Grace News August 20, 2024

Announcements

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SAVE THE DATE FOR RALLY DAY— Sunday September 8!

Sunday School for all ages in the Nolt Auditorium!
The Heidelberg Brass Band will be at both the 8 and 10:30 am services!
During Adult Sunday school we will discuss accessing the online directory,
adding the church calendar to your calendar, and subscribing to the Grace News and Pastor Verkouw’s weekly emails.

Local AGO Chapter to Hold Hymn Sing in September

Open to the public, the Lancaster Chapter of the American Guild of Organists (AGO) is looking
forward to their first event of the 2024-2025 season. Members of the Lancaster AGO will be providing the hands and feet in playing the organ for a Hymn Sing hosted by Holy Spirit Lutheran Church. The event is Sunday, September 29, at 7:00 PM. Holy Spirit Lutheran Church is located at 3131 Columbia Avenue, Lancaster, PA. Part of the sing will be hymns selected by the organists – including some nifty introductions, reharmonizations, and arrangements on the hymn tunes – as well as favorites selected by the audience. The organ is a three-manual Brunner pipe organ, Opus 478, installed in 2008. For more information, go to www.lancasterago.org.

Grace Book Group–Books, Coffee, and Conversation

Our group met last Tuesday to discuss autobiographies, biographies, and memoirs.
We read:

On Call by Anthony Fauci
Seven Story Mountain by Thomas Merton
The Answer Is…Reflections on My Life by Alex Trebek
First: Sandra Day O’Conner by Evan Thomas
Why Fathers Cry at Night by Kwame Alexander
Playing Under the Piano by Hugh Bonneville
Called Out of Darkness by Anne Rice
A Serial Killer’s Daughter by Kerri Rawson
Prairie Man by Dean Butler
Shadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth
Solito by Javier Zamora
The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne

Our group meets the second Tuesday of the month at 7 pm on Zoom. In September we are reading books (fiction or non/fiction) set in an academic setting. In October we are reading indigenous authors. If you are interested in joining please contact Brenda Hayasaka at bkhayasaka@gmail.com.

Christian Formation

Coming Soon To An Adult Sunday School Class Near You…

We will explore different art forms and how they can be a beautiful expression of the Holy Spirit.
· Spirituality and the Visual Arts
Led by Tom Santosusso

· The Spirituality of Dance
Led by Marian West

· The Spirituality of Poetry
Led by Barbara Strasco

Outreach

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.

LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INGATHERING October 5-6, 2024

Brenda Hayasaka and Donna Linton are in charge of School Kits and need your help. These are the items they need to fill the bags they have on hand or will purchase.

Four 70-80 sheet SPIRAL notebooks (280-300 sheets total) of wide or college-ruled paper approximately 8” x 10 ½ ”, no loose leaf paper
One 30-centimeter ruler, or a ruler with centimeters on one side and inches on the other
One pencil sharpener
One pair of blunt scissors (safety scissors with embedded steel blades work well)
Five unsharpened #2 pencils with erasers; secure together with a rubber band
Five black or blue ballpoint pens (no gel ink); secure together with a rubber band
One box of 16 or 24 crayons
One 2 ½” eraser

Thank you to Janet Neumar who will be applying for a Thrivent Visa card for $250 to buy items. We need more items from you to fill the bags.

We are also doing Personal Care Kits. We will purchase bulk items from a Thrivent card and also from your monetary donations. If you want to put your own kit together, here are the directions.

One light-weight bath size towel (between 20” x 40” and 52” x 27”), dark color
Two or three bath-size bars of soap equaling 8 to 9 oz, any brand, in original wrapping
One adult-size toothbrush in its original wrapping
One metal nail clippers (attached file optional), remove packaging

We will add a comb to your kit as we ordered in bulk. Fold the towel in half widthwise. Place the rest of the items in the towel, fold and roll so nothing falls out, and secure with yarn, ribbon, or string or just put your items, including the towel, in a plastic bag.

If you want to help with cash donations, please write on your check “LWR Kits.” Brenda and I will share the money as needed. Boxes are in the Narthex and at the entrance as you come in the door to church.

Barbara Slotter, 717-342-2654
Brenda Hayasaka, 410-236-1063

Our Grace Family

Our Sympathy

We give thanks for the life and witness of Robert Hess. Robert was the nephew of Grace member Marjorie Worley. Please keep Marjorie and her family in your prayers.