A New Season of Worship

What’s Changing This Fall—and Why

Greetings Peace congregation,  

Thank you for being part of the team on this first leg of our Expanding Worship journey! With each new step along the way, we hope you have found that our worship services continue to be welcoming, engaging, and most of all, centered on Jesus Christ and his good news.  As your pastoral team and worship staff, we are grateful for your feedback. Just as we listen to the guidance of the Holy Spirit in all of this process, we also listen carefully to what you have to share as our congregation. As always, your voices matter.

In response to your feedback, and in partnership with the vision of our Expanding Worship leadership team, we have discerned that it would be both helpful and welcoming for our congregation to return to our historic schedule of worship styles here at Peace Lutheran: Saturday traditional service (5:30pm), followed by two early Sunday traditional services (8am, 9am), and the later two Sunday modern services (10:10am, 11:15am).  

While this return to prior service styles will be a surprise for some, it is a welcome change for many. First and foremost, it offers hospitality to our abundance of volunteers and members who help to make worship happen. Our musicians, singers, worship hosts, ushers, leaders, are able to enjoy sabbath on Sunday to a much greater degree when their commitment is for two back-to-back, matching services rather than all four. Second, it invites our youngest members, including high school and college-aged students, to have a little more time to sleep in (and a lot more time to participate in worship!). Finally, it allows us for the set-up and take-down time necessary to transition between styles of worship and to set up for the sacrament of communion at every service, every week. This celebration of God’s rest, welcome, and abundance demonstrates our community values.

We know this return to service times and styles might be a change that impacts you or your family in a difficult way. Please connect with Lead Pastor Jason to share any of your questions, comments, or concerns. We truly believe this will be a faithful and helpful move for our congregation, and we want to make sure your voice and your values are included in that transition.

Stay tuned for more information, and stay connected to share your voice!

Blessings in Christ,
Pastor Jason, Lead Pastor
Pastor Alex, Associate Pastor
The Expanding Worship Team