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Call to Artists: Art and Music Festival set for June 4

by admin-PLC

Call to Artists: Art and Music Festival set for June 4 – Click here to download the flyer (pdf) All artists welcome: paintings, photos, sculptures, ceramics, fiber, wood and more! A delightful opportunity to share your talent with the community and beyond! Peace Lutheran Church is hosting its Third Annual Arts@Peace Art & Music Festival, […]

In-Person Sunday Worship

by Cathy Chmel

Change in Mask Policy at Worship – From the Peace Lutheran Church Council Starting Sunday, November 13, 2022 – masks will be highly recommended but not required at worship. Some of you have asked about wearing masks in recent weeks, and thus, we are updating the policy to give worshippers a choice. Covid is still […]

Construction Now Underway on Health Clinic in Nyarubuye

by Cathy Chmel

“Rwanda has prioritized a decentralized health care system. This accounts for Rwanda’s success in combatting the pandemic.” – Agnes Binagwaho, Former Minister of Health, now at Harvard Medical School Community Clinics making a difference Community clinics in Rwanda are playing a critical role in protecting the health of local communities, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pacific […]

Walk for Rwanda

by admin-PLC

October 10-17, 2020. ‘Walk” the Virtual Walk 2020 Trail Photos – Click here We WALK because thousands were forced to walk hundreds of miles to flee RWANDA when about a million people were tragically murdered in the ethnic genocide of 1994. We WALK because Peace Lutheran Church has helped Pastor John Rutsindintwarane since 1999 enable […]

Peace Lutheran also offers Sunday worship services online

by Cathy Chmel

Peace Lutheran also offers Sunday worship services online. As state mandates fluctuate, contact Peace for information about our worship services either online or in-person. The joy of God’s presence continues to lift people up through online worship services at Peace Lutheran Church in Grass Valley. Anyone can find spiritual nourishment amid the COVID-19 pandemic through Peace’s […]

Church doors closed, but joy continues online

by Trina Kleist

Peace Lutheran offers Sunday worship services online The joy of God’s presence continues to lift people up through online worship services at Peace Lutheran Church in Grass Valley. Though church pews sit empty, anyone can find spiritual nourishment amid the COVID-19 pandemic through Peace’s music, scripture readings and preaching. Despite recent state guidelines that outline […]

Calif. governor offers worship guidelines

by Trina Kleist

‘Not yet time to put aside concerns’ about Covid-19, Holmerud says Worship guidelines issued by the state of California on May 25 prompted Bishop Mark W. Holmerud, of the Sierra Pacific Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, to send this letter to congregation members on May 27. In it, he urges congregations to […]

Bishops: Church Re-Opening Not Safe Now

by Trina Kleist

Church re-opening “at odds” with scientific advice Church re-opening should come when COVID-19 conditions are safer, three Lutheran bishops write. Dear People of God of the congregations of the Sierra Pacific Synod, the Southwest California Synod, and the Pacifica Synod: Grace and peace to you, in the name of the risen and ascended Christ! It is […]

Faith and hope amid uncertain times

by Trina Kleist

God walks with us now! Uncertain times can fill us with fear. People naturally seek stability. We want to know what comes next. So when our world grows uncertain, our faith grows even more important in our lives. Know that God walks with you, no matter what happens! Read more about plans for the near […]

Worship and Other Activities Suspended

by admin-PLC

Late yesterday afternoon we received an email from Bishop Holmerud of the Sierra Pacific Synod, strongly urging “all congregations and ministries to suspend worship and other activities through Palm Sunday, April 5th, and possibly beyond that date”.  He also encouraged all community activities that take place at church sites to be suspended for the same […]