GRACE NOTES

April 8-14, 2025

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What's Going On At Grace


April 9 - Lenten Midweek Soup Supper & Program at 6pm, followed by worship at 7pm


April 13 - Palm Sunday, Easter Egg Hunt at 3:30pm

April 17 - Maundy Thursday service, 7pm

April 18 - Good Friday services, 12pm at Epiphany Lutheran, 7pm at Grace

April 19 - Easter Vigil service, 7pm

April 20 - Easter Sunday services, 8:30 and 11am, with Fellowship in-between


April 20-27 - Grace hosts Family Promise



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.

Easter Baskets of Blessing - IMPORTANT UPDATE!


Thank you to everyone who is taking part in our Easter Baskets of Blessing project at Grace this year! 


We heard from the York County Council on Aging office that they need to pick up the baskets a bit earlier than expected, so they can get them sorted and onto their correct routes with Meals on Wheels. 


We need the baskets to be at Grace by TOMORROW, Wednesday, April 9!


Thank you again for being part of this project!

We're having the tiled floors waxed at the end of this week!


On Thursday and Friday (April 10 & 11) we will de-activate the electronic door codes from 9am-4pm, while the waxing is being done.


If you need to get into the building, please call ahead or ring the doorbell, and we'll direct you how to safely come inside. If possible, please avoid coming to the building Thursday & Friday!

PLEASE NOTE:

THE EASTER EGG HUNT STARTS AT 3:30, NOT 3:00!!!

We published the wrong time previously, sorry!

We're inviting the whole congregation to take part in preparing our Lenten Soup Suppers!

 

If you have a favorite soup, we hope you'll share it!

If you can provide bread or drinks, that's great!

We'll also need assistance with setup and cleanup.



Click HERE to sign up to help with a Lenten Soup Supper.


(Nursery care is provided)

PROPERTY WORK DAY!


Join us for a fun and rewarding Property Work Day on Saturday, April 12, from 9:00am to 12:00pm! We will be spreading pine needles in the landscaped areas and trimming bushes and limbs along the back parking lot. It’s a great opportunity to get outside, lend a hand, and connect with our church community.


All are welcome, and we’d love to see you there for a morning of teamwork and fellowship!

We have many opportunities to serve God and one another in worship during Holy Week! Please click on the button below for the service(s) in which you'd like to assist to sign up!

MAUNDY THURSDAY
GOOD FRIDAY
EASTER VIGIL
EASTER 8:30AM
EASTER 11:00AM

Easter Morning Fellowship



On Easter morning, between the 8:30 and 11am services, Parish Life will host hospitality and fellowship! We will have breakfast pastries, biscuits and gravy, fruit, and drinks to enjoy as we celebrate Christ's Resurrection! 


So that we can be sure to have enough food for everyone, please let us know if you anticipate joining us! 


Click HERE or use the Tear & Share to RSVP. Thank you!

Family Promise is back at Grace Beginning on Easter!

April 20-27, 2025


We will welcome families into our building for a week, providing a safe home and good meals as they work to get back on their feet.


If you'd like to serve in this ministry, there are many ways to take part! We need setup help, dinner hosts, evening company, overnight hosts, and reset help.


Please click HERE to sign up to help with Family Promise!


Contact Pr. Rachel with questions

Seniors @ Grace


Come join us on Thursday April 24 as we welcome Krystina Oxendine to Seniors@Grace. Krystina is a local artist and children’s book illustrator who will share her artistic process with us. She will also bring examples of the work she does in different artist mediums.  We will gather at the usual time of 11:30 am for fellowship followed by a yummy lunch and then the program.   It will be a fun presentation to see how an artist works from conception to the finished product.


Please RSVP to Annie Laurie Wheat at 803 517-0626 (cell) or 803 980-1834 (home) or email at wheatannielaurie@gmail.com


A message from Farran, Zack, & Griffyn


Our Dearest Grace Family,


As many of you already know by now, we will be making Fuquay-Varina, NC our permanent home, so that we may be close to Griffyn as he starts kindergarten this fall. Zack and Griffyn moved into our new home this past weekend, and I will be officially moving at the end of May. As our full-time chapter at Grace is coming to an end, I wanted to express my deepest gratitude to all of you. 


Grace has become an extension of our family. I have been here for five years, and the guys have been here the last two. All three of us feel a deep, and beautiful connection to Grace, and the people who make it home to us. To us, a church is not just the walls, roof, stone and shingles…but a church is the people who attend it, and the pastors who lead it. The church to us is the body of Christ, not just a physical building we attend weekly. 


During the past years all of you have supported us during difficult times, rejoiced with us during celebratory moments and were amazing friends to us during the mundane day to day of life. Thank you to each and every one of you that have made Grace our home for these last years. We will miss seeing you all every week. As we plan to visit often, we are not saying goodbye, but see you later! 


In the coming times of change and adjustment for all three of us, we ask that our Grace Family cover us in prayers. We will be continuing to support Grace, and all of its endeavors with our prayers. 


Peace and blessings to you all,

Farran, Zack & Griffyn

OUTREACH UPDATES

2025 Grace Outreach Grant Partnerships

Announced!


Yesterday, we shared a special e-news with our 2025 Outreach Partners!


To see this special e-news, please click HERE.

Biggest needs this week at HOPE:

Breakfast items (cereal, oatmeal, etc.), condiments, snacks & diapers sizes 4,5,6,7.

Please make sure to check expiration dates!

Congregation Connections
Click here for our current Prayer List
Click here to submit your prayer requests
Click here for our Memorials & Honor Gifts
Click here for our April Birthdays

The Sanctuary Candle for the month of April is given by Michelle Del Castillo in loving memory of my parents, Fernando and Marcia.

Click HERE for the Current Worship Assistant Schedule.

Click HERE to sign up to sponsor Altar Flowers.

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
  • 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!

Click HERE for the February Treasurer's Report

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.
Stay connected! Click on the links below!

GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH

426 Oakland Avenue

Rock Hill, SC 29730

803.324.5295 www.gracerockhill.com

parishadmin@gracerockhill.com



(740) 312-5774 (Pastor Gregg’s cell)

(864) 230-3816 (Pastor Rachel’s cell)


Office Hours:

Monday - Thursday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm