PRINCE OF PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH

A List of Blog Posts

Transitions

On February 9th, the good people of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church gathered to celebrate all that God has done among us through and under the leadership of Pastor Justin Kollmeyer. Through worship and a reception many stories were told,

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God’s Best Work

Below is an excerpt from Pastor Scott’s forthcoming book on Discipleship. Stay tuned for more information In his previous life, Bob’s mind was gifted for medical administration. He had risen up the ranks at one of the more prestigious teaching

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Stephen and Rachel Katterhenrich

Meet Stephen and Rachel Katterhenrich. They work for Wycliff Bible Translators in Tanzania. They are global workers of the NALC and our POP council has just affirmed that they are missionary partners of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church! These missionaries

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Fog

I was driving to church on Sunday. The fog was thick. So thick you felt the dampness in your lungs the moment you walked outside. I couldn’t see far. I couldn’t breathe deep. The sun was just beginning to peak

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Modern Worship

Our 9:00 worship service takes the ancient traditional worship service and has given it a different coat of paint. The bones are still the same for what we do in this praise service. However, it looks and feels different than

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Burning of the Greens

On Wednesday, January 8th we gathered for the Burning of the Greens close to the entrance to Peace Chapel. People brought their Christmas trees from home and we had a good ole fashion bonfire. The feast of Epiphany is a

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Hindsight

With the arrival of the new year and the new decade it is the annual time to look ahead and get prepared for what is coming. One can never be prepared for what is coming because we don’t know what

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On Baptism

Baptism means bath. It is a washing in the storied waters that connect the one who is baptized with the one who covered 2/3rds of the earth with water when it was first fashioned. Baptism is a vital part of

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The Prince of Shalom

I could use a little more silence in my life. How about you? Chaos clings to me like velcro. It’s to the point where I am far less productive–my mind races–when it doesn’t have sound somewhere. When I’m alone, I

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Ummata: The Power of Community

There is a deep sense of community within the people of Ethiopia. The Oromo word for Community is Ummata. As my wife heard the word for the first time from the lips of our dear friend, Wadi, she heard her

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Come, ye Thankful People, Come

With Thanksgiving close at hand, I’ll share with you some background, meaning, and some of the words of one of Christendom’s most beloved Thanksgiving hymns. As noted at the bottom of this hymn as printed in our hymnal, it was

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