About Prince of Peace

Prince of Peace began as a small friendly family of God, growing in faith and reaching out to express Christian love to one another by witnessing, worshipping, praying, and serving God through word and deed.

After a survey in 1962 by the American Lutheran Church Division of Home Missions a need was recognized for a church in Plymouth Township.

Prince of Peace held its first service on October 7, 1962 and began its building program. The first worship in the new building was on Sunday December 15, 1963. The end of the first year membership totaled 204 with 18 baptisms. The building was dedicated on January 5, 1964.

Many programs began in 1964 with a Mother’s circle, a church softball league was formed, a Cub Scout pack was sponsored and by the end of 1964 the membership grew to 278 members.

A unique summer chapel was created in 1965 that drew many visitors during the summer.

In September, 1967, A Weekday Nursery School was formed that grew by 1976 to an enrollment of 96 children. Prince of Peace is still known as the “little church” where people first went to school.

Prince of Peace has participated in various community programs and changes in parish practices such as having girls as acolytes in 1973 as part of the Key 73 Evangelism Campaign.

In 1976 Prince of Peace sponsored a Vietnamese family through Lutheran World Relief.

The attitude of Prince of Peace from the beginning has been one of a calling to life by grace and not by law.  This is readily seen in its emphasis on renewal of personal relationships, celebrative worship services and a strong emphasis on lay participation to enable the members to become aware of common purposes and common faith.

Prince of Peace built on much of this beginning emphasis on community concern. It created a fond relationship with Silver Springs/ Martin Luther School, with the Conshohocken Food Pantry, and a program of concern for Graterford Prison inmates along with support for members of a nursing home on Germantown Pike.

A renewal of this community service is seen in a current project called “No Family Left Behind,” where we plan to reach out using current technology, Internet, website, Facebook, Twitter and such to continue this concern for people.