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The Olive Branch

Peace Lutheran Church...
A Life-Changing Community, Sharing Christ’s Love!

Volume 62 Issue 10
OCTOBER ISSUE
2022

Inside this issue:

Of Special Interest
- Pastor’s Message
- Council President
- PLC Treasurer Report
- Thrivent Luncheon
- Chancel Choir

Pastor’s Message	1-2
Food Pantry	3
Treasurer News	4
October Birthday’s/Prayer/ Anniversaries	5
Social Distancing Guidelines/Extra! Extra!	6-7
October Calendar / Calendar	8
Bits and Pieces	9 9
We Serve	10 10

Pastor: Senior Pastor—David Trexler
Cell Phone— (321)289-7115
E-mail:
office@peacelutheranpb.org
Office Hours: M-F 8:30am -12:30pm
Office Phone: (321)727-3131
Dial-A-Story: (321)727-1048
Websites:
www.peacelutheranpb.org
www.facebook.com/peacelutheranpb.org
Facebook @peacelutheranpb
Staff:
Jacqui Robinson, Office Administrator
Cindy Wagman, Choir
Sally Cook, Pianist
Dina LaPlante, Custodian
Volunteer Staff:
Faye Schill, Treasurer
Lori Search—Food Pantry Director
Charlene O’Brien—Food Pantry
Mark Grice—Campus Maintenance
Steve Barnett—Campus Maintenance
Terry Zrutskie—Campus Maintenance
Christian LaPlante—Campus Maintenance

Dear Friends through Christ Jesus:
For the past month, our gospel of Luke has been teaching what means to follow Jesus, teaching what it looks like to be a disciple or what we call today, a Christian. Through a barrage of parables or short stories, Jesus informs us, quite clearly, that following him is not a walk in the park. Being a Christian is not the easy path. However, hopefully we have also learned that once you have seen the Lord, the work, and all that God has done for you, once you realize all the wonderful gifts Jesus freely offers, you will do just about anything.
We live in a crazy world. Always have and always will. Right now, the world gives us a virus that lingers on, disrupting economies and causing the global inflation of greed. The world offers us a war in Ukraine, killing our brothers and sisters for more, more land, more money, more power. The world teaches that our religious and political differences make us fierce enemies, causing divisions between countries, families, and friends. The world will always provide enough grief and hardship to go around. Yes, we live in a crazy world, always have and always will.
Begs me to ask, “Who in their right mind would put their faith in the world and what it teaches, when they could put their faith in Christ Jesus and what he teaches? Who in their right mind would take what the world offers, when Jesus offers strength and comfort in weakness and pain, offers freedom to what holds us down, healing when sick, guidance when confused. Who in their right mind would put their faith in a world that causes sin and death, when they can put their faith in Jesus who destroys sin and promises life-everlasting?” The choice sounds like a no-brainer. For Pete’s sake, look at what the man is offering! Sure, it is hard, but a great investment for the future.
Peace has been blessed with disciples who go out their way to give of their time, talent, and treasure. Through the faith of a few, we come close to supporting all our ministries, not quite, but close. Through the faith of a few, we have accomplished much. The grounds of Christ’s Church look the best they have in many years, a necessity in today’s society. More importantly, Peace has been a beacon of hope for many people in our neighborhood and beyond.
We feed the poor through our food pantry by distributing yearly, what amounts to over $250,000 worth of food, if purchased through your local grocery store. We support Meals-On-Wheels from our front porch, serving over 150 daily meals to the homebound. We support the Children’s Hunger Project feeding less fortunate children. We are the “home base” for Shepherd Center, offering brain stimulation and fellowship for our senior citizens. Countless lives over the years have been saved from the disease of alcoholism through the daily meetings of AA held at Peace. We provide worship space for brothers and sisters in Christ and welcome local community groups to our beautiful campus. We visit the sick and shut in. We will baptize their babies and teach their youth.

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We marry those in love and bury those who die. We offer Word and Sacrament to all who walk through our doors and offer that same Word to 250-350 searching souls each week through Facebook and our website ministry. Folks, Peace Lutheran is trying it’s hardest to do the Lord’s work.
Here’s an incredible piece of knowledge you may not know. Peace provides the prementioned ministries with an earthly annual budget of $250,000! Folks, that’s it. Upkeep of seven aging buildings, a pastor who is not overpaid and yet content, a part time office manager making $15 per hour and few benefits, two of the most talented music people I’ve had the pleasure of working beside. Truthfully, I’ve served churches where we paid much more, for less. Our custodian spends 10 hours a week, working with her husband to keep our entire facility spotless at $15 per hour. (We only pay Dina, not Chris and no benefits.) We have a volunteer treasurer, volunteer choir, volunteer yard and maintenance people. Folks, we run this community of faith with the bare minimum.
Some of your leadership worries how Peace Lutheran struggles to make ends meet and lately ends have not been meeting. Me, not so much. I don’t lose sleep over financial matters or head count. However, the question that pops in my tiny mind is, “How can that be?” With all that the Lord does through this Lampstand called Peace, for as shrewd and frugal as we can be in carrying out Christ’s ministry, with all the saints and sinners we currently have, how can we not have enough? Especially, when I know in my heart that most of us have been blessed with plenty. Plus, there is so much more to do.
Twenty-five years ago, Sandy and I walked away from a very comfortable existence, totally uncertain of our future. We did this because of faith about the size of a mustard seed. A choice was made to serve his Holy Church as a minister of Word and Sacrament. No regrets. Through those years, I have learned through experience, that when I use or rely upon that little bit of faith, when I return to my baptismal waters, God provides what I need. Not what I always want, but always what I need. Always. Now, my task, my calling is simply to share this firsthand abundant-lifegiving-knowledge, share an understanding of Scripture and always proclaim the love of God to the best of my ability. Then I sit back and let God do the rest. I really do not have the time or the desire to worry about financial matters and how many walk through our doors. I leave that one up to you. Afterall, most of us seem to be in our right mind. Our choices sound like a no-brainer and we have plenty enough. So, let’s go and do the work of the Lord.
In Christian Love,
Pastor David Trexler

PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH IS PRAYING FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WAS AFFECTED BY THE STORM ON THE SOUTH WEST COAST OF FLORIDA.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO KEEP THEM IN YOUR PRAYERS.

Yesterday, September 20, 2022 the volunteers packed 88 boxes of non- perishable foods in 2 hours and each box also contained 5 packages of various types of meat. Can you do the math?
That is 440 packages of either ground beef, chicken, or pork. We've been told that other, larger pantries only give out 1 package. God always seems to provide. We were down to our last bag of meat at closing time and ran out of empty boxes to pack. In addition we have tables full of produce, WaWa sandwiches and pastries, fresh bagels, Panera breads and boxes of dented cans. And yesterday we had a bonus of hundreds of pounds of potatoes., both white and sweet potatoes. Everything was gone at the end of the time. This was a morning full of "ABUNDANCE", both in clients and food.
This was a morning full of "HUSTLE"!!!! I am now officially the oldest retired worker in the room (I never thought I would hear myself say that) and I admit that I have to go home and take a nap every Tuesday. From set up starting at 7am to tear down and everything in between, our volunteers show up every Tuesday ready to pitch in and work. For several of our workers this means working in the extreme outside summer heat and humidity.
God Bless them all!
Chris, Dina, and daughter Evelyn---pack the boxes (Chris and Dina are the church's custodians at Peace and Evelyn is a nurse)
Eileen and D---bag the meat ( Eileen was a nurse and D was a police officers in LA for 30+ years)
Eileen---bags the Einstein bagels
Lois---sorts and sets up the produce and dented cans (she did this as a professional in the grocery business)
Debbie---checks in the clients (Debbie is a hairdresser)
Jeff (a.k.a. John, Jacob, Joseph, or any other biblical "J" name we call him)---sorts all our WAWA donations and moves the boxes on our imaginary "Amazon" conveyor belt and pitches in everywhere. Jeff is our newest volunteer and is Sandy Trexler's brother.
Lori---buys and picks up all the food, meat, dog and cat food, dented cans, produce and much more. Lori's car is always on the road doing Pantry business. (Lori is retired from UPS. She also volunteers at Second Harvest in exchange for getting us many free and discounted items.)
Thanks to those that pick up Panera for the church.
Thanks to Pastor Trexler and Jacqui for getting the WaWa donation on Thursdays.
And a big thanks to those who donated to getting the new freezer for the pantry. Now let's fill it with meat. Remember it's only 20 cents a pound!
From the Grateful Volunteer team.
P.S. We continue to recycle hundreds of plastic grocery bags each week and need small boxes.

Treasurer’s Report
s Report

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
By the time your receive this newsletter, we should have paid the entire $53,200 for the new sign. Because the loan for the sign was $50,000, there will be a shortage of $3,210 in that fund to pay for the new sign completely. (Two members have contributed to this fund already). If you’re happy with the way the sign looks, voted to get the new sign, and/or wish to help pay for this shortage, please write “new sign” and the amount on your contribution check or envelope. Please make sure you give your regular tithe first to help pay the regular bills. Our payment for the 2nd loan we took out to pay for the sign is $530 each month.
At the writing of the newsletter, I have received $700 in donations for the new freezer in the Food Pantry. If you wish to contribute, please put freezer on you check or envelope and place in the collection plate.
With the upcoming holiday seasons around the corner, I would like to remind people when you order on AmazonSmile, you can select Peace Lutheran Church of Palm Bay as the recipient of your AmazonSmile dollars. I’m very pleasantly surprised when we get a donation in our checking account. It all helps.
To meet our budget, we should take in about $4,870 each week. Each week we don’t reach that mark we slide a little more into the red and need to reach into our investments to compensate for the shortage.
The Council is looking for a new treasurer. If you are interested, please speak to Thomas Accola, Gabriela Ditota, or me. I will gladly work with/train someone for as long as it takes. The job requires some computer experience and a servant heart. The job could be done in your home.
Your sister in Christ,
Faye Schill, Treasurer
321-327-7559
treasurer@peacelutheranpb.org

Treasurer’s Report of General Funds August 2022

August YTD Budget
Contributions $10,692.00 $119,633.48 $121,200.00
Loose Contributions $855.00 $3,818.34 $10,400.00
Other $0.00 $97.44 $2,000.00
Use of Facilities $1,875.00 $23,690.46 $32,000.00
Total Income $13,422.00 $147,239.72 $165,600.00
Expenses $18,193.29 $160,559.95 $165,600.00
Excess Expenses for August 2022: $4,771.29
Excess Expenses for YTD 2022: $13,320.23
The General Fund account is used for regular expenses (utilities, salaries, lawn care, insurance, mortgage, etc.) This does not include the sign monies, reimbursables (like Food Pantry, noisy offering, worship, memorial), or Building/Maintenance.

Did you know? Instead of writing multiple checks for individual contributions like the Children’s Hunger Project, the Food Pantry, etc., you only have to write one check. Simply designate the breakdown of your giving in the check’s memo area or on the envelope itself. “FP” for Food Pantry, “CHP” for Children’s Hunger Project, and so on.
Thank you for your contributions!

BROMM, Karl & Helga (59) 10/04
MCKENY, Dale & Suzie (56) 10/15
WAGMAN, Dan & Cindy (36) 10/18
DUCOTE, Mitcheal & Ginger (4) 10/20

(numbers are years married)

ARNDT, Luisa 10/02 MCKENY, Suzie 10/04 WAINIKAINEN, Laura 10/04 COOPER, Sally 10/06 LAPLANTE, Dina 10/07 SPRENGLE Jr., Gerald 10/07 PINKERTON, Wanda 10/08 POORAN, Steve 10/10
TREXLER, Sandy 10/10 BROMM, Helga 10/13 BACHTEL, Harvey 10/15 BICKFORD, William 10/19 WAINIKAINEN, Donna 10/23 WITTER, Betsy 10/30 WAGMAN, Cindy 10/31

“A bridge to Jesus for our youth in the community”

Susan Hildebrand
Gwen Newberry
Lori Deaton
Ryan Dasinger
Rick Pellecchia
David Brunner, Sr.
Ann Beardslee
Marta T. Rodriguez
Don Hoffman
Betty Sheller
Bill Leinthall
Rebecca Leinthall
Bob Ruscoe
Tonita Diaz
Theresa Bradley
Gary Gossett
June Trotter
Ron Nelson
Ariel Cook
Manuel Rodriguez
David Flaherty
Viola Forrester
Gary Gossett, Jr.
Dan Rank
David Pinkerton
Pastor David & Sandy Trexler
Carolyn Tarkka
Helga Bromm
Phyllis Dale
Bill & Nancy Love
Christian LaPlante
Matt Parks
Mary Anderson
Betsy Witter
Karl Bromm
Amanda Young
Chuck Bergfeld
Corrine Bickford
Ben Eargle
John Eargle
Lori Stotlemire
Martha Sprouse
Larry Kilcullen
SW Coast of Florida
Phyliss Liatos
Pam Bachtel
Yvonne Wilson
Mike Roddy
Gary Gossett, Jr.
William (Bill) Thomas
June Trotter
The Brunner Family
Ron Nelson
Deb Moleski
Frank Thompson
Chip & Karri Edwards
Joel Richards
Phyliss Liatos
Pam Bachtel
Yvonne Wilson

CDC Guidance for Faith Based Organizations
PLC Leadership routinely reviews COVID-19 guidance posted by the state of Florida and by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). We will continue to practice sensible routine hygienic practices as we worship and gather for Sunday school/services and other church meetings. General guidance on everyday preventive actions to help prevent the spread of COVID-19:
Stay home when you are sick, except to get medical care.
Cover your coughs and sneezes with a tissue, then trash the tissue.
Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially after going to the bathroom; before eating; and after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing.
Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.
Clean frequently touched surfaces and objects daily.
The COVID-19 Call Center is available 24/7 | 1 (866) 779-6121 | COVID-19@flhealth.gov

The idea is to spread the Love of God and the stories of the Bible through short entertaining messages over the phone.
One simply calls 321-727-1048 and they hear a different story everyday about Flip the Flea, Dirty Windows, Phillip the Pig, and many other strange concepts and characters, all sharing a theme from Scripture. Granted some may seem a little off of the wall, but what better way to reach out? After all, aren’t most of us are a little off the wall?
Your task is to not only use the service, but share this ministry with those around you.
Gotta go. Bye now. Seeeeee ya tomorrow!

THRIVENT INVESTMENTS LUNCHEON
Mechelle Funk from Thrivent Investments plans to come Sunday, October 23, 2022, 11:15 -11:45 to speak (30 minutes) with us about “Action Teams and Choice Dollars.” This will help us with fund raisers and other ministries like VBS, Food Pantry, etc. This will take place in the Fellowship Hall.
We would like to have a potluck in conjunction with this luncheon, asking people to bring either a dessert or salad. Thrivent is furnishing sandwiches and we’ll provide drinks. We especially would like to invite our new members so everyone can get to know them better.
There will be a sign up in the narthex to get a ballpark figure for Mechelle.
She’ll also answer any questions you have about investing with Thrivent.

EXTRA! EXTRA!

Shepherd's Center of South Brevard,
New Sessions beginning October 13—November 17,2022
On Thursdays, October 13th - November 17th, the Shepherd's Center of South Brevard will once again invite adults to join their casual learning classes. In this session, the following classes will include: Russian History and Culture with Mary Anne McMillen; Astronomy beyond your back porch with Dr. Jim Collins; Sign Language with Donna Hall and Lisa Ottolongano; Revealed Knowledge with Pastor David Trexler; Musical History Tour with Rick Rakauskas; Making Bead Jewelry with Minnie Vazquez; Writing your Life with Linda Jump (2 hours); German for Travelers with Helga Bromm; Using eBay with Dan Wagman; and Tin Whistles with Cindy Wagman.
Tuition, as always, is $20.00, whether you take one or more classes. Brochures will be mailed to those for whom we have addresses, as well as email addresses. Brochures and additional information is available on-line at www.shepherdcenterofsb.org.
Peace Lutheran Church is a sponsoring congregation of the Adventure in Learning Program, offered by the Shepherd's Center of South Brevard. Helga Bromm can provide further information.
We're looking forward to greeting our "old" friends and are hoping to make many new friends.

Do you love to sing? Studies show that singing relieves stress, stimulates the immune response, improves lung function, and most importantly, contributes to a sense of connection and belonging. The bible tells us to make a joyful noise and praise the Lord with music!
The chancel choir practices on Wednesday evenings at 7 pm. We would love to have you join us. Please consider giving it a try. On the job training is provided, as well as lots of encouragement and laughs.
If you read music and would be interested in learning about the handbell choir, please contact Cindy Wagman @ 321-830-4207 or email @cindyluwho57@yahoo.com. We rehearse on Wednesday nights at 6 pm and you are asked to commit to one month at a time.
See you in church!
Musically yours,
Cindy
*The Space Coast Flute Orchestra will present our Fall Concert at 3 pm on Sunday, October 30 at Suntree United Methodist Church. Admission is free. Hope to see you there.

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Bits & Pieces

Check us out on Facebook @ Peace Lutheran Church
Give us a LIKE and get updates, spiritual messages, events and any changes.
Or visit us on our website www.peacelutheranpb.org

Our Food Pantry is always in need of donations of either food or financial donations to support this much needed ministry. Our community is flooded with people looking for help, and we are grateful that as a church, we can help meet the need, anyway we can. Your generous donations will allow us to continue to help them and together, we can see our community get stronger!
Our pantry is open on: Tuesday’s—9:00AM -11:00AM
Thank you to everyone who has been donating to the food pantry. It truly makes a difference in our community.

Jesus says in Matthew 25, “For I was hungry and you gave me food…Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.”
Where do buy groceries, gas, prescriptions? What restaurants do you like? Where do you purchase clothing or things for around the house? A couple weeks ago, Peace began a program called Scrip. Simply and I mean simply, purchase the cards following worship or order whatever you want for the following week. That’s it. 100% of the proceeds will go toward our food pantry in feeding the poor.
We are going to shop no matter what. We might as well serve the Lord in the process. I love the program because it helps me think more about God. I don’t always do that when I use my debit or credit card. When I’m out having a meal with family or friends, shopping at the mall with my wife, doing some work around the house, and I go to pay the bill with my Scrip card, I find myself lifting up a word of thanksgiving for being able to enjoy the blessings given by my Creator.
Give it try. See how you feel.

Please help us keep our list of military personnel up-to-date! Call or e-mail the office with any changes in status, rank, or location! Thank you!

E.J. Alcario, Iraq
John Bedford, Iraq
Kristen Hall AF, Iraq
Capt. Brian Nailing, Co. Ft. Hood, TX
Maj. AD Dennis Peoples, Rock Island Arsenal, IL
Major Nathan Schill,
Ft. Leavenworth, KS
USN FC3 Stephen Weaver, USS Dewey
Navy Chief Sean Patrick Goguen, Norfolk, VA
1st Lieut. Tanner Johnson—Army, E. Africa

Did you know that every time you order from Amazon you can make a contribution to Peace Lutheran? AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support Peace Lutheran Church every time you shop, at no cost to you.
When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to Peace Lutheran Church.
To shop at AmazonSmile, simply go to smile.amazon.com from the web browser on your computer or mobile device. You will then be asked to pick your charitable organization. Make sure to pick Peace Lutheran Church in Palm Bay, FL. You may also want to share with your children and grandchildren as well when making their purchases on Amazon.com.
It may be helpful to add a bookmark to smile.amazon.com to make it even easier to return and start your shopping at AmazonSmile. You use the same account on Amazon.com and AmazonSmile.

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Phone: (321) 727-3131 Dial-A-Story: (321)727-1048 Email: office@peacelutheranpb.org Website: www.peacelutheranpb.org Facebook: @peacelutheranpb

Return service requested

Senior Pastor: David L. Trexler
Worship 8:45AM—Sunday School 10:00AM—Worship Service

We Serve

Altar Guild—Set up and prepare for communion each week, usually serving one month at a time; more people are needed.
Worship Servants—Sunday Worship Assistants and Communion Assistants are needed.
Office Helpers—Those who help with mailings, preparing Welcome Packets, etc.
Chancel Choir—Wednesday night rehearsals—7:00PM
Bell Choir—Call Cindy Wagman to learn more about our choirs 321-830-4207.
Money Counters—Teams of two people working for one month at a time. Call church office if interested.
In the Nursery—Nursery is available during worship.
Property/Grounds—There is always plenty of work to be done here. Please contact Steve Barnett.
Projectionists Needed—People that are in the projection room Sunday morning for our Sunday presentations. Please sign up in the projection room.

Panera Bread Pick-up—Each Friday evening people are needed to go to Hammock Landings to get the goodies for Sunday morning Café Peace. Cindy Wagman at 321-830-4207
Call and Caring—Our team visits people who are in the hospital, nursing homes, and who are homebound. See Sally Christensen for more information.
Please call the office to be a servant for the Lord by taking on one or more of these opportunities.
(321)727-3131

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Would you like to volunteer and do something that would help the community of Brevard County?
If you are retired/semi-retired and would like to help support seniors in our community, The Brevard County Aging Matters/Meals on Wheels program would love to have you join them in this rewarding opportunity.
The Aging Matters/Meals on Wheels program, are in need of volunteer drivers to deliver meals to seniors who are unable to go to the grocery store, or who live alone and need meals to help them for the day.
If this is something you would like to do, you can call them at: (321)984-9270

Minister in Music—Cindy Wagman
Traditional Service 11:00 AM
Chancel Choir
Bells of Peace
Rehearsal—Wednesday’s 7:00PM
The Traditional music department provides music for the 11:00am services and special services throughout the year.
The Bells of Peace practice and provides preludes for the Traditional service and special services throughout the year.

We Worship

Minister in Music—Lorry Held
Praise Band
Contemporary Service 9:00 AM
Rehearsal—Monday’s 6:30PM
Psalm 100
Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth! worship the Lord with gladness. Come before him, singing with joy.
In the Peace Band, we practice so we can lead the praise of His people as we worship Him together on Sunday morning. Loud or soft, fast or slow, many types of music are appropriate for praise.
Hoping you keep singing!

The idea is to spread the Love of God and the stories of the Bible through short entertaining messages over the phone.
One simply calls 321-727-1048 and they hear a different story everyday about Flip the Flea, Dirty Windows, Phillip the Pig, and many other strange concepts and characters, all sharing a theme from Scripture. Granted some may seem a little off of the wall, but what better way to reach out? After all, aren’t most of us are a little off the wall?
Your task is to not only use the service, but share this ministry with those around you.
Gotta go. Bye now. Seeeeee ya tomorrow!

PANERA BREAD—HELP NEEDED
We are looking for someone to coordinate the Panera Bread pick-up this summer. Job entails making sure someone has signed up and a reminder phone call at the beginning of the week to the person signed up.
Please call Cindy Wagman at 321-676-3849 if you are able to perform this small, but important task! Thank you.

Bible Study
The Book of Ephesians
NEW TESTAMENT CLASSES FOR FEBRUARY
Monday’s - February 3,10, 17 & 24
11AM & 6PM

Psalm 100:4 (NKJV) Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise.
Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.

Blue Grass Gospel Jam
Sunday, October 13th 3-5pm
Held in the Meeting Room
Join them!!!

DONATE YOUR GLASSES AND HEARING AIDS!
If you have old glasses or hearing aids that you do not use any longer, please bring them to the Narthex. There is a recycle box from the Lions Club in the Narthex!!

Annual Congregational Meeting Sunday, February 24, 2019 (After the 10:00AM worship service)

Food Pantry News

There will be ONE SERVICE ONLY on: Sunday, February 24, 2019 at 10:00AM.
Please make note of this and put it on your calendar.

So much has changed since we last celebrated Lent and the events leading up to Easter. So many distractions—diversions from normalcy. What plans have you put on hold as we wait out the pandemic? Face-to-face visits with beloved friends and family? Leisure travel and vacations –perhaps a cruise or a deep sea fishing voyage? Concerts, conferences, sporting events, theme parks, weekend retreats?
For many of us, daily routines now involve masks and avoiding or disinfecting touchable surfaces. Relationships are now limited by the need for many of us to reduce group/face-to-face contact; even with our closest friends and family. We’re all concerned regarding the timing and effectiveness of vaccinations; where, when and how to obtain them. Our hearts ache for the physical closeness that helped bind us together as families, friends, and Christian brothers and sisters.
The good news is that we are coping. Our faith and commitment remain active and strong. Witnessing our Christian vocation—or calling, in action: the unselfish expression of our love and concern for one another—is something I’ll remember most about of this most unusual time in the life of our church. The imagination and persistence of our worshippers. The careful preparation of our sanctuary for services; and the efforts to make communion and the application of ashes on Ash Wednesday as safe as possible. The outreach to isolated individuals; the response to Pastor’s on line sermons. The continued collection/distribution of Panera baked goods. The colorful collection of donated masks in our narthex. The dedication of our church staff and church council members, and the volunteer efforts of the men and women who maintain and upgrade our campus and food pantry. The careful disinfecting of each occupied pew following our services.
We are tested, as never before, as a nation a community and a church. We continue to reach beyond the walls of our building to spread God’s love and celebrate our Lord’s goodness and grace. We continue to find joy and purpose in our everyday living.
Hallelujah! Our Lord reigns!

SEPTEMBER 2021 Noisy OFFERING
Each month, our noisy offering will be going to a certain charity or organization.
September noisy offerings will be going to: ELCA Seminary
Thank you all for your giving for these awesome ministries!

If you would like to participate or for more information, please call Sandy Trexler at: (219)794-4424

The Christian League Youth Group (CLYG)

We Learn

Church Council

We are planning VBS for this summer on July 11 -15, 2022 from 9:00AM – 12:30PM. Our theme is “God’s Wonder Lab, Jesus Does the Impossible.” Please invite those children and grandchildren around you.
The noisy offering collected in April, will help with funding the VBS (VBS material, art supplies, snacks, etc.). Thank you for your donations. If you wish to give to our VBS program for food, material, art work, or supplies, just write ‘VBS’ on your check or envelope and the amount you wish to give.
We have gotten help from our sister church, In-Season Ministry, for teachers and helpers. We still need your help. We need volunteers to escort children from room to room, restrooms, and make sure the children are safely with their parents at the end of the day. This is a huge undertaking for our small congregation and the more shoulders we have doing the heavy lifting, the load will be less for all. We all would like to see more children in our church hearing the word of God. This is our opportunity to show our love for the Lord and for children in our community.
Please speak to Rick or Henrietta Pellecchia (321-725-6790) or Faye Schill (321-327-7559) if you wish to help in any way.
Matthew 18 1-5 “At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” He called a child, whom he put among them, and said, “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.”
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If you want to be taken off the newsletter mailing, please send an email to the church office at: office@peacelutheranpb.org or you can call: (321)727-3131 Thank you!

Did you realize in less than two months, Peace Lutheran has earned close to $400 to feed the poor? The great thing about this amazing program called Scrip, is that we are able to do God’s work while we go about our daily routine. We are going to shop no matter what. We might as well serve the Lord in the process. I wish I could convince everyone the spiritual value of participating.
All it cost is a tiny bit of effort. It’s like God has blessed me with being able to buy things I need, now I say “Thank You” by offering a small portion to those less fortunate.
If you haven’t given it a whirl try it!

JULY & AUGUST

WOMEN’S “PRAYER SISTER’S” TEA
SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2019—10:00AM

Council Executive Board
Steve Cotton President, Outreach—2/2020
Chris Ambrose Vice-President—2/2020
Joy Olsen-McVay Secretary—2//2020
Faye Schill Treasurer

Members
Term Expiration
Lori Search—Social Ministry
Carolyn Tarkka—Fellowship 2/2020
Lynn Bender—Evangelism 2/2021
Terry Zrutskie—Property 2/2021
Terry Neumann—Visitation/Caring
Stephanie Madden—Worship/Music
Curt Peterson—Youth/Christian Ed.
Don Hoffman—Stewardship/Finance

YTD
Contributions	$170,642
Facilities Use	$13,712
Xfr from Other	$15,335
Total	$199,689

FEBRUARY 17TH - ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICE—12 NOON & 6PM
FEBRUARY 21ST - 1ST SUNDAY OF LENT

Sunday, February 24th

“For I will restore you to health and I will heal you of your wounds, declares the LORD” Jeremiah 30:17a

SHEPHERD’S CENTER UPDATE
Good News! The Shepherd’s Center of South Brevard plans to resume classes on Thursday, October 7, 2021 at Peace Lutheran Church on Port Malabar Blvd., Palm Bay, Fl
We are looking to bring you a schedule of new and old favorite classes, and we are so looking forward to seeing everyone again. Schedules will be emailed in late August, and will be available on the website: shepherdcenterofsb.org where you will find all the latest information.
If you would like to be added to the mailing list, call (321)209-1619 and leave your name and phone number, and spell out your email address. If you do not have a computer, leave your name, phone number and mailing address.
Peace Lutheran Church is a Shepherd’s Center sponsoring congregation, and we are grateful for the continuing support, especially in these trying times. If you would like to know more about the Shepherd’s Center, contact Helga Bromm or Dan Wagman, who represent Peace Lutheran Church on the Board of Directors. You may also email questions or suggestions to: shepctrosb@gmail.com
See you in October!

YTD Expense	$216,302
Difference	-$16,613

Volunteers are needed to serve by setting up the coffee and pastries for Sunday morning early service (9AM).
As of right now, there are only 2-3 people who serve every Sunday and if there were more people to help, it will allow these folks to be able to go to a church service.
There will be a sign-up sheet on the table in the Narthex. You can also speak to Carolyn Tarkka for more information.
Many hands does make light work. Your help is needed. Thank you in advance for your willingness to help!

Extra! Extra!

Members and Friends of Peace Lutheran,
Because of Covid-19 and our low attendance, we have a decrease in our contributions. If you’ve been blessed by Peace Lutheran Church in the past, or currently through our online ministry and or the Food Pantry, please consider sending a contribution to Peace Lutheran Church. Our address is:
Peace Lutheran Church 1801 Port Malabar Blvd NE Palm Bay, FL 32905
We are grateful for any contributions to continue our work here in Palm Bay.
Thank you.
Faye Schill, PLC Treasurer

Sunday, April 8, 2018 3:00PM – 5:30PM

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

MyHealth Clinic is a family medicine clinic, right here on our Peace Campus. MyHealth Clinic offers the following services for your convenience:
Prevention & Wellness
Treatments and more
ALL INSURANCE ACCEPTED AND THERE ARE NO CO-PAYS FOR PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH MEMBERS!
For more information and to set up an appointment, please call: (321)593-6999. No appointment needed for labs.

2018

“Where no counsel is, the people fall; but in the multitude of counselors, there is safety.” - Proverbs 11:14

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