Announcements
April Schedule
Download the PDF below for the April worship assistant schedule and the birthday/anniversary list!
Holy Week at Grace
Worship at 8 & 10:30. The 10:30 service will include a parade with our children!
Worship at noon in the chapel and 7 p.m. in the nave. Foot-washing, Holy Communion and the Stripping of the Altar bring us into the midst of Jesus’s last days.
7:30 a.m. Stations of the Cross – we walk, pray and sing our way around the Grace Campus marking the traditional 14 “stations” of Jesus’ Passion. A beautiful and solemn way to begin this Holy Day.
7 p.m – The reading of the Passion of St. John and Adoration of the Cross, choral music, and prayer.
We have been invited to attend the following community ecumenical services at noon:
- Bethel AME – This service is being co-hosted with Ebenezer Baptist. Rev. Forbes from Ebenezer will preach at this service.
- Otterbein UMC – Seven Last Words service
- St. Anthony of Padua : Via Crucis devotion
- Holy Trinity Lutheran : The 12pm service will be held in the chapel and will focus on the Passion narrative.
6 p.m…start in the parsonage yard with a small bonfire and lighting the new paschal (resurrection) Candle…the first proclamation of Easter for the new season, epic readings from the Jewish Scriptures, music, all moving us toward the celebration of Holy Baptism!
Worship at 8 & 10:30
At both the 8:00 & 10:30 a.m. services, our choirs and brass adorn this festive celebration of the heart of Christian hope and faith.
Easter Sunday Breakfast
Join us for breakfast in between the 8 am and 10:30 am services in the Nolt Auditorium! Please bring your favorite breakfast casserole, fruit, or dessert to share. Beverages will be provided by Grace. If you are bringing a casserole, if possible, please bring it warmed up—we have a new food warming rack that will keep your dish warm until breakfast! If you have any questions about breakfast please contact Audrey Harman (717-397-1009)
During the Easter Sunday breakfast you will have an opportunity to show your support for our youth who are going to New Orleans by purchasing freshly made beignets. The cost will be three for $5.00.
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.
Grocery cards will not be available on Sunday March 31
Easter Flowers
Easter Fountain Flowers
Opportunities to share plants and flowers for the fountain are available beginning April 7 and ending May 12. Families may buy plants and flowers to decorate the Fountain on the Sunday they choose, delivering them to church on Saturday and following Sunday services, take their plants home. Please contact Angie with questions or to sign up.
Grace Book Group March Reads
Books, Coffee, and Conversation met on March 11. Our books for March had an Irish theme!
Once was a Boy by Theo Dorgan
The Master by Colm Toibin
Foster by Claire Keegan
The Lost Girls of Ireland by Susanne O’Leary
A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy
The Secret Place by Tana French
Firefly Summer by Maeve Binchy
The Milkman by Anna Burns
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
In April we are reading books with one word titles. The theme for May is the first book in a series (any genre). In June read a book by an author with your initials. If you need help finding books please reach out to Brenda Hayasaka or Angie Rabbe.
Our group meets on Zoom the second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. If you would like to join our group please let Brenda know.
Christian Formation
We Would Like To Know…
If you used any of our Lenten devotional materials please let Kath and Angie know! We are always curious about what gets used and what doesn’t! If there was something you were hoping for and we didn’t have it—let us know that too.
Our Grace Family
Thank You
Thank you, everyone, for sending me birthday cards and greetings on e-mail for my 80th birthday. I even received a video from Portugal! Time goes on and I remember so many moments from my many years working at Grace. I surely appreciate all your kind thoughts.
Barbara Slotter
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