Peace Presbyterian Church

9145 Franklin Blvd.
Elk Grove, CA 95758
(916) 684-8100 voice
(916) 684-7719 fax
www.peacechurch.net

Please join us for Worship and Children’s Church at 10 am.

Sunday School, “Growth Hour”, at 9 am: classes for all.

Upcoming Special Events

a member of Sacramento Presbytery, and the Presbyterian Church U.S.A.

	Mission and Evangelism formerly Mission and Peacemaking

LOCAL MISSION OPPORTUNITIES

NEW OPPORTUNITIES

See the Upcoming Special Events page for specific ministry opportunities to which you are invited.
For links to many of the projects and services we support, please see the Links page.

Emeritus Assisted Living: We serve this senior community by leading worship at Emeritus once every other month. Contact Pastor Jerry B. for more info. or to volunteer to read Scripture, pray, sing, play an instrument or act out a skit. Formerly Sunrise.

Chicks in Crisis: www.chicksincrisis.org. Contact Pastor Brian for more info.

Love Inc (In the Name of Christ): We will serve this group very soon. Contact Pastor Brian for more info.

City Hope 2009/Family Hope 2010: Elk Grove churches are working together to serve the community of Elk Grove.
www.theChurchAtElkGrove.org.: sponsoring the Elk Grove Food Bank together.

Feed My Sheep

Christmas Giving Opportunities

The Elk Grove Food Bank continues to serve many families in need. Your contributions are always appreciated. The first Sunday of the month has been designated for the donation from Peace Presbyterian. Donations may be made at any time and placed in the Food Bank Basket which resides in our Sanctuary’s Fellowship Hall. Thank you!

Hello from the Elk Grove Food Bank.

Attached is a volunteer “sign-up” form that has been developed by the “Homeless Solutions” committee of Elk Grove. We are encouraging local churches and service organizations to print out the form and share the information with their members.

A variety of volunteer services are needed in Elk Grove to help those that are less fortunate. Your help in distributing this information will be greatly appreciated, and help make a difference in someone‘s life.

Completed forms can be sent to:
Elk Grove Food Bank Services
Renee West, Caseworker
PO BOX 1447 Elk Grove, CA 95759
Phone: 525-5285

Thank you for your support.
Corinne Blakley, Elk Grove Food Bank Services
Support Works, Administrative Assistant
916-685-8453

ELK GROVE CLEANUP DAYS

AKA Creek Clean Up
www.yourcsd.com/events/upcoming.asp. What a great way to service our community and be good stewards of the environment! Participants will be treated to a BBQ lunch provided by the Lions Club of Elk Grove at Miwok Park (Village Tree Drive). No pre-registration required. Wear comfortable clothes, sturdy shoes and gloves. All participants must sign a hold harmless slip. Anyone under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

PROJECTS

Alpha, Love and Logic (Parenting), and 10 Great Dates have been completed. We may do these again.

RELAY FOR LIFE

For more information please contact Elder Allen G.: whose family participates in the event.
There’s a way you can personally help the fight cancer. And it’s right in your own backyard! Sparked by One Man’s Hope... Relay For Life(R) is the American Cancer Society’s signature activity. It began in 1985 in Tacoma, Washington when Dr. Gordon Klatt walked for 24 hours to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Peace Presbyterian Church has raised $13,317 from 2003-2007, yes that’s right, $13,317.00!

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life(R) of Elk Grove will bring together people in your community who’ve been touched by cancer. It is a day filled with fun, fellowship, and festivities. It is a time when people you know and people you don’t know team up to raise public awareness about cancer in the community and raise funds to find the cure.

Relay, the Society’s signature event, is a night of fellowship, remembrance, and hope. This unforgettable 24 hours raises awareness and funds to save lives, help those touched by cancer, and empower people to fight back against this disease. With the money raised at Relay, your American Cancer Society is working toward an important goal -- a future without cancer.
Become a part of this amazing movement and help fight cancer.
http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?pg=team&fr_id=36565&team_id=1047964.

GUEST GIFT BAGS

A small gift bag is personally given to each visiting guest of our Worship Service along with a contact card so that we may find new needs of our guest(s) and contact the guest(s) at a later date to invite them to other services and get to know them. They are found in the Fellowship Hall near the picture shown at right. Our Deacons keep them coming.

THE PEACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WEBSITE

See the Web Team page for more info.

Internet Evangelism Day

A resource for churches, Bible Colleges and other groups.
http://ied.gospelcom.net/

UPDATED

www.pcusa.org/pda/faq/donate.htm

There are two main ways we can help those affected by a natural disaster

The first is to pray: for those who have lost loved ones; for those who are homeless and hopeless; for those who are unsure of the whereabouts of friends and family; for those ministering in the midst of the death and destruction.
The second is by giving of our hearts and resources to help those in need. The Presbyterian Disaster Relief funds go directly to help those whose lives have been impacted by disasters.

Thank you for praying and giving to those who need hope and help.
- Pastor Brian

Thank you so much for your generosity.

SPECIAL OFFERINGS

ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING

Special offering collected Resurrection Sunday, a meaningful way to share God’s love with people experiencing need. In response to Christ’s love for all people, Presbyterians have joined Christians throughout the nation for more than 50 years in joyfully sharing with people in need. Your Resurrection Sunday gift supports ministries of disaster response, refugee assistance and resettlement, and community development in more than one hundred countries.
Our church raised $797.00 during our One Great Hour of Sharing in 2007.
For more information see the PC-USA website: www.pcusa.org/oghs/

THE PENTECOST OFFERING

Taken during worship Sunday, on Pentecost Sunday (50 days after Resurrection Sunday). This Presbyterian Church - USA offering began 1989 to help children at risk, youth and young adults. Our congregation will keep 40% of this offering to help children in our community. If you know of a worthy charity that supports children and young adults in our community, please contact one of Elders. And please wear red to church Pentecost Sunday in honor of this special offering!

PEACEMAKING OFFERING

First Sunday in October
The Peacemaking Offering is one of four special offerings designated by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church to support peacemaking initiatives and peace education throughout the church. The Peacemaking Offering is received by most congregations on World Communion Sunday, celebrated the first Sunday in October. Our congregation keeps a percentage to donate locally and the rest is used by synods and presbyteries and the General Assembly ministries through the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program. Peace collected $235.00 to support peacemaking initiatives and peace education through the church in 2006. Thank you for your generosity!