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6/24/2014

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   I love my church, Peace Lutheran, or as we call it, appropriately, Peace.
    I love:
    -that we worship sitting on folding chairs in an auditorium that also serves as  a community center and gym.*
    - that beautiful, spirit-lifting music and singing is a fundamental part of our worship.
Our worship musicians
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   - that every Sunday service begins with an announcement of opportunities for community service.
    - that the sign in our lobby  reads, "The Heartbeat of Peace is Service."
    -that  community service is in fact the heartbeat of Peace.
    - that our pastors, Kai Nilsen and Doug Warburton, preach: on kindness, tolerance and acceptance of one another; that we've been blessed to be a blessing to others; that righteousness is wrong and empathy  is right;  that none of us has our life together all the time and that the kindest words in the English language are "me, too";  that what matters to God isn't what we do on Sunday morning but how we treat each other every day of the week; that there over 1100 bible verses commanding us to care for the poor; that, as St Iraneus said over 1800 years ago, "The glory of God is a human being who is fully alive".
    - that Peace offers a free community lunch every Sunday afternoon. 
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    - that we have a yearly pet blessing to which even non-members come to have their pets blessed.
    -that we minister to the poor, the homeless, the hungry, the sick, the mentally disabled and those who've been hit by natural disasters, 
    -that Peace is only two blocks from my house so I can walk there.
    -that I can be part of Peace.

    But since this past weekend I now have a new feeling about  Peace. 
    To Be Continued...

  
*Or there's a service in the church sanctuary for those who like their worship served up with pews,  stained glass, and traditional church music.
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Romaine
6/24/2014 01:57:26 am

"that righteousness is wrong and empathy is right; that none of us has our life together all the time and that the kindest words in the English language are "me, too"
Very true -!
I can see how you would fit right in with this church because it has all the qualities that you have too!

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