Peace Breakfast Providers Needed
Able to provide breakfast on a Sunday? We need you. Idea: connect with a few other people (family, friends) to share the work. Sign up on Welcome Table clipboard. Questions? Ask Teresa Jackson.
Peace Lutheran Church Events & Information
Sunday Morning Schedule
8:30 am: Worship
9:30 am: Breakfast & Fellowship
9:45 am: Education Hour
11 am: Worship (also livestreamed), with Refreshments & Fellowship following
Sunday Morning Faith Opportunities 9:45-10:45 am
Godly Play for children ages 4–3rd grade (basement classroom)
Explorers for 4th-6th grade (multipurpose room classroom)
Feet to Faith class for 6th-8th grade (conference room)
Adult & Older Youth Education (multipurpose room)
Upcoming Adult & Older Youth Education Sundays at 9:45 am
April 19: Ministry of Place Housing Directions Update, led by Brendan Nelson
April 26: Women in the Bible series begins, led by Lorena Guerrero, Sarah ButlerWills, Neoma Clay, and others
Thursday Community Bible Study
It’s resuming Thursday April 16! Pastor John leads a Bible Study in the conference room and online (Teams) Thursdays 1 to 2 pm on the scriptures for worship the following Sunday. Email him for the Teams link.
Special Worship & Music Experiences Coming at Peace
Sunday April 26 at 11 am: : Peace Lutheran Church and Jehovah Jireh Church (Samoan congregation that meets on Sunday afternoons at Peace) join in worship with a potluck to follow! Don’t miss it! Bring a potluck item to share!
Sunday April 26 at 4 pm in the sanctuary: A Celebration of Holden Village Music at Peace Lutheran Church! A gathering of singing, community, and sacred space. Bring your voices, instruments, family, and friends! With musicians Steve Wolbrecht, John Hermanson, and Maren Marchesini. Again, don’t miss it!
Children’s Choir
We’re putting Kids First! Our music ministry invites you and your children to stay after 11 am worship (grab snacks first!) twice a month so kids can spend an hour singing unto the Lord and preparing to share their gifts the first Sunday of each month at 11 am worship. Rehearsals will typically be 3rd & 4th Sundays.
Peace Devotional Book
It’s here! The second Peace Devotional Book is ready for you! Special thanks to our dearly departed Shari Shelton and the Writing Group for pulling together the reflections and writings in this very large book (over 500 pages), and thanks to all who contributed! Cost is a donation of $20 or more (actual cost per book was $50). If you would like a book and the cost is a hardship, please contact Pastor John. We also have a few of the first Peace Devotional Books available for purchase for $20. To buy a book, contact the church office.br>
Friday Morning Men’s Fellowship
7–8:30 am every Friday at the new classroom across the alley from Peace Lutheran Church. All men are welcome. Bible study, fellowship, and prayer support. Contact Malcolm Carroll with question or just show up.
Peace Cafe
To support our community, we are open on Fridays from 3-7 pm. Community members can grab refreshments and enjoy a movie, games, fellowship, and join us for our community meals from 5:30-6:30 pm.
Clothing Bank and Community Meals
Community Resources Meals are served Fridays from 5:30-6:30 pm.
Clothing Closet hours are from 6-7 pm on Mondays and Fridays.
Please feel free to call 253-383-1317 or email plcadmin@peacetacoma.org if you have questions or would like to volunteer.
Peace Bumper Stickers
Interested in a bumper sticker that says, “I’m at Peace on the Hilltop”? Cost is $5 toward the emergency assistance fund. See Teresa Jackson in the kitchen on Sundays to purchase one!
Immigration Conversation Presentation
Did you miss the after worship conversation when members of the Anti-Racism Work Group led us in a conversation about new policies about immigration, what ICE can and cannot do, what individuals have the right to, and what strategies we can employ as a church body? Check out the presentation here. More info to come.
Anti-Racism Toolkit
We are working on ways to be intentionally inclusive and equitable within our church community and beyond. The Anti-Racism Work Group has developed this anti-racism toolkit to allow all of us to explore concrete ways to weave anti-racist practices into our church life. Please check it out and learn more about it this fall in Sunday Faith Education classes.
Anti-Racism Book Resource Library
The Anti-Racism Work Group has rolled out a book cart with their recommended anti-racism books to borrow for your personal growth and deeper understanding. Check it out on Sundays in the multipurpose room.
Children’s Worship
Children’s Worship is offered in person during 11 am worship. Children are invited to the basement classroom (with air purification) after the scripture readings for a special Godly Play Bible story and response time, and then they will return to the sanctuary to join their family for the time of Holy Communion.
2026 Ministry Plan and Annual Report
If you haven’t seen a copy of these documents distributed at the Annual Congregational Meeting, check them out using the links above or find copies on the table outside the sanctuary. God is doing great things in and through Peace Lutheran Church! Thanks be to God!
Future Directions of Peace Lutheran Church
We have been asking, as followers of Jesus, how is God calling us to do God’s work, to love God and love our neighbor, at this time and in this place? A foundational commitment to anti-racism and a group of recommendations have arisen from this Future Directions discernment process.
Please pray for our church as we seek to live out these Future Directions, and please consider how you will “get in where you fit in.”
Peace Community Center Events & Information
Support for Peace Community Center
The Board of Directors of Peace Community Center asks for our community’s continued care, service to students, prayers, and ongoing financial support as we engage the challenging, but necessary work, of building a more sustainable future for Peace Community Center.
Community Engagement and Strategic Planning Process
Please read the most recent update from the Board of Directors here.
Community Engagement
City of Tacoma’s Urban Forestry Department and the Pierce Conservation District
Is aiming to increase tree cover in Tacoma, Lakewood, Puyallup, and unincorporated Pierce County. Neighborhood trees provide cooler temperatures, stormwater control, cleaner air, and numerous other benefits to our communities. To make it easy and affordable to enjoy these health benefits, our Urban Tree Sale offers street friendly trees for just $10-$30, along with a virtual planting workshop. For more information visit us at https://www.pcdwaterquality.com/.
Tacoma Tree Foundation
Is excited to share that we are now part of the Community Hub at the Tacoma Public Library – Main Branch! We’re moving to our new office at the Hub this week! Our new location is 1102 Tacoma Ave. South, Tacoma, WA 98402. The Hub’s entry is at the northwest corner of S 11th St and Court F. Please visit our website for more information.
National Day of Racial Healing Video
If you missed the online Night of Centering Multiracial Voices from across the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the recording may be found here. This was a powerful event for the 2026 National Day of Racial Healing featuring intentional storytelling through words and music with opportunities for deep listening and reflection.
Equity Community Events and Opportunities
Visit MulticulturallyMinded PC on Facebook/Instagram to learn about Cultural/Community events in our area. Questions? Ask Lea Green
Shalom Project – a Partnership with St. Mark’s by the Narrows Lutheran Church
Peace Lutheran Church and St. Mark’s have partnered around a Shalom Project to bring solar panels to the houses we steward and to work on bringing more trees to the Hilltop. Read more and see photos about the solar project and the tree project.
Summer Late Nights: Free Hangouts and Dinner for Tacoma Teens Tacoma Public Schools middle and high schoolers will have a free place to get dinner and hang out with friends every weeknight this summer starting June 26. Summer Late Nights opens across Tacoma, with schools, community centers and non-profits opening their doors to keep teens safe and engaged.