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Lenten Study

Lenten Study – Manna & Mercy
 
This Lent during at our Sunday post-worship potlucks, we’ll be using the book Manna and Mercy by Lutheran pastor theologian Daniel Erlander.  We’ll also use the book on Wednesday evening worship following the Wednesday potluck. Study Guide for Manna and Mercy.


Ash Wednesday & Lent

We enter the sacred season of Lent on Ash Wednesday, February 14 at 7:00 PM. On a day when the wider world is awash in pink hearts and chocolates and flowers, we will reflect on love and life, too, but in a different way. Worship will include communion and imposition of ashes, as we remember that we are dust, and to dust we shall return. If you are unable to attend in person worship and would like to receive ashes (and are local to Austin), please feel free to email office@peaceaustin.org and we will make arrangements with you. (There will be no potluck on February 14.)

For the next five Wednesdays (February 21 and 28, and March 6, 13, and 20), we will have a potluck supper at 6:30 followed by Holden Evening Prayer at 7:00 PM. Our worship will include reflection on Daniel Erlander’s book Manna & Mercy: A Brief History of God’s Unfolding Promise to Mend the Entire Universe.

You might also mark your calendars for Holy Week & Easter. We will worship at 7:00 PM on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Vigil (March 28, 29, and 30). And we will have worship on Easter Sunday morning at 10 AM.


Guest Pastor

Welcome Rev. Michael Coffey
 
Sunday, January 28, Rev. Michael Coffey will be our guest preacher and presider. Rev. Coffey served as Pastor Carolyn’s internship supervisor at First English Lutheran Church in Central Austin from 2010 to 2011, and has recently also worked in the non-profit sector. He is the author of Mystery without Rhyme or Reason: Poetic Reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary and Renounce, Resist, Rejoice: Being Church in the Age of Trump.


Potluck 1/28

Sunday, January 28 is potluck and a class on BIAS.  It is about the biases humans typically bring to new situations and ways to change thinking to escape the boxes the biases create. This class has lots of discussion so more people will make the class more interesting. 


Potluck 12/17

Food and… The Texas Ramp Project

After the service, this Sunday, plan to stay for the potluck and learn about the Texas Ramp Project. The mission statement for The Texas Ramp Project is “Building Freedom for the Homebound”.

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Welcome Ruben

Welcome to Music Director Ruben Rincon, Jr.
 
After time of transition and discernment, the Music Director Search Team, with input from members of the congregation, were overjoyed to offer the position to Ruben Rincon, Jr….and were even more overjoyed when he accepted and was ready to hit the ground running to prepare for the Christmas season.

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Carol Sing Along 12/10

Celebrate the joy of the season at Peace Lutheran Church’s event, “The Loveliest Christmas Songs.”
Join us on December 10 from 5-6 pm for an evening filled with the warmth of community and the beauty of timeless melodies. No service, no sermon, in the Finnish tradition, we experience the joy of singing together.
The event will be livestreamed for those unable to attend in person. 


Deck the Halls 12/10

Deck the Halls of Peace on December 10, after the morning service. Join other volunteers in hanging garlands and wreaths and in placing ornaments on the tall sanctuary tree. Also enjoy refreshments and bring your donation for the “Cookie Crumble.”

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Plate of cookies

Cookie Crumble 12/10

Plate of cookies
Each December for the past few years Peace has held a fund-raiser that is utterly sweet: our Cookie Crumble. This year we will hold the event after worship on December 10. You are invited to take a box (which will be provided) and fill it with goodies — and to make a donation to Hill Country Community Ministry’s Food Pantry.


Advent Potluck 12/3

Food And…Advent!
Post-Worship Potluck for December 3

After fellowship time on Sunday, December 3, you are invited to stay for a potluck and discussion of traditions and spiritual practices for the season of Advent. 


Ecumenical Thanksgiving

Annual Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service
Tuesday, November 21 – 7:30 pm
St. Thomas More Catholic Church

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Potluck 11/19

Potluck and Learning Resumes
“Food and…The End of the World!”
Sunday, November 19, after worship at 11:30 am
Our potluck and learning routine has been a bit irregular in recent weeks…but this week potluck is back! We’ll gather for food and discussion on the topic “Waiting at the End of the World.”

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All Saints Sunday 2023

All Saints Sunday Worship & Potluck – November 5
 
On All Saints Sunday, we worship and remember the saints who have gone before us. You are invited to add names of those we can remember and honor to the Book of Life in the Sanctuary

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Reformation Sunday 2023

Reformation is Coming!
 
This Sunday, October 29, you are invited to wear red or other fire colors…and to join in worship at 10 am in person or online, where Peace welcomes new members and blesses Bibles for the coming year of study.

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Reformation Movie Event

Sunday, October 22 at 1:00 pm
 
All are invited to our Reformation Movie Event screening of Luther (2003). In the style of one of our favorite local movie house, this will be an interactive movie event with props provided (and snacks, too). You can throw crumpled indulgences at Johann Tetzel…ring wedding bells for Martin and Katie…boo the villains…cheer the heroes…and maybe even join Squire George and put on a disguise to hide from danger…

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Holiday Meal Drive 2023

Hill Country Community Ministries (HCCM) for 2023 has seen a 30% increase of clients. Sunday, October 1, kicked off the Holiday Meal Drive. The drive is similar to last year’s; each church is contributing a piece of the meal. Peace is responsible for 500 cans of green beans and 250 cans of corn. The deadline for this drive is Sunday, October 22.

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Book Club Oct 2023

Peace’s Book Club meets the 2nd Thursday of each month on Zoom. The next meeting is this Thursday, October 12 at 1:30 PM. The book this month is Horse by Geraldine Brooks .  The November book will be The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen.   If you wish to be added to the book club email list, please email us.


Reformation Ready Potlucks

Post-worship potluck gatherings in October!

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Potluck and Lutheranism 10/1

This Sunday… Food and… a chat about Lutheranism & Peace
 
You may have noticed that Sundays after worship lately, there is often food and…something else…a potluck lunch and conversation topic. We are working to make this a consistent part of our weekly schedule. Some weeks, perhaps we will just have food and informal fellowship. Some weeks there will be a guest leader or formal presentation on a topic…or a service opportunity.

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Welcome Vicar Brady

Vicar Brady is beginning at two-year, part-time internship with Peace, and we welcome him in worship this Sunday, September 17. Please plan to stay after worship for some extra getting-to-know-you time!


Sept 24 Pastor Katy Visit

Pastor Katy Miles-Wallace Visiting September 24
While Vicar Brady Wayne and Pastor Carolyn are at Ebert Ranch on retreat with our confirmation students learning about the Lord’s Prayer, Pastor Katy Miles-Wallace, synod staff member and pastor of Technicolor Ministries will be leading worship at Peace.

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50th Anniversary

You are invited to join us for a celebration of 50 years of worship, service, and community on Sunday September 10 at 3:00 pm.


Faith Formation for All Ages

The new program year is here! This year, the children’s circle will meet weekly at 9:30 AM, before worship. Middle school students are invited to join our confirmation cohort (email Pastor Carolyn for information). We also anticipate having at least 2 post-worship learning and fellowship events for adults each month. The schedule will be announced soon, as we gather feedback. Feel free to share your input using the Spiritual Development Survey here.


Rally Day 8/27

Tables with food, beverages, friends and enlightenment await you in the narthex at Peace Lutheran Church on August 27, 2023, following our 10:00 AM service.

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Welcome Vicar Brady Fox

As we look to the beginning of the new program year, we are excited to welcome a new seminary intern to the Peace staff this September. Vicar Brady Fox is a student at Wartburg Seminary and will be with us for about 20 hours a week for 2 years. Here is a bit of an introduction:

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