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Grace and Peace to You Dear sisters and brothers in Christ this Epiphany Season!
Please welcome the newest members of Peace Lutheran received on December 9 th. We welcome Connie VanDriessche, Taavi and
Amanda Korpi and their children Milo and Maija and Elizabeth Opsahl and her children Olivia, Isabella and Amelia. May we be a
blessing to you as your presence has already blessed us immensely! WELCOME!
This Advent Season the church council opened our worship with an Advent Liturgy and we invited the children to come forward and
gather around our baptismal font. As we spoke our Advent liturgy of hope and lit candles in the darkened sanctuary, the children
were a visible reminder of gathering this season as a community and sharing the story of Jesus with them and our worship of the
Triune God.
And finally our Christmas Eve worship service and singing Silent Night, Holy Night accompanied by guitars as it was 200 years ago
in Austria. We sang the other three forgotten verses…
Verse 5) Silent Night! Holy Night Sleeps the world in peace tonight. God sends his Son to earth below. A Child from
whom all blessings flow. Jesus, embraces mankind. Jesus, embraces mankind.
Asher, Gunnar, Ian, Luke and Sasha helping with the readings during the program.
THE PEACE MESSENGER JANUARY 2019
Called to Receive and Share God’s Peace
USDA Rural Development has left us flyers with information on available services and programs through
504 Program Summary and Direct Program Summary.
These flyers provide guidelines for amounts of loan, fees, terms, purposes, applicant guidelines, and
property guidelines.
Summary sheets are available on table in the Narthex. Please help yourself.
DID YOU KNOW there are programs available to help pay for your Medicare costs? Medicare Savings Pro-
grams assist people with Medicare who have limited income and resources. If eligible, your Medicare Part B
premium would be paid for you and you would automatically qualify for low cost prescriptions. That savings
would be over $100 per month! Another program known as “Extra Help” assists qualified individuals with
their prescription drug costs. If you or someone you know is on Medicare and struggling to make ends meet,
contact Brenda Kohel, Elder Benefit Specialist to learn more!
The Peace Parish Nurses are starting a bereavement card ministry to provide comfort and
support to people in our congregation whose immediate family members have died. Cards will
be sent at the time of death, at 3-month intervals and at special times such as the loved one’s
birthday or wedding anniversary during the first year following a death of a spouse, parent,
child, or sibling. An appropriate Care Notes® pamphlet will be sent with the card. We re-
cently applied for and received a $150 mini-grant from Northern Waters Parish Nurse Ministry
to start the card ministry. We welcome people to be part of this special ministry. Let Jan Ste-
vens know if you want to be involved. Also makes us aware of congregation members whose
loved ones have died.
If you cannot assist/serve, you need to find a replacement person and leave a note, or phone message to church office,
715-364-2593 or peacepoplar@gmail.com