Prints of Peace - February 28

EMMAUS HOLDEN EVENING PRAYER

The service will be available on YouTube at 5:00 p.m. Dinner follows the service.
Emmaus style evening prayer takes its name from a story found in Luke 24:13-35. It is intended to be followed by a meal around the dinner table. Consider making your table special by adding a table cloth, using your most festive dinnerware, and/or lighting a candle. Also consider sharing this meal with someone over the phone, especially if you live alone. Watch your email on Sunday afternoon for the link to the YouTube video, or find it online at www.peacelutheranlz.com.

MIDWEEK LENTEN HEALING SERVICES

Midweek healing services will be made available on YouTube every Wednesday between Ash Wednesday and Palm Sunday. All are welcome to participate whether in a single or multi-person household, with or without olive oil. The pastor writing this announcement used unblessed olive oil fresh from the store for baptisms and anointing for years. Blessing the oil is beneficial, but not because it magically makes the oil better or more effective. It is beneficial, because it gives expression to the unity of the church and connects the oil in a meaningful way with God’s purpose and promise to us in baptism. 

RESERVED SEATING FOR 7-8 HOUSEHOLDS ON 3/7

Call Allison between Tuesday, 2/23 and Thursday, 2/25 or Tuesday 3/2 and Thursday 3/4 to make your reservation for our next service with an in-person component. Reservations close by 11:00 a.m. on the 3/4. Reservations must be confirmed by Allison to guarantee seating. Registrants will receive a list of mitigations and procedures prior to the service. Please contact Bill Koenig or Pastor Daniel for more information.

YOUTH SUNDAY, 3/7: The worship experience on March 7th will have a small twist - it will be led by our Confirmation and High School Youth! The teens will serve in all aspects of worship: reading the Psalm & Gospel, providing music, guiding the congregation in the Apostles Creed and leading the prayers! Tracy will be presiding with the teens as well and will be preaching the sermon. Get ready for an energetic and fun youth-led worship service!!

CARES & CONCERNS

We pray for one another: We pray for those who need healing, safety and God’s watchful care.  This week we pray for Mike Wilms, Sherri Juveland, Kim Wilkinson, Kyle, Laurie G., Jeff Peterson, Chris Mitchell, Gregg, Maria Lopez, Jean Fully, Patrick, Sara Stroud, Kathryn Roberts, and Don Brown. 

 
COVID UPDATE   2/25/21
 
Our Region 9 continues to improve with both the number of positive tests  and the number of people being hospitalized declining.  We also are seeing the number of people in our region being vaccinated continue to increase.  
 
With that in mind, we will continue to add to the number of families we can host during the next in-person service on March 7th.  We can host up to 10 families during the service.  If you are interested, please call Allison in the Church office on Tuesday, March 2nd, between 9:00am to 1:00pm or Thursday,  March 4th, between 9:00am to 11:00am to make your reservation.  
Once you are registered, you will be sent an email with the protocols to follow on Sunday, March 7th.
 
The families that have come do enjoy seeing other members again during worship. 
If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know. 

FELLOWSHIP

New Church Cookbook! Please send in your favorite recipes and helpful tips. We are putting together a new church cookbook to help fund the Labyrinth clean up and maintenance. It is also nod to Peace Lutheran’s 35th anniversary.  Contact Beth Piff for questions. Note:  preferred format is a word doc or a google doc link.  But, if all you have is an image, send the image and our team will type it up for the book. Please send by April 1st to:  office@peacelutheranlz.com. 

Art Show:  Are you an artist?  Does your child have refrigerator art?  Please send in pictures of your favorite projects. They will be put together for a virtual art showing. Contact Natalie Trumbull for questions. Please send by March 30th to:  Natalie1234@att.net

Quilting: Our mystery quilt squares for our wall hangings are coming along! We’re sharpening our appliqué skills.  If you would like to join us, please contact Carol Wojnarowski at jctmw@yahoo.com  to receive the details.

FAITH FORMATION UPDATES

For Families with Children:

Join your Sunday School friends on March 7, 21 & 28 from 10:00-10:30 as we begin our
new theme of “Get Ready and Wait.” A meeting link will be sent on the Saturday prior to each lesson. Watch for an email with details on a supply pick-up for March/April/May lessons. Contact Liz (Lhopman@comcast.net) or Natalie (natalie1234@att.net) with any questions. Each Sunday you can access the Children’s Bulletin with activities that enable families to worship together and learn from each week’s Scripture theme. You will find them at the end of your Sunday email for worship.
For adults:

Adult Forum: Join us this Sunday for a surprising parable about a widow and a judge!

The Wednesday Morning Women’s Bible Study:  The women’s Bible study is reading “Consider the Women” by Debbie Blue.  We will be reading about three matriarchs of the Bible:  Hagar, Esther and Mary.  Read with us as Debbie Blue looks into the background of these women, how they preserved and showed their faith.  We meet via zoom on Wednesday morning at 9 am.  For more information you can contact Carol Wojnarowski.

YOUTH UPDATES

HS Mission Trip Change: Last weekend, our Youth families met with our Youth Director, Tracy Katschke, to discuss COVID and traveling for a mission trip this summer. It was decided NOT to go to Boston this year, but instead to put together an at-home mission trip! The new mission trip week is July 19th-23rd, 2021 and Tracy will be putting together daily service opportunities with Northern Illinois Food Bank and Habitat for Humanity; as well as ways to serve within our church and congregation! We will work Monday-Thursday of that week and have a “fun day” on Friday! If you are interested, the cost is $125/teen, with a $25 deposit due to Tracy by April 15th! Chaperones are also needed! 

OUTREACH

We are again making Easter baskets to donate!  If you are interested in helping assemble the baskets, sign up here:  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040D4CACA722A4FF2-easter
We will be meeting at the church on March 20th at 9:30 a.m.
Help with Texas winter disaster relief: Thousands of people in Texas were affected this past week by the severe winter storms that lead to massive power outages, food and water shortages, and significant damage to homes and businesses.  You can help with the humanitarian efforts to help people in these communities by donating to the ELCA /Lutheran Disaster Response. To do so, you can go to the elca.org website and make an online donation or you can mail a donation to ELCA Gift Processing Center, P.O. Box 1809, Merrifield, VA 22116.You can also give by phone at 800-638-3522.  If you decide to give to a specific disaster, your gift will be used 100percent for that disaster. Thank you for your willingness to reach out to others in a time of great need.
Feed My Starving Children: Are you looking for a service project that you can do safely with your family? Check out doing a shift at Feed My Starving Children either in Libertyville or Schaumburg.  Go to fmsc.org to find a shift that works for you.  There are even spots available on Saturdays starting in April.  The packing experience has been modified to make it safer.  You will be working with only your small group of five people.  Volunteers need to be at least 5 yrs old and with an adult.  Shifts are 2 hours in length.  Do something fun together that will help address hunger around the world!
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME REMINDER
Remember to spring ahead on Sunday, March 14!

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