Peace Lutheran Church 8240 Blue Ridge Kansas City, MO 64138

November Newsletter

Sunday Worship Services

Traditional 8:30 a.m. Adult and Children Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Contemporary 11:00 a.m.

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November 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Daylight Savings Ends on November 6

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your clocks BACK one hour.

1 10:00 am Knit/Crochet 10:30 am OWLS 6:30 pm GIP Board Mtg.

2 9:00 am GIP Chapel 6:30 pm Adult Bible Study 7:30 pm Church Council

3 9:00 am LWML Bake Sale Baking Day. 9:30 am John Knox 6:30 pm Choir Practice

4 Pastor’s day with family 6:30 pm Movie Night

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6 Mini Cookie Bake Sale 8:30 am Traditional 9:45 am Sunday School 11:00 am Contemporary

Daylight Savings Ends

7 9:30 am Sewing Bee 7:00 pm Alpha Circle 6:30 pm Worship/Music Board

8 10:00 am Knit/Crochet

Presidential Election

9 9:00 am GIP Chapel 1:30 pm Lydia Circle 6:30 pm Adult Bible Study

10 9:30 am John Knox 1:00 pm Bible Journaling 6:30 pm Choir Practice

11 Pastor’s day with family

VeternsDay

12 12:00 pm- 6:00pm Liz Griddine Baby Shower

13 LWML Bake Sale

8:30 am Traditional 9:45 am Sunday School 11:00 am Contemporary 12:00 pm Youth Meeting

Food For Needy

14 9:30 am Sewing Bee

15 10:00 am Knit/Crochet Newsletter Deadline

16 9:00 am GIP Chapel 9:30 am Book Club 5:00 pm Thanksgiving Family Meal

17 9:00 am Pastors Conference 6:30 pm Choir Practice

18 Pastor’s day with family

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20 8:30 am Traditional 9:45 am Sunday School 11:00 am Contemporary

21 9:30 am Sewing Bee

22 10:00 am Knit/Crochet 6:00 pm LWML Ex Board

23 9:00 am GIP Chapel 7:00 pm Thanksgiving Worship Service

24 GIP & Church Office Closed

25 GIP & Church Office Closed

Pastor’s day with family

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27 8:30 am Traditional 9:45 am Sunday School 11:00 am Contemporary

Mite Box Sunday

28 9:30 am Sewing Bee

29 9:30 am Topic Leader 10:00 am Knit/Crochet 7:00 PM Elders Mtg

30 9:00 am GIP Chapel 3:00 pm Advent Worship 7:00 pm Advent Worship

NOTES: The last Wednesday Night Bible Study for 2016 will be Wednesday November 9

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and will resume Wednesday January 4, 2017. There will be only two John Knox Bible Study’s in November. The mornings of the 3

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Decorating the Sanctuary

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Thank the Lord!

November is the month we celebrate Thanksgiving. This tradition has a long history

with different stories describing its origin. While we may never know where or

when the original tradition began, we do have enough evidence to show us that it

was Christians who took this time to give thanks to God and to offer up prayers for

all He has done for us. George Washington declared Thanksgiving in 1789, "as a day

of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal

favors of Almighty God." God has richly blessed us in America with an abundance unlike any other nation that

has ever existed on this earth.

So why is it that we always seem to want more? No matter how much we have, it is never enough. Whatever

our income is, we wish it could be just a little more. Our home is nice, but wouldn’t it be better if it was just a

bit bigger. Or perhaps you purchased a bigger home, and it’s too much to take care of, so now you just want a

smaller one. No matter what you have, you are always looking for the next bigger or better thing. It seems like

the grass is always greener on the other side and our desires seem to have no end.

Stop for a moment and take a good hard look at the grass you’re currently standing on. It’s good! You have all

the provisions you need. You have food on the table. You have a roof over your head. You have clothes to

wear. You have a government that still allows you to worship the Triune God and they don’t penalize you for

it. God has richly blessed you and the majority of the people that live in this country. If there was ever a time

to stop and say, “Thank you!” to God, now is it.

We don’t need to wait until Thanksgiving Day every year. We should be thanking and praising God each and

every day of our lives. “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the

will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18) Acknowledging God and His goodness is what

He expects from us each and every day.

In the service of Christ, Pastor Rolf

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Peace Luther Church Peace Lutheran Church 8240 Blue Ridge Kansas City, MO 64138 peacelutheranlcms.org Phone: 816-353-3813 Pastor: Rev. David Rolf Music Director Luke Nicolay Secretary: Debbie Baldwin Director of Grow in Peace Child Care Center: Carla Hamilton Office Hours: Tuesday - Thursday 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Bulletin and Newsletter Items: Send bulletin items by Wednesday to the Church Office at peacelutheranlcms@att.net

Send Newsletter items by the 15th of the preceding month to Sheila Dalen email sheiladalen6@gmail.com

Prayer Chain Requests: Sheila Dalen at: sheiladalen6@gmail.com or 816-585-7715 You can also contact the Church office at: peacelutheranlcms@att.net

Thanksgiving Family Meal

Donations are needed to buy food for our traditional Thanksgiving Family Meal. This meal is scheduled for Wednesday, November 16th at 5:00 pm in the Fellowship Hall. So that all staff and families can join us, Grow in Peace will close early at 5:00 pm that day. Come join us for fellowship and great food.

It’s that time again – LWML Bake Sale

Sunday, November 13th In the Atrium Between Services

We will gladly accept baked goods from members of

the congregation as well as LWML members. You may

bring baked items to the Church on Saturday, between

1:00 and 3:00 pm or to the Church on Sunday before

the 8:30 service. Monetary donations will also be welcomed. All proceeds

will go to Beautiful Savior Home Auxiliary to purchase

Youth Group Gets Creative

This month the Youth Group will be going to “The Ceramic Café” where they will get to be creative and paint mugs and other ceramics that they will get to keep! They will meet after the late service on November 13th. Lunch will be provided.

Wednesday Evening Bible Study

Come join our Adult Bible Study led by Pastor Rolf. We meet

in the Fellowship Hall every Wednesday evening at 6:30 pm.

Currently we are studying the Book of Romans. This

book was composed by the Apostle Paul to explain that

salvation is offered through the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is the longest of

the Paul Epistles and is considered his "most important theological

legacy"

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LWML (Lutheran Women Mission League)

The topic for November 2016 Circle meetings is in the Fall Quarterly on page 18, entitled “Living Joy” authored by Shari Miller. In this study, we will explore the depths of the word “Joy” in our Christian lives and try to identify some “Joy” robbers in our Christian living.

Roll call word is “Joy”.

Alpha Circle will meet Monday, November 7, 2016 at 7:00 pm in the home of Jean Roberts with Connie Shepard as her co-hostess. Wanda Thurnau will lead the topic. Acolyte robes will be checked by Carol Head for laundering or mending needs. For more information, please call the President of Alpha Circle, Wanda Thurnau at 861-524-8099.

Lydia Circle will meet the second Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at 1:30 in the Church Fellowship Hall. Helen Sunderland will host the meeting. For more information, please call the President of Lydia Circle, Kathleen Jarvis at 816-763-2894.

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“Bake Sale” – the LWML is sponsoring a “Bake Sale” November 13th to benefit the residents of Beautiful Savior Home at Christmas time.

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“Christmas Tea” – The Annual LWML Christmas Tea and Candlelight Service will be held Saturday, December 3rd at 3:00 pm in the Church Fellowship Hall. The LWML is extending an invitation to all ladies of Peace, their families and friends to attend the beautiful Candlelight Service. Enjoy tea and Christian fellowship. Please bring a $5.00 gift if you wish to participate in the gift exchange.

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“Give thanks to the Lord” (psalm 107:1) With Thanksgiving just around the corner. We take time, as families, to gather around the Thanksgiving table recalling all the goodness, grace and gifts with which God has enriched our lives and thanking Him for it. In our prayers we remember those millions suffering as terror stalks their lives. Our own nation has experienced heat, drought, floods and hurricanes. As “Women on a Mission” we are actively serving the Lord through serving others, with our mites, quilts, food, and clothing to mention just a few areas of service. Through Bible Study in our Circles our relationship to Christ grows and influences all our relationships. Life becomes a daily thanksgiving for God’s grace and mercy, while our activities are a year-long thank offering. November highlights what we have been doing all year – Bringing our thanks offering and celebrating our thanksgiving to a gracious God. His light on our daily walk reveals the many blessings we enjoy. Oh God of Grace, Bless our Homes and our Nation, as we partake of your bounty. “Give thanks to the Lord, because He is good; His love is eternal!” Blessed Thanksgiving to one and all! Ruth Oexman, LWML Publicity

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Book Club The Summer Before the War

By Helen Simonson

East Sussex, 1914. It is the end of England’s brief Edwardian summer, and everyone agrees

that the weather has never been so beautiful. Hugh Grange, down from his medical studies, is

visiting his Aunt Agatha, who lives with her husband in the small, idyllic coastal town of Rye.

Agatha’s husband works in the Foreign Office, and she is certain he will ensure that the recent

saber rattling over the Balkans won’t come to anything. And Agatha has more immediate

concerns; she has just risked her carefully built reputation by pushing for the appointment of

a woman to replace the Latin master.

When Beatrice Nash arrives with one trunk and several large crates of books, it is clear she is significantly

more freethinking—and attractive—than anyone believes a Latin teacher should be. For her part, mourning

the death of her beloved father, who has left her penniless, Beatrice simply wants to be left alone to pursue

her teaching and writing.

But just as Beatrice comes alive to the beauty of the Sussex landscape and the colorful characters who

populate Rye, the perfect summer is about to end. For despite Agatha’s reassurances, the unimaginable is

coming. Soon the limits of progress, and the old ways, will be tested as this small Sussex town and its

inhabitants go to war.

The Book Club will meet Wednesday, November 23rd in the Fellowship Hall.

A Cookie “Mini Sale”

Be sure to bring dollar bills on Sunday, Nov. 6th. A dollar will buy three home baked cookies to

help purchase new cots for Grow in Peace. The cots cost $40 each. “This small fundraiser, a

service project, qualifies for a Thrivent grant of $250. Your cookie purchases plus the grant

will help Grow in Peace immensely. Look for the cookies in the Entry Way between services.

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Movie Night

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION! Friday, November 4th at 6:30, we will be having a movie

night! We will be watching a kid-friendly movie and will be serving hot dogs, pizza, and

popcorn! Bring your family and invite some friends for a night of fellowship and fun!

Christmas Program

The annual Peace Lutheran Sunday School and Grow in Peace Preschool Christmas program will be December 11th at 3:00 pm this year! Please come and join us and support our Sunday School and Grow in Peace kids. There will be a reception with fun activities and treats after the program. Sunday School kids will be working on the program in their Sunday School classes throughout the next few months. There will also be a dress rehearsal on December 10th from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. We will have a lunch provided for your ids. During this time you are able to drop off your children and get some much needed Christmas shopping done. If you have any questions call Taylor Stichler at (541) 771-6584 or email him at taylorstich@gmail.com

Annual Advent Choral Service

The “Annual Advent Choral Service” will be on December 11, 2016 at 10:00 am in the Sanctuary. Come join the Praise Team and Choir for this yearly special service. There will be only one service that Sunday at 10:00 am with the Adult Bible Study and Children’s Sunday School at 9:00 am. Watch the December Newsletter for more information.

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Altar Flowers

Thank you to everyone who has donated or will be donating flowers this year. The

2016 calendar has just a few Sundays left.

Christmas is just around the corner and it is time to place your order for Red

poinsettias for the Advent Season. Order forms will be in your mailbox soon.

Cheryl Enke: 816-590-0189 (cell) cenke1053@comcast.net

Religious Display

Thanksgiving cards are now available. Christmas cards will be for sale starting the second week of November.

A wide variety of cards are available from individual cards ($0.50 each) to boxed cards

($5.00 per box). Choose from Confirmation, Baptism, Wedding, Anniversary, Get Well,

Thinking of You, Sympathy, Baby, Birthday, and Thank You cards. Also available are

bookmarks. Check out the display case in the Social Room between services.

Sewing Bee

The ladies plan to meet every Monday in November. We meet in the Fellowship Hall at 9:30 am. Bring a sack lunch and stay into the afternoon. We would welcome other ladies to join us when they can. By mid-October we had completed 121 quilts and a number of lap robes.

Please save your Best Choice UPC’s. Many more are needed before they are sent in for redemption the end of December. Also save the “Box Tops for Education”, which are given to Calvary Lutheran School. Save your cancelled postage stamps (leaving a ¼ inch margin of the envelope around the stamp). These are taken to Stamps for Mission in St. Louis. Containers for these are on the shelf in the Narthex.

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Harvest Table Back Again

Peace members are asked to bring a thank offering of food and hygiene

items to place on the Thanksgiving Harvest Table. The table will be in

place November 6th, 13th and 20th. Our bounty will be taken to REAP

(Raytown Emergency Assistance Program at 7300 E. 75th St.) to share with

families in need of assistance during the upcoming holidays. Let’s take this

opportunity to show love to the community that Peace has been in for

over 60 years.

Here’s Your Chance!

Jennifer Scrivener, the official photographer (our very own member) is going to prepare

collages of photos showing members doing various activities at church. Now’s the time to

think creatively.

What is going on in our church that we can share in our new directory? ***Elders’ meeting,

choir practice, Sunday School classes, counting teams, altar guild, LWML activities, lawn

mowing {new mower}, weddings, baptisms, OWLS, quilting, VBS, Trunk-or-Treat, Spring Fling,

Rally Day, Vision Committee, sign changing, shrub cutting, Pastor working on a sermon, Bible class at John

Knox, Bible class on Wednesday evening, Bible class on Sunday morning…and the opportunities go on and on.

Greeters on Sunday morning? You can think of even more, I’m sure!

Please put pictures in Jennifer’s box, J11. She’s not promising she can use every picture, but let’s give her a

choice!

“Thanksgiving Dinner”

Once again the Thanksgiving Dinner is being planned for Wednesday, November 16th from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm

in the Church Fellowship Hall. Peace congregation and Grow in Peace Childcare will be working together to

host the Thanksgiving Dinner for all of Peace ministries which include Peace

members, friends, visitors, as well as Grow in Peace families. We are accepting

monetary donations after each service to support the effort. Mrs. Ruth Oexman

will gladly accept each and every donation. What a wonderful way to break

bread together and give thanks for all the blessings received by our gracious

God.

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ENCHANTING RHINE AND REFORMATION TOUR

November 11 – 20, 2017

Hosted by Rev. Keith and Joan Loesch

This specially planned 10-day tour features a Cruise on the Rhine River beginning at Amsterdam, Holland, continuing

into Germany to Cologne and Coblenz, Speyer and Heidelberg, then through the picturesque grand Castle region of

the Rhine Gorge as far as Mainz, where Johann Gutenberg invented the printing press, and Worms, where Dr. Martin

Luther made his “Here I Stand” speech before the Emperor. This Rhine Cruise is known to be among the best and

most scenic river cruises in all of Europe.

Following the River Cruise, we will board Tour Coaches that will take us to the major sites of the Reformation: the

Wartburg Castle at Eisenach and the house where Luther lived during his student days. We will visit the Augustinian

Monastery in Erfurt where Luther was ordained into the priesthood in 1507. We will visit Eisleben, the city where

Luther was born and baptized, and where he also died in 1546. Then the climax will come as we visit the historic sites

at Wittenberg, where Luther preached, taught and carried out the Reformation of the Church.

There we will tour the Castle Church with its awe-inspiring Theses Door, the Town Church with its famous Altar

paintings by Lucas Cranach, the Lutherhaus monastery/home where Luther lived, the home of Phillip Melanchthon,

Luther’s dear friend and advisor, and the site where Luther burned the Papal Bull of Excommunication.

Additionally, it is possible that we may be able to attend an English Worship Service and have the awesome

experience of singing Luther’s hymn, “A Mighty Fortress,” in English in Luther’s church!

It is also possible for those who wish to have a two-day extension to visit Berlin, Germany’s Capitol, and Potsdam.

All Tour Arrangements are made by Educational Opportunities Tours

For the BROCHURE including Daily Itinerary, Complete Details,

Costs and Tour Reservation Form,

Contact Rev. Keith Loesch

4625 SW Soldier Drive, Lee’s Summit, MO 64082

Phone: 816-623-5909

Email: kandjloesch@comcast.net

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Peace Lutheran Church Sunday Worship schedule

November 2016

November 6 November 13 November 20 November 27

All Saints’ Day Twenty-sixth Sunday

after Pentecost Last Sunday

of the Church Year First Sunday of Advent

Liturgy

8:30

Divine Service One Page 151

with Communion

Divine Service Two Page 167

Divine Service Three Page 184

with Communion

Divine Service Four Page 203

11:00 Contemporary

with Communion Contemporary

Contemporary with Communion

Contemporary

Ushers Lawrence Bellach, John Brackman, Carl Repper, Joe Rice

Elders 8:30 Jim Ewart, Homer Oexman, Joe Rice, Ed Seutter

11:00 Dave Loesch, Mike Benavides

Greeters 8:30 Kathy Boehm Cindy/Reed McCubbin Nellie Fritz Kathy Boehm

11:00 Homer/Ruth Oexman Punky McDaniel Jeff/Linda Gardner Homer/Ruth Oexman

Altar Guild 8:30 Howard/Jean Tieman

11:00 Mae Walter

Alter Care Cindy/Reed McCubbin

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3 Macy Routh 3 Nita Runge 5 Max Rinas 6 Sue Bollman 8 Louise Eskina 8 Kayla Kluepfel 8 Shelby Woodward 9 Daniel Worthington 10 Patti Nutt 11 Ruth Cooper 11 Seth Thurnau 11 Sandy Zearley 12 Laura Johnson 13 Taityana Haislip 16 Kevin Cochran 16 Iona Ralls 17 Daniel Seutter 18 Kyli Christopher 18 Zachary Schultz 28 Vickie McAlester 22 Chelsea Cooper 24 Samatha Justice 25 Brenda Cody 26 Mary Tanck 26 Darla Wolters 27 Juli Christopher 27 Mark Harms 27 Tamira Kluepfel 28 Lisa Vachalek 29 Lisa Thornton

1 Marty Borchardt 1 Cheryl Enke 1 Stephen Schroeter 5 Richard Cody 5 Steven Ledgerwood 5 J.D. Smith 6 Dorily Miller 7 Carla Cornejo 7 Virginia Pritzel 9 Cindy Cooper 11 Linda Gardner 12 Jim Thornton 13 Jim Clay 16 Tamira Kluepfel 17 Cristin Blunt 18 Ryan Clay 19 Peggy Hoeppner 19 Ed Schnitker 20 Vickie McAlester 22 David Bollman 22 Zak Hufferd 24 Tanna Goodman 25 Al Kuegele 25 Vanessa M. Terrell 26 Karen Staehlin 27 Ruth Cooper 27 Andrea Ruth 27 Seth Thurnau 30 Clay Cooper

25 Elijah/Cathy Truelove 1971

November

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Grow in Peace Child

Care Center News

LUTHERAN CHURCH MISSOURI SYNOD

www.gipchildcare.com

director@gipchildcare.com

You alone are our strength and we praise You for

Your victory over death. You are exalted on high

and we thank You for loving us. AMEN!

Welcome to Grow in Peace – New Enrollments Taylor Chavez – Infant

Tyler Chavez - Infant Ciera Forte – Preschool

Micah McMiller - Preschool Josiah Powell - Prekindergarten

May God bless the early learning you will

receive while with us!

Thanksgiving Family Meal Wednesday, November 16th at 5:00pm

Everyone is invited to come and enjoy a Thanksgiving meal.

GIP will need to have all children picked up by 5pm so that everyone can attend this

meal! Upcoming Dates to Remember November 4th – Family Movie Night at 6:30pm November 16th – Thanksgiving Meal at 5:00pm GIP to close early by 5pm so all can attend! November 24 & 25 – Thanksgiving Holiday

(GIP CLOSED)

Future Dates

December 25 – Christmas Day GIP to be closed on Monday, December 26th

for the Holiday January 1, 2017 – New Year’s Day

GIP to be closed on Monday, January 2nd for the Holiday

November, 2016

816-353-3910 main (353-7826)2nd line

GIP is asking for donations of items for classroom usage: Unscented Baby wipes, Kleenex, and paper towels.

***We would gladly accept monetary donations!

Grow in Peace can give you a tax exemption!

Donations are always welcomed and very much needed for Grow

in Peace Child Care Center!

First ever Family Movie Night at Peace Lutheran

Friday, November 4th at 6:30pm will be a night for

families, fellowship and food! Come join us for a family

friendly movie, hot dogs, pizza, and popcorn!

GIP Philosophy Statement

Grow in Peace Child Care Center shall provide a safe Christian

environment with loving, experienced, and professional staff that

recognize parents have the primary responsibility in skill development

and Christian training for their children. As an outreach ministry of

Peace Lutheran Church, we strive to set an example of Christ's Love

through God's Word and assist in the spiritual, intellectual, emotional,

social and physical development of the children entrusted to our care.

“Helping children grow in wisdom and in grace.”

Open Invitation to Attend Church Services We extend to you a standing open invitation to come and

explore Peace Lutheran Church and the ministries it serves. Listed below are the times for services. If you would like more

info, please ask Ms. Carla or call the Church office at 353-3813.

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at GIP!!

Opportunities for worship and Bible Study include:

Traditional Service at 8:30am on Sunday's

Contemporary Service at 11:00am on Sunday's

Sunday Bible Study 9:45 to 10:45am on Sunday’s

Midweek Bible Study 6:00 to 7:15pm on Wednesday’s

Look for the Church on the web at www.peacelutheranlcms.org

and on facebook at

http://www.facebook.com/#!/PeaceLutheranChurchKansasCity or

visit in person during one of the service times or Bible Study times.

Peace Lutheran exists to encourage and equip Christ followers to

grow their faith, live their faith and to share their faith.