March 6/7, 2010

Don't Forget to Complete Worship Survey
On Friday, February 26, a worship survey was emailed to members. Your input will help with plans for future worship opportunities. For those who do not have email, hard copies of the survey are available at a table across from the world map. Completed surveys must be returned by Monday, March 8.

Help Those Experiencing the Loss of a Loved One
Do you have the gift of hospitality and/or compassion? Are you available weekdays to use those gifts to serve those experiencing the loss of a loved one? Then you may be the perfect person to help with set-up, clean-up and serving at funeral luncheons. This is a very rewarding way to ease the burdens of those going through the loss of a loved one. Please prayerfully consider this volunteer opportunity and help this ministry continue to reach, grow and serve. If you are interested or just want more information, contact Charlene Gruben or JoAnn Wiemann.

Got Cabin Fever? Sign Up for Pairs and Spares This Month!
If you're part of the "55-and-older crowd," be sure to make it to Pairs and Spares on Friday, March 19, at 7:30pm for their monthly get-together. There'll be games, goodies, and plenty of lively conversation. Sign up today at the Welcome Center. Contact Rhoda Neukuckatz for more info.

Footsteps to the Cross
Palm Sunday, March 28, from 9:15-11:00am POP will again present Footsteps to the Cross for all families and their children ages 3 through grade 6. Come see, hear, smell, taste, and touch Jesus' suffering, death and resurrection. All participants will receive a set of "Jesus Eggs," as a special gift. Friends are welcome! There will be no children's ministry classes that weekend. You can be a part of the preparations for this meaningful event by making a donation from the list of needed items. Check out the flyer in your mailbox and sign up today! Place all items in the bin by the Welcome Center by Friday, March 19, unless otherwise stated. Questions? Contact Jeni Walker at 847-359-3451.

Sign Up to Donate Easter Flowers!
You can help make the sanctuary a beautiful and fragrant place by purchasing a lily, daffodil, hyacinth or tulip plant for our Easter Celebrations. Each pot of flowers is still only $15 and can be taken home after the 11:15 Easter worship service. Sign up today at the Welcome Center!

Baptisms
Baptized this weekend are Benjamin Christian Helmigk, infant son of Kristin and Andreas. Sponsors are Lauren Licht and Nicholas Hansen and Ashton Andrew Salski, infant son of Julie and Ron. Sponsors are Eric and Christine Muecke. We welcome Benjamin and Ashton into God's family.

Altar Flowers
The flowers decorating the altar this weekend are provided by Bruce and Laura Megleo, celebrating their 32nd wedding anniversary. Thank you and God's blessings to you.

Fill the Boxes - March Collection
This month 5th-8th graders will collect items to make into sewing kits at the Hands and Feet serving camp on June 21-25. The sewing kits will be sent along on our Haiti mission trips this summer. Check out the flyer in your mailbox for a list of needed items and sign up at the Welcome Center today. Items must be dropped off in the designated box near the Welcome Center by Sunday, March 28.

Misplaced Your Glasses; Lost Your Scarf; Can't Find Your Jacket?
Check the Lost and Found box behind the Welcome Center for your lost items as soon as possible. Any items not retrieved will be donated. So don't wait! Check them today! Questions? Contact Carol Baker at 847-359-3451, ext. 111.

Enjoy Prince of Peace's Annual Easter Breakfast
The men of POP will be serving breakfast favorites from French toast to egg casserole, bacon to sausage links on Easter morning from 8:00 to 10:30am. Sign up today at the Welcome Center so they know how many eggs to scramble and pancakes to flip. Don't miss this great POP tradition!

Help Needed for POP's World Famous Easter Breakfast!
Volunteers are needed to help with Easter breakfast from 8-10:30am! All men interested in helping please sign up today at the Welcome Center. Call Mike Ruehrdanz for more information.

Daylight Saving Time Reminder
Next Sunday, March 14, at 2:00am, Daylight Saving Time begins. Don't forget to move your clock forward one hour!

Stay Connected with Our LITH Mission
Things are moving forward in Lake in the Hills and our weekly LITH Mission prayer update is now a weekly newsletter. If you'd like to find out what the LITH Mission is up to including dates and times of events, prayer requests, and mission stories, go to www.lithmission.org or pick up a newsletter at the desk under the plasma in the lobby or check out Pastor John Scott's blog We Go - He Grows, at wegohegrows.wordpress.com.

St. Matthew Soup Kitchen Service Project
All POP members 7th grade and older and guests are invited to travel to St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Chicago to serve lunch in their soup kitchen and help with clean-up on Tuesday, March 23 and/or Thursday, March 25. Meet at POP at 10:00am and return at 2:30pm. Bring a sack lunch and wear comfortable clothes and shoes. Sign-up at the Welcome Center by Sunday March 21. Questions? Contact Joy Kaufmann at 847-359-3451 or joy@reachgrowserve.org.

Feed My Starving Children Road Trip
Looking for a way to help feed children in need? Then join us for a road trip to the FMSC Aurora food packing site on Wednesday, March 24, to help pack meals which will be shipped to more than 60 countries around the world. The bus will leave from POP at 1:30pm and return at 5:30pm. There is no charge for this event, but donations to FMSC will be appreciated. For more information, check out the flyer at the Welcome Center and sign up today! Sign-up deadline is Sunday, March 21. Questions? Contact Joy Kaufmann at 847-359-3451 or joy@reachgrowserve.org.

Student Ministry News - www.student-ministry.org

Ignite Tuesday Night
Ignite Tuesday Night continues this Tuesday, March 9, at 6:30pm. Any students entering 5th-8th grade are welcome to attend. For registration information, contact Jeni Walker or Joy Kaufmann at 847-359-3451.

Sunday Nights at Fuel - Gospel Journey Maui Continues!
This Sunday, March 7, check out the real conversations taking place among 7 very different college students. We have just a few weeks left for this reality series! Afterwards, we'll talk about what we saw in small groups! Fuel starts at 6:00pm and ends at 8:00pm. All high school students are welcome! Questions? Contact Tim Kaufmann at 847-359-3451.

Blaze Conference - March 19-20
High school students are invited to register to attend the Blaze Conference at the Sears Centre on Friday-Saturday, March 19-20. The cost is $40. Registration forms are available online at www.student-ministry.org/fuel. Registration for this event is due this Sunday, March 7. Friends are welcome to attend! Questions? Contact Tim Kaufmann at 847-359-3451.

Devotion to Jesus: The Divinity of Christ in Earliest Christianity
When, where and why did people first believe in the divinity of Jesus? These are the essential but also controversial questions addressed in this vitally important course. Pastor Glover will lay out the evidence and clear away a mountain of popular misinformation in the process. Join him Sundays, at 9:30am in Room 17.

First Communion: Foundation for Life—5th-8th Grade Students with Parents/Guardians
This five session First Communion: Foundation for Life class for fifth through eighth grade students and their parents/guardians will prepare students for their first communion on Maundy Thursday, April 1. Class meets in the Fellowship Hall Sundays from 9:15-10:30am through Sunday, March 21. Questions? Contact Joy Kaufmann at 847-359-3451.

Children's Ministry
POP Kids and Café 56 meet Sundays at 9:15am. For information about these ministries, please contact Jeni Walker, Director of Children's Ministry at 847-359-3451.

Jr. High Student Ministry
Cafe78, for 7th and 8th graders, meets Sunday mornings from 9:15-10:30am in Room 9. For information about this ministry contact Joy Kaufmann at 847-359-3451.

High School Student Ministry
Fuego Café meets Sunday mornings at 9:30am in Room 10. For information about this ministry contact Tim Kaufmann at 847-359-3451.

Study Your Bible (SYB)
Study Your Bible continues their study of First Corinthians Wednesdays at 9:30am. To learn more about SYB, contact the church office at 847-359-3451.

Weekend Prayer Opportunities
Stop by Room 13 on Sunday at 7:30am as we pray for our church, its volunteers and staff, and those who attend worship.

Prayer Chain Prayer Support
Diana Moreno OR
Marlene Mahn (marlene@mahns.com)

GOD'S HEALING for Jim Cooper, Emmy Domolky, Shirley Engblom, John Fabel, Sylvia Gintz, Wilbert Glade, George Hawranek, Erika Hummel, Pat Lange, Ann Mainiero, Kay Rogers, Joan Schoemann, Ellie Sifuentes, Esther Sifuentes, George Voss and Doreen White;

GOD'S COMFORT AND STRENGTH for the people of Chile as they now struggle to recover from the earthquake that recently hit their country and continued prayers for the people of Haiti who are also working to recover from the January earthquake.

7. Sunday
   8:00am Worship
   9:15am POP Kids/Café 56
   First Communion Class
   9:30am Worship
   Devotion to Jesus
   Café 78
   Fuego Cafe
   11:00am Worship
   6:00pm Fuel Sunday Night
   8:00pm 20-Something Small Group
   8:30pm Men's Basketball
8. Monday
   7:00pm Spanish Class
   7:30pm Orchestra Rehearsal
9. Tuesday
   6:30pm Ignite Tuesday Night
   7:30pm Ringing Saints
10. Wednesday
    9:30am Study Your Bible
    10:30am Crossways-Unit 49
    7:00pm Crossways-Unit 49
    Building and Grounds Ministry Team
11. Thursday
    7:30pm Voices of Peace Rehearsal-offsite
    Praise Band Rehearsal
12. Friday
13. Saturday
    8:30am PEACE Group Leader Forum
    10:00am GriefShare
    5:00pm Worship

Personal Evangelism - We believe sharing our faith is most effective and best received when it happens in the context of personal relationships.
Loving Relationships - We believe in demonstrating our love in commitment and action.
Relevant Teaching - We believe God's Word is intended to be understood and applied to daily life.
Intentional Discipleship - We believe spiritual growth can and should be actively pursued by every believer.
Total Involvement - We believe the church is most effective when all members serve using their spiritual gifts.
Outward Focus - We believe the needs of people outside the church should take priority over the preferences of those inside the church.