Summer feeding program to resume next month
The Summer Feeding program has resumed. The Church of Peace serves more than 2,000 meals a day!!
Rev. Michael Swartz Retirement Festivities
Please make plans to join us as we honor our Pastor Rev. Michael Swartz, who has served the Church of Peace for more than 20 years. Saturday, June 23rd 6:00 pm Program & Catered Dinner Sunday, June 24th 10:30 am Joyful Worship Service Sunday, June 24th 12 noon-2:00 pm Reception in Fellowship Hall Reservations are due by June 1st.
Search Committee Update – May
Greetings from the Search Committee Candidates April was a busy month for the search committee. At the end of March, our job announcement was posted to the UCC website. Since then we have had 20 candidates apply for the position. We have had people apply from all corners of the country, all ages, genders and a wide variety of backgrounds. The committee has diligently reviewed all of their resumes. Most of the resumes ranged from 20-40 pages. During this process, we discussed with each other which ones we felt would be a good fit for our church. To the ones we felt were ...
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Rev. Michael Swartz Retirement FestivitiesPlease make plans to join us as we honor our Pastor Rev. Michael Swartz, who has...
Virtual Tour
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Rev. Michael Swartz Retirement FestivitiesPlease make plans to join us as we honor our Pastor Rev. Michael Swartz, who has...
Clean up day on Saturday
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Summer feeding program to resume next monthThe Summer Feeding program has resumed. The Church of Peace serves more than 2,000 meals a day!! Read More →
Search Committee Update – May
Greetings from the Search Committee Candidates April was a busy month for the search committee. At the end of March, our job announcement was posted to the UCC website. Since then we have had 20 candidates apply for the position. We have had people apply from all corners of the country, all ages, genders and a wide variety of backgrounds. The committee has diligently reviewed all of their resumes. Most of the resumes ranged from 20-40 pages. During this process, we discussed with each other which ones we felt would be a good fit for our... [Read more]
Holy Land Presentation
On Sunday April 15 at 9:00 am in the Lounge, Karen and Darryl Anderson will present a program on their recent trip to the Holy Land. This promises to be a very interesting and informative spiritual journey, especially at this time of year. Please plan on joining us; and as always, invite a friend! Read More →
Intersession Meals Program Wrap-Up
Thanks to our volunteers for so generously donating their time to the Intersession Meals Program held March 12-23. We served approximately 2,800 meals to children and 370 meals to adults in the Family Literacy Program during the 10-day break from school. This number includes not only Church of Peace but also the King Center. Those who helped us out were Bill & Carol Atkins, Ernie Colclasure, Grace Franck, Judy Hansen, Pauline Hartung, Jim & Pat Lerch, Judy Linn, Joann Love, Gloria Linton, and Judy Patsch. The Family Literacy Program... [Read more]
Church of Peace hosts media event for Health Initiative
Explaining the need for mammograms and pap smears to immigrant women—who don’t speak English—is a challenge for health care workers and those trying to help the immigrants assimilate into a new country. Thanks to a “Susan G. Komen Quad Cities” grant, there is a new picture book designed to educate the women about the procedures. A sneak preview of the book will be held Wednesday, March 28th at 10:00 am at Church of Peace in Rock Island (1114 12th Street). The list of attendees at the news event who will be available for interviews include... [Read more]
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