Upcoming Events...
Join Us For Lent at Prince of Peace
March 12-13 -- 30 Hour Famine – Our high school youth will be fasting at the church to raise awareness and funds for the hungry kids of the world.
Saturday, March 27 -- Earth Hour -- From 8:30 - 9:30 pm, Prince of Peace members will gather at the church and be turning off the steeple lighting to take part in Earth Hour 2010. You are invited to join us at church or at home!
June 5 – Our Annual Yard Sale! A very popular event in our local community, Prince of Peace holds our annual yard sale each year on the Saturday following Memorial Day. More than simply a huge yard sale, we offer food and music as we turn this event into the biggest block party on Route 28!
July 10-17, Workcamp 2010 in Mifflinburg, PA. A fabulous week where we will see how God uses the experience of serving others to change lives-ours and the people we serve. We will join about 400 other Christian youth and adults and perform meaningful home repairs for the residents of Mifflinburg. Open to youth entering high school in Fall 2010 up through age 20. Check out the 2009 Workcamp Blog from Elmira, NY.
July 19-23 – Vacation Bible School returns each day from 9 am – 12 noon. Children from our congregation and our local community gather each day for fun and learning about the meaning of God’s love in our lives.
Recent Events...
We enjoyed the second annual PoP Chili Cook-off on January 23rd. High school youth put on this event to raise money for Work Camp 2010. A capacity crowd enjoyed a great night of food and fellowship with homemade chili, cornbread, and desserts.
Christmas at Prince of Peace
We celebrated the Season of Christmas for 12 days, from December 25 – January 5.
Wednesday Evenings in Advent. We enjoyed soup suppers together followed by Holden Evening Vespers during three Wednesdays in Advent. Afterward, Pastor Steve presented highlights from his sabbatical journey.
Christmas Pageant was held on December 11 & 12. This year's Christmas Pageant was entitled “Doubletake".
On Wednesday, November 25th we hosted a Thanksgiving Service with two other Lutheran Congregations featuring choir, soloists, guitar, and flute. After the service everyone shared dessert together.
Our brothers and sisters at Hevrat Shalom, a reformed Jewish congregation that meets at Prince of Peace, invited us to share their Shabbat service on November 20th. Hevrat Shalom’s cantor sang the liturgy, Pastor Sarah spoke about Lutheran faith in daily life and the PoP choir also sang. Many thanks to Hevrat Shalom for their hospitality and warm welcome.
On Sunday, November 15th we celebrated the Rite of Confirmation for 11 of our young people, who affirmed their faith and assumed greater responsibility in the life of our Christian community!
We Celebrated the return of Pastor Steve Buechler from his sabbatical on November 1st! In honor of All Saints' Day we remembered all those who have gone before us in worship on All Saints' Day.
Youth from Prince of Peace attended the 2009 ELCA Youth Gathering in July in New Orleans, LA! Jesus, Justice Jazz, the theme for the 2009 ELCA Youth Gathering, draws from the rich faith history, diverse cultures, and arts of New Orleans. It enhanced our understanding of what it means to live in relationship and service with each other in the manner of Christ … for life... wherever we are! Check out the Youth Gathering blog.