PRAYERS – Jon Cook; Karen Engels; Millie Mutka; Dan Laatsch; Bonnie Van Hise; Kathy Mayo; Barb Zima’s friends Mick, Steven and Marilyn Hummel, Ryan Lauritzen; Nancy Ehlinger, Gregory Bowens; Laurie Nelson; Pastor’s cousin Brian Bohrtz; Amber Ross’s daughter Linda; Karen Stanton’s friends Don & Penny Waite and sister Pam Schweitzer; Sandy Bishop’s friend Kelly Newman and brother Larry; Jim Moravec and his son Brian; Randy & Diane Niemczyk’s daughter Julia VanAvery, Randy’s mom Beverly, niece Sarah Joda, Denise Runde and Denise Hazel; Valeria Hesselberg; Chris Markussen; Strong’s friend Erin Molle; Rachel Strong’s brother Matt Besant; Mark Lickteig’s daughter Missy; Debbie Cyrtmus’ mother, Rose Wicker and sister, Corrie Trittin; the Ebert’s friend Donna; Patricia Rasmussen’s sister Christine; Joyce Leander’s son Kevin Church; Bob Michael’s brother Tom Michaels; Ashley Clark’s friend Kristie Dehart; the Waggoner’s sister-in-law Cheryl Busse, and friend Chris Sturgeon; Karen Engels niece Lisa; Ann Carlson’s people Martha, Lou, Rebecca, Sherry, Armand, and Darren; peace for all nations and comfort for those in distress. Prayers for those traveling.
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 are public in nature.
GUESTS – if you are visiting us today, please sign our book at the entrance to the sanctuary.
BIRTHDAY & ANNIVERSARY SUNDAY! – Celebrating the following people this Sunday! The Youngs, Eppings, Martins, Hess’, Sharpees, and Petersens are all celebrating their anniversary this month. And Gloria Volland, Dawn Gonitzke, Ruth Rodda, Ron Latzl, Joyce Leander, Randy Niemczyk, Otto Schoeneck and Patty Rasmussen are celebrating their latest trip around the sun.
FELLOWSHIP HOUR – Sign up for Fellowship Hour in the Fellowship Hall! Sign-up sheets through December are available.
QUILTERS UNTIE! – I mean unite to tie. Tie one on with the quilting group as they assemble quilts. Meet every first and third Wed of the month 9:30 to 11:30 am.
SEPTEMBER MOVIE NIGHT – Sep 30. We will be showing HAMILTON! Don’t worry – a copy of the lyrics will be on hand. And we will have the movie close-captioned.
PET BLESSING – is scheduled for Oct 4 – bring your scaley, furry, fluffy, feathered friends to be blessed by Pastor Grant. We will paws before worship to bestow good tidings on our pets.
GET READY – Prince of Peace will be hosting “Leaving a Legacy of Faith” for churches in our conference on Thu, Oct 15 from 11:30a to 1:30p. Learn practical ways to care for your family while supporting the ministries you love including will, beneficiaries, powers of attorney and tax wise giving through trusts, CDs and IRAs.
OCTOBER DIRECTORY RELEASE – A new directory will be printed and available on Oct 1. Yep – right before Ann is gone for almost the entire month. At least that is the plan – recently her travel plans haven’t quite happened. If you have an updated address, new email, changed your phone number, please let the front office know.
HAND CHIME DINGERS PRACTIC SUNDAYS 10:15 AM IN SEP & OCT- Twelve people are needed to play hand chimes for a special music song on Reformation Sunday October 25 during 9:00am worship. Meet Sundays during fellowship about 10:15 to 11:00am to practice in the conference room. We are learning “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” and hopefully you can make most of the practices. Talk to Sherry (715 614 3543) with any questions or just show up! Practices are 10:15am Sundays September 13th, 20th, 27th and October 4th, 11th, and 18th. We will also practice at 8:00am on Sunday October 25th, the day we play the song during worship.
THE PRINCE OF PEACE CHOIR IS ALWAYS OPEN TO NEW SINGERS! – Join us for practices on Wednesdays from 4:30 to 5:30pm in the sanctuary. We will sing a song for special music during 9am worship services on October 4th, November 1st, and December 6th and so we will also rehearse at 8am on those three Sundays as well. You are welcome to join us however your schedule allows, even if you can’t be there to sing all three of those Sundays/Songs! Talk to Sherry (715 614 3543) with any questions or just show up! Paper schedules can be found by the doorway near the sacristy/choir area in the sanctuary.
FUN FACT – Yom Kippur begins at sundown today – Sep 20. Yom Kippur—the Day of Atonement—is considered the most important holiday in the Jewish faith. Falling in the month of Tishrei (September or October in the Gregorian calendar), it marks the culmination of the 10 Days of Awe, a period of introspection and repentance that follows Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. According to tradition, it is on Yom Kippur that God decides each person’s fate, so Jews are encouraged to make amends and ask forgiveness for sins committed during the past year. The holiday is observed with a 25-hour fast and a special religious service. Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah are known as Judaism’s “High Holy Days.”
The first Yom Kippur took place after the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt and their arrival at Mount Sinai, where God gave Moses the Ten Commandments. Descending from the mountain, Moses caught his people worshipping a golden calf and shattered the sacred tablets in anger. Because the Israelites atoned for their idolatry, God forgave their sins and offered Moses a second set of tablets.
Jewish texts recount that during biblical times, Yom Kippur was the only day on which the high priest could enter the inner sanctum of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. There, he would perform a series of rituals and sprinkle blood from sacrificed animals on the Ark of the Covenant, which contained the Ten Commandments.
Through this complex ceremony, the high priest made atonement and asked for God’s forgiveness on behalf of all the people of Israel. The tradition is said to have continued until the destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans in 70 A.D; it was then adapted into a service for rabbis and their congregations in individual synagogues.
Did you know? Baseball Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax, one of the most famous Jewish athletes in American sports, made national headlines when he refused to pitch in the first game of the 1965 World Series because it fell on Yom Kippur. When Koufax’s replacement Don Drysdale was pulled from the game for poor performance, he told the Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager Walter Alston, “I bet you wish I was Jewish, too.”
The Torah commands all Jewish adults (apart from the sick, the elderly and women who have just given birth) to abstain from eating and drinking between sundown on the evening before Yom Kippur and nightfall the next day.
Because the High Holy Day prayer services include special liturgical texts, songs and customs, rabbis and their congregations read from a special prayer book known as the machzor during both Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah. Five distinct prayer services take place on Yom Kippur, the first on the eve of the holiday and the last before sunset on the following day. One of the most important prayers specific to Yom Kippur describes the atonement ritual performed by high priests during ancient times.
The blowing of the shofar—a trumpet made from a ram’s horn—is an essential and emblematic part of both High Holy Days. On Yom Kippur, a single long blast is sounded at the end of the final service to mark the conclusion of the fast.
NOTE FROM ANN – Last Sunday I joined the Sugar Camp Fire Department on their memorial walk for 9/11. This was the second year that they have held the event. Worthwhile. I was happy to see Val Snedden there as well with her pup. We walked a bit together, but I wanted to spend some time thinking so I wasn’t very social.
The picture at the top of the page is self-explanatory. Congratulations to Barb for capturing such a moment. We definitely live in God’s Country.
Do not be alarmed when you come to church this Sunday. There has been some rearranging in the Narthex. Sometimes things come to Pastor Grant so we put it in motion. We will see how it all works out. One change you do need to know is the name tag table is on the left, next to the inactive elevator. You’ll figure it out.