Chicago Service Learning Trip
July 24-29, 2022
10 students and three adult leaders will be traveling to Chicago for a week of service & learning.
Please keep the following individuals in your prayers: Ava Burke, Natalie Kors, Summer Mueller, Claudia Rawitzer, Haven Ruis, Sofie Sethi, Teagan Wetteland, Enna Wold, Kaelyn Wold, Kim Wetteland, Julene Hawkins, and Pastor Betsy Hoium.
Check out their posts below to learn more about what they are doing while in Chicago.
Beauty and Struggle. Beauty in struggle.
Tuesday, June 16th Our second day of work started bright and early with breakfast at 8:00 a.m. Then we took a long ride in the van to the city of Boone at the Hunger and Health Coalition. When we got to the wood lot, we met a sweet old man named Harold who had been...
Chopping Wood – More Than Just a Workout!!
Monday, June 15th Today we woke up to conclude a restful night of sleep and walked to breakfast. With under-eye bags and yawns, we ate our eggs, pancake bake, sausage, fruit, and cereal, then hit the road. We took a short (and very bumpy!) car ride to Jimmy’s house....
Travel Day 2 – Sunday, June 14th
After a second long day of travel, we made it to Newland, NC! We stopped for lunch and then went for a quick hike to Little Elk Falls before continuing up the mountain to Lutherock. After camp dinner, we met with Jonathon from LDR Carolinas to go through orientation...
Prayers of Thanksgiving
Today's author is Prince of Peace's Intentional Interim, Pr. Steve Sylvester. Everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, provided it is received with thanksgiving, for it is sanctified by God’s word and by prayer. [I Timothy 4:4-5] Our first...
Indianapolis!
After a long 9 hours in the car, we made it safely to Indianapolis. The group is running around outside our host church to burn off some energy before we go to bed early tonight. We have about another 9 hours of driving tomorrow before we reach Lutherock, our final...
Our Corporate Confession
Today's author is Prince of Peace member Carol Swanson. Again I share the theological reflections of Marjorie Suchocki from her chapter “Prayers of Corporate Confession,” In God’s Presence: “But while we are often quite aware of individual sins, we are often oblivious...
Personal Confession
Today's author is Prince of Peace member Carol Swanson. I share here some of Marjorie Suchocki’s theological reflections from her chapter “Prayers of Personal Confession,” In God’s Presence: Prayers of personal confession refer to naming ourselves before God as we...
Picnic at the Park!
Sunday, July 12Following Worship Pack a lunch and join PoP families at Central Park following worship on Sunday, July 12. We will meet at the park on Victoria, closest to the church.
2026 Trip!
The high school trip participants will post (as wifi allows) about their experiences during their trip, June 13-20! Check back for updates!
Prayer of Confession
Today's author is Prince of Peace's Intentional Interim, Pr. Steve Sylvester. In one of the more traditional versions of the Confession and Forgiveness in our Lutheran liturgy, we say that “We have sinned against [God] in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done...
God’s Gracious Invitation
Today's author is Prince of Peace member Carol Swanson. Read Psalm 104: 1-13. In the Epilogue of In God’s Presence, Marjorie Suchocki’s writes: “God creates and works within an interdependent universe, both interdependent within itself and with God. The universe is...
God’s Character
Today's author is Prince of Peace member Carol Swanson. Three New Testament texts that I find central to who God is are these:“God is love.” (I John 4:16b)“For ‘In [God] we live and move and have our being.’” (Acts17:28a)“Love is patient; love is kind; ...It does not...