Please keep our Youth and all who are attending the SED Senior High Fall Retreat this weekend in your prayers.

Dearest Jesus, our Savior. Thank you for your love and for providing us an opportunity to rest and refresh in Your presence! Grant all who are preparing to travel to Front Royal, safety in their journey. Let each one experience in this event a renewed heart for You and a renewed passion to serve You. Grant all your leaders an extra measure of grace, wisdom, and patience as they provide leadership and guidance to their youth. In Your mighty name. Amen.

"I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint." ~

Jeremiah 31:25

Matthew 25:14 – 30

Take a moment and read the Parable of the Talents. It is easy to see that Prince of Peace is full of faithful servants who have been diligent and fruitful in the use of what their Father has given them. During the Envisioning Event, we prayerfully considered what God was calling us to strategically do in the next 90 days, using the talents He has blessed us with. Please see the four initiatives listed below along with the people who are working to bring these priorities into focus and realization. 

We will continue focus on our teen Youth Ministry. Ideas included focus on current youth programs, use of social media, invitation of non-church youth to join programs and focus on discipleship.

Team includes Arla Albers (Staff Liaison), Jennifer Gross, Valerie McLean, and Lynn Hathaway 

We will move forward in offering a Preschool full day option. We desire to meet the needs of all families in our community. Ideas included surveys of other operating full-day programs, survey of current families using our school and review of county requirements and insurance coverage. Team includes Lisa Wentzel (Staff Liaison), Howard Albers and Kassie Delaney 

We will establish a Young Adult Ministry. Ideas included identifying current interest groups including singles, young parents, early career, etc. Also included were ideas for community, service, and spiritual growth. 

Team includes Brad Womble(Staff Liaison), Adam Miller, Lynn Hathaway, Sara Wilson and Abigail Wolfgram  

We will establish a Family Meal Night. Ideas included a simple meal with per person donation to cover the cost. The meal would be followed by some of our existing programs to simplify individual schedules. 

Team includes Arla Albers (Staff Liaison), Marcel Page, Jessica Landon, Christy Brown, Patty Bryant, Frank and Martha Dellermann and Linda Harley 

Using our God-given resources and depending on His leadership, we move ahead. Please cover all areas of this process in prayer. Keep watching for updates. Ask questions! Be involved. Use the talents He has given you for the blessing of all. 

Our middle school and high school students will be collecting money donations at the doors of the Sanctuary during the weekends of Nov. 5-6 and 12-13. The money will go toward buying food items to put together Thanksgiving baskets for families through ECHO. The students will plan and shop for the baskets on Saturday, November 19 at 3:30 pm to be delivered to the families before Thanksgiving. Contact Jennifer Gross.

We will be welcoming our new members next weekend at the 10:30 am service on Sunday, November 13th. We are so excited that one of the people will be getting baptized too! Please consider coming to this service to help us celebrate. There will be yummy food after the service.  

The school invites you to come experience their Thanksgiving chapels on Nov. 17 & 18 at 9:10 am or 11:15 on both days. 

Worship at POP

In-Person

Saturday at 5:30 pm

(Saturday worship will be inside now because of temperature changes and earlier sunset)

Sunday at 8:15 & 10:30 am

Live-stream

Sundays at 10:30 am

Communion Details

5:30 PM

Served Weekly

8:15 AM Service

Served 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays

10:30 AM service

Served 2nd, 4th & 5th Sundays

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Sunday POP Spanish Language Worship 9:45 am

Sunday POP Amharic Language Worship 3:00 pm

Nov 4-6 - Senior High Youth Retreat

Nov 5-6 - All Saints Day

Nov 5-6 - Youth Money Collection for Thanksgiving

Nov 12 - Young Adult Fellowship Meal

Nov 12 - Deadline for Christmas Shoeboxes

Nov 12-13 - Youth Money Collection for Thanksgiving

Nov 13 - New Member Celebration

Nov 17 & 18 School Thanksgiving Chapels 

Nov 19 - Bethlehem Olive Wood Nativity Sale

Nov 19 - Club 123 & 456

Nov 22 - Christmas Decorating

Nov 23 - Thanksgiving Worship 7PM

Nov 24 - Thanksgiving (Church Office Closed)

Nov 25 - Church Office Closed

Nov 27 - Advent Begins

Nov 30 - Midweek Advent, His Family Time & Meal

Dec 3 - Women's Advent Potluck Lunch

Dec 7 - Midweek Advent, His Family Time & Meal

Dec 9 - Bethany House Christmas Concert

Dec 11 - POP Christmas Concert 4pm

Dec 14 - Midweek Advent, His Family Time & Meal

Dec 15 & 16 - School Christmas Chapels 

For more details read below, visit our website, or email info@poplc.org

• Jan 1-7 - Hypothermia 

Come help us kick off the Young Adult Fellowship by joining us at Tacos and Tequila - Cardinal Forest Shopping Center. We will meet there on Saturday, November 12th at 7pm, following the Saturday Night Church service at Prince of Peace. Come for fun and friendship. RSVP to Brad Womble.

CLUB 456

Attention all 4th, 5th & 6th graders!!  

Club 456 is playing Bible Jeopardy! Join us on Saturday, Nov. 19th, from 6:45pm - 8:15pm in room 27 at Prince of Peace Church. Hint: The questions will be from Genesis chapters 1-9. Bring your Bible! Dinner & Fun Provided! You are welcome to bring a friend along.  Please RSVP to Arla at arla.albers@poplc.org for a food count.

CLUB 123

Attention all 1st, 2nd & 3rd graders!!

Come play with your fellow friends and/or bring along a new friend to Club 123 for some Great Fun! Join us on Saturday, Nov. 19th from 6:45pm - 8:15pm in the library (room 26) at Prince of Peace Church. Dinner & Fun Provided! Please RSVP to Arla at arla.albers@poplc.org for a food count.

For centuries, Bethlehem Christians have been using olivewood to make religious crafts. They rely on selling them to Christian pilgrims for their livelihood. Due to persecution, ongoing conflict, and Covid 19 tourism has plummeted during the past fifteen years. Unemployment has reached its highest, and Christians families are struggling to get daily bread. Unfortunately, many Christians are leaving the Holy Land. For the first time since Jesus’s resurrection, the Christian population of the Holy Land is less than 1%.

After and between all services on the weekend of November 19 & 20, many beautiful hand carved olive wood religious articles will be available for sale. Such as, Nativity sets, crosses, angels, Christmas ornaments, candle holders, religious figures, and many more. Your purchase will be special since the olivewood is a hard wood that will remain beautiful and intact for generations.

Nothing is more special than owning a Nativity Set carved in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ. Buying one piece supports a Christian family for a few days. The Christians of Bethlehem need your support, today. Your generosity is deeply appreciated.

www.holylandcsc.com

Demand from our surrounding community continues to grow. We would like to start a second Beginner’s section and need to find additional teachers to start up in the coming months. 

We need persons with an interest in building a strong diverse community in our Prince of Peace neighborhood. The teaching commitment is for one day a week for two hours on Tuesday or Friday morning. It requires no special teaching experience. If you can help occasionally, we need people who can sign up as substitute teachers as well.

If you have an interest or just have questions, send a note to ESL@poplc.org or call the Prince of Peace ESL Coordinator, Mark Rumohr, at 703-776-0947. Can’t wait to hear from you!