Wed 12/14 12 pm—Library Work Party 6 pm— Advent Soup Supper and Worship at Good Shepherd Albany
Thurs 12/15 Grace Gatherings deadline Annual Reports Deadline 9am—4pm: Office Staff on site 11:30 am— Coffee with Kristin 12 pm—Wisdom Seekers on Zoom 3 pm—Conversation in Spanish 6:30 pm—Benton County Democrats 6:30 pm—Worship Rehearsal
Sat 12/17 1:30 pm—Private Piano Recital
Sun 12/18 Fourth Sunday of Advent 10 am—In Person or Live Stream Worship Following Worship—Caroling at the Caring Place 2 pm—Private Piano Recital
Please check our on-line calendar for updates:
Year End Giving
To ensure your giving is counted for 2022, all giving needs to be at Grace no later than Wednesday, December 28 to be deposited on Thursday, December 29.
Ladies Luncheon
Tuesday, December 13, 2022 11:45am at The Corvallis Country Club (Please RSVP to Mary Ann B.)
Wednesday Advent Soup Supper and worship
This year, we will be gathering our our neighboring churches for soup, fellow ship and Wroship.
Carpool and Caravan will leave Corvallis at 5:30 pm to go to Albany
December 14 – Good Shepherd in Albany
Annual Reports are due to Andrea int eh office by December 1, 2022
Caroling at the Caring Place Sunday, December 18 Following Worship
Masks are required at all times. Please check in when you arrive to answer Covid questions. Music will be provided.
Sunday Worship 10am In Person and Live Stream
Wednesday Soup Supper and Worship 6am
December 14—Good Shepherd Albany (carpool/Caravan leaves Grace at 5:30pm)
Children’s Nativity Program Sunday, December 11 during Worship In Person and Live Stream
Christmas Eve Worship 5 pm—In Person and Live Stream 9 pm— In Person
Christmas Day Worship Pre Recorded video will go live at 10am. No In Person Worship
Global Book Club will return on the First Tuesday of September int eh Fireside Room.
Next Meetings: Jan. 3 So You Want To Talk about Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Feb. 7 A Hope More Powerful than the Sea by Melissa Fleming
New Christ in Our Home Devotional October – December 2022
Now Available in the Church Office and Church Entry
Out-and-About Office Hours Kristin will be available for “office hours” on Thursdays from 11:30am-1pm. Contact Kristin to set up a location or drop by Luther House.
Wisdom Seekers The Wisdom Seekers Book Group started a new book on Thursday, November 3rd – The Galaxy and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers, winner of the Hugo Award for Best Series. According to the back cover, this science fiction book ”blends heartwarming characters and imaginative adventure.”
The book group meets every Thursday at noon via Zoom and welcomes new participants! The group enjoys lively discussions, reading a few chapters each week. If you would like to be added to the Zoom invitation, please contact Mark Klopsch at klopschm@comcast.net.
If you are interested in a printed copy of the December 2022 issues of Grace Gatherings please contact the church office to have a copy mailed to you. Printed copies of Grace Gatherings and The Foundation Newsletter are now available in the church entry.
Deadline for Grace Gathering Articles is now the 15th of each month. In order 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!! Have you checked out the new online catalog yet? Try https://www.librarycat.org/lib/GLC-Library Or go to the Grace website, under Resources, click on Grace Library. Click on any book, then the button that says Ask About Becoming a Library Patron. Enter your name and email and/or phone and we will contact you.
Thank you to everybody who has been returning the blue bottle drop bags.
Grace Lutheran Church continues to have blue bottle drop bags available for church members. All donations made through these special blue bottle drop bags and label will go directly towards the Ida Fund that assists with community members in need. Grace continues to hand out sack lunches on Monday and Thursdays. Emergency assistance for Gas, utility bills, and other needs continues to be available on Thursdays.
In 2021, Grace Lutheran Church has been able to raise over$1,000 towards the Ida fund that helps community members with emergency assistance such as gas vouchers, paying a bill, or other assistance.
Giving at a Glance Support the many ministries of Grace Lutheran
Contributions as of November 24, 2022
Contributions for the Month of November: $16,854; November Budget: $19,500; First 3 Weeks Giving: $16,854; Weekly Budget: $4,875; (4 weeks in November);
YTD contributions: $257,518; YTD budget: $276,825
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