Peace Presbyterian Church

FALL SERVICES

PRAYER AND PRAISE: first Sunday of each month @ 6pm for all ages.
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SUPPER AND CINEMA: every second Sunday of each month @ 5pm for all ages.
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SOAKING PRAYER: every third Sunday of each month @ 7pm for all ages.
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BIBLE CHALLENGE DISCUSSION: every fourth Sunday of each month @ 6pm for all ages.
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SPECIAL EVENTS: every fifth Sunday of each month @ 6pm for all ages.
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Prayer and Praise

This Fall 2007 we will meet at a different home each month, providing a more relaxed atmosphere to praise our Lord in fellowship with each other. If you have a particular song you love to sing, you can bring copies of the words and/or a CD for accompaniment. We begin October 07th at the home of Cindy M. (no child-care facilities at this home.)
Have you felt a yearning to pray to and praise God more? We spend some time in worship singing together, reading Scripture and praying over the needs of many. Come and enjoy the presence of the Holy Spirit in our midst as we seek Him and His will for our lives and our world.

Contact Pastor Brian for more information.

This service is separate from the Prayer Chain: contact the Deacons..

Soaking Prayer

Come and enjoy “Soaking Prayer” an opportunity to let the Holy Spirit show each participant how to be more faithful and more fruitful disciple of Jesus Christ. Come listen to quiet worship music and let the Holy Spirit personally minister to you. The focus of Soaking Prayer is spending time in God’s presence, resting in Christ’s love for you, and letting the Holy Spirit restore and renew you. Join us in the sanctuary at 7pm for Soaking Prayer; bring a pillow.

Soaking prayer is a form of contemplative prayer that focuses on being in God’s presence. Soaking prayer allows us to rest in God’s presence (Ps 37:7), and to be still and know God. When we spend time in the presence of Jesus, He gives us rest, lightens our burdens and provides a respite for our souls (Matthew 11:28-30.) This is a type of prayer that calls us to lay down our striving, put aside our “to-do” lists, and pause the activities that have us “performing” for our Lord. In soaking prayer, we focus on our relationship with our Father, letting God show us how much he loves us. The more we receive God’s love, the more we can return that love and share his love with others. Soaking prayer is very easy. All you need to soak is your desire to be with God, some quiet worship music and a pillow. Join us every third Sunday at 7pm in the sanctuary: bring a pillow and the desire, we’ll provide the worship music and the space, and God will provide the rest!

For more information, please contact Suzanne B.

For more Worship Service information, see: Joy Singers.

PRAYER INTERCESSORS TEAM

Have you felt the LORD calling you to pray for others? Have you had a hunger and thirst to learn how to pray for others? If so, please talk to Pastor Brian about being a part of a new prayer team that will be available to pray for others after our Sunday services.

NEED HELP

Have you been feeling burned-out, tired, exhausted, burdened, worried, stressed? Jesus invites us to come to Him in prayer, in order to receive release, peace, relief. If you would like prayer for any reason, members of our prayer team, the Session or the Deacons will be available to pray with you immediately after the Sunday service or even during the week if needed. Pastor Brian is also available throughout the week to visit with you and pray with you. Please don’t be afraid to take advantage of the gift of prayer. These prayer times are also confidential if requested.

International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church

November 11, 2007 www.idop.org

Healing Ministry Training Seminar

September 14-15, 2007: Oroville, California with Rev. Dan H. Prout, Sierra Ministries International
Hosted by Foothill Community Church, Rev. Phil Gilmore, Pastor
2475 Foothill Boulevard, Oroville CA
(North of Sacramento via Highways 99 and 70)
530-533-0912
Cost $40 per person, $20 youth (age 10-24). Free Saturday lunch if registered by September 10.

• Expand your understanding of biblical healing
• Find practical tools for healing ministry
• Discover how Jesus Christ plans to heal through you
• Explore key principles to release the Holy Sprit’s power
• Learn the practices which safeguard ministry integrity

SOAKING PRAYER CONFERENCE
If you’ve enjoyed soaking prayer or if you’re interested in soaking prayer but haven’t been able to come to the soaking prayer times, there is a wonderful opportunity to grow and learn about resting in God’s presence. The Mission Church in Vacaville is hosting a soaking prayer conference and training event - “Soaking In His Presence.” This three day event is geared specifically around developing an understanding of what it means to wait and rest in God’s presence. It’s out of this place of intimacy that we become partners with the Father in prayer and ministry not merely His servants. Gordon and Cathy Harris, Leaders of Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship’s School of Ministry will be the guest speakers. The conference takes place Thu-Sat. June 28 to June 30, and consists of two evening sessions, followed by a full day of training on Sat. Jun 30. If you are interested in going, contact Suzanne B. or go to the website and register at
http://tmvv.org/soakingconference.html.

National Day of Prayer

May 03, 2007 www.ndptf.org

Prayer Seminar

“Prayer in the Making: The Why and How of Effective Prayer”
Mar. 9-10, 2007 (Fri. 7pm - 9:30 pm; Sat. 9am- 4pm, includes lunch) at Celtic Cross Presbyterian Church in Citrus Heights www.celticpc.org. Explore the unique prayer capacity God has placed in you; expand your understanding of talking with God; find practical tools to stimulate your spiritual life in Christ; enrich your home and church with powerful, effective prayer; learn Biblical, strategic prayer principles for our city and region. Register by Mar. 5; $35 adults; $20 youth (ages 12-24; sorry children under 12 cannot be accommodated). Pastor Brian has more info. and registration forms.

LENTEN SERVICES 2008

Special Services include Ash Wednesday @ 7pm, Maundy-Thursday Seder Dinner March 20, 2008 @ 6:30 pm, Good Friday March 21, 2008 at 7pm, and a Resurrection Sunday Service are all part of Lent in preparation of Resurrection Sunday: March 23, 2008.

PASSOVER SEDER WORSHIP SERVICE 2008

Maundy-Thursday evening, March 20th 6:30pm, we celebrate with a special Worship Service called a Seder (SAY- dur) dinner which commemorates Passover (the Israelites freed from slavery in Egypt and spared from the tenth plague when the angel of death passed over the homes of the faithful- Jesus transformed it into the Lord’s Supper).
The official Seder Invitation: can be downloaded; the color flyer can be emailed to others or use the formal invitations to hand out to your friends and family: (color invitation, black and white invitation).

GOOD FRIDAY WORSHIP 2008
Friday, March 21, 2008 at 7pm to remember the death of Jesus on the cross for our sins.

WHAT IS LENT, AND ASH WEDNESDAY?

The first day of the Lent season, Ash Wednesday, gets its name from the custom of marking the foreheads of worshippers with ashes that have been previously blessed. In the Old Testament, ashes were a sign of mourning and of penitence, and in the season of Lent, the ashes remind us of our need to mourn our sin, and of our great need for God’s grace and for the cross. Lent marks the end of the Epiphany Season. Lent’s highlights include Ash Wednesday, and Holy Week beginning with Palm Sunday when we celebrate the Triumphant Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem declaring that He is the Messiah, Maunday Thursday when we celebrate The Lord’s Supper (Passover), Good Friday when we mark His death on the cross, and culminates in Resurrection Sunday, when we worship the only Risen Lord, Jesus! What’s the Point?

WHAT IS PENTECOST?

May 27 2007.

Pentecost means 50th day and is when Christians celebrate the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the 120 followers in the upper room 50 days after the Resurrection of Jesus (or the seventh sunday after Resurrection Sunday). Red is the liturgical color for this day recalling the tongues of flame in which the Holy Spirit descended. Pentecost occured during the Feast of Weeks (aka Feast of Harvest, and Day of First Fruits) one of the three commanded feasts by God. See more in the book of Acts chapter 2.

The Pentecost offering will be taken on Pentecost Sunday. This Presbyterian Church-USA offering began in 1989 as an offering to help children at risk, youth and young adults. Our congregation will keep 40% of this offering to help children in our community; the remainder goes to the national office and is divided between youth and young adult ministries. Show your support by wearing red to church on Pentecost Sunday.

WHAT IS ADVENT?

Advent, meaning COMING, (four Sundays before Christmas day) is the season where we prepare for Christmas day celebrating the coming of the Messiah Child who is Jesus. Purple is the liturgical color for this season recalling the majesty of our King who was born in a manger (a food trough carved into the rock) in a cave used to house animals in the Middle East in the way a wooden stable and trough worked in Europe in later centuries. See more in the book of Luke chapters 1:26 - 2:40.

CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICES 2007
We will celebrate the birth of our Lord on Mon. Dec. 24 at 6:30 pm evening service. We need five (5) readers for our evening service; please contact Pastor Brian or the Office Manager if you are interested.
See Advent Kick-off Night in the Upcoming events for more celebration information.