OFFICE CLOSED THURSDAY, AUG 21
Family and friends of Rich Bagley
PRAYERS – Jon Cook; Millie Mutka; Kathy Mayo; Barb Zima’s friends Mick, Steven and Marilyn Hummel; Gregory Bowens; Laurie Nelson; Amber Ross’s daughter Linda; Sandy Bishop’s brother Larry Barber and friend Kelly Newman; Randy & Diane Niemczyk’s daughter Julia VanAvery, niece Sarah Joda, and their dear friends, Denise Runde and Denise Hazel; Dick Volland; Valeria Hesselberg; Chris Markussen; Anne Verona’s sister/brother-in-law Pat & Woody Woodworth and friends Dennis Peterson and Natalie Madine; Strong’s friend Erin Molle and Kevin Miller; Debbie Cyrtmus’ mother, Rose Wicker and sister, Corrie Trittin; the Ebert’s friend Patricia Kulzick; Karen Stanton’s friends Wayne and Mary Lou Zelinski*; Joyce Leander’s cousin Laurie Nelson; Ashley Clark’s friends Keith & Becky Hernandez; the Waggoner’s sister-in-law Cheryl Busse; Karen Engels and her niece Lisa and friend Bob; Ann Carlson’s people Enid, Curt, Beth, Dana, Tom, Julie, Denny, and Troy; and peace for all nations and comfort for those in distress.
PRAYER LIST PROCEDURE – Submit your prayer requests to the office in writing, by phone, by email or in person. If requesting prayers for someone other than yourself or an immediate family member, please obtain permission – unless the circumstances are public in nature.
GUESTS – if you are visiting us today, please sign our book at the entrance to the sanctuary.
OFFERING ENVELOPES – we are preparing to order envelopes. Please let us know if there are any changes. Do you need envelopes? Do you want to stop receiving envelopes? Do you not know what the envelopes are for? All of these questions – and more – can be answered by Mike Bishop at accounting@princeofpeace-er.org.
LIVESTREAM – this month we have started livestreaming only on YouTube @PastorPriceofPeaceEagleRiverW
PRINCE OF PEACE CHOIR –Rehearsal dates: Aug 27, Sep 3, Sep 10, Sep 17 4:30 – 5:30 pm. Come to rehearsal – stay for the movie – on Aug 27 and Sep 10!
GOD’S WORK – OUR HANDS t-shirts -are available in the Front Office. T-shirt design is the same as years past. $10 per shirt. Currently have S, M and XL. More sizes on the way. (Youth S, M, L and Adult L, 2XL).
MOVIE NIGHT – Our next movie night is Aug 27. “How to Train Your Dragon” the 2025 version. You may have noticed our electronic sign has the movie listed as “Educating a Fire Breathing Lizard”. That is due to copyright issues. Our next movie night is Sep 10 and we will be showing “Green and Gold”! What is exciting about this is we have been in touch with the director, Anders Lindwall. He sent a movie poster over to us that we will use as a door prize on Sep 10. Tailgating is an option! Anders has given us permission to advertise the movie on our sign.
SEPTEMBER 7 IS ONLY TWO WEEKS AWAY – It’s not only God’s Work – Our Hands Sunday, it is Rally Sunday! Much will happen on this day! Blessing of the quilts and our church youth will be starting their Sunday School year – we have a lot to celebrate.
GODS WORK- OUR HANDS = SUMMER FUN – Mark your calendars:
TODAY – MINI GOLF Tee-time will be at 11am, following fellowship hour.
Sep 7 – GWOHs DAY We will be blessing the quilts.
Sep 21 – GWOHs DAY- (continued) Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of WBP!
PET BLESSING – Pioneer Lake Lutheran in Conover invites you to bring your pet(s) for a blessing on TODAY at 3:00 pm. Pastor Grant will be the pet blessing Pastor for the day! They will have refreshments on hand.
FUN FACT – I know its early for Christmas info – but this information is too wonderful to not share RIGHT NOW! Santa Claus had his origins in St. Nicholas, the fourth-century bishop of Myra in present-day Turkey. Known for his generosity and his love of children, Nicholas is said to have saved a poor family’s daughters from slavery by tossing into their window enough gold for a rich dowry, a present that landed in some shoes or, in some accounts, stockings that were hung up to dry. Thus arose the custom of hanging up stockings for St. Nicholas to fill. And somehow he transmogrified* into Santa Claus, who has become for many people the secular Christmas alternative to Jesus Christ.
In AD 325 Emperor Constantine convened the Council of Nicaea, the very first ecumenical council. More than 300 bishops came from all over the Christian world to debate the nature of the Holy Trinity. It was one of the early church’s most intense theological questions. Arius, from Egypt, was teaching that Jesus the Son was not equal to God the Father. Arius forcefully argued his position at length. The bishops listened respectfully.
As Arius vigorously continued, Nicholas became more and more agitated. Finally, he could no longer bear what he believed was essential being attacked. The outraged Nicholas got up, crossed the room, and slapped Arius across the face! The bishops were shocked. It was unbelievable that a bishop would lose control and be so hotheaded in such a solemn assembly. They brought Nicholas to Constantine. Constantine said even though it was illegal for anyone to strike another in his presence, in this case, the bishops themselves must determine the punishment.
The bishops stripped Nicholas of his bishop’s garments, chained him, and threw him into jail. That would keep Nicholas away from the meeting. When the Council ended a final decision would be made about his future.
Nicholas was ashamed and prayed for forgiveness, though he did not waver in his belief. During the night, Jesus and Mary his Mother, appeared, asking, “Why are you in jail?” “Because of my love for you,” Nicholas replied. Jesus then gave the Book of the Gospels to Nicholas. Mary gave him an omophorion (vestments), so Nicholas would again be dressed as a bishop. Now at peace, Nicholas studied the Scriptures for the rest of the night.
When the jailer came in the morning, he found the chains loose on the floor and Nicholas dressed in bishop’s robes, quietly reading the Scriptures. When Constantine was told of this, the emperor asked that Nicholas be freed. Nicholas was then fully reinstated as the Bishop of Myra.
The Council of Nicaea agreed with Nicholas’ views, deciding the question against Arius. The work of the Council produced the Nicene Creed which to this day many Christians repeat weekly when they stand to say what they believe.
St. Nicholas is also the patron saint of ships and sailors.
*one of my favorite words – its fun to say. transmogrified; transmogrifying
Synonyms of transmogrify
transitive verb
: to change or alter greatly and often with grotesque or humorous effect
intransitive verb
: to become transmogrified
(We had a sign in our barn, where we stayed during our huge remodel, that said “I was here for the Great Transmorgrification of 2021”.)
ANN’s NOTEs – I had notes – but then Aplos took a dive. And my notes were lost. They were pretty amazing and profound. You’ll now have to just have the cliffnotes.
Time outs are good.
The office is taking a time out tomorrow.
See the “Turtle Baby” sculpture. She gives me great joy. This is her story:
A young, chubby girl, probably 3 years in age, is tucked into the marble wings of the Cleveland Museum of Art. The joy masterfully captured in her smile is pure and untainted, and her body buzzes with gleeful energy. In each hand, she clutches a turtle: one by the tail and the other by the hind leg. The turtles sway and dangle helplessly as the little girl balances on the globe, one foot tucked under the other. Edith Barretto Stevens Parsons’ piece is the second in a series of garden sculptures depicting little girls holding animals. Her sculpture is endearing for its wholesome rendering of childhood naïveté, unimpeded joy, and an admirable, innocent mischievousness. The lively posing of the figure demands a similar care from the viewer as might an actual child.
Parsons lived and worked from the end of the 19th century up into the middle of the 20th century. She studied under Daniel Chester French, who has several marble pieces in Downtown Cleveland. In Charlotte Rubenstein’s “American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions” she iterates that “In the presence of so much that is weighty and powerful, the popularity of Duck Baby [one of Parsons other, similar sculptures] is a significant and touching indication of the world’s hunger for what is cheerful and mirth-provoking.” Though Rubenstein was writing about a different sculpture from the series, her words ring true of the Turtle Baby, even today.
