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: Session - Sunday, July 20th, 12:30 p.m.
Sunday School Classes:
App Sunday School Class NEW Curriculum: The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry. We are all busy. Some of us can't remember the last time we rested or even had free time. Our busyness can feel productive but it is a toxic distraction, sapping our spiritual, physical, and emotional vitality. It may seem like we have no choice but to live at a frantic pace, but God has a better path for us. Join pastor and author John Mark Comer in this five-part video series as he addresses one of the greatest threats to our spiritual lives: hurry. This group meets in the sanctuary at 11:15 am on Sundays. Join us and invite a friend!
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: The next youth event is tentatively a lake trip on Saturday, August 2, 2-9pm. Details to follow soon!
Current Sermon Series: Be Still My Soul: Peace Through Prayer! Peace is a fleeting and hard-to-find gift from God in our complicated world. But God desires that we experience the fullness of the peace he seeks to give his children. Angels so often greeted people with peace when they arrived with a message from the Lord. Nearly every time the resurrected Jesus appeared to his disciples, he greeted them with peace. In this series we’ll hear what the Bible has to say about the lasting peace God wants to give us and learn how to pray for it faithfully. This series is running from June 1st—July 20th . Join us and invite friends to experience REAL Peace this summer!
Weekday Small Groups!! Small Groups are taking a break for the summer. Both groups plan to resume in September. Thanks for a great year of small groups!
Vacation Bible School Canceled and Replaced with the Big Screen Blessing Movie Night! Due to a lack of adequate staffing, we have had to cancel our planned VBS program, and pivot toward a one night only outreach activity for kids. The Big Screen Blessing Movie Night will happen on Friday, July 25th from 5:30-8:30pm. The kids will watch the newly released animated movie King of Kings, as well as enjoy crafts, pizza, popcorn, and pillows. We invite kids to come back on Sunday morning July 27th at 10am for a special worship presentation of what they learned in the movie, followed by a fun party after worship with burgers and hot dogs and water balloons!
Farewell to Eric DiMarzio! Eric’s last Sunday with us will be next Sunday, July 27th. We will celebrate his time with us with cake in conjunction with our Big Screen Blessing celebration lunch after worship that Sunday. We feel so blessed to have had Eric as our worship music leader for the last year and wish him well in his new job endeavor in Boston!
Summer Food Challenge Continues! Join us again this summer as we try and help keep the shelves at Christian Helping Hands Food Bank stocked! We’ll do the challenge against Southminster Presbyterian Church in Missouri City to see which church can collect the most food per capita. The challenge runs June—August. Last Sunday, July 13th, Peace brought in 98 lbs of food with 35 people in attendance, which is 2.8 lbs/person. Southminster collected 75 lbs and people, which is 1.42 lbs/person. The total number of pounds of food donated through July 13th from Peace is 532 lbs, whereas Southminster has contributed 932 pounds . Overall, the church with the lead in the lbs/person ultimate battle (as of July 13th) is Peace with 2.31 lbs/person, with Southminster just behind us at 2.19 lbs/person. We have 7 weeks left to donate and try to keep the coveted Soup Can trophy for the next year, so let’s do our best! No matter what, our community wins when we bring much needed food to the food pantry!
Memorial Service for Edmund Trevino Planned. Join us on Saturday, July 19th, at 11 a.m. at Peace Church to celebrate the life of Edmund Trevino. In lieu of flowers, the family invites everyone to donate to the Peace Church Scholarship Program.
Come Celebrate Vicki Evans’ 75th Birthday! Join Vicki and her family at 2pm on Sunday, July 20th, for a birthday party planned by her children. Your presence will be a gift to her, Alex, and the rest of their family. If you feel so led, you are welcome to bring a dessert to share.
Prayer for Schools in 2025 Planned! Peace Church has volunteered to join hundreds of other Christians across Pearland and Alvin to pray for our schools as kids and teachers prepare to resume classes soon. Our great ministry partner, Modern Acts, has organized the prayer walk again this year on Sunday, August 10th, from 3-5 p.m. We will meet with folks from the other churches for a brief rally at Manvel Jr. High (7302 McCoy Rd in Manvel) at 3 and head to our assigned school, Silverlake Elementary, to pray at 4. Please sign up on the bulletin board or let Pastor Scott know you can help with this great way to bless our community in prayer!
12th Annual Susan Jenkins Memorial Peace for Pearland Golf Tournament planned! Mark your calendars now for this great annual outreach, mission, and stewardship event! The tournament will be on Friday, October 3rd, 9 a.m. start at the Pearland Golf Club at Country Place. As always, EVERYONE in the church is needed to help in SOME way. Pastor Scott will be sharing lots of ways to help over the next few months. Right now, however, we need EVERYONE at Peace to choose a business they will frequent that they will ask to be a sponsor of the tournament. And take a sponsor/golfer packet and flyer or two to give them! Packets are in the lobby on the counter. Thanks!
Peace Prayer Net
Prayers & Praises for Peace Family and Our Families and Friends: Prayers for everyone who was affected by the flood tragedies in the Texas Hill Country, the Carolinas, New Mexico, and Chicago Prayers of thanksgiving for the response of our community and the larger body of Christ for springing into action to help flood rescue, recovery, and remediation efforts. Prayers for Cheryl Lollar’s cousin Yvonne’s husband, who underwent a kidney transplant last week. Prayers for Vicki’s daughter Kathryn who was discharged from the hospital after two weeks of lung trouble (which is a praise), but also prayers for provision for Kathryn, as she will have large medical bills and no health insurance. Prayers for Cay Cummings whose shoulder surgery is still waiting one more more for surgery. Prayers for healing and comfort for Sarah Phipps, who continues to suffer from seizures, and for Ron and Anita as they make decisions about her treatment and living situation. Prayers for comfort and peace for Ed Gomez, who is fighting pancreatic cancer.
