The Light of the Infinite One is without form and only takes shape – for good or bad – in the recipient.  Therefore it is up to us.  We have to do our best to shape God’s light into blessings. - Rebbe Nachman of Breslov

This Sunday we will have a Healing Prayer Worship Service.  A wonderful opportunity for prayer and light.

Our Crab Feast is this Saturday (3/6) at 5 PM.  Please email Raddi at raddi1@yahoo.com if you need to cancel or if you have any additions so we can prepare accordingly. There is still room for additions.   And remember, the crab is served pre-cracked but you may want to bring your own ‘crab crackers’ if you have them.  See you Saturday!”

Ministry Conversations: Now that our debt is gone to what ministries shall Peace devote and focus our energies?  The Council has prepared two occasions to hear from you and listen tone another:  Saturdays, March 13 and 20, 10 – Noon. There will be coffee and goodies to enjoy.  Renewing ministries, sustaining current ministries , creating new ministries are all welcomed.  What matters to you – what stirs your passion, joy, hopes and dreams?  The Spirit is willing to work with what we offer.  Choose one session and join in.  Give us your best - make this a part of your Lenten journey.

Our Community Seder with Beth Chaim Congregation will be at Peace on March 25. We will begin at 5:45 and finish around 8 p.m. The meal will be catered this year so the cost is $15/person. Reservations and payment are needed by March 17. Initially we are inviting 60 members from each congregation so Signing Up is important.  You can register this Sunday or call the church office. To maximize our congregational connections and participation attendance is limited to those 12 and over. Families will need to provide a bottle of red wine.  Grape juice will be provided.

Recycling at Last! After being caught for many months within a bizarre bureaucratic Catch 22 conundrum and after many hours of investigative research we finally have on site recycling for all our cans, glass and paper goods.  Rejoice, rejoice!

Jazz at Peace on March 14 will host Inga Swearingen who has created the Swedish Jazz Farm.  The 2003 winner of the Shure Jazz Voice competition at the Montreux Jazz Festival, she has been a favorite regular guest on NPR’s “A Prairie Home Companion” since 2005.  Garrison Keillor says, “Inga has a gorgeous voice, very fresh, evocative and note-perfect… and that’s the sort of person you want to sing harmony to.” What Lutheran won’t enjoy this!  Get a sample at: Inga’s website by clicking through here.  Invite your friends.

Our Family Service created an astounding worship: our children in their purple stoles, a purple “We are the World” Children’s Circle (thanks Annie), the Baptism of Lukas Collins, a unique altar design, Anita’s inspirational word about Children’s Ministry, Tamara Bohlin – cellist extraordinaire – and her musician sons, our Youth Guitarists and Singers (thanks April, Alexi, Abigail, Allison and Elizabeth), the Blessing of Marko Andre’ Johansson, the Eucharist and purple M&Ms.  What more could you want!   It is clear that we will have Family Services 3 or 4 times per year now.  Thanks to all who work with our young ones – Bob, Tammy, Ceil and Christine and all who have volunteered for future involvement.

To close – our Biblical Lesson from last Sunday:

Today we remember all the Matriarchs and Patriarchs of the Bible who started out as children…..and grew up:   Abraham and Sarah who were promised children – “as many as the stars of the sky!”;  Isaac who was nearly sacrificed on an altar…and his wife Rebekah; Jacob – who pulled a mean trick on his brother when they were boys – and his wife Rachel who wept for all the children she lost.

We remember all the babies the Israelite midwives saved;  we remember Baby Moses hidden in the rushes  - and all the children who ran for their lives from Egypt.

We remember Joseph and his Rainbow-Colored coat; Samuel the acolyte who worked in the Temple; David the sheepherder who slew Goliath.

And we remember the boy and his mom who shared their home with Elisha; and Jeremiah who was called in the womb; and Hosea’s children - who all got stuck with funny names.

These are some of the Small and Tall people who made God’s love real for all of us.

Blessings, Pr. Steve

When the heart yearns for something, the distance one has to go to get it matters not at all. - Rebbe Nachman of Breslov

Our Sunday School is off to a great start.  Such much joy, wisdom and energy to share.  Thanks for encouraging and supporting your children’s involvement!  Heard the Word for parents, grandparents and other adults continues with Text Reflection and coffee in the Gathering Hall at 9:30.

Family Service for the Small and Tall – We are the World! This Sunday we bless, baptize and nurture the gifts of our children in worship.  Cellist and pianist Tamara Bohlin and her sons will join us – you may want to arrive early to hear them.  And keep your eyes open:  the little children will (as Jesus said)……lead us!

During Lent we will have a Time of Stillness in the Sanctuary for 10 minutes prior to worship.  This quiet time will encourage your prayer and meditation during this season.   The Prayer Circle begins at 9:50 with the sounding of the Singing Bowl and the offering of prayers for our community, those in need and for our day’s worship.  You may join them for this brief prayer around the Singing Bowl if you wish.

The Women’s Group and a local Girl Scout Troop remind you to bring Canned Goods for our local Food Pantry to church this Sunday.  The increasing numbers of hungry families in our County has not subsided.

Soup and Sacrament had a fine beginning.  Join us on the Wednesdays of Lent at 6:30 for a lovely meal of soup and bread followed by reflections on Psalm 23 and an informal Eucharist.  We are anticipating Gen Estenson’s famous Lamb Stew soon! Groan!!!! [The groan was added by me, Anita]

Richard Caemmerer joins us this next week to paint the wall where Dust to Dust (Stardust to Human Dust) aka Father Abraham resides. Your help is requested after worship to move the pews closest to the wall. (If you can help set up scaffolding on Monday please contact me.)  He will be painting from Tuesday – Friday next week and you may come by to observe. Richard will speak on “Housing the Divine” on Saturday, March 6 at 10 am. Hopefully you have received a flyer about this and are inviting your friends to join you as well.   Coffee and goodies will be provided.   Local art groups, galleries, the Jazz Community and interfaith congregations have all been invited.  Come and honor this great artist and great friend of Peace.

Please keep Sue Field and her mother in your prayers. Sue has flown home to Britain to be with her mom.  Also pray for:  our Catechumens;  our new members Libby Flynn, Jane Powell, Edith Bonath, Emily and Kevin Davidson and daughters Brooke and Molly, and Carol and Al Barake;  the unemployed; the people of Haiti; the children of our world who suffer and long for love; Richard, Taylor, Ed. We will have a Community Seder with Beth Chaim Congregation on Thursday, March 25th at Peace.  Details to come.

Inga Swearingen who has sung for Jazz at Peace and sung a ‘gazillion’ times for ‘A Prairie Home Companion’ will be our guest musician for Jazz at Peace on March 14.  This will be another incredible event.  Special plans are evolving.  You won’t dare miss this one!

The Mortgage Burning was a success!  The mortgage documents were consumed in a fiery blaze as the congregation gathered around a blazing fire pit (or its modern equivalent).  Families processed passed the fire contributing the remaining Debt Retirement envelopes (now not needed) to the flames.   Members were blessed with incense as they reentered the church reminding them to let our prayers rise up like incense.   Congratulations have been offered from a number of local congregations.  Well done!  And Gratitude to our Debt Retirement Committee who now have nothing to do. More photos from Sunday’s worship service and mortgage burning here.

Blessings, Pr. Steve

Pray with emotion and God will answer you.
Pray with an attentive heart and see all of heaven’s doors open before you.
Pray with joy and watch your requests ascend straight to God’s chamber on high.  Rebbe Nachman of Breslov

Congratulations to Nargiz Warner and Evelyn Tackett on completing the Early Communion Class!  Your Valentine’s Day Communion Bread was excellent.

This Sunday our Sunday School begins at 9:00 am! Pr. Anita is excited to begin.  She is pleased that we have 3 teachers and 14 adults who have volunteered to assist.  Add all of our children and grandchildren and the love of the Spirit and off we go! Anita wants to remind everyone that Sunday School begins promptly at 9:00 a.m.; three year olds through kindergarten will be with her in room 1, while grades 1 - 4 will be with Bob Winter and Tammy Valenta in room 2. See you Sunday!!!

We will have a Family Service on February 28 also at which we will celebrate a Baptism, a Blessing and the gifts of children around the world.  Expect much joy!

The Debt Retirement Celebration happens this Sunday in worship.   What an accomplishment for our congregation in the midst of these difficult times.   There should be some coverage in the Danville Weekly this Friday.

And don’t forget….our annual Crab Feast and Silent Auction is coming!!!!! Click on the image below to view a larger version.

Richard Caemmerer will join us March 1 – 6 to recolor some of the wall painting as all touch and tribute to our Debt Retirement success.  On Saturday, March 6 at 10 am he will speak on “Housing the Divine.” This is a wonderful opportunity for all of us to hear and dialogue with this great artist.  I hope you will invite friends who enjoy beauty and mystery to share this occasion with you.  It will be a fine way for us to honor Richard and all the gifts he has given  Peace over the years – from our Processional Cross, Baptismal Font and Mosaic to the beauty of our Stained Glass Windows and the peaceful light that dances in our sanctuary.

Thanks to all who signed up for the Worship Team ministries this past Sunday.   This was Margaret Beeler’s suggestion and because she always demands to be center stage you can appreciate her truth when she says, “ There’s no better way to get your name in the bulletin than being on a worship team!”

The Partnership Committee invites all members of Peace to our Partnership Retreat on Saturday, February 20, at 1:30 p.m. here at Peace. The purpose of this retreat is to provide you with in-depth information about our partnership ministries in Nicaragua and South Africa (including travel reports), and to develop objectives for future projects/activities. If you usually don’t attend our regular meetings, this retreat will be a great opportunity to learn more about our Partnership in a single afternoon. The retreat will conclude with a light meal.

The Women of Peace and a local Girl Scout Troop invite you to bring Canned Goods to church for the next 2 Sundays to support a Food Drive for hungry families in our County.

Our thanks to Ed Baker and Ed Rethers for constructing our Tent of Revealings again for our Lenten Season.

As the Danville Weekly said:  Valentine’s Day Jazz at Peace with Kat Parra’s Quartet and a Wine and Chocolate Tasting Reception was definitely a Hot Pick for the weekend! Our thanks to Gil and Bobbi Jardine and Susanna El Mogazi for presenting such a fine occasion. Kat’s songs made our hearts melt with love and contentment.

As the Epiphany Light gives way to the Lenten Mystery…and we move toward Jerusalem…may the revealed-concealed healing of the Cross be our guide.

If you believe that you can damage, then believe that you can fix.  If you believe that you can harm, then believe that you can heal.  Remember:  Things can go from the very worst to the very best….in just the blink of an eye. - Rebbe Nachman of Breslov

What a marvelous worship experience with the Nubian Strings.  Destiny and Tarika send their thanks to our congregation for the invitation and celebration of worship together.

This Sunday the Worship Committee will host a Show and Tell inviting you to participate in one of the 9 ministries they coordinate.  Keep your eyes, ears and hearts open.  Also the Early Communion Class will share the fruits and bread of their labors.

And a Special Invite:

Valentine’s Day Wine and Chocolate Tasting

When: February 14, 2010, 6:15 PM… right after Jazz at Peace
Where:  Peace Lutheran Church, Danville
Tickets available at the door before and after the concert:  $10 per person

Wine and chocolate— what a wonderful way to celebrate Valentine’s Day! Share a taste treat with your Valentine. At Peace we’re offering a Wine and Chocolate tasting that will match different red and white wines with different varieties of chocolate. Gil Jardine, Peace’s resident wine expert will bring the wine while Susannah El Mogazi, Peace’s resident Chocolatier will provide the chocolate.

The tasting will start at 6:15 PM right after the Jazz at Peace Concert. So jazz fans can buy tickets before the concert and those who aren’t attending can get tickets after the concert.  The tasting will kick-off with a brief discussion about the wines and the art of matching wine with chocolate.

Bring your Valentine and enjoy!

Ash Wednesday is on February 17.  Our worship will be at 7:30 pm.

On Sunday, February 21 three significant experiences happen:  Sunday School begins for children ages 3 through 4th grade and goes from 9:00 – 9:45 am (parents must drop off and pick up their children from the classroom); further details to come this Sunday;  Heard the Word resumes at 9:30 am – an opportunity for adults to reflect on the texts for the day’s worship (there will be coffee available and Sunday School parents will appreciate this reflection conversation;  we will celebrate our Debt Retirement at worship that day with special festivities.  Join in!

The Partnership Committee invites all members of Peace to our Partnership Retreat on Saturday, February 20, at 1:30 p.m. here at Peace. The purpose of this retreat is to provide you with in-depth information about our partnership ministries in Nicaragua and South Africa (including travel reports), and to develop objectives for future projects/activities. If you usually don’t attend our regular meetings, this retreat will be a great opportunity to learn more about our Partnership in a single afternoon. The retreat will conclude with a light meal.

Martha Mantei invites you to:  American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is bringing a new event to our community.

“Depression and Bipolar Awareness, from Diagnosis to Remission.” This educational program features medical experts and a panel of patients and family members talking about their experiences, the benefits of treatment, and recovery. The local Bay Area event will be in Pleasanton at the Pleasanton Library on February 24th. The time is from 6:30 – 8:45 pm.  Please contact Valerie at: vkovacovich@afsp.org to register or for more information.
“We are all connected, so we must treat each other right.”

Blessings, Pr. Steve

One can be sure of nonviolent victory once fear is conquered in oneself. -  Gandhi

Great to sing the Old Time Hymns this past Sunday and be reminded of the Faith Stream of which we baptismally flow.  The Choir gave us a fine gift with Masithi & Child of the Light (thanks to Sue Field’s arranging skills); one can never get enough Schubert and how wonderful to be Blessed by our Elders.

Our Annual Meeting will follow worship this next Sunday. This is the ideal time to learn about the realities, successes and challenges facing our congregation.  Please read the Annual Report if you received a copy this past Sunday in order to digest all the tasks, events and prayerful gatherings that were accomplished during 2009.  It will deepen your appreciation for the leadership skills of our Council members and the Clergy Contingent.  With  the Debt Retired we will be able to focus anew on our Ministry Priorities and sustaining Peace through our voluntary efforts.  Come and create the future with us and the Spirit.

This Sunday Pr. Anita will share ideas for the development of our Sunday School. Good things are coming our way!

The Nubian Strings will provide musical leadership for our worship on Sunday while Sue is attending a conference.   If you enjoy harp and violin and spirited playing don’t miss this.  Invite your friends.  You will also get to meet our new Seminarian Emily Weller.

A Letter of Gratitude was received from CAPMT who held 5 Recitals at Peace on January 23.   As Sue reported there were at least 1,000 people from all over Northern California who were in attendance at Peace throughout that day.   What a marvelous community gift.  Their letter is posted on our Kiosk.

Please keep our Early Communion Class members Nargiz and Evelyn, the Catechumens and the people of Haiti –  the orphans, amputees and all in despair in your prayers.

The Prayer Circle invites you to join them for Prayer in the Sanctuary around the Singing Bowl at 9:50 each Sunday as a prayerful way to begin our day’s worship.  Details to come.

And a Special Invite:

Valentine’s Day Wine and Chocolate Tasting

When: February 14, 2010, 6:15 PM… right after Jazz at Peace
Where:  Peace Lutheran Church, Danville
Tickets available at the door before and after the concert:  $10 per person

Wine and chocolate— what a wonderful way to celebrate Valentine’s Day! Share a taste treat with your Valentine. At Peace we’re offering a Wine and Chocolate tasting that will match different red and white wines with different varieties of chocolate. Gil Jardine, Peace’s resident wine expert will bring the wine while Susannah El Mogazi, Peace’s resident Chocolatier will provide the chocolate.

The tasting will start at 6:15 PM right after the Jazz at Peace Concert. So jazz fans can buy tickets before the concert and those who aren’t attending can get tickets after the concert.  The tasting will kick-off with a brief discussion about the wines and the art of matching wine with chocolate.

Bring your Valentine and enjoy!

Question:  What is your message, Mr. Gandhi?  “My life is my message.”
That is true for all of us.  What’s your message?
Blessings, Pr. Steve

Let me say this before rain becomes a utility that they can plan and distribute for money. By “they” I mean the people who cannot understand that rain is a festival, who do not appreciate its gratuity, who think that what has no price has no value, that what cannot be sold is not real, so that the only way to make something actual is to place it on the market. The time will come when they will sell you even your rain. At the moment it is still free, and I am in it. I celebrate its gratuity and its meaninglessness. Think of it pouring down, selling nothing, judging nobody, drenching the thick mulch of dead leaves, soaking the trees, filling the gullies and crannies of the wood with water, washing out places we have stripped away. Listen to its wonderful, unintelligible, perfectly innocent speech. Nobody started it and nobody is going to stop it. The rain will speak as long as it wants and I am going to listen. - Thomas Merton

The Council has committed $500 as a “Matching Fund” for Haitian Support this Sunday through Lutheran World Relief. LWR has pledged $1 million to overall relief work in Haiti. LWR is accepting donations to the “Haiti Earthquake Fund” on its website, by phone at 800-LWR-LWR-2 and by mail at P.O. Box 17061, Baltimore, MD 21298-9832. Members of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans can get their gifts to LWR matched. Thrivent is giving $1 for every $2 donated. For more information or to have your gift matched, visit Lutheran World Relief: Haiti Earthquake.

Sue Field invites you to attend any or all of the CAPMT Recitals this Saturday at Peace. Recitals are at 10:30, Noon, 2:00 pm, 4:00 and 5:00 pm. The performers are from all over northern California who have achieved a superior rating in their Fall Performances.

Lori Eickmann sends her thanks to all who assisted with her Ordination. That includes: the congregation of Peace for hosting this celebration, Maili Malvre for serving as the Scripture Bearer, Charlene McPherson for Altar Guild coordination, Brielle Strom as our Acolyte, Karl Pfeiffer our Crucifer, and the Hospitality Team consisting of Gun Johnston, Nancy Carlston, Pat Thergesen, Lois McGee and Marlene Garrity. Musicians Alice O’Sullivan and Bruce Silverman presented marvelous musical gifts. The offering for the Ordination went to support another woman seminarian preparing for ministry at PLTS Seminary. Bishop Mark Holmerud said he was impressed with Peace and the creative worship too.

The Catechumenate Class begins Sunday evening, January 31st. There are 5 people in the class. If you want to participate you are welcomed. Share your questions with me if you have any.

The Early Communion Class begins this Sunday, January 23 at 3 pm at the Warner’s home. Children in grades 2 – 5 are encouraged to participate.

The Partnership Committee invites all members of Peace to our Partnership Retreat on Saturday, February 20, at 1:30 p.m. here at Peace. The purpose of this retreat is to provide you with in-depth information about our partnership ministries in Nicaragua and South Africa (including travel reports), and do develop objectives for future projects/activities. If you usually don’t attend our regular meetings, this retreat will be a great opportunity to learn more about our Partnership in a single afternoon. The retreat will conclude with a light meal.

Please keep in your prayers: Spoon Jackson, Tammy Winter, Jim, Denise, Richard, Ed, Randy, Declan, Jerry Slater, Gerry Grosz, Dick Byrum, the family of Susan Fetzner the unemployed, the people of Haiti, and Peace Counseling Center.

We look forward to meeting recently birthed Antonio Eloy Garzon and Marko Andre’ Johansson!

Love your enemies. Far from being the pious injunction of a Utopian dreamer, the command to love one’s enemy is an absolute necessity for our survival. Love for our enemies is the key solution to the problems of our world. Jesus is not an impractical idealist; he is a practical realist. We have followed the practical advice of violence throughout the ages which has led us inexorably to deeper confusion and chaos. We must find another way. Love, the creative force of Christ’s life, is the most potent resource available to us today. - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King

Blessings, Pr. Steve

There is a certain wisdom that settles into a life that does not attempt to control what everybody else ought to be thinking, saying, doing or voting on.  Wisdom, health, life and love cannot be found in trying to control the wind, but rather in harnessing the wind in the sails of receptive engagement of the present moment.  Enjoy the Spirit’s breathing. -  Martin Laird

We celebrate Lori Eickmann’s Ordination this Saturday at 3:00 p.m.  Please keep Lori in your prayers and participate in this blessing affirming her calling.

Children in 2nd - 5th Grades are welcomed to participate in the Early Communion Class which will begin on Sunday, January 23rd.  This is a delightful experience for the whole family.  Contact me with your questions or for more information.

Are you hungering for a deeper spiritual exploration:  maturing experiences of reflection, prayer and conversation? The Catechumenate program may fit your need. Running from Epiphany through Pentecost this ancient teaching/prayer practise will lead you to a more profound experience of your faith.  This is an Untensive (not an intensive)!  Talk with me if you are interested.  You do not have to be a spiritual genius to begin!

Be sure to examine the Crosses from Bali and Ethiopia that Margaret Beeler’s family have presented to Peace.  There are so many expressions of our faith.

Our Annual Congregational Meeting will be on February 7 following worship.

There was a refreshing Spirit at our Open House last Sunday.  Bev and I are thankful for all who could attend.   We promise that there will be more!

Keep your camel bags ready for travel in surprising Epiphany ventures.

Blessings, Pr. Steve

O Christ, you saw the world through the eyes of a Child.  Save us from pride, anxiety, fear and apathy.   May we see ourselves with clarity, in simplicity and honesty.

Bev and I invite you to our Open House this Sunday from 3 - 6 pm.  Our address will be in Sunday’s bulletin and it’s in the Directory.  If you want to bring finger foods you may.  Please come by.

We will take our Christmas Tree down after worship this Sunday.  Your assistance is appreciated.  Also Tammy Valenta invites those who love to sew to bring your sewing machines to church so we can complete costumes for next year’s production.

Congratulations to Margareta and Jan Johansson on the birth of grandson Marco yesterday.  Quite an Epiphany gift!

An Early Communion Class for kids in 2nd - 5th Grades will begin on Sunday, January 24.  If your child would like to participate, please speak with me .

Lori Eichmann’s Ordination Service is Saturday, January 16 at 3:00 pm.  Please attend and offer your prayers for her ministry. Maili Malvre is coordinating the Reception.  Speak with her if you can assist.

Jazz at Peace this past Sunday was astounding!  135 - 140 people gathered to celebrate, sing and dance the love and peace presented by the Richard Howell Quintet.  Richard’s 11 year old son is an amazing conga player.  Half a dozen people said to me, ‘I can’t believe this is happening in a church!”

A new Tai Chi Chuan Class begins on Thursday, January 21 at 7:00 pm. New participants are welcomed.

The Women’s Group will meet next Wednesday, January 13 from 10 - 12 Noon at Peace.

Please keep in your prayers: Declan, Richard, Ed, Genevieve, Denise, Heather’s cousin, Jim Heinemeier, the unemployed, those living with addictions, the monks of Bat Nha Monastery, those searching the dark for light.

Wasn’t Shanise our guest singer a gift on Sunday? Thanks to Sue Field for creating beautiful music with her.

Congratulations to Parisa and Ro LoBianco who appeared in the Bay Area Kids Magazine in an article on how local couples and families celebrate Interfaith Holidays on occasions like Christmas.  The article is posted on our Kiosk.  Ro is willing to autograph copies but Parisa isn’t so sure.

Blessed Epiphany!  Pr. Steve

“O God, let you face shed its light upon us: redeem the darkness of our night that we may see and understand your ways upon earth and live in the wisdom of faith and love.”

This is a Mary Sunday Celebration for us. Come prepared to be loved.  We are also hoping to decorate the “Rockefeller Tree” (as it has been affectionately named) after worship.  Thanks to Charlene, Everett, Ro and Sue for helping the tree to stand so magnificently!

Please bring your Giving Tree Gifts with you to worship this Sunday.  Your gifts should be wrapped and have the ornament taped on.  (A few Ornaments remain on the Giving Tree.  If you wish to know what they are please call the office.)

Our Christmas Services will be at: 5:00 pm - The Family Christmas Pageant; 10:00 pm - Candlelight and Communion;  and Christmas Day at 10:00 am. Please plan to linger a few minutes after our Christmas Eve services and enjoy warm buttered cinnamon bread and wassail.

Please check out a potential New Hymnal after worship this Sunday with Sue and Charlene.  It would replace the 3 hymnals we are currently using.

Thursday at 5:45:  The Night of Rumi - during our Meditation time we will hear and enjoy the poetry of the  Mystic Rumi.  You will laugh, relax and enjoy being alive.

Friday at 6:30 pm:  Beth Chaim invites you to celebrate Hanukkah with them at this Interfaith Celebration.  It will be a joyful, uplifting evening.

Lori Eichmann invites you to her Ordination on Saturday, January 16 at 3:00 pm at Peace. This will be a great occasion.  Her Congregational Invitation is posted on our Kiosk.  Please make every effort to attend!

An Early Communion Class will begin in January.  If you have a child in 2nd - 5th grades this class is ideal for them.  Contact me with your questions or for more info.

Please keep in your prayers:  Genevieve, Denise, Jerry, Bat Nha Monastery. the unemployed, those without health coverage, the homeless,  those longing for a new beginning.

New Year’s Jazz at Peace: Our next Jazz Event is on Sunday, January 3rd at 5 pm. with Richard Howell.  This promises to launch your New Year in surprising and unanticipated ways.  Marcus Shelby was of course quite sublime this past Sunday.

Thanks to the mystery person who provided the fresh bark ground covering!  Looks beautiful.

Get your Honey this Sunday and sweeten life for everyone you know!

If you do not see God in all you will not see God at all!

Happy Advent!  Pr. Steve