March 28, 2024

The Resurrection of Our Lord / Easter 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

Care of Baptized Children

Be joyful for our youngest believer! Celebrate with Franklin Robinson and his family as he receives his personal Baptismal Banner at the 8:30am service on Easter morning.

~ Donna Walston, coordinator

Lent Ends Tonight!

Tonight begins Grace’s observance of the Paschal Triduum, the Great Three Days of Easter, where we celebrate our Lord’s Passover from death to life. If Lent is about reflecting on our need for God, then Easter is about celebrating God’s care for us, for even death cannot thwart God’s good purposes and designs for us. Plan to be a part of our worship—to hear, to sing, to pray—that the fullness of Easter may be yours.

Prayer Changes Things

Our Lenten reflections and disciplines often cause us to admit “things need to change.” On the Fifth Sunday of Lent, as our attention was turning to Holy Week and the Great Three Days, Pastor Brooks invited us to rethink what we mean by change and give the responsibility for changing us back to God, and to not be afraid when God begins working to change what we think is best about us, rather than what we think is a problem. On that Sunday, blank pieces of paper with the heading “Prayer Changes Things” were distributed and we were invited to simply sign our name, trusting that

God would “fill in” what needed to be changed in our lives. Pastor then invited us to return that paper with our signature to the altar on Maundy Thursday. If you would like to take up this invitation, give God space to work change in you and begin discovering how prayer changes things, then copies of “Prayer Changes Things” will be available in the narthex tonight. ~ Pastor Brooks

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 Easter morning. 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.

When you stop by the wooden cross, photographers will be on hand to take your Easter family photo

LCMS Early Response Training Event at

Jordan Lutheran Church, April 5-6 from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM.

Training will be offered for the following areas: Mobile food ministry, tractor maintenance and operation, chainsaw safety and operation, and muck-out (removing damaged/moldy sheetrock and preparing walls for rebuilding). To sign up and create an account visit: www.lcms-lert.org 

There are 3 different event pages for this training:

1. Main page for this training event, Click here.

2. Mobile food kitchen training, Click here.

3. Basic chainsaw training, Click here.

Any questions, contact Drew Young at ayoung.ece@gmail.com

No discussion group on Easter. We are studying Mere Christianity by CS Lewis. Next Sunday we will continue discussing Chapter 3.

April BOLT details will be announced in early April.

March Ministry Madness Update:

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. For more info: here.

Update: It is a tight race with Duke Lutherans in 3^rd place…But we are Duke, and we can be first! This week is double points for all first-time donors. Even a small amount will help us win! Click here to give!

From Pastor Amanda: My mother, Linda Hellman, age 76, died on March 20th, at UNC’s Hospice Home after a long struggle with kidney disease. Together with my Father, Eric, they moved to Durham from Pittsburgh, PA (my hometown) in August of 2022 so that we could help care for them. They were members of Holy Infant Catholic Church in Durham. The funeral mass will be in Pittsburgh on Saturday, April 6, and I will share her obituary once it’s available. Thank you so much, dear Grace family, for your prayers and love. As Easter nears, I am trusting in the sure and certain hope of the resurrection. God’s Peace, Pastor Amanda

Put These Upcoming Events on your Calendar:

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

5/4 - 11 AM - Steve Gornto 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/3IMEDOE