Grace Lutheran Church

Pastor Gaertner will be away on vacation until August 21. If you have a pastoral emergency, please contact Rev. Keith Blom from Immanuel Lutheran at his office 692-4219 or after hours on his cell phone 946-2100.

YOUTH SERVICE EVENT

Please help feed the hungry by preparing and serving lunch at the Niagara Falls Community Mission. On Thursday, August 28 youth entering grades 7 through 12 are invited to volunteer. Meet at Grace at 9:00 a.m. Wear comfortable clothing, nothing that you would be heartbroken if bleach or food stains it. No short shorts or low cut blouses. Wear a baseball cap if you don’t want to wear a hair net. We will be back to church by 1:30 p.m.

Mark your calendars! Sunday, September 7 is Rally Day. We will be having a Chiavetta’s Chicken BBQ after the 10:30 a.m. worship service. Tickets will go on sale soon. See the sign up sheets in the chapel for volunteer positions to make this event successful.

There will be an important Sunday School staff meeting on August 24 at 11:30 a.m. after the worship service. Please plan on attending in you are interested in being a part of the Sunday School Staff.

Niagara Zone LWML summer picnic will be held at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 453 Old Falls Blvd. in North Tonawanda, on Tuesday, August 12, beginning at 6:00 p.m. Hot dogs and dessert will be provided; bring a dish to share! All women are welcome-friends and spouses, too! A report on the recent District LWML Convention will be shared. Free will donations toward the Zone Travel Fund will be cheerfully accepted to help send the zone delegate to the June 2009 National Convention in Portland, OR.

The Fall Women’s Retreat at Camp Pioneer will feature Rev. David Belasic as guest speaker and our own Rev. Evan Gaertner presiding at the Sunday Morning Worship. Theme for the weekend is “Friends Forever, Forever Friends” based on Proverbs 17:17. All women are welcome to attend. Cost for the weekend is $128; part time registration is also available. Registration deadline is September 1.

From now until Labor Day, there will be a box in the narthex for our SOCK and UNDERWEAR collection. We will collect all sizes of undergarments and socks to be distributed in the fall by the Community Mission and our city’s school nurses. ONLY NEW ITEMS CAN BE ACCEPTED. This is one of our most appreciated collections. Last summer we collected 272 items and they were distributed within a week! Please remember this project as you shop this summer. Your help is needed.

Through you contributions to the mission fund at Grace, we reach out and support different missions locally, nationally, and international. Joint Seminary Fund is the special mission for the month of August.

Through the LCEF Joyful Repsonse program our church can receive electronic payments directly from personal bank accounts or LCEF Steward Accounts. It is simple, safe, convenient, and stewardship-minded. Interested? Talk to Jon Lehning.

THIS WEEK AT GRACE

SUNDAY

9:30 a.m. Morning Prayer Service

10:00 a.m. Coffee Fellowship

10:30 a.m. Communion Worship Service

MONDAY

6:30 p.m. Community AA Meeting

WEDNESDAY

10:00 a.m. Craft Group

SATURDAY

3:00 p.m. Whistler/Andrews Wedding

5:00 p.m. Communion Worship

NEXT SUNDAY

9:30 a.m. Morning Prayer Service

10:00 a.m. Coffee Fellowship

10:30 a.m. Worship Service