For a List of Needed Items, please see the November Grace Gatherings or the Flyer in the Church Entry.
Donations can be placed in the boxes on the Fire Place.
Deadlien for Donations is Sunday, November 17.
This Week at Grace
Sun 11/17 Deadline for Food donations 9 am—Sunday School 10 am—Worship Service Stone Soup Volunteering 6 pm—Student Dinner at Luther House
Mon 11/18 9 am—4 pm—Office Staff On Site 6 pm—Boy Scouts 6 pm—Queer Catachism
Tue 11/19 5:30—7:30 pm—Craft Night at Luther House
Wed 11/20 1 pm—Bible Study with Pr. Remy
Thurs. 11/21 9 am – 4 pm—Office Staff on Site 12 pm—Wisdom Seekers 2 pm—Caregivers Support Group 5:30 pm—Choir Practice 6:30 pm—Benton County Democrats 6:30 pm—Music Rehearsal 7:30 pm—Communications Committee Meeting
Sat 11/23—OSU Football Parking Fundraiser for Luther House
Sun 11/25 9 am—Sunday School 10 am—Worship Service Following Worship—Sack Lunch Work Party 6 pm—Student Dinner at Luther House
Advent mid Week Soup Supper and Worship Wednesday, December 4, 11 and 18
Sign ups for Soup Supers are located in the church entry
Friday, December 6 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm In Ronnenkamp Hall
Youth are invited to join us in Decorating Cookies, watching a movie and then gathering to talk about what is coming up for Youth
Caregivers Support Group 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each Month Grace Library
Pr. Remy will be hosting a Caregivers Support Group starting in October.
Please contact Mary at Luther House to sign up to Volunteer lhouse@peak.org
Already attending the game, support Luther House by Parking in Grace’s Parking Lot
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 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of Each Month at 11:45 am December 10, 2024 Corvallis Club Please RSVP to Mary Ann Brenan By December 3 541-229-6972
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
February 4 We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir by Raja Shehadeh
New Book Starting in November The Wisdom Seekers Book Group will be starting a new book on Thursday, November 14th – “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” by Reza Aslan. This book gives a fresh perspective on Jesus, even as it affirms the radical and transformative nature of his life and mission.
Meetings are at noon every Thursday via Zoom, covering about 30 pages each week.
If you would like to join us for some fun discussions, please contact Mark Klopsch at klopschm@comcast.net so that he can add you to the Zoom invitation.
Children’s Sunday School 9 am on Sunday
All Youth are Welcome to join in Sunday School in the Basement Classroom.
Are you interested in assisting with Sunday School? Don’t want to be committed to every Sunday, There is no minimum to how much you need to help. Reach out to Pr. Remy for more infomration.
Choir this Fall
Practices are held at 5:30 pm on Thursdays
Choir will run through Pentecost Sunday with the first Performance e on Sunday, October 27
Please join us on Thursdays or reach out to Bryson.
New Christ in Our Home Devotional October – December 2024
Now Available in the Church Office and Church Entry
Courtyard Memorial Stones
If you are interested in memorializing someone in the courtyard, please contact Carol Warloe
Willing to help with worship?
We need people to help in the altar guild, 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.
Andrea can also sign up folks who need help. Please ask or send her an email. If you bookmark this link you can use it in the future.
Click on the link, pick a day and your service choice. Click in that box. Scroll to the bottom of the page. Click the “submit and sign up” box. (If you don’t see one, there may be an ad or notice at the bottom of the page that you need to close). On the next page fill in your name and email then scroll down and click on the “sign up now” box.
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
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.
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 for the Month of October: $11,488; October Budget: $18,000; First 3 Weeks Giving: $11,488; Weekly Budget: $4,500; (4 weeks in September) YTD contributions: $215,951; YTD budget: $239,400