A MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF WORD OF PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH A MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF WORD OF PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH A MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF WORD OF PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH A MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF WORD OF PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH NOVEMBER 2013 NOVEMBER 2013 NOVEMBER 2013 NOVEMBER 2013 PEACE NOTES PEACE NOTES PEACE NOTES PEACE NOTES A THANKSGIVING LESSON IN TRUE NUTRITION “You are what you eat.” That’s fine when we enjoy a wonderful Thanksgiving meal of turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, and steamed carrots. But what about when we munch on the cheese curls, popcorn, chips, and pretzels? Too oen, what we’re hungry for isn’t good for us. Junk food like this is not nutrious and we need nutrion in our lives. The same can be said of our spiritual life. We need nutrion in our spiritu- al lives. True spiritual nutrion is in Jesus Christ. In the Bible reading for Thanksgiving from John 6:24-35, Jesus describes himself as “the food that endures for eternal life,” “the true bread from heaven,” and “the bread of life.” A relaonship with Jesus Christ is what truly sasfies in life. Nothing else can sasfy. And we constantly need this spiritual nourishment in our lives. Like we need bread as a regular part of our diets, so we constantly need Jesus in our lives. In the Asian culture rice is very important. In fact, one woman from Asia put it like this: “In my culture it’s as though we have two stomachs. One for regular food such as meat and potatoes and vegetables and one for rice. And no maer how much meat and potatoes and vegetables we eat, if we don’t eat rice, we are always hungry. It seems like if we don’t eat rice, we are never sasfied.” Jesus might say to that woman, “I am the rice of life.” We may have some good things in our lives such as family and friends and our own hobbies, interests, acvies and material goods, but without a relaonship with Jesus there is an empness. We are never sasfied. We constantly need Jesus in our lives. And we can be nourished by Jesus through worship, prayer, Bible reading, fellowship with other Chrisans, serving, and giving. Jesus is the bread of life. There is a lot of junk in our lives that isn’t good for us. But an on-going relaonship with Jesus is true nutrion for our lives. It is sasfying. It is filling. Happy Thanksgiving to you! Pastor Rick Skare All Saints Day Memorial Service Sunday, November 3 12:30pm at the Word of Peace Cemetery All are invited to aend, but especially those who have lost someone this year or who have loved ones buried at the Word of Peace Cemetery. The cemetery is located on Terri- torial Road just west of Tucker Road, next to the old St. John's Episcopal Church. Thanksgiving Eve Worship and Pie Social Wednesday, November 21 at 6:30pm Come for Worship, Stay for Pie!
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A MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF WORD OF PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCHA MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF WORD OF PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCHA MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF WORD OF PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCHA MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF WORD OF PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH
NOVEMBER 2013NOVEMBER 2013NOVEMBER 2013NOVEMBER 2013
PEACE NOTESPEACE NOTESPEACE NOTESPEACE NOTES
A THANKSGIVING LESSON IN TRUE NUTRITION
“You are what you eat.”
That’s fine when we enjoy a wonderful Thanksgiving meal of turkey, gravy,
mashed potatoes, and steamed carrots. But what about when we munch
on the cheese curls, popcorn, chips, and pretzels? Too o$en, what we’re
hungry for isn’t good for us. Junk food like this is not nutri&ous and we
need nutri&on in our lives.
The same can be said of our spiritual life. We need nutri&on in our spiritu-
al lives. True spiritual nutri&on is in Jesus Christ. In the Bible reading for
Thanksgiving from John 6:24-35, Jesus describes himself as “the food that
endures for eternal life,” “the true bread from heaven,” and “the bread of
life.” A rela&onship with Jesus Christ is what truly sa&sfies in life. Nothing
else can sa&sfy. And we constantly need this spiritual nourishment in our
lives. Like we need bread as a regular part of our diets, so we constantly
need Jesus in our lives.
In the Asian culture rice is very important. In fact, one woman from Asia
put it like this: “In my culture it’s as though we have two stomachs. One
for regular food such as meat and potatoes and vegetables and one for
rice. And no ma5er how much meat and potatoes and vegetables we eat,
if we don’t eat rice, we are always hungry. It seems like if we don’t eat
rice, we are never sa&sfied.” Jesus might say to that woman, “I am the
rice of life.”
We may have some good things in our lives such as family and friends and
our own hobbies, interests, ac&vi&es and material goods, but without a
rela&onship with Jesus there is an emp&ness. We are never sa&sfied. We
constantly need Jesus in our lives. And we can be nourished by Jesus
through worship, prayer, Bible reading, fellowship with other Chris&ans,
serving, and giving.
Jesus is the bread of life. There is a lot of junk in our lives that isn’t good
for us. But an on-going rela&onship with Jesus is true nutri&on for our
lives. It is sa&sfying. It is filling.
Happy Thanksgiving to you!
Pastor Rick Skare
All Saints Day
Memorial Service Sunday, November 3
12:30pm at the
Word of Peace Cemetery
All are invited to a5end, but
especially those who have lost
someone this year or who have
loved ones buried at the Word of
Peace Cemetery.
The cemetery is located on Terri-
torial Road just west of Tucker
Road, next to the old St. John's
Episcopal Church.
Thanksgiving Eve
Worship and
Pie Social Wednesday, November 21
at 6:30pm
Come for Worship,
Stay for Pie!
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21705 129th Ave. N.
P.O. Box 306
Rogers, MN 55374
Church Office
763-496-2400 (press 3 to leave an emergency
message for the pastor)
On the Web
www.wordofpeace.org
www.facebook.com/
wordofpeace
Office Hours
Mon-Thurs 8am-4:30pm
Fri 8am-12:30pm
Our Vision Statement Our vision is to be a community where
everyone knows Christ’s Love and
shares Christ’s Love with all people.
Our Mission Statement Christ works through us as we:
November 3 & 4 Guest Preacher, Pastor Catherine Malotky
Scripture Readings: Luke 6:20-31; Ephesians 1:11-23; Psalm 149
November 10 & 11 Guest Preacher, Pastor Catherine Malotky
Scripture Readings: Luke 20:27-38; Psalm 17:1-9; Job 19:23-27a
November 17 & 18 Pastor Rick Skare, “How to Live when the World’s On Fire”
In Luke 21:5-19 Jesus gives us guidance for how to handle it
when life goes crazy.
Scripture Readings: Luke 21:5-19; Psalm 98; Malachi 4:1-2a;
2 Thessalonians 3:6-13
November 24 & 25—Christ the King Sunday Pastor Krista Strum, “Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing”
What is the main thing if the main thing is keeping the main thing?
Scripture Readings: Luke 23:33-43; Psalm 46; Colossians 1:11-20;
Jeremiah 23:1-6
November 27—Thanksgiving Eve Pastor Rick Skare, “Spiritual Nutri&on”
As we prepare for our Thanksgiving meal, we remember that our true
spiritual nutri&on is in Jesus Christ. Jesus describes himself in this day’s gospel
reading as “the food that endures for eternal life,” the “true bread
from heaven,” “the bread of life.”
Scripture Readings: John 6:24-35
SERMONSSERMONS
and and
READINGSREADINGS
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A Message from A Message from A Message from A Message from the President of our Congregationthe President of our Congregationthe President of our Congregationthe President of our Congregation
An9cipated Budget Shor:all
As we reflect back on 2013 at Word of
Peace, we see a year of opportuni&es and
a year filled with constant ac&vity at our
church. So much is happening every day
here as we reach out to our congrega&on
and our community.
Our financial posi&on is the same this
year as it has been in the past and we
need your help to allow us to con&nue to
meet our financial obliga&ons. We are
asking each household to contribute an
addi&onal $65/month for 3 months
(October, November, and December) over
and above what you are already giv-
ing. With your support and prayers we
will be able to end this year on a high
note and prepare for an even more ex-
ci&ng year in 2014.
Navajo Lutheran Mission School
Support Con9nues
Please remember to gather up those Camp-
bell’s product labels (especially the bar code
rectangle) and the General Mills Box Tops for
Educa&on, and bring them to the church
office to help the Navajo children of the Lu-
theran Mission School in Rock Point, AZ.
Since Fall of 2007 we have sent thousands of
Campbell’s bar codes and Box Tops for Edu-
ca&on to the Mission School. Each one of
these bar codes and box tops equates to 10
cents.
You are an important part of helping with
this project. Each year the Word of Peace
Church School children gives $600 of their
offering to help the Navajo children with tui-
&on assistance, breakfast and lunch meals,
and buying books and other educa&onal ma-
terials.
THANK YOU for your con&nuing support of
the Navajo children!
The Execu&ve Team selected seven primary and two alternate
members to serve on the Senior Pastor Call Commi5ee. They are:
Andy Andersen (Chairperson)
Lora Anderson
Michelle Anderson
Corey Haeder
Sandra Lidberg
Roy Sperr
Karee VanDeRiet
Lou Oberdeck (Alt)
Kris Hofstedt (Alt)
October was a very busy month for the Call Commi5ee, as they
met with a representa&ve from the Synod, finalized the ministry
profile, and met with Bishop Ann Svennungsen.
Over the next few weeks, the commi5ee will prepare their inter-
view ques&ons and review candidate profiles. Although infor-
ma&on rela&ng to specific candidates is confiden&al, we will do
our best to keep you up to date on their progress. Look for weekly
announcements in the bulle&n and the weekly e-newsle5er, as
well as online at www.wordofpeace.org/transi&on.
The most important thing you can do to help is to li$ up the com-
mi5ee in your prayers. Their efforts will shape the future of our
church and they need your support throughout the process.
Thank you,
Mike Schlegel, Congrega�on President
Help Beau9fy the
Sanctuary for Christmas! PoinseTas may be ordered beginning Sunday, November
3 through 17. They will be used to decorate the sanctuary
through Christmas Day,
then you can pick them up
to enjoy at home.
Cost is $10 each. Contact
the church office for de-
tails.
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The Fair Trade Fair is coming
back again this year! Fair
Trade gi$ items will be sold
before and a$er worship ser-
vices on November 24 & 25
and December 8 & 9. Find
beau&ful, handmade Christ-
mas gi$s from ar&sans
around the world, while mak-
ing a real difference and par-
&cipa&ng in a mission to
eradicate poverty.
Hos&ng a Fair Trade event gives our congrega&on a chance to directly
empower ar&sans and farmers to build sustainable lives by sending
their children to school, building health clinics, and increasing oppor-
tuni&es and training for women. Select from scarves, handbags, jewel-
ry, po5ery, housewares, decora&ons, baskets, coffee, chocolate and
more! For more informa&on, contact the Global Mission Team at