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Saturday at 5:30 pm

Sunday at 8:15 & 10:30 am

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Sunday at 10:30 am

On Sunday May 21st at the 10:30 worship service we will be celebrating our new members! We are excited about this and we encourage you to attend the service to help welcome and greet them. We will have food too!

In the Spirit of Pentecost, and as we confess in the creed, “WE believe in one holy

Christian/catholic and apostolic church!”

On Pentecost Sunday, May 28th, a multitude of congregations connected to us will come together for one great celebration. One worship service at 10am, followed by a potluck. Amharic, Spanish, English, Hindi/Urdu, Korean, Filipino, and Ugandan churches will come together as ONE church! WE will not have our normal Saturday/Sunday services, it will be one big service at 10am, and we are asking all the PoP family to show support for all our congregations and the mission of Jesus for ALL NATIONS!  

Save the Date of June 11th for POP's Annual Voters' Assembly. This meeting will be in-person at 4:30pm in the Fellowship Hall. Voting will take place for the annual budget, two new BoSL members, and a new vision statement. Jennifer.Gross@poplc.org

All of the quilts that you see draped on the pews this weekend were hand made by our Holy Comforters. They will be taken to Pennsylvania for distribution to Lutheran World Relief countries. Some of these quilts are used as mattresses on dirt floors, tents, and comfort quilts in Ukraine and Poland. They provide hope and a fresh start to families who have been displaced. Thanks to the generosity of people who have dropped off fabric and yarn for us, and to those who bought quilts in November for which we used the profits for batting.

The Holy Comforters completed at least 140 quilts this year! These quilts bring reminders of God's grace and love to our neighbors most in need. If you are interested in being a part of this valuable ministry please email Arla.Albers@poplc.org.

The Gathering was born from the Envisioning event held last October. Our mission is to provide a meal for all ages to enjoy and a time of fellowship: usually a fun, organized activity. There were many interested in a time of fellowship outside of service and Sunday school. Since January we have held an event the second Wednesday of every month. The Gathering team is asking for your help by completing the attached survey whether you have attended a Gathering event and especially if you have not. The link is below but we also have provided paper copies at the Welcome Center in the church lobby. Thank you for taking a few minutes to complete our survey.

The Gathering Team

Visit our website for more details! https://www.poplc.org/upcoming-events/

May 14 - Mother's Day

May 18 - Scott Kohnke Memorial Service

May 19 - Club 456 Lock-In

May 20 - Spring Women's Brunch

May 20 - POP Students Mini Golf

May 20 - Club 123

May 21 - New Member Celebration

May 25 & 26th - Rainbow Chapels for Preschool

May 28 - Pentecost Celebration

May 29 - Memorial Day (Church Office Closed)

June 1 - Deadline to register for Student Mission Trip

June 5 - Three Week POP School Summer Camp Begins

June 13 - Kindergarten Authors and Artists Day

June 14 - Butterfly Chapel for Kindergarten

June 18 - Father's Day

June 26 - 4 Week Creativity Camp Begins

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

July 9-14 - Student Mission Trip

Aug 7-11 - VBS & Music Camp 2023 Register below!

Sept 6 - Divorce Care for Adults & Children

Nov 11 - Sight and Sound Theater - Lancaster PA

On Sunday, May 21st, the Sunday Women’s Bible Study will be starting a new book, “The God Who Sings: Set Free By The Sound” by Denise Siemens. “God has been singing over us since before we were born. This Song is perfect as it is, needing no additional notes, verses, or movements. We are going to learn how to live in harmony with the Song – a place where joy is what powers our existence.” Topics that will be covered include unforgiveness, disappointment with God, and unanswered prayer, to name a few. The book is available on Amazon or can be bought in class. The group meets 9:30 – 10:25 a.m. and is led by M.E. Sorenson.

Club 123 (all 1st, 2nd & 3rd graders) will meet on Saturday, May 20th, 6:45pm -8:15pm in room 26. A light pizza dinner will be served. Friends welcome. 

Alex.Lillis@poplc.org

All students in Grades 6-12 are invited to join us for a fun afternoon of mini golf! We will meet at Lucky Duck Miniature Golf Course in Lake Accotink Park on Saturday, May 20th from 2pm to 4pm. Cost is $5 per person. Friends are welcome! Alex.Lillis@poplc.org

The Prince of Peace Student Ministry is going on a Mission Trip to Pittsburgh, PA from July 9th-14th. There, we will work to make a lasting difference through community service projects with local ministries and nonprofits. All students entering grades 6-12 this Fall are invited to join us. The cost is $350 per student. Register by June 1st if you would like to attend.

Club 456 (all 4th, 5th & 6th graders) is having a lock-in at church! Join us from Friday, May 19th at 6:30pm to Saturday, May 20th at 9:30am. We will be playing games, watching a movie, learning a bible lesson, and having lots of fun. Dinner and breakfast will be provided. Bring a sleeping bag, pillow, bible, toiletries, and flashlight. Friends are welcome. Please RSVP if you plan to attend.

Alex.Lillis@poplc.org 

• The four weeks of Creativity Camp begins June 26th from 9AM-12:30PM in room 27
• Classes taught by Arla Albers
• The fee is $275 per child, per week and includes all materials
• No refunds after May 31
• Register for all 4 classes at once and receive a $50 discount
• Classes will include quality items that can be put on your wall or desk and kept forever
• No classes will be held the week of July 4th. 
• There will be no make-up classes offered for missed classes
• Weeks one, two , and four is limited to 20 children. Week three is limited to 17 children.

Click HERE to register

Arla.Albers@poplc.org

New Critical Targets (Goals)

The BoSL has reviewed and updated Prince of Peace’s Critical Targets, defined as “milestones we must pass to accomplish our vision” in the Strategic Focus section of the PoPLC Governance Policy Manual. The last time the Critical Targets were updated was December 2020. The BoSL plans to re-visit the Critical Targets yearly to assess and update them. The BoSL voted on March 21, 2023, to approve the following Critical Targets:

1. As a team, the BoSL and lead staff will re-visit and reformulate the Prince of Peace vision statement that defines a discipleship pathway and bring it to the congregation for approval. 
2. Implement the discipleship pathway as defined above, to include opportunities for lay people to live out the vision. 
3. Maintain and enhance a high-quality, full-day option for students at the PoP preschool/kindergarten. Research the feasibility of extending the day to more hours, offering summer enrichment programs, and increasing enrollment in the future. 
4. More fully assimilate the school ministry with Prince of Peace as a whole—financially, organizationally, and through continued communication and opportunities to connect with school families and staff.  
5. Assess current weekend worship and Sunday School experiences and determine/implement the changes needed to steward current resources appropriately and to better serve new and continuing worship attenders.  

Vision Team Formed

As Critical Target 1 indicates, the BoSL also determined that the time has come to formulate a new vision for Prince of Peace. To that end, the BoSL voted to authorize BoSL Chair Jennifer Gross and Pastor Michael Hayes to form a Vision Team made up of selected BoSL members, staff, and lay leaders. The Vision Team members represent a cross-section of ages, length of time at PoP, and attenders of the different worship services. The goal of the Team is to formulate a new vision statement for the congregation to discuss and vote on at the upcoming Voter’s Meeting in June. A key resource that the Vision Team is using to guide their discernment and discussions is the book Simple Church by Thom S. Rainer and Eric Geiger. The church office has a few extra copies of the book available to members who may be interested in more detail on what the Vision Team is aiming for as they work on the new vision. The Vision Team members are: Aivars Baumanis, Abigail Wolfgram, Sara Wilson, Gary Miller, Brad Womble, Alex Lillis, Jennifer Gross, and Pastor Michael Hayes. Please pray for the Vision Team over the next month as they seek to discern God’s leading for Prince of Peace.  

Jennifer.Gross@outlook.com

Every week we have lovely flowers on our altar wall. Could you be a donator of these for a week or two? Have a special occasion? It would be a great time to give to the Lord. Sign up at the welcome table in the narthex. You are welcome to take the flowers after the 2nd service on Sunday. Please bring your own container to transfer into. Suggested donation is $40. (These flower arrangements would usually run more than $100 if ordered through a florist. Our Prince of Peace volunteers do these for you for so much less and we thank them.) Arla.Albers@poplc.org

1. It's how they meet Jesus. It's how they learn to worship.
2. Busy Bags with quiet activities are located on hooks outside of the nursery (room 22). Please return them.
3. We also provide a staffed nursery during worship for infants and toddlers if they need a place and people just for them.