Community Events!
 
Visit this page often to learn about upcoming community events including special worship services, family fun events, service and volunteer opportunities, and more! Please note that you never need to be a member of Peace Lutheran Church to participate in any of our worship services or community events, EVERYONE is welcome! 
 
If you would like to participate in the life and ministry of the church and find yourself unable to due to special needs or disability please come talk to us! We can’t promise a solution to every problem, but we can promise to listen, take you seriously, and do our best to remove barriers that keep people from participating at Peace Lutheran! 
Upcoming
 
August 15th – Community Meal- 5pm 
August 20th – Bonfire- 5pm
August 24th – Back to School Blessing Event- 4-5:30pm
Sept 7th – God’s Work Our Hands – 11am
Sept 17th – Bonfire – 5pm
Sept 21st – Trip to Farm at Legacy Acres- 12-1pm
Sept 21st Communion at the Jail 1:30pm
Sept 28th Quilt Sunday
Sept 28th – Crop Walk  1:oopm
Sept 30th – Spaghetti Dinner and Silent Auction- 5- 6:30pm
 
 
 
Peace will host it’s annual indoor picnic community meal on August 15th at 5pm at 1st Congregational Church in Gaylord. Corn on the Cob, Brats, and more! Sign up to help at the church or join us for a great free meal!
Bonfire! August 20th  at 5pm!
Bring you camp chair and join us for at the back of the parking lot for community bonfire! Hot Dogs, Marshmallows, Music, and fun! – This month’s theme is 80s music!
Back to School Blessing Event August 24th from 4pm-5:30pm
Start the school year off right! Join us at Peace for free crafts, hair cuts, and nachos from 4pm-5pm, and then for some time with our Pastor from 5:00pm -5:20pm! You can enter to win one of our BIG blessings bags, in the drawing at 5:15, and each child that comes gets basic school supplies. Plus we end the event with a pinata break in the parking lot at 5:25! All are welcome!

Sept 7th – God’s Work Our Hands Sunday- 

Each year ELCA congregations across the country gather after worship to help their communities on the Sunday after Labor Day! Peace Lutheran will have two projects… a highway clean up with our cub scouts along old 27 in Gaylord and assembling backpacks and supplies for Lutheran World Relief Kits! We welcome people of all ages and abilities to help with these projects because God is at work through all our hands! For more information or to sign up for a project please email us at gaylordpeace@gmail.com or contact us at 989-732-1991 Mon- Thru between 9am and 1pm! 

 

Sept 17th – Congregational Bonfire @5pm

Join us for all the fun at our monthly bonfire! Hot Dogs and Smore’s provided by the church, bring your own drinks and camp chair! All are welcome!

Sept 21st Outing to the Farm at Legacy Acers

Outing to the Farm at Legacy Acers! Sept 21st at 12pm! Join the fun as we embrace the beauty of fall in Northern MI! At the Farm there will be a food truck with hot dogs, apple cider donuts, and apple cider for sale, plus enjoy a hayride or pick out a pumpkin or mum to purchase and bring home! The Farm is located at 54 Poquette Rd, Gaylord, MI, United States, Michigan. 

Sept 21st – Communion @ local Jain – 1:30pm
 
Peace is pleased to be starting a new outreach by providing a communion service once a month at our local jail for any staff or inmates that wish to participate. If you would like to get involved with our inmate ministries please contact Pastor Megan at gaylordpeace@gmail.com
 

Sept 28th 9:30am – Quilt and Kit Sunday

Join us for worship on September 28th as we bless the quilts, shawls, school kits, and health kits made and gathered by our community throughout the year before they are sent out to those in need in our community and around the world! This is always a joyful Sunday full of fun as we celebrate how God is at work in our world through our small acts of kindness throughout the year! Plus this year we will be raffling off a quilt to one lucky winner! Buy your raffle Ticket on the 28th, 30th, or before worship on the 5th. The Winner will be announced at the end of worship on the 5th and will be allowed to select one quilt to take home. Tickets are $5 each and all funds raised will support the quilting ministry at Peace Lutheran.

Crop Walk – September 28th -1:00pm 

Looking to help fight hunger and have fun as a family! Join us for our annual Crop Hunger Walk on September 28th! This year’s walk is the Stop Hunger Safari and we invite you to take a walk on wild side to end Hunger! We will be meeting under the Pavilion Downtown. Registration opens at 1pm and the walk starts with a blessing and prayer at 1:30.  Donation of Food for the pantry are welcome! If you would like to sign up to walk or to make a donation please click HERE!

September 30th -5-6:30- Spaghetti Dinner and Silent Auction

Join us for our annual spaghetti dinner and silent Auction at Peace Lutheran Church. Enjoy a great pasta dinner for a suggested donation of $5 per person, special music, and bidding on themed baskets, handmade crafts, gift certificates, and more! All funds raised go towards helping us get new flooring and replace windows in the church. ALL are welcome.