May 2025 Newsletter
Peace Lutheran Church
4606 48 Street
Leduc AB T9E 5X4
Phone No. (780) 986-2688
Email: peaceleduc@shaw.ca
Website: www.peaceleduc.com
PEACE NEWS
Rooted in Grace; Free to Serve
The City of Leduc is situated on Treaty 6 territory, the ancestral and traditional territory of the Cree, Blackfoot, Saulteaux, Nakota Sioux as well as the Métis people.
FOR SALE
The church is selling the following items:
John Deere 320 lawn tractor with 48” mower deck and a bagger. It has about 220 hours on it and has been well maintained.
Asking $3,000 obo
Toro self-propelled mower
Asking $200 obo
Stihl trimmer
Asking $100 obo
Wooden garden shed with metal siding
Asking $1,000 obo
Or buy all items as a package for only $4,000
You can speak to Oystein or any member of the Property Committee for more information.
BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY
May 5 Megan Tym
Stephen Raitz
May 10 Diane Roth
May 11 Barry Clark
May 13 Christine Bauer
George Reynar
May 15 Martha Zutz
Barry Kuntz
May 16 Larry Bogath
May 18 Herb Lede
Linda Rivard
May 19 Emery Smith
May 20 Suzanne Good
May 25 Isabella Doherty
May 26 Art Balkan
May 27 Derek Rivard
MESSAGE FROM WITNESS AND SPECIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE
Beginning March 23rd, Fellowship has resumed after the church service. Volunteers are needed until June 22nd. This requires making coffee, getting hot water ready for the tea, setting out cookies that are provided, setting up 2 or 3 tables, and then cleaning up and doing dishes. Please consider signing up. It doesn’t take too long to do and the more volunteers the better it turns out. If you are able to help, please let the office know.
We are always looking for help in different aspects of the church. From committees, to fellowship, to spring cleaning. We are planning a spring cleanup of the kitchen and yard. It will be held on May 24th (tentative date. A rainout date of May 31st). There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board.
Dorothy Gummer is looking for volunteers to help give the kitchen a deep clean. She is also on the look out for a few people to help with cleaning the kitchen on a monthly basis. You can contact her at 780-986-6012 if you’d like to help with cleaning.
We would like to take the time to thank all our volunteers.
Thank you to Michelle Kopperud, Ali Doherty and Anita Kuntz for your help with the Sunday School classes and getting the kids to join in on the services with singing among other things.
Thank you to the people who have helped out with Shrove Tuesday, Easter breakfast, fellowship refreshments and other special events.
A big shout out to the singers and musicians we are blessed to have in our congregation who have been participating in services.
Thank you to the members of the property committee for taking care of odds and ends in and around the building.
SAVE THE DATE!
Saturday, June 7th Piatta Forma will be holding their Spring Concert. There will be two performances. Tickets and information will be coming shortly.
Vintage Strawberry Tea And Fashion Show
The Witness Committee, with the help of many others put on a tea on April 26th. It was a sold-out event! There was a prize table, a tea-set display and Side Street Vintage had a table of wares to purchase and put on a fashion show. The ladies who modeled wore a collection of items including a leather vest over 100 years old, a vintage skirt, a decades old dress, beautiful clutches and modern clothing. A total profit of $1,504.49 was raised! Proceeds will go towards new tables for the Fellowship Hall.
The volunteers served huge slices of angel food cake with strawberries and whipped cream along with assorted teas. Thank you to everyone who donated their teacups, tea pots, cakes, strawberries and their time.
NEWS FROM MULHURST
Summer 2025 Registration is open. Use “EARLYBIRD10” for 10% off registration if you register by May 31, 2025.
It is the 80th anniversary year for the camp. There will be a number of events happening this year.
Save the dates for:
Camp Sunday, May 4th at 1:00 pm for Worship and fellowship.
Family Carnival Day, June 21st. There will be games, activities, a treasure hunt, storytelling, magic, food, singing, campfire, etc. More details to come.
Pioneer Day, July 3rd from 10:30 to 3:30 will be hosted by the summer staff and will include coffee and tea, lawn games, a short program and a sit-down lunch. This day typically caters to the pioneers of Mulhurst Camp, but all are welcome!
Summer 2025 Programming. Summer programs have been happening for the last 80 years! Programs are suited for everyone including slip n’ sliding, canoeing and kayaking, collaborative team-based games, skits, songs, nature exploration, sports, crafting, campfires and more!
The annual Spring Picnic is currently being planned. A tentative date of Sunday, June 22nd and having it at the church is being discussed. More information will be available shortly.
MESSAGE FROM BISHOP TRISH:
Easter 2025
Alleluia! Christ is risen!
Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia!
Mt Pleasant Cemetery in Edmonton is one of my favorite places. It a beautiful old cemetery – as you can see with old trees standing in witness and as protective guards over the sleeping saints. I find it peaceful. A little pocket of quiet in a busy city.
We’ve heard once again the story of Jesus’ death. It’s heart wrenching every time I hear it. The good in us finds it unthinkable that humanity could stoop to such actions, but the worldly side of us knows it to be too true. And so we relive Good Friday in stories of our own of bullying, violence, shaming, swarming, anger, war, apathy, and more. The pain of the world is real and hits us hard, at times seemingly unrelenting, and we ask, God where are you? We feel the ache of emptiness.
Perhaps one of the gifts of Good Friday is that it gives us space to acknowledge such pain.
Acknowledgement leads us to seek change – who would want that our lives would stay the same? That we would relive tragedy after tragedy? The gospel, and in particular Jesus’ resurrection, reminds us of our goodness, of our potential to bring hope, love, and grace into one another’s lives. Death and violence never hold the last word! Life does!
When I was a seminary intern, my supervisor, Pr Marty Tuer, taught me that when the funeral procession arrives at the cemetery, the pastor is to begin reading passages of scripture out loud as the people move from their cars to the graveside. She said, “with death literally surrounding us, the words of scripture are tossed out like flower petals in the face of it all – death does not have the last word – Christ does! And Christ’s word to us is one of hope and abundant life.”
As spring takes hold, and life begins again in grasses, crops, livestock, bees, birds and buds – may we remember the whole story. May we cast aside our grief and old ways and allow the Son’s rays to soak into our bones once again, bringing resurrection right into our lives where we need it most. And may we, like the women, run to tell others – God is alive and on the loose!
Alleluia! Christ is risen!
Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia!
Bishop Trish
APRIL FINANCIALS
April
Funds needed to run the church (per Budget) $15,840.00
Receipts for April 20,862.44
Disbursements for April (14,644.77)
Receipts vs. Disbursements for April 6,217.67
Chequing Account Balance as at April 30, 2025 $25,081.67