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, April 16th
Pastor Roger out of town
9:30 a.m.: Wise Women; contact Judy Johnson
2:00 p.m.: Zoom gathering (informal sharing and prayer time)
Sunday, April 19th
10:00 a.m.: Gathering on Zoom
10:30 a.m.: Worship @ PMC
Tuesday, April 21st
Pastor Roger out of town
1:30 p.m.: Wise Guys (conversation group)
Thursday, April 23rd
Pastor Roger out of town
9:30 a.m.: Wise Women; contact Judy Johnson
2:00 p.m.: Zoom gathering (informal sharing and prayer time)
Sunday, April 26th
9:30 a.m.: To be announced
10:00 a.m.: Gathering on Zoom
10:30 a.m.: Service @ PMC
Please note: Pastor Roger and his wife Cynthia will be leaving on a camping trip to Texas this coming Tuesday, April 14. They will return to Topeka on Thursday, April 23. Roger will be checking email occasionally “on the road” but may not reply quickly to emails during this time. During this time Jerry will be working mostly from home—checking email Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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
Mennonite Action will meet at noon, Sunday, April 19 at Peace Mennonite Church.
On April 19th, 2026, we’re joining our friends at Mennonite Action in Pledge Sunday. Alongside congregations across the U.S. we at Peace Mennonite Church are asking community members to become Mennonite Action monthly donors.
As a church, we are deeply committed to living out Anabaptist theology in contemporary times. Through the training, resources, and organizing provided by Mennonite Action, we’re able to step into the holy work of peace and justice as part of a larger movement. We must speak out against the genocide in Gaza and the disappearing of our immigrant neighbors, and Mennonite Action provides a vehicle to do so. They’ve set a goal of reaching 750 monthly donors by the end of the year to provide sustainable funding for this work. Mennonite Action is almost entirely funded by individual donors, not large foundations. And they need our help.
Will you become a monthly donor to Mennonite Action? Donate here
Please find a 2026 PMC directory in your mail folder in the church foyer. A full directory will be available in the near future, including an updated “friends” list.
EAST HILL SINGERS CONCERT 5/2/26 The East Hill Singers choir will be performing May 2nd at 3 p.m. at Village Presbyterian Church 6641 Mission Road in Prairie Village. Admission is free. There is a free will offering taken during the concert. The choir consists of residents from Lansing Correctional Facility and volunteers. Come join us for an afternoon of music. Several men from PMC are part of this choir.
Justice Matters upcoming event:
Nehemiah Action Assembly: Sun. April 26, 2:00 P.M. at Doubletree by Hilton, 200 McDonald Dr.
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 Eaton 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 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
Peace Mennonite Church 