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Dear Friends in Christ: Saturday: Spaghetti Dinner/Auction from 5:00 to 8:00 – we need you there! Sunday: This Sunday we celebrate Transfiguration of Our Lord. Jesus is “transfigured” before his disciples. What does Transfiguration mean? It’s not a course in the Hogwarts School of Magic! We will discover what Transfiguration means for our daily lives. Come and hear God’s Word and be fed by Jesus in bread and wine. Adult Education: This Sunday we continue studying the book “Everything Happens for a Reason (and Other Lies I have Loved.”) This book considers the problem of when bad things happen to good people. See details below. Reading for this Sunday: Please read Luke chapter 9 and the sidebar notes for this chapter in your Lutheran Study Bible (LSB.) This chapter I is focused on the themes of glory and servanthood. Though the disciples see Jesus’ glory in the story of the transfiguration – the passage for this Sunday – they also learn the difficult reality of sacrifice: being a servant, as Jesus himself will demonstrate on the cross. If you don’t yet have a LSB, see Pastor Mark.
Worship Schedule: The service of Holy Communion is at 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Lenten Worship Schedule: Ash Wednesday March 6 7:30 p.m. Holy Communion/Imposition of Ashes Lent 1 Thursday March 14 6:15 p.m. Soup Supper / 7:00 Service at Peace Lutheran Lent 2 Thursday March 21 6:15 p.m. CPK Pizza / 7:00 Service at Peace Lutheran Lent 3 Thursday March 28 6:15 p.m. Soup Supper / 7:00 Service at Peace Lutheran Lent 4 Thursday April 4 6:15 p.m. Soup Supper / 7:00 Service at Peace Lutheran Lent 5 Thursday April 11 6:15 p.m. Soup Supper / 7:00 Service at Peace Lutheran Holy Week Worship Schedule: Passion/Palm Sunday April 14 8:00 and 10:30 Holy Communion Service 9:15 Easter Egg Hunt at Silverado Maundy Thursday April 18 7:30 p.m. at Peace Lutheran Good Friday April 19 7:30 p.m. Choir Cantata - at St. Peter’s Easter Sunday April 21 8:00am and 10:30am Holy Communion Service 9:00 a.m. Easter Breakfast Contact Information Update: Members Team has placed contact information sheets in the narthex. Please take a look at it and up-date your information if necessary. Thank you. Dried Palms Needed: Bring your dried palm crosses from last Palm Sunday to be burned for ashes for Ash Wednesday, March 6. There is a basket on the narthex table. Reading for Next Week: Reading for Next Week: Please read Romans chapter 10 and the sidebar notes for this chapter in your Lutheran Study Bible (LSB.) In this letter, the apostle Paul is addressing a division in the church in Rome between Christian Jews and Christian Gentiles. In this chapter, he speaks of the power of the Word, the Good News for both Jews and Gentiles. If you don’t yet have a LSB, see Pastor Mark. Ash Wednesday and Lent: Please make a point of joining us on Wednesday night, March 6, for Ash Wednesday worship at 7:30. We will offer imposition of ashes and will celebrate communion. St. Peter’s will be joining us, including the combined choirs. It is a beautiful experience - don’t miss it! Lenten midweek services will be on Thursday nights this year at 7:00 p.m. We will be singing the Holden Evening Prayer and will hear Faith Journeys from one of our Peace members each week. Soup Supper is before the service at 6:15 p.m. Adult Education: Today we continue a book study on “Everything Happens for a Reason (and Other Lies I Have Loved)” by Kate Bowler. Bowler is a professor at Duke Divinity School. She was diagnosed with incurable stage 4 cancer in her 30s, when she was a mother of a toddler. In the book, she challenges the “easy answers” that Christians have posed when something bad happens to someone good. Please let Pastor Mark know if you would like a book ordered. The cost of the book is $13. Please read chapters 3 and 4 for next Sunday. You may attend the sessions even if you do not read the book; there will be plenty to discuss. Pastor Mark will be leading. Attendance: On February 24, 2019 106 attended service. On February 27, 2019, 11 attended service at Lexington. Church Administrator: Allison Hearst is our church administrator. She works Tuesday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. One of the many things Allison is in charge of is the church calendar. She can be reached at 847-438-4400 or peacelzoffice@yahoo.com Prayer Requests: We pray for those who need healing and wholeness: for Wes Willard, Judy Tetour, Helen Handley, Ben Dahlke, Jean Foltin, Kristen Jorgensen, Joyce Smith, Lindsey, Greg, Bob Kayser, Carol Nordquist, Kurt Stefans, Bella Velasco and Lauren Koenig. We pray for those who mourn, especially the family of Chris Paulson, cousin of Beth Piff, who died last week. 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 a 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. Youth Youth Director’s Days Off & Office Hours: Our Youth Director is Tracy Katschke 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 are Monday - Thursday 2:30-6:30pm. She can be reached on her cell for urgent matters. Her cell phone can be accessed by calling church. Youth Group Bowling Competition: Our Youth Group bowling competition against Our Savior's in Arlington Heights has been rescheduled to Sunday, March 17th at 2:30pm. All are welcome to join us at Brunswick Zone Deer Park for an afternoon of fun and trash talk! Confirmation Class Serving Bernie’s Book Bank: The Confirmation class has a fantastic opportunity to serve at Bernie's Book Bank! Our time slot to help serve is from 3-4:30pm on Saturday, March 23rd. Please let Tracy know if you and your Confirmand can attend! Confirmation Spring Retreat: Mark your calendars - the Confirmation retreat is back by popular demand! Our Confirmation class will once again go to Tower Hill Camp in Sawyer, Michigan during the weekend of April 12th-14th. Please let Tracy know if your Confirmand will be attending. Joyful Noisemakers: Children in grades K-5 that can read are invited to join our children's choir, Joyful Noisemakers. We have short rehearsals every Saturday morning at 10:30, where we learn how to sing beautifully to the Lord! Events Brewing Questions!: All are welcome to join us for our next Brewing Questions event, which will be held on Tuesday, March 12th at 7pm at Chasers in Lake Zurich. Come for an evening of great conversation, good food and, of course, beer! Lifetouch Photo Shoot: Save the Dates….We Need One and All! We are partnering with Lifetouch to update our Pictorial Directory. Professional photography sessions are on Friday, April 5th (2 PM-9 PM) and Saturday, April 6th (10 AM-5 PM). Sessions will take about an hour:you will check-in, be photographed, and view portraits. Photography sesssion sign-ups options: on-line via the church website, manual sign-up before, between, and after Sunday services, and calling Lifetouch directly. Those who participate will receive a free 8x10 portrait, a printed copy of the directory, and have the opportunity to purchase additional portraits. Knowing how helpful pictorial directories are in connecting faces with names, especially for folks new to our church, we’re striving to have most members participate. Help make our 2019 directory complete!!! Questions? Contact Jean Foltin at 847-738-8599 or via e-mail: jfoltin5@comcast.net Chamber of Commerce “Everything EXPO”: will be held on Saturday, March 16th from 10 AM–3 PM at Concorde Banquets, 20922 N Rand Road, Kildeer (it is NOT at the High School this year). PeaceLutheran Church will be hosting a booth to display & promote our Sunday School, Youth & Summer VBS programs. We will also promote selected Community Outreach events. We hope that you are able to attend. There will be over 60 different booths and presentations this year including a Blood Drive & Wellness Screening. If you would like to participate or contribute ideas, please contact Bill Walstrum at 224-241-0628. Just for Women: We are planning a wonderful evening of laughter, motivational speakers and music! Aspire Events will take place Sunday, May 5, 5-8 pm in Huntley. We will meet in the parking lot at church around 3:30 and car pool to the event. No one has to drive alone. Ticket are $20 a piece if we can get 10 ladies or more. We plan to purchase the tickets on March 18. Please sign up in the narthex. The sheet is on the bulletin board in the hallway. You can pay cash or make checks payable to Donna Walstrum. Social Outreach Feed My Starving Children: Please sign up for Feed My Starving Children. We have 30 spots reserved for March 16th from 9-11 a.m. Questions call or text Amy Anderson t 847 338-6262. Sign-up sheet in the Narthex. Pizza With a Purpose: Get ready for a great lunch or dinner at California Pizza Kitchen!! You can dine in and carry out at CPK in Deer Park, on March 21 and 20% of the receipts will come back to PeaceLutheran to help fund our Missions Trips. Hope to see you there. Bring your friends and bring the flyer with you that is in the bulletin this week. Flyer is a MUST. Thank you. The Human Race: Looking for participants for The Human Race. Are you looking to build your fitness level, have fun and help others? If so, consider doing the Human Race! This 5K event will be held on April 28th starting At 8:00 am at McHenry County College. It is family friendly and can be done as a walk or run (just over 3 miles). Participants can chose which local nonprofit will receive the proceeds of their race fee ($35 until March 31, then $40 until April 25). Please consider joining my team, Susie’s Soulmates. I am encouraging team members to support Home of the Sparrow, a local nonprofit helping women and children who have experienced domestic violence or homelessness. Please call Sue Koenig with any questions. Adult Mission Trip: Please consider coming on the adult mission trip this summer in Hattiesburg, MS to help families rebuild from a flood in 2016 and a devastating tornado in 2017. Many people were affected and we will be working with an agency that has been in the area helping people recover from natural disasters since 2006 following Hurricane Katrina's destruction. The dates are June 23-29th. We will be staying in a renovated 100 year old inn with showers and laundry on site and making our own meals. You do not need to have any special skills and there will be an opportunity for community service as well. It is a great way to make new friendships and do something awesome this summer! Final payment is due by May 5. Opportunities to help with fund raising for the trip will be coming up soon. Please watch the green sheet for more information. Please contact Sue Koenig with any questions. Mission Project Day 2020: Some people have asked how they can help: Go to www.lwr.org and click on the how to help (make kits) and you will find a list of items we need for school, baby and health kits. You can buy items throughout the year and when you find them on sale. A bin will be in the hallway that you can place items at any time! You can also help with pre-sewing projects such making school bags, pillows for hospice and cutting the fleece tabs in blankets. These packaged kits will be in the bin in the hallway soon. Just sign out what you are taking and when you bring them back on the sign-up sheet in the hallway. Projects need to be back to church by Dec. 2019. Thanks for helping out! Mark your calendars now-Mission Project's Day-- February 1, 2020!!!! Ongoing Opportunities Simply Giving: Many of our members and friends give with Simply Giving automated debit. This program is very important for our congregation. It keeps income steady during the summer months when giving drops because people are out of town. Please consider it! Giving forms are on the table in the narthex. If you do participate in Simply Giving, or if you do not have an offering on a particular Sunday you can still participate in the act of giving during the service by obtaining Giving Acknowledgment card from an usher and placing it in the offering plate to acknowledge your support of our ministries at Peace. On-Line Giving: You now have the option to make a gift to Peace from your computer, tablet or phone! To give online go to the Peace web site www.PeaceLutheranLZ.com and click on the "Make a Donation" button. To give from your phone, download the Give Plus Church app and search for Peace in Lake Zurich to make your gift. Finally, to give from your phone without downloading the Give Plus Church app just text a gift to the Peace text number, 224-458-2996. Just enter an amount and send the text to the Peace number and you will be sent a link to complete the transaction. See Kirk Swanson if you have any questions. 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 papkeb@wwdb.org Caring Tree: This outreach ministry provides services to those in the congregation with special need, i.e., dinners for new moms, meals for those following a hospitalization, or short term help with lawn cutting or snow removal. Please contact Jean Foltin or Pastor Mark with requests for assistance. Jean may be reached by email (jfoltin5@comcast.net) or by phone/text (847-738-8599). Wednesday Morning Women’s Bible Study: We meet at Panera Bread in Deer Park at 9:00 a.m. Anyone is welcome to join us for coffee. 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 in the hallway. Vases are available for use in the kitchen cabinet behind the door. Flowers should be set out before the first service and can be picked up any time after the second service. Enter your first name on the calendar, as we have several families with the same last name. Any questions, please contact Jean Foltin. Choir: Adult choir practices on Thursday evenings at 7:30pm at Peace. We usually sing on the 2nd and 4th Sundays from September through mid-May then take a break over the summer. Bring your voice and come join us! Hand Bell Choir: Hand Bell Choir practices on Tuesday evenings 6:45 to 7:45pm at Peace. We play 1 Sunday a month. No experience needed. Come have some musical fun AmazonSmile: Shop on AmazonSmile and 0.5% of your purchase can be donated to Peace Lutheran. For information about it, go to http://smile.amazon.com/about. 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. Peace Lutheran Church Facebook Page: Be sure to 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 2018 church calendar shows 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 you want posted on the calendar, please email the church at the church social email: office@peacelutheranlz.com Online Newsletter: Do you get the Peace Lutheran weekly newsletter Prints of Peace online? If not, please send your email address to peacelzoffice@yahoo.com and ask to be added to the emailing list. Have questions for the church council? The PPC email is ppc@peacelutheranlz.com. If you wish to email a PPC member individually, please see below: President ppcpresident@peacelutheranlz.com Jason Fralish Vice President ppcvicepresident@peacelutheranlz.com Paul Bennett Secretary ppcsecretary@peacelutheranlz.com Beth Papke Treasurer ppctreasurer@peacelutheranlz.com Kirk Swanson This Week at Peace March 3 8:00am Worship (Holy Communion) 9:15 Sunday School 10:30am Worship (Holy Communion March 4 7:00pm Al-Anon March 5 6:45pm Bell Choir March 6 9:00am Women’s Bible Study - Deer Park Panera 10:30am Lexington worship 7:30pm Ash Wednesday Service 7:30pm Confirmands attend Ash Wednesday service March 7 12:30 - 6:30pm Voice Lessons 7:30 - 8:30 Adult Choir March 9 10:30 Joyful Noisemakers March 10 8:00am Worship (Holy Communion) 9:15 Sunday School 10:30am Worship (Holy Communion
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