Peace Talk - October 2011
Apostolic Mission Congregation of the LCMS Pastor Kristian Bjornstad 2506 N. Main Ave. 343-9828 www.yourpeace.org
FROM THE PASTOR’S HEART: 1Pet. 2:10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
THE NEW PEACE ORGAN and a NEW MUSIC MINISTRY!
This past month has been a great testament of how God’s MERCY has been shared to so many hurting people along the flooded banks of the Susquehanna
River. Almost every day for two weeks mercy teams from almost all of our NEPA Lutheran congregations were in action (sometimes two a day) to bring the balm of God’s healing to ravaged lives. Included in those teams TEN members of Peace Lutheran Church were in action on several occasions! Pastor Bjornstad was the Eastern District Disaster Relief Coordinator and was on site and helping throughout the efforts. We never rejoice in disasters of any kind, but what we know is that every disaster is an occasion of God’s mercy to be shared. In this we can rejoice! Let us continue to share the MERCY of God. Your servant in Jesus, Pastor Bjornstad
The new Peace Organ was installed September 19th and was dedicated September 25th! Pictured above were two of our guest organists. Jill Trapane (right) played a beautiful concert that Sunday morning and Grace Morris played the closing hymn “Beautiful Savior” (some 63 years after she started playing the old Peace pipe organ when she was a teenager!) Also playing that day were our regular organist Kevin Winters who played the liturgy, Mark Herie, who plays the organ for the early service, and Hannah Bjornstad who played the postlude! Jill Trapane also directed a choir piece from the organ as part of the celebrations! Offerings and Pledges were also collected and so far we have about $12,000 raised toward the $30,000 needed! Thank you to all who have pledged, but now we need to hear from the rest of the congregation! FOLLOWING UP on our new organ, it was proposed that Jill Trapane head up a renewed MUSIC MINISTRY here at Peace - and her proposal was provisionally approved at the Oct. 4th council meeting! SPREAD THE WORD FOR ANY AND ALL SINGERS AND MUSICIANS! Our first musical offering will be October 31st for Reformation Sunday!