Peace Notes Winter 2018-19-Word of Peace Lutheran Church

Save the Date!
One Day Retreat:
Daring Women of Faith
Saturday, February 2, 9 AM-3 PM
at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Maple Grove
Do you want to show up—really show up in who God created
you to be? At this one-day retreat, we will focus on clarifying our
values as living in our baptisms, understanding vulnerability as
courage, naming what arenas God is calling us into, explore
practicing self-compassion and empathy and leave with practical
daily practices.
This retreat is led by Pastor Sarah Ciavarri, who is an ELCA pastor
and certified Brene Brown Daring Way Facilitator-Consultant.
She is recognized as a leading expert on integrating Brene
Brown’s research with faith in Christ and leadership in the church.
Sponsored by Word of Peace and Lord of Life Lutheran Churches,
the retreat will be held at Lord of Life in Maple Grove (7401
County Rd. 101). For more information, contact Pastor Kristin Skare
at (763)496-2404 or kskare@wordofpeace.org.
Festival of Carols
by Michael Sahlen, Minister of Worship & Music
The Ninth Annual Festival of Carols will be on December 16, 2018. I
started this Christmas celebration in 2009 with three purposes in
mind:
1. Because our Christmas Eve candlelight service is so intimate, I
wanted to offer our people a Christmas worship that was big,
bold, and beautiful. It would be the Music Ministries’ Christmas
gift to our community.
2. I wanted to attract people who were not members of our church
to worship with us. This is the perfect service to invite your
friends and neighbors to attend.
3. I wanted to give our music ministry volunteers: ringers and singers,
especially the children, a chance to do some high caliber
music accompanied by larger forces then we usually have.
This year’s musical lineup includes the Cavatina String Quartet, Jim
Buxton on harp, Dawn Saxton on flute, Sara Klingenhoffer on oboe,
John Litch on timpani; in addition to our own Dr. Sharon Follingstad
on organ, Amy Haigh on Piano, Steve Roehm on percussion, with
Sol(e)d Out, Angel Wings, The Festival Chorus and Grace Choir. Our
special guest this year will be singer-songwriter and Monday Night
worship leader, Rachel Kurtz. Please mark your calendars and be
sure to invite someone to come worship with you. There will be Holy
Communion at all services.
Brene Brown, celebrated author of “The Gifts of Imperfection”
and her newest book, “Dare to Lead”
Are You Ready to be
Part of a Ministry Team?
There are many wonderfully gifted people iin
our church and they all bring their personal
experience, insight and energy to the variety of
activities and ministries at Word of Peace.
Without the variety of our ministry teams, we
could not even begin to offer all of the ministries
to our community.
Ministry teams at Word of Peace help us create
powerful and enriching experiences of
God; from church school to leadership and
everything in between. The Property Team
helps with projects around the church like
staining the wooden crosses on the grounds,
trimming trees in our parking lot, and making
minor equipment repairs. These projects help
us to be hospitable to people who come to our
church. This is just one of many examples of
the great work done by our ministry teams.
Please prayerfully consider how you can help
others encounter Christ through your leadership
and involvement in a ministry team. For
more information, visit wordofpeace.org/faithin-action/serve-at-church
or contact Lydia
Svenulski, Director of Adult Ministry at lsvenulski@wordofpeace.org
or (763) 496-2421.
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