CAMPUS PLANNING TASK FORCE
The Campus Planning Task Force (CPTF) was established by the Congregation Council at their March 2023 meeting.
The purpose of the CPTF is to examine the following questions:
Phase One: What needs to be done with our current interim tiny settlement to satisfy the compliance issues raised by the city of Roseville?
Phase Two: Does a permanent tiny home settlement fit our vision of how our land and facilities are best used to fulfill our mission to build the church and love the world?
Phase Three: What is our long-range vision for how our campus should be used? What ministries will be our main focus and how should our campus be developed to support those ministries?
The Most Recent News & Important Links
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...
Giving Statements
We continue to give thanks for the amazing generosity of the members of Prince of Peace! Your gifts of your time, talents and financial resources help us share God’s love in our local community and in the world. Giving Statements through the end of August...
Important Documents
Campus Planning Task Force Decision Factors
Other Projects – Affordable Apt and Habitat 4 Humanity
Campus Planning Task Force Participants
COUNCIL-APPOINTED CPTF MEMBERS
- Steve Sveom, Chair
- James Ericksen
- Andrew Hannesh
- Gus Haugan
- Chris Henningson
- Kristina Krepela
- Dian Larson
- Rick Rothausen
- Arjun Sethi
- Michael Stetzler
- Ester Tatley
- Brian Wolf
OTHER INTERESTED MEMBERS WHO ARE A PART OF THE PROCESS
- Audrey Henningson
- Betchen Oberdorfer
- Gary Olson
- Jean Olson
- Ken Paschke
- Anne Haugen
Past information shared from the Campus Planning Task Force:
God’s work. Our hands.
Today's author is Prince of Peace member Milt Warkentien. Julene used this statement by Dolly Parton in the prayers email on September 3rd and it got me thinking about the theme for this past Sunday, “God’s work. Our hands.” “I don't practice [faith] – I live it. I...
Sunday Forum | Call…Called…Calling
Sunday, September 209:40am Join Scott Tunseth & Steve Sveom, retired ELCA pastors, in the Reception Room at 9:40am to learn about and discuss Lutheran Perspectives on ministry and vocation. Join on Zoom
Christmas Eve Candlemaking
Sunday, September 204:30pm Come to the Meeting Room before Community Dinner this Sunday and help make candles for PoP's Christmas Eve worships. Community Dinner is at 5:30pm.
How will God work among us?
Today's author is Prince of Peace member Steve Sveom. Romans 12:1-2 I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, on the basis of God’s mercy, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable act of worship. 2 Do...
No Greater Commandments
Today's author is Prince of Peace member Scott Tunseth. “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and all your mind and with all your strength.’ And the second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’” (Mark 12:30-31)...
Really, Jesus?!
Matthew 5:43-48 Today's author is Prince of Peace member Scott Tunseth. “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you . . .” (5:43) Really, Jesus? Really?...
Process-Relational Theology
Saturday, September 1210-11:30am The Process–Relational group will meet on Saturday, September 12, at 10am. Curious? If you are interested in joining this monthly discussion, please contact Carol Swanson for more information. Join on Zoom
Women on Wednesday returns September 16!
Women on Wednesday (WoW) returns on September 16th! Our Kickoff will take place in the reception room on Wednesday, September 16th from 10:30- 12 p.m., and we’ll continue to meet the 3rd Wednesday of every month through May. The cost to participate is $25/person;...
Open Doors: Going God’s Way
September 20-October 18 Worship Series As we begin our program year our overall theme will be “Open Doors.” God’s door is always open and inviting us in. Do we enter individually and as a church? How does the door swing the other way to let God into our lives? And...
Peace
Today's author is Prince of Peace's Intentional Interim, Pr. Steve Sylvester. His final day of ministry was Sunday, September 6. We thank Steve for his gifts and wish him well as he ventures onward from Prince of Peace. “If you greet only your brothers and sisters,...
Bus Driver
Today's author is Naomi Sveholm. Naomi is a missionary with Central Europe Teachers teaching English at a bilingual Lutheran high school in Bratislava, Slovakia with her spouse and two children. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsR7oPHBN08 The song “Bus Driver” by...
Great Commission
Today's author is Naomi Sveholm. Naomi is a missionary with Central Europe Teachers teaching English at a bilingual Lutheran high school in Bratislava, Slovakia with her spouse and two children. The first emissaries of the British Empire, especially in the 19th...
Join Women on Wednesday!
Wednesday, September 1610:30am-12pm Women on Wednesday (WoW) returns on September 16th! Our Kickoff will take place in the reception room on Wednesday, September 16th from 10:30- 12 p.m., and we’ll continue to meet the 3rd Wednesday of every month through May. The...
Every Meal Sign-Up
Prince of Peace has received the schedule for our Every Meal volunteer dates. The September dates are tentative as we are waiting for the school to communicate with their readiness to receive food. If you volunteer for September 11 or 25, I will keep you in the loop....
for the common good
Today's author is Prince of Peace's Intentional Interim, Pr. Steve Sylvester. “To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.” 1 Corinthians 12:7 A few weeks from now I will be having dinner with a friend with whom I have had a running debate...
Loving God with Our Bodies
Today's author is Prince of Peace's Minister of Intergenerational Connection and Care, Julene Hannesh. 1 John 3:16-20: We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. How does God’s love abide in anyone who...
Fall Worship Schedule
Begins Sunday, September 13 Our September through May worship times resume on Sunday, September 13. 8:30am worship will be livestreamed on YouTube. Adult Forum & PoP Rocks resume on Sunday, September 20 at 9:40am.
Loving God
Today's author is Prince of Peace's Minister of Intergenerational Connection and Care, Julene Hannesh. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20: Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you...
Volunteers Needed for Partner Ministry Union Gospel Mission Twin Cities
Conversations on a BenchOctober 8 & 9 Love your neighbor by serving at “Conversations on a Bench”, a two-day event creating space for honest conversations about homelessness happening October 8–9 (2 p.m. to 2 p.m.). This 24-hour livestream invites the public to...
School Supply Update
Thank you for donating supplies to the Judy Florine Back-to-School Drive. Julene did a count; here are the numbers... Backpacks: 16Folders: Many (that's an official number)Pencil Boxes: 67Notebooks: 1683-ring Binders: 6Tissues: 32Pencil Packs: 57Classic Markers:...
Whose are you?
Today's author is Prince of Peace's Intentional Interim, Pr. Steve Sylvester. “You are not your own.” 1 Corinthians 20a You’re in your “working years,” short of retirement, and you’re meeting people you don’t know at a party. Another youngish person comes up to...
Building a community of faith
Today's author is Prince of Peace member Steve Sveom. 4 Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s sight, and 5 like living stones let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy...
Sustaining life in the Spirit
Today's author is Prince of Peace member Steve Sveom. 14 Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 15 And let the peace of Christ[a] rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be...
Devotion Contributors Needed
Prince of Peace emails devotions on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Writers can use the themes and texts for inspiration, share personal stories, quote from something you’ve read. You can sign-up in the narthex or connect with Carol Swanson.
PoP Office Closed
Labor DayMonday, September 7 The office will re-open on Tuesday, September 8 at 8:30am.
Pastor Steve’s Thank You Celebration
Sunday, August 30Following 9:30 worship Please join Prince of Peace in thanking Pastor Steve for his ministry at the reception following worship on Sunday, August 30.
Chancel Choir to Begin~Join Us!
Come one, come all! You are invited to sing with Chancel Choir for the 2026-2027 season! Rehearsals are held three Wednesdays a month, 7:30-8:30 pm in the sanctuary, anthems presented two Sundays a month, September through May. Join for the nine-month year or for...
Clothe yourselves with love
Today's author is Prince of Peace's Intentional Interim, Pr. Steve Sylvester. “Clothe yourselves with love…” Colossians 3:14a Writers and thinkers from the Romantic era in general, and Swiss-born philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau in particular, wrote much about the...
Renewal of our minds
Today's author is Prince of Peace member Paul Sponheim. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God– what is good and acceptable and perfect. For by the grace given to me I say to...
Affirmation of the finite
Today's author is Prince of Peace member Paul Sponheim. I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Romans 12:1 Romans has been tough...
God is near
Today's author is Prince of Peace's Intentional Interim, Pr. Steve Sylvester. “One of the scribes came near and heard [Jesus and the Pharisees and Sadducees] disputing with one another…” Mark 12:28 There’s a refrain from a song of a few decades ago that has the...
Friends
Today's author is Prince of Peace member Fred Ogimachi. Today’s assignment was John 15:1-17. A section in John’s Gospel where he is recounting those final intimate details of Jesus with His disciples during the time between the upper room and the garden recorded...
‘God’s work. Our hands.’ Sunday
Sunday, September 13 This day is an opportunity to celebrate who we are as the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America — one church, freed in Christ to serve and love our neighbor. Service activities offer an opportunity for us to explore one of our most basic...
Monarca Democracy Defense
Sunday, August 1610:30am
Be a blessing
Today's author is Prince of Peace member Fred Ogimachi. I have three grandchildren. Two granddaughters and one grandson ages 7, 5, and 3. They are my delight! I think of them often and pray for them each day. One of the things that I do when I am with them,...
Pastoral Call Update
On behalf of Prince of Peace's Call Committee, Transition Team, and Council we are excited to present Pastor Amy Mihelich Smith as Prince of Peace's new Pastor as voted on this past Sunday 08/02/2026 at the Congregation Special Meeting. Pastor Amy is passionate about...
Reshaped
Today's author is Prince of Peace's Intentional Interim, Pr. Steve Sylvester. “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more...
Seeking the Truth
This devotional is from Prince of Peace member Bob Reichman. 2 Timothy 3:14-4:8, 16-18 The writer of 2 Timothy says: Proclaim the message; be persistent whether the time is favorable or unfavorable; convince, rebuke, and encourage with the utmost patience in teaching....
Roseville Area Schools Community Pantry Refill
There is a need to replenish the food & hygiene supplies at the RAHS community pantry. Families in the community come in every Wednesday to 'shop' at the pantry. There is still a big need to fill the gaps. If you can donate any of these items, we would be very...
Unbound
Today’s devotion is by Prince of Peace member Bob Reichman. 2 Timothy 3:14-4:8, 16-18 I can’t recall how old I was, but I must have been pretty young because although I was allowed to cross the suburban street my house was on I was not allowed to cross the street a...
Overflowing Faith
August 2-September 6 Worship Series The life of faith flows from and through relationship. Relationships are not an option. They are the fabric of life. As disciples of Christ we are invited to prioritize our relationship to him, to draw nourishment from him as a...
“The time” has come
Today's author is Prince of Peace's Intentional Interim, Pr. Steve Sylvester. “The time is coming when people will not put up with sound teaching, but, having their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own desires and will turn away...
God’s great gift for us: Nature
Today's author is Prince of Peace member Karen Carr. Almost every day my husband and I walk Coco, our little dog, to the river and back. How fortunate we are to live near so much beautiful water. We start at the top of Minnehaha Falls, travel down the first set of...
Confirmation Meeting
Sunday, August 305:30pm A meeting for students in Confirmation during the 2026-2027 program year will be held in the PoP Meeting Room on Sunday, August 30 at 5:30pm. All 6th-8th graders and their adults are invited to attend. Stay for the Back-to-School Bonfire at...
Back-to-School Bonfire
Sunday, August 306pm Children, youth and their families are invited to join Alyssa and Julene for a Back-to-School Bonfire at Prince of Peace. Hotdogs, chips and s'mores will be served. Bring a side dish to share if you would like.
God’s great gift for us: Endurance
2 Timothy 2:8-15 Today's author is Prince of Peace member Karen Carr. Thirty-eight years ago I finished my college degree at the University of Minnesota where I majored in Women’s Studies and English. I was 29 years old and thrilled [and somewhat relieved] to complete...
Special Congregation Meeting: Pastoral Candidate Call
Pastoral Candidate Meet & Greet: Saturday, August 1; 6-8pmSpecial Congregation Meeting | Pastoral Candidate Call: Sunday, August 2; 10:30am Prince of Peace, The Call Committee and Council are excited to notify you that a Pastoral Candidate is being moved to Call...
I’ll Fly Away
Today's author is Prince of Peace's Intentional Interim, Pr. Steve Sylvester. The saying is sure: If we have died with him, we will also live with him. (2 Timothy 2:11) At the end of worship on July 12, our worship leaders sang “I’ll Fly Away.” It’s a beautiful...
What’s the church for?
Today's author is Prince of Peace member Gary Olson. 2Timothy 1:1-14 “I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands; for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of...
Vox Nova Mini-Concert
Monday, July 277:30pm Join Vox Nova as they present a mini-concert of their pieces on Monday, July 27 at 7:30pm in the PoP Sanctuary. A free will offering will be taken.
If you have any questions or would like more information please contact Steve Sveom, Michael Stetzler, or the Prince of Peace Office.