Joyful Noise children's choir
2026-01-28 17:00 - 17:30, 2026-02-04 17:00 - 17:30 (America/Chicago)
Joyful Noise is young vocal choir for children ages 3 through 2nd grade. Interactive and lively songs are performed at occasionally scheduled Sunday and seasonal worship services throughout the school year. Children will learn basic vocal skills and have fun singing songs, learning actions and playing games that will encourage a love for music! Rehearsals will be Wednesdays from 5:00 – 5:30PM during the school year.

Common Table Cafe - Everyone is welcome!
2026-01-28 17:00 - 18:15, 2026-02-04 17:00 - 18:15
Practicing the essence of GRACE each week, the CTC strives to provide busy people with healthy, delicious food and experience of renewal mid week. All the food is free. Donors provide us with the staples and volunteer chefs cook the meals. Our goal is to provide wonderful meals – filled with good wholesome ingredients – that fill our bodies and souls with all that we need to be whole again.
Wednesdays from 5:00 – 6:15 PM during the academic year.
We practice generosity by sharing whatever we have to offer in a free will basket that is designated for an outreach ministry in our community or greater world. It is not about paying for food or any other costs associated with the Common Table Café. It is the kind of grace we can pass along to others on the days that we have something good to add to the greater goodness of the world beyond ourselves.
We invite you to donate and/or volunteer in any way you can for our Wednesday evening meals. Please contact Carrie Miller at carrie.miller@explorepeace.org with questions or to talk further about how to become part of this important ministry.

Chapel Chimes (4th - 6th graders)
2026-01-28 17:30 - 18:15, 2026-02-04 17:30 - 18:15
Chapel Chimes is a youth hand chime group for children in 4th through 6th grade that performs at Wednesday worship services and occasionally at scheduled Sunday worship services throughout the school year. Rehearsal is on Wednesday afternoons from 5:30PM to 6:15PM. No music experience is required. New members meet briefly with the music coordinator to learn the basics of reading music.

KiX (Kids In Christ) aka Sunday School
2026-01-28 18:15 - 19:00, 2026-02-04 18:15 - 19:00
Kids in Christ (KiX) is what most people know as “Sunday School”. It is a place where we do hands on projects and engage in various experiences to learn about Jesus and important stories of the Bible. It is for students ages 3 through Grade 4. KiX happens twice a week during the academic year—Wednesdays at 6:15 PM and Sundays at 9:00 AM. Depending upon your schedule, you can attend the session that is most convenient for you each week. Friends are welcome.
If you are a parent of a 3 year old through 4th grade student who is interested in learning more about the KiX program, please contact Shannon Conners, KiX Coordinator at shannon.conners@explorepeace.org.

Preschool & 4K
2026-01-29 07:00 - 15:30, 2026-01-30 07:00 - 14:30, 2026-02-02 07:00 - 15:30, 2026-02-03 07:00 - 15:30, 2026-02-04 07:00 - 15:30, 2026-02-05 07:00 - 15:30, 2026-02-06 07:00 - 14:30

Coffee & Chocolate Bible Study (with Pastor Doug)
2026-01-29 09:00 - 10:00, 2026-02-05 09:00 - 10:00
Coffee and Chocolate is a group that meets each week to contemplate and discuss the Revised Common Lectionary texts alongside the current world news. It is always a deep and lively conversation…and the chocolate and coffee are an added bonus.
Please join this group any time you might want to give it a try. It meets at 9:00 AM in the Fireside Room on Thursdays at Peace.
Locations and meeting dates occasionally change throughout the seasons. For more information or to be included in Coffee and Chocolate email communications, contact Pastor Doug Locken at doug.locken@explorepeace.org.

Gallery Exhibit Opening for Mark Weller, lens-based artist
2026-01-30 16:00 - 19:00
Come join us for a festive evening to meet the artist, view his work, enjoy jazz musicians Roxy and Alan, and enjoy our charcuterie table and mocktail bar.
Inspired by over 30 years of observing Waunakee’s skies, the exhibition captures dramatic cloud formations shaped by the area’s unique location along the 43rd parallel. Using a technique called timestacking, artist Mark Weller layers hundreds of exposures into single images, revealing motion, emotion, and the passage of time across familiar local landscapes.
About the Artist:Wisconsin-born artist Mark Weller is internationally recognized for his innovative, lens-based work that expands the boundaries of photography. His art has been exhibited in more than 200 museums and galleries worldwide.

JuBELLation ringers rehearsal
2026-01-30 18:00 - 19:00

KiX (Kids In Christ) aka Sunday School
2026-02-01 09:00 - 09:45, 2026-02-08 09:00 - 09:45
Kids in Christ (KiX) is what most people know as “Sunday School”. It is a place where we do hands on projects and engage in various experiences to learn about Jesus and important stories of the Bible. It is for students ages 3 through Grade 4. KiX happens twice a week during the academic year—Wednesdays at 6:15 PM and Sundays at 9:00 AM. Depending upon your schedule, you can attend the session that is most convenient for you each week. Friends are welcome.

Sunday morning Worship with Holy Communion
2026-02-01 09:00 - 10:00, 2026-02-08 09:00 - 10:00

Hospitality Hour
2026-02-01 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-02-08 10:00 - 11:00
Coffee, donuts and lots of hospitality happen on a Sunday morning, right after worship! Come and join us at the tables and chairs in the Narthex.

Peace Choir rehearsal (Music Room)
2026-02-01 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-02-08 10:00 - 11:00
Peace Choir is a vocal choir for adults and high school age students that performs an anthem approximately two times a month during Sunday worship services throughout the school year including special music for the Easter and Christmas seasons. Rehearsal is every Sunday after worship from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM. All are welcome – no auditions!

Radical Ringers handbell rehearsal (middle school, high school, and beyond)
2026-02-01 18:00 - 19:00
Radical Ringers is a middle and high school hand bell group that performs 5-6 times during the school year at Sunday worship services (and including ringing at the Variety Show!). Rehearsal is weekly on Sunday evenings from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Chapel Chimes or music reading experience is preferred. Talk to Director Jan Rutkowski (jan.rutkowski@explorepeace.org) or call the church office 608.849.7322 if interested in becoming a Radical Ringer!

Route.567
2026-02-04 16:00 - 17:00
Route.567 is the place for intermediate school students (grades 5, 6 & 7) to learn and grow. It is the start of our confirmation program and focuses on The Lord’s Prayer, The 10 Commandments and the Apostle’s Creed. Understanding the needs of intermediate school students, this group learns in active formats to make the best use of the time we share on Wednesdays. In addition to our Youth Education Leaders, this group interacts with our Peace Youth Leadership Team—a group of high school students that partner with them in camp style activities. Let’s meet in the Makery. Friends are welcome.

Breakfast Club (EXPLORE.8910 aka 8th, 9th, and 10th graders)
2026-02-08 10:30 - 11:30
Here is the schedule and topics. Each week we will meet at 10:30AM to 11:30AM. Each topic will include different approaches to covering material including art, guest panels for discussion, interactive conversations with guests, service aspects, etc.:
Feb. 8 – Topic: Baptism, Why it Matters, What it Does
Feb. 15 – Topic: Holy Communion: Why it Matters, What it Does
Feb. 22 – Topic: Affirmation of Baptism: Why it Matters, What it Does
March 1 – Topic: Prayer + Lord’s Prayer: Why it Matters, What it Does
March 8 – Topic: The Bible: Why it Matters, What it Does
March 15 – Topic: The Apostle’s Creed: What it is, Why it Matters, How it Impacts us
March 22 – Spring break weekend 1: No Class
March 29 – Spring break weekend 2: No Class
April 5 – Easter: No Class
April 12 – Pastor Karen at a Retreat: No Class
April 19 – Prep for Affirmation of Baptism Worship Part 1 (Prep includes all 8-10 graders)
April 26 – Prep for Affirmation of Baptism Worship Part 2 (Prep includes all 8-10 graders)
May 3 – Affirmation of Baptism (Rite of Confirmation) for 10th grade students at 9:00 AM + Support Roles for Affirm. of Baptism Service by 8th and 9th graders at 9:00 AM
