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Come as You Are
We are the Body of Christ, and through God's promise we will continue to move forward
​as the Body of Christ.
WORSHIP SCHEDULE 
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We will meet online for worship at 11:15, and enjoy coffee together at 9:45. Click  for quick links to zoom coffee hour and worship. 
At 9:45 we gather for zoom Coffee Hour with breakout rooms so that we can socialize a bit! Have your coffee or tea ready and click the link in that week's ezine to connect online. We plan to add a Bible or Sermon/Scripture study and children's programming during this hour. Stay tuned.
The 11:15 worship service is via zoom. Communion will be shared so have any type of bread or cracker and wine or juice ready. The 11:15 service will be via zoom.
Our goal is to be as safe as possible while offering a new way to worship God in community.
Please know that we take the health and safety of all the members, friends, family, visitors and neighbors of Peace Lutheran Church very seriously. We will not engage in any practice which will present an unreasonable risk to those in attendance.
​HUNGRY HEARTS NO MORE PODCAST with Jennie Carter
Hear Jennie Carter, Peace's Director of Youth Ministry and the founder of Hungry Hearts No More, in this podcast, talking about Hungry Hearts No More.  Recently Avenue Realty and  Daily Grind Coffee successfully collaborated to collect food for our pantry. 


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ELCA presiding bishop joins NCC leaders in letter to vice president, Cabinet and Congress
1/8/2021 5:30:00 PM

​CHICAGO — The Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), joined leaders from the National Council of Churches (NCC) in an open letter to Vice President Mike Pence, members of Congress and the Cabinet, calling for the removal of President Donald Trump from office. Read the complete letter here.

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​“Out of my distress I called on the Lord” (Psalm 118:5)
Bishop Eaton responds to recent events

We are a nation in distress. We are a church in distress. The coronavirus has killed 103,000 of us. The virus of racism has taken hundreds of thousands more throughout our history. Now these two deadly viruses converge. Under this distress the veneer of equality has cracked and we see the pain, anger and frustration of those who have been denied the rights and dignity so many of us expect and often take for granted...read the complete statement.


ELCA reaffirms commitment to combat racism and white supremacy
What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8).
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) reaffirms its commitment to combating racism and white supremacy following the recent murders of Black Americans. Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Dreasjon (Sean) Reed, and George Floyd were our neighbors...read the complete statement.
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Recent Leadership Council Minutes. Minutes are posted after they are approved by Council, usually at the following meeting. 
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​ELCA Commitment to Confronting Racism and Anti-Semitism

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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), stands against all forms of hatred and discrimination. The church believes that cultural, ethnic and racial differences should be seen and celebrated as what God intends them to be—blessings rather than means of oppression and discrimination.

The ELCA’s social statement “Freed in Christ: Race, Ethnicity and Culture” states: “Racism—a mix of power, privilege, and prejudice—is sin, a violation of God’s intention for humanity. The resulting racial, ethnic, or cultural barriers deny the truth that all people are God’s creatures and, therefore, persons of dignity. Racism fractures and fragments both church and society.”

The social statement, adopted by the ELCA 1993 Churchwide Assembly, calls on the church to make confession for complicity, name the spiritual crisis at the roots, commit to change and make pledges to public witness, advocacy, and action to confront racism.

“We recognize that the kind of violence we witnessed in Charlottesville last weekend is very real and affects all of us,” said ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton. “We need to stand up firmly against racism and anti-Semitism, show up for and advocate with others. Jesus, who makes visible those who are invisible, is already there. We need to show up, and we need to listen in each of our communities.”

The ELCA is a church that belongs to Christ and Christ’s church universal, where there is a place for everyone. The job of Christ’s people today is to celebrate the diversity of God’s creative work and embrace all people in the spirit of love, whatever race or ethnicity, economic status or gender.

To read the full statement, click here.

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