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Honoring Pastor Holle Plaehn
We give thanks to God for Pastor Plaehn and his service as pastor of Peace for 32 years. Read more about his ministry in this article from The News Tribune.
We give thanks to God for Pastor Plaehn and his service as pastor of Peace for 32 years. Read more about his ministry in this article from The News Tribune.
Affordable Housing – ELCA Mission Investment Fund
We found a supportive church-lending partner for our affordable housing ministry in The ELCA Mission Investment fund. Learn more in this video.
We found a supportive church-lending partner for our affordable housing ministry in The ELCA Mission Investment fund. Learn more in this video.
Racial Justice Resources
Ideas for Taking Action in These Challenging Times
Many in the Peace community have reached out to the Anti-Racism Work Group and the church staff asking what we can do during these challenging times in which many vulnerable people in our nation and world are fearful and anxious. In hopes of empowering and encouraging our church family, we are sharing ideas for action we can take to collectively make a huge impact in our community.
Every first and third Sundays, Julia Kagochi and the Anti-Racism Work Group of Peace Lutheran Church suggest 7 micro actions. Below are the lists we have provided so far.
Many in the Peace community have reached out to the Anti-Racism Work Group and the church staff asking what we can do during these challenging times in which many vulnerable people in our nation and world are fearful and anxious. In hopes of empowering and encouraging our church family, we are sharing ideas for action we can take to collectively make a huge impact in our community.
- Action We Can Take from SWWA Bishop Rick Jaech
- Ethical Choices in Unethical Times from Teri Jelinek and Craig Cogger
Every first and third Sundays, Julia Kagochi and the Anti-Racism Work Group of Peace Lutheran Church suggest 7 micro actions. Below are the lists we have provided so far.
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.
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.
Native American Justice Resources
- Rev. Irvin Porter, Associate for Native American Intercultural Congregational Support for the Presbyterian Church USA, provided these Native American Heritage Month resources.
- The Native American Justice Workshop Series was presented by Pastor Irvin Porter of Church of the Indian Fellowship and sponsored by the Conversation Around Race Group of Faith Communities (of which Peace is part). View workshop recordings and resources and materials at this link (click on “workshops and trainings”).
Pastor John recommends these books he read for continuing education:
- Anxious to Talk about It: Helping White People Talk Faithfully about Racism, by Carolyn B. Helsel
- The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism, by Jemar Tisby
- The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, by Richard Rothstein
- How to Fight Racism: Courageous Christianity and the Journey Toward Racial Justice, by Jemar Tisby
- So You Want to Talk about Race, by Ijeoma Oluo
- The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, by Heather McGhee
Opportunities to Engage in Anti-Racist Work
This is a time for deep reflection and action for justice. Check out these resources provided by Julia Kagochi from Peace to help you discern how God is calling you to respond personally.
This is a time for deep reflection and action for justice. Check out these resources provided by Julia Kagochi from Peace to help you discern how God is calling you to respond personally.
Media on Racial Justice
“William Barber on Faith and Politics” – The New Yorker Radio, WNYC Studios
“Climate Justice Can’t Happen Without Racial Justice” – TED Talk by David Lammy
Peace Lutheran Church Sermons on Racial Justice
“Transforming Tacoma – Tacoma Civil Rights Project: Remembering Our Past, Reshaping Our Destiny”
“We Need to Talk about Injustice” – TED Talk by human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson
“The Cross and the Lynching Tree: A Requiem for Ahmaud Arbery,” by Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III, a powerful sermon about America’s Original Sin of racism — how we might repent of it and be healed from it.
Ministry Plans
Newsletters
Videos
Affordable Housing
Special Videos
- Youth Mission Trip 2023 – servant learning mission experience with Mending Wings and the Yakama Nation
- Father’s Day 2023 – honoring the fathers in our lives
- Mother’s Day 2023 – honoring the mothers in our lives
- Charissa Carroll Ordination and Installation
- Pastor Plaehn Memorial Service
- 100th Anniversary Documentary
- Love to the Local: Youth Servant Learning Week
- Summer Bible Adventure Invitation from Professor Julian Snodgrass
- Summer Bible Adventure #1: Caring for God’s Creation Days 1-3
- Summer Bible Adventure #2: Caring for God’s Creation Days 4-7
- Peace Celebrates our LGBTQIA+ Siblings
- Bread for the World Offering of Letters Message
- Mother’s Day 2020 – honoring the mothers in our lives
- Father’s Day 2020 – honoring the fathers in our lives
Writing Group
The Peace Writing Group meets 4th Tuesday of the month, from 6-8 pm. Please join us and share your wonderful talents, which could involve writing, art, photos, crafts, cards, and much more, for our godly given talents take many forms.
- Coming soon! New Devotional Book
- Table of Contents Chapter Ideas
- For more information, see the Writing Group page
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