March 21, 2024

Sunday of the Passion / Palm Sunday

Zoom Call In - Audio Only (11:00 AM Sunday):

312-626-6799, 646-931-3860, 929-205-6099, 301-715-8592, 305-224-1968,

309-205-3325, 689-278-1000

Meeting ID: 825 4920 8056  Passcode: 9196826030

Learn How to Fold Palm Crosses: You are invited to join members of the Altar Guild in the yearly tradition of making palm crosses to be distributed this Sunday. Meet in Fellowship Hall at 10 AM on Saturday, March 23rd.

Easter Lilies: Deadline is this Sunday, March 24th. If you are unable to submit a form, call the church office to place your order. Extra forms are in the Narthex.

Calendar Update: Pastor's Brown Bag Bible Study will not meet on Monday, March 25th. There will not be a Noon service on Wednesday, March 27th.

Facility Updates:

1. We are in the process of reviewing a quote to install smoke and heat protection throughout the facility and installing access control on 3 doors including the Campus Ministry Center.
2. This coming week the playground will be cleaned up and all equipment professionally cleaned and wood restored using a child-safe (no bleach) cleaning solution.

Have you ever been EGGED?

Share the message of the empty tomb with your friends and neighbors on Easter Eve. Grab some plastic eggs and instruction sheet in the narthex and get cracking! Have a story to tell about your EGGing experience? Share it with us here.

A wooden cross stands on the right side of our outdoor sign at the corner of Buchanan and Green. . Bring flowers from your yard or buy some to decorate the cross. Our neighbors near Grace will be invited to participate by adding their own flowers. Let our neighbors know the good news that Christ is Risen! Alleluia!

Families with children are invited to participate in an Easter Egg hunt after the 8:30 AM service.

The hunt will take place in the playground (weather permitting).

Bring your favorite brunch treat and join your Grace family for fellowship and conversation!

Location: Fellowship Hall

Time: Between services

Coordinators: Kathy Peterson and Kathy Pittman 

Contact Kathy (either one!) with any questions.

And More... When you stop by the wooden cross, photgraphers will be on hand to take your Easter photo

Grace House Guests

A family from Spindale NC are now guests in the Grace House. Tommy Hutchins has had complications after having a lung transplant. His wife Janet, daughters Shasta and Niki as well as grandchildren Davin and Genesis will be sharing the apartment for possibly the next couple of months. We hold the Hutchins family in our prayers.

We are studying Mere Christianity by CS Lewis. This Sunday we will discuss Chapter 3.

It seems that worshipers from many area churches also gathered at El Corral restaurant last Sunday to share lunch together. Donna Gesell, Carolyn McElfatrick, Dwight Knoll and Chris and Joe Wethman were among them. Lunchtime conversation centered the ancestry of our families. Look for another BOLT event next month.

Campus Ministry Madness Returns!

This year during NCAA March Madness, the Duke Lutherans are participating in Campus Ministry Madness, a fundraising challenge between Lutheran Campus Ministry sites across the country. Read all about it and find out how to contribute here.

Put These Upcoming Events on your Calendar:

4/1 - Church Office Closed (Easter Monday)

4/13 - 7:30 AM - Prayer Breakfast at Grace - all are welcome!

4/13 - 10 AM - Discipleship / Servant Board Meeting

4/13 - 1- 4 PM - Opening Date for the Farmers' Market in Grace Parking Lot

4/14 - 12:30 PM - "A Taste of Grace" with Pastor Brooks. Come see what 'Walking the Way at Grace' is all about.

4/18 - 4:30 PM - Home-Centered PALS Meeting

4/21 - 9:45 AM - Family PALS Meet between Services

4/27 - 11 AM - Irene Fraver Memorial Service with Reception following

5/5 - 12:30 PM - Congregational Assembly / Voters' Meeting

5/7 - 7 PM - Concordia Handbells Concert in Raleigh; for more info, click here.

5/18 - 9 AM - 1 PM - Rev. Dr. Travis Guse with GAB and congregation

5/19 - 11:00 AM - Day of Pentecost - Confirmation of Molly Brooks

Link to Last Week's eNewsletter: https://conta.cc/43jJO1U