Welcome to the Prince of Peace Monthly Newsletter. This newsletter is made to keep you up to date on all that is going on here at Prince of Peace. If you ever have something you would like included in our next E-News, please contact Karina Higareda.

PARK BROOK ELEMENTARY 5TH GRADE GRADUATION:

Volunteers needed for June 7th

For the past several years POP volunteers have helped to make graduation day extra special for Park Brook 5th graders. You can join us by either helping serve breakfast to the graduates and their teachers from 8:15am -10am or by serving cake & lemonade tot he graduates and their families at the graduation ceremony from 1:30pm-3:30pm. Please look for sign up sheet on the kiosk, we need you!

Second Harvest Heartland: Volunteers needed

Thurs. June15th for our POP Food Packing event. Please consider giving a few of your precious hours to make a BIG difference and pack food for those in need! This is afun and fulfilling service opportunity for youth & adults. We have 12 reserved spots to fill up.

Volunteers assist with sorting, labeling, weighing & packing various food items.

Look for the sign up sheet on the kiosk or visit: 2harvest.org to learn more!

BACK DUE TO HIGH DEMAND!

Food Truck Festival: Sun. June 25TH

Please join us again on Sunday, June 25th from 11am-6pm for a Food Truck Festival right here in our church parking lot - AGAIN-due to high demand! We had such a great turn out that all the vendors want to come back & feed us. Come and sample up to 25 food trucks ranging from fresh roasted coffee, to freshly made Phillys, to rolled ice cream & cheesecakes! This memorable event is being organized by two super business women, Josie Schuette (owner of Kumain Food Truck/Restaurant) and Lisa Nelson (owner of Yummy Tummy Food Truck) & this will continue to benefit our "Bridge the Gap" Fundraising Appeal.

Quilters Update

The POP Quilters have wrapped up another successful season of quilting! We suspend meeting as a group over the busy summer, but some of us continue to work on quilt tops individually until we meet again as a group starting in September.

During the past quilting season, we sold 69 quilts to provide funds for our batting and supplies, and we donated 149 quilts to Sharing & Caring Hands, Salvation Army Harbor Light, Mission Free Shelter, Lutheran Social Services Refugees and the Veterans Hospital. 

Thanks so much for the sheets and material donated this past year by parishioners! We always appreciate donations of cotton or cotton/poly fabric or sheets (no knits, silky, microfiber or heavy fabrics please as they are more difficult to work with). These can be dropped off at the church office and will be held in the quilter’s closet until we begin meeting again in the Fall. 

Church Library News

 Why is reading during the summer months so important for kids to do?

Summer reading is critical for children to retain knowledge & skills learned in the previous school year and to continue to grow in critical thinking skills. A research study from the U of Tennessee at Knoxville shows that kids that don't read over the summer lose at least two months of reading development. This often is called the "summer slide". Those children that do read may gain a month of proficiency in their reading skills.  

  The POP Church Library & the Public Library have many books that your child may enjoy reading and will help him or her to improve their proficiency in reading.  Listed are several new books young children may like and enjoy reading by themselves, click HERE.