Note: The full Peace Mennonite church building calendar appears at the bottom of this webpage.

Sunday Morning Schedule:
10:00 a.m. Community-Building 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, May 7th
9:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.: Pastor Roger’s office hours
9:30 a.m.: Wise Women; contact Judy Johnson
2:00 p.m.: Zoom gathering (informal sharing and prayer)
6:00 p.m.: Coordinating Committee meeting

Sunday, May 10th
NO 10:00 a.m.: Gathering on Zoom
NO 10:30 a.m.: Service @ PMC
4:00 p.m.: Gracious Space

Tuesday, May 12th
9:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.: Pastor Roger’s office hours
1:30 p.m.: Wise Guys (conversation group)

Thursday, May 14th
9:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.: Pastor Roger’s office hours
9:30 a.m.: Wise Women; contact Judy Johnson
2:00 p.m.: Zoom gathering (informal sharing and prayer)

Sunday, May 17th
10:00 a.m.: Gathering on Zoom
10:30 a.m.: Service @ PMC
After Service: Congregational meeting

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 , Sharon McCulley (sharon.mcculley@gmail.com), or Roger Neufeld Smith directly, or see the sign-up sheet in the hall.

Announcements

The meal planned for Gracious Space on Sunday will be a Baked Potato Bar. Bring toppings for the potatoes and side dishes to share.

Please note the planned congregational meeting: The Coordinating Committee met after our time with Raylene and decided that the next step in the discernment process would be to call a congregational meeting for May 17 after worship for further discernment and possible congregational action regarding land acknowledgment. Please plan to bring a sack lunch and attend this important meeting.

“FRIENDS OF PEACE MENNONITE” FACEBOOK GROUP CLOSING
As the primary administrator, I will be closing and deleting our private “Friends of Peace Mennonite” Facebook group on Friday, May 8. It doesn’t get much activity these days, plus Facebook is changing the settings for private groups which will allow Facebook to choose content from our private group and share it publicly for “marketing” to potential new members. Please copy and save any photos, announcements, or other content you would like to keep for yourself by FRIDAY, MAY 8. Contact Becky with questions.

Transition Notes for our time between pastors:

–During the interim the pastor’s email will be monitored by Pastor Roger Neufeld Smith. (peacemennopastor@gmail.com)
–The Administrative Assistant, Jerry Dowdle, will be working Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please send information you wish to share to peacemennonite@gmail.com. by Monday nights.
–For pastoral care needs: Contact Pastor Roger (see above).

Ongoing/Recurring/Past Announcements

Vickie gave us a wonderful presentation of her work with indigenous women on beautiful Lake Atitlan in Guatemala. The organization she works with is the Organization for the Development of the Indigenous Maya (ODIM). Their services include dental and medical clinics, an adolescent health program, a diabetes program (where Vickie serves) and a “Mommy and Me” program. Vickie would be glad to organize a mission trip to Guatemala with Peace Mennonite folks. You can find more information about this organization here where you can also make a donation to one of their many programs. You can also contact ODIM at executive.director@odimguatemala.org.

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 four-six 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. Vickie will be available after the service today to talk to anyone who would like more information about the trip.

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