January 15, 2020
Policy Based Governance Meeting this Sunday and next Sunday
Please join Pastor Aaron in the Conference Room at 10:45 am on Sunday, January 19th and/or Sunday, January 26th for information about Policy Based Governance. He will cover what it is, how it works in a ministry setting, as well as how it might look here at Grace. Come, learn, and ask questions!
Men’s Bible Study
We invite men of all ages to join us Saturday mornings in the multipurpose room. Bible Study starts at 7:00 but the coffee starts at 6:30 so feel free to come early and bring a friend.
Attention Ladies - High School and up! (And a few Gents!) 
Join the volunteer team for PROJECT GODWAY 2020! Our eighth season starts February 28th and ends April 25th! By joining the volunteer team you will be taking the opportunity to share Christ’s love with young ladies in middle school from our community by sharing your time and talents. All while you make new friends and enjoy old ones! We always need ladies to help the girls learn to sew a simple pattern but there are many, many more jobs you can do as well! Jewelry making, fabric painting, and more, NEW this season, help the girls learn to COOK! Please prayerfully consider joining the team! We would love to have YOU! FOLLOW THIS LINK TO CHECKOUT THE WAYS YOU CAN HELP AND SIGN UP:  tinyurl.com/ProjectGodwayVolunteer  
A Volunteer Workshop will be held February 8th! Thrivent Members - find out how your membership can help support us! For more information visit 
Tamale Class? YES! 
You’ve raved about the taste and asked about the recipe - Now you can learn to make tamales and take home a batch for your family! Be sure to stop by the Connections Table on Sunday for complete info! You can also contact Ana or Alicia in the church office: [email protected]
Soccer Saturdays at Grace
Join us the first Saturday of each month from 10 am- 12 noon. Soccer Saturday is focused on kids in kindergarten through the 5th grade. Join the fun, making new friends, learning skills and playing soccer here at Grace Lutheran! Pizza lunch provided! The next Soccer Saturday is Feb. 1!
Can You Help the Altar Guild?
We need a couple people or even a Small Group to share the 2nd and 4th weekends preparing for communion and cleaning up afterward. This is a quick, easy duty and we can show you everything you need to know. Please let Yoke in the church office know if you are interested. 760-745-0831
School Spirit Week is January 27-31
Grace will be celebrating National Lutheran School's Week January 27th - 31st.
Did you know?.....
  • That there are 201,307 students attending 1,950 Lutheran schools around the country taught by 21,764 educators
  • Our district is one of 35 districts in the United States. This district is blessed to have 98 preschools, 49 elementary schools, and 8 high schools in Arizona, Southern California, and Southern Nevada, plus our institution of higher learning, Concordia University Irvine. Our schools, according to 2019-20 statistics, have 18,841 students enrolled, preschool through high school.
Grace is proud to be part of the Pacific Southwest District of Lutheran Schools and share the love of Jesus with so many children and their families.
Every year we have a special day where we like to celebrate the GRAND people in our lives. This year we are inviting all students’ grandparents or grand-friends to come to school on January 31, 2020.
Here's what our day will look like:
Elementary & Middle School Schedule:
8:30 AM Breakfast treat with your grandchild in their classroom
9:00 AM Class Activity 
9:30 AM Recess and coffee 
9:45 AM Class Activity
10:15 AM Worship Service
11:30 AM Dismissal
Preschool will be closing for all Grandparents/friends to come to preschool with their student. Preschool Schedule:
8:30 AM Breakfast treat with your grandchild in their classroom
9:00 Worship 
9:30 Special class activity and recess on the playground
(see schedule in classroom on that day)
11:30 AM Dismissal
Support Grace All Year-Long Through Your Amazon Purchases
Amazon will provide Grace with 0.5% of your purchases with no cost to you! All you need to do is designate Grace as your charitable organization. Using the URL http://Smile.Amazon.com search for and select “Grace Lutheran Church” in Escondido. You must continue to access your Amazon account through smile.amazon.com. A portion of your sales will then be provided to Grace to support our many ministries.
Prayers of the People
Our "Prayers for the People" prayer list can now be found in our prayer alcove in the welcome center as well as clicking HERE.

Small Group or Bible Study information can be found HERE.
Don't forget to click on the links below for more info on Grace and the Pacific Southwest District
Click HERE for K-8 News
Click HERE for Preschool News
Church Attendance
1/12/2019

8:00 - 60
9:30 - 131
10:45 - no report
         
TOTAL: 191
Church Attendance
This week in 2019

Total 271
Church Giving for December (6th month of fiscal year)

Actual for December 2019  $108,897
Budgeted December 2019     $83,358

Year to Date
Actual Giving   (July 2019 to December 2019)    $333,418
Budget Amount (July 2019 to December 2019)      $345,124
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