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Over a Century at Peace
A landmark in the Puyallup Valley, Peace Lutheran Church was founded by German settlers in 1898. The building was built in 1892 by Ezra Meeker (himself a Unitarian), and we purchased the building in 1900. Today we are a growing and active congregation celebrating our rich heritage and embracing the future.
Our Services are Sunday mornings at 8:15 and 10:45. Unless noted on the schedule to the right, all services serve Communion.
Sunday School is offered on Sunday mornings from 9:30 to 10:30 (during the school year).
We offer a variety of liturgical music settings here at Peace, and they aren’t always at the same time slots every Sunday. Unless otherwise noted, all service settings contain a celebration of Eucharist. In other words, we serve Communion every week at both services.
We have three music leaders: Joan Linden on organ, Jill Burch on piano, and Mark Smith leading the Cornerstones music group.
At this time, Joan Linden plays the ELW 4 setting, Jill Burch plays the ELW 4 and Now the Feast settings, and Cornerstones play the Liturgy of Life and Followers of the Way settings.
ELW 3 and 4 are Classic Organ settings in the Evangelical Lutheran Worship book which you may recognize as Settings 1 and 2 from the Lutheran Book of Worship (the green worship book before the ELW).
Now the Feast is a worship setting written by Marty Haugen and inspired by Holden Village.
Liturgy of Life is a contemporary setting that we’ve been doing at Peace for many years. Some of the music we’ve been using in this service was coincidentally selected to be a part of ELW setting 8.Followers of the Way is an original setting written by Mark Smith, our Cornerstones director. It is intended to be a reflection of the history of our worship at Peace.
In addition to our liturgies, we have a Peace Choir, a handbell choir (Resounding Joy), and a seasonal Brass Choir. Cornerstones is also open to anyone over 14 who is wanting to learn aspects of leading worship through music and voice.
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Have you ever wanted to be more involved at church but didn’t know what you could do or who to ask? You’re in luck! We’ve now made it easy to volunteer during our Sunday services.
Every week, dozens of volunteers work together to help make each service run smoothly. Without the help of the volunteers, each Sunday’s service wouldn’t go off as planned.
If you would like to sign up to help at an upcoming service, give us a call today.
This Week At Peace
Birthdays This Week
Jill Burch - May 13
Heidi McIntyre -May 15
Les Gerstmann -May 16
Marshall Lee -May 19
Jayla Albenesius -May 19
Sunday, May 13
SixthSunday of Easter,
Mother’s Day
8:15 am
Now the Feast
led by Jill Burch followed by conversation and refreshments
9:30 am
Children’s Education Hour
9:40 am
Adult Forum – Today’s Bible Readings or Discussion of Synod Assembly Resolutions
Resounding Joy
10:45 am
Liturgy of Life
led by
Cornerstones
followed by conversation and refreshments
Monday, May 14
8:45 am
Weekly Staff Meeting
4:30 pm
Pierce County Juvenile Support Program
Tuesday, May 15
9:30 am
Bible Study Reading Through Acts
7:00 pm
Boy Scouts
Wednesday, May 16
5:30 pm
Cornerstones
6:30 pm
Katherine Horntvedt Music Studio recital
6:30 pm
Peace Choir
@ Karen Lohrman’s
NO Confirmation Class
Thursday, May 17
9:30 am
Quilters
5:30-8 pm
Catherine Place Childcare
Friday, May 18
Synod Assembly, Vancouver, WA
Saturday, May 19
Synod Assembly, Vancouver, WA
8:00 am – Noon
St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Church
11:00 am
Lunch with a Friend
Sunday, May 20
Seventh Sunday of Easter
Peace’s Anniversary Sunday
8:15 am
Classic organ led by Joan Linden with
Resounding Joy & Peace Choir
followed by conversation and refreshments
9:30 am
Children’s Education Hour
9:40 am
Adult Forum – Today’s Bible Readings
10:00 am
Intercessory Prayer Group
10:45 am
Now the Feast
led by Jill Burch with
Resounding Joy & Peace Choir
followed by conversation and refreshments
Readings for May 20:
Acts 1:15-17, 21-26
1 John 5:9-13
John 17:6-9
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