Announcements
Grocery Cards
Grocery cards are available at both services on Sunday mornings. You may order cards by calling Duane and Kitty Weiss. Remember all purchases of cards realizes 5% in cash back to Grace. These funds are used to support our many ministries.
Worship Volunteers Needed
We need worship volunteers for the following:
Saturday Evening 6 p.m.
(4th Saturday of the month)
Communion Assistants
Communion Care
Readers
Sunday Morning 8 a.m.
Communion Assistants
Communion Care
Readers
Ushers
Sunday Morning 10:30 a.m.
Communion Assistants
Communion Care
If you are interested in being a Communion Assistant please contact Phil Supeck pmsupeck@gmail.com
If you are interested in communion care please contact Vicki Mumma at vickimumma57@gmail.com
If you are interested in reading please contact
Thank You
Club 625 Camp, a program of the Schreiber Center for Pediatric Development is for teens and young adults with developmental and acquired disabilities. Grace member, Jay Graver is the long-time director of this program. Each day for two weeks, they take ‘field trips’ into the community. Again this year, they have chosen Grace Church for their community service project. The campers collected books for the little library and groceries for the community meals. The single picture is of longtime camper Jon, who happens to be one of the chief dishwashers for the Wednesday night meals.
Christian Formation
Save the Date
Sunday School for all ages begins on September 10, from 9-10:15 am!
Adult Sunday School
This Sunday morning (8/20) at 9 am will be the 2nd of 4 sessions on Christian Nationalism presented by Brad Weaver
Vacation Bible School
Thank you to all of our staff and volunteers for another successful, fun, and engaging year of VBS!
Outreach
Lutheran Disaster Relief Maui
Multiple wildfires have broken out on the Hawaiian island of Maui. Exacerbated by strong winds, these fires have destroyed homes, businesses and lines of communication. Thousands of people are under evacuation orders, some moving to other Hawaiian islands. Wildfires are also burning on the Big Island of Hawaii, and the islands remain vulnerable to more fires this season. As of Sunday night the death toll was 96.
Lutheran Disaster Response is coordinating with the Pacifica Synod and other partners to assess the needs of people impacted by the wildfires. We will work with them to provide for immediate needs and recovery amid the widespread destruction. Lutheran Disaster Response is committed to accompanying recovering communities in the years ahead.
If you would like to assist LDR in the recovery process you can donate directly on their website or you can write a check payable to Grace Lutheran Church, please write LDR Wildfires on the memo line. If you have any questions please contact Angie at gracechurch517@gmail.com or call the church office 717-397-2748.
We also ask that you pray for all those affected by these devastating fires and for those assisting in the recovery process, including Grace member Darryl Hollinger who is going to Maui as part of the Medical and Forensics Federal Response team. Please also prayer for Darryl’s family.
God our creator, through whose providing care we enjoy all goodness and life, turn our eyes to your mercy in this time of confusion and loss. Comfort this nation as we mourn; shine your light on those whose only companion is darkness; and teach us all so to number our days that we may apply our hearts to your wisdom; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.
God of earth and air, water and fire, height and depth, we pray for those who work in danger, who rush in to bring hope and help and comfort when others flee to safety, whose mission is to seek and save, serve and protect, and whose presence embodies the protection of the Good Shepherd. Give them caution and concern for one another, so that in safety they may do what must be done, under your watchful eye. Support them in their courage and dedication that they may continue to save lives, ease pain, and mend the torn fabric of lives and social order; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
(Prayers from ELW pages 77 and 85)
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