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Peace Lutheran Church 8240 Blue Ridge Kansas City, MO 64138

March Newsletter

Sunday Worship Services

Traditional Service 8:30 a.m.

Adult and Children Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Contemporary Service 11:00 a.m.

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March 2020 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 8:30 am Traditional Service 9:45 am Education Hour 11:00 am Contemporary Service Mite Box Sunday

2 9:30 am Sewing Bee

3 9:30 am Topic Leaders 10:00 am Knit/Crochet 10:30 am OWLS

4 9:00 am GIP Chapel 3:00 pm Lenten Service 7:00 pm Lenten Service 7:30 pm Church Council

5 10:00 am John Knox Bible Study 5:30 pm Praise Team 6:30 pm Adult Choir

6 Pastor’s Day with family

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8 Daylight Saving Time Begins MEET & GREET after services

8:30 am Traditional Service 9:45 am Education Hour 11:00 am Contemporary Service 12:00 pm Confirmation Class

REAP Sunday

9 9:30 am Sewing Bee 6:30 pm Board of Worship & Music

10 10:00 am Knit/Crochet 1:00 pm Alpha Circle 6:30 pm GIP Board Mtg

11 9:00 am GIP Chapel 1:00 pm Lydia Circle 3:00 pm Lenten Service 7:00 pm Lenten Service

12 10:00 am John Knox Bible Study 5:30 pm Praise Team 6:30 pm Adult Choir

13 Pastor’s Day with family

14 10:00 am Family Fun Fest Planning Meeting

15 8:30 am Traditional Service 9:45 am Education Hour 11:00 am Contemporary Service 12:00 pm Youth Group Outing

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16 9:30 am Sewing Bee

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10:00 am Knit/Crochet

18 9:00 am GIP Chapel 3:00 pm Lenten Service 7:00 pm Lenten Service

19 8:30 am TRI-CIRCUIT PASTORS CONFERENCE 5:30 pm Praise Team 6:30 pm Adult Choir

20 Pastor’s Day with family

21 10:00 am LWML Mtg

22 8:30 am Traditional Service 9:45 am Education Hour 11:00 am Contemporary Service 12:00 pm Confirmation Examination

23 9:30 am Sewing Bee

24 10:00 am Knit/Crochet 7:00 pm Elders Meeting

25 9:00 am GIP Chapel 9:30 am Book Club 3:00 pm Lenten Service 7:00 pm Lenten Service

26 10:00 am John Knox Bible Study 5:30 pm Praise Team 6:30 pm Adult Choir

27 Pastor’s Day with family

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29 8:30 am Traditional Service 9:45 am Sunday School 11:00 am Contemporary Service 6:00 pm Men & Women’s Club

30 9:30 am Sewing Bee

31 10:00 am Knit/Crochet

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MARCH 8, 2020

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Peace Lutheran Church 8240 Blue Ridge Kansas City, MO 64138 peacelutheranlcms.org Phone: 816-353-3813 Pastor: Rev. David Rolf Secretary: Debbie Baldwin Director of Grow in Peace Child Care Center: Carla Hamilton Custodian Dave Ferber 816-803-9714 Office Hours: Monday - Thursday 9:00 am – 2:00 pm Bulletin and Newsletter Items: Send bulletin items

by Wednesday to the

Church Office at peacelutheranlcms@att.net

Send Newsletter items

by the 15th of the preceding

month to Cheryl Enke at

cenke1053@comcast.net

Prayer Chain Requests: You can contact the Church office at: peacelutheranlcms@att.net or contact Pastor Rolf at 816-730-8923

SUNDAY BIBLE STUDY – 9:45 AM

STUDY OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION THE AUTHOR OF REVELATION MENTIONED HIS NAME, JOHN, FOUR TIMES THROUGHOUT THE BOOK (REVELATION 1:1, 4, 9; 22:8) CHRISTIANS THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE GIVEN ALMOST UNANIMOUS AFFIRMATION TO THE IDENTITY OF THE BOOK’S AUTHOR AS JOHN THE APOSTLE, WHO HAD BEEN EXILED TO THE ISLAND OF PATMOS BY THE AUTHORITIES FOR PREACHING THE GOSPEL IN ASIA. USUALLY WHEN PEOPLE MENTION THE BOOK OF REVELATION, THEY IMMEDIATELY THINK ABOUT JUDGMENT, AND WITHOUT A DOUBT, MUCH JUDGMENT OCCURS IN THE BOOK. HOWEVER, REVELATION DOES NOT END WITH JUDGMENT. INSTEAD, IT PROVIDES A STRIKING BOOKEND FOR THE ENTIRE BIBLE, WHICH BEGINS IN PARADISE AND ENDS IN PARADISE. MORE THAN JUDGEMENT ON THE EVILDOERS, REVELATION IS A BOOK AOBUT HOPE FOR THE FAITHFUL IN CHRIST.

WEDNESDAY BIBLE STUDY – 4.00 PM STUDY OF THE BOOK OF 1 & 2 KINGS

There will be no Wednesday Bible Study during Lent.

THURSDAY JOHN KNOX BIBLE STUDY – 10:00 AM STUDY OF THE BOOK OF MATTHEW

MATTHEW PRESENTS HIS THEME IN THE FIRST VERSE: JESUS AS THE FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECY AND OF ISRAEL’S EXPECTATION. MATTHEW’S MAIN PURPOSE IS TO PROVE TO HIS JEWISH READERS THAT JESUS IS THEIR MESSIAH. HE DOES THIS PRIMARILY BY SHOWING HOW JESUS IN HIS LIFE AND MINISTRY FULFILLED THE O T SCRIPTURES. AS A FORMER TAX COLLECTOR (ALSO CALLED “LEVI”), MATTHEW WAS QUALIFIED TO WRITE AN ACCOUNT OF JESUS LIFE AND TEACHINGS. A TAX COLLECTOR OF THAT DAY MUST KNOW GREEK, AND BE A LITERATE, WELL-ORGANIZED MAN. SOME THINK THAT MATTHEW WAS THE “RECORDER” AMONG THE DISCIPLES AND TOOK NOTES OF JESUS’ TEACHING. WE MIGHT SAY THAT WHEN MATTHEW FOLLOWED JESUS, HE LEFT EVERYTHING BEHIND-EXCEPT HIS PEN AND PAPER. ”MATTHEW NOBLY USED HIS LITERARY SKILL TO BECOME THE FIRST MAN EVER TO COMPILE AN ACCOUNT OF THE TEACHING OF JESUS.” THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW ALSO TRIUMPHANTLY ENDS WITH JESUS COMMANDING HIS FOLLOWERS TO MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL THE NATIONS (MATTHEW 28:19-20)

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LWML (Lutheran Women’s Missionary League)

The topic for the March, 2020, Circle meetings is found in the Winter Quarterly on page 20, entitled “Beauty Marks”, authored by Tracy Grindle. Tracy is church secretary and Care and Compassion Coordinator at Shepherd of the Desert in Scottsdale, Arizona. We all have scars, emotional, physical or mental. Some are visible, some are hidden, never to be revealed.

Roll call word “Pain”. Alpha Circle will meet Tuesday, March 10th, at 1:00 p.m. at the home of Dorily Miller with Norma Whitaker as her co-hostess. Topic will be led by Jana Harms. Dorily Miller will check the acolyte robes for laundering or mending needs. For more information, please call the President of Alpha Circle, Wanda Thurnau at 816-524-8099. Lydia Circle will meet Wednesday, March 11th, at 1:00 p.m. in the Church Fellowship Hall. Darla Wolters will host with Pamlia Keller as her co-hostess. Lois Gilham will lead the topic. For more information, please call Kathleen Jarvis, Vice-President of Lydia Circle, at 816-763-2894. PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF THE MEETING TIME. “Joy, Joy” – was expressed by our LWML sisters of South Dakota, as they traveled to Norfolk, Nebraska to learn more about the work of Orphan Grain Train. They were instructed how to sort and box clothing, blankets, towels, personal items and other various items. “We were blessed to participate in this hands-on service event as we helped to carry out OGT’s mission of sharing resources and Christ’s love to people in need,” declared Nancy Bogenhagen, White Lake, South Dakota. “Helping Hands” – as our new year of 2020 is upon us, so are new projects being proposed. The members of Alpha Circle will sponsor the “Helping Hands” project for our Child Care. The items most needed are diapers, toilet paper, toothpaste, et. A table will be set up at the top of the stairs and items needed will be listed. We pray our congregation will help us to extend a “Helping Hand” to our children at Grow in Peace Child Care. “Convention” – LWML MO District Convention will be held June 12 – 14, 2020, at Springfield University Plaza, Springfield, Missouri. Registration cost of $150.00 includes four (4) meals (3 on Saturday and Sunday breakfast) with the option of ordering a meal on Friday evening for an additional cost. The room rates are $99.00 per night for a king or 2 queen beds. King suite is $134.00. Keynote Speaker is Deb Burma, author of “Sip, Savor and Drink Deeply”, “Living a Chocolate Life and Joy”. A study of Philippians. LWML Spring Rally – April 25, 2020, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church – Raymore, Missouri. LWML Unit Meeting – March 21, 2020, hosted by LWML Only. GOD IS TRULY PRAISED THROUGH THE WOMEN OF THE LWML. Ruth Oexman, Communications Chairperson

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Altar Flowers / Easter Lilies

There are no altar flowers during Lent.

It is time to order your Easter Lily. The order form is in your mailbox. The cost is

$12.00 $12.00 per plant.

Turn in your form with payment to Peggy Noah (mailbox K15) by March 29th.

Religious Display Case

The Religious Display Case has individual cards for most every occasion

available for fifty cents ($0.50). Get Well, Birthday, Praying for You, Sympathy,

Thinking of You, Wedding, Anniversary and Thank You cards are available. All

boxed cards are five dollars ($5.00).

WATCH FOR EASTER CARDS COMING SOON!

This is a service provided for the congregation by the LWML. LWML Ladies

are available to help every Sunday.

“HELPING HANDS” - MONTH OF MARCH

Alpha Circle is sponsoring the “Helping Hands” project for Grow in Peace Child Care.

The following items will be collected during the month of March: white wash cloths, bibs

(over the head preferred), tissues, baby wipes, plain Crest toothpaste (any size tube),

diapers and toilet paper. They would also welcome Easter eggs and grass.

There is a display at the top of the stairs where you may drop off the items. All members of

the congregation are encouraged to participate in this project.

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Raytown Emergency Assistance Program (R.E.A.P.)

Reap Sunday is Sunday, March 8th. There is a grocery cart in the entryway to receive your donations.

This month’s suggestion is anything in a green container, or peanut butter and jelly

Thank you for helping our Raytown Neighbor!

LADIES’ CLUB The Ladies’ Club will meet on Sunday, March 29th, at 6:00 pm in the

Fellowship Hall. After a devotion, we will be making PIZZA. Crust

will be provided. Bring your favorite toppings.

Bring a friend. Our get together is usually over by 7:30 pm.

Contact Barbara Nave for more information at 816-835-7228 or bnave12@gmail.com.

Weather Closings:

As we prepare for possible inclement weather, we want to

remind you of our closing procedures. Any time we close the

church, we send an email announcement through the Prayer

Chain. Please call the church office to ensure we have your

current information. We will also post closings on the Local

Stations: WDAF Fox 4, KCTV5, KMBC 9, KSHB

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Sewing Bee

We will meet every Monday in March in the Fellowship Hall about 9:30 a.m. Bring a sack lunch and stay into the afternoon. So far this year, we have completed fifteen quilts. If you can’t come every Monday, come whenever you can.

SAVE, SAVE, SAVE

Please save your Best Choice UPC’s. Also save “Box Tops for Education”, and cancelled postage stamps. Sample shampoo and soap from Hotels are also being collected. Containers for these are on the shelf in the Narthex.

Please WELCOME our new

DIRECTOR OF MUSIC

EDWARD POSTON

Join us for a MEET & GREET

after each service on Sunday, March 8th

in the Social Room

Edward Poston is a graduate student at the University of Kansas studying Church Music and Organ with Michael Bauer and James Higdon. A native of Clearfield, Utah, Edward holds a Bachelor of Music from Brigham Young University-Idaho in Organ Performance. He began piano studies at age four. He has collaborated with solo artists including, David Archuleta, George Dyer, and the late Metropolitan Opera singer, Kristine Ciesinski. He was the winner of the 2015 BYU-Idaho Concerto Competition, the recipient of the 2016 E. Power Biggs Fellowship Award and the 2018 AGOYO Scholarship Award. In the summer of 2019, Edward performed at the Seventh Annual French Organ Music Festival at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Kansas City. The KC Arts Beat described that he played with “astonishing skill and musicality.” Edward recently served as organist at Holy Trinity Catholic Parish in Lenexa, KS. He and his wife, Kimberlynn, recently celebrated their second wedding anniversary.

Edward is excited to begin his duties as music director at Peace Lutheran and meet all of you!

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BOOK CLUB

MARCH 25th – 9:30 am

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen

Kingsbury comes a heart-wrenching and redemptive

new story in the Baxter Family series about a couple

desperately waiting to bring their adopted child home

and a young mother about to make the biggest

decision of her life.

Cole Blake, son of Landon and Ashley Baxter Blake, is

months away from going off to college and taking the

first steps towards his dream—a career in medicine.

But as he starts his final semester of high school, he

meets Elise, a mysterious new girl who captures his

attention—and heart—from day one.

Elise has her heart set on mending her wild ways and rediscovering the good girl she used to be.

But not long after the semester starts, she discovers she’s pregnant. Eighteen and alone, she

shares her secret with Cole. Undaunted by the news, and in love for the first time in his life,

Cole is determined to support Elise—even if it means skipping college, marrying her, and raising

another man’s baby.

When Elise decides to place her baby up for adoption, she is matched with Aaron and Lucy

Williams, who moved to Bloomington, Indiana, to escape seven painful years of infertility.

But as Elise’s due date draws near, she becomes focused on one truth: she has two weeks to

change her mind about the adoption. With Cole keeping vigil and Lucy and Aaron waiting to

welcome their new baby, Elise makes an unexpected decision—one that changes everyone’s

plans.

Tender and deeply moving, Two Weeks is a story about love, faith, and what it really means to

be a family.

FAMILY FUN FEST

Saturday, September 12th

First planning meeting will be Saturday, March 14th, at 10:00 am

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Peace Lutheran Church Sunday Worship Schedule

March 2020

March 1 March 8 March 15 March 22 March 29

First Sunday in Lent

Second Sunday in Lent

Third Sunday in Lent

Fourth Sunday in Lent

Fifth Sunday in Lent

Liturgy

8:30

Divine Service One

Page 151 with Communion

Divine Service Two

Page 167

Divine Service Three

Page 184 with Communion

Divine Service Four

Page 203

Divine Service

Four Page 203

11:00 Contemporary

with Communion Contemporary

Contemporary with Communion

Contemporary

Contemporary

Ushers Robert Brown, Jim/Darsa Clay, Mark Harms

Elders 8:30 Jim Ewart, Bruce Johnson, Reed McCubbin, Joe Rice

11:00 Dave Loesch, Jeff Gardner

Greeters

8:30 Jim/Cara Ewart Gary/Wanda

Thurnau Dennis/Carol

Head Peggy Noah

Helen Benson

11:00 Punky McDaniel Jeff/Linda Gardner Homer/Ruth

Oexman Punky McDaniel

Homer/Ruth Oexman

Altar Guild

8:30 Laurence/Barbara Bellach

11:00 Benavides Family/Punky McDaniel Altar Care Reed/Cindy McCubbin

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1 Barbara Mozingo 4 Emery Kimbrough 4 Adrian Lewis 4 Maria Okpewho 8 Anita Borchardt 8 Lacey Rice 9 Michael McDaniel 9 Elnora Moore 10 Carey Weinel 11 Yvonne Curren 12 Jason Jenkins 13 Tanna Goodman 14 Shannon Collins 16 Lucas Harms 19 Cody Beezley 19 Megan Johnson 21 Marla Copeland 21 Pauline McDaniel 21 Helen Sunderland 22 Jordan Rolf 23 Mark Brackman 23 Edward McCubbin 27 Marty Borchardt 27 Jared Gilham 27 Julia Rolf 27 Billy Wilson 29 James Ewart

1 Annella Fritz 4 Myonna Shelby 5 Pamela Mueller 8 Jesse Pilcher 10 Cecily Eskina 13 Louise Eskina 13 Archer Selbe 18 Janet Gieseke 21 Shirley Smith 21 Helen Sunderland 22 Maxine Cook 22 Brenda Routh 25 Elnora Moore 25 Zachary Schultz 26 Cody Beezley 26 Emilee Clay 26 Cheyenne Cody 27 Norma Derringer 27 Hayden Selbe 30 Jason Jenkins 30 Samantha Justice 30 Steven Justice 30 Wanda Thurnau 31 Marla Copeland 31 Valentina Cornejo

2 George/Sue Bollman 1956 3 Matt/Jennifer Clemons 2018 9 Ty/Vanessa Terrell 2002 14 Rob/Machelle Olson 2015 20 Ron/Kelly Mize 2010

March 2020

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Grow in Peace Child Care

Center News

LUTHERAN CHURCH MISSOURI SYNOD

www.gipchildcare.org

director@gipchildcare.org

“Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us

use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if service, in our

serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; the one who exhorts,

in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one

who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with

cheerfulness.”

Romans 12:6-8

Welcome to Grow in Peace – New Enrollments

Madison Hickmon – Infant Phoenix Potter – Toddler

Mazie Hickmon – Preschool

Olivia Hickmon - Preschool

Kelis Woods – Preschool

May God bless the early learning you will receive

while with us!

WANT TO DONATE to Grow in Peace? Here is how you can –

Directly to GIP – with cash, checks, ACH and card swipe.

Through GIP’s Facebook “Donate” button, Through Amazon Smile charities amazon.com,

Through “Cash App” - $growinpeacedirector, and also designate your Thrivent Choice Funds to come to Grow

in Peace. We are a not-for-profit facility so you can use the donation as a deduction on your taxes!

GIP Philosophy Statement

Grow in Peace Child Care Center shall provide a safe Christian

environment with loving, experienced, and professional staff that

recognize parents have the primary responsibility in skill development

and Christian training for their children. As an outreach ministry of

Peace Lutheran Church, we strive to set an example of Christ's Love

through God's Word and assist in the spiritual, intellectual, emotional,

social and physical development of the children entrusted to our care.

“Helping children grow in wisdom and in grace.”

March, 2020 816-353-3910 main (353-7826)2nd line

Upcoming Dates to Remember March 4th – Free Childrens Vision Screenings March 4th, 11th, 18th, & 25th– Lenten Services at Peace Lutheran - 3pm and 7pm March 8th – Daylight Savings Time March 25th & 26th – Spring Pictures at GIP

Future Dates

April 1st – Lenten Service at Peace Lutheran - 3pm and 7pm April 5 – Palm Sunday April 9 – Maundy Thursday April 10 – Good Friday April 12 – Easter Sunday May 10 – Mother’s Day May 15th – Grow in Peace Graduation Day at 10am May 25th – Memorial Day – Grow in Peace closed May 26th – Summer Program begins GIP is asking for donations of items for classroom usage:

Play mats, Window blinds, and New learning toys! Thank you.

WE ARE ALSO IN NEED OF VOLUNTEERS TO PAINT WALLS, REPLACE

LIGHTS, AND CLEAN FURNITURE & SHELVING.

Open Invitation to Attend Church Services >> We invite you to come and explore Peace Lutheran Church and the ministries it serves. If you would like more info,

please ask Ms. Carla or call the Church office at 353-3813 to speak with Pastor David Rolf

Opportunities for worship and Bible Study include:

Traditional Service at 8:30am on Sunday's

Contemporary Service at 11:00am on Sunday's

Sunday Bible Study 9:45 to 10:45am on Sunday’s

Look for the Church on the web at www.peacelutheranlcms.org

and on Facebook at

http://www.facebook.com/#!/PeaceLutheranChurchKansasCity or

visit in person during one of the service times or Bible Study times.

Peace Lutheran exists to encourage and equip Christ followers to

grow their faith, live their faith and to share their faith.