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February 2025 Schedule
Announcements
2024 End of Year Giving Statements
If you need your 2024 giving statement you can find it on Icon. Log into your Icon account and click on “donations” and then change the date range to 1/1/24-12/31/24. If you need access to your Icon account please let Angie know. If you just need your password, you can reset it on Icon by clicking “forgot password.” If you need a paper copy of your statement please call the church office 717-397-2748 or email Angie at gracechurch517@gmail.com.
Mardi Gras 2025!
At Grace we celebrate Mardi Gras on the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (March 5) with a luncheon and talent show. We share a lot of laughter and fun before we get to the serious work of Lent. Sign up sheets will be in the Solarium, Nolt
Auditorium and the Narthex. Vicki Mumma and friends will be
supplying the main dishes- we ask that you bring a dessert to share.
Meanwhile, think about a talent or non-talent that will make us laugh, lift our spirits or both that you are willing to share. There will be a sign up sheet for the talent show participation as well. If you have any questions please contact Kathryn Verkouw, Lisa Bisignani, or Angie Rabbe.
February Board Feature–Board of Ministries
In-Person Book Group
February 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 February 24th from 1:30 to 3:30 in the Nolt Auditorium. This discussion will be led by Barbara Andersen.
March 2025-The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore
New York 1888: Gas lamps still flicker in city streets, but the miracle of electric lights are still in
infancy. The person who still controls the means to turn night into day will make history and a vast fortune. A young lawyer named Paul Cravath, just out of Columbia Law School, takes a case that seems impossible to win. His client, George Westinghouse, is being sued by Thomas Edison over billion dollar question: who invented the light bulb and holds the rights to power the country. This book is based on factual events about the nature of genius, the cost of ambition, and the battle to electrify America. We will meet on March 24th from 1:30-3:30 in the Nolt Auditorium. This discussion will be led by Lorraine Long.
Outreach
Souper Bowl Sunday Continues This Sunday!
Thanks to all who supported the Souper Bowl of Caring. Thanks to your generosity we collected $200 toward gift cards for supper supplies and Pastor’s discretionary distribution, and a nice abundance of non-perishables for the pantry.
Because of the poor weather on Super Bowl Sunday, we suspect that many of you who did not attend church may be sorry you missed the opportunity to participate. As such, we’ve decided it’s a great idea to extend to this Sunday, February 16th.
For the Wednesday evening meals, our team can always use spaghetti sauce, containers of powdered coffee creamer, individual cans of Chunky soup or ravioli, and packages of dinner rolls (which can be frozen if not used within a few days).
In addition, we have been partnering with the Parish Resource Center for take-out meals provided multiple times per week, for which the following items are needed: snacks in individual bags (chips, pretzels, etc.), dessert or candy in individual servings, granola bars, and individual bags or nuts or trail mix.
If grocery shopping is not your thing, we will also encourage folks to purchase gift cards through our Grocery Card Project – Cash for Causes, which can be used to purchase items for the above-mentioned meals or distributed to folks in need by Pastor Verkouw at his discretion.
Thanks!
There’s a Barn in Our Narthex!!!
From that Cradle in the barn to needy families of the world may blessings flow… Help our Children of Grace gather money for the ELCA Global Barnyard project in honor of our King!
How: Bring your change, your dollar bills (you may keep your gold and frankincense)
Dates of collection: Now until March 2nd (Mardi Gras Sunday)
Where: You may connect with a child of Grace at the beginning of Sunday School hour (you will
hopefully hear them shaking their Barn banks, or bring it to our display in the Narthex or Nolt
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.
Christian Formation
Silver and Gold Discovery Class – coming this Lent
Make new friends but keep the old – one is silver and the other gold (sing it!) Adult Sunday School during this upcoming Lent will be a Silver and Gold Discovery class.
The class will lead us to discover more about the new faces at Grace, about Grace church, about how we express being Lutheran Christians in this place and how we can be a better light to those around us in this world. Why not make this part of your Lenten Journey?
Dates: Sundays from March 9th to April 13th
Time: 9am- 10:15am
Our Grace Family
Our Sympathy
We give thanks for the life and witness of Robbie Folk who died suddenly on February 2nd. Please keep Robbie’s wife Debbie and all those who mourn him in your prayers.
We give thanks for life and witness of Thelma Forsythe who died on February 8th. Please keep Caleb and Elisabeth Heidebrecht and all those who mourn her in your prayers.
Directory Update
Ann Ross has a new address and a new phone number. Her 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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