New Pastor Begins at Church of Peace!
Our period of patient waiting is coming to a close. Please join us on Sunday, February 17th for Pastor Mariah Marlin-Warfield’s first worship service as our settled pastor. Please plan to stay afterward for a cake and punch welcome reception in Fellowship Hall.
Thank you to Rev. John Crede, Tammy Ebensberger, Rev. Ken Kuenning, Kevin Carney, Paul Waytenick, [...]
Computer lab opens
Thanks to Aaron Waytenick, Brian Wischnak, Rhys Fullerlove and Luke Cooley, our computer lab is ready to go for the January 14th opening date!
Aaron and Brian put up a wall between Room 2 and Room 3, and Rhys and Luke did the wiring for the computers.
The lab will be open Monday thru Friday from 9 [...]
Church adds new after-school program
A new after-school program will begin at the Church of Peace in the parsonage on Tuesday, January 15th. Spring Forward Learning Center will conduct the program and the church will furnish hot meals. Children from the Rock Island Academy will be here on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays until May for programs that begin around 3 [...]
Church of Peace welcomes new interim pastor
Rev. John Crede will fill the pulpit beginning January 13th. He will continue until Pastor Mariah Marlin-Warfield arrives in February. Rev. Crede will be here on Tuesdays and Sundays, and is available for pastoral care.
Rev. Crede takes over duties from Tammy Ebensberger who accepted a position at Community Congregational Church in Clinton. We welcome Rev. [...]
Stewardship Sunday
Please remember to bring your Stewardship Form and Time & Talent form on Sunday, Nov. 11th. These will be presented during the offering. Extra forms will be available. This is an important time to plan for next year.
Thanksgiving Care Packages
Church of Peace is collecting checks in the amount of $25 to furnish Thanksgiving Care Packages to distribute through the Food Pantry. If you would like to contribute, please send your check to the
office, or drop it in the offering plate on Sunday morning. Just note in the memo “Thanksgiving Care”. Thanks in advance for [...]
Church of Peace selects new Pastor
On Sunday, October 28th, Pastor Mariah Marlin-Warfield was unanimously selected at the Congregational Meeting as the new pastor for the Church of Peace. She will begin here in February.
More than 60 people attended the All Church Open House Social on Saturday night to meet Pastor Mariah Marlin- Warfield and her husband, Chris. Over 150 were [...]
Candidate Weekend
Ten months ago, the members of this church entrusted the Search Committee with the responsibility of prayerfully selecting a candidate for your approval. We gathered input from many of you as we assembled our Local Church Profile. We carefully reviewed the UCC Ministerial Profiles of 37 candidates; after checking references, we interviewed six candidates and [...]
Church wins top prize in Labor Day Parade
Congratulations! Church of Peace won the 2012 Rock Island Labor Day Parade Citizen’s Choice Award.
Summer Program Even More Successful!
The summer program continues to grow every year, despite everyone saying it just can’t get any bigger! Adding the King Center to our itinerary for this year proved to be a big jump in numbers.
During the month of June, we served over 26,000 meals to 18 different sites in the form of breakfast, lunch and [...]