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“SERVING CHRIST IN SERVICE

Lutheran Urban Mission Agency Auxiliary

Scriptural Motto: I needed clothes, and you clothed me. I was sick and you looked after me.

I was in prison, and you came to visit me. Matthew 25:36

MEETING NOTICE

DATE: January 21, 2015

TIME: 9:00 Council Meeting

9:00 Registration

9:30 General Meeting

PLACE: King of Kings Lutheran

1701 NE 96th Street

Kansas City, MO 64155

PROGRAM: The Program will be presented by

Del Sutton, a musician and song writer.

CONTACTS: Please notify Minnie Soutee at 816-734-2434 or email

[email protected] with your lunch reservations by Sunday, January 18, 2015.

LUNCH: Members can bring a sack lunch. King of Kings will provide chili,

soup and dessert.

Driving directions: I-435 North to 152 West to Maplewood Pkwy; turn left

at top of hill, then left to parking lot.

MISSION SERVICE PROJECT

School Supplies

Erasers 3 Ring Binders

Rulers Scissors (to accommodate right or left hands)

No. 2 Pencils Wide Rule Notebook Paper

Ball Point Pens Portfolios with pocket and binders

Box of 8 or 16 Crayons Writing Tablet Manuscript – Young grades

Box of Color Pencils Watercolor Paint Kit

Box of Color Markers

Blessings,

Rose Mary Thompson Corresponding Secretary

January 2015 The monthly newsletter of

Peace Lutheran Church

8240 Blue Ridge

Kansas City, MO 64138

816-353-3813

Fax 844-272-8926

peacelutheranlcms.org

WHAT’S INSIDE?

Pastor’s Letter .......................... 1

Christian Education/Worship .. 2

LWML ..................................... 3

Peace Organizations…. ........... 4

Grow in Peace .......................... 5

Calendar ................................ 6-7

Misc Organizations .................. 8

Mission Grant Story................. 9

Worship Table ....................... 10

Birthdays, etc. ........................ 11

Misc ....................................... 12

Vacancy Pastor

Rev Brad Zerkel

Associate Pastor

Rev. Robert Malone

Visitation Pastor Rev. Keith Ratcliffe

Pastor Emeritus

Rev. John B. Schmid

Church Secretary Debbie Baldwin

Director of Grow in Peace

Child Care Center

Carla Hamilton

Organist: Sylvia Ratcliffe

Office Hours:

Tuesday through Thursday

9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

I got the text from Keith Kirchhoff, “they

approved the ministry description with only minor

changes.” I felt at first joy and relief, that the body of

Peace was indeed one in Spirit and purpose and that

this important part of the calling process had been

finished.

Then my focus turned to the kind of Pastor that would have to come in

order to fulfill the responsibilities of the ministry description. The only

word that came to mind was perfect. To be traditional yet flexible, to be

a great shepherd and a great evangelist, to work with all groups and be a

leader of all ages. While these are valid biblical requirements of the

Shepherd, all must remember that pastors are no different than anyone

else; they make poor decisions; they sin.

Your next pastor will not be perfect. He will fail. He will sin against you

and the Lord. But what brings pastors and laity together is what they

share besides a sinful nature, faith in the blood and name of the Lord

Jesus Christ. He is the head shepherd of the flock and the under

shepherds. He is the one who forgives and forgets. He is

the one who enables us to bear the fruits of repentance

and redemption so we can forgive and forget the sins of

others, including those of pastors and each other. Let us

prepare for the arrival of God’s chosen by getting things

as perfect as we can before his arrival. Individuals and

boards looking at the challenges of Peace and trying to

address them with solutions that can be in place when he

comes. Let us seek out the brother or sister that we don’t

have a good relationship with and work things out. Let us get the physical

plant in top shape. Let us fill our boards with eager disciples, so that the

new Pastor does not inherit the baggage of the past and can go to work

immediately on what the Lord would have him to do and Peace needs

him to do. It can and will be done, for we can do all things through Him

who strengthen us. In the name of the only perfect one, Jesus the Christ,

and to the blessing of the faithful of Peace Lutheran. Amen.

In Christ

Pastor Zerkel

mailto:[email protected]

Christian Education & Worship

The Messenger of Peace 2 2015

The 3 F’s: Food, Fellowship and Fund Raiser:

First things first – Mark your

calendar for 12:30 January 18th

when the LWML has its annual

Chili/Soup Get Together. Hopeful-

ly, all have heard of Mother’s

Refuge opening its doors again in

December after a devastating fire

two years ago. We are pleased to

have its director, Robert Zorn, speak to us about the

efforts to once again have this home meeting the

needs of young mothers and their babies. After

gathering together on Sunday morning, December 21

in the church basement, we know what a good

feeling is generated around tables as we worship our

Lord in different surroundings. Let’s duplicate that

aura once again as we learn about this vital ministry

and break bread with fellow Christians. For planning

purposes, we ask that you sign up in the atrium.

There will be an added interest that afternoon as our

sewing ladies present their sewing gifts of love for

use at the home.

Chili/Soup Get Together It’s Time

It’s time for The Lutheran Witness Subscriptions to be

renewed.

Birthdays, Baptismal birthdays, Anniversaries, & Official Acts


1 Hannah Turos

3 Bruce Cooper

4 Ina Huth

5 Barbara Nave

7 Wanda Thurnau

8 Jean Roberts

10 Alaina Schroeter

10 Jason Jenkins

11 George Bollman

14 Jean Fanning

15 Hugo Morales

15 Homer Oexman

16 Shannon Cody

18 Heather Worthington

19 Joe Major

19 Yvonne Mills

19 Kent Scott

20 Jermaine Love

20 Bob Rieger

22 Karen Daugherty

22 Bonnie Haney

23 Drew Thurnau

24 Cleta Marks

24 Olivia Pittard

27 Betty Enke

27 Don Hankins

27 Jordan-Leigh Zearley

28 Jason Nutt

28 Shonta Shelby

31 Herbert Grasher

January

Baptisms

1 Shannon Collins

1 Mary Turos

2 Matt Clemons

3 Laurence Bellach

3 Juli Seutter

5 Jake Gish

8 Dee Rice

10 Dean Huth

10 Dave Loesch

14 Daniel Seutter

15 Jenny Schultz

17 Kyli Christopher

17 Mae Walter

18 Steve Slater

19 Elisabeth Kluepfel

23 James Autrey

24 Bruce Cooper

26 Tatyana Haislip

26 Deanna Staehling

27 Homer Oexman

1 Reed & Cynthia McCubbin 1967

1 Michael & Iva Pickler 1988

19 Richard & Connie Shepard 1990

24 Jay & Marla Copeland 1970

January Birthdays

If you notice any errors on

this page throughout the year

please contact Sheila Dalen

at:

816-585-7715 or

[email protected]

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LWML


The topic for the January 2015 circle

meetings is in the Winter 2014 Quarter-

ly on page 16 entitled “How Can I

Control My Tongue?” written by Jan

Brunette. Jan is a Christian author, speaker and

freelance writer and has been an active member of

the LWML for over forty years.

A very timely Bible Study as we start a New Year.

We might be suffering with a condition that has

caused others hurt. Sometimes what we want to say,

comes out wrong, and we offend someone in the

process. Let’s learn to focus our emotions on Christ

and not on our feelings and emotions.

The Roll Call word is “Tongue.”

Alpha Circle will meet the first Monday in the New

Year, January 5, 2015 at 7:00 pm in the home of

Edie Kirchhoff with Cindy McCubbin as her

Co-Hostess. The topic will be led by Jean Roberts.

Dorily Miller will check Acolytes Robes for launder-

ing or mending needs. For more information please

call the President of Alpha Circle, Elaine Nolen at

816-763-1773.

Esther Circle will meet the second Saturday,

January 10, 2015 at 10:00 am in the Fellowship Hall.

The topic will be led by Kathleen Jarvis. For more

information please call the President of Esther

Circle, Lois Gilham at 816-353-3110.

Mary/Martha Circle will meet the second Wednes-

day, January 14, 2015 at 9:30 am in the

Fellowship Hall with Lisa Thornton hosting the

meeting. Nita Runge will lead the topic. For more

information please call the President of Mary/

Martha, Peggy Noah at 816-358-0601.

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A New Year - As we start a New Year untouched

and unmarred, may we try to do better than the year

just past. May we be more caring, be more

understanding, be more compassionate, be more

wise and kinder. How will we use the days of this

New Year. How will we use the time God places in

our hands? Let us seek the Lord in prayer and place

our future plans in God’s care.

+++ +++

Thank You, Thank You - The Lutheran Women’s

Missionary League of Peace Congregation wishes to

express their thanks for the support the congregation

has given to accomplish the many projects undertak-

en by the League throughout the past year. We are

truly grateful!

We wish you and your families God’s love, peace

and joy in the New Year!!!

Ruth Oexman, LWML Publicity

http://www.lwml.org/

Peace Organizations


Altar Flowers

A big THANK YOU to those

members who donated the beautiful

Poinsettias and Cyclamens in

celebration of the birth of Jesus. If you

will be picking up your Poinsettia, please make

arrangements to do so after the second service on

January 5 or on Monday January 6

The 2015 calendar is posted on the wall. Please sign

up for your special Sunday(s) to recognize birthdays,

anniversaries or remembrances. Contact Cheryl Enke

@ 816-478-0009 (home), 816-590-0189 (cell) or

[email protected].

Religious Display

Thank you to everyone who purchased

Christmas Cards this holiday season.

Greeting cards for most occasions are

available by the box or by individual

cards. Boxed cards are $5.00 and individual cards

are $0.50. Bookmarks are also available for $0.20

each. Each purchase helps support the LWML.

Greeting

Cards

Sewing Bee

The ladies will resume making quilts

January 12 and the following Mondays

during the month, weather permitting.

We meet in the Fellowship Hall at 9:30

am. Bring a sack lunch and stay into the afternoon.

An average of ten ladies come and we would

welcome any other ladies who would like to join us.

During 2014 we made 149 quilts and seven lap

robes. The quilts were given to families who come to

the Christmas Stores at Good Shepherd Mission and

Metro Lutheran Ministry and some to the Ozanam

Home. The Lap robes were given to Beautiful Savior

Home.

Please continue saving your Best Choice UFC’s,

“Box Tops for Education” and “Labels for

Education”. Also save cancelled postage stamps,

especially commemorative, foreign and larger

“Forever” stamps. Containers for all these are on the

shelf in the narthex.

OWLS

Peace OWLS will meet on Tuesday, January

6, 2015 in the Fellowship Hall at Peace

Lutheran Church.

We are pleased to announce that our program for this

month will feature Rets Rupmejs, foreign exchange

student for Latvia. Rets will share information on

Latvia and will be available for questions after his

presentation. The meeting will begin at 10:30 am

with a short devotion and business meeting.

The OWLS extend an invitation to all the congrega-

tion, our friends and our neighbors. No one is either

too young or too old to attend. We ask only that you

enjoy yourself in the time you spend with us. After

the program we will have an old fashioned pot luck

luncheon. If you wish to join us, bring a covered

dish and enough food to share our meal with our

visitors and the members of our OWLS group.

Normally our program and lunch will finish around

1:00 pm. Feel free to linger as long as you wish for

visiting and fellowship. Our monthly gatherings are

in the Fellowship Hall beginning at 10:30 am the

first Tuesday of each month.

OWLS Peace Lutheran Church has a website that

may be visited any time 24/7, by entering

Www.peacelutheranlcms.org.

Miscellaneous


Miscellaneous Organizations


Of course every Christian is for Mission

Work. After all, isn’t that what the

Great Commission is all about – “Go ye

therefore and make disciples of all

nations…” So what is Peace doing

about mission work throughout the

world and right here in the USA? You might be a bit

surprised at the answer because it has to do with

something that has been on a pedestal at the back of

the church the last Sunday of every month for as

long as you can remember. Oh, that’s right. You

probably go right by it without giving it a thought

because after all, it doesn’t concern you. A purple

and white box only concerns that small group of

ladies who wear purple one Sunday in October and

seem to have bake sales and ask for food donations

and who knows what else all year long. The box is

marked “Mite Box” and “Mite Box Sunday” is

marked on the church calendar each month, but

really, it’s of no concern to most of the congregation,

especially the men. Right?? Wrong!!

Mite box is the gathering of coins and bills for

mission work for ALL WORSHIPPERS at Peace.

(Remember the widow that Jesus pointed out as

giving her “all” when she put her mites in the box

outside the temple?) Please read about what the

$100,000 pledged for just one of 18 projects is going

to do to ease suffering and proclaim the Gospel in

Haiti (on page 9). Then won’t you bring a dollar or

two the last Sunday in January to help with this Mis-

sion Work? Read next month about the $40,000

pledged to support Lutheran Public Radio.

ALL LOOSE CHANGE IS WELCOME!!

MISSION WORK!

The Family of Jesus offers a fictional view of

six of the family members of Jesus, all an-

chored in Scriptural truth, creating a life-

changing and unprecedented emotional

connection to the Bible.

The characters in these short stories were among

those closest to Jesus: Mary, Joseph, James (brother

of Jesus), John the Baptist, Zechariah, and Elizabeth.

Each has a compelling tale to tell. Karen intersperses

fictional, emotionally gripping details anchored in

Scripture with historical and theological insights and

questions that will guide soul-searching and

reflection.

The next Book Club will meet on Wednesday,

January 28 at 9:30 in the Social Room.

Book Club

Could use your help!!

If you regularly place articles or any form

of information in the newsletter please

call or email your email address or phone

number to [email protected] or

816-585-7715 I would like to update my

records and this will give me the opportunity to get

back in the habit of sending everyone a reminder

each month.

Thank you

Sheila

www.gipchildcare.com [email protected]

816-353-3910 main (353-7826)2nd line

**Please be sure and program our phone number

into your cell phone. Then you will know when

GIP calls and you can answer it.

Open Invitation to Attend Church Services

We extend to you a standing open invite to come and

explore Peace Lutheran Church and the ministries it

serves. Listed below are the times for services. If

you would like more info, please ask Ms. Carla or

call the Church office at 353-3813.

Upcoming Dates to Remember January 1, 2015 – New Years Day (GIP closed)

January 15 – Martin Luther King, Jr Day

Future Dates February 12 – Lincoln’s Birthday

February 13 – Parties for Valentine’s Day at GIP

February 14 – Valentine’s Day

February 16 – President’s Day

February 18 – Ash Wednesday

Grow in Peace Child Care Center News

December, 2014

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

Midweek Bible Study 6:00 to 7:15pm on Wednesday’s

Look for the Church on the web at:

www.peacelutheranlcms.org and on facebook at

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’s

Followers to Grow in Their Faith, Share Their Faith and

Live Out Their Faith

New Children Joining Grow in Peace Kingston Keith - Preschool

Syler Cornley - Prekindergarten

May God bless the education and care they will receive while attending Grow in Peace.

Savior Jesus,

Thank you for giving us everything we need for

living a godly life as you have shown us to. In 2

Peter You remind us of Your divine power and

promises You have given to us all. Our human

desires often distract us from sharing Your grace

and mercy; help us to remain focused on You and

what You can do in our lives. And as told to us all

in verse 11, “Then God will give you a grand en-

trance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and

Savior Jesus Christ.” AMEN!

Together we can accomplish much and with

Christ nothing is impossible!!

GIP is asking for donations of items for classroom usage: Washa-

ble markers, red and white tissue paper, paper doilies, Kleenex

boxes full or empty for use around Valentine’s Day.

***We would gladly accept monetary donations!

Grow in Peace can give you a tax exemption!

Donations are always welcomed and very much needed for Grow

in Peace Child Care Center!

Entering a New Year 2015

YEAH!!! Grow in Peace has now been upgraded

with solar panels on our roof. This should assist us

in our commitment to improve and to continue increas-

ing our efforts towards quality standards.

Look for a GIP parent survey to come out soon. We need

feedback from all on how we are doing so far and sugges-

tions on what we can improve upon.

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.”

Happy and blessed 2015 to ALL!!

http://www.gipchildcare.com

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.peacelutheranlcms.org

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

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

Church Office Closed

New Years Day

2 3

For anoher look at our church calendar please visit:

www.peacelutheranlcms.org

4 5

7:00 pm Alpha Circle

6

10:00 am Knit/Crochet Group (M/M)

10:30 am OWLS (FH)

7

9:00 am GIP Chapel

6:00 pm Adult Bible Study (FH)

7:30 pm Church Council

8

9:30 am John Knox Bible Study

5:30 pm Knit/Crochet Group (FH)

9 10

10:00 am Esther Circle (FH)

11

Food for Needy

12

9:30 am Sewing Bee (FH)

13

10:00 am Knit/Crochet Group (M/M) 14

9:00 am GIP Chapel

9:30 am Mary/Martha Circle (FH)


15



6:30 pm Adult Choir Practice

16 17

18

12:30 am Chili/Soup

Get Together (FH)

19


20


9:00 am GIP Chapel


7:00 pm Praise Team Practice

9:00 am LUMA meeting

King of Kings Lutheran

22




23 24

25

Mite Box Sunday

26

9:30 am Sewing Bee(FH)

27


10:00 am Topic Leaders

28

9:00 am GIP Chapel

9:00 am Book Club (SR)


7:00 pm Elders

29




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Peace Lutheran Church—January 2015

8240 Blue Ridge, Kansas City, MO 64138—Church Office 353-3813 Fax 844-272-8926GIP 353-3910

(FH) = Fellowship Hall

(SR) = Social Room

(S) = Sanctuary

( C ) = Chapel

(M/M) = Matthew/Mark

(L) = Library

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

Church Office Closed

New Years Day

2 3

For anoher look at our church calendar please visit:

www.peacelutheranlcms.org

4 5

7:00 pm Alpha Circle

6


10:30 am OWLS (FH)

7

9:00 am GIP Chapel


7:30 pm Church Council

8



9 10

10:00 am Esther Circle (FH)

11

Food for Needy

12


13


9:00 am GIP Chapel

9:30 am Mary/Martha Circle (FH)


15




16 17

18

12:30 am Chili/Soup

Get Together (FH)

19


20


9:00 am GIP Chapel


7:00 pm Praise Team Practice

9:00 am LUMA meeting

King of Kings Lutheran

22




23 24

25

Mite Box Sunday

26

9:30 am Sewing Bee(FH)

27


10:00 am Topic Leaders

28

9:00 am GIP Chapel

9:00 am Book Club (SR)


7:00 pm Elders

29




30 31

Peace Lutheran Church—January 2015

8240 Blue Ridge, Kansas City, MO 64138—Church Office 353-3813 Fax 844-272-8926GIP 353-3910

(FH) = Fellowship Hall

(SR) = Social Room

(S) = Sanctuary

( C ) = Chapel

(M/M) = Matthew/Mark

(L) = Library

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