On Ash Wednesday, February 22, we begin our forty-day journey toward Easter. Marking our foreheads with dust, we acknowledge that we die and return to the earth. At the same time, the dust traces the life-giving cross indelibly marked on our foreheads at baptism and shapes our identity through life, into death, and for the life to come.
Come to Prince of Peace to be marked with the cross on Ash Wednesday. Drive by the church from 12-1pm or 4:30-5:30pm and we’ll mark you in person, sharing a prayer and blessing. And there will be a moment during our 6:30pm worship in the sanctuary (also available on live-stream) where you will be invited to be marked.
Lenten Opportunities
Ash Wednesday, February 22 | “I wonder… who is the greatest?”
- 12-1pm, 4:30-5:30pm – Drive-Thru Ashes
- 5:15-6:15pm – Community Soup Supper
- 6:30pm – Worship in the Sanctuary LS
Sundays beginning February 26
- 8:30am – Worship in the Sanctuary LS
- 9:40am – Sunday Forum,Z PoP Rocks!
- 10:45am – Worship & Faith Rocks!
Wednesday Nights, March 1 – 29
- 5:15-6:15pm – Community Soup Supper
- 6:30pm – Worship in the Sanctuary
Featuring specially selected children’s stories and “Holden Evening Prayer.”
“Welcome Home(less)” by Alan Graham
Community-wide book study w/ discussion groups. Learn more here.
- Sundays @ 4pm, Mar. 12, 19, and 26
- Wednesdays @ 5pm, Mar. 8, 15, and 22
Sunday, March 19
- 9:40am – “I wonder… in what to invest?”
An all-ages event between services.
LS Live-Stream available on YouTube | Z Also available on Zoom
Find links and more information for these gatherings in our daily emails.
Lenten Offering
February 22 – Ash Wednesday – Huruma Center
Huruma Centre Children’s Home located in Iringa, Tanzania. The Huruma Centre provides a safe and nurturing home, nutritious meals, and education for children who, for a variety of reasons, have no family to care for them. Click here to learn more about the Huruma Center.
February 26 & March 1 – LSS “Families Together”/SPAS Planting Hope Campaign
Support Lutheran Social Service of MN and the “Families Together” preschool being developed in partnership with the St. Paul Area Synod and supported by its “Planting Hope” campaign. Click here to learn more about SPAS Planting Hope Campaign.
March 5 & 8 – Habitat for Humanity/Holy Hammers
Prince of Peace has a long history of supporting Habitat for Humanity, which assists families who are first-time home buyers. PoP is part of a consortium of churches called Holy Hammers that works on a house project each summer. Click here to learn more about Habitat for Humanity/Holy Hammers.
March 12 & 15 – Arrive Ministries for Refugee Resettlement
Arrive Ministries is a refugee resettlement agency providing essential services and practical assistance to refugees and immigrants to advance self-sufficiency. We mobilize volunteers, in partnership with local churches, to extend love and friendship to our new neighbors to promote thriving in a new homeland. Click here to learn more about Arrive Ministries.
March 19 & 22 – Iringa Hope
Iringa Hope uses a unique model to deliver agricultural financing, marketing, and training to smallholder farmers in Tanzania. The organization develops self-governed and self-sustaining member owned and operated cooperative societies that help to alleviate poverty and empower agricultural entrepreneurs. Click here to learn more about Iringa Hope.
March 26 & 29 – Settled.
Settled is a team of committed and curious families and individuals. We have developed our research-based approach of solving homelessness through close relationships with the chronically homeless and those who serve them. Click here to learn more about Settled.
April 2 – Palm/Passion Sunday | Youth Service & Learning Trip to Denver
July 9 – 16 Julene Hannes along with two other adult leaders and 15 PoP youth will be traveling to Denver, CO for a week willed with service & Learning. Click here to learn more about Service Learning Camps the organization that PoP will be using to help plan and coordinate their time in Colorado.
April 6-9 – Holy Week & Easter – Pastor’s Discretionary Fund
Offerings from Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and a portion of Easter Sunday will go into the Pastor’s Discretionary Fund. This fund is utilized to assist members of the congregation and people in the community who find themselves in challenging circumstances.
Minnesota Food Share Month
In addition, March is Minnesota Food Share Month. You can participate in a number of ways: donating food or financially. Click here to learn more about MN FoodShare Month.