Dear Peacemakers,
As Richard and I have college daughters coming and going, I am reminded of how precious is time with people we love. Make sure you are spending time with people you love and not just busying yourselves with mundane tasks. Perhaps you might use this slower season of summer to have Peace friends and neighbors over to build relationships. For those of you in the north and others whom we have not seen lately, we miss you and pray for God’s grace to abound in your lives.
Mark your calendars for the next Peace fellowship event – a Coquina Beach Party. Bring your own picnic food on June 27 from 4:00 to sunset. S’mores will be provided for dessert.
We are now in the long season of ordinary time in the church, but God’s Spirit is still doing extraordinary things. Pray for the Spirit to work in the lives of our children and youth, who are finishing school, and who at Peace are beginning a summer musical. This year, we will do scenes from Godspell – parables and songs. It’s a great time to invite young friends to participate. Occasional vacation Sundays are expected, but we hope to continue with strong family involvement over the summer for a great production on August 22.
The Property and Building Vision Team has been examining the materials of several different architects. We plan to start interviewing in August. With an architect on board in the fall, we will be in the best position to consider carefully the kind of structure we need on Lorraine Road to further our worship, ministry, and mission in the short and long term. We appreciate all the input we got from you at our building retreat the end of February, and we look forward to sharing initial design plans and gathering your response in the late fall.
A few of our ministry teams are taking a break in June or July, but our prayer groups continue – the men every Tuesday morning at 6:30ish at Crisper’s on 70 and the women have two monthly options — morning and evening. For June the dates are June 8 at 6:30-8:00 at Suzi Regulski Shirey’s house in Palm Aire and June 17 at 10:30-12:00 at Junie Miller’s in Summerfield. We’re using a very simple but profound book of meditations by Joan Chittister called “The Breath of the Soul,” passed along to me by Gretchen. Women, if you are interested in a monthly group and would prefer a lunch meeting or another time, please let me know.
Presbytery Newsletter attached.
Peace to all of you,
Elizabeth
Attachment:
Interpreter June July 2010.pdf
