Peace Council

Derek Getz, Chair PO Box 214 Barrett, MN 56311 320-528-2445 getzderek@yahoo.com Nancy Waugh 805 Spruce Ave Barrett, MN 56311 nhwaugh@runestone.net Tom Perry PO Box 159 Barrett, MN 56311 320-528-2342 T.RP@Live.com Terry Volker 17239 US Hwy 59 Barrett, MN 56311 volkercrr@gmail.com Patricia Schack 20815 180th Ave Barrett, MN 56311 218-685-5478 schack@runestone.net Diane Puchalski 22785 Co Rd 21 Barrett, MN 56311 320-528-6208 puc@runestone.net Craig Schroeder 23877 Co Rd 21 Elbow Lake, MN 56531 218-685-6277 craig.schroeder@starbank.net Jennifer McLaughlin 11254 Co Rd 2 Barrett, MN 56311 320-986-2139 mikejen@runestone.net Youth Representative Koel Seifert

Peace Lutheran Church

September 2012
2012 SEPTEMBER SUNDAY SCHOOL NEWS Our Sunday School year will begin at our Fall Festival on Sunday, September 9th at 9:15 AM at Powers Park. Well be doing games, crafts, and cooking all about Baby Moses which will lead us into our first two rotations, The Burning Bush and The Red Sea. Church Services will follow at 10:30 AM, also held at the Park. We need 4 students to take offering during church. Let Joyce know if you can help. Come join us for a picnic following Sunday School and Church served by the Peace Church Council! Were looking for teachers in our Cooking, Games, and Movie Rooms. Each room has 2 teachers that share the position, rotating every other week, month, or rotation, to be worked out between the two teachers. *Cooking one teacher to share the position equally *Games one teacher to occasionally fill in *Movies one lead teacher with help from a part-time partner Please contact Joyce at: 320-528-2354 (home) or 320-304-0727 (cell) or baskets@runestone.net (email) as soon as possible! Thank you! This year our community service projects will be funded by the offering collected at Sunday School. Please consider increasing your offering or making a donation to Peace Sunday School. Thanks so much! As always, everyone is welcome to visit our Sunday School rooms anytime! A belated thank you to: Marlene Dreier, Barb Little, Chuck and Eileen Olson, Sandy Perry, and Jan Vipond for repainting the Sunday School walls. What a nice surprise! Joyce Hanson, Director Peace Sunday School

REMINDER !!! 5th and 6th GRADERS Registration paper work will be in your packet the first day of school Release Time Peace Lutheran Church Starting September 26th Be Sure and Join us!!!
RECIPE FOR LIFE "Recipe For Happiness Will Get Your Life Cooking" Feel like you're simmering on the stove of life Well we've cooked up the perfect recipe for you. The best part is that all the ingredients for a good life are easily within reach. You'll need... 1 part of knowing who you are 1 part of knowing who you aren't 1 part of knowing what you want 1 part of knowing who you wish to be 1 part of knowing what you already have before you 1 part of choosing wisely from what you have before you 1 part of loving and thanking for ALL you have ("bad" included) Mixing Instructions: Combine ingredients together gently and carefully. Using faith and vision, mix together with strong belief of the outcome, until finely blended. Use thoughts, words and actions for best results. Repeat. Yields unlimited servings! --Author Unknown

Confirmation starts on Wednesday, September 19th, at 3:30pm.

Release Time will begin on September 26th at 2:10pm. This ministry opportunity is open to ALL 5th and 6th graders, regardless of where their family attends church. We have arranged with WCASS to pick up the children for the last school hour of the day on Wednesdays and bring them across the street to Peace. At the end of day we will be transporting the children back to school where they can be picked up or take their normal bus home. Letters will be sent home with the students the first day of school. We are very much looking forward to this great ministry beginning Wednesday, September 26th. There is no cost. We will be setting up a schedule of volunteers to help out. If you haven't been contacted and would like to volunteer please let Pastor Matthew or the church office know.

www.peacebarrett.org
Morgan Abel Doris Frykman Marlette Janshen Sheryl Leegaard

*If you know of anyone who has prayer requests please call the church office.

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Need a Visit or Know Someone Who Does? Please email or call Pastor Matthew: revmatthew@runestone.net or (320) 528-2536 or cell phone: (218) 770-8470 If you would like to receive the newsletter, announcements and updates from the church via email, send your address to Sandy at peacelca@runestone.net

Worship times changes to 10:30am on September 9th. Join us for Fall Festival at Powers Park.
WELCA Ever-Blessed 3:oopm Quilters will September 5th at the be meeting Barrett Care Center. Everyone Welcome!! September Our 8th and 9th grade confirmation class is somewhat 18th and larger this year. We have spent $187.50 on bibles for 19th at the class. If anyone wishes to help pay for the bibles, 9:00am. please talk with Pastor Matthew.

On September 5th at 6:30pm, there will a parents meeting for the Confirmation Class of the 8th and 9th graders here at Peace.

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Peace Church Council Minutes July 18, 2012

The meeting was called to order by VP Tom Perry. Present: Jennifer, Tom, Craig, Diane, Nancy, Koel, and Terry, Pastor Matthew. Members Absent: Tricia, Derek, Sandy Devotions by Pastor Matt from Finding God in the Ruins used in on the youth mission trip. Secretarys Report: Discussion of fuel contract. 3000 gallons contracted. Landscaping Discussion. Need to have more asking before assuming an organization will have and make funds available. Terry made motion to approve secretarys report. Craig seconded Treasurers Report: Youth camperships line item is off. Thrivent will require later for members to log in and designate where funds should go. Bank balance is down, but expenses up and possibly some funds not moved from other accounts. Although June offering is down, overall for the year is up. Pastors Report: Mission Trip: Great trip to Joplin. Travel took longer due to bathroom stops. First hotel was a disaster but all got better with the change of hotels. Tree watering was challenging but positive. FEMA trailers mulch path was very positive experience. Fire Hydrant painting was also great. Bus needed new belt and torque converter. Talked to former bus owner regarding warranty. Got transmission service work done in Joplin but still needing work. Former owner willing to work with us. Need to obtain a new tire for spare. VBS: Going well but the curriculum this year was not what was expected. Very challenging music and crafts. Old Business: Audit is now done and approved Mission trip budget discussed Joyce will be invited to August meeting and provide her receipts to Sandy from VBS by August 1. New Business: Motion made by Craig, Seconded by Diane to leave Cenex budget pay as is for fuel contracting this year Warranty work on bus to be done for Brake Caliper, Transmission work, New Tire Thrivent funds of $350 to be used for Mystery Mission trip. Motion by Nancy, Second by Craig Church Cleaning needs to be discussed. Craig will talk with Sarah. Lock on handicapped bathroom stall in womens restroom needs replacement. Include Church Library in budget for 2013. Motion to adjourn made by Diane, Second by Nancy. Jennifer McLaughlin

September 2012
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Worship 9:30am

WELCA 3:00pm Barrett C Center

6:30pm Parents Confirmation Meeting

Faithful Folders 10:00am

99:15am SS

Fall Festival Worship 10:30am Powers Park Note time

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Council 6:00pm

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Faithful Folders 10:00am

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9:15am SS 10:30 Worship

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9:00am Ever-Blessed Quilters

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9:00am EverBlessed Quilters 3:30pm Confirmation

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Faithful Folders 10:00am

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9:15am SS 10:30 Worship

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2:10pm Release Time 3:30pm Confirmation

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Faithful Folders 10:00am

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9:15am SS 10:30 Worship

Serving in September
Servers
Sept. 2 Sandy & Tom Perry Jason Puchalski Fall Festival Sept. 9 Sept. 16 Pat & Lee Ronhovde Christi Knispel Sept. 23 Karen & Wendy Steffen Karen Dunkelberger Sept. 30 Kim & Todd Lang Jennifer Combs Fall Festival Sept. 2

Ushers
Sandy & Tom Perry Jason Puchalski

Sept. 9

Sept. 16 Pat & Lee Ronhovde Christi Knispel Sept. 23 Karen & Wendy Steffen Karen Dunkelberger Sept. 30 Kim & Todd Lang Jennifer Combs

Readers 9/2 Ardis Paulson 9/9 Marlene Dreier 9/16 Kathy Dahl 9/23 Tom Gardner 9/30 Marilyn Frykman

Work Group # 1 Leaders

Altar Guild Kathy Lee Brenda Long

Lee & Pat Ronhovde Bob & Joan Roe

Youth Worship Leadership To Be Announced. watch the weekly bulletin for the schedule. Sign up will be the first week of class.

If you are unable to be a helper on your Sunday, please call one of your work group leaders and he or she will help you find a replacement. Thank you.

Stewardship of the Good News

A friend of mine tells a story of her neighbor who owned a mean old pit bull. It ruined the furniture, bit off one of his fingers, gashed up his leg, and made the poor guy isolated from his family and friends. But he swore he could train the dog bought all sorts of books, choke chains, shock collars and prods he figured if he tried harder, the dog could be trained. But no matter how hard the guy tried, it just wouldnt happen. I think about this whenever I think about the hold that sin has on our lives. So many of us think if we do better and try harder, we can master the sin that clings so closely to our lives. So we try to learn more, analyze the problem, and strengthen ourselves against the temptation. But our sinful flesh can't be whipped into shape; it can't be reformed, it can't be made to do good, and trying to do so only results in failure and frustration. Instead of growing in knowledge, the Scriptures call for death. Instead of looking for strength, the Scriptures call for repentance. ...put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires. (Ephesians 4:22) We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. (Romans 6:6) This isnt about reforming ourselves, its about dying to ourselves. Its about repenting (turning away) from our sin and turning toward God to make us new. Romans 6:3-7 explains it perfectly, Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. For whoever has died is freed from sin. May you know the death of repenting from sin, and the joy of resurrection as Christ makes you new. Freed ONLY because of Christ, ~Pr. Matthew

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Rev. Matthew Rose, Pastor revmatthew@runestone.net cell phone: 218-770-8470 Office: 320-528-2536 email: peacelca@runestone.net

PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH FALL FESTIVAL

Please join us for our Fall Festival beginning with an outdoor Church Service at Powers Park bring your lawn chair. A picnic and desserts & ice cream will be provided. Date: Sunday, September 9th Time: Beginning at 10:30 am Bring your family, your friends, and your neighbors!!!