God calls us to live our faith and share God’s love with everyone we meet!
Here are some of ways that Peace Lutheran Church puts faith into action and how you can join us.
Otsego County Food Pantry-
each month Peace Lutheran Church volunteers to help distribute food at the Otsego County United Way Food Bank! Our next service dates are August 7th and 28th Please get in touch with Graydon Blank to volunteer to help!
Annual Crop Walk– Each year Peace Lutheran participates in the Gaylord area Crop walk!
This year we had 35 walkers and raised over $3,500 for local and global hunger! This year’s Walk is Sept 28th
2021 Crop Walk
Community Dinner– Peace Lutheran partners with area churches to provide a free meal each Friday. Peace provides the meal on the third Friday of even numbered months! Our Next Service date is April 15th! Please contact the office to learn how you can help.
Lutheran World Relief School Kits-
Every year Peace collects school supplies and sews school bags to send to kids around the world through LWR school kits!
Thanks to your support, we have collected enough supplies for 50 health kits and 80 school kits!
Here are the items we are collecting each month
March – full sized bars of soap
April – adult toothbrushes
May- sturdy combs
June- nail clippers
July & August – School supplies.
Quilters– Every year our quilters make dozens of quilts and lap robes to give to people in the community and around the world! Our Quilting group meets on Wednesdays from 10am-2pm, all are welcome!
Adopt a Family- Each Christmas Peace Lutheran Church reaches out to meet the needs of folks in our community providing gifts of comfort and love to those in need. Please contact the office if you know of a need or would like to contribute.
The Thomasma family brings gifts to the ventilator unit
Prayer shawl knitting group- This group of of dedicated knitters makes prayer shawls that are blessed and then given to those in our community who are struggling, Please get in touch with Nancy Pike or the church office if you know of someone in need of a shawl.
God’s Work Our Hands Sunday- Every year the ELCA host a day of service where congregations from across the country all roll up their sleeves to do God’s work with their hands!!! This year Peace Lutheran volunteer’s will assemble over 100 school and health kits for Lutheran World Relief and pick up litter along 2 miles of highway by our building! Sign up to help in the Narthex!
Inmate Ministry- Peace Lutheran helps provide a small financial blessing to homeless inmates in our local jail. We are also hoping to start a monthly communion service soon!
Fund of the Month- Each Month, Peace takes up a special offering for a different ministry or local non-profit. Our August Fund of the Month will raise funds to help ship school and health kits for Lutheran World Relief.
Today’s Women of Faith- This is a group that meets once a month to make soup for the community and talk about what’s happening in the ELCA. You can find FREE soup in the freezer at the church anytime! Soup making starts at 12 and conversation and lunch are at 1pm.
View Stories of how we put our FAITH IN ACTION as the ELCA! Click HERE