Prince of Peace Lutheran Church

Fall Festival - October 4
2025-10-04 10:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
PoP Fall Festival is back on Saturday, October 4 from 10am-3pm! Mark your calendars now for PoP’s 3rd annual fall festival. Start your holiday shopping early with some of the beautiful home decor, jewelry, and pottery on offer from our vendors – and pick up some fresh produce and baked goods as well. We have space for lots of vendors, so please spread the word, and bring your friends and neighbors to shop and enjoy the day. Questions/Interested in reserving a space? Please fill out this form or contact Pamela Cook.

Saturday Service with Blessing of Pets
2025-10-11 17:00 - 18:00
Our Annual Blessing of Animals will take place during our Saturday service at 5 pm on Saturday, October 11! Come and bring your pets! (Or, if your pet really doesn’t like leaving the house, we can bless a picture, too!)

Thanksgiving Adopted Families
2025-11-23 00:00 - 23:59
As the season of gratitude and giving approaches, Prince of Peace is once again honored to participate in the City of Gaithersburg’s Holiday Giving Program. This Thanksgiving, our congregation will support six families by providing all the traditional fixings for a festive meal, along with grocery store gift cards so they can purchase additional items of their choosing.

We will not receive our families’ names until the beginning of November.

There will be many meaningful ways to contribute. Our first opportunity to help is for volunteers to serve as family contacts—reaching out to learn about any special dietary needs or requests. We will have a need for Spanish speaking individuals to contact with some of our families.

Click on this link to participate in the program. If you have questions please reach out to Cherie.

Church & Community Christmas Program
2025-12-13 18:00 - 2025-12-14 16:00
For this year’s Christmas Pageant, you are invited to join us as guests In Bethlehem Inn (the Fellowship Hall)! Enjoy a sampling of first century foods and meet the characters in the story, followed by Carols, Cocoa, Cookies and Tree Lighting on the patio! Please sign up here for a seating on either Saturday, Dec. 13 at 6 pm (after the Saturday service) or Sunday, Dec. 14 at 3 pm! (If you would like to help donate towards the Bethlehem snack platters, please sign up here!)

Giving Tree
2025-12-14 11:00
Prince of Peace is participating in the Giving Tree program with Brown Station Elementary School in Gaithersburg, providing selected students and their siblings with holiday gifts. The school identifies a few families that need some help for the holidays and then sends us the wish list from the kids. Then we shop!

A Sign-Up Genius is available NOW by clicking here! A box for the gifts will be in the Narthex on Sunday, November 30th. The deadline for gifts is Sunday, December 14, 11:00 am. Contact Kathy Mellott with questions.

Advent Evening Prayer - Wednesdays in Advent
2025-12-17 19:15 - 19:40
Come join us for a service of Holden Evening Prayer each Wednesday in Advent at 7:15 pm (December 3, 10 & 17). You are welcome to join us in person or livestream on our Facebook page! If you are joining us for worship online, click here for the bulletin link for Holden Evening Prayer.
A time of fellowship with wine, cheese and finger food will precede each service beginning at 6:15 pm.

In-Person & Livestream Worship - Sunday, December 21 @ 10 am
2025-12-21 10:00 - 11:00
Please join us for worship in-person or online at 10 am on Sunday, December 21! The service will be streamed on our Facebook page.

We will also include Holy Communion as part of our livestream service. You can read more about how you can prepare and participate by reading “Holy Communion in Extraordinary Times.”

You may also download a copy of the bulletin by clicking here.

Christmas Eve Worship
2025-12-24 00:00 - 23:59
Join us for worship on Christmas Eve, either in person or livestream on our Facebook page!

We have two Christmas Eve services:

Children’s Service @ 4 pm (click here for the bulletin download)

Carols & Holy Communion @ 7 pm (click here for the bulletin download)

Christmas Day Worship
2025-12-25 10:00 - 11:00
Join us for worship on Christmas Day at 10 am, either in-person or on livestream on our Facebook page!
(Click here to download a copy of the bulletin.)

Saturday Service - January 10
2026-01-10 17:00 - 18:00
Our next Saturday Service will be held on Saturday, January 10 at 5 pm! This service will have the same sermon and readings as the Sunday service, but will not be livestreamed.

Annual Congregational Meeting
2026-02-01 11:15 - 12:30
Our Annual Congregational Meeting will be held on Sunday, February 1 at 11:15 am (immediately following the worship service). At this meeting, we’ll hear about plans for 2026, adopt the budget and elect new Council members. Members are encouraged to attend in-person, but may also join by Zoom by clicking here. Everyone is also encouraged to read the Annual Report by clicking here. (Note that we will update this link as we get more reports in.)

Souperbowl Sunday!
2026-02-08 00:00 - 23:59
Souper Bowl Sunday is coming soon! Please join the Sunday School in supporting the clients of Gaithersburg HELP by donating hearty soup, stew, or chili. Donate between January 25 and February 8. Add Souper Bowl canned goods to your shopping list now!
