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Welcome! Temple Raising Reflection 

Spirit of Peace Church Community Event
Service, Fellowship, and Potluck Picnic Meal
Everyone is Welcome!
When: Sunday, March 8, 2015 from 7 am to 9 am
Rising Sun Morning Modern Traditional blend themed
Schedule: 7:00 Service 7:40 or so Fellowship 8:00 Potluck Picnic Meal
Our Lenten Journey.

Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. John 2. 

 

Great is the Lord! 

Michael W. Smith 
Great is the Lord
He is holy and just

By His power we trust

In his love

Great is the Lord

He is faithful and true

By his mercy he proves

He is love.

We are all stewards spreading the Word of Jesus’ blessings for His people.
Picnic Fellowship Activities for the Entire Family!
Of course lively discussion and activities will be available!
Perhaps you may prefer to sit and visit!
Contact Us with Special Requests!
Sunday Where: Chapel in the Woods Mercer, Nebraska
Please contact Michael or Cathy
Price: Free will offering (sweet!) Thank you!
Questions: Please contact Michael or Cathy Hanus
402-541-7019 – Pastor
LORD070910 (567-307-0910) – Church
Twitter: @SpiritOfPeaceCh
Please See the Church Blog for Information Updates –
Thank you!
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At Risk Adolescent Safety Concerns

Inroads to Recovery InRoadsToRecovery.com presents an educational program on how care givers should best interact with at risk youth in our society. Everyone agrees that adolescents require a safe environment in which to experience life and its challenges as they pass through developmental stages on their way to adult maturity. The related adolescent studies present two observed age groups: 12-17 and 18-25 years old. It appears the problem is that there are too many opportunities available for exposure to the unsafe high risk challenges. Youth may find it even more difficult to maintain appropriate self control after engaging the “slippery slope” of high risk lifestyle. Our society today lends itself to putting too much risk in independence in the minds and hands of adolescents. Unfortunately peers and one’s own ignorance and curiosity may contribute to engaging a high risk lifestyle. This starts as a “slippery slope” that may be coupled with the naive ignorance (arrogance) of, “I am too smart for that bad result,” or “That won’t happen to me!” Sound familiar to any of us? Unfortunately, it is hard to garner all the support needed to correct “closing the barn door after the horse gets loose.” 
So let’s observe these notable behaviors that we may observe and engage before they escalate into more serious risk. Among these behaviors … 
Apparent dizziness or having trouble walking; Red, bloodshot eyes; Difficulty remembering things that just happened; Acting disinterested in school, family or activities he (she) used to enjoy; Acting silly for no apparent reason. 
What regular activities might we engage to be helpful? 
Eat at least one meal with your child; Know who his (her) friends are; Talk to his (her) friends (Know the kind of adolescents he (she) is friends with); Set limits; Ask him (her) daily what he (she) is doing (how the day went); Listen to him (her); There is no privacy (Rule); Keep up on his (her) school and social life; Set time each and every day to talk to him (her); Be a hypocrite; Start now not later. 
 – Detective Matthew Hultquist. (FPD). 
Although this role appears to require significant dedication and be a “tall order” to fill, we may agree that it is much better and safer to have adolescents in a “safe place” rather than in an “high risk” environment. 
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Welcome! Cleaning House Reflection

Spirit of Peace Church Community Event
Service, Fellowship, and Potluck Picnic Meal 
Everyone is Welcome!
When: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 from 7 pm to 9 pm
Setting sun Evening Modern Traditional blend themed 
Schedule: 7:00 Service 7:40 or so Fellowship 8:00 Potluck Picnic Meal 
Our Lenten Journey. 

Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!” John 2. 


Blest Are the Pure in Heart 
John Keble 1819. 
Blest are the pure in heart,

For they shall see our God;
The secret of the Lord is theirs;
Their soul is Christ’s abode. 

We are all stewards spreading the Word of Jesus’ blessings for His people. 
Picnic Fellowship Activities for the Entire Family! 
Of course lively discussion and activities will be available! 
Perhaps you may prefer to sit and visit! 
Contact Us with Special Requests! 
Wednesday Where: Inspiration Center Gretna, Nebraska 
Please contact Michael or Cathy 
Price: Free will offering (sweet!) Thank you!
Questions: Please contact Michael or Cathy Hanus
Spirit.Peace@icloud.com
https://blog.peacelcmc.org
402-541-7019 – Pastor
LORD070910 (567-307-0910) – Church
Twitter: @SpiritOfPeaceCh
Please See the Church Blog for Information Updates – 
https://blog.peacelcmc.org
Thank you!

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Deadly Weapon Reflection

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali used several ring tactics to defeat his opponents; one tactic was taunting. In his fight with George Foreman in 1974, Ali taunted Foreman, “Hit harder! Show me something, George. That don’t hurt. I thought you were supposed to be bad.” Fuming, Foreman punched away furiously, wasting his energy and weakening his confidence.

It’s an old tactic. By referring to Nehemiah’s efforts at rebuilding the broken wall of Jerusalem as nothing more than a fox’s playground (Neh. 4:3), Tobiah intended to weaken the workers with poisonous words of discouragement. Goliath tried it on David by despising the boy’s simple weapons of a sling and stones (1 Sam. 17:41-44).

A discouraging remark can be a deadly weapon. Nehemiah refused to surrender to Tobiah’s discouragements, just as David rejected Goliath’s diabolical teasing. Focusing on The Lord and His help rather than on their discouraging situations, David and Nehemiah both achieved victory.

Taunting can come from anybody, including those who are close to us. Responding to them negatively only saps our energy. But the Lord encourages us through His promises: He will never forsake us (Ps. 9:10; Heb. 13:5), and He invites us to rely on His help (Heb. 4:16). – Daily Bread – Lawrence Darmani. 

We Will Rise Again 
David Haas – Renee Bondi 
Like a Sheperd, I will feed you. 
I will gather you with care. 
I will lead you and hold you
close to my heart. 

Advice: 
Do You Encounter a Deadly Weapon? Trust in the Lord!  If You are in a Tunnel of Discouragement, Keep Walking toward the Light. 

INSIGHT: Despite the taunting that the Israelites faced from all sides when rebuilding the walls and city of Jerusalem, they had courage and confidence in the Lord. They had returned to Jerusalem just as the Lord had promised through the prophet Jeremiah (Jer. 29:10). 
Prayer: 
Lord, it’s easy to let discouragement sap my energy and joy.  Please help me to reject all kinds of discouragement in my life and to trust in You for comfort and strength.  

AMEN! 
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Welcome! Get Behind Me Reflection

Spirit of Peace Church Community Event
Service, Fellowship, and Potluck Picnic Meal
Everyone is Welcome!
When: Sunday, March 1, 2015 from 8 am to 10 am
Rising Sun Morning Modern Contemporary blend themed
Schedule: 8:00 Service 8:40 or so Fellowship 9:00 Potluck Picnic Meal
Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things. Mark 8.  
 
Be Thou My Vision. Saint Dallan (“Little Blind One”) Forgaill. 598. Sainted in the 11th C. 
Celtic version Sung by 4Him. 

 

High King of heaven, my victory won,
may I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heaven’s sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
still be my vision, O Ruler of all.
We are all stewards spreading the Word of Jesus’ blessings for His people.
Picnic Fellowship Activities for the Entire Family!
Of course lively discussion and activities will be available!
Perhaps you may prefer to sit and visit!
Contact Us with Special Requests!
Sunday Where: Chapel in the Woods Mercer, Nebraska
Please contact Michael or Cathy
Price: Free will offering (sweet!) Thank you!
Questions: Please contact Michael or Cathy Hanus
Spirit.Peace@icloud.com
https://blog.peacelcmc.org
402-541-7019 – Pastor
LORD070910 (567-307-0910) – Church
Twitter: @SpiritOfPeaceCh
Please See the Church Blog for Information Updates –
https://blog.peacelcmc.org
Thank you!
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Welcome! Game of Life Reflection

Spirit of Peace Church Community Event
Service, Fellowship, and Potluck Picnic Meal 
Everyone is Welcome!
When: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from 7 pm to 9 pm
Setting sun Evening Modern Traditional blend themed 
Schedule: 7:00 Service 7:40 or so Fellowship 8:00 Potluck Picnic Meal 
Our Lenten Journey. 

He said to them, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” Mark 8. 


The Summons Song – John Bell
Lord, your summons echoes true
When you but call my name.
Let me turn and follow you
And never be the same.
In your company I’ll go
Where your love and footsteps show.
Thus I’ll move and live and grow
In you and you in me. 
We are all stewards spreading the Word of Jesus’ blessings for His people. 
Picnic Fellowship Activities for the Entire Family! 
Of course lively discussion and activities will be available! 
Perhaps you may prefer to sit and visit! 
Contact Us with Special Requests! 
Where: Chapel in the Woods Mercer, Nebraska 
Please contact Michael or Cathy 
Price: Free will offering (sweet!) Thank you!
Questions: Please contact Michael or Cathy Hanus
402-541-7019 – Pastor
LORD070910 (567-307-0910) – Church
Twitter: @SpiritOfPeaceCh
Please See the Church Blog for Information Updates – 
Thank you!


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The Lord Chose You Devotion

When our children were small, I often prayed with them after tucking them into bed. Before prayers, I would sit on the edge of the bed and talk with them. I remember telling our daughter, “If I could line up all the girls in the world, I would walk down the line looking for you. After going through the entire line, I would choose you to be my daughter.” That always put a big smile on her face because she knew she was special.

If that was a smile-worthy moment for her, think of the grace-filled fact that the Creator-God of the universe “from the beginning chose you for salvation” (2 Thess. 2:13). Before time began, He desired to make you His own. This is why Scripture often uses the picture of adoption to communicate the amazing reality that, through no merit or worthiness of our own, we have been chosen by Him.

This is stunning news! We are “beloved by the Lord” (2 Thess. 2:13) and enjoy the benefits of being part of His family. This glorious truth should fill our lives with humility and gratitude. “Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us … establish you in every good word and work” (2 Thess. 2:16-17).  – Daily Bread. Joe Stowell. 

My Lord I Did Not Choose You. Matthew Smith (2009). (“Tis Not that I Did Choose Thee.” Josiah Conder 1789). 

My heart knows none above you;
for you I long, I thirst,
and know that, if I love you,
Lord, you have loved me first. 

It’s God’s choice to love you and to make you part of His family.  

I will be forever grateful that I am Your child,
Father, and that You love me! Teach me to remember
all the benefits of belonging to You, and may I
serve You faithfully as part of Your family.  

AMEN! 

INSIGHT: In Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians, he assured the believers that they were loved by God and chosen (1 Thess. 1:4). In today’s reading, Paul reiterates this by saying, “God from the beginning chose you for salvation” (2 Thess. 2:13). That God “chooses” people is taught in Scripture (Deut. 7:6-8; Isa. 44:1-2; Rom. 8:28-33; 9:11; Eph. 1:4-6,11; Titus 1:1; 1 Peter 1:1-2). Although a person is “chosen” before the creation of the world (Eph. 1:4-5; 2 Tim. 1:9), this becomes evident in life when one believes in the Lord Jesus Christ (2 Thess. 2:13-14). 

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Welcome! Son I am Pleased Celebration

Spirit of Peace Church Community Event

Service, Fellowship, and Potluck Picnic Meal

Everyone is Welcome!

When: Saturday, February 21, 2015 from 5 pm to 7 pm
Setting Sun Evening Modern Traditional blend themed
Schedule: 5:00 Service 5:40 or so Fellowship 6:00 Potluck Picnic Meal

When: Sunday, February 22, 2015 from 8 am to 10 am
Rising Sun Morning Modern Traditional blend themed
Schedule: 8:00 Service 8:40 or so Fellowship 9:00 Potluck Picnic Meal

“You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.” Mark 1.

What a Friend We have in Jesus (1855).
Joseph Medlicott Scriven 

What a Friend We have in Jesus

 What a friend we have in Jesus,
all our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
everything to God in prayer!

We are all stewards spreading the Word of Jesus’ blessings for His people.

Picnic Fellowship Activities for the Entire Family!

Of course lively discussion and activities will be available!
Perhaps you may prefer to sit and visit!
Contact Us with Special Requests!

Saturday Where: Inspiration Center Gretna, Nebraska
Sunday Where: Chapel in the Woods Mercer, Nebraska
Please contact Michael or Cathy

Price: Free will offering (sweet!) Thank you!

Questions: Please contact Michael or Cathy Hanus

Spirit.Peace@icloud.com

https://blog.peacelcmc.org

402-541-7019 – Pastor

LORD070910 (567-307-0910) – Church

Twitter: @SpiritOfPeaceCh

Please See the Church Blog for Information Updates –

https://blog.peacelcmc.org

Thank you!
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Welcome! Ash Wednesday Reflection

Spirit of Peace Church Community Event

Service, Fellowship, and Potluck Picnic Meal

Everyone is Welcome!

When: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from 7 pm to 9 pm
Setting sun Evening Modern Traditional blend themed
Schedule: 7:00 Service 7:40 or so Fellowship 8:00 Potluck Picnic Meal

Our Lenten Journey.
Store Up Treasures in Heaven! Matt. 6.
In His teaching and example Jesus calls us to go into houses, meet, heal, anoint and preach. 

 Come Holy Spirit – Terry Clark 

Come Holy Spirit 

 We are all stewards spreading the Word of Jesus’ blessings for His people.

Picnic Fellowship Activities for the Entire Family!

Of course lively discussion and activities will be available!
Perhaps you may prefer to sit and visit!
Contact Us with Special Requests!

Where: Chapel in the Woods Mercer, Nebraska
Please contact Michael or Cathy

Price: Free will offering (sweet!) Thank you!

Questions: Please contact Michael or Cathy Hanus

Spirit.Peace@icloud.com

https://blog.peacelcmc.org

402-541-7019 – Pastor

LORD070910 (567-307-0910) – Church

Twitter: @SpiritOfPeaceCh

Please See the Church Blog for Information Updates –

https://blog.peacelcmc.org

Thank you!

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Welcome! Transfiguration Celebration

Spirit of Peace Church Community Event

Service, Fellowship, and Potluck Picnic Meal

Everyone is Welcome!

When: Saturday, February 14, 2015 from 5 pm to 7 pm
Setting Sun Evening Modern Traditional blend themed
Schedule: 5:00 Service 5:40 or so Fellowship 6:00 Potluck Picnic Meal

When: Sunday, February 15, 2015 from 8 am to 10 am
Rising Sun Morning Modern Traditional blend themed
Schedule: 8:00 Service 8:40 or so Fellowship 9:00 Potluck Picnic Meal

This is My Son the Beloved! Mark 9. 

Servant Song 
Richard Gillard 

Brother, let me be your servant.

Let me be as Christ to you.
Pray that I might have the grace
To let you be my servant, too. 

 We are all stewards spreading the Word of Jesus’ blessings for His people.

Picnic Fellowship Activities for the Entire Family!

Of course lively discussion and activities will be available!
Perhaps you may prefer to sit and visit!
Contact Us with Special Requests!

Saturday Where: Inspiration Center Gretna, Nebraska
Sunday Where: Chapel in the Woods Mercer, Nebraska
Please contact Michael or Cathy

Price: Free will offering (sweet!) Thank you!

Questions: Please contact Michael or Cathy Hanus

Spirit.Peace@icloud.com

https://blog.peacelcmc.org

402-541-7019 – Pastor

LORD070910 (567-307-0910) – Church

Twitter: @SpiritOfPeaceCh

Please See the Church Blog for Information Updates –

https://blog.peacelcmc.org

Thank you!

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