Upcoming Events
We would love for you to join us at an upcoming event. This is a great way to connect and gather together. For a more detailed list of events, contact our office to sign up for weekly emails!
Sunday, May 11th
Forum: Sparking Peace Book Event
The Rev. Teresa Kim Pecinovsky’s latest book, Sparking Peace, features restorative justice, neighborhood community-building, and turning guns into garden tools, echoing “swords into ploughshares” (Isaiah 2:4). We’ll gather for a book reading, purchase, and signing, and a blacksmithing demonstration. Rev. Pecinovsky is our guest preacher for the morning.
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Wednesday, May 14th
Property Team Work Day
This evening from 4-8pm we'll be renting a chipper and cleaning up the brush and felled trees to make space for our backyard grounds re-visioning. More projects TBD. Please join us, the last couple of work days have really been fun! Bring work gloves and join in at any time this evening.
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Wednesday, May 14th
Peace Kids Puppet Show
Join us Wednesday, May 14th at 5:45pm in the Sanctuary for a performance of the new play we created this Spring in Kids’ Club! We will also be performing this play during the 10:30am Service on Sunday, May 18th, as a kickoff to our Spring Fling celebration! Come All You People, Come Near and Listen: This play has everything - puppets, the creation story, singing, dancing, the original song Earth Doctor, Jesus, ponderings on climate change, a call to action, a prophetic message, and that thing when you get kiddos ages K through 5th grade together and unleash their creative energy! ​
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Friday, May 16th
Silent Auction "Uplifting Peace - Mission Possible!"
Mark your calendar for the Silent Auction for Mission and Justice, Friday, May 16th at 6pm, to cast a bid for an amazing array of talent and treasure. Proceeds go to our mission and justice work.
We have donations of Lake Superior cruises, cabin weekends, gourmet dinners, beautiful crafts, artwork, garden supplies, organic farm products, baked goods, and more. We are blessed to have Sara Thomsen and Paula Pederson performing between the silent and live auction where we will auction new chairs for the Fireside Room.
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Sunday, May 18th
Intergenerational Spring Fling
Celebrate a belated Earth Day and the coming of spring here at Peace on Sunday, May 18th! In our 10:30am worship service, the children will lead a puppet show about faithful Earth care. After worship, at 11:30am, head on down to the Fellowship Hall and lower-level parking lot, where lunch, a maypole dance, crafts, garden volunteering, and community organizations await. We will have a variety of plant starts for sale as a fundraiser - look for tomatoes, peppers, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, lettuce, and flowers. Bring your friends for a fun day for all!
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Sunday, May 25th
Forum: Community Organizing Updates
We were introduced to broad-base organizing by Rev. Oby Ballinger on Sunday, April 27th. We’ve had two 1:1 trainings where we’ve learned some of the basic building blocks of organizing. Join us at this forum to learn more about what’s happening locally and how you can get involved. ​
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Saturday, May 31st
Peace Church Rummage Sale
The rummage sale ladies are happy to announce the date of our annual rummage sale ~ Saturday May 31st. Start saving/setting aside your stuff to donate!
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Sunday, June 8th
Annual Meeting
We are excited to celebrate the 2024-2025 program year! The Annual Meeting will be held June 8th following the 9:30 worship service. The agenda will include receiving Annual Reports from staff, council, and teams, election of Coordinating Council for 2025-2026, bylaws revisions, and voting on a Congregational Covenant. Many thanks to Mike Swanoski, Moderator, Jessica Olson, Past Moderator, and Mike Schrage, Vice Moderator for their steady and joyful leadership this year.
Sunday, June 8th
Lunch Fundraiser for our Summer Youth Trip
Lunch Fundraiser for our Summer Youth Trip to Re-Member. This summer, 10 youth and 4 adult chaperones are road-tripping to Re-Member, an independent, non-profit organization working with the Oglala Lakota nation on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. This is both a cultural immersion trip and a service trip, guided by the aspirations of tribal members who are generous with their wisdom as cultural speakers, community leaders, and builders of understanding. Please join us after the annual meeting to learn more about our trip, and to support our youth!
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June 9th-13th
Summer Day Camp
JUST Like Me: Digging in & Growing Deep Summer Day Camp June 9th-13th. This year, camp is being hosted at our partner congregation Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Duluth (UUCD). We are also partnering, as in years past, with Pilgrim Congregational. JUST Like Me is an inclusive camp experience that will help kids celebrate their identity (and others’ identities) as God’s beloved creations just as they are! Students will engage story (scripture and otherwise), creativity, a focus on nature/being “gardeners”, and using their voices to speak up for others! Registration forms are now available. Contact Amanda to be emailed the registration form.
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Weekly Wednesday Meals & Programs
Join us Wednesday nights for Community Meals in the Fellowship Hall on the lower level and our revamped faith formation programming!
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A simple dinner is from 5-5:30pm. Activities after dinner include nursery care and elementary age Kids Clubs, Middle School Youth Group, High School Youth Group, and Confirmation 1 & 2 Classes. Contact us for more information on youth programs! There will also be opportunities for expanded faith formation for adults, as well as Bible Study and Choir.
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Please check our homepage for the current weekly Wednesday schedule! Dinner and programs will take a break for the summer this June-August.
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