NEW IN 2008

Seeds of Faith Initiative

Choosing Community over Isolation

Listening for God and helping others to turn to God are the goals of our new Seeds of Faith initiative. You are invited to enter into God’s Word and prayer, and to help others do so as well, together with a circle or group of friends. Just as resolutions to exercise and diet go better when you have someone to do it with you, so it is with the practice of Bible reading and faithful living, and with prayer. In this new church year, we will be cultivating a variety of communal plantings of Seeds of Faith: Bible study groups, prayer groups, and education groups for all ages seem logical for a church!

Leaders of existing education classes, circles and service groups are invited to join in the training events being offered, to find ideas to renew and reinvigorate your groups. As the year goes on, we will also equip members of Prince of Peace to create new networks of people who share a personal interest, an activity or a passion, and to create these networks with an intentional commitment to worship and prayer.

Adult Faith Education Training in Seattle Jan. 18-20

Training will be provided for you to become a leader in the Seeds of Faith process. The first training takes place from Friday evening, January 18, through Sunday, January 20, at Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church in Seattle. Phinney Ridge has long had a strong program of adult faith development. The program, called the Way, assists people in making the transition from the religion of their childhood (or lack of religion in their childhood) to a mature, responsible life of Christian faith. If you would like to learn more about this process at Phinney Ridge, and help design and create an adult faith formation process for our congregation, please write a note to Pastor Pam and drop it in her mail file, to make sure you are included in the training group. Circle leaders, Sunday School teachers, Vacation Bible school teachers, this is for you, too!

Small Group Leadership Training at Prince of Peace

Saturday, February 9

Pastor Eileen Hansen of Trinity Lutheran Church will offer a day of teaching on organizing and leading small groups, Sat. Feb. 9, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. In the last year or so, Trinity has had a joyous response to the development of small groups that bring members and worshippers at Trinity closer together, while at the same time creating many new paths for people to become part of the Trinity community. Pastor Hansen will bring ideas and experience so that we, too, can plant the seeds of new growth in wisdom and faith.
Again, please write a note to Pastor Pam and drop it in her mail file, to make sure you are included in the training group.