MAY CALENDAR

3-4 Confirmation Weekend

5 Confirmation Sunday

6 Council Meeting

7 Prime Time

12 Town Hall Meeting

Sonya Easley Retirement Reception

13 Christian Ladies Eating Out at Tikka Craze

18 Christ Anchored Men HHG Workday

19 Congregational Meeting

High School Senior Recognition

27 Memorial Day - Office Closed

31 Men's Retreat Quartz Mountain

MAY BIRTHDAYS

MAY ANNIVERSARIES

8 Kevin & Lori Clark

16 Lee & Kristi Crum

24 Phil & Courtney Coghill

26 Gary & Kerri Veit

29 Joe & Billye Palmer

FORMING We are formed in the Gospel of God's grace.

CHURCH COUNCIL

INSTANT CHURCH DIRECTORY



Peace has an online directory at members.InstantChurchDirectory.com. Follow the prompts under "Sign In" and "Create a login now". You must confirm your email address before you can sign in.

There is a free mobile app available for download on the Apple app store in iTunes, Google Play, and Amazon Fire app. Simply search for "Instant Church Directory" to get the download.

You will need to use your email address as listed in the directory to create a log in the first time you use the directory online or via the mobile app.

ANCHORING We are anchored in Christ-centered relationships.

PEACE PRESCHOOL

Peace started last month by talking about “Transportation “. The children learned to graph all types of transportation – land, water, and air. Even the classrooms were turned into an airport play center. The children had such fun as they took a pretend airplane ride while the ‘flight attendant’ handed out their snacks. The highlight of the week was when the teachers created a fun track in our gym so the kids could ride their bikes and scooters. It was unusual for the parents to walk in with their student’s vehicle but a huge success for all. The teachers were glad to report it was an accident-free day and no speeding tickets were handed out!

A very special Science Day last month involved the Solar Eclipse. The children were extremely interested in learning all about this phenomenon and enjoyed the art projects that went along with it. The NASA short video especially helped the students learn fun facts about the sun and even the snacks were a hit - Moon Pies and Sunbursts! Everyone agreed it was a- “sunsational” Day! 

Another special happening at Peace Preschool in the month of April is our Mothers’ Spring Program. It involves 3 wonderful offerings the children give their moms. All month they practiced and worked hard on their gifts to make this day, one to cherish. The first part of the day is singing 3 “mommy songs” – some silly and some with a love message, all heartfelt by the moms. A big “shout out” to Laura Ezersky for being our 2nd pianist for our program. We appreciate her taking time out of her day to help us out. She did a great job! Next the children present a play taken from one of our favorite books: “Are You My Mother?” or “Ask Mr. Bear.” After a ‘round of applause’ for the darling performance, the moms are presented with sweet gifts: a canvas art project that each child made, a fingerprint magnet and a portrait the child made of their mother. Lots of hugs and kisses end this precious day that will certainly be remembered for years.



I am so thankful for all our amazing teachers that work so hard to make preschool a wonderful experience for all our special days. We still have several openings for the Fall so keep referring families. Thanks so much!



In Christ’s Love, Miss Sonya

CHILDREN

RECEPTION FOR SONYA EASLEY

Join us on Sunday, May 12 following worship for a short reception honoring Sonya Easley and her 37 years as a Peace Preschool teacher and director. We will celebrate her with cake and punch in the Parish Hall after service!

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

Join us for an adventure at Camp Firelight VBS this summer, June 24-27. Registration is open for participants at www.peace-lutheran.net/vbs and volunteers can sign up in the Narthex. If you are interested in helping prep decorations for VBS please contact Julia Cohlmia. Work is already underway and extra hands are needed to cut cardboard, paint, and prep paper décor for decorating around the church.

NEEDS:

Save your toilet paper rolls for VBS, Drop off in the copy room.

MEMORY WORK

Trust in the Lord with all your heart And lean not on your own understanding In all your ways acknowledge him And he will direct your path – Proverbs 3:5-6

LEARN THE SONG: Trust In The Lord

SUMMER SUNDAY SCHOOL

We will transition to summer Sunday School on June 2. We will combine the elementary school ages into one class. The preschool will have their own class.

We continue with the Gospel Project.

SUNDAY SCHOOL OFFERING

Our offering this spring will be going to Project 66 again, but this time we will put together both Birthday bags and Hygiene bags. We plan to put these together during Sunday school in the beginning of May. We will be putting these bags together on May 19th during Sunday School Opening.

PARENT RESOURCES FOR FAMILY DEVOTIONS

Please know that if you have any questions, or ever would like more resources to use at home with your family for family reading, devotions, hands on activities, please reach out to me.

NURSERY UPDATE

If you are ever cleaning the house and have gently used toys or books, we would love them for our church nursery! Unsure if what you have might work or want to stop by Walmart and pick something up for the nursery, talk to Julia for more info!

CAMP Opportunities for children and families:

Camp Lutherhoma Summer 2024

 https://www.lutherhoma.com/summer-camp

Find more information about all the camp options for youth camps for ages7-9, ages 9-12 and for family camps being offered this summer where you can have your family enjoy camp for the whole week or 1, 2, 3 days. Flyers are in the narthex, check out the website or ask Julia for more information.

YOUTH

LOFT - Letting Our Faith Thrive

All 6th grade - 12th grade students are invited to gather on Wednesday nights at 6:00 p.m.

Youth Group Happenings

It feels like we are just getting back into a “normal” routine after the Lenten season. Now the energy is building with most of our students as the end-of-school-year activities and work are upon them. Papers to write, tests to take, final school responsibilities met… let’s keep all the students in our prayers over the next few weeks.

We will have a lesson later in May on what it means to be salt and light in the world. I want the youth to know how vital their role is as they walk out of their faith for others to see. They have such influence with friends and family, that sharing their faith can have a great impact.

In April we celebrated birthdays, had a movie night (watched the latest Kung Fu Panda), and enjoyed a sundae bar. We began our study on the book of Philippians using Rooted Ministries curriculum. It seems to be a great fit for our group, both the adults and students are gleaning a lot from the study. For the summer months, we will turn our attention to Knowing Jesus in a 10-week study.

The mission trip to Seattle trip had to be canceled because we couldn’t get enough students to go. Hopefully, there will be more interest next year.

I leave you with our focus verse for the summer kick-off from Matthew 5:13-16.

“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet."

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven."

Stay strong in the Lord,



Christy Jackson, PLC youth director

ADULT

WEB - Women Exploring the Bible - This study is led by Jane Ratke and meets every Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. in the Parish Hall. The next 6 week lesson will be on The Book of Ruth and starts on April 9. Nursery help is needed for two hours on Tuesday mornings. Contact Jane Ratke (ratke1@cox.net) for more information. 

CLEO - Christian Ladies Eating Out - Next meeting on Monday, May 13 at Tikka Craze, 301 S. Bryant Ave, 

Edmond, OK 73034

We will begin at 11:30 a.m. All are welcome!

SENDING We are sent out in Spirit-empowered mission.

HHG has (2) mothers with children and a grandmother raising her grandson in the facility who are mostly domestic violence survivors. Besides the general list of needs for the baby room, I wanted to know if we could specifically provide these mothers with babies with the following items on their personalized list.

1. Mother with 4-year-old boy
2. 5T/Size small in clothes
3. 4T/5T in underwear
4. Socks
5. 11c in shoes
6. Grandmother with 16-month boy
7. Diaper size 5
8. Baby Hygiene
9. Baby wipes
10. Short sets size 18 months
11. Shoe size 4
12. Mother with 2 year girl
13. 3T clothes
14. Diaper size 6
15. Baby Hygiene
16. Nightlight 
17. Toddler bed sheets
18. Shoe size 6
19. 3T Training pants

The following list is a general list for the baby room.

1. (2) High chairs for in-house clients
2. (2) Playpens
3. Baby clothing sizes from newborn to 4 years
4. Baby Hygiene
5. Socks 
6. Underwear
7. Diaper sizes from newborn to 6T

Once again thank you for your time and support! We are grateful for your generosity and kindness.

Sincerely,

Christopher Payne—Men's Facility Director

Shawna McLemore—Women's Facility Director

Sue DuCharme—CEO​

Frankie Garcia-Leon

Administrator

NHD/Hope House Guthrie

1916 E Perkins Ave

Guthrie, OK 73044

(405) 856-9058—Help Desk

(405) 887-0288—Administration

admin@hopehouseguthrie.com

www.hopehouseguthrie.org

https://www.youtube.com/@HopeHouseGuthrie

https://www.facebook.com/hopehouseguthrie.org

If you would like to help, you can drop off your items at the church office.

Peace Lutheran volunteers help load the truck bound for the Texas Panhandle in February 2024.

Julie Hostetler met with volunteers at the Texas Disaster Relief warehouse.

View of the Texas warehouse before supplies unloaded.

Texas volunteers help unload health kits and other necessary supplies.

Using the big equipment to unload the buckets.

Warehouse after the unloading is done. God is Good!

2024 Disaster Warehouse before loading (above)

The Loading Team (right)

The warehouse after loading the truck.

The town of Sulphur was hit by an EF3 tornado on Saturday, April 27, 2024. Most of the historic downtown was destroyed along with many houses on the east side of town.

By Tuesday, the Peace Disaster Team had called in volunteers to help load all the supplies from the warehouse that were needed and sent the truck down to Sulphur that morning.

Below you will see pictures of the Murray County Expo center full of donations, not just from Peace but from all over the area.

The volunteers were grateful for our donations and willing to help us unload the truck!

The many donations of clothing and household supplies were an amazing show of the love of God.

Bringing in the buckets from Peace.

Special thanks to these High School students for their help unloading our packed 26 foot UHAUL truck!

Picture of the many donations brought to the Expo Center for disaster relief

Middle- The 300 clean up buckets, blankets, health kits donated by PLC Disaster Warehouse.

oving the supplies into the warehouse