Grace Extra June 4, 2011

People:

• Vi Trowbridge has moved to Shoreline. She loves visitors and is fun to visit!
• Anthony Fish and Victoria Bristol are engaged and planning an August 20 wedding.
• Al & Goldie Foss move to Colfax, WA; Mike & Hannah Lazicki and family to Pueblo, CO this week.
• Alicia was born to Hoon & Hyun Chung on May 18

Elder Board: During the summer our Bible Study and Prayer Meetings will be on Wednesdays at 7:00 pm. We are scheduling monthly congregational potlucks after the morning service throughout the summer. Pastor Dan’s summertime messages will be on the theme ‘The Church – Imagine That!’ featuring seven images the NT creates to describe what the Church is, and ought to be on earth. We will be enjoying a number of guest speakers as well. The Elder & Trustee Boards are busy working on congregational transition issues. We will report on progress.

Summer Schedule: Sunday School, Kid’s Club, Women of Grace, and Choir are in recess Memorial Day to Labor Day. Youth have special activities. Worship Services are at 10:30 am (not at 10:00 as was previously announced). Watch for special events.

In the Community:

• Bible Camp: Grace joins Maple Park providing after evening service cookies on Tuesday night, and presenting the Children’s Theatre on Thursday evening.
• July 2 is the PNW Region Convention.
• CLBA National Women’s Ministries Convention is at Tuscarora Inn in PA. June 24-26.
• Thrivent is sponsoring a night at the Aquasox July 15, 5:30 pm. $10 reserved seats ticket includes BBQ dinner, game, and fireworks. Sign up in May. Payment is due by June 25th.

Grace Extra May 1, 2011

People:

• Kris Kraakmo is returning to Japan May 12th to continue his ministry.
• Al & Goldie Foss sold their house and will be moving to Colfax in June.
• Mike and Hannah Lazicki are relocating to Pueblo, CO at the end of May.
• Vi Trowbridge is transferring to Seattle when the right apartment opens.
• Anthony Fish and Victoria Bristol are engaged and planning an August, 20 wedding.

Parish Board: We determined that due to circumstances it would be unwise to attempt hosting a VBS this summer. We would like to enjoy an Alderwood Derby and BBQ, possibly in August.

Women of Grace will conclude a wonderful year of ministry on June 6th with lunch at the Claim Jumper. All women are invited whether or not you have been part of the group during the year.

Elder Board: During the summer our Bible Study and Prayer Meetings will be on Wednesdays at 7:00 pm. We are scheduling monthly congregational potlucks after the morning service throughout the summer.

Summer Schedule: Sunday School, Kid’s Club, Women of Grace, and Choir are in recess Memorial Day to Labor Day. Youth have special activities. Worship Services are at 10:00 am. Watch for special events.

In the Community:

• Grace joins Maple Park providing after evening service cookies on Tuesday night, and presenting the Children’s Theatre on Thursday
  evening.
• CLBA National Women’s Ministries Convention is at Tuscarora Inn in PA. June 24-26.
• Thrivent is sponsoring a night at the Aquasox July 15, 5:30 pm. $10 reserved seats ticket includes BBQ dinner, game, and fireworks. Sign up in May. Payment is due by June 25th.

Grace Extra March 6, 2010

People

• John Pinney graduates from his Job Corp program on March 18. Congratulations!
• Clayton Pinney has moved to Everett.
• We gratefully welcomed Helga Boge into membership at Grace.
• The Holmers and Buckleys are on extended sun breaks but promise to return when all that nice weather gets boring.
• Lindy Kraakmo leaves on March 18 for a two week visit with Kris in Japan.

Benevolence Committee: The Everett Gospel Mission Women’s and Children’s Shelter send a big thank you to Grace for our Valentine toiletries gift.

Elder Board: ‘Hallelujah. What a Savior!’ is our theme for Lent. On Wednesday evenings we will be focusing on the Biblical dynamics of a local Church congregation centered in Jesus Christ, and join in a season of spontaneous prayer. On Sundays we will meditate on how Jesus revealed His salvation to several diverse characters from the Gospel of John.

In the Community

• ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ Seattle Children’s Chorus in concert, March 19, 4:00 pm at 1st Presbyterian Church, Seattle.
• SCC Camerata Benefit Concert on March 27, 7:00 pm at Trinity Lutheran in Lynnwood.

Hillcrest Choir: We are hosting them on Palm Sunday evening, and in homes overnight. betails will be forthcoming, but we will need a widespread hospitality response.

College & Young Adults: A Bible Study group has begun meeting with fellowship, spiritual growth, and outreach in mind. The schedule is flexible accommodating participant’s availability. If interested, not so young Gary is the man to see.

Kids Club: Wednesday nights at 5:30 the place is hopping with excited kids. Jesica who leads the ministry must take a two month break for personal reasons. Watch for an announcement on the immediate future of the group.

New Congregational Directories will be available soon. If you have not checked for accuracy your entry in the draft copy, do so soon.

Grace Extra February 6, 2011

Valentine Treat for the Women’s and Children’s Shelter at the Everett Gospel Mission. We are collecting toiletries to be presented on Valentine’s Day. Details are posted in the Sanctuary.

Sunday School: Watch for special participation in our Lenten services. The youth will sponsor the Easter Breakfast.

Special Events
• Vern Baardsen is the guest speaker (and singer) at the District Retreat in Cannon Beach, March 11-13. Registration forms are on the Information Table.
• Emmanuel Sitaki will be speaking at Grace on March 13.
• Hillcrest Academy Choir will be in concert at Grace on the evening of April 17.

In the Community
‘All Creatures Great and Small’, Seattle Children’s Chorus in concert, March 19, 4:00 pm 1st Presbyterian in Seattle.
SCC Cammerata Benefit Concert on March 27, 7:00 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church.

People
• David Hendrix and Sarah Johnson are engaged to be married.
• Hyun Chung and Hannah Lazicki are expecting additions to their families.
• Ana Naska passed her citizenship test and will take the oath in March.
• Al and Goldie Foss will be moving to Colfax, and Vi Trowbridge to Seattle. (Neither received permission.)
• Lindy Kraakmo is going to visit Kris in Japan on March 18 for two weeks and help out with special outreach projects.
• Malvin Muller joined Alice in Jesus’ presence. Praise the Lord!
• Pastor Jay Price has accepted the call to pastor Word of Life LB Church in Marysville.

Thank you
• QFC for donating the market basket for our food bank ministry and Chuck Bowen for making the request.
• Pastor Dale Carlson for officiating at Mal’s service in Pastor Dan’s absence.
• Regional Pastor Stan Olsen for standing with us in our discussion on the future direction of our ministry.

Grace Extra December 1, 2010

Youth: Watch for details on a winter retreat in January.

Grace Extra November 9, 2010

Youth: There was Whirly Ball and the Corn Maze. We enjoy weekly Bible Studies. We are assisting in the Christmas Program filming and church decorating. We will have a Christmas Party. Then there is Sunday School with Anna. Who has time to clean their room?

Kid’s Club: We have up to 6 kids, grades K-6 participating enthusiastically. See the sign up sheets to see how you can be involved.

Benevolence Committee:

• We donated a large basketful of socks to Operation Nightwatch’s ‘Sock It to Homelessness’ for distribution to Seattle’s street people.
• 19 of us gleaned 6191 pounds of apples for the Lynnwood Food Bank.
• We are collecting non perishable foods for Everett Gospel Mission, and receiving an offering for Africa Hunger Relief and Economic Development (administered by CLB), at our Thanksgiving HymnSing.
• We have given financial assistance in emergency situations

Elder & Trustee Boards: Grace offers several adult fellowship ministry opportunities on a regular basis: Women of Grace, Men’s Prayer Breakfast, and the Wednesday Evening Prayer Meeting and Bible Study.

Sunday School:

• We have begun Christmas Program preparation with filming events in October and November. The program is scheduled for Sunday, December 12, 6:00 pm.
• The adult class on ‘Becoming Who You Are’, a study in Ephesians, is generating considerable thoughtful discussion. You are welcome to join the fun and inspiration any time.

In the Community:

• Thanksgiving Singspiration at Anchor of Hope Church in Stanwood. Sunday, November 14, 5:00 pm. Details are posted on the front door.
• Seattle Children’s Chorus Christmas Concert, Sunday, December 5^th 5pm at Everett Civic Auditorium.
• Pacific Lutheran U. Christmas Concert at Beneroya Hall, Monday, December 6, 7:30pm.

***Neighbor to Neighbor inviting events

(Ministries Note: Please record your scheduled activities on the central calendar posted on the wall by the church office, as far in advance as possible to avoid confusion.)

Apple Gleaning

Apple Gleaning near Quincy is scheduled for October 23rd. We glean in the morning and enjoy lunch together in Leavenworth. The apples are donated to the Lynnwood Food Bank (10,000 lbs last year), and we are welcome to gather some for ourselves as well. Collection baskets are provided by the food bank, boxes are available for private use. This is a great family event. Sign up if you are going. Ken Johnson has details.

Grace Extra October 3, 2010

Youth: Our first special event will be Pumpkin Carving and the Corn Maze on October 30^th. Details are still in the works.

Women of Grace begin a new ministry year on Monday, October 4, 10:00 am.

Kid’s Club has gotten off to an encouraging start. You can have a part in this exciting ministry to kids K-6^th grades. See Jesica or the sign ups by the mailboxes.

District Women’s Retreat will be held October 9-10. Information and registration forms are available on the Information Table.

Benevolence Committee:

• We are again participating in Operation Nightwatch’s ‘Sock It to Homelessness’ by collecting new white socks for their distribution.
• Apple Gleaning near Quincy is scheduled for October 16^th. We glean in the morning and enjoy lunch together in Leavenworth. The apples are donated to the Lynnwood Food Bank (10,000 lbs last year), and we are welcome to gather some for ourselves as well. Collection baskets are provided by the food bank, boxes are available for private use. This is a great family event. Sign up if you are going. Ken Johnson has details.

Elder & Trustee Boards:

• Mindy Kim will share about her mission to Uzbekistan with a power point presentation during the worship service on October 10.
• The Planning Council meeting on October 9 includes all those who lead boards and ministries at Grace (or their chosen representatives). It is important that we have a full representation in making future plans.
• Concert of Prayer & Communion Service, October 10. The Bible contains so many promises to a church gathered in Jesus’ name in prayer.
• If you haven’t checked out our website recently, log on, it is superb!

Sunday School began with a great Rally Day and Picnic. The adult class has been a full house in the library. There is a place for you!

Prayer Notes

We praise the Lord for:

• The gift of Joe Plachta and the assurance we will meet again through faith in Jesus.
• Safe and refreshing travels for many during the summer.

We ask the Father for:

• Comfort for those who mourn the loss of family members.
• Healing of marriages and families.
• Our partners in ministry: Andrew and Kris in Taiwan, Kris in Japan, and Bob & Katrine in Stanwood.
• The fruitfulness of our website ministry in the community and beyond.
• His blessing on the ministry of the Jesus Fellowship Church.
• God’s blessing on the ministry of our congregation as each of us seeks to be His person in our individual worlds.
• The Spirit’s presence with our ministries restarting in the fall: Kid’s Club under Jesica’s direction, Sunday School led by Linda and Lynn, Youth, Women of Grace, and Choir.
• His guiding presence with Drew, Jamie, Michael, Lindy, and Stephen in their college experience.

Note: Ongoing requests, both personal and congregational, will be listed in Grace Extra after appearing in the bulletin, freeing the bulletin space for ‘hot off the press’ items.

Grace Extra July 4, 2010

Elder Board: Wednesday evening Bible Study and Prayer Meetings at 7:00, will feature land of the Bible DVD series with Ray Vander Laan, ‘That the World May Know’. These are the as yet unseen 20 minute presentations, shot on location with outstanding Bible application, that we have enjoyed in Sunday School.

Pastor Dan will be on vacation July 26-August 6. Pastor Dale Carlson will speak on August 1.

Worship attendance averaged 79 in June (77 last year), and 77 year to date (75 last year).

Youth: ’An Evening in Paris’. We thank the youth and sponsors for a special time!

Watch for announcements about the camp out in August.

Vacation Bible School: July 19-23. How can you be involved? There is a place for everyone! Judy Lazicki and Leanna Kraakmo are people to contact. Be actively recruiting students, ages 3 to 10 years old.

District Men’s and Women’s Retreats will be held September 24-25 and October 9-10 respectively. Information and registration forms are available on the Information Table.

Benevolence Committee: Our mission is to promote and facilitate in and through the congregation the good works in the name of Jesus to which the Church is called. This presently includes sending cards and flowers, emergency assistance, advocacy, ministry to elderly, and various benevolent offerings.

Parish Board: We will be starting a new Kid’s Club in the fall under Jesica Abella’s direction.

Movie Night on August 15 with films & popcorn for children and adults (‘Fireproof’).

In the Community: Thrivent sponsored ‘Treat Your Kids’ to an Aqua Sox game and BBQ. August 20, 5:30 pm. Tickets $10. Details are posted.

Prayer Notes:
• We pray that God will open up a way for us to transport Larry to church.
• We pray for God’s continued healing mercy on Judy Kumma, Naomi and Emma Lazicki, Margun Bates.
• Pastor Bob Hosmer is serving our Stanwood congregation part time. We ask the Father to give him a fruitful ministry in the congregation and his work as a Marketplace Chaplain.
• We ask the Father for Mindy Kim’s health, safety, and effective ministry on her mission to Uzbekistan, and wisdom to use her time effectively in the short time she has left there. (Her reports are placed in the Mission Notebook on the information table.)
• We ask the Father for all the necessary resources required, material and spiritual, to accomplish the task He has given us. We are asking for partners in the use of our facility and wisdom in using what we have been given.
• Andrew and Kris Larsen ask prayer for openness to the gospel for Mr. Zhap and Mrs. Juhn. Pray for stamina to endure the hot and humid summer months in Taiwan.
• May God bless Emilee and Ryan as they prepare for their wedding and life together.
• We ask the Father to bless our VBS preparations, and recruitment of staff and children.
• May the Father bless the ministry of the Jesus Fellowship Church.
• Growing old can be very difficult in body, mind, and spirit. Remember especially in your prayers and contacts, Erling, Gudrun, Vi, and any others in our congregation who can’t join us because they are suffering age related disability.
• May God bless the ministry of our congregation as each of us seeks to be His person in our individual worlds.
• Kris Kraakmo is leaving for his Japan mission this week. We pray for God to cover him with His grace and give him a fruitful ministry and good working relations with the congregation whose ministry he supports.
• We pray for the Spirit’s guidance for Kim and Jesica as they pursue a fall start up for MOPS and Kid’s Club ministries.
• May the Lord comfort John and Lorna in the death of Samantha, and work His wonders of grace in mother Nicole.

Grace Extra May 2, 2010

Elder and Trustee Boards:

• Congregational Annual Meetings are always important. Our 13th is no less so. We encourage all our members to participate.
• Our summer schedule extends from Memorial Day to Labor Day weekends. Worship starts at 10:00 am. Sunday School, Women of Grace, Fellowship Groups, Choir, MOPS, and weekly Youth meetings are in recess. Watch for special summer activities.

MOPS continues to enjoy an encouraging ‘trial run’ attendance. The mothers, children, and staff are having a great time.

Bible Camp registration forms are available on the Information Table.

District Men’s and Women’s Retreats are held in September and October. Information is now available.

In the Community:

• ‘Stories of Our American Heritage’, Seattle Children’s Chorus concert, June 5, 1:00 pm, Seattle Town hall.
• Singspiration at Anchor of Hope Church in Stanwood, Sunday, May 16, 5:00 pm
• Stephen Kraakmo Senior Recital, Saturday, May 15, 7:00 pm
• Have you tried Nollies? It’s a breakfast and lunch restaurant in Seattle run by our friends the Munros. The reviews are tops!

People:

• Graduations: David Hendrix from PLU, Kris Kraakmo from Trinity Western, Stephen Kraakmo from Meadowdale HS.
• Daniel Stueckle has been hired to work for Boeing. John Pinney is entering Job Corp.
• Nathaniel Hendrix &  Stephen Kraakmo placed first in the Men’s Ensemble Division of the state high school solo/ensemble competition.

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