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Prince of Peace Church is called to know, love, and serve Jesus
as Savior and Lord, to share his healing and transformation with all people.
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From the Deacon’s Desk
Rebuild Restore Renew
“Will you persevere in resisting evil, and, when you fall into sin, repent and return to the Lord? I will, with God’s help.” This is the second of the five promises we make in the renewal of our Baptismal covenant, and it contains several very rich and powerful words: Persevere – Resist – Evil – Fall – Sin – Repent – Return. This promise recognizes that our Baptismal covenant is a life-long promise, a life-long commitment, to resist the evil that permeates our broken world. And this promise is a constant and on-going “renewal”, because notice, it doesn’t say “if you fall into sin…”, it says “whenyou fall into sin.” And it will happen countless times, we can count on it!The stage is then set for the endless battle of our “persistence and resistance” to be renewed again and again.
Now this is not a “trip and fall” into sin. My Apple watch will tell me instantly if I accidentally trip and fall over a bump in the sidewalk, and it will ask me if I’m OK or should my watch (for goodness sakes!) call 911. But if I “fall” headlong into the deep end of my pool through my own volition, my watch won’t call anyone, it will just get wet.Evil is in the world, and we must always be on our guard, but we often sin through our own deliberate fault, as we are bold to confess “we have sinned against you and against our neighbor,in thought and word and deed,through negligence, through weakness,through our own deliberate fault.”
The late M. Scott Peck,in his book, People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil, the author and psychiatrist defined evil as “that which kills or suppresses life or the life force,” and he says that it often disguises itself in a “mask of self-righteousness,” a “narcissistic self-image that denies and refuses to acknowledge any personal flaws”, but instead “manipulating” or “scapegoating” others. In other words, in our self-righteousness and need to preserve our self-image, we deceive ourselves into believing that we are incapable of doing horrendous evil given the right circumstances. But St. John reminds us in his first letter that “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not inn us.” That’s why in our Baptismal covenant we promise to “repent and return to the Lord.” It is a daily struggle of renewal and resistance of our faith, but our hope is in the Lord, or as Dr. Peck would say, “The War against Evil has been won. We are now just in a mopping up operation.” We need to be persistent about it through the continued renewal of our Baptismal promise. For St. John does not leave us comfortless: “But if we confess our sins, God, who is faithful and just, will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
And all of God’s people said……..
By Grace Through Faith
Deacon George
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We welcome our newly baptized, Hannah Marie Hower,
and her parents, Robert and Christine!
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Sunday Worship in the Summer goes to ONE service at 9am
Beginning July 3 and running through August 14th,
there will be ONE service at 9 am on Sunday mornings.
This service will also be live streamed.
We will return to our regular schedule
on August 21 with worship at 8 and 10 -
live-streaming the 10am service.
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Trinity Sunday
in-person worship
at 8am and 10 am
The 10am service is live streamed.
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Prayer Card
Months ago our Parish Administrator, Ann Gillinger, was sharing with us all the prayer ministries that went on at Prince of Peace. That list was impressive. Several weeks ago, our Sr. Warden, Carol Barker introduced the congregation to another prayer ministry by sharing with us a very simple “Prayer Card.”
The idea behind the “card” is that prayer is something unique to the church. It is a tool we are called to use for ourselves but also on behalf of others. The card states very clearly “we will pray for you/or whomever needs prayers, with no strings attached.” There is simple contact information (ways you can get your prayer request to the church) for us to pray.
These cards are a tool that you can use to share with others that pray is available to them and for those they love. Pick up a few cards after worship and share them with family, friends or other “neighbors.” If you are still not physically worshiping with us at Prince of Peace let us know that you would like some of the prayer cards and we will send them to you via mail.
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Healing Prayer Meeting with Father Steve
scheduled for THIS Sunday at 9am
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Acolyte Training and Refresher Course is being offered next Sunday, June 19th at 9am by Father Rand and the Prince of Peace deacons. We welcome any parishioners from 4th grade and up who would enhance our worship service by serving as a Crucifer, a Gospel Bearer, or a Torch Bearer.
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WEST VALLEY FOOD PANTRY
Our WVFP is enjoying and benefiting from a recent gift from the LA Food Pantry: an industrial ice box! This keeps our fresh meat and produce fresh for our clients during this hot, HOT weather. Blessings abound!
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This Saturday, June 11th, we will board the bus for Brian Tucker's ordination at the St. John's Cathedral, 514 W. Adams Blvd LA 9007 at 10am.
NEW DEPARTURE TIME: The bus will leave at 7:30am - please arrive by 7:15am to ensure that your don't "miss the bus!" We will return after noon.
If you are unable to join us in person for Saturday's service, please plan to celebrate with Brian and Therese with cake and goodies on the Patio on Sunday, June 12th, following the 10am service.
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In honor of Brian's ordination, a special "Vestments" fund is being established for Brian Tucker! If you would like to contribute, please make your check payable to Prince of Peace with "Vestments" in the memo line. We are so pleased to have "one of our own" beginning his journey to the priesthood! Congratulations, Brian!
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You are invited to a fun-filled evening for ALL AGES
on Friday, June 17 at 5:30pm in the Reasoner Family Center. Invite your friends to Prince of Peace!
Pizza and Salad will be provided!
We need your RSVP. Sign up at the patio or call/email [email protected] or Dave Dumas ([email protected]) or Alma Fountain ([email protected]).
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The Daughters of the King and ECW invite you to a salad luncheon and discussion of Holy Woman, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, at Ann Gillinger's home on Saturday, June 18th at 11:30. All women of the church (and friends) are welcome and encouraged to come and share a meal, good conversation, and a discussion of one of the saints celebrated in the church's book, Holy Women, Holy Men.
A free version of the book, in PDF format, is available on line at https://diobeth.typepad.com/files/holy-women-holy-men.pdf.
Our plan is to explore the important role of women in the church through examination of women who have caused us to think, to imagine, and to take on issues facing us as Christian women of the 21st century. Plan to join us!
22230 Mayall Street, Chatsworth
11:30am, Saturday, June 18th
RSVP to Ann in the office by June 16th
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Children and Family Ministry:
This is the last week of the 2021-2022 Sunday School year. We especially thank all our dedicated and loving teachers (intentional shepherds!):
Elementary Program: Richard Muniz (Assistant Director), Martha Aikiriza, Connie Bartz, Patti Crawford, Kevin Fountain, Nova Heiss, Diana Kajabago, Karen King, Martha Nimusiima, and Barbara Pazevic
Preschool Program: Mike and Margie Pavlowsky
Li’l Lambs Nursery: Neria Fay Arinda
Each of these children’s ministers is important to this ministry. We share their stories in coming Happenings summer articles so you will get to know them!
Our word for this week is WISDOM. In Proverbs 8, we will listen to Wisdom who will tell us she was with God when God made everything! We will end this school year with a prayer walk around our campus, thanking and praising God for His awesome wisdom, power, and love. We invite you to celebrate with us with an Ice Cream Sundae on the patio!
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ECW’s Movie Night
STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER
A film biography of the composer John Philip Sousa, from his early days in the Marine Corps Band through the Spanish-American War in 1898.
Friday, July 22
Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, and other goodies
Great Movie
Bring the kids.
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Congratulations: to proud parents, Emily and Gregory Reasoner, on the birth of their second daughter,
Ripley Zeal Reasoner! Ripley was born early Wednesday morning, June 8th. She and her parents are all doing well! Proud grandparents are Kathryn and Rand Reasoner and proud great-grandparents are Karen and Boude Moore! Welcome to our world, little one!
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May prayer requests and thanksgivings have been compiled and are available here for your prayers and meditation.
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Please submit your prayer requests and thanksgivings by clicking here.
- If a continuing request is missing, please resubmit as we began a new list with January 2022!
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