BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261008T232323Z UID:64-366848@peaceotsego.org DTSTART:20261011T150000Z DTEND:20261011T160000Z CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20261008T173157 DESCRIPTION: \nDear friends of Peace\,\nNews Edition For Sunday October 11 \, 2026\nLessons this week:   Isaiah 25: 6-9\, Romans 1:16-17\, Matthew 22: 1-14 \nSongs this week: “His Robes for Mine”\,“Jesus\, Your Blo od and Righteousness”\, “Lord\, When Your Glory I Shall See”\,“ Gl ory Be to God On High”\nService Setting 1 \nSunday Service  11:00 am\n The Beginning of the End- It’s time to\nThe cartoon character holds a si gn saying\, “The End Is Near.” For Christians\, this is not a message of fear. Instead\, it is a message of watchful hope. Scripture teaches tha t the End Times began with Christ’s first coming\, especially his death and resurrection. Christ will come again on judgment day. Now we live in t hat in-between time\, when salvation has been won\, but full glory is stil l to come. It’s the beginning of the end.\nJesus himself makes clear tha t no one knows the day or hour of his return. This uncertainty is not mean t to trouble us\, but to keep us spiritually awake. Each day becomes an op portunity to live in repentance and faith\, turning from sin and trusting fully in Christ’s finished work for us. Our preparation for the end is n ot about trying to predict signs or earn God’s favor. Instead\, it is ab out remaining rooted in Jesus: hearing the Word\, receiving the sacraments \, and trusting the\npromises of forgiveness. These are God’s ways of ke eping us ready. “The Beginning of the End” reminds us that history is moving toward our own death and toward Christ’s return. For believers\, that end is truly a beginning.\n \nInvite the Unworthy\nDon’t you hate it when someone has prepared an excellent meal\, but travel delays mean th at certain friends or relatives don’t get to enjoy it? Sometimes there a re no leftovers\, and an opportunity is lost.\n \nGod has prepared an ext raordinary spiritual meal for all people. It is received by faith. But it is not offered forever. The day will come when body and soul are separated \, and those who do not believe in Jesus as their Savior will not share in his blessings. It’s the beginning of the end. Now is the time to issue the invitation!\n \nMission Together Meeting: \nThank you to everyone wh o came to the Mission Together meeting on Tuesday. 44 Members of Peace wer e able to join in person or online. There were 35 individuals from neighbo ring congregations that joined us as well. If you have comments about the meeting or thoughts whether we should move forward or not\, please share t hose with Josh Gower or Terry Brower in the next week or two. The council will be discussing it and consulting with Pastor Prange concerning next st eps in the coming weeks. \n \nPortage Invitational Cross Country Meet\nT he Portage Invitational Cross Country Meet is being held Saturday\, Octobe r 10th at West Middle School less than a mile from St James Lutheran Churc h. For many years\, St. James has parked cars in their lot and on their gr ass for the meet and used the proceeds both for budgetary purposes in hous e and to support community projects.\n Last year\, St James was able to d onate about $4\,000 to Twelve Baskets Food Pantry in Portage. This year\, St. James will be giving the proceeds to Peace to support our work of brin ging the gospel to our community. Additional volunteers are welcome (thoug h not required to receive their assistance) to help at St. James any porti on that you might be able to help from 8 AM until around 3 PM. Lunch is al so served for those who are there over the lunch hour.  \nSpeak with Pas tor Rau for more information. \nChristian Neighbors\nTotal donations for the year are 276 items.  Thank you\, these food items have blessed many f amilies in our community\, let's keep it going. For the month of October t he need is Ramen Noodles! So far this month we have 9 items donated. \nVo lunteers Needed for October and November: \n\nVolunteers needed for Lawn care and string Trimming: opening on Oct 11th lawn and string trimming and just string trimming on Oct 18th.\nLight housekeeping volunteers needed: Cleaning the bathrooms and restocking\, washing windows if needed\, vacuum : Nov 8th\nBeautifying the sanctuary: Volunteers needed to bring flowers f or Sunday services for the month of November \n\nSign up sheets are locat ed on the welcome table. Please let me know if you need help!\n\nDec 5th i s the Otsego Christmas parade volunteers are needed to help with security during and before the parade. Please let me know if you are interested in helping right away call the church office phone 269-694-6104 Thank you \n \nThe Christmas parade commitment is as fellows:\nPrep: setting up cones\, and security tape (4-people) \nDrag cones out just pass parking spots\nS tretch tape across the Allegan\, Farmer street intersection immediately at 5:45 pm \nCones and tape at the Fair\, Allegan Street intersection\n5:40 pm volunteers arrive and split up parade starts at 6:00 pm\nThen clean up set up items\n\n\n\nA look ahead:   \nOct 10-  8:00 am-3:00 pm St. Jam es's parking car for Cross Country Meet (want to help?)\nOct 11- 11:00 am Sunday Service \nOct 16th - 11:00 am Ladies Guild\nOct 16th- 6:30 pm Bunc o \nOct 17th - 9:00 am Women’s Rally at St. James (please call St. Jame s office 269-327-4980 and let them know you will attend)\nOct 18th - 11:00 am Sunday Service\nOct 25th - 11:00 am Sunday Service\n  \nMay God be a t work among the people of Peace and our gospel ministry as we listen to h im and follow him!  Assistant Administrator at Peace Lutheran Church\,  Shelly Wedge\n       Got this from a friend? Sign up here: https:// peace.breezechms.com/form/news\nUnsubscribe? Email church@peaceotsego.org\ nWant to visit with pastor? Schedule a visit/meeting reach out to our inte rim Pastor David Rau (ST.James Portage) at pastor@stjamesportage.org or 26 2-325-9355\nHave a suggestion or comment you’d like to share? Let us kno w!\nWould you like to donate to Peace? Please use the link for online givi ng\nPeace Lutheran Church 805 S Wilmott St Otsego\, MI 49078\n269-694-6104 https://peaceotsego.org\n \n \n  LAST-MODIFIED:20261008T173157 LOCATION: SUMMARY:Coming up at Peace URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.peaceotsego.com/events/coming-up-at-peace--64/202 6-10-11 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR