Dear friends of Jesus connected through Peace,

Students, you did a great job learning God's Word this year.

How many Bible stories do you think you learned? Keep up the good work!

Thank you to those of you who showed up and encouraged the students. Appreciate you!

We’ve got a couple of little things going on: -

PS: Easter take down this Sunday after service. Could you please stay for a few minutes and help clean up?

PPS: Ascension service on May 29th at 6:30 pm https://peaceotsego.org/peacenews/ascension2025

PPSS: St Peter’s Dorr is celebrating 125 years on June 8th. Stop by the counter and sign a card for them.

PPPSS: Friendship Sunday August 3rd - how are your friendships? https://peaceotsego.org/peacenews/friendship2025

The resurrection of Jesus gives us a good reason to trust God. In the weeks after Easter, we’ve been practicing explaining and defending our faith with the resurrection.

We need to answer a number of questions:

Let’s gather Sunday at 9:30 to answer these questions!

Question for you: Who are you preparing to answer? What questions are they asking?


Facility Sharing

Thank you to those who have taken a little time to ask questions and discuss the idea of facility sharing. This is helping me and the rest of the council work through the issue

Please remember right now that we are focused on the big question, “Should We Share This Facility”. We won’t go forward seeking any other users without congregational input.

We’ll keep working on this question and share information as it develops. The council will meet this Tuesday May 27th to attempt to formalize a first draft of a sharing agreement.

Memorial Day

This week we honor those who gave their life to serve us. We would also like to thank our service members listed below for the sacrifices they made for us.

Even if you won’t be able to be with us this weekend, please pray for those who have served:

Heavenly Father, as our nation pauses today to remember thosechurchandstate in the military who have given their lives for freedoms we enjoy, we pray you would have us all look to you for strength, comfort and guidance. Be with all who serve in our Armed Forces. Bless them and their families. Grant your loving protection. Let peace prevail among all the nations, O God. Especially let your mercy rest upon our land, even as we acknowledge with thanksgiving your past goodness on this country. If it is your will, preserve the lives of the men and women in uniform as they defend our citizenry. Most of all, we pray that you would turn the hearts of all – military and civilian – to your holy Word where we find the true peace for our sinful souls that surpasses all understanding. Keep us repentant of sin. Move us to know, take hold and treasure your saving grace. In the name of Jesus, our Savior and Your beloved Son, who alone gives this peace and hope for eternity, we pray. Amen. (https://els.org/prayer-for-memorial-day/)

Irwin Bolenbaugh Ralph Holewa Paul Myers

Gary Coombs Richard Ueck

Shawn Gavan Don Hutchinson

John Gazley Jim Walkley

David Grimm Daton Wright

Gretchen Handley Allen Keller

Charles Handley Thomas Klein

Tom Handley Ron Miller



Graduating Students

Students are graduating all over the place - preschool, middle school, high school, and college. Are you or your kid graduating? Send pastor a photo so we can recognize and pray for them over the coming weeks.

God be with and watch over our graduates. May he lead them to godly fruitful lives!

Congregational Forum and Voters’ Meeting

The congregation will hold a forum on June 8th and a voters’ meeting on June 29th to review our current situation and decide on facility sharing.

As documents are available for the meeting, they will be posted here. https://peaceotsego.org/peacenews/202506voters

Ladies Lunch Outing

All ladies are welcome to a summer lunch on June 11th at 1:00 at the Lynx (outside Otsego).

All ladies will receive an invite in the coming weeks.

Question: Will you please join us? Please RSVP to Jane Holewa (269-680-9060).

Mens Lunch

All men are invited to a summer lunch on June 11th at 1:00 pm at the 4 Roses.

Questions or to arrange rides, please contact Paul Retberg (269-382-6677)

Bonhoeffer Movie Night

Tough times make hard men.

Dietriech Bonhoeffer (1906 - 1945) lived through some of the toughest times of the last 100 years. He was resilient in the face of Nazi oppression. But he wasn’t tough like many others. He was compassionate to the poor, the widow, the disabled, and the outcast. He was moved by the Spirit. He had a profound inner life shaped by meditation and lived humbly in community.

Want to know more about this fascinating figure?

Join my family for a movie night June 28th 4:30 pm.

Pizza and snacks over the dinner hour :-)

Calling all Gardeners

We are not planning to mow the field this summer. We’d like to save the time and gas. We’d like to see what the field might become.

We know we can’t just let the field go wild. Unproductive and destructive plants will likely grow right alongside good and productive plants.

In order to see what the field could become, we’re creating a test wildlife area between the barn and the pavilion. This small area will include various natural plants that might fill the field one day.

  • First, please don’t mow or run them over :-)

  • Second, we could use a few gardeners to help get it going. Would you help with some planting? Please get ahold of pastor/the office.

Calendar

May 25th 9:30 service, bake sale

May 29th 6:30 pm Ascension service

June 3rd 6:30 pm Team and Task Time

June 8th 10:45 am Congregational Update/Forum

June 11th 1:00 pm Ladies Lunch Out at Lynx

June 11th 1:00 pm Mens Lunch Out at 4 Roses

June 12th 12:00 pm Senior Luncheon

June 13th 10:00 am Prayer Walk

June 28th 9:30 am Christian Theology

June 28th 4:30 pm Bonhoeffer movie

June 29th 10:45 am Voters’ meeting

August 3rd 9:30 Friendship Sunday





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