​Dear Friends in Christ
This Sunday we hear of the need to forgive. When Peter, Jesus’ lead disciples, asks if 7 times is enough to forgive a person (7 was a number of wholeness in Hebrew thought,) Jesus responds “not seven, but seventy-seven times!” In other words, we need to forgive endlessly and generously, just as our God endlessly and generously forgives us.  Come to be nourished in faith by hearing the Word and sharing in the Sacrament of Holy Communion.  Adult Forum: Starts up again this Sunday. We will be viewing a video called “Reformation Roots.” This video explains how there are so many Christian denominations, and what differences are among them. Pastor Mark will lead discussion.Please read Romans chapter 14 and the sidebar notes for this chapter in your Lutheran Study Bible (LSB.) This chapters speaks of the challenges in the Roman church between those who restrict themselves from eating meat (which in those days was obtained only from the purveyors who sacrificed the meat to idols,) and those who claimed there was no god but God, so that the idol sacrifice was meaningless. Paul says that everyone should respect the eating habits of others, so as not to make them feel guilty. This is great treatise for consideration of each other in the church, in order to “build up” each other and the body of Christ.  If you don’t yet have a LSB, see Pastor Mark.
 
PRINTS OF PEACE
PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH
ANNOUNCEMENTS
September 17, 2017
 
Worship Schedule: We are now in our our two services worship schedule: 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
 
Semiannual Congregation Meeting: Our next meeting will be October 8, between services, at 9:15 a.m. Please join us, whether you are a member or friend of Peace.
 
Reading for Next Week:  Please read Philippians chapter 1 and the sidebar notes for this chapter in your Lutheran Study Bible (LSB.) Here the Apostle Paul speaks of his loving relationship with the church in Philippi. He thanks them for their support as he is imprisoned. He encourages them to live a life worthy of the Gospel (good news) of Jesus Christ. If you don’t yet have a LSB, see Pastor Mark.
 
Adult Forum: Join us this morning in the sanctuary at 9:15.  We will be viewing a video series called Reformation Roots. Do you ever wonder why we have so many Christian denominations, and if there is really much difference between them? The answers to these questions lie in the dramatic and turbulent times of the Reformation. Pastor Mark will lead discussion.
 
Attendance: On September 10, 113 members and friends attended service. Fourteen worshiped with us at Lexington Service this week.
 
Pastor Mark’s Day Off: Monday is Pastor’s day off. He does not check church voice mail or Email that day. He can be reached at home for urgent matters. Please contact him for non-urgent matters Tuesday through Sunday. His cell phone number can be accessed by calling church.
 
Youth
Youth Director’s Days Off & Office Hours Change: Our Youth Director is Tracy McClure and her days off are Friday and Saturday. She does not check church voice mail or emails on those days. Tracy is engaged at Peace half-time, and her office hours have changed to Monday‑Thursday from 11:30am-3:30pm. She can be reached on her cell for urgent matters. Her cell phone can be accessed by calling church.
 
Confirmation Classes: Confirmation Classes will be beginning for the 2017-2018 year on Wednesday, September 20th! We will be meeting from 7-8:15pm in Fellowship Room, and this year, our friends from St. Peter UCC will be joining us! All 6th-8th graders are welcome to attend.
 
Youth Group Kick‑Off: There's only one way to start off a new youth group year and that's to get MESSY! The youth groups of Peace Lutheran and Christ Lutheran have been challenged by the youth group of St. Peter UCC to participate in Mess Fest! We will have a messy kickball challenge, whipped cream pie fight, water balloon fight and MUCH MORE! Mess Fest will take place on Sunday, September 17th from 1:30‑4:30pm at St. Peter. Wear your grubbiest clothes and come have fun! Parents: We will be needing some help with the event. Please stay tuned for sign‑up details ‑ as well as the chance to
be on an adult team!
 
Events
CROP Hunger Walk - Sunday, October 1st: Christ Lutheran Church (41 S. Rohlwing Rd. Palatine) will be hosting the Northwest Community CROP Hunger Walk on Sunday, October 1st. Please consider joining the Peace Lutheran walk team! Sign-up details are to come in the narthex. Any questions, please contact Tracy McClure.
 
Wednesday Morning Bible Study: Our first meeting will be Wednesday, September 13th. This year we will meet at Panera Bread in Deer Park at 9:00am. We will be looking at different devotionals to understand what the Bible tells us about life. Hope you can join us.
 
Choir Calling! If you enjoy singing to, for, and about God and can learn your harmonizing part, please come to our adult choir practices on Thursday evenings at 7:30 pm at Peace‑‑no audition required. Our choir usually presents an anthem on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month beginning in September and ending around mid‑May. We also sing with 2 other LZ church choirs several times each year but take a break during Summer. We share a prayer and fellowship time (with snacks) following practices. We'd welcome some new singers if you'll please bring your melodious voice to join us!
 
Worship and Music: The Worship and Music team is searching for people that are interested in assisting before, during, and after worship time on Sundays. Currently, we are in specific need of assistants for the following roles: Readers (8am), Greeters (8am), Counters (counting is done after both services), Communion Setup (before 8am service, or on Saturday), Communion Bread Baking (one baker per month). Please contact Andy Heroff (aheroff@gmail.com) if you would like to help assist in these roles or any others.
 
Hi everybody!! The next two pot lucks will be September 30th and October 21st. September 30th the theme will be casserole dishes, is anything in a casserole works. The theme for October 21st will be German Theme. Beer and wine have been approved by Cathy Malloy. Start time will be for 4:30 pm. Please let me know if any questions. Thanks.
The September potluck will be September 30th not 23rd. Sorry for mistake.
 Kelly Ratajczak <kmsalaza@gmail.com>
 
Womens’ Retreat Rescheduled to Feb 17‑18‑ 2018!  How about a little TLC this Feb? Consider asking a special gal in your life to join you on a relaxing weekend retreat. To help us plan better, we are looking for a headcount to help us plan. New sign‑up sheet on the bulletin board. Contact Sherri for information 847‑975‑7705.
 Hope you can come!
 
Peace now has Opt Out Photo Release Forms, they are on the main table in the Narthex.  If you do NOT want your/family mem ber picture on the Church's website or Facebook page please sign and put in Cathy Malloy's mailbox in church office.
 
Ongoing Opportunities
Altar Flowers: If you have a special date you would like to remember, please consider bringing flowers for our Sunday services. The calendar is on the bulletin board outside of the office. Vases are available for use in the kitchen cabinet behind the door. Flowers should be set out before the Sunday service and can be picked up any time after theSunday service. Enter your first name on the calendar, as we have several families with the same last name. Any questions, please call Kari Mrazek at (847) 726-2716.
 
PPC (Parish Planning Council) Highlights from August’s meeting:
    June minutes approved.
    June Treasurer’s Report approved.
    VBS great attendance
    Alpine Fest good turn out‑handed out water
    Rally Day & Blood Drive Sept 10th.  Police & Fire Department invited
    Parish Council Chocolate & Coffee fundraiser for ELCA World Hunger $1 Million fundraiser goal.  Raised $395
    Reviewed Amended Alcohol policy and approved
    Thrivent will come in to do Series of Financial talks after the 1030 service, pending seed money light refreshments and food will be provided
         Sept 24th Financial Planning Basics
        Oct 8th Estate Strategy Essentials
        Oct 22 Retire Wisely
    Looking to use of Memorial Funds to purchase an AED for the church, if anyone knows of grants we can use to help offset cost of purchasing one please contact Cathy Malloy
    Congregational Meeting will be Sunday Oct 8th between services followed by Ministry Fair
    Board approved church to be possible temporary host site for Library sponsored event It Takes A Village Mom/Tot support group. Please continue to use smile.amazon.comfor Amazon purchase to help support youth programs
 If you need an event in the church calendar/website/FB page, Prints of Peace or green sheet email social@peacelutheranlz.com and it will get put on all media options if requested. Questions? Contact any PPC member. Next PPC meeting: Tuesday, September 19th at 7:30pm (Tom K will run, Cathy M out of town)
 
Jean Foltin is the coordinator for the Caring Tree. The Caring Tree provides services to those in our congregation with special needs, i.e. dinners for new moms, meals for those who have been hospitalized, short term help with lawn needs or snow shoveling, etc.  Please contact Jean or Pastor Mark if you have a need you think the Caring Tree might be able to help with.
 
Simply Giving: Many of our members and friends give by Simply Giving automated debit. This program has no fees for you or our congregation. This program is very important for our congregation. It keeps income steady during the summer months when giving drops because of people being out of town. Please consider it! If you do participate in Simply Giving, when you worship please grab a Giving Acknowledgment Card from an usher in order to physically fulfill the act of giving during the offertory. There are forms on the table in the narthex.
 
Giving Acknowledgment Cards: If you participate in the Simply Giving program or if you do not have an offering on a particular Sunday you can still participate in the act of giving during the service. Ask an usher for a small laminated Giving Acknowledgment Card before you enter the sanctuary. You can then place the card in the offering plate to acknowledge your support of our ministries at Peace.
 
Prayer Requests: We pray for those who need healing and wholeness: for Amy Falco, Justin Morgenthaler; Kathy Zak, Kristen Jorgensen, Gina Redina and Margaret Sherman-Piercy.  Our practice is we will pray for an individual for at least 4 Sundays or until the end of the following month. After that time, we ask that you contact the office or Pastor Mark to keep your loved one on the prayer list. If your loved one inadvertently falls off the prayer list, please request to put this person back on the list. Thank you.) We need pray-ers! If you would like to be a participant in the Circle of Prayer, please contact Terry Koncel at peaceprays@mail.com.
 
Inspirational Messages: Pastor Mark would like to reach out to the congregation with a brief message a couple times per week. If you want to receive these, please fill out the form in the red attendance folders. Messages will be sent via a text, Facebook account, and Twitter. Any questions, contact Beth Papke at (847) 438-5294 or atpapkeb@wwdb.org.
 
Online Newsletter: Do you get the Peace Lutheran weekly newsletter Prints of Peace online?  If not, please send your email address to Karen Zicco at charmel79@gmail.com. You’ll receive a weekly edition from Karen.
 
Peace Lutheran Church Facebook Page: Be sure to go visit our Facebook page ‑ Peace Lutheran Church of Lake Zurich. It's the one with recent posts. If you have an event or ministry you want promoted, and haven't seen it on our Facebook page, POST IT!! If you have questions or need help please email your request to one of the page administrators:  Jean Bishop, Karen Zicco, Bridget Heroff, Nicola Prybell or Pastor Mark.
 
Church Calendar: The 2017 church calendar shows all events and activities of the church and is posted on our website. You can find it by clicking "Calendar of Events" on the home page, or you can access it by visiting http://peacelutheranlz.com/calendar/. If you have an event to be posted on the calendar, please Email Matt Handley atapplmak@gmail.com.
 
Spiritual Learning Opportunities
1)      Adult forum on Sunday mornings
2)      Tuesday evening Bible study
3)      Wednesday morning Bible Study
4)      Men's Bible Study on Saturday mornings
5)      Confirmation huddle leader
6)      High school night life mentor
7)      Leadership Lab
8)      Lifefest
9)      Sunday school teacher/VBS
10)   Women's retreat
11)   Other opportunities to come
 
Service Opportunities
      1) Lexington ministry‑Wednesday morning worship
      2) Feed My Starving Children activity
      3) Adult mission trip
      4) High school mission trip
      5) Deliver Safe Haven meals
      6) Caring Tree ministry
 
Social Outreach
Operation Warm: We have partnered with The Chapel Church in Lake Zurich for Operation Warm!! Your gift provides coats to children served by several area non-profits, including Joanie’s Closet/  Lake Zurich Schools CUSD 95, Wauconda Grade School, Diamond Lake Elementary School, Mundelein, Lake County Haven, Staben House, Evanston Shelter for Women & Children, Fellowship Housing, Caring 4 Kids Clothing in Waukegan. Just $20 will provide a coat to a child. With two anonymous donors matching your gift, it will bring warmth to three children! Our goal for Peace Lutheran is to provide 75 coats, enough to fill a school bus of children. Donations will be taken throughSeptember 24, 2017. When making a donation please write your name on a coat on the display. You may drop a check or cash in the box with the school bus, in the Narthex. Please make checks out to Operation Warm. You may also donate on-line by usingthe following link: (VERY EASY) https://give.operationwarm.org/campaign/lake-zurich-area-coats-for-kids-2017/c118339. When you arrive at the page, scroll to the bottom and click on the Peace Lutheran Team and proceed from there. They will send you an email thanks and receipt for taxes. Questions please see Donna Walstrum. Thank you for your generosity to this very important project.
 
Looking for people who like to sew! We are in the process of making school bags for Lutheran World Relief and could use help making them.  The kits are all put together and in a bin in the hallway by the office. Take as many kits and instructions as you like. Just mark your name and the number of kits that you take on the sign up sheet on the bulletin board above the bin and mark it off when you return them finished to the bin. They do not need to be completed until December as they will be used at our next Mission Projects Day in February 2018. IF you can sew a straight line you can make this easy project! We also need people to sew the pillow covers that we make for Journey Care Hospice. The kit can also be found in the bin in the hallway. Thanks! Please call Sue Koenig with any questions.
 
Bernie’s Book Bank: Thank you to everyone who has donated books! Also, we will continue to drop off and a box is located I the narthex. Family and friends are encouraged to volunteer at Bernie’s Book Bank located in Lake Bluff, IL. Their mission is to collect and distribute gently used children’s books to significantly increase “Book Ownership” among at risk infants, toddlers and school age children throughout Chicagoland! You can sign up at https://berniesbookbank.org/volunteer. Thank you.
 
Safe Haven Gift Card Donations: Thank you to everyone who has donated Walmart Gift Cards! They are much appreciated and will be used to buy needed household items. A box is in the narthex on a table labeled Safe Haven Donations. Please include a note with your name and address so that a thank you can be sent. You can purchase a gift card directly or you can order through Lori Schwartz at the beginning of the month which will also benefit our youth! Thank you for your continued support of this wonderful ministry!  If you have any questions, please reach out to Donna Walstrum.

 
Mission Projects Day ‑ Saturday, February 3, 2018: This is an exciting and fun day of outreach activities. In order to make this day a success, we are looking for individuals to be table leads. The role of the table lead will be to help organize the items for the table, partner with individuals writing Action Teams to purchase items (if needed) and lead the creation of the kits/project on the day of the event.  There will be many volunteers to help at each table, but the lead will guide the process. If you are interested in helping out, please sign‑up in the narthex or speak with Sandy Hanna or Sue Koenig and let us know where your passion is.  We look forward to working with you and welcome your thoughts and ideas!
 
Stewardship
Offering Through July, 2017
Actual Received               $162,055
Budget                                 $182,116
Short                                     $ 20,061
 
This Week at Peace
September 17   8:00am                 Worship (Holy Communion)
                                9:15am                 Sunday School/Adult Forum
                                10:30am               Worship (Holy Communion)
                1:30-4:30pm       Youth Kickoff/Mess Fest @St Peters
September 18   7:00pm                 Al-Anon                                                                                                           
September 19   7:30pm                 Parish Planning Council (PPC)
September 20   9:00am                 Bible Study at Panera’s in Deer Park
                                10:30am               Lexington Worship
                                7:00-8:15pm       Confirmation
September 21   12:30-6:30pm     Voice Lessons
                                7:30pm                 Adult Choir            
September 23   10:30am               Joyful Noisemakers
September 24   8:00am                 Worship (Holy Communion)
                9:15am                 Sunday School/Adult Forum
                                10:30am               Worship (Holy Communion)

​Dear Friends in Christ

This Sunday we resume Sunday School at 9:15 and our regular worship schedule at 8:00 a.m. or 10:30 a.m. Come to be nurtured in faith by hearing the Word and sharing in the Sacrament of Holy Communion. This Sunday we focus on how Jesus calls us to be his church. It’s not always a perfect entity (perhaps hardly ever,) but Jesus works through this imperfect community, and we are responsible for carrying Jesus in a broken world.  Adult Forum: Starts up again next Sunday, September 17. See below for details. Please read Romans chapter 13 and the sidebar notes for this chapter in your Lutheran Study Bible (LSB.) In this chapter, the Apostle Paul again speaks of “building up,” including respecting the government, but mostly loving one another. He says the commandments “are summed up in this word, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”  If you don’t yet have a LSB, see Pastor Mark.


PRINTS OF PEACE
PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH
ANNOUNCEMENTS
September 10, 2017
 
Worship Schedule: Today we begin our program year worship schedule: two services at 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
 
Annual Peace Picnic THIS SUNDAY at Noon. The theme this year is Maker Fun Factory. We'll have games and activities and of course yummy food! Wear your favorite construction clothes, or your Vacation Bible School T‑shirt.  Cost is $3 for adults and $2 for kids ages 4 ‑ 12, and kids 3 and under are free.  We need lots of side dishes and deserts and drinks ‑ please sign up in the narthex.   Also, if you are able to help with set up or clean up, please sign up for that too. Friends are always welcome! Questions? Email AllisonHearst@aol.com, HelenHandley@gmail.com, or LouAnnST@yahoo.com
 
Semiannual Congregation Meeting: Our next meeting will be October 8, between services, at 9:15 a.m. Please join us, whether you are a member or friend of Peace.
 
Reading for Next Week:  Please read Romans chapter 14 and the sidebar notes for this chapter in your Lutheran Study Bible (LSB.) This chapter speaks of the challenges in the Roman community between those who restrict themselves from eating meat (which in those days was obtained only from the purveyors who sacrificed the meat to idols.) Paul says that everyone should respect the eating habits of others, so as not to make them feel guilty. This is a great treatise for consideration of each other in the church, in order to “build up” each other, and the body of Christ.  If you don’t yet have a LSB, see Pastor Mark.
 
Inspirational Messages: Pastor Mark would like to reach out to the congregation with a brief message a couple times per week. If you want to receive these, please fill out the form in the red attendance folders. Messages will be sent via a text, Facebook account, and Twitter. Any questions, contact Beth Papke at (847) 438-5294 or at papkeb@wwdb.org.
 
Attendance: On September 3, 72 members and friends attended service. Eighteen worshiped with us at Lexington Service this week.
 
Pastor Mark’s Day Off: Monday is Pastor’s day off. He does not check church voice mail or Email that day. He can be reached at home for urgent matters. Please contact him for non-urgent matters Tuesday through Sunday. His cell phone number can be accessed by calling church.
 
Youth
Youth Director’s Days Off & Office Hours Change: Our Youth Director is Tracy McClure and her days off are Friday and Saturday. She does not check church voice mail or emails on those days. Tracy is engaged at Peace half-time, and her office hours have changed to Monday‑Thursday from 11:30am-3:30pm. She can be reached on her cell for urgent matters. Her cell phone can be accessed by calling church.
 
Confirmation Classes: Confirmation Classes will be beginning for the 2017-2018 year on Wednesday, September 20th! We will be meeting from 7-8:15pm in Fellowship Room, and this year, our friends from St. Peter UCC will be joining us! All 6th-8th graders are welcome to attend.
 
Youth Group Kick‑Off: There's only one way to start off a new youth group year and that's to get MESSY! The youth groups of Peace Lutheran and Christ Lutheran have been challenged by the youth group of St. Peter UCC to participate in Mess Fest! We will have a messy kickball challenge, whipped cream pie fight, water balloon fight and MUCH MORE! Mess Fest will take place on Sunday, September 17th from 1:30‑4:30pm at St. Peter. Wear your grubbiest clothes and come have fun! Parents: We will need some help with the event. Please stay tuned for sign‑up details ‑ as well as the chance to be on an adult team!
 

Events
CROP Hunger Walk - Sunday, October 1st: Christ Lutheran Church (41 S. Rohlwing Rd. Palatine) will be hosting the Northwest Community CROP Hunger Walk on Sunday, October 1st. Please consider joining the Peace Lutheran walk team! Sign-up details are to come in the narthex. Any questions, please contact Tracy McClure.
 
Wednesday Morning Bible Study: Our first meeting will be Wednesday, September 13th. This year we will meet at Panera Bread in Deer Park at 9:00am. We will be looking at different devotionals to understand what the Bible tells us about life. Hope you can join us.
 
Choir Calling! If you enjoy singing to, for, and about God and can learn your harmonizing part, please come to our adult choir practices on Thursday evenings at 7:30 pm at Peace‑‑no audition required. Our choir usually presents an anthem on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month beginning in September and ending around mid‑May. We also sing with 2 other LZ church choirs several times each year but take a break during Summer. We share a prayer and fellowship time (with snacks) following practices. We'd welcome some new singers if you'll please bring your melodious voice to join us!
 
Worship and Music: The Worship and Music team is searching for people that are interested in assisting before, during, and after worship time on Sundays. Currently, we are in specific need of assistants for the following roles: Readers (8am), Greeters (8am), Counters (counting is done after both services), Communion Setup (before 8am service, or on Saturday), Communion Bread Baking (one baker per month). Please contact Andy Heroff (aheroff@gmail.com) if you would like to help assist in these roles or any others.
 
Annual Blood Drive: Share in giving the gift of life! Please consider signing up to donate blood Sunday, September 10th. With a goal of collecting 25 units of blood, a LifeSource Donor Coach will be in the church parking lot that day between 7 am and 1 pm, making it very convenient to donate before, during or after church! There are various ways to schedule an appointment during this timeframe. While the preferred option is to register on‑line, donors may also sign‑up on the printed sheet posted on the narthex bulletin board OR may contact Jean Foltin at jfoltin5@comcast.net. To schedule on‑line, follow these simple directions: Go to www.lifescource.org, choose ‘Make an Appointment’, click on the appropriate login option, and search by donor site location (Peace Lutheran Church) or group code (LZ50). For those who cannot donate for Peace on September 10th, any LifeSource donor center may be visited on a different date. By using the group code assigned to Peace (LZ50), donation credit will still be awarded to the church. Questions??? Contact Jean Foltin at 847‑738‑8599 or jfoltin5@comcast.net. Thanks in advance for donating¼by doing so you’ll  save up to 3 lives!!!

 
Hi everybody!! The next two pot lucks will be September 30th and October 21st. September 30th theme will be casserole dishes, anything in a casserole works. The theme for October will be German. Beer and wine have been approved by Cathy Malloy. Start time will be for 4:30 pm. Please let me know if any questions. Thanks. Kelly Ratajczak <kmsalaza@gmail.com>
 
Womens’ Retreat Rescheduled to Feb 17‑18‑ 2018!  How about a little TLC this Feb? Consider asking a special gal in your life to join you on a relaxing weekend retreat. To help us plan better, we are looking for a headcount to help us plan. New sign‑up sheet on the bulletin board. Contact Sherri for information 847‑975‑7705.  Hope you can come!
 
Peace now has Opt Out Photo Release Forms, they are on the main table in the Narthex.  If you do NOT want your/family member picture on the Church's website or Facebook page please sign and put in Cathy Malloy's mailbox in church office.
 
Ongoing Opportunities
Altar Flowers: If you have a special date you would like to remember, please consider bringing flowers for our Sunday services. The calendar is on the bulletin board outside of the office. Vases are available for use in the kitchen cabinet behind the door. Flowers should be set out before the Sunday service and can be picked up any time after the Sunday service. Enter your first name on the calendar, as we have several families with the same last name. Any questions, please call Kari Mrazek at (847) 726-2716.
 
PPC (Parish Planning Council) Highlights from August’s meeting:
    June minutes approved.
    June Treasurer’s Report approved.
    VBS great attendance
    Alpine Fest good turn out‑handed out water
    Rally Day & Blood Drive Sept 10th.  Police & Fire Department invited
    Parish Council Chocolate & Coffee fundraiser for ELCA World Hunger $1 Million fundraiser goal.  Raised $395
    Reviewed Amended Alcohol policy and approved
    Thrivent will come in to do Series of Financial talks after the 1030 service, pending seed money light refreshments and food will be provided
        Sept 24th Financial Planning Basics
        Oct 8th Estate Strategy Essentials
        Oct 22 Retire Wisely
    Looking to use of Memorial Funds to purchase an AED for the church, if anyone knows of grants we can use to help offset cost of purchasing one please contact Cathy Malloy
    Congregational Meeting will be Sunday Oct 8th between services followed by Ministry Fair
    Board approved church to be possible temporary host site for Library sponsored event It Takes A Village Mom/Tot support group.
    Please continue to use smile.amazon.com for Amazon purchase to help support youth programs

   If you need an event in the church calendar/website/FB page, Prints of Peace or green sheet email social@peacelutheranlz.com and it will get put on all media options if requested. Questions? Contact any PPC member. Next PPC meeting: Tuesday, September 19th at 7:30pm (Tom K will run, Cathy M out of town)
 
Jean Foltin is the coordinator for the Caring Tree. The Caring Tree provides services to those in our congregation with special needs, i.e. dinners for new moms, meals for those who have been hospitalized, short term help with lawn needs or snow shoveling, etc.  Please contact Jean or Pastor Mark if you have a need you think the Caring Tree might be able to help with.
 
Online Newsletter: Do you get the Peace Lutheran weekly newsletter Prints of Peace online?  If not, please send your email address to Karen Zicco at charmel79@gmail.com. You’ll receive a weekly edition from Karen.
 
Peace Lutheran Church Facebook Page: Be sure to go visit our Facebook page ‑ Peace Lutheran Church of Lake Zurich. It's the one with recent posts. If you have an event or ministry you want promoted, and haven't seen it on our Facebook page, POST IT!! If you have questions or need help please email your request to one of the page administrators:  Jean Bishop, Karen Zicco, Bridget Heroff, Nicola Prybell or Pastor Mark.
 
Adult Forum: On break for the summer. Resumes next Sunday, September 17. We will be viewing a video series called Reformation Roots. Do you ever wonder why we have so many Christian denominations, and if there is really much difference between them? The answers to these questions lie in the dramatic and turbulent times of the Reformation. Please plan on joining us.
 

Simply Giving: Many of our members and friends give by Simply Giving automated debit. This program has no fees for you or our congregation. This program is very important for our congregation. It keeps income steady during the summer months when giving drops because of people being out of town. Please consider it! If you do participate in Simply Giving, when you worship please grab a Giving Acknowledgment Card from an usher in order to physically fulfill the act of giving during the offertory. There are forms on the table in the narthex.
 
Giving Acknowledgment Cards: If you participate in the Simply Giving program or if you do not have an offering on a particular Sunday you can still participate in the act of giving during the service, ask an usher for a small laminated Giving Acknowledgment Card before you enter the sanctuary.  You can then place the card in the offering plate to acknowledge your support of our ministries at Peace.
 
Prayer Requests: We pray for those who need healing and wholeness: for Amy Falco, Justin Morgenthaler; Kathy Zak, Kristen Jorgensen, Gina Redina and Margaret Sherman-Piercy.  Our practice is we will pray for an individual for at least 4 Sundays or until the end of the following month. After that time, we ask that you contact the office or Pastor Mark to keep your loved one on the prayer list. If your loved one inadvertently falls off the prayer list, please request to put this person back on the list. Thank you.) We need pray-ers! If you would like to be a participant in the Circle of Prayer, please contact Terry Koncel at PeacePrays@mail.com.
 
Church Calendar: The 2017 church calendar shows all events and activities of the church and is posted on our website. You can find it by clicking "Calendar of  Events" on the home page, or you can access it by visiting http://peacelutheranlz.com/calendar/  If you have an event to be posted on the calendar, please Email Matt Handley at applmak@gmail.com.
 
Spiritual Learning Opportunities
1)    Adult forum on Sunday mornings
2)    Tuesday evening Bible study
3)    Wednesday morning Bible Study
4)    Men's Bible Study on Saturday mornings
5)    Confirmation huddle leader
6)    High school night life mentor
7)    Leadership Lab
8)    Lifefest
9)    Sunday school teacher/VBS
10) Women's retreat
11) Other opportunities to come
 
Service Opportunities
1)    Lexington ministry‑Wednesday morning worship
2)    Feed My Starving Children activity
3)    Adult mission trip
4)    High school mission trip
5)    Deliver Safe Haven meals
6)    Caring Tree ministry
 
Social Outreach
Operation Warm: We have partnered with The Chapel Church in Lake Zurich for Operation Warm!! Your gift provides coats to children served by several area non-profits, including Joanie’s Closet/Lake Zurich Schools CUSD 95, Wauconda Grade School, Diamond Lake Elementary School, Mundelein, Lake County Haven, Staben House, Evanston Shelter for Women & Children, Fellowship Housing, Caring 4 Kids Clothing in Waukegan. Just $20 Will provide a coat to a child. With two anonymous donors matching your gift, it will bring warmth to three children! Our goal for Peace Lutheran is to provide 75 coats, enough to fill a school bus of children. Donations will be taken from today through September 24, 2017. When making a donation please write your name on a coat on the display. You may drop a check or cash in the box with the school bus, in the Narthex. Please make checks out to Operation Warm. You may also donate on-line by usingthe following link: (VERY EASY) https://give.operationwarm.org/campaign/lake-zurich-area-coats-for-kids-2017/c118339 When you arrive at the page, scroll to the bottom and click on the Peace Lutheran Team and proceed from there. They will send you an email thanks and receipt for taxes. Questions please see Donna Walstrum. Thank you for your generosity to this very important project.
 
Looking for people who like to sew! We are in the process of making school bags for Lutheran World Relief and could use help making them.  The kits are all put together and in a bin in the hallway by the office. Take as many kits and instructions as you like. Just mark your name and the number of kits that you take on the sign up sheet on the bulletin board above the bin and mark it off when you return them finished to the bin. They do not need to be completed until December as they will be used at our next Mission Projects Day in February 2018. IF you can sew a straight line you can make this easy project! We also need people to sew the pillow covers that we make for Journey Care Hospice The kit can also be found in the bin in the hallway. Thanks! Please call Sue Koenig with any questions.
 
Bernie’s Book Bank: Thank you to everyone who has donated books! Also, we will continue to drop off and a box is located I the narthex. Family and friends are encouraged to volunteer at Bernie’s Book Bank located in Lake Bluff, IL. Their mission is to collect and distribute gently used children’s books to significantly increase “Book Ownership” among at risk infants, toddlers and school age children throughout Chicagoland! You can sign up at https://berniesbookbank.org/volunteer. Thank you.
 
Safe Haven Gift Card Donations: Thank you to everyone who has donated Walmart Gift Cards! They are much appreciated and will be used to buy needed household items. A box is in the narthex on a table labeled Safe Haven Donations. Please include a note with your name and address so that a thank you can be sent. You can purchase a gift card directly or you can order through Lori Schwartz at the beginning of the month which will also benefit our youth! Thank you for your continued support of this wonderful ministry!  If you have any questions, please reach out to Donna Walstrum.
 
Mission Projects Day ‑ Saturday, February 3, 2018: This is an exciting and fun day of outreach activities. In order to make this day a success, we are looking for individuals to be table leads.  The role of the table lead will be to help organize the items for the table, partner with individuals writing Action Teams to purchase items (if needed) and lead the creation of the kits/project on the day of the event. There will be many volunteers to help at each table, but the lead will guide the process. If you are interested in helping out, please sign‑up in the narthex or speak with Sandy Hanna or Sue Koenig and let us know where your passion is.  We look forward to working with you and welcome your thoughts and ideas!
 
Stewardship
Offering Through July, 2017
Actual Received        $162,055
Budget                       $182,116
Short                          $ 20,061
 
This Week at Peace
September 10             7:00a-1p          Blood Drive
                                    8:00am            Worship (Holy Communion)
                                    9:15am            Sunday School kick-off
                                    10:30am          Worship (Holy Communion)
                                    12: 00 Noon    Peace Annual Family Picnic
September 11             7:00pm            Al-Anon
September 13             10:30am          Lexington Worship     
September 14             12:30-6:30pm  Voice Lessons
                                    7:30pm            Adult Choir         
September 16             10:30am          Joyful Noisemakers
September 17             8:00am            Worship (Holy Communion)
                                    9:15am            Sunday School/Adult Forum
                                    10:30am          Worship (Holy Communion)

​Dear Friends in Christ
Join us this Sunday at 9:00 a.m. (for the last time – one service) to be nurtured in faith by hearing the Word and sharing in the Sacrament of Holy Communion. This Sunday we hear part 2 of the Peter drama. In last Sunday’s Gospel lesson, Peter proclaims that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God. Jesus responds that he will build his church on Peter, the “rock.” In this Sunday’s Gospel lesson, Peter gets it wrong. When Jesus tells his disciples that he must suffer and die in Jerusalem, the newly empowered Peter tries to prevent Jesus from this. Jesus’ response to Peter:”Get  behind me, Peter, for you are on the side of humans, and not of the Divine.” Why must Jesus suffer? Why must human beings suffer? We will look at these themes this Sunday. Remember 2-service schedule and Sunday School resume September 10.  Adult Forum: on break for the summer, starts up again on September 17. Please read Romans chapter 12 and the sidebar notes for this chapter in your Lutheran Study Bible (LSB.) This chapter is essential for Christians to know well. This Sunday’s portion speaks of how Christians are to act. This part of Paul’s letters, more than any other part, reflects Jesus’ teachings.  If you don’t yet have a LSB, see Pastor Mark.
 
PRINTS OF PEACE
PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH
ANNOUNCEMENTS
September 3, 2017
 
Worship Schedule: Next Sunday, September 10, is the beginning of the program year worship schedule.  We will return to two services at 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
 
Semiannual Congregation Meeting: Our next meeting will be October 8, between services, at 9:15 a.m. Please join us, whether you are a member or friend of Peace.
 
Reading for Next Week:  Please read Romans chapter 14 and the sidebar notes for this chapter in your Lutheran Study Bible (LSB.) This chapter speaks of the challenges in the Roman community between those who restrict themselves from eating meat (which in those days was obtained only from the purveyors who sacrificed the meat to idols.) Paul says that everyone should respect the eating habits of others, so as not to make them feel guilty. This is a great treatise for consideration of each other in the church, in order to “build up” each other, and the body of Christ.  If you don’t yet have a LSB, see Pastor Mark.
 
Youth
Youth Director’s Days Off & Office Hours Change: Our Youth Director is Tracy McClure and her days off are Friday and Saturday. She does not check church voice mail or emails on those days. Tracy is engaged at Peace half-time, and her office hours have changed to Monday‑Thursday from 11:30am-3:30pm. She can be reached on her cell for urgent matters. Her cell phone can be accessed by calling church.
 
Confirmation Classes: Confirmation Classes will be beginning for the 2017-2018 year on Wednesday, September 20th! We will be meeting from 7-8:15pm in Fellowship Room, and this year, our friends from St. Peter UCC will be joining us! All 6th-8th graders are welcome to attend.
 

Youth Group Kick‑Off: There's only one way to start off a new youth group year and that's to get MESSY! The youth groups of Peace Lutheran and Christ Lutheran have been challenged by the youth group of St. Peter UCC to participate in Mess Fest! We will have a messy kickball challenge, whipped cream pie fight, water balloon fight and MUCH MORE! Mess Fest will take place on Sunday, September 17th from 1:30‑4:30pm at St. Peter. Wear your grubbiest clothes and come have fun! Parents: We will be needing some help with the event. Please stay tuned for sign‑up details ‑ as well as the chance to be on an adult team!
 
Youth Director Vacation: It's time for Tracy to recharge the batteries! She will be on vacation from Wednesday, August 30th until Tuesday, September 5th. Tracy will not be available via phone, text or email during this time. If your need is urgent, please contact the church office. 
 
Events
CROP Hunger Walk - Sunday, October 1st: Christ Lutheran Church (41 S. Rohlwing Rd. Palatine) will be hosting the Northwest Community CROP Hunger Walk on Sunday, October 1st. Please consider joining the Peace Lutheran walk team! Sign-up details are to come in the narthex. Any questions, please contact Tracy McClure.
 
Wednesday Morning Bible Study: Our first meeting will be Wednesday, September 13th. This year we will meet at Panera Bread in Deer Park at 9:00am. We will be looking at different devotionals to understand what the Bible tells us about life. Hope you can join us.
 
The Members Team invites you and your family to Peace's annual picnic on Sunday  September 10th at noon.  The theme this year is Maker Fun Factory. We'll have games and activities and of course yummy food! Wear your favorite construction clothes, or your Vacation Bible School T‑shirt.  Cost is $3 for adults and $2 for kids ages 4 ‑ 12, and kids 3 and under are free.  We need lots of side dishes and desserts and drinks ‑ please sign up in the narthex.   Also, if you are able to help with set up or clean up, please sign up for that too. Friends are always welcome!  Questions? Email AllisonHearst@aol.com, HelenHandley@gmail.com, or LouAnnST@yahoo.com
 
Choir Calling! If you enjoy singing to, for, and about God and can learn your harmonizing part, please come to our adult choir practices on Thursday evenings at 7:30 pm at Peace. No audition required. Our choir usually presents an anthem on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month beginning in September and ending around mid‑May. We also sing with 2 other LZ church choirs several times each year and take a break during Summer. We share a prayer and fellowship time (with snacks) following practices. We'd welcome some new singers if you'll please bring your melodious voice to join us!
 
Worship and Music: The Worship and Music team is searching for people that are interested in assisting before, during, and after worship time on Sundays. Currently, we are in specific need of assistants for the following roles: Readers (8am), Greeters (8am), Counters (counting is done after both services), Communion Setup (before 8am service, or on Saturday), Communion Bread Baking (one baker per month). Please contact Andy Heroff (aheroff@gmail.com) if you would like to help assist in these roles or any others.
 

Annual Blood Drive: Share in giving the gift of life! Please consider signing up to donate blood Sunday, September 10th. With a goal of collecting 25 units of blood, a LifeSource Donor Coach will be in the church parking lot that day between 7 am and 1 pm, making it very convenient to donate before, during or after church! There are various ways to schedule an appointment during this timeframe. While the preferred option is to register on‑line, donors may also sign‑up on the printed sheet posted on the Narthex bulletin board OR may contact Jean Foltin at jfoltin5@comcast.net. To schedule on‑line, follow these simple directions: Go to www.lifescource.org, choose ‘Make an Appointment’, click on the appropriate login option, and search by donor site location (Peace Lutheran Church) or group code (LZ50). For those who cannot donate for Peace on September 10th, any LifeSource donor center may be visited on a different date. By using the group code assigned to Peace (LZ50), donation credit will still be awarded to the church. Questions??? Contact Jean Foltin at 847‑738‑8599 or jfoltin5@comcast.net. Thanks in advance for donating¼by doing so you’ll save up to 3 lives!!!
 
Hi everybody!! The next two pot lucks will be September 30th and October 21st. September 30th the theme will be casserole dishes, anything in a casserole works. The theme for October will be a German Theme. Beer and wine have been approved by PPC. Start time will be for 4:30 pm. Please let me know if any questions. Thanks. Kelly Ratajczak kmsalaza@gmail.com  
 
Womens’ Retreat Rescheduled to Feb 17‑18‑ 2018! How about a little TLC this Feb? Consider asking a special gal in your life to join you on a relaxing weekend retreat. To help us plan better, we are looking for a headcount to help us plan. New sign‑up sheet on the bulletin board. Contact Sherri for information 847‑975‑7705. Hope you can come!
 
Peace now has Opt Out Photo Release Forms, they are on the main table in the Narthex. If you do NOT want your family member picture on the Church's website or Facebook page please sign and put in Cathy Malloy's mailbox in church office.
 
Ongoing Opportunities
Adult Forum: Resumes September 17. We will be viewing a video series called Reformation Roots. Do you ever wonder why we have so many Christian denominations, and if there is really much difference between them? The answers to these questions lie in the dramatic and turbulent times of the Reformation. Please plan on joining us.
 

Simply Giving: Many of our members and friends give by Simply Giving automated debit. This program has no fees for you or our congregation. This program is very important for our congregation. It keeps income steady during the summer months when giving drops because of people being out of town. Please consider it! If you do participate in Simply Giving, when you worship please grab a Giving Acknowledgment Card from an usher in order to physically fulfill the act of giving during the offertory. There are forms on the table in the narthex.
 
Giving Acknowledgment Cards:  If you participate in the Simply Giving program or if you do not have an offering on a particular Sunday, you can still participate in the act of giving during the service. Ask an usher for a small laminated Giving Acknowledgment Card before you enter the sanctuary. You can then place the card in the offering plate to acknowledge your support of our ministries at Peace.
 
Prayer Requests: We pray for those who need healing and wholeness: for Amy Falco, Justin Morgenthaler; Kathy Zak, Kristen Jorgensen, Gina Redina and Margaret Sherman-Piercy.  Our practice is we will pray for an individual for at least 4 Sundays or until the end of the following month. After that time, we ask that you contact the office or Pastor Mark to keep your loved one on the prayer list. If your loved one inadvertently falls off the prayer list, please request to put this person back on the list. Thank you.) We need pray-ers! If you would like to be a participant in the Circle of Prayer, please contact Terry Koncel.
 
Inspirational Messages: Pastor Mark would like to reach out to the congregation with a brief message a couple times per week. If you want to receive these, please fill out the form in the red attendance folders. Messages will be sent via a text, Facebook account, and Twitter. Any questions, contact Beth Papke at (847) 438-5294 or at papkeb@wwdb.org.
 
Attendance: On August 27, 89 members and friends attended service. Eighteen worshiped with us at Lexington Service this week.
 
Pastor Mark’s Day Off: Monday is Pastor’s day off. He does not check church voice mail or Email that day. He can be reached at home for urgent matters. Please contact him for non-urgent matters Tuesday through Sunday. His cell phone number can be accessed by calling church.
 
Altar Flowers: If you have a special date you would like to remember, please consider bringing flowers for our Sunday services. The calendar is on the bulletin board outside of the office. Vases are available for use in the kitchen cabinet behind the door. Flowers should be set out before the Sunday service and can be picked up any time after the Sunday service. Enter your first name on the calendar, as we have several families with the same last name. Any questions, please call Kari Mrazek at (847) 726-2716.
 
PPC (Parish Planning Council) Highlights from August’s meeting:
    June minutes approved.
    June Treasurer’s Report approved.
    VBS great attendance
    Alpine Fest good turn out‑handed out water
    Rally Day & Blood Drive Sept 10th.  Police & Fire Department invited
    Parish Council Chocolate& Coffee fundraiser for ELCA World Hunger $1 Million fundraiser goal.  Raised $395
    Reviewed Amended Alcohol policy and approved
    Thrivent will come in to do Series of Financial talks after the 1030 service, pending seed money light refreshments and food will be provided
        Sept 24th Financial Planning Basics
        Oct 8th Estate Strategy Essentials
        Oct 22 Retire Wisely

    Looking to use of Memorial Funds to purchase an AED for the church, if anyone knows of grants we can use to help offset cost of purchasing one please contact Cathy Malloy
    Congregational Meeting will be Sunday Oct 8th between services followed by Ministry Fair
    Board approved church to be possible temporary host site for Library sponsored event It Takes A Village Mom/Tot support group
    Please continue to use smile.amazon.com for Amazon purchase to help support youth programs
    If you need an event in the church calendar/website/FB page, Prints of Peace or green sheet email social@peacelutheranlz.com and it will get put on all media options if requested. Questions? Contact any PPC member. Next PPC meeting: Tuesday, September 19th at 7:30pm (Tom K will run, Cathy M out of town)
 
Jean Foltin is the coordinator for the Caring Tree. The Caring Tree provides services to those in our congregation with special needs, i.e. dinners for new moms, meals for those who have been hospitalized, short term help with lawn needs or snow shoveling, etc. Please contact Jean or Pastor Mark if you have a need you think the Caring Tree might be able to help with.
 
Online Newsletter: Do you get the Peace Lutheran weekly newsletter Prints of Peace online?  If not, please send your email address to Karen Zicco at charmel79@gmail.com. You’ll receive a weekly edition from Karen.
 
Peace Lutheran Church Facebook Page: Be sure to go visit our Facebook page ‑ Peace Lutheran Church of Lake Zurich. It's the one with recent posts. If you have an event or ministry you want promoted, and haven't seen it on our Facebook page, POST IT!! If you have questions or need help please email your request to one of the page administrators: Jean Bishop, Karen Zicco, Bridget Heroff, Nicola Prybell or Pastor Mark.
 
Church Calendar: The 2017 church calendar shows all events and activities of the church and is posted on our website. You can find it by clicking "Calendar of Events" on the home page, or you can access it by visiting http://peacelutheranlz.com/calendar/. If you have an event to be posted on the calendar, please Email Matt Handley at applmak@gmail.com.
 
Spiritual Learning Opportunities
1)      Adult forum on Sunday mornings
2)      Tuesday evening Bible study
3)      Wednesday morning Bible Study
4)      Men's Bible Study on Saturday mornings
5)      Confirmation huddle leader
6)      High school night life mentor
7)      Leadership Lab
8)      Lifefest
9)      Sunday school teacher/VBS
10)   Women's retreat
11)   Other opportunities to come
 
Service Opportunities
1)      Lexington ministry‑Wednesday morning worship
2)      Feed My Starving Children activity
3)      Adult mission trip
4)      High school mission trip
5)      Deliver Safe Haven meals
6)      Caring Tree ministry
 
Social Outreach
Operation Warm: We have partnered with The Chapel Church in Lake Zurich for Operation Warm!! Your gift provides coats to children served by several area non-profits, including Joanie’s Closet, Lake Zurich Schools CUSD 95, Wauconda Grade School, Diamond Lake Elementary School, Mundelein, Lake County Haven, Staben House, Evanston Shelter for Women & Children, Fellowship Housing, Caring 4 Kids Clothing in Waukegan. Just $20 will provide a coat to a child. With two anonymous donors matching your gift, it will bring warmth to three children! Our goal for Peace Lutheran is to provide 75 coats, enough to fill a school bus of children. Donations will be taken from today through September 24, 2017. When making a donation please write your name on a coat on the display. You may drop a check or cash in the box with the school bus, in the Narthex. Please make checks out to Operation Warm. You may also donate on-line by usingthe following link: (VERY EASY) https://give.operationwarm.org/campaign/lake-zurich-area-coats-for-kids-2017/c118339. When you arrive at the page, scroll to the bottom and click on the Peace Lutheran Team and proceed from there. They will send you an email thanks and receipt for taxes. Questions please see Donna Walstrum. Thank you for your generosity to this very important project.
 
Looking for people who like to sew! We are in the process of making school bags for Lutheran World Relief and could use help making them.  The kits are all put together and in a bin in the hallway by the office. Take as many kits and instructions as you like. Just mark your name and the number of kits that you take on the sign up sheet on the bulletin board above the bin and mark it off when you return them finished to the bin. They do not need to be completed until December as they will be used at our next Mission Projects Day in February 2018. IF you can sew a straight line you can make this easy project! We also need people to sew the pillow covers that we make for Journey Care Hospice The kit can also be found in the bin in the hallway. Thanks! Please call Sue Koenig with any questions.
 
Bernie’s Book Bank: Thank you to everyone who has donated books! Also, we will continue to drop off and a box is located I the narthex. Family and friends are encouraged to volunteer at Bernie’s Book Bank located in Lake Bluff, IL. Their mission is to collect and distribute gently used children’s books to significantly increase “Book Ownership” among at risk infants, toddlers and school age children throughout Chicagoland! You can sign up at https://berniesbookbank.org/volunteer. Thank you.
 
Safe Haven Gift Card Donations:  Thank you to everyone who has donated Walmart Gift Cards! They are much appreciated and will be used to buy needed household items. A box is in the narthex on a table labeled Safe Haven Donations. Please include a note with your name and address so that a thank you can be sent. You can purchase a gift card directly or you can order through Lori Schwartz at the beginning of the month which will also benefit our youth! Thank you for your continued support of this wonderful ministry!  If you have any questions, please reach out to Donna Walstrum.
 
Mission Projects Day ‑ Saturday, February 3, 2018: This is an exciting and fun day of outreach activities.  In order to make this day a success, we are looking for individuals to be table leads. The role of the table lead will be to help organize the items for the table, partner with individuals writing Action Teams to purchase items (if needed) and lead the creation of the kits/project on the day of the event. There will be many volunteers to help at each table, but the lead will guide the process. If you are interested in helping out, please sign‑up in the narthex or speak with Sandy Hanna or Sue Koenig and let us know where your passion is.  We look forward to working with you and welcome your thoughts and ideas!
 
Stewardship
Offering Through June, 2017
Actual Received               $138,715
Budget                                 $156,273
Short                                     $ 17,558
 
This Week at Peace
September 3                      9:00am                 Worship (Holy Communion)
September 4                                                      LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
                                                7:00 pm                Al-Anon
September 6                      10:30am               Lexington Worship         
September 7                      12:30-6:30pm     Voice Lessons
                                                7:30pm                 Adult Choir            
September 9                      10:30am               Joyful Noisemakers
September 10                   7:00am-1pm       Blood Drive
8:00am                 Worship (Holy Communion)
                                9:15am                 Sunday School kick-off
                                                10:30am               Worship (Holy Communion)
12:00pm               Peace Annual Family Picnic