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Join us for family-friendly Sundays at 9:30 am!
Lenten Potlucks on Wednesdays at 6:15 PM,
followed by Holden Evening Prayer at 7:00 PM.
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Everyone Is Welcome!*
*and everyone means everyone!
Everyone Is Welcome!*
*and everyone means everyone!
Warmest welcome to our joyful, multi-generational congregation of Jesus' fans, friends, and followers. As we practice and proclaim Jesus' Way of self-giving love, we are learning to live by five truths that sum up his message for us:
✠ Jesus is Lord.
✠ Jesus is Lord.
✠ Everyone is welcome.
✠ Everyone is welcome.
✠ Love changes people.
✠ Love changes people.
✠ Everyone has something to offer.
✠ Everyone has something to offer.
✠ The world needs what we have.
✠ The world needs what we have.
We'd love to have you join us this Sunday at 9:30 AM!
Pastor Ryan and Pastor Kylee
Peace Worship: February 22, 2026
Peace Worship: February 22, 2026
the first Sunday in Lent
READING: Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7
Psalm 51
READING: Romans 5:12-19
GOSPEL: Matthew 4:1-11
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Today's gospel tells of Jesus’ temptation in the desert. His forty-day fast becomes the basis of our Lenten pilgrimage. In the early church Lent was a time of intense preparation for those to be baptized at the Easter Vigil. This catechetical focus on the meaning of faith is at the heart of our Lenten journey to the baptismal waters of Easter. Hungry for God’s mercy, we receive the bread of life to nourish us for the days ahead.
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READING: Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7
15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.”
3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God say, ‘You shall not eat from any tree in the garden’?” 2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3 but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, nor shall you touch it, or you shall die.’ ” 4 But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not die, 5 for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was a delight to the eyes and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked, and they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves.
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READING: Romans 5:12-19
12 Just as sin came into the world through one man, and death came through sin, and so death spread to all because all have sinned—13 for sin was indeed in the world before the law, but sin is not reckoned when there is no law. 14 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who did not sin in the likeness of Adam, who is a pattern of the one who was to come.
15 But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died through the one man’s trespass, much more surely have the grace of God and the gift in the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abounded for the many. 16 And the gift is not like the effect of the one man’s sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the gift following many trespasses brings justification. 17 If, because of the one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one, much more surely will those who receive the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.
18 Therefore just as one man’s trespass led to condemnation for all, so one man’s act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all. 19 For just as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so through the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous.
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GOSPEL: Matthew 4:1-11
1 Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tested by the devil. 2 He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterward he was famished. 3 The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” 4 But he answered, “It is written,
‘One does not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ”
5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, 6 saying to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written,
‘He will command his angels concerning you,’
and ‘On their hands they will bear you up,
so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.’ ”
7 Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ”
8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory, 9 and he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” 10 Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! for it is written,
‘Worship the Lord your God,
and serve only him.’ ”
11 Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him.
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Educating children ages one through five. Peace Lutheran Preschool is a place where early childhood education and the love of Jesus collide! Our highly effective teachers will create engaging and safe early childhood experiences while preparing your little ones for kindergarten and beyond; all while sharing the love of Jesus throughout their time at preschool. The perfect mix of education and play!
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Preschool is open Mon-Fri 7:30am - 5:30pm
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