Will You Vote for This Man?

John Hendrix: Galilee
Nathaniel Hendrix: Guitar

Mark 1:14-20

01-22-12 Bulletin PDF

Grace Extra January 2012

Parish Education Board:

• Winter Rally Day on January 15th celebrates the first day of Sunday School in 2012. Lance & Caroline Erickson, aviation missionaries to Bolivia, will be our guests.
• ‘Snow on the Mountain’. The congregation gave $869.50 toward our youth ministry and winter retreat. Thank You!
• Watch for an announcement in the spring for a Pinewood Derby Dessert Night.

Elders & Trustees:

• Average Sunday morning attendance in 2011 has been 61 (60 in Edmonds). 87 attended our Christmas Program, 120 Candlelight Service. We have enjoyed numerous visitors.
• The Tuesday afternoon Bible Study and Prayer Meeting at Judy Kumma’s will reconvene on January 10th with a new topic of study.
• A new congregational directory will soon be available.
• Our facility Dedication Service on January 29th will be a special celebration to which your family and friends will be very welcome.
• Faith & Fellowship, our denominational magazine, is provided free of charge to all who attend Grace. We are in the process of updating our subscription list.

Girl Scouts: A troop under Jesica Abella’s direction is starting up at Grace on January 11th. It will meet twice monthly on Wednesdays during the second and fourth weeks from 5:30 – 7:00 pm. We are delighted that our facility can be used for this excellent program.

Pacific Region North Women’s Ministries Event with Carrie Abbott of the Legacy Institute. Saturday, January 28th, 11:00 am at Word of Life, Marysville.

Christmas Movie & Choir Concert

Grace Lutheran Church presents The Chronicles of the Nativity. Featuring the GLC Sunday School Kids.

Trailer: Grace Lutheran Church presents The Chronicles of the Nativity. Featuring the GLC Sunday School Kids. Premieres 6:00 PM, December 18, 2011 at the Sanctuary Movie Theater.

Red Carpet event featuring the GLC Sanctuary Choir directed by John Hendrix.

The Chronicles of the Nativity Movie

Grace Lutheran Church presents The Chronicles of the Nativity. Featuring the GLC Sunday School Kids.

Trailer: Grace Lutheran Church presents The Chronicles of the Nativity. Featuring the GLC Sunday School Kids. Premieres 6:00 PM, December 18, 2011 at the Sanctuary Movie Theater.

Red Carpet event featuring the GLC Sanctuary Choir directed by John Hendrix.

Grace Extra December 2011

Parish Education Board:

• Watch for an announcement in the spring for a Pinewood Derby Dessert Night.
• Winter Rally Day on January 15th celebrates the first day of Sunday School in 2012.

Elders & Trustees:

• Our Christmas Program/Choir Concert and Christmas Eve Candlelight Service are particularly appropriate opportunities to introduce others to Grace.
• Thanksgiving Offerings: At our Thanksgiving HymnSing we received an offering of $165 for the Africa Hunger Relief and Economic Development project administered by the CLB Churches of Chad and Cameroun, and a food offering for the Edmonds Food Bank.
• The kitchen project is nearing completion. We now have wheeled trash, recycle, and garden waste containers. Our overhead video system is in place.
• We continue to enjoy guest speakers (Stan Olsen, Jack Storry, Dave Christenson recently). If you have someone to suggest, talk to Gary Stueckle.
• The Tuesday afternoon Bible Study and Prayer Meeting at Judy Kumma’s is going well. Watch for an announcement on a new installment in January.
• A new congregational directory will soon be available.

Girl Scouts: A troop under Jesica Abella’s direction is starting up at Grace. It will meet twice monthly on Wednesday during the second and fourth weeks from 5:30 – 7:00 pm. We are delighted that our facility can be used for this excellent program.

People:

• Janice Edmons, a Grace member at large, passed into her Savior’s presence in November.
• Barbara Braaten and Dorothy Steinberg are now residing in memory care centers.

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

Join us on Christmas Eve, December 24th at 11:00 PM.  We will sing Traditional Carols with readings from the Bible and music performed by the Grace Sanctuary Choir.  Audio from the event will be available in our podcast section.

My Jesus I Love Thee

“My Jesus I Love Thee”
Grace Sanctuary Choir
Max Marcus – Cello
Randi Teigland-Hendrix – Piano

The Action Words of Thanksgiving

Sanctuary Choir: Look at the World

Guest Speaker: Pastor Stan Olsen

Psalm 96

11-20-11 Bulletin PDF

So How Do We Make the Giving Life Work?

Max Marcus, Cello: Offertory

Selections from II Corinthians 8-9

11-13-11 Bulletin PDF

Grace Extra November 2011

Parish Education Board

• Trunk or Treat: We had a great time, although we overestimated the number of kids who would show up. The left over candy was donated to the food bank. Thank you for your generous donations.
• Sunday school Christmas Program filming is in progress. December 18 is the premier.

Fall Ministries:

• Women of Grace begins meeting November 7,10:00 am
• Adult Bible Study: ‘Our Loving Father: Feeling God’s Embrace’ meets for six Thursdays at 130 pm beginning November 110 Pastor Dan has details.

Adult Sunday School Class: Christian Essentials is a study in the Biblical foundations of the Christian faith from a Lutheran Brethren perspective. It is designed as a refresher for some, discovery for others, and informative for those interested in membership at Grace. You are invited!

Elders & Trustees:

• Thanksgiving Offerings: At our Thanksgiving Hymn Sing we receive a monetary offering for the Africa Hunger Relief and Economic Development project administered by the CLB Churches of Chad and Cameroon, and a food offering for the Edmonds Food Bank.
• Chuck Bowen is making available a beautiful wallet size ‘business card’ invitation to Grace for the congregation’s use. They will be available on the information table.
• We will be publishing a ‘Wish List’ consisting of items that would be useful in our ministry but are not in the budget at this time. For example, a baptismal fount.

Library: It is set up and ready for business in various locations. We have donated a lot of books that weren’t being used to a thrift store, but have kept the best. Check out is really easy; just grab the book, take it home and read it or lend it to a friend. No records are being kept, so if it is lost nobody will mind. We just want them to be read!

In the Community:

• We delivered 112 pairs of socks to Operation Nightwatch to distribute to Seattle’s street people.
• Seattle Children’s Chorus Christmas Concert, December 4th, 5:00 pm Everett; 10th 1:00 pm at First Presbyterian in Seattle.

THANK YOU to everyone who has made our transition possible with your prayers, donations of goods and money, time, talents, wisdom, energy, and encouragement! Our Open House for the community is November 20th. Watch for details on how you can be involved in the final effort to prepare our building and grounds for the big day.

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