Note: The full Peace Mennonite church building calendar appears at the bottom of this webpage.
Sunday Morning Schedule:
9:30 a.m.: Sunday School (last Sunday of the month)
10:00 a.m. Gathering on Zoom
10:30 a.m. In-person Worship on 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Sundays
Every Second Sunday is Gracious Space: Faith and Food for all Ages at 4:00 p.m.
Just click on this link to get into our Zoom gatherings.
Upcoming events at Peace Mennonite
Thursday, September 3rd
9:30 a.m.: Wise Women; contact Judy Johnson
2:00 p.m.: Zoom gathering (informal sharing and prayer)
Friday, September 4th
7:00p.m.: Family game night @ PMC
Sunday, September 6th
10:00 a.m.: Gathering on Zoom
10:30 a.m.: Service @ PMC
Tuesday, September 8th
1:30 p.m.: Wise Guys (conversation group)
Thursday, September 10th
9:30 a.m.: Wise Women; contact Judy Johnson
2:00 p.m.: Zoom gathering (informal sharing and prayer)
Sunday, September 13th
NO 10:00 a.m.: Gathering on Zoom
NO 10:30 a.m.: Service @ PMC
4:00 p.m.: Gracious Space worship and shared meal
Access worship volunteers schedule here.
*If you are interested in volunteering to help lead worship services (worship leader, sermon, music, or scripture reading), please contact worship committee: Kirsten Bosnak, or Sharon McCulley (sharon.mcculley@gmail.com) directly, or see the sign-up sheet in the hall.
Announcements
Going Beyond the Land Covenant. Support Haskell University by attending the Haskell Stadium & Arch Centennial Celebration, September 18-19. Events include: community bison harvest & feed, film screenings, and Saturday powwow. More information at haskell.edu.
Notice to the Congregation
Exciting news!!!! Starting on September 1, 2026, Pastor Rosi Penner Kaufman and Pastor Roger Neufeld Smith will be available for pastoring our congregation. We have “prepaid” for their services for a year, and you may contact them in times of crisis, possible hospice visits, upcoming surgeries, for prayer, and pastoring with life’s issues at no additional cost. These two wonderful people have agreed to help us as we navigate without a settled pastor, giving us the gift of their skills and time. This is a casual relationship, and the “rules” are fuzzy as no one else in the Western District Conference has ever had this kind of relationship with former pastors. We will discuss “How is it going?” at our fall congregational meeting tentatively scheduled in October.
Questions? Please reach out to the Ministries Coordinator, Anne Bailey, or to anyone on the Coordinating Committee!
Justice Matters Session
Joe and Susan will host this year’s Justice Matters listening session on Sept 23 at their home. All PMC members and friends are welcome. Join us at 6PM for an evening of sharing and listening — and a light dinner of homemade soups and fresh bread. The listening session is a chance to share observations and stories about pressing problems in our community. Justice Matters will study our stories to gain insights and set a direction for the coming year.
A Gift for PMC—Friday, August 21, 2026
Last Friday, I got a message on my phone from the Douglas County Community Foundation that said that they had a check for Peace Mennonite Church. I showed it to Rich, and I said, “Is this a scam?” The answer is: No! We hopped in the car and drove downtown to U.S. Bank and there, Chip Blaser presented to me a check for $40,000 for Peace Mennonite Church and their general fund. The anonymous donor wanted to give a gift that might help us in our quest for searching for a new pastor. We are honored and elated to have received this very generous gift. Thank you, donor, from the bottom of our hearts!
–Anne Bailey, Ministries Coordinator
Transition Notes for our time between pastors:
You may contact Roger and Rosi for pastoral care needs.
Anne Bailey is the Ministries Coordinator (point person for office, committee coordination, & monitoring pastor’s email). In case of emergency call Anne at (785) 766-2762, or email at (anne_edwards@sbcglobal.net).
The Administrative Assistant, Jerry, will be working Tuesdays and Thursdays—mostly from home. Please send information you wish to share to peacemennonite@gmail.com. by 8am Tuesdays.
Ongoing/Recurring/Past Announcements
Peace Mennonite ODIM Guatemala Service Trip — February 20-28, 2027
The purpose of our trip is to learn about the work of the Organization for the Development of the Indigenous Maya (ODIM) and to experience Guatemalan culture. We will also serve the local communities of San Juan and San Pablo la Laguna by helping to install clean-burning stoves and providing water filters for potable water for local families. Additional cultural activities may include touring the local coffee, weaving, chocolate and honey cooperatives, exploring the historic colonial town of Antigua, and other cultural cooperatives and galleries in the villages around Lake Atitlán. Activities are subject to change due to weather, schedule, or availability.
You can find written information about this trip in the church foyer.
Please contact Roberta Renz or Vickie Eaton if you are interested.
Peace Mennonite Church archival records at the University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library
Below is the link to our PMC archives. We have a storied history here in Lawrence, and many, many people have impacted who we are today. The collection provides information about the Peace Mennonite Church and its predecessors from its founding in the late 1970s through the late 2020s.
Here’s the online finding aid for the PMC collection
If you expand the links on the right side of the page under “Collection organization,” you’ll see the extent of what was collected previously. Or, you can look at the black/blue tabs near the top of the page to learn more details about the collection.
PMC has a post office box, for its mail. We particularly ask that you use this address for any financial correspondence:
Peace Mennonite Church
P.O. Box 451
Lawrence, KS 66044
Online maps of the PMC gardens can be accessed with this link, and the maps are also in a three-ring notebook in the library if people would like to take the book and walk the gardens sometime.
View mast photos from our wildflower garden.
Photos related to the Service of Repentance and Restoration can be accessed at this Link.
The second Sunday of every month our in-person service will be our Gracious Space event at 4:00, which will include a shared meal. Our meals together on the second Sunday of each month are an important opportunity for us to connect and build community.
For announcements, contact information updates, and other general questions and information please continue to use the regular office email peacemennonite@gmail.com. Email checked most Tuesdays and Thursdays.
If you would like to receive our weekly email newsletter, please sign up on our home page.
The Peace Mennonite Church library is now searchable online, linked to the church website, and accessible via the library heading on our website.
Your regular financial contributions to Peace Mennonite as well as contributions to the church benevolence fund (to help those with financial difficulties) can be mailed to the church (PO Box 451, Lawrence, KS 66044) or online. (Please indicate if the money is intended for the benevolence fund.)
Broader church resources/links
BETHEL COLLEGE
WESTERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE (WDC)
Mennonite Church USA MC USA
MENNONITE CENTRAL COMMITTEE NEWS (MCC)
Center for Justice and Peacebuilding
Mennonite Creation Care Network
CAMP MENNOSCAH NEWS– website link
Rocky Mountain Mennonite Camp
Mennonite Mission Network website link
Mennonite World Conference
MWC’s Courier magazine here
Mennonites Against Militarism
Mennonite Women USA —website link
Mennonite Men — website link
Mennonite Disaster Service