Announcements
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January 2025 Schedule
Please download the file for the January 2025 worship assistant schedule and the Birthday/Anniversary list.
BELLS in the Air and on our Schedules
Are you curious enough about our tower bells to give chiming a try? If you can read music (treble clef only needed) and familiarity with a keyboard, you can chime. The keyboard is like a piano’s, but the “keys” are more like a baseball bat which we grip and press down. Chimers are free to practice at their convenience. I will meet you to help get you started. Let me know if you’re game!
Murray Foreman 717-203-9061 murrayforeman@gracelutheranchurch.com
POT LUCK THIS SUNDAY
Let’s ring in the new year with a social gathering at Grace Lutheran in January! Yes, a time to talk with friends old and new and a time to eat good food!
Date: Sunday, January 12, 2024
Time: 12:00
Place: Nolt Auditorium or Fellowship Hall, to be determined according to number attending
What: Please bring a dessert or salad or main entre to share
Sign up list located in our narthex. You can all also call the church office to sign up.
In-person Book Group
January 2025 – Conclave by Robert Harris
“The pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals from all over the globe will gather to cast their votes in the world’s most secretive election. They are holy men. But they are not immune to the human temptations of power and glory. And they are not above the tribalism and factionalism that consumes humanity. When all is said and done, one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on Earth.” From Amazon
In January, Jean Young will lead our discussion on the 27th from 1:30 to 3:30 in the Nolt Auditorium. Now a major motion picture!
January 2025 – Master, Slave, Husband, Wife by
Ilyon Woo
“A rich narrative of the Crafts, an enslaved couple who escaped from Georgia in 1848, with light-skinned Ellen disguised as a disabled white gentleman and William as her manservant, exploiting assumptions about race, class, and disability to hide in public on their journey to the North, where they became famous abolitionists while evading bounty hunters.” —The Pulitzer Prizes
We will meet on January 24th from 1:30 to 3:30 in the Nolt Auditorium. This discussion will be led by Barbara Andersen.
Christian Formation
King Cake for Epiphany!
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.
Some members of Grace plan to participate in a rebuilding mission in the South this spring. Your purchase of shopping cards has made possible a donation of $500. to the North Lancaster Conference Dean’s Fund to support this outreach. THANK YOU!
Our Grace Family
Directory Update
Tom and Barbara Andersen have a new email address and phone number. Their new information is in our online Church Directory. You can access the directory on our website or through the Icon app. If you need assistance with directory please contact Angie Rabbe 717-397-2748 or gracechurch517@gmail.com
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