Nina Sveinson

We are excited to begin the search for a pastor to focus on spiritual formation and teaching as we rebuild community and our small group ministry.

Following our Constitution, the Board of Directors recently recruited and appointed a Call Committee for a Pastor of Spiritual Formation. We thank the following Prince of Peace members for their willingness to serve on the Call Committee: Donna Cushing, Mike Heidemann, Mike McClure, Jessica Scholl, Nancy Papatola Smith, and Diane Sonnenberg. 

The Call Committee is now inviting the Congregation to participate by submitting recommendations. You may submit potential candidate names for the Pastor of Spiritual Formation to [email protected].

Due to the number of staff transitions we have experienced over the past few months, I would like to provide an update on the progress we are making. While these transitions are never easy, I have complete trust that the Holy Spirit is moving Prince of Peace into its next chapter with hope, new energy, and purpose.

There are currently two active call committees at Prince of Peace for the purpose of calling two new pastors. One pastor, the Associate Pastor of Young Adult Ministry, will be focused on connecting with our younger generations (20’s-40’s). This is a much-needed area of emphasis. I don’t think God has given up on that generation, and we will meet that challenge. The second pastoral call will focus on spiritual formation and teaching as we rebuild community and our small group ministry.

In addition to the two pastoral positions mentioned above, we are currently working on hiring a new Director of Worship. We will provide updates as we reach the final stages of the process. We also recently posted a position for our Choral and Traditional Music Ministries. The position’s start date will be effective August 1, just in time to bring our choir and ensembles back from their summer break. Both leaders will be dynamic and engaging as we seek to bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ to our community.

Our Spiritual Care Ministry is being shored up by the addition of a part-time retired senior pastor who has recently joined Prince of Peace. He has already been officiating funerals, hospital, and home visitations. His formal welcome will come the week of May 6. In addition, we will be adding another part-time Spiritual Care Pastor in the coming weeks.

Please check the Transition Blog for updates each week as we continue making progress in our hiring efforts.

We have major challenges in front of us, but with your continued support, I trust that the days ahead are bright for our church.

Peace!

Pastor Paul Dean

Our lives are like quilts of intricate designs

With lovely patterns taking shape as the colors intertwine,

Some of the designs we create ourselves

By things we choose to do—-

Sometimes our loving God adds a special hue,

And though tomorrow’s pattern is not for us to see—-

We can trust God’s faithful, loving hand throughout eternity.

Join me as we unite in prayer and trust.

Use this prayer as your prayer or let it remind you to

pray in your own way.

~ Marilyn Tubbs

A special prayer for our congregation as we WAIT and HOPE!!!!

God of insight, wisdom, guidance and direction, our church, your church, is once again, in the process of letting go and being open to new beginnings. We feel sadness, anxiety, and loss mixed in with hopefulness for new opportunities and beginnings. Teach us to be diligent in prayer as we walk into our future. Fill our leaders and call committees with your gifts of patience and discernment. Grant us hearts that unite us in our search and a oneness as we move into the future. In the midst of our changes and transitions, hold us close and fill us with patience, unity and love. You have led us and richly blest us in the past, empower us to believe and trust that you hold our future with the same love and blessings. Loving God, give us hearts for our journey and faiths that sustain us.

For in your powerful name we pray, Amen.

We are excited to begin the search for our new Associate Pastor of Young Adult Ministry, formerly referred to as the NextGen Pastor.

Following our Constitution, the Board of Directors recently recruited and appointed a Call Committee. We thank the following Prince of Peace members for their willingness to serve on the Call Committee: Lindsey Bauer, Kaaryn Cooper, Megan Kot, Julie O’Shaughnessy, Reid Ridpath, Mike Sheldon and Calynn Walters.

The Call Committee had their first meeting with Saint Paul Area Synod Assistant to the Bishop Rolf Lowenberg-DeBoer for an orientation on call process and is now inviting the Congregation to participate by submitting recommendations.