April - Two O Nine

APRIL 2008
ISSUE
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church * 209 Eastern Avenue * Augusta, ME 04330-5951 * (207) 623-9486
Inside This Issue
Cover —POP is Moving Ahead
Page 2—Pastor’s Message
Page 3—Intimate Encounters
Let’s Talk About Sex
Page 4— Ascension / Pentecost
Baptism & Stewardship
Page 5—Synodical Hearing
Page 6—Trading Graces
Acceptances
Gifts in Action/Opportunities
Sun. Nursery Coordinator
Transportation Coordinator
Community Dinner
Shelter Needs
Insert
-Synod Assembly Elections
Page 7— Apr. Birthdays & Anniversaries
Breaking News for Seniors
Serving Our Country
Page 8—Council Officers
Reaching Out Ministries
We celebrate with Erin Rhoda
Addie’s Attic
May Newsletter Deadline
How to Reach Pastor
Page 9 Letter from Scott Schul
Walk to stop Hunger
Weekly Openings
Youth Coordinator/Kids Nite
Page 10- Mother/Father’s Day Event
From larger church ELCJHL
Sonshine Nursery School
Education Meeting
Page 11 April Calendar
Back Page - Church Schedule
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church
MISSION STATEMENT
Recognizing the love of God in the
death and resurrection of Jesus
Christ, we confess Jesus as our
Savior. Further being empowered
by the Holy spirit to respond to the
love of God, we confess Jesus as
our Lord. It is the mission of Prince
of Peace Lutheran Church to
proclaim Jesus Christ as Savior,
and to follow the guidance of the
Holy Spirit as we grow following
Jesus Christ as our Lord.
PRINCE OF PEACE
LUTHERAN
CHURCH IS MOVING AHEAD!
On March 10 the Congregational Council approved five recommendations
from the Staff Planning Team:
1. That the Staff position be part time initially;
2. That Prince of Peace begin advertising the position immediately;
3. That Council appoint a Search Committee;
4. That Council recommend at the May Congregational Meeting to
amend the budget by adding $8,000 (compensation for the staff position)
plus $2,500 (other youth and family ministry expenses);
That, subject to action at the May Congregational Meeting, Council seek
to hire a Youth and Family Ministries Director by July 1, 2008.
Our goal and intent is that by the end of 2009 this will become a full time
position! (The opportunities for ministry call for this.) However, the
funding is here now, the need is present, and we are ready to move
ahead!
It is time to do what our Congregation directed in January, 2007: We, the
Congregation of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, commit to
creating a new, half-time (20 hour / week) staff position for youth and
family ministry in 2008.
There will be time for all our members to share their thoughts and
concerns. No contracts or commitments will be made before the
Congregational Meeting in May, and then only with the approval of the
Congregation.
Join us April 11 at 5:30 (the same as Kids’ Night!) for a
Congregational Supper, conversation, Q & A, and prayer!
So that we may move ahead without further delay, we are
asking for your prayers and for your assistance in finding the
person God has anointed as Prince of Peace’s Youth and
Family Ministries Director.
Adventures in Ministry!
We had an . . . unusual . . . beginning to worship a few weeks ago.
It was a few minutes before the 8:00 AM service. People were seated and the Deacon (Karl) and I
were in the back of the Sanctuary, just about ready to walk up front.
Shawn and Priscilla came in the outside entrance at that point. If you haven’t met Shawn I hope you
get that chance. He helps me greet people after worship. He is warm and welcoming. Shawn hasn’t let
Down’s Syndrome slow him any. He takes on life with energy!
Well, Shawn hadn’t seen me the previous Sunday (I had been away with family), and this was apparently a disappointment to him. The timing couldn’t have been better. The prelude had just ended and we
were in our time of silence before worship began.
That was when Shawn saw me. Into the silence, across the Narthex and filling the
Sanctuary came the bellow: ―PASTOR JON!‖
Immediately followed by what could only be described as a full–out charge across
the entryway, into the Sanctuary, and into my arms. Now, I don’t consider myself a
small or light person, but I was knocked back several steps by the bear hug I received. It
was a . . . power—full . . . greeting!
You know, we should all be so blessed to be the targets of such unconditional joy
and welcome! I’ve got to say, I was kind of floating for a good part of the rest of that
morning. What a gift! Shawn made my week!
Most of us can’t do that for others. At least not easily. Shawn can teach us a great deal in this regard!
We have been so trained — by rejection, by fear of embarrassment, by life — that we go through our
days guarded. Reserved. Impassive. We hesitate to let others know how we feel inside, because to do so
means we risk ourselves. We have been taught that if we let others know what is really important to us,
we will be laughed at, and our precious offering scorned.
What a gift to hear from another person: “Oh! It’s YOU! I’m so glad to see YOU!” To be allowed to
understand through tone or action or displayed emotion how important we really are in another’s life. I
can tell you, it leaves you floating for a good part of a day!
Can we provide that gift for another? Difficult, certainly. We’d have to overcome a lot of conditioning. But, maybe, just once in a while . . . .
Maybe with a family member, or a close friend, just as a start . . . .
Maybe when we see that person we love, and who has blessed our lives, we can jump up and run
to them and gasp: “Oh! Hurray! It’s YOU!‖
Could it be that maybe, just maybe, that’s how Christ will greet us, when the veils and fog of this
world are no more?
Pastor Jon
Intimate
ENCOUNTERS
A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO DISCOVERING THE
SECRETS OF A REALLY GREAT MARRIAGE
Beginning Tuesday, April 22nd Intimate Encounters can give you the tools you need to
find the closeness you desire.

Adopt new ways of communicating with each
other.
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Block the actions that destroy trust and intimacy.
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Think straight about your marriage and life.
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Forgive each other and move beyond your hurts.

Reject the games couples
play by forging an honest
relationship.

Leave your childhood
home and come together as
adults.
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Mourn your past hurts and heal present relationships.
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Understand each other and how to meet one another’s needs.

Identify and put into practice the key elements of
a successful marriage.
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Maintain intimacy through thick and thin, for a
lifetime.
An 8 week Intimate Encounters session begins
on Tuesday, April 22nd at 7:00 PM. (Concluding
Class Tuesday, June 10th.)
The session will be taught by the Rev. Denny
and Pat Daily: www.dailylifeministries.com.
Cost is $80 per couple, and includes the books,
snacks, and childcare. If cost would keep you
away, please speak with Pastor Jon about confidential assistance.
Please see Pastor Jon or Dick and Kathy
Belisle for more information.
Sign up on the poster in the Narthex,
or call the Church Office to register!
God has created us as sexual beings. There isn’t one part of our lives that isn’t affected by
this element of life, from our relationships with
others to our attitudes about ourselves.
Supposedly in our society sex is an open topic
that can be freely discussed. Certainly it is true
that advertizing, movies, and other media is
filled with sexual references.
Yet most people find it at least uncomfortable
— if not impossible — to talk about sex with
family members, much less as a community of
God’s faithful.
Yet when God’s people can talk faithfully
about God’s gift of sex, our media and our
world will not be the only ones talking.
Yet when our Congregation and our Church
speaks clearly and faithfully about God’s purpose for our sexuality, we will be a strength
and a blessing to countless people.
In March our Church (the ELCA) released the
DRAFT Social Statement on Human Sexuality.
(The three congregational studies over the past
years have led to this Statement.) Our Church
is now asking us to revise, edit, and improve
this document.
The Reverend Nancy Platt will be facilitating
OPEN GATHERINGS at Prince of Peace. These
will take place:
6:30 to 8:00 PM, May 8, 15, 22, and 29
and
9:00 to 10:30 AM May 15 and 22.
Please pray for these gatherings, that they may
be times of honest discussion, learning, and
growth. Please pray that — by God’s grace
and power — these may be times for all of us
to grow in faith and understanding of God’s
will. Please come!
Baptism and Stewardship
The beginning of Acts tells us:
“In the first book, Theophilus, I wrote
about all that Jesus did and taught
from the beginning until the day
when he was taken up to heaven....
After his suffering he presented himself alive to them by many convincing
proofs, appearing to them during
forty days....
(Jesus) ordered them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for the
promise of the Father….
‘. . . you will receive power when
the Holy Spirit has come upon you;
and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and
to the ends of the earth.’
When he had said this, as they were
watching, he was lifted up, and a
cloud took him out of their sight.”
On Sunday, May 11 we will celebrate Pentecost
Sunday. This is a familiar festival for many: the
day the first Christians received God’s Holy
Spirit; the birth of the mission of the Church!
This day takes place fifty days after the
Resurrection.
A less familiar celebration will take place on
Thursday, May 1, as we celebrate the Ascension
of Our Lord!
This event took place forty days after
Christ rose from the dead.
Please join us in the Sanctuary Thursday,
May 1 at 7:00 PM for Ascension
Worship
I recently read an interesting quote from
Dennis Anderson, the former president of Trinity Lutheran Seminary and bishop of the Nebraska Synod, that I believe is worth sharing.
It’s about the connection between baptism and
stewardship. Perhaps you’ve never considered the responsibilities of stewardship we take
on when baptized as Christians. Perhaps you
thought being a good steward for God was
something you accomplish through your work
at Prince of Peace or simply by attending worship services every week. Read on…this is a
wonderful reminder of who we’re meant to be
as children of God.
“Once you are baptized it means the rest of
your life is a stewardship struggle. You struggle in prayer and conversation to discern how
you can best be a steward for God, a servant
of God to your neighbor through your job, your
relationships. In fact, you no longer have just a
job or a business. You have a vocation, which
means your work is more than a way to make a
living; it is a way to serve as you make a living.
It means you are accountable to God for your
work. It means work is holy. It means life is
holy.”
- Dennis Anderson
This article was provided by Betty Balderston,
POP Stewardship Chair. Interested in learning
more about being a good steward?
Check out the book of Genesis, where stewardship was building a boat even when all the
neighbors were laughing.
Look in Acts, where stewardship is giving what
you have - if you don’t have a nickel to your
name, it is giving forgiveness and God’s healing.
Read Romans, where stewardship is not just
gospel, but law and gospel - and avoiding running up debt.
Stewardship…it’s a way of life.
TRADING GRACES
"Trading Graces". Trading Graces is an opportunity to offer assistance to and seek
assistance from our brothers and sisters at Prince of Peace. Please call the church
office to submit your information.
ACCEPTANCES
ACCEPTANCES
ALTAR CARE HELP
Looking for a volunteer to take responsibility for the POP sign on the front
lawn. Duties include changing the message regularly and advertising any special events. If interested, contact Bill
Woodward at 933-3002.
Additional volunteers are needed for altar care.
Our altar care volunteers serve a very important
role in worship as they prepare the altar for
Communion each Sunday. If you are interested
in becoming a volunteer, please see or contact
Heidi Joslyn, 623-2284.
SUGGESTIONS FOR SEXTONS
ACCEPTANCES
Bread of Life is looking for a
volunteer to update their
website. If interested, contact the BOLM office at
626-3434.
A cobweb has been missed! Dust
has set too long! Tell us what we
missed, or how we can improve Prince
of Peace’s appearance.
There’s a notepad on the sexton’s
door. Write your “suggestion” and slip it under
the door. Thanks for your help - Karl & Flo
COMMUNITY ANGEL FOOD
NETWORK DINNER
PERHAPS YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW CAN PUT
YOUR GIFTS TO USE IN ONE OF THESE WAYS!
Transportation Coordinator —
Every child of God who participates here is a blessing and a joy! Some do not drive. Others could be
blessed by providing rides to worship or other congregational activities. Would you be willing to help
bring such people together?
Contact the Church Office.
Sunday Nursery Coordinator Needed
A coordinator for our Sunday morning nursery care
is needed, as soon as possible. This volunteer
position has responsibility for obtaining nursery
care workers each Sunday during regularly scheduled worship services. Providing nursery care to
parents of young children is essential for some
families to attend worship services.
If you
are called to work with children and wish to
serve with this important ministry, please contact
Sandy Bernard, Worship Committee Chair, at
622-7918, evenings.
The dinners are sponsored by local Augusta Area Churches. Please check your
local newspaper for the Church that is
sponsoring the next Saturday Community
Dinner.
Prince of Peace sponsors a dinner every
fifth Saturday of a month (with the exception of December).
Please check your
weekly bulletins in the scheduled month.
If interested or for more information, please
call Beth Pfeffer (582-3651).
SHELTER NEEDS
Donated cars, and mattresses & box
springs.
All of the mattresses & boxsprings at the
shelter need to be replaced. If you can
help in this way could you please call
Mara at 485-2511.
BIRTHDAYS
2. Beth J. Theberge
Doug Nelson
3. Bill Nave
Cathryn Olson
Betty Story
4. Ethan McGuire ‘93
5. Nancy Grover
6. Danica Koenig
7. Joe McVety
8. Willi Hartung
8. Catherine Doughty
9. Tom Benn
11. Dick Belisle
Beth Brooke
Becky Maddox
Brenda Maddox Perry
Aaron Seaman
14. Kathi Ruopp
15. Bill Burgess
16. Gary Peachey
Emilio Schul ‘05
16. Rae Tjelmeland
17. Betty Balderston
Adam McLaughlin
Chris Vogel ‘93
20. Joe Scott
25. JackieMcConkie
Bunnie Picher
Dick Theberge
27. Dan Hewins
29. Paul Joslyn ‘93
ANNIVERSARIES
9. Danny & Jennie Dawe
12. Laurie & Dennis Curtis
17. Doug & Bobbi-Jo Burdin
19. Darryl & Erika Praul
29. Gary & Leah Peachey
Breaking News for Seniors!
Congress recently passed a new economic stimulus package that allows $300 rebates for retired seniors. If you're a retiree who doesn't normally have to file a tax return because your source of income is Social Security, be aware that you must file a
tax return for 2007 using either Form 1040 or 1040A if you want to receive this $300
rebate. If you need assistance, contact your local Area Agency on Aging at 1-877353-3771.
MILITARY PERSONS, SERVING OUR COUNTRY
that are connected to Prince of Peace members.
Co-Worker of Bill Burgess - Michael Stultz
Ed & Shirley Churchill’s Family - Son, Edwin Churchill II.
LouAnne Story’s Family - Son, Brady Joslyn.
Bill & Jane Peterson’s Family - Son, Kurt and his wife, Jayne;
Granddaughter, Alicia Peterson.
Bob & Kelly Landry’s Family - Grandsons: Patrick Landry, and
Scott & Michael Wirth
Paul & Joanie Rhoda’s Family - Nephews, David & Joseph Quimby.
Paul & Kathi Ruopp’s Family - Son, Paul III & Daughter, Shannon Ruopp
Alice VanDerwerken & David Sprague’s Family - Alice’s brothers: Roger & Mark.
Michael & Phyllis Tessman’s Family - Grandson, Rodney Fontaine
Catherine (Couture) & Robert Whittemore’s Family - Son, Steven.
Karl & Flo Wilkins’ Family - Son, Sean Wilkins.
Please keep these families in your prayers and the other names of those serving our country:
Allan Proctor, Bill Pieyton, Chris Soucy, Heidi,
Jeff Mason, Josh Kurtzman, Scott Ludwig, Zach Benson.
PRAYER FOR OUR SOLDIERS, SAILORS, and AIRMEN
“Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless
them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. I ask
this in the name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior. Amen”
CHURCH COUNCIL OFFICERS
President
Bill Woodward
933-3002
[email protected]
V-President
Jean Davenport
446-6611
[email protected]
Secretary
Joan Morgan
622-1761
[email protected]
Education
Beth Pfeffer
582-3651
[email protected]
Evangelism
Jeff Crate
582-4206
[email protected]
Stewardship
Betty Balderston 377-4293
[email protected]
Fellowship
Linda Lowell
623-1532
Worship
Sandy Bernard
622-7918
[email protected]
Finance
Bill Burgess
622-3570
[email protected]
Soc. Awareness Bev Savage
446-1238
[email protected]
Property
Doug Ames
582-8262
[email protected]
Youth
Joe McVety
621-9920
[email protected]
SNS Board
Nancy Grover
622-9272
[email protected]
Trustees: Jeff Crate, Jean Davenport, Joan
Morgan, Joe McVety, Bill Woodward.
Nominating Com.: Bev Savage, Darryl Praul,
Myrna Duplessie, Joe McVety, Karl Wilkins.
“WE CELEBRATE WITH...” is a column for
those in our congregation who have been
honored, achieved some-thing special, or had
some recent success. If you have such
news, please write the news and leave it in
the office, or send it by e-mail or snail mail.
We celebrate with Erin Rhoda who
was awarded the prestigious George J.
Mitchell Scholarship in November to pursue a
year of post-graduate study at Trinity College
in Dublin, Ireland.
The national scholarship program,
named after Senator George Mitchell who
successfully chaired the Northern Ireland
peace talks, recognizes each year 12 outstanding Americans who exhibit the highest
standards of academic excellence, leadership, and community service. This year there
were more than 300 applicants.
Erin will study Creative Writing next fall.
POP’s REACHING OUT MINISTRIES
Please read your bulletin for current info on the
ministries or get in touch with the contact person listed.
Head Deacon - Duane Scott
(623-2092)
Men’s Prayer Breakfast - Bill Burgess
(622-3570)
Women’s Prayer Breakfast-Nancy Merrill
(737-8105)
Prayer Shawl - Liz Burgess
(622-3570)
At Your Side Committee - Liz Burgess
(622-3570)
Helping Fund - POP
(623-9486)
Heavenly Bodies - Lauret Crommett
(622-7437)
POP Quilter’s Group - Millie Mauthe
(547-3752)
Kid’s Nite - Beth Pfeffer
(582-3651)
Nursery School - Donna Bansmer
(623-4845)
Women of the Church - Joan Morgan
(622-1761)
Dorcas Circle - Jutta Hartung
(623-2040)
Miriam Circle - Ellen Woodward
(933-3002)
We Celebrate with... - Church Office
(623-9486)
Bread of Life Ministries - Office-Karen
*Soup Kitchen on Water St.
*Shelter on Hospital St.
(626-3434)
(621-2541)
(626-3479)
Food Bank at St. Mark’s, Augusta
POP’s contact— Bud Walters
(622-5225)
(685-3676)
ADDIE’S ATTIC
A community clothing exchange housed at St.
Mark’s Episcopal Church, 9 Summer St. in Augusta is
open Tuesday & Thursday, 9 to 11a.m. We provide
clothing free of charge to anyone who comes in.
We accept donations of clean, usable clothing only
during operating hours, please.
Anyone interested in volunteering or getting more
information, please call Anne Cormier at 623-9434.
Please call Laura Peckham at 582-1882 for all other
inquiries.
MAY NEWSLETTER DEADLINE
APRIL 15th is the deadline for MAY 2008 edition
of the “Peace Chimes”. Please have your articles
in the office by 9AM on April 15 for the May edition
of “The Peace Chimes”. . If possible, please send
by our e-mail: [email protected].
IF YOU NEED TO REACH PASTOR JON
Please try the church office first (623-9486). Next
number would be his cell phone (557-3637).
His home number should be the last
number you try (445-2705)
From Scott Schul, February 18, 2008
Walk to Stop Hunger
Dear Pastor Vogel & POP Congregation:
The Maine State Credit Union will be sponsoring
the 3rd annual, Walk to Stop Hunger on Saturday,
April 26 at the Kennebec River Rail Trail.
I wish to again express my appreciation
for the scholarship you recently provided to me
in connection with my studies at the Lutheran
Theological Seminary in Gettysburg. Your financial and spiritual support continues to make a
huge difference in my family’s ability to make this
journey in ministry.
I had very successful Fall and January
terms and an now deep into the Spring 2008 semester. Classes this term include Preaching
Shaped by the Gospel of Matthew; Intro to Systematic Theology; Church’s Worship; Integrative
Seminar 1 (this seminar provides the classroom
framework for the parish work I do each Sunday
at Trindle Spring Lutheran Church in Mechanicsburg); Witness of the Gospels; and Luther and
the Reformations. I am also singing in two
choirs and continue to serve as President of the
Junior Class. Linda is also busy, working a few
hours a week in the LTSG Development Office
and is now coordinating the Seminary Food Pantry.
Our Shelter Manager, Garry Clark is excited to be
this year's team leader for Bread of Life, but he
doesn't want to walk alone! To be part of our
team, please give Garry a call (626-3479) and he'll
add you to the roster. He can mail you a registration form and pledge sheet, or you can obtain
them at www.mainestatecu.org/hungerwalk.htm.
The more people who participate with us, the more
we can earn.
Once you've registered, start collecting pledges
from your family, friends, and co-workers. Anyone
raising $100 or more will receive a Walk to Stop
Hunger t-shirt. There will also be prizes awarded
for the individual and team that raises the most
money. There is no registration fee for the walk,
but participants are encouraged to bring a nonperishable food item to donate. There will be a
Fun Run for children 4-10 years old. Call Garry
today to join!
Weekly Opening Planned
Youth Coordinator + Kids Night
Beginning March 30th: Sunday School Opening
will take the place of the closing we have trialed since
September. We are making this change after much deliberation. The team believes that an opening will be
best for several reasons. Opening allows those who
are late a little wiggle room so they don’t miss the instructions for activities, or the bible story or important
announcements. The opening also allows us to get
into the mood for study. Through prayers, scripture
and song we ready our minds to study God/s Word.
What a combination! Kid’s Night is being
MOVED to April 11th. The entire congregation is invited to join the youth for
Breakfast for Dinner! The event will provide the opportunity for the congregation
to meet with the staff development committee to answer any questions about the
new youth coordinator position AND play
a game or two. Join us at 5:30 for some
food, games and fellowship. Bring your
favorite game and friend.
We welcome all Prince of Peace members and
friends to join us for weekly study in our various Sunday school options and encourage all to attend the
weekly opening. Attendance by adults sends a powerful message to our youth about the important of continued study. Attendance by high school and confirmation youth presents a wonderful model for the very
young here at POP. I might also add that your presence is an asset to the opening activities. We all play a
role in making the environment positive and energized. As education chairperson, I invite you to join
us as we Dive Deep Into God’s Word.
From the larger church: (ELCA)
From discussing the latest in molecular
biology to the use of genetically modified
organisms, 18 members of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Task
Force on Genetics met in Chicago Feb. 22-23
to share scientific and theological information
as they work toward creating a study on
genetics for the church. The study is
expected to be available Nov. 1. -wh-
MOTHER/FATHER
RECOGNITION EVENT
This year we are combining Mother/
Daughter and Father/Son Recognition Day into one event. We need
your ideas and help in planning this
fun-filled event. Our first planning
meeting to choose theme, entertainment and food will be April 21st at
6:30. Please join us. Contact Linda
Lowell at 623-1532 if there are any
questions.
EDUCATION MEETING
There will be no Education Meeting
in April. We will meet again on may
19th at 6:30 to review the 07/08
school year and plan for the 08/09
school year. All members are invited
to join us.
From the larger church: (ELCJHL)
Bishop Munib Younan of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) has issued a news letter on
March 7th addressing the recent escalation of violence between
Israel and Gaza. Only excerpts are shown here, the full text can be
found on the ELCA web site. We are profoundly and deeply saddened by the recent escalation of violence that killed 8 in the Yeshiva last night and 120 in Gaza in the last week. We express our
sincere condolences to all who are mourning the loss of loved
ones.
We in the church have been steady and strong voices for nonviolence. As it says in one of our Lutheran schools, "violence is the
tool of the incompetent." I believe it is also the tool of the desperate
and the hopeless. This is not to excuse any violence on any side
but to face the hard reality that unless people have something to
live for they have nothing to lose. We must not allow the deterioration of the situation to accelerate the vicious cycle of violence. Lasting peace and security will never come at the point of a gun or in
the rubble of the shelling, but only through hard and tough dialogue
and the upholding of equal human rights and international law. is
our duty to work for the sanctity of all human life and to raise the
voices of the moderates who comprise a vast majority of the people on both sides. We cannot allow the extremists and the cycle of
revenge and counter-revenge to hold the prospects of justice and
peace hostage. Only through dialogue that represents all parties,
including those we deem enemies, will bring (sic) a lasting and durable peace based on justice. We ask all our partner churches in
the world and all people of good conscience to make time in their
services for prayers of mercy for all people in the Holy Land. -wh-
SONSHINE NURSERY SCHOOL
A Christian based Nursery School
NURSERY SCHOOL REGISTRATIONS
CAMPBELL’S UPC BAR CODES
We accept registrations for preschoolers
who are 33 months old, up to and including
kindergarten age for our nursery school.
They must be toilet trained at the beginning
of school in September. Our younger
students attend Tuesday & Thursday
mornings, 8:30 to 11:30 and our 4/5 year
olds attend Monday, Wednesday, & Friday
mornings, 8:30 to 11:30.
The Campbell Company is now requesting
UPC CODE labels, with the kid picture next to
it on some of the products. Products that labels should come from are: Campbell’s, Chef’s
Kettle, Franco-American, Goldfish, Healthy Request, Market Day, Pepperidge Farm, & Swanson - Lids from Prego, V8, V8 Splash & VFusion - # # -2 Code Numbers from outer case
of Food Service Products. All products mentioned are trademarks of Campbell’s Company.
Interested families can call 623-9486 to
receive a handbook and pre-registration
form. Sonshine Nursery School invites
students of any background and religious
affiliation to attend.
WISH LIST
SCHOLARSHIPS - SNS periodically grants
scholarships to families with children in the school.
We will never turn away a child simply because
they cannot afford our tuition.
Old Wallets—men or women
Stickers
Paper Plates—inexpensive
Paper Cups—5 ounce size
Check our wish list in future newsletters
or check the small bulletin board outside
our room.
GREETERS: 6-E-Tom & Dee Benn, L-Ron & Donna Bansmer;
13-E-Tom & Dee Benn, L-Millie Mauthe;
20-E-Anita Wyman, L-Dan Dawe;
27-E-Beverly Savage, L-Al & Irene Card
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Lauret Crommett
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Jean Davenport
Joan Morgan
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6:30-WPB
8:30-SNS
6:30-Men’s
Prayer
Breakfast
8:30-SNS
6:30 Choir
Rehearsal
8:30-SNS
8:30-SNS
9-Bible Study-CCR
9-April Newsletter
Mailing
Sat
5
8:30-12:30
Girl Scouts
(CCR)
5:30-Al-Anon
9:30-Dorcas Circle
(Grace Room)
7:00-AA-(Lib.)
6
Home Communion & Feed the
Hungry Sunday
8 & 10:45 Serv’s
9:30 Sunday
School & Confirmation Class
7
8
9
10
11
12
8:30-SNS
6:30-WPB
8:30-SNS
6:30-Men’s
Prayer
Breakfast
8:30-SNS
9-3 Art Quilts
of ME—CCR
8:30-SNS
5:30-Kid’s &
Youth Nite &
Congregational
Supper
Q/A Staff Position
5:30 Heavenly
Bodies
6:30-G.S. Library
8:30-SNS
9-Bible Study-CCR 6:30 Choir
Rehearsal
9:30-POP Quilters
5:30-Al-Anon
(Grace Room)
10:30-Bell Choir
7-Worship
Committee
13
14
15
16
17
8 & 10:45 Serv’s
8:30-SNS
8:30-SNS
8:30-SNS
9:30 Sunday
School & Confirmation Class
5:30-Heavenly
Bodies
6:30-Women’s
Prayer Breakfast
2-Parkinson
Support Group
6:30 COUNCIL
MEETING
20
21
8 & 10:45 Serv’s
9:30 Sunday
School & Confirmation Class
5:30-Heavenly
Bodies
6 All Committees
Night
7:00-AA-(Lib.)
6:30-MPB
8:30-SNS
5:30-Al-Anon
9-May Newsletter 6:30 Choir
Rehearsal
Deadline
7:00-AA-(Lib.)
(Grace Room)
8 & 10:45 Serv’s
9:30 Sunday
School & Confirmation Class
12:30-4:30Family Party
CCR & Kitchen
28
8:30-SNS
5:30-Heavenly
Bodies
19
8:30-SNS
7-Praise, Prayer
& Meditation
9-Bible Study-CCR
22
23
24
6:30-Women’s
Prayer Breakfast
6:30 Choir
Rehearsal
9-Bible Study-CCR
9-POP Quilters
6:30-Men’s
Prayer Breakfast
5:30-Al-Anon
(Grace Room)
7:00-AA-(Lib.)
SCHOOL SPRING VACATION
27
18
29
6:30-WPB
8:30-SNS
30
8:30-SNS
9-Bible Study-CCR 6:30 Choir
9 May Newsletter
Mailing
10-Stone Tuesday
Rehearsal
25
26
8:30 to 5
Girl Scouts
CCR
(9-3:30 Women
of the ELCA
Spring Gathering at Good
Shepherd in
Brunswick)
Acolytes:
6. E-Jordan Waterman, L-Forrest Labbe;
13. E-Wiley McVety,
L-Chris Vogel;
20. E-Paul Joslyn,
L-Maggie Priest;
27. E-Jake McVety,
L-Roland Pease.
Ushers:
6,20,27. E-Dick & Kathy Belisle;
13. E-Brad & Heidi Joslyn
CHURCH OFFICE HOURS
8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. - Mon/Tues/Wed/Thurs/Fri
SONSHINE NURSERY SCHOOL
September through May
PRINCE OF PEACE CHURCH STAFF
Director, Donna Bansmer
PASTOR Jonathan Vogel-(O) 207-623-9486
(H) 207-445-2705 / (Cell) 207-557-3637
E-Mail: [email protected]
8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. (Monday thru Friday)
2½ to 4 year olds attend Tues. & Thurs. mornings
OFFICE MANAGER, Bunnie Picher
207-623-9486
E-Mail: [email protected]/Web Page: www.poplink.org
ORGANIST,
Alice VanDerwerken - 207-397-4214
MUSIC DIRECTOR, Don Davenport - 207-215-6838
To register, call the Church office - (207) 623-9486
WORSHIP SERVICES
Fall Schedule (September-May) - 8:00 a.m. & 10:45 a.m.
Communion both Services
Sunday School - 9:30 a.m. (Children & Adults)
Summer Service Schedule: Memorial Weekend thru
Labor Day Weekend ) - 9:00 a.m.
Four/Five year olds attend
Monday, Wednesday & Friday mornings
The Prince of Peace “Peace Chimes” is published
once a month to distribute news and keep
members & friends informed of our many
ministries & activities.
DEADLINE for articles is usually the 15th of every
month. MAILING DAY is usually the last Tuesday
of the month.