SHELTERING IN PEACE
A weekly newsletter from
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church
Thursday, May 21, 2020
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In this issue:
- What We Can Do While We Are Apart
- May Council Meeting Minutes
- Men's Bible Study
- Make a Home Altar
- Hygiene Kits
- A Video Greeting!
- Congratulations to our Graduates!
- Living Well: Coping with the Loss of our Normal Lives
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What We Can Do While We Are Apart:
Worship online with us each week. The link is emailed to you each Saturday.
Pray for our congregation, staff, community, and world.
Submit your prayer requests to the office at jalford@princeofpeacedublin.org.
Read the Pastor’s Corner, which is emailed to you each Tuesday.
Read our Sheltering in Peace newsletter, which is emailed to you each Thursday.
Join our Prince of Peace Facebook Group (Search for princeofpeacedublin and ask to ‘join’.)
Continue to support Prince of Peace with your offerings.
See other resources on the website, under the While We Are Apart tab.
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May Council Meeting
Church Council met virtually on Tuesday, May 12. Read about this month's business.
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Men’s Bible Study
The Men's Bible Study continues to meet during the pandemic. We meet virtually every Monday night from 7:30 to 8:30 pm.
We use Zoom for our video/audio conferencing meeting, which works on computers, tablets, and smart phones.
If you are interested in attending, please contact Tim Bolwerk at tgbolwerk@gmail.com or text at 614.937.0377 and he will send you the link to the Zoom Conference Meeting/Call by noon on Monday.
If you have any questions or technical issues connecting, please call or text Tim and he will help you out.
We are currently studying the Gospel of Luke. As of May 21, we are on the 19th and 20th chapters.
Join us!
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Barb and Jim Hoyt's home altar
Make a Home Altar
During this pandemic, many of you have realized that your home can be a place of worship and prayer. You might want to make a home altar to help you be present… just as you would if you were worshipping in the sanctuary at Prince of Peace.
For your home altar:
Find a surface near the place where you watch our online worship services: a window sill, small table, tray, or bookshelf.
Then add some of these things:
- A piece of fabric, such a placemat, tablecloth or scarf. You may want to match the color of the day. May 24 is white for Easter. May 31 will be red for Pentecost.
- A candle to remind you that Jesus is the Light of the World. It can also symbolize the presence of the Holy Spirit. (Don’t forget to light it!)
- A cross. If you don’t have one at home, you can always make one out of paper or sticks.
- Fresh flowers if you have some, to remind you of the beauty of God’s creation.
- Other objects that have meaning for you: art work, a book of prayers, or your Bible.
- If you have children, ask them to add something that reminds them of Jesus.
Take a picture of your altar and send it to Jocelyn in the office at jalford@princeofpeacedublin.org and we’ll post it to inspire others.
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Hygiene Kits
It’s time again to collect financial donations for hygiene kits that are created for the community of First English and students who participate in the summer free lunch program for Dublin schools. Because the availability of items is limited this year, we anticipate higher costs. The typical bag contains toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo, deodorant, body soap, hand sanitizer, combs, bandaids, feminine hygiene products.
We ask for your financial donations only – no items. The estimated cost per kit is $10.00. We hope to donate 135 kits.
To make your donation, click below. Select 'Health Fund - Hygiene Kits' in the dropdown menu. Alternatively, you may mail a check to church. Please write “Hygiene Kits” in the memo line.
We hope you will consider making a donation to this worthy cause.
Barb Baker
Parish Nurse
Barb.Baker.PoPnurse@gmail.com
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A Video Greeting!
Below is our inaugural video greeting. We would like to feature video greetings from you! We invite you to take a short video message and send it to us for Sheltering in Peace. No need to dress up, no need to rehearse. Just introduce yourself and tell us how you are doing.
I can tell you that we Alfords had a hilarious time trying to get something together last night. If only I could share the outtakes with you! Kudos to Emerson Baker and the Baker family for doing a much better job than we did. Thank you to Jon Baker for this suggestion!
Just use a phone or mobile device to record. Be sure to record on landscape mode with a light source in front of you, not behind.
Send video to jalford@princeofpeacedublin.org We hope to feature several of you next week!
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Video Greetings from Some of us at Prince of Peace
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We congratulate all of those graduating from high school, college, or university this spring! We wish these young people all the best as they commence the next adventure in their lives.
Here are our graduates, in no particular order:
Taylor Michelle Brack received her Doctor of Optometry degree from Ohio State University.
Kailin Cooper graduated from OSU with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Marketing. She will work for Worthington Industries.
Simon Alford will receive a Bachelor of Science in Math and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering from MIT and will attend graduate school at MIT.
Leah Dotson is graduating from Northwestern High School in Springfield, Ohio. Leah will be attending Capital University in the fall, double-majoring in Economics and Political Science.
Sidney Boroff is graduating from Dublin Coffman High School and will be attending The Ohio State University.
Justin Schafer graduated from The Ohio State University with a degree in Middle Childhood Education: Math and Science. He will be teaching 8th grade science at Willard Middle School in Loudoun County, VA.
Kendall Cooper is graduating from Dublin Jerome High School and plans to attend University of Kentucky this fall, majoring in Merchandising, Apparel and Textiles.
Noah Kottenstette graduated from Olentangy Liberty High School and will be attending University of Cincinnati and studying International Business.
Timothy Cirner is graduating from Dublin Coffman High School and will attend Ohio University in Athens, Ohio this fall.
Jacob Joos is graduating from West Virginia University with a Bachelor of Science in agriculture business and management.
Alison Roth is graduating from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. She has a grant to work for the Federal Public Defender’s Office for a month and then wants to obtain a permanent position as a public defender.
Jacob Hoylman graduated cum laude with honors from Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering. He has accepted a position as a Software Engineer with Veeva Systems in Pleasanton, CA.
Grace Alford received a Bachelor in Science in Nursing from Capital University and will be working as a nurse at The James.
Jack Shealy is graduating from Ohio University with a Business Major in Entrepreneurship. He plans to stay in the Columbus area and is actively looking for a full time position.
Nathan Lawrence Longo is graduating from Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and minors in Management and Computer Science. He is moving to Houston, TX to join the Engineers in Operations program with ExxonMobil.
Matthew Sale is graduating from Dublin Jerome High School. He will attend Northwestern University in Chicago and join the Navy ROTC.
Amanda Killian graduated from Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering. She has accepted a job with an engineering consulting firm in North Carolina.
Sara Jablonski graduated from Ohio University with a Bachelor in Science in Community and Public Health.
Tommy Alford will receive a Bachelor of Science in Physics with a minor in Computer Science from Caltech in June. He will start a PhD program in physics at University of Chicago this fall.
Dylan Carter is graduating from Olentangy High School and will attend college to pursue a career in Industrial Design.
Sean Stuart is graduating from Olentangy Orange High School. He will attend the University of Missouri in the fall and majoring in Strategic Communications.
Evan Wleklinski is graduating from Dublin Jerome High School. He will attend University of Cincinnati to major in Construction Management.
Catherine Alford received her Doctor of Medicine degree from University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences and will begin a three-year residency in Internal Medicine at OSU in June.
Weston Miller is graduating from Dublin Jerome High School and will be double majoring in Political Science and Journalism at Miami University this fall.
Olivia Hoylman is receiving her Doctor of Optometry, with honors, from University of Missouri -St. Louis. She will do a one-year residency at Gila River Health System in Phoenix, AZ with Indian Health Services.
Ellie Jobe graduated from the University of Dayton with a degree in Marketing & International Business. She is currently looking for a full time position.
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Living Well
As we live out the stresses of the pandemic, we experience grief. We are individually and collectively grieving the loss of our normal lives. Some things we grieve:
- The world has changed
- Loss of normalcy
- Economic toll
- Loss of connection
- Loss of our usual routine
If you need help sorting out these losses and emotions, please reach out to one of our pastors or professional help. Some resources for mental health assistance can be found on our website, under the While We Are Apart tab.
Be well. God loves you.
Barb Baker RN
Parish Nurse
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Did you miss something from last week?
Past issues of Sheltering in Peace, as well as all emails sent to the congregation, are always available by clicking the 'Past Newsletters' button or on the website, under the Newsletter tab.
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Scripture Readings for this Weekend
Easter 7
Acts 1:6-14
Psalm 68:1-10, 32-35
1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11
John 17:1-11
Bible Trivia
This week's trivia question
Q: What book in the Bible describes the ascension of Jesus?
Last week's trivia
Q: How many years did Noah live after the flood?
A: Noah died 350 years after the flood, at the age of 950, according to Genesis 9:28-29.
“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'."
— Erma Bombeck
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