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 The Adult Bell Choir choir has five octaves of bells to provide music to praise our Savior in worship services. Both men and women are invited to glorify the Lord in the Adult Bell Choir. Young people are also invited to be members. The Adult Bell Choir practices once a week and beautifies the church services with their music at least once a month. For more information contact Marlene Randazzo, Director (mrandazzo@peacehartford.org).
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 The Adult Choir provides music, anthems, and psalms to the worship services. Both men and women are invited to sing praises to the Lord. The Adult Choir practices weekly, and provides music to enhance the worship service at various times throughout the year. In addition, they carol at Christmas time and have an annual picnic. For more information, contact Mike Marquardt (mmarquardt@peacehartford.org ).
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 The Altar Guild assists the pastors in preparing the altar, chancel, and church for the celebration of Holy Communion and the various seasons of the church year. All women 18 years of age and older are invited to be members of the Altar Guild. Responsibilities include the preparation for Holy Communion, weekly altar and chancel decorations, ordering communion supplies, hanging banners and altar linens for each church season, and decorating the Christmas trees. For more information, contact Amy Schulz (rschulz@charter.net ).
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The Lutheran Boy Pioneer organization provides a program of interest to the youth of the church, teaches useful skills for living in God's world, develops a knowledge of God's creation and Christian leadership skills, and encourages fellowship and serving the Lord in the church and the community. Special activities include the Pinewood Derby, campouts, and hiking. Boys in grades 1-12 are invited to join the Lutheran Boy Pioneers. Peace Lutheran joins with St. Paul's of Slinger to provide activities for the Lutheran Boy Pioneers. For more information, contact Pastor David Cooper of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, (coopcrew@charter.net ).
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 Peace Lutheran School children, grades 7-8, are invited to join in praising
the Savior in worship services as members of the Children's Bell Choir.
The Children's Bell Choir practices weekly after school. The choir rings
once a month during church services. For more information, contact Michael
Marquardt, Director (mmarquardt@peacehartford.org)
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The Christian Education Society (CES) promotes Christian fellowship
between parents and teachers as it works to develop a better understanding of
the purpose of Christian education. They support the faculty of Peace
Lutheran School in helping to develop the moral, ethical, spiritual, and
physical characteristics of the students. Their goal is to support the
school and be of service to it. The CES meets four times per year.
Other activities are planned by the organization, including helping with the
concession stand during basketball season and planning the Family Fun
Fest. For more information, contact Peter Kaphingst, President (cathy.kaphingst@api.wi.com) .
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Church Counters count and tabulate weekly church offerings and aid the Financial Secretary in recording these offerings. They arrange the envelopes in numerical order, open and count contents, and record that amount to the individual member accounts. They may assist the Financial Secretary in entering data into the church computer. For more information, contact Chuck Lisko, (cflisko@hotmail.com).
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 Peace Lutheran Church greeters warmly greet and welcome people as they enter the church for worship services. These greeters also help visitors who may be unfamiliar with the church and have questions to be answered. Greeters are volunteers and / or members of various organizations. Each volunteer or organization greets people about 4-5 times a year as assigned. For more information, contact Laurie Lepien (lipnlaurie@netwurx.net).
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 The Church Historians maintain an accurate historical record of the church and its membership. They maintain records of baptisms, confirmations, marriages and deaths; and they compile historical church documents. For more information, contact Shirley or Mert Hess.
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The Peace Lutheran library provides members with Christian oriented books, videos, and other materials that support the Bible, and that nurture, support and strengthen out faith and spiritual lives. Books on parenting, money-management, divorce, death, marriage, and many other topics are also available. Books and videos for children are also available.
The librarian and other volunteers preview materials and catalogs to select books which they feel will meet the spiritual and personal needs of members. They maintain a data base for materials, organize the books, and prepare a system for signing out books and shelving them when returned. The librarian reviews and previews donated materials.
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 The Junior Choir provides music to enhance the worship services. It is comprised of children from the Peace Lutheran Elementary School grades 5-8. Students practice twice a week during the school day, and generally, sing once a month during a church worship service.
For more information, contact Mike Marquadt (mmarquardt@peacehartford.org).
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Lutheran Girl Pioneers encourages girls to put Christ in every phase of their lives and to help them learn Christian values as they explore, discuss, and use their gifts and talents to serve their Lord Lutheran Girl Pioneers is open to girls in grades 1-12.
The girls are divided into five groups according to their ages: Sunbeams (1st & 2nd grades); Travelers (3rd & 4th grades); Trailblazers (5th & 6th grades); Homesteaders (7th & 8th Grades); and Jr Leaders/Spinners (HS). There is also an Adult Caravan Counselor and Leader/Helpers. They work on activities which promote service to the Lord including worship, evangelism, education, recreation, and special interests
For more information, contact Barb Braun (bbraun@netwurx.net). For more information on the Lutheran Girl Pioneer program visit their national website.
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Volunteers help maintain the Peace Lutheran School library
materials, such as books, videos, and other materials. The volunteers help
by returning books to the shelves and cataloging or carding the books.
They also help children develop library skills and find materials as needed for
class projects or personal reading.
For more
information, contact the school principal, Mr. James Rademan (jrademan@peacehartford.org or
262-673-3811).
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 School Lunch Program volunteers pick up, heat, and serve hot lunch meals each
day to Peace Lutheran School children and teachers. They are also
responsible for keeping the kitchen, the counter, and related areas clean and
sanitized.
One person serves as the coordinator working with approximately 24 volunteers
and five subs. They transport the lunch from Central Middle School who
also provides the instructions for heating or cooking. They stack and
setup trays, utensils, and napkins; obtain the meal counts for each class; clean
the kitchen; wash serving dishes; and return totes, trays, and silverware to
Central school. The coordinator sets up a monthly schedule, and does the
monthlly billing and reports.
for more information, contact Mr. James Rademan, Principal (jrademan@peacehartford.org or
262-673-3811).
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 Ushers assist the pastor and congregation in ways that contribute to an orderly worship service. Usher teams are comprised of male members of the church who are assigned to every worship service on a rotating basis.
The ushers distribute service bulletins before each service, assist in seating worshippers, take the offering, take and record attendance, dismiss the congregation in an orderly manner, and perform various other tasks geared towards maintaining an orderly worship, including the communion service.
For more information, contact Jim Koepsell.
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