This Week at Prince of Peace...

Ninth Sunday After Pentecost July 17, 2016

This Sunday's Readings

Genesis 18:1-10a; Psalm 15; Colossians 1:15-28

GOSPEL: Luke 10:38-42

Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to what he was saying. But Martha was distracted by her many tasks; so she came to him and asked, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; there is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her."

Missed last week? Check out last Sunday's sermons, music and more by clicking here!

Please remember in your prayers this week...

Recently Added

Kathie Calandra (friend of Sherry Schiebel)

Gary Dellinger (cousin of Donna Von Wald)

Patty S. (PoP visitor)

Jessica Stieber (daughter of Jim McNerney's friend)

Sympathy

Family of Phyllis Kuklinski (aunt of Terry Forish)
Family of Florenia Puig (aunt of Amy Ceralde)

Thanksgiving

Birth of Matilda Aline Higgins (daughter of Molly & Jimmy Higgins)

Continuing Prayers

Click here for Continuing Prayer List located below.

*Please notify the church office of anyone else needing prayers, or if the concern is resolved.

Coming Up at Prince of Peace

This Weekend...

Saturday, July 16 - Worship will be held at 5:00 pm

Saturday Dinner Out Picnic & Yard Games after the Saturday service!

Sunday, July 17 - One Sunday Worship service will be held at 9:30 am

VBS Decorating Party will be held at 11:00 am

Next Weekend...

Saturday, July 23 - Worship will be held at 5:00 pm

Sunday, July 24 - One Sunday Worship service will be held at 9:30 am

Grace Notes will play at the Sunday service!

VBS Setup will begin at 10:45 pm

Looking Ahead...

Thursday, July 14 7:30 PM Women's Book Group

Saturday, July 16 5:00 PM Worship

6:15 PM Saturday Dinner Out Picnic & Yard Games

at PoP

Sunday, July 17 9:30 AM Worship (only 1 Sunday Service)

11:00 AM VBS Decorating Party

Tuesday, July 19 10:00 AM Quilters

12:30 PM Women's Bible Study

7:00 PM VBS Volunteers meeting

Thursday, July 21 7:30 PM Grace Notes

Friday, July 22 5:30 PM HS Youth trip to Keys Game

Saturday, July 23 5:00 PM Worship

Sunday, July 24 9:30 AM Worship (only 1 Sunday Service)

10:45 AM VBS Setup

July 25-29 Vacation Bible School

Thursday, July 28 7:30 PM VBS Program

Thursday, July 28 6:30 PM Body & Soul at C&O Canal

Thursday, Aug 4 6:30 PM Body & Soul at Quince Orchard High School

Thursday, Aug 11 7:30 PM Women's Book Group

Saturday, Aug 13 6:15 PM Saturday Dinner Out at Diya Bistro

Click here for a complete calendar

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Take Note: Our Summer Worship schedule has begun! From Memorial Day Weekend (5/29) through Labor Day Weekend (9/4), we'll have ONE SUNDAY SERVICE at 9:30 am
followed by fellowship! The Saturday 5 pm service will also continue each weekend.

Could You Provide Food or Supplies for VBS? A great way to help with VBS even if you're unable to be on-site during the program is to donate items we need to make snack and also breakfast foods for the volunteers each morning. There is a paper sign-up list in the narthex, or you can sign-up online at: www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0a4baeac2ca31-prince.

Let your creativity show and help VBS! On Sunday, July 17 join us in the Fellowship Hall at 11:00 am. We will be creating bats, gems, lightning bugs, and miner lamps for our flamingos. Questions? Contact Judy Bruening.

Join us on July 16 around 6:15 pm for our next Saturday Dinner Out: Picnic & Yard Games at PoP! Pack a picnic and have dinner after church. Bring your favorite yard game.

The Serving in Worship schedule for July & August has been posted on our website and the bulletin board in the narthex. Please review it and make arrangements for any conflicts.

The July/August Glad Tidings is available on our website!

High School aged youth - We're going to see the Frederick Keys baseball game on Friday, July 22. Tickets will be approximately $11. We will meet at the church at 5:30 pm (game is at 7pm). Please signup in the narthex or RSVP to Pastor Christine by July 17^th. We need an adult or two who is willing to help drive.

Women's Book Group ~ Join the group for a discussion of The Rent Collector by Camron Wright. Nancy Wolejsza hosts the gathering on Thursday, July 14 at 7:30 pm. RSVP to Nancy.

Last chance to sign up for for Vacation Bible School "Cave Quest - Following Jesus the Light of the World" July 25-29 from 9am-12pm.
VBS is always lots of fun for kids and adults! We still need helpers so please signup in the narthex or contact Lori Kohne. VBS is for children ages 3 (potty trained) thru entering 5th grade. Registration forms are available in the narthex and on the PoP website. Registration fee is $50 per participant with a max of $150 per family. Each family will receive a CD of the music and a T-shirt for each child. Need based scholarships are available. Invite your friends and neighbors to join us for an over-the-top underground adventure!

The Body and Soul program shakes things up for the summer! Weather permitting, we will meet to exercise at various outdoor locations. The next meeting will be on Thursday, July 28 at 6:30 pm for a walk on the C&O canal towpath to the Great Falls viewing area. Meet at the Great Falls Tavern Visitor Center (11710 MacArthur Blvd). Parking should be free after 5pm. Drive up to the gate and it will open even if no one is in the booth. If the booth happens to be staffed you will need $10 for parking. For inclement weather, call Marybeth at 240-644-4146 to check whether the activities are canceled. Pick up a full schedule from the narthex or contact Marybeth Stockman.

Our wonderful new Playset is complete! Watch a 57-second time lapse video of the five hour build by clicking here (courtesy of Gordon Gipe). Many thanks to those who worked hard to make it happen: Jamie Pflasterer, Ric Kienzle, Deborah Dixon, Terry Forish, Gordon Gipe, our demolition crew, and our generous donor! We are very appreciative of this donation and know that it will bring lots of fun to our community.

Annual School Supply Drive runs through August 8^th! Prince of Peace is collecting NEW school supplies again this year to help equip Montgomery County's neediest public school children with backpacks and other school supplies to begin the school year. Please leave donations in the collection box in the narthex. We are collecting the following new supplies from July 2^nd through August 8^th. TOP 5 Items Needed: Sturdy Backpacks (grades K-12), Lined Filler Paper, Tab Dividers, 2-Pocket Folders, Pencil Pouches. Other Items Needed: 1-Subject Notebooks, Composition Books, Large Pink Erasers, Red & Black Pens, Packages of Big Markers, Scissors (Blunt Tip and Pointed Tip), Rulers, Boxes of Colored Pencils. Any items on the list will be greatly appreciated! If you have any questions, please contact Lisa Woodard.

Looking for a fun Service Project for the Summer? In addition to quilts, Lutheran World Relief distributes Baby Care Kits, Personal Care Kits, Fabric Kits, Fleece Tied Blankets, and School Kits. Consider making some this summer and we will deliver them with the quilts in August. For complete directions, see http://lwr.org/get-involved/build-kits-of-care. We have some wonderful donated baby sweaters, so if you are willing to make one or more Baby Kits, we can get you started. We also can use new or like-new baby layette items. Contact the Office for more info.

Please consider giving to the ELCA Disaster Response to help people affected by catastrophic flooding in West Virginia. It will be a long road to recovery and Lutheran Disaster Response will stand with all those affected. Visit the ELCA Disaster Response webpage to donate or learn more about how you can help.

Our hard-working Quilters have been very productive making quilts for Lutheran World Relief to distribute to needy people throughout the world. We welcome sewers and non-sewers of all (or no) levels of experience to join our merry band of Quilters. We meet from 10am-12pm on Tuesdays each week. Just show up or contact Lisa Conary for info.

Prince of Peace has partnered with Shaare Torah and the Islamic Society of the Washington Area to host the first ever Montgomery County Interfaith 5K.
Register TODAY for the Run/Walk which will take place on September 5th at the Soccerplex in Germantown. Proceeds from this event will benefit Gaithersburg HELP. Putting on an event of this size requires many volunteers, a lot of planning, and area business sponsors. If you work for or own a business in Montgomery County that might be willing to be a sponsor, please see Pastor Christine. Sponsorship levels start as low as $275. Mark your calendars now for this great, family fun event.

Don't forget to bring donations for Gaithersburg HELP! Canned fruit & tuna are their most needed items right now. Please be sure to pick up a can or two when you go to the store to help keep the pantry in constant supply this summer. Donations can be dropped off in the foyer.

Our Worship Services require the efforts of many dedicated volunteers. Please help by serving as usher, greeter and/or snack helper. Signup through VolunteerSpot or contact the Office. You will be scheduled approximately once every two months (with the ability to reschedule). Thank you for contributing your time and talents! Many hands make light work!

We are experiencing phone problems in the Office. If you do not get through, please wait a few minutes and try again. Email is a great way to reach us: Office, Pastor Steve, Pastor Christine.

VolunteerSpot is our new way to stay informed and sign up for volunteer opportunities at Prince of Peace. An email is sent for each need, as it is identified. The message contains a link that makes it easy to add your name as a helper. Here are our current volunteer requests:

Need
Snacks for VBS
Worship Volunteers (Ushers, Snack volunteers, Greeters)

There is a button with a link to current volunteer opportunities on our church web page; you can also click on the specific Volunteer Need above or here to see the complete list. Thank you for sharing your time and talents!!

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Please remember in your prayers this week...

Continuing Prayers - PoP Members

Eardie Baka, Carol Barotti, Elizabeth Langum Chung, David family, Goodwin family, Laura Hampe, Steven Hill, TL Huen (serving in the middle east), Jessica Jeffery, Roy Johnson, Pat Juhrs, Greta Kunkle, Mike Langum, Remi Langum, Kaitlyn McGurgan & her family, Sandy Moore, Heather Robinson, David Rogers, James Rogers, Martha Rogers, Sherry Schiebel, Julie Stokes, Nancy Swanson, Laura Wilson.

Continuing Prayers - Family & Friends
Scott Baka (son of Eardie Baka), Shea Baldwin (daughter of Becca & Jeremy Baldwin), Margaux Bereston (friend of Cherie DeGeorge), Carol Buck (friend of Sherry Schiebel), Fred Chamblin (father of Tracy Solomon), The Rev. Jeong & Nam Cho (parents of Claire Cho), Sydney Clark (friend of Cathy Berninger), Joanne Claycamp (mother of Gregg Claycamp), Keith Cobb (father of Allan Cobb), Gilda & Khaleesi Damiani (friends of Tonya Meyer & Amy Ceralde), Victor DeGeorge (uncle of Mike DeGeorge), Kathy Drake (friend of Dave & Nancy Swanson), Paula Everitt (relative of Amy Rossmeisl), Nathan Farrar (nephew of Richard Farrar), Stephen R. Farrar (brother of Richard Farrar), Ruth Garretson (grandmother of Kelly Garretson), Kelly Gibson (sister of Dan Gibson), Karen Griese (mother of Kari Oakes), Joni Hanley (friend of Jean Bernstein), Haris (friend of Greg Von Wald), Mary Christine Hevner (sister of Judy Wooldridge), Janet Howard (friend of Nettie Horne), Mario Ierardi and family (friend of Debra Aplan), Christopher Johnson (son of Roy Johnson), Kim (friend of Donna Von Wald), Will Kong (friend of the Forish/Schambura families), Bill Kratz (father of Laura Garretson), Lisa Law (friend of Lisa Adams' friend), Tim Leiss, Mark Miller (friend of Butler family), Debbie Mulhern (friend of Martha Rogers), Ray Nopper (friend of Andrea Goble), Jo Ann Oddo (grandmother of AJ Oddo), Grace Onyambu, Louise Pascal (aunt of David Rogers), Amanda Pickard (friend of Kathryn Riley), Bill Prueter, Linda Prueter, Ted Prueter (father of Bill Prueter), Greg Rayman (uncle of Julie Stokes), Prema Ramanathan, Johanna Roberts (sister of Jon Conary), Cindy Shaw (cousin of Lisa Adams), John Shay (friend of Mike & Cherie DeGeorge), Richard Sherman (cousin of Gordon Gipe), Pauline Shumaker (mother of Lisa Conary), Evelyn Stephens (mother of Jon Conary), Roberta Stover (aunt of Tracy Solomon), Howard Weidemoyer, Jerry & Carol Weisdock (parents of Jean Bernstein), Dianne Werley (friend of Ann Callahan), Kathy Williams (stepdaughter of Ann Callahan), Katina Williams (friend of Steven Hill), Matthew Wolejsza (son of Nancy & Chet Wolejsza).