Broken & Beautiful

2023 ANNUAL REPORT

Youth

Today's author is Prince of Peace member Milt Warkentien. I’ve been volunteering with the youth at PoP since 1988. I’ve now been able to see some of these youth as incredible parents, too. It’s always gratifying to get to see the youth I’ve worked with once they’re older, as there’s no guarantee how life’s journey will treat them, and it’s fun to catch up. I’ve also been fortunate to stay connected with many of them, and it’s always nice when they return to PoP.  I’ve been asked many times how...

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A Letter from the Congregation’s President

We began 2023 with a new vision of  “a vibrant community that seeks a transformational relationship with God, our neighbors, and one another. In this report, you will find many stories of our vibrant community that tell of those transformational relationships.

I have my own stories – about how sheer faith got me through a difficult presentation to the Roseville city council approval for our Sacred Settlement, about the fun of drawing caricatures at our PoP-Up Carnival, my delight in the involvement of our children and youth in the life of our congregation, and more – but my stories are only a small part of our larger story.

“We’ve a story to tell to the nations” is one of my favorite old hymns. It has a great uplifting message and a tune to match. Prince of Peace has a story to tell, to our neighbors and broader community.  As the song says, it’s “a story of truth and mercy, a story of peace and light”.  It is a story of how we seek to “respond authentically, creatively, and justly to the most compelling needs of our community.”

In the past year, our congregation council has finished work on updating our constitution and bylaws.  These changes will streamline our organization to help us meet the challenges ahead.  This work on “liberating structures”, as we have called it, doesn’t make for good stories.  But it will help us steward our time and talents to create more stories of God at work among us.

And for my closing hymn… “You will know we are Christian by our love.”

-Michael Stetzler, Congregation President

Michael Stetzler

MISSION

We are claimed, gathered, and sent to build the Church and love the World.

VISION

Our vision is for a vibrant community that seeks a transformational relationship with God, our neighbors, and one another, while responding authentically, creatively, and justly to the most compelling needs of our community.

More Ministry Stories

Reports from our staff and ministry leaders.

VALUES

THIS IS WHAT WE VALUE…

We welcome all of God’s children through open doors to be in RELATIONSHIP with one another and with God in ever deepening ways.

We respond with GENEROSITY to the world, reflecting the abundance of God’s love present in our lives and made available to all.

CARING for each other, our neighbors and all of God’s creation as we are inspired to offer genuine compassion and love.

We nurture the FAITH given to each of us, listening for how God’s story informs our own and practicing our response.

We are always LEARNING, remaining curious about God’s ever-changing world and our place within it.

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Addendum to the Annual Report

Reports from our partners in ministry & detailed financial reports of the congregation.

Click Here to Download the Complete 2023 Addendum to the Annual Report
Message from ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton
Report from St. Paul Area Synod Bishop Patricia Lull
Camp Wapogasset Congregational Report
LSS MN President's Report
Keystone Community Services 2023 Annual Report
Membership Statistics
Generosity Report
Report of the Audit Committee
Statement of Activities for 2022-2023
Year-End Financial Report: Statement of Activities
Dedicated Account Balances at Year-End
Statement of Financial Position