Adult Christian Formation
July 27: Our work in West Africa– The Longenecker Family
August 3: Death and Dying: Frightening or Enlightening? Let’s Talk!
Led by Angie Piel and Tom Santosusso
August 10: Death and Dying: Frightening or Enlightening? Let’s Talk!
August 17: Bishop Main and the Liberia connection
August 24: Homelessness and Grace. Perry Hazeltine, PHD
August 31: (Labor Day Weekend) TBD
September 7: (Rally Day) TBD
Communion Assistants
We need your help—we need a few more communion assistants for the 10:30 service . We would love to have at least three more folks sign up on a regular basis. If you have any questions please contact Angie Rabbe or Keith Miller.
Summer Book Groups
In-person Book Group July & August
For the meeting at 1:30 PM on Monday, July 28, 2025, the Grace In Person Book Group will be discussing Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon. In this first book of Leon’s featuring the humane Commisario Guido Brunetti of the Venice homicide division, the reader is introduced to Brunetti, his family and work colleagues, and, of course, Venice as he narrows down his investigation of the sudden death of a famous opera conductor that occurred during the intermission of an opera he was conducting. This is the first novel in a long series centering on Brunetti and Venice by this New Jersey native and former university professor of English literature.
August 25th at 1:30 Nolt Auditorium. The Book for August is: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver.
Books, Coffee, and Conversation—7pm on Zoom 8/12
August–read a classic you have been avoiding
Lutheran World Relief In-gathering
Brenda Hayasaka and Donna Linton are in charge of School Kits and need your help. Take advantage of the school supply sales coming next month. These are the items they need to fill the bags they have on hand or will purchase.
- Four 70 sheet SPIRAL notebooks 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 plans to apply 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. Loose items are accepted.
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 Barbara will share the money as needed. Boxes for your donations will be 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
Donna Linton, 717-575-9388
gracelutheranchurch.com 