Announcements
OFFICIAL NOTICE — Annual Budget Meeting
Sunday, December 8 at 9 AM Nolt Auditorium
2025 Proposed Budget
Please download the 2025 proposed budget and review it prior to the meeting on December 8.
Notes on the 2024 Budget
The income side of the budget is more like a request – IF we are going to spend this much money, this is what we will have to raise, one way or another, and the rest will come from savings. Since we have no way of knowing just how much we will take in from your pledges and offerings, or earn from our investments, or receive from bequests, we make an educated guess. Our income numbers are based on our experience over the past few years, which shows a rising level of generosity at Grace. In 2023, our total income from all sources was $953,175. In 2024 to date, we have received $1,012,504
CLICK HERE FOR THE CHURCH CALENDAR
December Schedule
Please download the file for the December worship assistant schedule and the Birthday/Anniversary list.
Poinsettia Orders
Poinsettia orders are due by the end of the day on 12/17. Please download the form below.
Christian Formation
Upcoming Adult Sunday School—Spiritual Discernment
What does it mean to do the will of God? It’s an issue that is raised every time we recite the Lord’s Prayer. “Your Kingdom come. Your will be done.” we say. How do we know what that will is in any given circumstance? Coming to understand what God wants is known as the process of spiritual discernment. Discernment helps fulfill that earnest plea we pray so frequently and so come closer to the heart of God.
In this Sunday School series we will explore how that process operates, what factors might influence our decisions and how they align (or don’t align) with the will of God. How does God “speak” to us in our daily lives? What “voices” should we listen for? How, by doing God’s will, do we live the lives God wants for us? Come join us as we prayerfully consider these questions.
Join us on December 15 & 22 at 9 am in the Nolt Auditorium.
Outreach
Our New Ministry
Perhaps some would say it’s a stretch to call it a “Ministry” but this porta-potty is provided to our neighbors who are living outside, struggling with all the issues that make it hard to find housing, to stay in housing, to afford housing. They are our neighbors too. With help from other neighbors, and the Congregation Council’s approval last week, we are experimenting with caring for them in this way. —PV
Toys For Tots
Join Grace Lutheran, Holy Trinity Lutheran, and the Lancaster Police Department to wrap gifts for Toys For Tots on Saturday, December 7th at Holy Trinity in the Parish House at noon (lunch will be served)I’d love for Grace to join us and Trinity will provide wrapping supplies. All you need to do is come over! Then we’ll wrap toys to Christmas music! If you have any questions please contact Rachel Kramer at rachel@trinitylancaster.org
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.
If you have special orders for cards to be used as gifts for the holiday season, please order them no later than Sunday, December 8.
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