GRACE NOTES

January 16-22, 2024

What's Going On At Grace

+Jan 28-Feb 4 - Hosting Family Promise

+Feb 13 - Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper & Palm Burning

Many of these events have more details in other sections. This section is updated each week, so keep checking in. You can also see the full church calendar HERE.

We welcome The Rev. Dr. Norbert F. Hahn!

This Sunday, we welcomed Pr. Hahn officially to Grace, as our new Campus Minister. We hope you'll take the chance to introduce yourselves to Pr. Hahn and his wife Lyn if you see them over the next few weeks!

Click here to learn more about our new Campus Minister

If you'd like to sponsor a WELCM dinner (it's lots of fun!), please contact Pr. Hahn here.

Family Promise Hosting Week - January 28 - February 4

Grace will be hosting Family Promise in 2 weeks! We'd love to have you join us in welcoming our guest families and making sure they have good meals and a comfortable place to stay with us.

To take part in this week, please click HERE. We have roles for everyone - setup, making dinner, spending time socializing, sleeping, and resetting!

For more information, please contact Pr. Rachel.

Sponsoring Altar Flowers and Sanctuary Candle

You are invited to take part in providing beauty and symbolism in our worship space by sponsoring the Altar Flowers and Sanctuary Candle.

Grace keeps our Sanctuary Candle (the candle in the hanging red glass vessel on the font side of the Sanctuary) burning every week, a sign of the continuing presence of Jesus Christ in our lives.

You are invited to sponsor the candle in memory or honor of someone - perhaps someone who has shared Christ's presence with you!

We currently have 6 months available to be sponsored

The cost of the candle is $25. Please click HERE to sign up.

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Each Sunday, except during Lent, Grace places Altar Flowers on the back wall of the sanctuary. These floral arrangements bring beauty to our Sanctuary, which in turns honors God as we thoughtfully adorn this holy space.

You are invited to sponsor the flowers in memory or honor of someone, of an anniversary or milestone, or to something special to you.

We have many Sundays open to sponsor, including the next 4 weeks.

The cost is $45.00 for one (1) or $90.00 for both (2) vases.

Please click HERE to sign up.

Thank you for sponsoring these worship items!

It's time to share your ideas for our 2024 Outreach Partnership Grant Program! 

Each year, Grace makes Partnership Grants to local non-profit aid organizations. Through this program, we partner financially and experientially with local non-profit organizations which serve to assist those in need in greater Rock Hill and York County area.

In addition to awarding a monetary grant to each partner, Grace will learn about, connect with, pray for, support, and work alongside the organization, its staff, and its clients. It is our hope that through this partnership, we will all grow in community. 

WE NEED YOUR HELP TO MAKE THIS A SUCCESS!

The Outreach Committee invites you to submit the names of local non-profit aid organizations that might benefit from our partnership and funding, especially at this time. We will be collecting names through January, and in February, we will begin contacting organizations to invite them to apply for a Partnership Grants.

To submit an organization's name, please click HERE.

For more information, please contact Pr. Rachel or any member of the Outreach Committee.

Thank you for helping our Partnership Program succeed!

Restarting the Grace Card Ministry (Rachel's Ring)

Our card-making ministry has been on hiatus for a while, but we're bringing it back! This ministry involves creating greeting cards and sending them to members on the prayer list, those experiencing life milestones, those needing encouragement, and more!

We need your input to get the program up and running once more. If you're interested in taking part in card-making and sending, please click HERE to answer questions about your availability.

If you have questions, please contact Hilary Mullins.

Notice: Quilt Group schedule change

The Grace Quilt Group is changing their meetings to the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month (previously 2nd and 4th).

If you'd like more information about this group, please contact Becky Evans.

Seniors @ Grace

Seniors @Grace will start the new year of fun activities with Bingo on Thursday, January 25th. We will gather at 11:30 am in the Fellowship Hall with lunch at 12 noon followed by a few fun games of Bingo. The menu is not planned yet but Annie-Laurie’s sister will do the cooking so we all know it will be good.

This is the time to bring items that you are willing to share for Bingo prizes. We had a great suggestion to not wrap prizes so winners can make their own selection. So gather anything useful or fun or just something you have loved but are ready to part with and we will swap them around.   Lunch will be $6.00. No inflation for S@G!

Please RSVP to Annie Laurie Wheat by January 23 so we can have enough food and dessert!

(803 517-0626 or wheatannielaurie@gmail.com)

We extend our prayers of Christian sympathy to Josh Robinson and his family at the death of his father, Leon Robinson, Jr. We trust in the hope of the resurrection and commit Leon into God's care.

Leon's Memorial Service will take place at Greene Funeral Home on Ebenezer Rd at 2pm on Friday, January 19. There will be a visitation time with the family in the hour before the service. Afterwards, family and friends are invited back to Josh & Katie's house to share remembrances and celebrate Leon's life.

Grace Outreach Partnerships

Click on the buttons below to learn more about our 2023 partners and how you can offer support through volunteering and donations

Bethel Shelters

URGENT NEED FOR ROLLER BAGS

Due to impending construction at the Bethel Day Shelter, guests must empty their current storage lockers. They will be forced to carry all their belongings with them until the construction is completed – probably at least a month. Most already carry backpacks so a suitcase that they can roll behind them is the best option.



Do you have one gathering dust in a closet? If so, please consider donating it to help these men. If you drop it off at the church office we have a volunteer ready to transport them to the men. If you have one to donate but cannot get it to the church, please call us and we will have a volunteer pick it up.

Biggest needs this week at HOPE:

Diapers size 4, personal hygiene items, cereal, and condiments.

2023 Giving Statements

The 2023 year-end giving statements for tax purposes are complete and you should have received an email containing a link to access yours. Please note that the non-tax deductible items included in your Realm giving account (items such as payment for the anniversary dinner, steins, or GYM ski trips) are not included in that statement. If you would like a statement that includes those non-deductible items, just contact either outgoing financial secretary Bob Stonebraker (stonebraker946@gmail.com) or incoming financial secretary Lori Brown (LLBZMS@msn.com) and they will have one sent to you.

The Sanctuary Candle for the month of January is given by

Becky and Jimmy Evans in honor of Dr. Jeremy, our wonderful choirs, and the beautiful music they bring each week.

The Altar Flowers for January 21st are available to be sponsored

GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH

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Rock Hill, SC 29730

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(740) 312-5774 (Pastor Gregg’s cell)

(864) 230-3816 (Pastor Rachel’s cell)

Office Hours:

Monday - Thursday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm