Life of Peace
WELCOME!! If you are a guest with us here at Peace Church, welcome! Our prayer is that you find our family of faith warm and welcoming and that you consider joining us again soon. Below are announcements about the many ways we are involved in our community and how we seek to bless it. If you have any questions or want to get involved in anything you read about below, don’t hesitate to ask me or call or text Pastor Scott’s phone at (936) 520-7711. And if there is ever anything at all we can do for you, please just ask!
Online & In Person Team Meetings: Stewardship Team Meeting—Sunday, December 8th, 12:30 p.m. on Zoom. Session Meeting—Sunday, December 15th, 12:30 p.m.
Sunday School Classes:
App Sunday School Class Curriculum: The Reason For God. This class is starting a new video series by Timothy Keller called, “The Reason for God.” This six-session small group Bible study captures live and unscripted conversations between Tim Keller and a group of people to address their doubts and objections to Christianity. Using literature, philosophy, and Scripture, Keller and the group explore the truth of Christianity. This group meets in the Grappling Zone lobby at 11:15 am on Sundays. Join us and invite a friend!
Adult Acts Class: The Adult Acts class is studying the book “Refresh Your Prayers: Uncommon Devotions to Restore Power and Praise” by Lori Hatcher. Book is available on Amazon or other book retailers. All are welcome to join the class. Vicki Evans is the leader of this class. Adult Acts Class meets every Sunday at 11:15am in the back room at the church.
PeaceKids & PeaceYouth Sunday School: Children (PreK—4th grade) and youth (5th—12th grade) classes meet in-person at the church at 11:15am! We'd love to have your kids join us!
Peace Youth Group Meetings: This week’s youth event is Sunday, December 8th, 3-5 p.m., we are tentatively going rollerskating! On Sunday, December 15th, 5-7 p.m. the youth will have their Christmas party! We’ll do a white elephant gift exchange so the youth should bring an inexpensive gift to the party! Please let Pastor Scott know if your youth can or cannot come to these events. Thanks!
New Sermon Series: The Best Christmas Ever! Christmas comes every year, so what could make this year different? Maybe we can look at the season in a different light this year. In the book, the play, and the most recent movie, “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”, we meet a cast of characters, including a group of siblings that totally disrupt the way the Christmas pageant has gone for the last 75 years. In the end, those “hooligans” help the whole town see Christmas in a totally new and more meaningful way. That will be our goal in this series for the season of Advent (4 Sundays before Christmas Eve) and we’ll focus on rediscovering the hope, peace, joy, and love of Christmas to make this the “Best. Christmas. Ever!” Pastor Scott is also challenging the congregation to make 89 invitations (one per covenant partner in the church) to a church event to people outside of Peace during the month of December, so invite someone to join us for this series that runs December 1st—24th!
Weekday Small Groups!! Joins us for one of our small groups on Wednesdays at 7 p.m.! There are two options. For those who watch the episode ahead of time, Pastor Scott is leading a group at Bighorn BBQ (Smith Ranch Rd and Hughes Ranch Rd) for discussion of The Chosen Season 2. For those who prefer to watch the episodes together, Rick and Sherry Conrad are leading a group at their house (818 Forest Oaks Lane). See you then!
Mark your calendar for Christmas Events! Christmas season is here! We start a new sermon series for Advent (four Sundays before Christmas) on Sunday, December 1st. Then on Sunday, December 8th, we’ll have our FUN Christmas outreach event, Carols & Cocoa at 10 a.m. as the Pearland Youth Orchestra performs, we serve hot chocolate and cookies, and Santa comes for pictures. On Friday, December 13th, we’ll have our annual Christmas Potluck Party that includes the white elephant Our very special Christmas Eve Candlelight Worship Service will be on Tuesday, December 24th, at 7 p.m. We’ll have special music by our youth and end with the candlelight singing of Silent Night. Be sure to invite friends to ALL of these events! Sign up on the sign up sheets for these events NOW!
Staff Christmas Gifts: The Stewardship Team would like to invite you all to consider donating toward our staff Christmas gifts this year. We are collecting monetary donations for Pastor Scott, Michelle our Bookkeeper & our Sunday Worship leader, - Eric, as well as Sunday worship volunteers Dev & David. Donations will be accepted through Sunday, December 22nd. Make sure to put “Staff Gifts” on your donation. Thanks!
Forgotten Angels Christmas Gifts! Peace Church will be furnishing gifts for some of the Forgotten Angels in Pearland this Christmas season. Angels are available to pick up in the lobby now and will be due back to the church office by Sunday, December 8th. Recommended spending is a minimum of $25 per Angel; however, if you’d like to pick up both Angels created by one recipient, the suggested per person is $50. For additional info, contact Laura Caudill at 509-952-5014 (cell).
End of the Year Giving! ?? To allow time for donation processing, the last day to give towards 2024 is Monday, December 30th. Giving statements for tax purposes will be printed and distributed in January. Thank you to everyone who has generously given to Peace Church this year! If you have any questions, email Michelle at office_manager@peacepres.net.
Peace Prayer Net
Prayers & Praises for Peace Family: Prayers for Anita Flis who is recovering from a heart procedure. Prayers for healing and comfort for Sarah Phipps who is working to regain her health, and for Ron and Anita as they travel to and from to supervise her care. Prayers for Cay Cummings whose shoulder is requiring repair again. Prayers for Vicki Evans and her family at the passing of her brother, Gene.
Prayers for Family and Friends: Prayers for Carla Riebel, Colleen Wilson’s cousin, and her family after she had a stroke. Prayers for the family of Don McCullough, Colleen Wilson’s cousin, who passed recently. Prayers for Vicki & Alex Evans’s daughter-in-law, Dawn, who is having a bad allergic reaction. Prayers for Jay Lee & Daniel Leaving with MS & ALL who are struggling with MS.
