GRACE NOTES
March 28 - April 4, 2023
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For Worship services please visit our YouTube channel.
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What's Going On At Grace
+Wednesdays in March - Grace Family Dinners and Holden Evening Prayer
+April 1 - Grace Property Workday
+April 2 - Palm Sunday, Easter Egg Hunt
+April 6 - Maundy Thursday Worship - 7pm
+April 7 - Good Friday Worship - 7pm
+April 9 - Easter Worship - 7, 9, and 11am + Easter brunch at 9:50am
+April 23 - Grace goes to the Ballgame (Winthrop Baseball)
+April 30 - Fifth Sunday, 10am worship with guest preacher Pr. Ray Mohrmann, Fellowship after service
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.
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Get to know our new members!
Welcome Karen Witker and Alex Laflin!
Click HERE to learn more about Karen and Alex.
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THANK YOU to everyone who donated Easter Baskets of Blessing this year! These baskets go to our more elderly neighbors, providing them with personal items, treats, and a reminder that they are not forgotten. Thank you for sharing Christ's love with them in this season!
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This Wednesday is our last Grace Family Dinner and Holden Evening Prayer of the season!
Thank you to everyone who has shared soup and helped with the meals! And thanks to those who are providing this week!
We hope that you'll join us Wednesday as we gather around soup and enjoy conversations as a faith family, then worship together with the Holden service.
This Wednesday, we are still in need of 3 soups, bread, and a few more volunteers to help with setup and cleanup. If you're able, please click HERE to sign up to help with our Grace Family Dinner.
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Grace Family Dinner Recipes
Click HERE for recipes from our members.
If you would like to share your recipe, please email the church office.
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Grace is Going to the Ballgame!
On April 23rd, we are headed to Winthrop Ballpark to see the Eagles play UNC Asheville! The game starts at 1pm, and we hope you'll be there! It'll be a great time for fellowship, fresh air, and sports!
Tickets are $5 each (and may be less with our quantity!). Grace will purchase the tickets in a block and then request your payment to the church.
Please let us know HERE by THIS Friday, March 31st if you'll be joining us!
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GRACE PROPERTY WORKDAY
THIS Saturday, April 1 at 9 am.
This is open to all members to come and throw pine needles.
It's great fellowship and exercise!
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Grace Easter Egg Hunt
April 2, 3:30-4:30pm
You're invited to the Grace Easter Egg hunt! This event is open to all Grace members to enjoy. We will have a craft, some games, fellowship, and eggs for the kids to hunt!
We will have 2 egg hunting groups - our toddlers and unders will hunt in one spot, and our slightly older kids through Young Youth will hunt in another, so that everyone has a great time! We'll also hunt at separate times, so that we can all share the joy of seeing both hunts!
Thank you to everyone who donated toys and candy for our treat bags!
Finally, please help us plan well, and let us know HERE if you'll be coming!
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Easter Sunday Worship Assistants Needed! |
Click on the service times to add your name to the worship assistant schedules for Easter Sunday.
Click HERE for the current schedule.
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Grace Craft Group
Meets on Tuesday, April 4 from 11am - 1pm in room 107. This group is for crafters of any skill level and any craft, with the group’s purpose to craft items that will be donated to different organizations in need of those items.
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Centennial Temple Talks
As a part of Grace's 100th Anniversary Celebration, we will share a Temple Talk highlighting Grace's history through the decades on the first Sunday of each month, from March through December.
This Sunday we will hear about Grace in the 1930's.
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Click on the button to read our great first Temple Talk, about Grace in the 1920's. |
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Member Memories
Click HERE to read a Member Memory from Mary Hinson.
One of the ways we will be celebrating the rich history of Grace this year is to hear about its impact on the lives of its members.
These do not need to be very long - even a single paragraph would be fine. Simply share with us your perspective, the way your story and Grace's story came together, and we will publish these remembrances in these Grace Notes publications throughout the year.
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It's time to register for Summer Camp at our NovusWay Lutheran Camps! If you're interested in going to one of our 4 regional camps, click HERE for info about their programs!
We know camp can be expensive, and we don't want cost to be a barrier to anyone's faith formation. If you'd like to apply for a Grace scholarship for a NovusWay camp, please click HERE or speak to Pr. Rachel for more information.
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We are keeping track of our new connections and sharing them with each other. To do so, please click HERE to share your connection!
Check out the display in the Fellowship Hall to see our connections grow!
To read the previous enews about our 100 Connections, click HERE.
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OUTREACH UPDATES AND OPPORTUNITIES |
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HOPE of Rock Hill - Biggest needs this week:
Pop Top Food Items, Individual Snack Items, Pasta, Pasta Sauce, Canned Fruit, Diapers size 4, 5 & 6, Condiments
HOPE has plenty of canned vegetables and asks that you do not donate more at this time.
You can drop items off in the bin located outside the church offices and a volunteer will take them over to HOPE. Please only place non-perishable items in the bin!
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The Sanctuary Candle for the month of March is given by Theresa Miller in honor of family birthdays for Scott, Michelle, Mackenzie, Theresa, Sawyer, and Cathy.
The Sanctuary Candle for the month of April is given by Sara and Steve Johnson in honor of our pastors.
The Altar Flowers for April 2 are given by Donna and Rick Richter in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Grace.
The Altar Flowers for April 2 are given by Dawn and Ron Hartman in honor of their new granddaughter, Harlow Ann Lahman.
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Altar Flowers
It is a long-standing tradition at Grace for members to sponsor the weekly flowers, often in honor or memory of a special person or event.
The cost is $45 for one or $90 for both vases.
1 vase is available to sponsor on April 30.
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Worship Assistant Schedule
Click HERE for the current schedule.
Don't see your name? Want to be part of leading worship? Email the church office today!
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Offering Our Gifts to God
Your gifts to Grace allow our ministry to happen! You can give in several ways:
- Give via the offering plate in worship
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Give online by clicking HERE (you have the option to offset the cost of giving online)
- Set up giving though your bank
- Mail your offering to the church office.
Thank you for continued faithful giving!
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Click HERE for the February Treasurer's Report
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If you are in need of help (of any kind), or simply want to connect,
please reach out to the pastors. We want to walk with you.
Please call or email us.
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Stay connected! Click on the links below! |
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GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH
426 Oakland Avenue
Rock Hill, SC 29730
(740) 312-5774 (Pastor Gregg’s cell)
(864) 230-3816 (Pastor Rachel’s cell)
Office Hours:
Monday - Thursday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
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