Annual Congregational Meeting

Grace Lutheran Church Annual Congregational Meeting will be held at 10:45am on Sunday, January 31st following the 9:30am Worship Service. The meeting will last approximately one hour. The purpose of the meeting is to review 2009 in our mission and budget, and to approve a budget and emphasis for 2010. This is an important part of our life together. Please make plans to come, share your thoughts and the mission of Grace in our community.

Bloodmobile

Donors and Volunteers Needed on Monday, February 1st

Grace’s Missions committee is sponsoring the Red Cross Bloodmobile on Monday, February 1st from 1:00 to 6:00 pm. The goal is for Grace to bring in 50 donations of blood. Your help is needed to meet this goal. If you are a regular blood donor, past donor or would like to donate for the first time please sign up for an appointment during the blood drive. The Missions Committee also needs your help as a volunteer worker. HELP is needed with: phone calling using our donor list; providing cookies or bars; assisting Red Cross set up from Noon-1:00pm; greeting or serving from 1:00-4:00pm or 4:00-6:00pm; or take down from 6:00-7:00pm. The Missions Committee appreciates your offering of time and talent to support the Red Cross Bloodmobile. Please sign up on our list in the Good shepherd Lounge or call mark Pearson at 651-731-6125.

Souper Bowl of Caring

February 7th

February 7th is the NFL’s Super Bowl Sunday. Another national event, the Souper Bowl of Caring is prominent among churches that Sunday. Last year thousands of congregations, community groups and schools donated over 10 million dollars during the Souper Bowl of Caring to help poor and hungry people all over the world. For 21 years the goal for Souper Bowl of Caring is for each member of a congregation to drop $1 into a Soup Bowl on Sunday, February 7th. Your donations at Grace will aid the hungry through ELCA’s World Hunger program. The Missions Committee urges each member of Grace to attend services on February 7th and to contribute $1 to our Souper Bowl of Caring on Super Bowl Sunday.

Pancakes 'n' Puppets

Fun for Young and Old

Everyone is welcome!!!!
Food: Pancakes, sausages and beverages
Entertainment: Our youth perform some awesome puppet shows for children & adults.
When: Sunday, February 7th at 10:30am
Where: Tower Rooms
Suggested Donation: Adults: $5, Youth under 12: $2.50

Anyone interested in helping out with this fun event, please call Sue Wickert at 651-731-6458 or email her at pdwsew at msn dot com.

Let Your Hearts Go Wild...
It’s Mardi Gras Time

We will be observing Mardi Gras on Valentines Day, February 14th from 11:30am – 1:30pm. This celebration takes place before Ash Wednesday.

Bring an audacious appetizer, a decadent dessert, or bread. Meatballs and potato salad and beverages will be furnished. Laughter will abound!

Volunteer entertainers are welcome. If interested please contact Barb Holtan at 651-738-6586. Looking forward to seeing you there!

The List Grows On

Katharine Richter and Nancy Zitzewitz extended an invitation to join in the challenge of growing hair to donate to Locks of Love. This is a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children under age 18 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. A hair prosthetic helps to restore a child’s self-esteem and confidence, enabling the child to face the world and peers.

Nancy was the first person who donated her hair to Locks of Love. In recognition she received a “locket of love” to wear. She passed the “locket of love” to Katharine, who was the next person who “cut it off”. Katharine then passed the locket on to Jessica McCoy, who passed it on to Jenny Smeby, who passed it on to Cassie Pray, who passed it on to Kaity Major, who passed it on to Gerry Lindquist! Next in line to receive the “locket of love” is Lynda Johnson (LJ). Please let Katharine, Nancy, or someone in the church office know, when you are ready for your turn to wear the locket. We hope to pass it on and on and on….

At any time if you wish to commit to donating 10 inches of hair for this worthy cause, please sign on the dotted line on the sign-up sheet next to the elevator in the Good Shepherd Lounge or notify Katharine or Nancy. (Shorter hair and gray hair is acceptable if … For further details, please see the information with the sign-up sheet or check out the website at www.locksoflove.org.)

Support is needed for all who commit. On a hot day, a bad hair day, or a heavy-headed day, the temptation may be to cut it off! Growers need support!

Let’s continue to pass the locket of love and most importantly, let’s support the children who benefit from Locks of Love!

Name Tags

The Outreach Committee members have assembled name tags for each member of Grace. We hope that by using them we will enable all of us to become better acquainted with one another. Please remember to wear yours each time you come to worship.

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January 21, 2010