Sun 6/16 10 am—Worship Service Stone Soup Volunteering 5 pm—Private Music Rehearsal
Mon 6/17 9 am—4 pm—Office Staff On Site 3 pm—Private Event in Sanctuary 6 pm—Boy Scouts 6 pm—Monday Musing at Common Fields
Tue 6/18 6-9 pm—Private Music Practice
Wed 6/19 1 pm—Bible Study 2 pm—Private Music Practice 5 pm—Private Music Practice 7 pm—Hazelwood Music Concert
Thurs. 6/20 9 am – 4 pm—Office Staff on Site 12 pm—Wisdom Seekers 6:30 pm—Music Rehearsal 6:30 pm—Benton County Democrats
Fri. 6/21 4:30 – 9 pm—Private Music Rehearsal
Sat 6/22—Albany Pride Day
Sun 6/23 10 am—Worship Service Following worship—Sack Lunch Work Party Following worship—Corvallis for Refugees
New Christ in Our Home Devotional July – September 2024 Now Available in the Church Office and Church Entry
Monday Musings
This summer on the 1st and 3rd Mondays at 6pm at Common Fields we will share our musings on life, faith, what beverage feels celebratory. First Monday Musing will be on June 17th. The first topic of musings is: “Be a sinner, and let your sins be strong (or “Sin boldly”), but let your trust in Christ be stronger, and rejoice in Christ who is the victor over sin, death, and the world. We will commit sins while we are here, for this life is not a place where justice resides.”- Martin Luther
Common Fields is at SW 3rd & Western Ave in Corvallis
Bible Study with Pr. Remy Wednesdays at 1 pm
Wednesday Bible Study will continue at 1 pm in the Fireside Room.
All are welcome even if you have not attended before.
June 19th is called Juneteenth. While Juneteenth was designated a federal holiday in 2021, it has been celebrated by the black community in America for over a century. What is Juneteenth? Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out that two years prior they had been freed through President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. White land owners did not agree with this proclamation and prevented the black population they enslaved from hearing about this proclamation. This is not the first or the last time that people in power have not only refused but actively stood in the way of granting peace and prosperity to marginalized people. Unfortunately, the Bible was one of the tools used to justify the oppression of black people in America. In Bible Study this week, we will go over some of the texts used to justify slavery. Learning about the ways that the Bible is and has been misused helps us to prevent that from happening again.
Albany Pride Day Saturday, June 22, 2024 If you are interested in helping, please contact Frank Davis or Andrea in the office.
Corvallis for Refugees Please join us during worship and following worship on June 23 as we learn about the new partnership Grace is entering with Corvallis for Refugees
Ladies Luncheon
June 25, 2024 Location to be Determined
Sack Lunch Program at Grace
Grace will be partnering with Vina Moses to provide more community members with Sack Lunches.
Grace is collecting items to go into the sack lunches. Please see list below or the May issue of Grace Gatherings.
Please put donated items in the box in the office.
Items we are looking for Drinks – Juice Boxes, Capri Sun, or small bottles of water. Granola or Fruit and Grain Bars Fruit Cups Puddings or other treats Napkins, spoons, and paper bags
Grace will be providing the protein source, but additional non refrigerated protein sources can be donated. All items will be packed in their original packaging, so please buy in individual sizes.
The Global Book club will return in September 2024
The Complete 2024-2025 book list can be found at the link below. Printed copies of the complete book list can be found in the church entry
If you are interested in memorializing someone in the courtyard, please contact Carol Warloe
Sunday, June 30, 202 in Central Park
Please join us for an Ecumenical Service in the park.
Please bring your own chair or blanket to sit on.
More information to come soon
Are you the last one leaving Grace? When you leave Grace are you aware of who is still in the building?
If you are the last one in the building, or you are one of the last ones leaving Grace, please make sure that all the lights are turned off, all the doors are closed and locked, and the exhaust fans in the restrooms are turned off.
Willing to help with worship?
We need people to help in the altar guild, to usher, serve communion, and host the coffee fellowship after church. Please give it a try. If you need training we’re happy to help with that.
If you need help, please ask Andrea in the office or send an email. To sign up: Click on the link, pick a day and your service choice. Click in that box. Marshall Hill-Tanquistmhilltanquist@gmail.com
Stone Soup Volunteers Needed 3rd Sunday of Each Month 1:30 – 5:30 pm
This will be helping cook the Stone Soup Meal.
If interested, please contact Frank Davis or Elaine Franklin
Medical Equipment Closet
If you are needing any medical equipment, please contact Cathy Mueller or the office to learn more information about borrowing somethign from Grace.
Oregon Bottle Drop Bags Available in the Church Entry Blue Bags can now be found in the church entry on the table in the corner.
All funds raised go towards helping our Community Members in need.
Book Started March 21
The Wisdom Seekers Book Group started a new book on Thursday, March 21st – Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels by Kenneth E. Bailey. As a master of Middle Eastern culture, Bailey examines the life and ministry of the person and significance of Jesus within his own cultural context.
Meetings are at noon every Thursday via Zoom, covering about 30 pages each week.
Please join us for some fun discussions! If you would like to do so, please contact Mark Klopsch at klopschm@comcast.net so that he can add you to the Zoom invitation.
For a printed copy of the June 2024 issue of Grace Gatherings, please contact the church office to have one mailed to you. Printed copies of Grace Gatherings and The Foundation Newsletter are available in the church entry.
Deadline for Grace Gathering Articles is the 15th of each month. To ensure your articles get into the current issue, please get all articles to Andrea in the church office on time.
If you need a book from the Grace Lutheran Church Library, we will get it to you!! Check out the new online catalog at https://www.librarycat.org/lib/GLC-Library Or go to the Grace website, under Resources>Grace Library.
Giving at a Glance Support the many ministries of Grace Lutheran
Contributions as of May 24, 2024
Contributions for the Month of May: $22,060; May Budget: $31,100; First 3 Weeks Giving: $22,060 Weekly Budget: $7,775; (4 weeks in May) YTD contributions: $130,500; YTD budget: $140,925
What’s going on at Grace Lutheran? Check out ourcalendar, located on www.grace97330.org, the weekly Sunday announcements, and our facebook page for current information. You are always welcome to call the church office with questions!
