
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Our Good Friday Worship Service will be live streamed on our YouTube site, beginning at 7pm and will feature a live prayer room from the Peace chancel. The liturgy will include the reading of Psalm 22, the Bidding Prayer updated for our time and context, and an extended time of prayer during which online participants will […]
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This version of the readings from the Gospel of John traditionally appointed for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of Holy Week was recorded in 2020, during the opening weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic–during what we thought was a unique time. We did not imagine the pandemic continuing into a second Lenten season and Holy Week. As you […]
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This version of the readings from the Gospel of John traditionally appointed for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of Holy Week was recorded in 2020, during the opening weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic–during what we thought was a unique time. We did not imagine the pandemic continuing into a second Lenten season and Holy Week. As […]
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