Welcome to Peace.
We are an active and inclusive community of believers in Gahanna, OH, working to live out the love of Christ in a local and global setting. Our purpose is simple: to love God, neighbor, and self.
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Our weekly newsletter updates you on upcoming events, classes, group meetings and worship services. Stay connected!
Join us this Sunday: May 18, 2025
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Sermon Series:
Unshaken: Trusting God in an Anxious World In today's world, anxiety seems to be touching more of us than ever before. "Unshaken: Trusting God in an Anxious World" is our five-week journey exploring how faith speaks to our worried hearts without dismissing our real concerns. Join us as we seek biblical wisdom and practical tools to find peace, even when everything around us feels uncertain. |
Traditional Worship (Sanctuary) - 9:00am
Contemporary Worship (Sanctuary) - 10:30am
Contemporary Worship (Sanctuary) - 10:30am
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Safety
• If you are 17 and under, call Nationwide Children’s Hospital Crisis Hotline (17 & younger) at 614-722-1800 • If you are 18 and older, call Netcare Crisis Hotline (18 and older) at 614-276-2273 • Call the Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255 • Text the Crisis Text line by sending a text message to 988 • If you are having an immediate emergency, please call 911 |
Counseling Support
• Visit PsychologyToday.org or GoodTherapy.org and search by area, insurance, specialties, etc. • Mental Health America has services for people on Medicaid • Contact your insurance company or primary care doctor for referrals |
Each week we will be sharing ways to Grow. Serve. Give. at Peace and in our community.
Here are some opportunities this week:
Grow. Stonewall Columbus Pride March 2025 is Saturday, June 14th beginning at 10:30am. Join us as we once again join with the ELCA and other RIC churches, to walk in this year's Pride March. To add your name to our list of people marching with us, please register below. *Please note, in order to walk, you must be on the list to receive a wristband. Deadline to register is June 2nd
Serve. Would you be willing and able to pray for a student/adult leader who is going on a Summer Mission trip this year? Prayer partners are asked to pray for their student/adult leader and write them 3 letters that also includes a few goodies. For questions or to sign up, please contact Amelia Shrum.
Give. This week, we are recognizing our prayer shawl group. A volunteer from the team will be available at a table in the narthex and soul café after worship this Sunday. Be sure to stop by to see some of their beautiful creations and learn more about volunteering or donating towards their efforts
Here are some opportunities this week:
Grow. Stonewall Columbus Pride March 2025 is Saturday, June 14th beginning at 10:30am. Join us as we once again join with the ELCA and other RIC churches, to walk in this year's Pride March. To add your name to our list of people marching with us, please register below. *Please note, in order to walk, you must be on the list to receive a wristband. Deadline to register is June 2nd
Serve. Would you be willing and able to pray for a student/adult leader who is going on a Summer Mission trip this year? Prayer partners are asked to pray for their student/adult leader and write them 3 letters that also includes a few goodies. For questions or to sign up, please contact Amelia Shrum.
Give. This week, we are recognizing our prayer shawl group. A volunteer from the team will be available at a table in the narthex and soul café after worship this Sunday. Be sure to stop by to see some of their beautiful creations and learn more about volunteering or donating towards their efforts
Peace Vacation Bible School 2025REGISTER NOW!
Candy Creation: How sweet it is to be loved by God! Peace is once again writing their own VBS curriculum, including original music and videos. June 16-20th | 9am-Noon Ages: Pre-school thru Completed 5th grade We are in need of volunteers to help make the week an amazing success. Completed 6th grade through adults can volunteer. Registration for attendees and volunteers can use the same link.
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Help us make our sweet dreams come true for our upcoming Candy Creation VBS! Click the link below and choose what you’d like to purchase and it will be shipped directly to Peace!
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Upcoming Events:
GriefShare
New Session begins May 14th
Peace is hosting another 13 week GriefShare session that starts on Wednesday, May 14th, 1:00-2:30pm in the fireside lounge. GriefShare will provide valuable guidance and tips, leading you to relief, comfort, and peace of mind. A GriefShare support group is a safe, welcoming place where people understand the difficult emotions of grief. Through this 13-week group, you’ll discover what to expect in the days ahead and what’s “normal” in grief. Since there are no neat, orderly stages of grief, you’ll learn helpful ways of coping with grief, in all its unpredictability—and gain solid support each step of the way.
For more information, please contact Wendy Slates, or visit the GriefShare website at: https://www.griefshare.org
New Session begins May 14th
Peace is hosting another 13 week GriefShare session that starts on Wednesday, May 14th, 1:00-2:30pm in the fireside lounge. GriefShare will provide valuable guidance and tips, leading you to relief, comfort, and peace of mind. A GriefShare support group is a safe, welcoming place where people understand the difficult emotions of grief. Through this 13-week group, you’ll discover what to expect in the days ahead and what’s “normal” in grief. Since there are no neat, orderly stages of grief, you’ll learn helpful ways of coping with grief, in all its unpredictability—and gain solid support each step of the way.
For more information, please contact Wendy Slates, or visit the GriefShare website at: https://www.griefshare.org
Summer Lunch Club
Peace is excited to once again partner with GRIN (Gahanna Residents in Need) to serve children and their families through the Summer Lunch Club. We plan to prepare and serve 200 hot lunches each day the week of June 2-6, 2025.
How you can help:
Donate food items through the Amazon Wish list below and have them sent directly to Peace.
AMAZON WISH LIST
Volunteer to prep, deliver, serve or clean up meals each day. Sign up at the link below.
VOLUNTEER TO HELP
This is a wonderful opportunity to serve our community. The need is great and the rate of food insecurity continues to rise.
In 2023, the Ohio Association of Foodbanks reported providing emergency groceries 14.66 million time – a 34% increase from 2022 and a 56% increase compared to 2019.
Peace is excited to once again partner with GRIN (Gahanna Residents in Need) to serve children and their families through the Summer Lunch Club. We plan to prepare and serve 200 hot lunches each day the week of June 2-6, 2025.
How you can help:
Donate food items through the Amazon Wish list below and have them sent directly to Peace.
AMAZON WISH LIST
Volunteer to prep, deliver, serve or clean up meals each day. Sign up at the link below.
VOLUNTEER TO HELP
This is a wonderful opportunity to serve our community. The need is great and the rate of food insecurity continues to rise.
In 2023, the Ohio Association of Foodbanks reported providing emergency groceries 14.66 million time – a 34% increase from 2022 and a 56% increase compared to 2019.
Local Summer Student Mission
Current 6th - 12th graders are invited to join us June 16th - 20th for an incredible week of serving, faith building, and fun! We serve with Vacation Bible School as well as local partners, have evening worship, enjoy free time activities to spend time hanging with friends old and new, have a fun day (Zoombezi Bay), 1 overnight at Peace, opportunities to explore God's Word, and MORE!
Current 6th - 12th graders are invited to join us June 16th - 20th for an incredible week of serving, faith building, and fun! We serve with Vacation Bible School as well as local partners, have evening worship, enjoy free time activities to spend time hanging with friends old and new, have a fun day (Zoombezi Bay), 1 overnight at Peace, opportunities to explore God's Word, and MORE!
The above link gives us information for your prayer partner as well as mission trip details. Contact Amelia Shrum ([email protected]) with any questions or concerns.
Pastor's Bible Study
June 2nd, 9th, & 23rd | 6:30pm
"When, in the summer of 1955, Lutheran Church officials sent a young white West Virginian to Montgomery, Alabama, to pastor an all-black congregation, they could not have foreseen that six months later he and his family would be thrust into a second American Revolution." (from the book jacket of A White Preacher's Message on Race and Reconciliation. by Roberts Graetz, Jr.).
The late Bob Graetz, who spent most of his pastoral ministry in Ohio, was a leader in the Civil Rights movement, beginning with a personal friendship with Dr.. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Montgomery, living through his own home being bombed twice and then offered himself in a life-long career of advocating for the marginalized. Join Tim Kuenzli in a three week discussion of Bob's book, and perhaps help prepare for a week-long odyssey in a "Civil Rights Immersion" with other Peace members in July of 2026.
June 2nd, 9th, & 23rd | 6:30pm
"When, in the summer of 1955, Lutheran Church officials sent a young white West Virginian to Montgomery, Alabama, to pastor an all-black congregation, they could not have foreseen that six months later he and his family would be thrust into a second American Revolution." (from the book jacket of A White Preacher's Message on Race and Reconciliation. by Roberts Graetz, Jr.).
The late Bob Graetz, who spent most of his pastoral ministry in Ohio, was a leader in the Civil Rights movement, beginning with a personal friendship with Dr.. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Montgomery, living through his own home being bombed twice and then offered himself in a life-long career of advocating for the marginalized. Join Tim Kuenzli in a three week discussion of Bob's book, and perhaps help prepare for a week-long odyssey in a "Civil Rights Immersion" with other Peace members in July of 2026.
Stonewall Columbus Pride March 2025
Join us June 14th, 2025
Peace will once again join with the ELCA to walk in this year's Pride March. The first Pride march in Columbus, Ohio was held in June 1981. Only 200 people were in attendance, and some even wore bags over their heads to conceal their identities. Last year, we were joined by over 22,000 marchers, representing a vast array of non-profits, churches, activists, community organizations, corporate sponsors, small businesses, and political candidates!
To add your name to the list of people that will be marching with us this year, please click on the link below, fill in the information that is requested and submit your response. *Deadline to register is June 2nd.
Join us June 14th, 2025
Peace will once again join with the ELCA to walk in this year's Pride March. The first Pride march in Columbus, Ohio was held in June 1981. Only 200 people were in attendance, and some even wore bags over their heads to conceal their identities. Last year, we were joined by over 22,000 marchers, representing a vast array of non-profits, churches, activists, community organizations, corporate sponsors, small businesses, and political candidates!
To add your name to the list of people that will be marching with us this year, please click on the link below, fill in the information that is requested and submit your response. *Deadline to register is June 2nd.
To support Peace’s ongoing outreach ministries, remember these ways to give:
You can DONATE online by clicking the button to the right.
You can Text "PLCG" to 73256
You can Drop donations in our Offering Basket any Sunday during worship
Or you can mail in your donation to: 455 Clark State Rd. Gahanna, Ohio 43230
You can learn more about our community, including upcoming events, groups and classes, here on our website or follow us @peacegahanna.
We are Peace Lutheran Church. Our mission to love God, neighbor, and self.
You can DONATE online by clicking the button to the right.
You can Text "PLCG" to 73256
You can Drop donations in our Offering Basket any Sunday during worship
Or you can mail in your donation to: 455 Clark State Rd. Gahanna, Ohio 43230
You can learn more about our community, including upcoming events, groups and classes, here on our website or follow us @peacegahanna.
We are Peace Lutheran Church. Our mission to love God, neighbor, and self.
Join a Small Group!
We are excited about several new groups that are forming with upcoming event opportunities. All of our groups are open and are looking for people to join. At Peace, we believe our Small Groups bring people together, provide a place to share life, and allow you to grow in faith together. There are 3 types of Small Groups: Service, Study & Social.
There is a place for you here.
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We at Peace Lutheran Church welcome, love, and include everyone in our community of faith without condition or exception. We value each other in our similarities and our differences, including but not limited to: sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, gender expression, physical or mental ability, race, color, marital status, age, financial situation, medical condition, citizenship status, ancestry, or religious background. We are committed to just and racial equity and advocate for the marginalized.
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Peace Lutheran Church (Gahanna) is an ELCA Reconciling in Christ Community:
- Because we are ALL created in God's image (Genesis 1:26)
- Because Jesus has commanded us to love one another as Jesus has loved us (John 13:24-35, 15:12)
- Because our core purpose is to love God, Neighbor, and Self (Matthew 22:37-39)
Communion Assistants |
Welcome Force |
Weekly Flower Sponsorships |
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Join us any Sunday you have available. Check the sign up list below and join us!
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We are looking for volunteers as
Coffee Crew and Door Greeters every Sunday at both the 9am & 10:30am worship. |
Sponsor a flower arrangement in honor or memory of a loved one.
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Weekend Supplemental Meals |
Haitian Timoun Foundation |
Furniture Donations |
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We are serving 60+ students each weekend and providing 6 meals each. We are always in need of food donations. Click below to visit our amazon wish list.
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The people of Haiti are resilient, hopeful and gracious in the face of incredible obstacles. Beginning in 2020 we have been unable to visit because of travel restrictions. But the need persists. By donating, you support education, leadership and emergency funding.
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Donate your household appliances in good working order, used furniture in good condition (stain free) and household goods.
* Please Note: Large sectionals, entertainment centers and armoires are not needed. |
