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, October 1st
9:30 a.m.: Wise Women; contact Judy Johnson
2:00 p.m.: Zoom gathering (informal sharing and prayer)
Friday, October 2nd
7:00 p.m.: Family game night
Sunday, October 4th
10:00 a.m.: Gathering on Zoom
10:30 a.m.: Service @ PMC
Tuesday, October 6th
1:30 p.m.: Wise Guys (conversation group)
Thursday, October 8th
9:30 a.m.: Wise Women; contact Judy Johnson
2:00 p.m.: Zoom gathering (informal sharing and prayer)
Sunday, October 11th
NO 10:00 a.m.: Gathering on Zoom
NO 10:30 a.m.: Service @ PMC
4:00 p.m.: Gracious Space
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. Celebrate and honor Indigenous Americans and commemorate their histories and cultures on Indigenous Peoples Day, Monday, October 12.
Save the Date: The Fall Bonfire Party will be November 7th this year–watch for more info.
The October Congregational Meeting will be held after church on Sunday, October 25, 2026. We will affirm the nominating committee for 2027, discuss and affirm the cost for building sound panels for the sanctuary (along with the purchase of darkening blinds), committee reports, changing the constitution to allow all participants to be part of the Ministry Team as well as the Coordinating Committee and more! Mark your calendars now!
The next Ministry Team meeting is set for Tuesday, October 27, at 11:00, at the home of Steve and Eileen Unruh.
The Coordinating Committee will meet via email for the month of October. Please send any questions or concerns that might arise to Anne Bailey or any other CC member–Roberta, Kirsten, Rose. Please know that we will be working to pull together a Nominating Committee team over the next few weeks…you may be tapped! We thank all of you for your kind and generous hearts in regards to your resources of money, time, and talents!
Thanks to generous donations from the PMC Peace & Justice Committee and the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, Joni has raised the $400 in funds to pay travel expenses to bring the film “The Doctrine” to Haskell. So please disregard last week’s announcement asking for contributions.
Save the Date: The Fall Bonfire Party will be November 7th this year–watch for more info.
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!
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