“. . . in mission to extend God’s kingdom”
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church
 
10333 Bridgeport Way SW • Lakewood, WA 98499
POP’s E-Newsletter
 
March Newsletter
Wednesday,March 6, 2019 — Vol. 46 No. 10
Website: www.POPLakewood.org  • Phone: 253-584-2565




Worship & Bible Study Times
8:00am – Divine Service with Holy Communion
9:45am - Sunday School and Adult Education
11:00am - Divine Service with Holy Communion  

FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT
(10 March 2019)
 
Deuteronomy 26:1–11          Romans 10:8b–13          Luke 4:1–13
 
Jesus Christ Is Our Champion Against the Devil
 

Jesus Christ, our champion against the devil, endures and overcomes “every temptation” (Luke 4:13) on our behalf. He worships the Lord, His God, and serves Him only by trusting the Word of His Father: “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased” (Luke 3:22). Jesus’ victory is now ours through His gracious Word, which is not far away but near us — in our mouth and in our heart, in the proclamation of repentance and faith. For “with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved” (Rom. 10:10). Our confession of Christ includes the prayer of faith, which is not disappointed, “for ‘everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved’” (Rom. 10:13). The Lord is not oblivious to “our affliction, our toil, and our oppression” (Deut. 26:7), but has mercy upon us. He has brought us out of bondage through the “signs and wonders” of Holy Baptism, “with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm” (Deut. 26:8), and now He leads us by His Spirit even in the wilderness.   (Taken from the lectionary summaries on the LCMS website)

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Church Budget Update

Income           $29,047.00
Expense          $30,361.00
Net Income     $- 1,314.00

Please contact the bookkeeper, Sue Jacobson or the treasurer, Judith Headdress for additional information
 
 


 
     

 

If you wish to talk to Pastor Paul you may call the office at 253-584-2565 to make an appointment or call his cell phone at 630-514-4555 and he can make an appointment with you.  If he cannot answer right away please leave a message and he will get back with you as soon as possible.  Please keep the calls between 9:00 am and 9:00 pm unless it is an emergency.

 

Ash Wednesday– March 6, 2019
Communion:              Common Cup
                                                7:00 pm
Acolyte:                                  Needed          
Ushers:                                   Tom Cabe
                                                Dick Winterstein
Greeters:                                Needed
Elder:                                      Needed
Lector:                                    Needed
Trustee:                                  Neal Rogers
Offertory:                              Carol Cabe
                                                Sue Jacobson
Altar Guild:                           TBA
Coffee/ Fellowship:               None
Flowers:                                 None during Lent
Readings:  Joel 2:12-19     Psalm 51:1-19     2 Corinthians 5:20-7:10     Matthew 6:1-6; 16-21
 
First Sunday in Lent– March 10, 2019
Communion:              Common Cup
                                                8:00 am                                   11:00 am
Acolyte:                                  Patience Mwaura                    Alex Maples
Ushers:                                   Gus Kuehne                            James Fisher
                                                Rob Nobile                              Ian Smith
Greeters:                                Barb Gates                              Needed
                                                Needed
Elder:                                       Dick Winterstein                     Jess Gilbert
Lector:                                    Sue Nobile                              Craig Fisher
Trustee:                                  Ron Bohn                                Jim Averkamp
Offertory:                              Ron & Karla Bohn                      Julia Josi
                                                                                            Ruth Josi
Altar Guild:                           TBA                                        TBA
Coffee/ Fellowship:               Dick Winterstein                     Sharon Westman
Flowers:                                 None during Lent
Readings:  Deuteronomy 26:1-11     Psalm 91:1-13     Romans 10:8b-13     Luke 4:1-13
 
 

 

Sharing values – Shaping Lives”:  Committed to Christian Education, Prince of Peace is supporter of Concordia Christian Academy which educates students from pre-school through 12^th grade. It is located at 202 East 56th Street (just east of Pacific Avenue) in Tacoma. Visit the website https://www.concordiachristianacademy.org or call 253-475-9513 for more information.

We will be continuing our Old Testament Bible Study working through Genesis-Exodus for the upcoming weeks. We are using Peter Bender and Karl F. Fabrizius’s Lutheran Catechesis material: Year I Creation to the Giving of the Law on Mt Sinai http://lutherancatechesis.org/files/2017/08/BSDP-OT-Yr1-TC.pdf

THEOLOGY ON TAP
WE WILL BE MEETING AGAIN
ON
FRIDAY April 5^th
@ 6:30PM
AND THE FIRST FRIDAY OF EACH MONTH AFTER THAT!
 
“The Christian in Society in different contexts”
 

RAINIERS BASEBALL GAME..... Anyone interested? We are still in need of a champion if we are going again this year. Please see our Dottie if you are interested in chairing this event. Dottie is in the church office Tuesday and Wednesday from 10 am to 2 pm and on Thursday from 11 am to 3 pm. You can also leave a message on the church office phone (253) 584-2565. Her email is office@poplakewood.org.  She has the contact information. We need to follow-up soon if we are going to participate in this activity.

MIDWEEK LENTEN SERVICES begin next Wednesday. We will have a 6PM supper and 7PM service. Our order of service will be Prayer and Preaching and our theme this year is: “A LENT TO REMEMBER” Although our suppers will not begin until next week, our series begins Ash Wednesday and will culminate on Easter Sunday. Our theme of remembrance and the text for that evening/day for your meditation is listed below. I look forward to sharing this theme of “Remembrance” with you this Lenten season!

We had 11 churches represented, 29 youth and 21 Adults. Our theme this year was Prisoners of the Word. In which we spent much time in discussion of John 8:30-59 in what it meant to be captive to sin and alive in Christ. We also looked at how St. Paul called him self a slave to Christ in his letters, Daniel 1, 2 led us to see those who make the great confession of faith in a changing and challenging world as Christ’s servants, and Romans 8:31-39 served to remind us that no matter what this world throws at us, we can stand firm in our confession of faith and that NOTHING can separate us from the love of Christ Jesus.

I look forward to doing more with the PSYB (Puget Sound Youth Board) in the future as we partner with our sister congregations throughout the Puget Sound to provide activities and life changing events for our youth!

Big thanks to your Elder Ian Smith who covered for me in my absence sharing with you a wonderful sermon on dying looking forward in Faith at the promise like Moses and not looking back at the life’s events that pale in comparison to the glory ahead of us. We truly are blessed to have Elders that are willing to serve and step up and serve. Please take some time to get to know your Elder. If you don’t know feel free to ask one of them who your Elder is and we will get back to you.

WORSHIP SURVEY RESULTS – Thank you for your response to our survey we received 38 surveys back. The worship committee will take these results into consideration for worship planning this year.

The results are as follows:

*At this time it looks like we will be foregoing the Holy Saturday service this year, but we will be looking into the option and possibility of the Seder Meal Worship Service. If you are able and willing to contribute a Thrivent Action Team to pay for the costs of the meal or help prepare the food, please speak to pastor. We already have 2 committed to providing an action team and one who is committed to helping prepare the food. The more help and action teams we have, the more we would be able to do should we decide to move forward with this. Thank you! – Pastor Paul