Peace Lutheran Church 8240 Blue Ridge Kansas City, MO 64138 November Newsletter Sunday Worship Services Traditional 8:30 a.m. Adult and Children Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Contemporary 11:00 a.m.
Peace Lutheran Church 8240 Blue Ridge Kansas City, MO 64138
November Newsletter
Sunday Worship Services
Traditional 8:30 a.m. Adult and Children Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Contemporary 11:00 a.m.
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November 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Daylight Savings Ends on November 6
th. Be sure to move
your clocks BACK one hour.
1 10:00 am Knit/Crochet 10:30 am OWLS 6:30 pm GIP Board Mtg.
2 9:00 am GIP Chapel 6:30 pm Adult Bible Study 7:30 pm Church Council
3 9:00 am LWML Bake Sale Baking Day. 9:30 am John Knox 6:30 pm Choir Practice
4 Pastor’s day with family 6:30 pm Movie Night
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6 Mini Cookie Bake Sale 8:30 am Traditional 9:45 am Sunday School 11:00 am Contemporary
Daylight Savings Ends
7 9:30 am Sewing Bee 7:00 pm Alpha Circle 6:30 pm Worship/Music Board
8 10:00 am Knit/Crochet
Presidential Election
9 9:00 am GIP Chapel 1:30 pm Lydia Circle 6:30 pm Adult Bible Study
10 9:30 am John Knox 1:00 pm Bible Journaling 6:30 pm Choir Practice
11 Pastor’s day with family
VeternsDay
12 12:00 pm- 6:00pm Liz Griddine Baby Shower
13 LWML Bake Sale
8:30 am Traditional 9:45 am Sunday School 11:00 am Contemporary 12:00 pm Youth Meeting
Food For Needy
14 9:30 am Sewing Bee
15 10:00 am Knit/Crochet Newsletter Deadline
16 9:00 am GIP Chapel 9:30 am Book Club 5:00 pm Thanksgiving Family Meal
17 9:00 am Pastors Conference 6:30 pm Choir Practice
18 Pastor’s day with family
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20 8:30 am Traditional 9:45 am Sunday School 11:00 am Contemporary
21 9:30 am Sewing Bee
22 10:00 am Knit/Crochet 6:00 pm LWML Ex Board
23 9:00 am GIP Chapel 7:00 pm Thanksgiving Worship Service
24 GIP & Church Office Closed
25 GIP & Church Office Closed
Pastor’s day with family
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27 8:30 am Traditional 9:45 am Sunday School 11:00 am Contemporary
Mite Box Sunday
28 9:30 am Sewing Bee
29 9:30 am Topic Leader 10:00 am Knit/Crochet 7:00 PM Elders Mtg
30 9:00 am GIP Chapel 3:00 pm Advent Worship 7:00 pm Advent Worship
NOTES: The last Wednesday Night Bible Study for 2016 will be Wednesday November 9
th
and will resume Wednesday January 4, 2017. There will be only two John Knox Bible Study’s in November. The mornings of the 3
rd and the 10
th
Decorating the Sanctuary
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Thank the Lord!
November is the month we celebrate Thanksgiving. This tradition has a long history
with different stories describing its origin. While we may never know where or
when the original tradition began, we do have enough evidence to show us that it
was Christians who took this time to give thanks to God and to offer up prayers for
all He has done for us. George Washington declared Thanksgiving in 1789, "as a day
of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal
favors of Almighty God." God has richly blessed us in America with an abundance unlike any other nation that
has ever existed on this earth.
So why is it that we always seem to want more? No matter how much we have, it is never enough. Whatever
our income is, we wish it could be just a little more. Our home is nice, but wouldn’t it be better if it was just a
bit bigger. Or perhaps you purchased a bigger home, and it’s too much to take care of, so now you just want a
smaller one. No matter what you have, you are always looking for the next bigger or better thing. It seems like
the grass is always greener on the other side and our desires seem to have no end.
Stop for a moment and take a good hard look at the grass you’re currently standing on. It’s good! You have all
the provisions you need. You have food on the table. You have a roof over your head. You have clothes to
wear. You have a government that still allows you to worship the Triune God and they don’t penalize you for
it. God has richly blessed you and the majority of the people that live in this country. If there was ever a time
to stop and say, “Thank you!” to God, now is it.
We don’t need to wait until Thanksgiving Day every year. We should be thanking and praising God each and
every day of our lives. “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the
will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18) Acknowledging God and His goodness is what
He expects from us each and every day.
In the service of Christ, Pastor Rolf
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Peace Luther Church Peace Lutheran Church 8240 Blue Ridge Kansas City, MO 64138 peacelutheranlcms.org Phone: 816-353-3813 Pastor: Rev. David Rolf Music Director Luke Nicolay Secretary: Debbie Baldwin Director of Grow in Peace Child Care Center: Carla Hamilton Office Hours: Tuesday - Thursday 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Bulletin and Newsletter Items: Send bulletin items by Wednesday to the Church Office at [email protected]
Send Newsletter items by the 15th of the preceding month to Sheila Dalen email [email protected]
Prayer Chain Requests: Sheila Dalen at: [email protected] or 816-585-7715 You can also contact the Church office at: [email protected]
Thanksgiving Family Meal
Donations are needed to buy food for our traditional Thanksgiving Family Meal. This meal is scheduled for Wednesday, November 16th at 5:00 pm in the Fellowship Hall. So that all staff and families can join us, Grow in Peace will close early at 5:00 pm that day. Come join us for fellowship and great food.
It’s that time again – LWML Bake Sale
Sunday, November 13th In the Atrium Between Services
We will gladly accept baked goods from members of
the congregation as well as LWML members. You may
bring baked items to the Church on Saturday, between
1:00 and 3:00 pm or to the Church on Sunday before
the 8:30 service. Monetary donations will also be welcomed. All proceeds
will go to Beautiful Savior Home Auxiliary to purchase
Youth Group Gets Creative
This month the Youth Group will be going to “The Ceramic Café” where they will get to be creative and paint mugs and other ceramics that they will get to keep! They will meet after the late service on November 13th. Lunch will be provided.
Wednesday Evening Bible Study
Come join our Adult Bible Study led by Pastor Rolf. We meet
in the Fellowship Hall every Wednesday evening at 6:30 pm.
Currently we are studying the Book of Romans. This
book was composed by the Apostle Paul to explain that
salvation is offered through the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is the longest of
the Paul Epistles and is considered his "most important theological
legacy"
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LWML (Lutheran Women Mission League)
The topic for November 2016 Circle meetings is in the Fall Quarterly on page 18, entitled “Living Joy” authored by Shari Miller. In this study, we will explore the depths of the word “Joy” in our Christian lives and try to identify some “Joy” robbers in our Christian living.
Roll call word is “Joy”.
Alpha Circle will meet Monday, November 7, 2016 at 7:00 pm in the home of Jean Roberts with Connie Shepard as her co-hostess. Wanda Thurnau will lead the topic. Acolyte robes will be checked by Carol Head for laundering or mending needs. For more information, please call the President of Alpha Circle, Wanda Thurnau at 861-524-8099.
Lydia Circle will meet the second Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at 1:30 in the Church Fellowship Hall. Helen Sunderland will host the meeting. For more information, please call the President of Lydia Circle, Kathleen Jarvis at 816-763-2894.
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“Bake Sale” – the LWML is sponsoring a “Bake Sale” November 13th to benefit the residents of Beautiful Savior Home at Christmas time.
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“Christmas Tea” – The Annual LWML Christmas Tea and Candlelight Service will be held Saturday, December 3rd at 3:00 pm in the Church Fellowship Hall. The LWML is extending an invitation to all ladies of Peace, their families and friends to attend the beautiful Candlelight Service. Enjoy tea and Christian fellowship. Please bring a $5.00 gift if you wish to participate in the gift exchange.
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“Give thanks to the Lord” (psalm 107:1) With Thanksgiving just around the corner. We take time, as families, to gather around the Thanksgiving table recalling all the goodness, grace and gifts with which God has enriched our lives and thanking Him for it. In our prayers we remember those millions suffering as terror stalks their lives. Our own nation has experienced heat, drought, floods and hurricanes. As “Women on a Mission” we are actively serving the Lord through serving others, with our mites, quilts, food, and clothing to mention just a few areas of service. Through Bible Study in our Circles our relationship to Christ grows and influences all our relationships. Life becomes a daily thanksgiving for God’s grace and mercy, while our activities are a year-long thank offering. November highlights what we have been doing all year – Bringing our thanks offering and celebrating our thanksgiving to a gracious God. His light on our daily walk reveals the many blessings we enjoy. Oh God of Grace, Bless our Homes and our Nation, as we partake of your bounty. “Give thanks to the Lord, because He is good; His love is eternal!” Blessed Thanksgiving to one and all! Ruth Oexman, LWML Publicity
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Book Club The Summer Before the War
By Helen Simonson
East Sussex, 1914. It is the end of England’s brief Edwardian summer, and everyone agrees
that the weather has never been so beautiful. Hugh Grange, down from his medical studies, is
visiting his Aunt Agatha, who lives with her husband in the small, idyllic coastal town of Rye.
Agatha’s husband works in the Foreign Office, and she is certain he will ensure that the recent
saber rattling over the Balkans won’t come to anything. And Agatha has more immediate
concerns; she has just risked her carefully built reputation by pushing for the appointment of
a woman to replace the Latin master.
When Beatrice Nash arrives with one trunk and several large crates of books, it is clear she is significantly
more freethinking—and attractive—than anyone believes a Latin teacher should be. For her part, mourning
the death of her beloved father, who has left her penniless, Beatrice simply wants to be left alone to pursue
her teaching and writing.
But just as Beatrice comes alive to the beauty of the Sussex landscape and the colorful characters who
populate Rye, the perfect summer is about to end. For despite Agatha’s reassurances, the unimaginable is
coming. Soon the limits of progress, and the old ways, will be tested as this small Sussex town and its
inhabitants go to war.
The Book Club will meet Wednesday, November 23rd in the Fellowship Hall.
A Cookie “Mini Sale”
Be sure to bring dollar bills on Sunday, Nov. 6th. A dollar will buy three home baked cookies to
help purchase new cots for Grow in Peace. The cots cost $40 each. “This small fundraiser, a
service project, qualifies for a Thrivent grant of $250. Your cookie purchases plus the grant
will help Grow in Peace immensely. Look for the cookies in the Entry Way between services.
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Movie Night
LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION! Friday, November 4th at 6:30, we will be having a movie
night! We will be watching a kid-friendly movie and will be serving hot dogs, pizza, and
popcorn! Bring your family and invite some friends for a night of fellowship and fun!
Christmas Program
The annual Peace Lutheran Sunday School and Grow in Peace Preschool Christmas program will be December 11th at 3:00 pm this year! Please come and join us and support our Sunday School and Grow in Peace kids. There will be a reception with fun activities and treats after the program. Sunday School kids will be working on the program in their Sunday School classes throughout the next few months. There will also be a dress rehearsal on December 10th from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. We will have a lunch provided for your ids. During this time you are able to drop off your children and get some much needed Christmas shopping done. If you have any questions call Taylor Stichler at (541) 771-6584 or email him at [email protected]
Annual Advent Choral Service
The “Annual Advent Choral Service” will be on December 11, 2016 at 10:00 am in the Sanctuary. Come join the Praise Team and Choir for this yearly special service. There will be only one service that Sunday at 10:00 am with the Adult Bible Study and Children’s Sunday School at 9:00 am. Watch the December Newsletter for more information.
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Altar Flowers
Thank you to everyone who has donated or will be donating flowers this year. The
2016 calendar has just a few Sundays left.
Christmas is just around the corner and it is time to place your order for Red
poinsettias for the Advent Season. Order forms will be in your mailbox soon.
Cheryl Enke: 816-590-0189 (cell) [email protected]
Religious Display
Thanksgiving cards are now available. Christmas cards will be for sale starting the second week of November.
A wide variety of cards are available from individual cards ($0.50 each) to boxed cards
($5.00 per box). Choose from Confirmation, Baptism, Wedding, Anniversary, Get Well,
Thinking of You, Sympathy, Baby, Birthday, and Thank You cards. Also available are
bookmarks. Check out the display case in the Social Room between services.
Sewing Bee
The ladies plan to meet every Monday in November. We meet in the Fellowship Hall at 9:30 am. Bring a sack lunch and stay into the afternoon. We would welcome other ladies to join us when they can. By mid-October we had completed 121 quilts and a number of lap robes.
Please save your Best Choice UPC’s. Many more are needed before they are sent in for redemption the end of December. Also save the “Box Tops for Education”, which are given to Calvary Lutheran School. Save your cancelled postage stamps (leaving a ¼ inch margin of the envelope around the stamp). These are taken to Stamps for Mission in St. Louis. Containers for these are on the shelf in the Narthex.
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Harvest Table Back Again
Peace members are asked to bring a thank offering of food and hygiene
items to place on the Thanksgiving Harvest Table. The table will be in
place November 6th, 13th and 20th. Our bounty will be taken to REAP
(Raytown Emergency Assistance Program at 7300 E. 75th St.) to share with
families in need of assistance during the upcoming holidays. Let’s take this
opportunity to show love to the community that Peace has been in for
over 60 years.
Here’s Your Chance!
Jennifer Scrivener, the official photographer (our very own member) is going to prepare
collages of photos showing members doing various activities at church. Now’s the time to
think creatively.
What is going on in our church that we can share in our new directory? ***Elders’ meeting,
choir practice, Sunday School classes, counting teams, altar guild, LWML activities, lawn
mowing {new mower}, weddings, baptisms, OWLS, quilting, VBS, Trunk-or-Treat, Spring Fling,
Rally Day, Vision Committee, sign changing, shrub cutting, Pastor working on a sermon, Bible class at John
Knox, Bible class on Wednesday evening, Bible class on Sunday morning…and the opportunities go on and on.
Greeters on Sunday morning? You can think of even more, I’m sure!
Please put pictures in Jennifer’s box, J11. She’s not promising she can use every picture, but let’s give her a
choice!
“Thanksgiving Dinner”
Once again the Thanksgiving Dinner is being planned for Wednesday, November 16th from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
in the Church Fellowship Hall. Peace congregation and Grow in Peace Childcare will be working together to
host the Thanksgiving Dinner for all of Peace ministries which include Peace
members, friends, visitors, as well as Grow in Peace families. We are accepting
monetary donations after each service to support the effort. Mrs. Ruth Oexman
will gladly accept each and every donation. What a wonderful way to break
bread together and give thanks for all the blessings received by our gracious
God.
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ENCHANTING RHINE AND REFORMATION TOUR
November 11 – 20, 2017
Hosted by Rev. Keith and Joan Loesch
This specially planned 10-day tour features a Cruise on the Rhine River beginning at Amsterdam, Holland, continuing
into Germany to Cologne and Coblenz, Speyer and Heidelberg, then through the picturesque grand Castle region of
the Rhine Gorge as far as Mainz, where Johann Gutenberg invented the printing press, and Worms, where Dr. Martin
Luther made his “Here I Stand” speech before the Emperor. This Rhine Cruise is known to be among the best and
most scenic river cruises in all of Europe.
Following the River Cruise, we will board Tour Coaches that will take us to the major sites of the Reformation: the
Wartburg Castle at Eisenach and the house where Luther lived during his student days. We will visit the Augustinian
Monastery in Erfurt where Luther was ordained into the priesthood in 1507. We will visit Eisleben, the city where
Luther was born and baptized, and where he also died in 1546. Then the climax will come as we visit the historic sites
at Wittenberg, where Luther preached, taught and carried out the Reformation of the Church.
There we will tour the Castle Church with its awe-inspiring Theses Door, the Town Church with its famous Altar
paintings by Lucas Cranach, the Lutherhaus monastery/home where Luther lived, the home of Phillip Melanchthon,
Luther’s dear friend and advisor, and the site where Luther burned the Papal Bull of Excommunication.
Additionally, it is possible that we may be able to attend an English Worship Service and have the awesome
experience of singing Luther’s hymn, “A Mighty Fortress,” in English in Luther’s church!
It is also possible for those who wish to have a two-day extension to visit Berlin, Germany’s Capitol, and Potsdam.
All Tour Arrangements are made by Educational Opportunities Tours
For the BROCHURE including Daily Itinerary, Complete Details,
Costs and Tour Reservation Form,
Contact Rev. Keith Loesch
4625 SW Soldier Drive, Lee’s Summit, MO 64082
Phone: 816-623-5909
Email: [email protected]
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Peace Lutheran Church Sunday Worship schedule
November 2016
November 6 November 13 November 20 November 27
All Saints’ Day Twenty-sixth Sunday
after Pentecost Last Sunday
of the Church Year First Sunday of Advent
Liturgy
8:30
Divine Service One Page 151
with Communion
Divine Service Two Page 167
Divine Service Three Page 184
with Communion
Divine Service Four Page 203
11:00 Contemporary
with Communion Contemporary
Contemporary with Communion
Contemporary
Ushers Lawrence Bellach, John Brackman, Carl Repper, Joe Rice
Elders 8:30 Jim Ewart, Homer Oexman, Joe Rice, Ed Seutter
11:00 Dave Loesch, Mike Benavides
Greeters 8:30 Kathy Boehm Cindy/Reed McCubbin Nellie Fritz Kathy Boehm
11:00 Homer/Ruth Oexman Punky McDaniel Jeff/Linda Gardner Homer/Ruth Oexman
Altar Guild 8:30 Howard/Jean Tieman
11:00 Mae Walter
Alter Care Cindy/Reed McCubbin
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3 Macy Routh 3 Nita Runge 5 Max Rinas 6 Sue Bollman 8 Louise Eskina 8 Kayla Kluepfel 8 Shelby Woodward 9 Daniel Worthington 10 Patti Nutt 11 Ruth Cooper 11 Seth Thurnau 11 Sandy Zearley 12 Laura Johnson 13 Taityana Haislip 16 Kevin Cochran 16 Iona Ralls 17 Daniel Seutter 18 Kyli Christopher 18 Zachary Schultz 28 Vickie McAlester 22 Chelsea Cooper 24 Samatha Justice 25 Brenda Cody 26 Mary Tanck 26 Darla Wolters 27 Juli Christopher 27 Mark Harms 27 Tamira Kluepfel 28 Lisa Vachalek 29 Lisa Thornton
1 Marty Borchardt 1 Cheryl Enke 1 Stephen Schroeter 5 Richard Cody 5 Steven Ledgerwood 5 J.D. Smith 6 Dorily Miller 7 Carla Cornejo 7 Virginia Pritzel 9 Cindy Cooper 11 Linda Gardner 12 Jim Thornton 13 Jim Clay 16 Tamira Kluepfel 17 Cristin Blunt 18 Ryan Clay 19 Peggy Hoeppner 19 Ed Schnitker 20 Vickie McAlester 22 David Bollman 22 Zak Hufferd 24 Tanna Goodman 25 Al Kuegele 25 Vanessa M. Terrell 26 Karen Staehlin 27 Ruth Cooper 27 Andrea Ruth 27 Seth Thurnau 30 Clay Cooper
25 Elijah/Cathy Truelove 1971
November
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Grow in Peace Child
Care Center News
LUTHERAN CHURCH MISSOURI SYNOD
www.gipchildcare.com
You alone are our strength and we praise You for
Your victory over death. You are exalted on high
and we thank You for loving us. AMEN!
Welcome to Grow in Peace – New Enrollments Taylor Chavez – Infant
Tyler Chavez - Infant Ciera Forte – Preschool
Micah McMiller - Preschool Josiah Powell - Prekindergarten
May God bless the early learning you will
receive while with us!
Thanksgiving Family Meal Wednesday, November 16th at 5:00pm
Everyone is invited to come and enjoy a Thanksgiving meal.
GIP will need to have all children picked up by 5pm so that everyone can attend this
meal! Upcoming Dates to Remember November 4th – Family Movie Night at 6:30pm November 16th – Thanksgiving Meal at 5:00pm GIP to close early by 5pm so all can attend! November 24 & 25 – Thanksgiving Holiday
(GIP CLOSED)
Future Dates
December 25 – Christmas Day GIP to be closed on Monday, December 26th
for the Holiday January 1, 2017 – New Year’s Day
GIP to be closed on Monday, January 2nd for the Holiday
November, 2016
816-353-3910 main (353-7826)2nd line
GIP is asking for donations of items for classroom usage: Unscented Baby wipes, Kleenex, and paper towels.
***We would gladly accept monetary donations!
Grow in Peace can give you a tax exemption!
Donations are always welcomed and very much needed for Grow
in Peace Child Care Center!
First ever Family Movie Night at Peace Lutheran
Friday, November 4th at 6:30pm will be a night for
families, fellowship and food! Come join us for a family
friendly movie, hot dogs, pizza, and popcorn!
GIP Philosophy Statement
Grow in Peace Child Care Center shall provide a safe Christian
environment with loving, experienced, and professional staff that
recognize parents have the primary responsibility in skill development
and Christian training for their children. As an outreach ministry of
Peace Lutheran Church, we strive to set an example of Christ's Love
through God's Word and assist in the spiritual, intellectual, emotional,
social and physical development of the children entrusted to our care.
“Helping children grow in wisdom and in grace.”
Open Invitation to Attend Church Services We extend to you a standing open invitation to come and
explore Peace Lutheran Church and the ministries it serves. Listed below are the times for services. If you would like more
info, please ask Ms. Carla or call the Church office at 353-3813.
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at GIP!!
Opportunities for worship and Bible Study include:
Traditional Service at 8:30am on Sunday's
Contemporary Service at 11:00am on Sunday's
Sunday Bible Study 9:45 to 10:45am on Sunday’s
Midweek Bible Study 6:00 to 7:15pm on Wednesday’s
Look for the Church on the web at www.peacelutheranlcms.org
and on facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/#!/PeaceLutheranChurchKansasCity or
visit in person during one of the service times or Bible Study times.
Peace Lutheran exists to encourage and equip Christ followers to
grow their faith, live their faith and to share their faith.