Dear friends of Jesus connected through Peace,

Thanks for a great carnival! We had a great time and got to meet a few families from the area. Thanks for being friendly and thanks for making it happen!

We want to know the people of Otsego-Plainwell. https://nathanieltimmermann.podbean.com/e/we-want-to-know-you/

I’m excited to get back to our study of vocation. Hope God has been at work through your life these days.

  • July 27th - 1st Vocation: faith and prayer 1 Timothy 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHtrjtuIwVI

  • August 10th - “Vocation is the setting for God’s work in the world” - 1 Timothy 3, 5

  • August 24th - “Vocation is also the setting for spiritual warfare” 1 Timothy 4th

  • August 31st - “Vocation is the setting for human flourishing. God provides us with purpose, freedom, security” - 1 Timothy 6:17-19

  • September 7th - Vocation: Conclusion

I also want to let you know that I have received a divine call to serve at Ascension Lutheran Church in Mitchell SD and Faith Lutheran Church, Huron SD (dual parish). We'll have a short discussion of my current call to serve at Peace and a the call I hold to South Dakota after service on Sunday before the quick voters’ meeting.

Keep prayiong and living that first vocation of faith. God be with you.

In him,

Pastor T

PS See you inside at 9:30!


Prayers

Ron Miller

Marge Gavan

Neveah and family

Prayers for the people of Peace and the neighbors 0- how are your prayers going?

Special Collection for Headstone

Our brother in Christ, Don Knobloch, passed away in 2022. The family has been unable to procure a headstone to mark his burial for financial reasons. We’re going to take up a small collection for this headstone. If you’d like to donate, please give a cash or check marked “Don Knobloch” or give online with “Don Knobloch” in the comments.

Parking Lot Repair

You may have noticed that parts of the parking lot are breaking down. The council recommends the congregation use some special funds (about $5,000 from the Building and Grounds dedicated funds) to repair the lot. There will be a special voters’ meeting soon (announced Sunday) to authorize the use of special funds.

If you want the quotes, you can find them in this document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eNE9BKXGSMpb2mBHWn2LtjrB3JpomGuwsb70zV64Zhg/edit?usp=sharing

Ministry planning and budget

We could use a lot more people to send some input for 2026 ministry. You don’t have to fill out every question on the form. https://peace.breezechms.com/form/bdad40 Or talk with pastor by email, text etc with suggestions, thoughts, questions, and ideas for ministry next year?

Love to talk with you about how God can work among us and through us these days!

The Peace Team

Peace isn’t that big; still it can be hard to know who does what. Check out the list below and for a full list see https://peaceotsego.org/peacenews/team

Council

President/Chairman………..… Josh Gower

Vice-president/Treasurer …… vacant

Recording Secretary ………….. Michael Grimm

Elder ……………………………..... Terry Brower

Called/hired positions

Pastor ………………….. Nathaniel Timmermann

Musicians ……………. Cindy Commissaris, Nathaniel Timmermann, Helga Harris, Ellise Wedge

Pastoral assistants …… Tom Wright

Appointed positions

Financial Secretary …… Ralph Holewa

Maintenance coordinator ………. Roger Commissaris

Bookkeeper …………….… Andy Winter

HR/Taxes ………………..… Jim Walkley

Calendar

August 10th 9:30 Service

August 10th 10:40 fast voter’s meeting regarding parking lot repair

August 10th 10:45 Catechism

August 17th 9:30 service, no catechism

August 22nd 6:30 Family Game Night

August 23rd 9:30 am Christian Theology

August 24th 9:30 service, catechism

September 13th 9:30 am Evangelism workshop

September 21st 9:30 am Fall kick off/Welcome Home





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