wine and bread

Advent at Prince of Peace

Advent is the church season before Christmas. In a world full of sorrow, we turn our hearts toward hope.

Together we watch and wait for God to come...

    Wednesdays in Advent
    December 2nd, 9th & 16th

    Come join us for soup suppers starting at 6:30 pm and Holden Evening Vespers, a hopeful, gentle service of song and prayer starting at 7:30 pm.

    Pastor Steve will present highlights from his sabbatical journey following these services.

    Please sign up in the narthex if you can provide food or help with set-up and/or clean-up on any of these evenings.

Devotions
and
More About Advent

two advent candles lit

Reaching Out
to Serve Others

  • The Giving Tree - You can make a child's Christmas special by providing a gift for Christmas. The Giving Tree is in the narthex and each child has tags for four gifts, two toys and two clothing items. After the gifts are returned unwrapped to Prince of Peace, our youth will wrap the gifts before they are delivered.

  • Adopted Family – We also, through the City of Gaithersburg, adopt a family for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, providing food and gifts of clothing and toys for the children.

gifts of hope image
  • Gifts of Hope is an alternative gift program. Traditional gift giving involves buying an item to give to a relative or friend. Alternative giving involves buying a symbol of a gift and giving the symbol to someone. The actual item goes to someone who needs the gift. For example, you could buy new sheets for homeless women or food for an abandoned child in El Salvador. You will receive a Christmas card with a description of each gift that you choose. The Gifts of Hope "market" opens November 28th and runs through December 20th - before and after services in the narthex. For more information, please contact Ellen Michael by email or at 301-947-8433.

  • Ongoing Social Ministry Projects – We continue to remember to support the backdoor ministries during the holidays! Our collections of boxes of cereal, pasta, sauce, tuna and other donations continue for Gaithersburg HELP. We also continue to collect old cell phones (which are given to people at risk for domestic violence), cancelled stamps (for the National Lutheran Home), Campbell's soup labels (actually only the UPC code, which go to the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission) and hotel-size toiletries (for shelter residents).