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YES, THINGS WILL CHANGE
We are all learning, or 'getting used to,' huge changes
as to how the world and our lives work day after day.
Some of these changes are very unwanted, some
downright frightening. How we act as to being safe,
having money, interacting with people for whom we
care dearly, is uncertain and discouraging. And yet
we see new examples every day of the courage and
caring hearts of so many people. To watch how
medical people, first responders, and 'essential
personnel' and many just 'neighbors' risk their own
safety to care for someone else is truly amazing to me.
Stories of servanthood are all over. Where did all
these 'acts of kindness,' sacrificial deeds, attitudes of
love, come from? We are also seeing much
selfishness, deceit, crime, stupidity, but we expect that
from our broken nature. (My own judgmental
impatience wants to call such persons "semi-human"
and depraved and evil. Yet God's gospel apparently is
intended for them as well as to the rest of us. Uffdah!)
Covid-19 has changed our world. Yet we will
survive.
Prince of Peace will go on. There may be some
things that will never be the same again. Yes, really!
Will worship change? How long till we can do Holy
Communion quite the same? Hugging? Will the
same ministry events still be the best ones? Will we
discover that the word 'neighbors' has a slightly
different meaning? Will 'salvation' be a bigger
reality, with some different stories than before? Will
some religious groups become even kookier than they
have been? Will God's call to us be more emphatic
and exciting? Or more scary at first?
Yet we will survive!
You may recall some very exciting conversation from
our last congregational meeting in February. We
noted three areas important to work on right now
(Quoting from the February 2020 Banner):
1) Developing a ministry direction and plans. Some
things are obviously going to continue much as
they are at Prince of Peace, as we are a traditional
congregation with wonderful people involved in
worship, regular ministries, pastoral care, etc.
We're not going to let that go. We are also a
congregation in a community of diverse cultures
and new possibilities which we will either partner
with (exciting ministry) or try to avoid (dying
ministry). We have wonderful neighbors with
whom we have shared ministry for years. Being a
good neighbor is in Jesus' Great Commission to
us, and it is printed on the cover of every bulletin
and Banner we put together. We have Pastor
Sam, who has experience and training in many of
the possibilities awaiting us, with youth,
worshiping groups, and pastoral care. Developing
a ministry direction and plans is HUGE for
Prince of Peace.
2) Stewardship. All of us supporting the ministries
of Prince of Peace with our financial gifts and
other time and talents is essential. Every person
needs to give generously. People who give are the
people who will smile, who love life, who sleep
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well at night. And the ministry that happens
when people give is ministry that will grow and
be successful in all the right ways. People need to
give, for their own sake. People need to give for
the world's sake, in Christ. Stewardship is HUGE
for Prince of Peace.
3) Using our resources. Our congregation has
avoided some common pitfalls, such as debt,
rundown facilities, blah reputation as a good
neighbor, and lack of spiritual energy. We're
really fortunate. An additional plus we have is a
fair amount of land with which we may be able to
do good things for the good news and for God's
people. Much caring energy has gone into
possible ways to use some of this land recently,
the most talked about possibility being to let it be
used to put up affordable supportive housing.
This option is awaiting further information
regarding longer times involved and trends in
government and agency methods. Whatever we
end up doing with this super resource, we would
be lacking to just let it go to waste. It can be part
of our ministry of being a good neighbor. And it
can also play a major role helping fund the
ministries we are developing (see leg # 1).
We noted that these were a bit like a three-legged
stool with which we could build a stable and effective
ministry. We had several adult ed classes on these
ideas, and the council has appointed a task force to
study and suggest some particulars to bring to the
congregation. So watch for some of these ideas soon.
Yes, we will survive! The pandemic will require from
us some courageous actions. But God has not made
us wimps. Pray for
wisdom. Pray.
Pastor Tollefson
YOUTH NEWS
The Youth Group started Zoom
meetings on Easter
Sunday and it went
really well. We’ll keep
doing this on Sundays
at noon. It was fun!
All in-person youth events are canceled for
now, sadly.
The mission trip to Montana has been
canceled by Youthworks. Pastor Sam and
Christy are working to put together a
meaningful local outreach activity for the
Youth later this summer. Our non-refundable
deposit to Youthworks will be available for
next year’s mission trip—no worries about
any lost funds. They understand that we will
continue to work with them and will have
in-person activities for us in the future.
We are still working with Youthworks to
make sure that our Lenten Offering to the
Blackfeet Nation gets to the right place and
helps out as many people as possible,
especially children and youth. Watch for
updates on that.
Make sure to check emails in the weeks to
come to stay aware on PoP Youth activities.
Thanks, Christy Tollefson-Hyler
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MAY’S
COMMUNITY
MEAL
With Governor Jay Inslee’s press conference on April 21
and on May 1, we are hearing
that it may not be possible to have in-person activities
for a while. We know the community meal is an
important ministry and, especially now, people are
facing hunger and isolation.
Donations to our Human Needs fund right now make
it possible to feed these hungry people in our
community who are missing this important monthly
meal. Consider donating food at the church Monday
through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. or by
going to www.princeofpeaceseatac.com to making a
one-time monetary donation.
In the place of our regular Parish Nurse article, we’re printing CDC stress and coping with COVID-19
information which can be found online at the link
below.
First, give yourself a break. This is hard. We’ve
never lived through anything like this and while some
of us are used to being home a lot due to retirement,
for instance, we aren’t used to not being able to go
out whenever we want to shop, eat, travel, or
anything else.
Outbreaks are stressful! Fear and anxiety about a
disease can be overwhelming and cause strong
emotions. Coping with stress will make you, the
people you care about, and your community stronger.
Everyone reacts differently to stressful situations.
How you respond to the outbreak can depend on your
background, the things that make you different from
other people, and the community you live in.
Take care of yourself and your community. Taking
care of yourself, your friends, and your family can
help you cope with stress. Helping others cope with
their stress can also make your community stronger.
Take breaks from watching, reading, or listening to
news stories, including social media. Hearing about
the pandemic repeatedly can be upsetting. Take care
of your body—eat right, take deep breaths, stretch,
meditate, exercise, avoid alcohol and drugs, and get
plenty of sleep. Make time to unwind with activities
you enjoy. Connect with others. Talk with people
you trust about your concerns and how you are
feeling.
There is a lot more advice and information at this
website; I recommend it to all who are at times
having stress related to isolation and worry.
Know that we are here for you and will support you in
any way that we can right now.
The website to find this and other great information
is: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/
daily-life-coping/managing-stress-anxiety.html
Take care, stay in touch, call people, and we’ll see you
as soon as we’re able!
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TUESDAY MORNING BIBLE
STUDY; 8:30 A.M.
Hey! We got this one figured out! Join us each Tuesday morning from the comfort and safety of your
own living room as we ZOOM our way into Bible
study. Yep, that’s right, it’s a Zoom meeting now.
We’ve done it a few times and it’s so good. See the
online calendar for PoP at the link below and you’ll
see the Tuesday morning Bible study entry. Simply
click on that and you’ll see all the details you need to
participate using your computer or smart device to be
“there” with us.
You’ll need a microphone and speakers to participate
(optimally a camera as well so we can see you, too).
All are invited. Go to: https://
www.princeofpeaceseatac.com/monthly-calendar.
If you can, turn on your “Chat” feature while in Zoom.
You do this by looking at the bottom of your screen
and seeing the “Chat” conversation bubble and
clicking on that. Without enabling “Chat,” you might
not see if someone is trying to contact you this way.
If you want to “chat privately” with one person
during the study, hover your mouse over the upper
right corner of their image in the meeting. When the
three dots appear, click on those and enable chat with
that person. You can chat with everyone or with one
person at a time. We’ve found this is handy if a
participant is having trouble with the technology and
by typing messages to them, we’ve gotten them over
the hump of turning everything on correctly and
participating. We want this to work for everyone and
we know we will stumble a lot before we get it totally
right.
POP CHURCH FAMILY…
We are living in the “new normal” right now. We’ve developed new skills as the adaptive creatures
that we are. PoP Staff has had to realign itself to a
new way of “doing business” in the time of corona-
virus. We work hard to bring meaningful worship
experiences to our PoP Church family and beyond.
We are stumbling along, looking for the light switch
in the dark and it can be quite daunting.
So far, we are doing a good job social distancing and
keeping the building clean and safe while reaching out
to our members and wider community for check ins
and health reports.
A good friend of mine described it as “learning to
build an airplane while we are already flying in the
air” and that is the feeling I have a lot these days.
It has been an honor to do this work with your
patience and understanding that I might not get it
right the first or even the third time.
Even the top medical experts do not know fully what
is going on. We are all simply putting one foot in
front of the other day to day.
We are making decisions every day that will impact
you, and we know this. We take your hearts and
minds into consideration with every step that we take.
There is no clear end in sight at this writing. We
simply don’t know when we can start gradually
meeting in person again and it is unclear what that
might look like.
A wise family member once said to me that the flaws
are where the spirit flies in. The spirit simply doesn’t
have a way to shine light through an unbroken
surface. This crazy world is full of the cracks that our
spirit must shine through.
We hope you’re flying with us.
Come to our online worship; make
those food donations; check in on
your neighbor; check in on your
extended family. We love you.
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LADIES BOOK CLUB
Keep doing the reading! We WILL do the May book club meeting as a Facebook Messenger meeting.
The book for May is The Library Book by Susan
Orlean. Julie Landskov sent an email out on April 29
regarding this meeting. Do a “reply all” to that email
to get instructions for the meeting. You just have to
“show up” with your cup of coffee or tea from home
and your desire to be in community via computer.
In The Library Book, Orleans chronicles the 1986 Los
Angeles Public Library fire and its aftermath to
showcase the larger, crucial role that libraries play in
our lives; delves into the evolution of libraries across
the country and around the world, from their humble
beginnings as a metropolitan charitable initiative to
their current status as a cornerstone of our national
identity; brings each department of the library to
vivid life through on-the-ground reporting; studies
arson and attempts to burn a copy of a book herself;
reflects on her own experiences in libraries; and
reexamines the case of Harry Peak, the blonde-haired
actor long suspected of setting the fire more than 30
years ago.
Brimming with her signature wit, insight,
compassion, and talent for deep research, The Library
Book is Susan Orlean’s thrilling journey through the
stacks that reveals how these beloved institutions
provide much more than just books—and why they
remain an essential part of the heart, mind, and soul of
our country. It is also a master journalist’s reminder
that, perhaps especially in the digital era, they are
more necessary than ever.
BIRTHDAYS!
In this the month of springing green an emerald stone
of light and sheen will shower blessings on the way of
the thrice-blessed child of May.
MAY BIRTHDAYS 1 Beth Colombo
3 Eileen Severns
4 Audrina Lynch
7 Craig Johnson
Kort Baker
9 Ciela Switzer
10 Bob Coning
Abigail Baker
13 Ruth Barker
Georgia Johnson
16 Stefanie King
17 Ron Stojack
18 Shirlee Wilder
Tim Sherman
Erin Struzenberg
19 Mary Ann Pray
Bobbie Meyer
20 Ruth Herbst
22 Frank Smith
Karen Boucher
23 Carol Gilbert
Cindy McKay
Sue McDonnell
William Tollefson
25 Marilyn Eldrenkamp
Gertraud Mendoza
Richard Korakis
26 Brady Switzer
29 Melinda Lynch
30 Xyla Boucher
31 Elizabeth Zeh
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SPRING FLING UPDATE
The results are in! HH’s goal was to raise $50,000 for their Spring Fling; Four Days of Virtual Giving
online auction. Not only are they excited, humbled,
and honored to announce that they met their goal, but
they exceeded it, too!
They had such an outpouring of love and generosity
in support of the work of Hospitality House that the
grand total was $73,775!
HH wants to thank everyone from the bottom of their
hearts! This investment helps to continue the work of
HH, and their doors remain open right now to help
women who are unhoused, giving them home, health
and hope.
CHURCH MAINTENANCE
It has been brought to our attention that our very cherished provider of lawn care, German, has lost his regular job due to the pandemic. German has been doing PoP’s yard work in his “spare time” for many years and with such a big heart. If you drive by the church and you see German there more often, under-stand that it’s due to him being available for more of what he knows is caring for God’s house. This is a very meaningful and healing ministry for him and we sure do appreciate the way he puts his whole self into doing the work.
Keep German and his family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time for everyone. We know of a few PoP church family members who have lost their jobs or have been furloughed indefinitely right now. This puts an undue burden on them and their families and the ability to pay for necessities.
Please see the letter within this Banner newsletter that a lot of you have already received via email or regular mail.
This is the small thing we can do as a community to help lift up those people among us and in the surrounding neighborhood who need help right now.
If you can donate to this ministry, please bring shelf-stable foods to the church Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and leave it in the bin that will be outside.
Those donations will be brought in and sorted/sanitized for distribution to a list of people we’ve collected.
If you have a name you would like to add to this list, please contact Deborah by calling the church office at (206) 243-0987 during church office hours or by email at [email protected] at any time.
Thanks, everyone, we can get through this if we work as a team! God is everywhere; God is with us now.
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HOSPITALITY HOUSE EVENING MEALS
May 19-24 Sheltering the women who are without homes at HH is
successful! Kudos to the shelter’s staff and residents. This cannot be easy. Especially now, the evening meals are a touch of normalcy. It’s PoP’s turn to provide these meals from May 19-24, which are delivered outside. Because of the pandemic, “signing up” will be by old fashioned telephone. My hope is that six of our great chefs will phone me on my cell (206-972-0165) and volunteer one of the four days. If need be, I will be calling looking for providers—second best to seeing you in person. THANK YOU for your care. Coordinator Eileen Severns
P.S. We are always concerned about homelessness and are thankful for Hospitality House. BUT...I cannot imagine what the women at the “House” are thinking during this pandemic. Can you? See update on page 15!!!
BISHOP’S
MESSAGE FROM THE MAY 2020
EDITION OF THE SPIRIT
Last night I had a dream. It was a strange dream. I
dreamed that an older man was crying because his
wife had died. Out of concern and love, I hugged him.
And then I stepped back appalled that I had touched
him. And then suddenly I was in a text study group
with several other pastors (you know how dreams
go…) and they were angry with me for touching this
man and getting too close to them…and then I woke
up. And, as is often the case, it was 3:00 a.m. and I lay
in bed thinking about this strange world we are in
where hugging is a nightmare and waking up and
finding oneself alone is a relief.
First, let me say to you all, I hope you are doing ok.
And if you are not, please reach out to your pastor,
your deacon, your family, your friends, your
congregation, this synod. We are Church Together –
even, especially, in this time. Please know that even
as we continue physical distancing, we are still in
community. We are still Holy Community. We are
still the Body of Christ in this world.
One way that the synod would like to demonstrate
how we are Church Together is offering some relief to
congregations for salaries. With this in mind, the
synod has begun the NWWA Synod COVID-19
Relief Fund for congregations and ministry sites. The
monies for this fund come from an anonymous
supporter with matching funds from the synod. At
the moment, we have approximately $41,000 in this
account. Our hope is that this fund will work in two
ways:
1. To distribute funds to those who need financial
help towards salaries (particularly our most
vulnerable ministries.)
2. Provide opportunity for those who are seeking a
way to support others (financially stable congre-
gations and individuals could make a donation to
this fund to help support others who are in need).
You can do this by donating online here:
www.lutheransnw.org/donate. Please specify
“Leader Support.” You may also send check made
out to the NWWA Synod with “NWWA Synod
Leader Support” in memo line and mail it to the
Region One Office: Region 1 ELCA, PO Box
94432, Seattle, WA 98124-6732
If you would like more information the NWWA
Synod COVID-19 Relief Fund, find the letter and
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application on our synod website here:
www.lutheransnw.org/covid-relief-fund.
In this last month, I have been amazed and in awe of
the many ways congregations in this synod have
continued community with one another and in the
world. As I have participated in worship services, call
committee meetings, Bible studies, informational
meetings, book studies, and more, I am so thankful for
each one of you. Yes, this is hard. Yes, we don’t
know the end. And yet, through Christ, we are in this
together. We are Holy Community. We are Church
Together.
While I cannot be present with you bodily for now,
know that you are in my daily prayers, my heart, my
thoughts. And even in these times when we are
unable to exchange the peace of Christ by shaking
hands or even hugging, know that the peace of Christ
is with you. Today and always. In Resurrection Hope
and Joy, Bishop Shelley Bryan Wee
PRINCE OF PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH
CHURCH COUNCIL MEETING
March 10, 2020 MEMBERS PRESENT: Teri Bottoms; Pastor
Conrad Tollefson; Pam Randall, Secretary; John
Gilbert, President; Mark Bergin, Treasurer; Susan
Vernon; Nancy Hadley; Melodie Schneider, WELCA
President.
GUESTS PRESENT: Members of POP Safety
Team; John Young, Fred Reinke, Denise Reinke.
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER: Pres. John
Gilbert called the meeting to order at 6:30pm and led
everyone in an opening prayer.
NEW BUSINESS: Presentation by John Young,
Fred and Denise Reinke, POP Safety Team, regarding
AED machine donated to POP by dentist Dr. David
Larson. Discussion ensued covering the lack of
instructions with the machine, updated software by
the company which produced the machine, which was
done at no charge, required maintenance, possible
reluctance to use it, and the response time of our local
fire department. Teri Bottoms moved to give the unit
back to Dr. David Larson, motion seconded by Susan
Vernon, unanimously passed to return the AED unit
to Dr. David Larson.
DEVOTION: Pastor Conrad Tollefson shared a
devotion based on his Lent bookmark, “go to the
mountain” and make sure it is God you are hearing
and not your own agenda.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes from the
December 11, 2019, council meeting, January 21,
2020, council meeting, February 9, 2020,
congregational meeting, and the February 11, 2020,
council meeting were all corrected and unanimously
approved.
TREASURER REPORT: Mark Bergin presented a
graph showing 2019 actual giving as a forecast and
actual giving so far in 2020. A second graph for
expenses was also presented which shows expenses
relatively stable month to month, although Mark did
point out that expenses will change a little towards
the end of the year. He is looking for a better way to
graph the actual and forecasted information that will
take into account the fact that some months have four
Sundays and some have five.
PASTOR REPORT: Pastor Conrad explained that
weekly staff meetings are being held every Tuesday
morning at 10:00am and have been ongoing since the
first of the year, including both pastors, Deborah,
Christy, and soon to add Director of Music Ministries,
Joseph To.
We have made the difficult decision to cancel
Wednesday night Lent soup and bread and evening
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worship service due to the threat of spreading Covid-
19 coronavirus. However, we did get through Ash
Wednesday and the first weekly dinner and service
prior to this. Social distancing has been encouraged
by local health authorities to limit the spread of this
virus. In addition, the concept of stewardship could
be impacted by Covid-19 and that is a concern. There
is a hot water pipe issue in the main restrooms which
is being worked on now by John Kelly and hired re-
pair persons. Work is ongoing to repair water dam-
age from leaks in the roof, which unfortunately is not
covered by insurance due to the time that has lapsed
between the occurrence and the repairs. Pastor
Conrad brought these items up because these are
normal occurrences that happen to a building such as
this and to put out the question “Is this the time for a
capital fund drive?” It can be very positive when done
properly and for the correct reason(s).
CORONAVIRUS PLANS/PRECAUTIONS: Do we
continue to have the community meal? John spoke
with Stan who agreed that we should cancel the April
dinner; however, we could put together box lunches
and hand them out in the parking lot on the same day.
Stan is reluctant to cancel the May dinner yet and,
ironically, it is the anniversary of the community
meal. Teri moved that our community meal leaders
remain flexible and responsive to the direction of the
state public health commission in guiding whether to
proceed with the community meal. This motion was
seconded by Nancy Hadley. Motion unanimously
passed.
In response to concerns about Covid-19, communion
was changed last week, utilizing ‘the fellowship cup,’
which is a sealed cup of grape juice and a wafer on top.
Pastor Conrad spoke about meetings at the synod that
are ongoing in how to deal with services and what
goes on in the service during the outbreak of corona-
virus. He will also be attending a cluster meeting of
local Lutheran churches to discuss ways to proceed
safely – such as using wafers only and no wine/grape
juice until the threat of corona virus has passed. We
will again have offering plates on stools to drop your
offering into on the way up to communion and
congregation members will be encouraged to include
their Lenten offering on Sunday due to the cancella-
tion of Wednesday Lenten services. Congregation
members are encouraged to utilize their envelopes but
asked to refrain from licking the envelope to seal it.
Stewardship conversations need to be emphasized.
Our Prince of Peace app has a lot of great tools for
people to use. Attendance on March 8 was 58 people
at worship, which is about 50 fewer than usual. Other
groups are using our buildings. How are they going
to keep up with the Covid-19 prevention standards
that we are using? We need to make sure Deborah is
staying on top of this with Gordon’s help.
THREE-LEGGED STOOL STATUS: We are
getting a task force set up to work on this, to include
Pastor Conrad Tollefson, Pastor Sam Sseba, John
Gilbert, Dave Hill, Eileen Severns, and Mark Bergin.
Their first meeting was on February 28th. Their
second meeting will be on March 20th. They may
contact other congregations around here to see what
is working for them, and perhaps a face to face
meeting with some other church members. We also
need a subcommittee to work on the stewardship
emphasis, to include one pastor, John Gilbert, Mark
Bergin, Eileen Severns, and Julie Landskov.
CONTINUING MINISTRIES:
WELCA: Melodie – Love project for March is cereal
for the food bank. We donated $50 to LWR in
memory of Pearl Dennison. Quilters continue to
work hard.
YOUTH: The youth overnight event is still on for
this Friday as of now. Possible retreat schedule for
after Easter. Bake sales cancelled for now.
OTHER BUSINESS: The music recital on March 7
had 18 attendees. The free will offering totaled $121,
which will go toward our music ministry. Director of
Music Ministries Joseph To is inquiring about
acquisition of a new piano bench.
Meeting adjourned at 8:38 following a closing prayer
by Pastor Conrad.
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Our devotional study for May highlights times in our
lives when we have either
offered or received
hospitality. The author,
Angela Khabab begins the
devotional by saying, “We
often entertain angels
unknowingly. How do we
offer genuine hospitality?”
When saying or thinking “hospitality,” what comes to
mind? Entertaining in our homes, welcoming folks at
church, putting on dinners or bereavement receptions,
or perhaps curiosity and interest in someone? Is it
hard or is there a certain risk involved in offering hos-
pitality?
In the devotional study this month, we visit several
Bible verses that may help us look at hospitality in
expanded ways. We heard good words last Sunday
when Pastor Sam shared thoughts about the disciples
on their way to Emmaus. They offered hospitality to
a stranger who happened to be Jesus. There is much
more to that story. This “stranger” energized them to
share the Good News. The verses in Hebrew remind
us that strangers may actually be angels!! The author
shares that Psalm 23 “provides the most beautiful
description of God’s presence among us.” God
anticipates our needs and nurtures us with rich and
abundant food for
the soul. There is
more. Using this
devotional as
your time with
the Lord will feed
your soul.
The articles in the May Gather offer much
inspiration...again! Even the titles can draw us in:
Milk...what could this be about? Prayers of the
People...we moved from debating prayer to engaging
in it. How about this one...Vegas and Jesus Have a Lot
in Common. What could this mean?? I highly
recommend Trust the Process and, of course, the
Reverend Catherine Molatky on the last page of the
magazine.
We sure miss our times together, don’t we?
Praying we will be able to see one another soon!
Thankfully, God’s presence is among us!!
Love Project: The needs are great for the food bank.
Let’s do what we can to help our neighbors through
this challenging time. Food can be left at the church,
cash can be sent to the food bank or sent to the Hu-
man Needs Fund at Prince of Peace.
WELCA Gathering “Just Love” — Judy Voeller and I
learned today that the Triennial Convention
scheduled for July 2020 in Phoenix has been
postponed until the first
week of August 2021.
We still plan to go. This
means that other women
can go as well. Think
about it!!
WELCA—WOMEN OF PRINCE OF PEACE
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PASTORAL STAFF Conrad Tollefson [email protected]
Sam Nick Sseba [email protected]
OFFICE STAFF & LAY STAFF Parish Nurse Ministry Karen Richter
& Teri Bottoms
Blood Pressure Checks Samalie Sseba
Director of Music Ministries Joseph To
Youth Leader Christy Hyler
Organist Dr. David Barela
Office Administrator/Editor Deborah Santiago
Bookkeeper Denise Beebe
Custodian Gordon King
Congregational President 2020 John Gilbert
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In a Care Center
• Braxton Dunn • Phyllis Bowman
Health Concerns
• Bonalynn Henderson • Rhyson Houser
• Sharman Thoma • Janet Schneider
• Claude Wesson • June Brady
• Brady Switzer • Betsy Poehlman
• Sheri Zeh Giles • Barbara Atkinson
• Denis Short • Gordon Meyer
• Sandra Lamb • Jude Gustafson
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Other Prayer Concerns
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WEDNESDAYS AT 7:00 P.M. COMMUNION & PRAYER FIRESIDE WORSHIP
SUNDAYS AT 10:00 A.M.
May 3—Fourth Sunday of Easter
Live Stream
10AM Worship
May 10—Fifth Sunday of Easter
Live Stream
10AM Worship
May 17—Sixth Sunday of Easter
Live Stream
10AM Worship
May 24—Seventh Sunday of Easter
Live Stream
10AM Worship
May 31—Pentecost Sunday
Live Stream
10AM Worship
GOSPEL FOR MAY
May 3—John 10:1-10
Jesus uses an image familiar to the people of his day to make a
point about spiritual leadership. Those who listen to Jesus are
led to abundant life.
May 10—John 14:1-14
On the night that he is to be arrested, Jesus shares final words
with his disciples. As the one through whom God is known, he
promises to go before them and act on their behalf.
May 17—John 14:15-21
In final words to his disciples on the night of his arrest, Jesus
encourages obedience to his commandments and speaks of the
Spirit, who will be with them forever.
May 24—John 17:1-11
On the night before his crucifixion, Jesus prays to God, asking
that those who continue his work in this world will live in unity.
May 31—John 20:19-23
The risen Jesus appears to his disciples, offering them a
benediction, a commission, and the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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HOSPITALITY HOUSE UPDATE
AMAZING. GENEROUS.
AWESOME—POP This Banner is being published a little later than usual.
During a pandemic, would it be difficult to fill up a week of
Hospitality House meals? So, I phoned and left messages.
Within 24 hours Gail Korakis, Tanya Goodrich, Kathy
Peterson, Alice Malmanger, Linnea Knutson, and
Cindy McKay chose their day. Our week in May is filled!!
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU
AGAIN!
Coordinator Eileen Severns
NEW WEDNESDAY
COMMUNION AND PRAYER LIVE
STREAM
Beginning in April, Pastor Tollefson started live streaming a special Wednesday night communion and
prayer worship to PoP Church via our Facebook Live
page.
This has been a meaningful, mid-week time for us to
gather ourselves in a sacred place (anywhere we meet
is a sacred place) with the communion supplies you
find in your cupboard, and celebrate the sacrament of
Jesus, and realize the spiritual union between Christ
and you as we “share” the body and blood of Christ.
We know that communion has been missing from
your weekly lives and we wanted to come up with a
way to reintroduce it that was meaningful and
brought comfort to you. What better way than a
“fireside chat” with Pastor Tollefson?!
Join us on Wednesday nights at 7:00 p.m. as we bring
this particular live stream for as long as we find it
useful and meaningful to us all.
Come in your jammies! Wear a fun outfit that brings
you joy! We want you comfortable and safe in your
home while we share these special moments. What a
blessing to have the technology we have available to
us that can bring us together like this.
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