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 March 30th, April 10th and16th. 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 27th
2021 Crop Walk
Community Dinner– Peace Lutheran partners with area churches to provide a free meal each Friday. Peace serves 5 times a year. Our Next Service date is June 19th! 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 108 health kits and 100 school kits this year!
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!
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.
Communion at the Jail – Each month volunteers from our congregation bring communion to inmates at Otsego County Jail. This simple service is open to everyone and provides an opportunity for people to experience and share God’s love! Contact Pastor Megan at gaylordpeace@gmail.com for more information!
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!
Communion at the Jail- 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!
Communion at the Brook Nursing Home- Each month on the 3rd Tuesday Peace Lutheran hosts a communion service at the Brook! This service is open to everyone! Volunteers from the congregation join us as we sing classic hymns, read scripture, and celebrate Communion! Everyone is welcome to have communion!
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