Grace Notes 4-19-15 - Grace Lutheran Hatfield
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Grace Notes 4-19-15 - Grace Lutheran Hatfield
To Glorify God, To Grow in Faith To Give in Service Together in Christ Grace Notes Grace Lutheran Church April 19, 2015 Third Sunday of Easter Announcements Welcome to our worship as we gather to give praise to God and receive God’s blessing through his Word and Sacrament. A Nursery Room is available for you to take your child/children and listen to the service. Please see an usher with any questions. The Altar Flowers have been sponsored by Jean Shaffer in Honor of Dale and Mary Jane Moyer’s 50th Wedding Anniversary. The Special Congregational Meeting to vote on the building proposal is now scheduled for May 3, 2015. There will be one service at 9:15 am with the meeting following. Beginning today, there will be Communion Instruction for our Kindergarten and first grade students during the Sunday School hour, led by the Pastor. These classes will be held April 19 and 26 and May 10 and 17. Parents are also welcome to attend. Rice Bowl Offering: The Giving in Service Team would like to thank the congregation for supporting our Rice Bowl project during the Lenten Season. Special thanks to our Sunday Church School children for their participation. Your gifts will be shared with The Food Cupboard at Emmanuel Evangelical Congregational Church in Hatfield, Manna on Main Street in Lansdale and the World Hunger Appeal through the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. These special offerings will touch the lives of those in our area as well as around the world who are in need of food and shelter. Last year during Hatfield Borough's Roll and Stroll event, Grace distributed 60 tomato plants to visitors to our church. This year the Inreach Team has decided to expand its efforts. Keeping with our "Growing in God's Grace" mission, the team plans on distributing tomato plants to the community during the May 18th event as well as our Sunday School students and house bound church members who may want to have a patio tomato plant. We want to encourage tomato plant recipients to share their bounty with others when the fruits ripen. To make it even more special, we are asking Grace members for their recipes that feature tomatoes. Inreach will be compiling the recipes to distribute to those receiving plants. Ideally if the recipes can be emailed, it would make it easier to input into the recipe program, but handwritten recipes are most welcome too. The deadline for recipes is May 3rd. They can be emailed to [email protected]. Heidelberg UCC, Emmanuel EEC, and Grace Lutheran Annual Golf Outing: Calling all golfers! The annual golf outing fundraiser that supports Vacation Bible School will be held on Saturday May 9, 2015 at Mainland Golf Course. Create your own foursome or sign up and we'll put you with a team. The cost is $80.00 per golfer and includes dinner at Heidelberg following the outing. If you don't golf you can still support Bible School by sponsoring a hole for $25.00. Please sign up on the sheet in the Narthex. All checks should be made to Heidelberg UCC. For more information contact Jeff Krout at 267-253-9939. Thanks! But those who trust in the Lord for help will find their strength renewed. They will rise on wings like eagles; they will run and not get weary; they will walk and not grow weak. Isaiah 40:31 (The Good News Bible) Our Father in Heaven: Through constant prayer and unwavering trust we acknowledge your wisdom and guidance in helping us to plan for the renovation and building goals at Grace Lutheran Church. We also acknowledge that we have a long way to go. Please continue to lead us, and in your name, we will walk, run and wing our way to the finish line! In Jesus name we pray. Amen by the Capital Campaign Prayer Committee Attendance for 4/12/15 8 a.m 25 10:30 64 General Funds $1,886 Offering needed for budget $3,808 Rice Bowl $3,112 to date Capital Campaign commitment cards – 57 Capital Campaign - $111,238 Pledges received - $304,267 Thank you to all who have given generously and sacrificially to our congregation’s new and renovated facility! If you have not yet made a faith promise, we need you to do so, as we meet the challenge to build the best building possible and carry the least debt. This Week at Grace Sun. April 19 Newsletter info. due 8:00 a.m. Worship/Communion 9:15 a.m. Sunday School 9:15 a.m. Communion Instruction 10:30 a.m. Worship 1:30 p.m. Calvary Korean Church Mon. April 20 7:00 p.m. Building Finance Team Tues. April 21 Please keep the following people in your prayers: 6:00 p.m. Confirmation John Fischer Sherry Peck Giana Campbell Sandy Kohr Bob Lutcher Alyssa Oxenford Melissa Kane Rev. Greg Dimick Harold Hummel Dave Krum Carol Capanear Alexis Picon Beryl Souders Lynda Deutsch Lewis Fluck Michael Day Don Roeder James Matthews Bryan Walter Peg Weaver Cameron Thompson Makayla Bancroft The Family of Dolores Lockner The Family of Ray Schiavone The Family of Noon-Joo Kim 7:00 p.m. Council Wed. April 22 11:00 a.m. Bible Study 7:30 p.m. Bible Study Sun. April 26 8:00 a.m. Worship/Communion 9:15 a.m. Sunday School 9:15 a.m. First Communion Classes 10:30 a.m. Worship/Communion 1:30 p.m. Calvary Korean Church Pastor Lutcher is offering a weekday Bible Study in both the morning and evening. The same study would be done at each one the same month. Bible Study resources offered by the ELCA will be used, and we will be studying one of the lessons each time that will be used on the following Sunday morning. The morning group is invited to bring a lunch with them. We will study, share, pray, eat and fellowship. The same thing will happen in the evening beginning at 7:30 pm. Each session will last between 60-90 minutes. Our next Bible study will be held at 11 am on April 22nd The evening Bible Study begins at 7:30 p.m. Participants in today’s services Acolytes Al Lund, Liana Murphy Altar Guild Robin Lutcher Communion Assistant Joanne Moyer Communion Bread Nancy Sellers Flower Delivery Harold Schaeffer Greeter Kitty Heckler Carol and Paul MacDonald Nursery Jeff and Beth Krout Lectors Kitty Heckler, Betty Murray Ushers Don Capanear, Al Lund Tom Lewis, Matt Slugg Council Senders, Lock up and Counters Joanne Moyer, Frank Stone II Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church 25 W. Broad St. PO Box 57 Hatfield, PA 19440 Phone: 215-855-4676 www.gracelutheranhatfield.org Email Contacts: Patti – [email protected] Pastor David Lutcher [email protected] Pastor Lutcher (home) 215-723-5754 Cell phone 215-512-0489 Ken Delmar, Minister of Music [email protected] Jean Goetter – Phone Prayer Chain (215) 723-3552 Frank Stone II Council President (215)267-222-8487 [email protected] Bonnie Stangl, Newsletter [email protected] Stepping Stones Nursery School and Day Care [email protected] (215) 368-2052