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Property Work Day This Saturday at 10am | Join us this Saturday at 10am as we care for our church home together! We’ll be working on projects around the main church, Grace House, and parking lot, and installing our new, larger Grace sign to better welcome our community.

March Intentional Invite

Use this invitation to reach out to a friend outside of the Grace community to come and join!

Easter Lilies | Forms to purchase Easter lilies in memory or honor of loved ones will be in the worship folders starting this Sunday! Each lily is $18. Please submit completed forms and payment to the offertory plate during worship or to the church office. The deadline is Sunday, March 22. If you are unable to submit a form, you can call (919-682-6030) or email the church office to place your order.

Easter Basket Collection | Grace is currently collecting goodies to put together Easter baskets for Early Head Start families. Look for the signs in the hallway by the main entrance for what is needed and how to sign up. Items are due back to the church by Wednesday, March 18. The baskets will be assembled during our March Intentional Invite: Blooms and Blessings on Saturday, March 21.

Egg Hunt Save the Date | Families with young kids - save the date for an Egg Hunt on Saturday April 4! More info to come.

Special Voters’ Assembly Meeting – March 29 | The Grace Advisory Board has scheduled a Special Voters’ Assembly meeting on Sunday, March 29, immediately following worship. The purpose of this meeting is to introduce proposed changes to Grace’s Constitution and ByLaws.

Copies of the proposed amendments will be available beginning Sunday, March 15, two weeks prior to the meeting.

• ByLaw changes may be approved by a simple majority vote of those present.
• Constitutional changes must be presented at two consecutive Voters’ Assembly meetings, with a two-thirds quorum of eligible voting members present at each meeting.

All voting members are encouraged to attend.

Sheets & Mite Boxes for LWML | The LWML quilters are always grateful for donations of clean, gently used sheets, which are used as backing for the quilts they lovingly make for those in need. If you have sheets to share, please consider bringing them to the designated donation area on Sunday morning. Also, don’t forget about LWML Mite Boxes, found on the left table in the Narthex. The “mites” are gathered and sent through the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League (LWML) to support mission grants and outreach projects around the world.

Calling All Garden Gurus | Do you like getting your hands dirty? We'd love for you to help prep our new parking lot garden! Contact Dan Heuser at danielheuser8@gmail.com to set up a day and time that works for you.

Grace Advisory Board (GAB) Minutes Available Online | To keep our congregation informed and connected, the minutes from our GAB meetings are posted on our church website. These records provide updates on ministry initiatives, financial matters, and decisions that shape our shared mission. We invite you to visit gracedurham.org/member-links and click on "Grace Advisory Board" to stay up to date on the work being done on behalf of the congregation.

Remodeled Bethlehem Room | A big thank you to Walt and Dede Crosmer for all of their hard work in remodeling the Bethlehem Room to make it a more open and inviting space for all!

Marie Hammond, Peace Corps in Kenya Update | We have received a new issue of Marie's newsletter for March 2026. Click here to read the latest updates.

Food for Faith at Beth El | Join Rabbi Posner and friends from across the Triangle clergy community for a Lunch and Learn series on Thursday, March 12 at 12pm, featuring guest speaker Rabbi Hannah Bender of Judea Reform Congregation. Please bring your own vegetarian bagged lunch. Details

-Small Groups-

Choir

Contact: Erin Hodge

Choir Camp is Sat, March 28 at 10am.

Family PALS

Contact: Donna Walston

Sunday, March 15 at 9am

Farmers Market

Contact: Dan Heuser

Home-Centered PALS

Contact: Barb Tippin

Wednesday, March 18 at 12:45pm

Learn more about the H-C PALS Group here.

LWML Quilting

Contact: Kathy Pittman

Meets Wednesdays at 10am

Racial Reconciliation

Contact: Geoff Heintzelman

Stephen Ministry

Contact: Barb Tippin or Joe Wethman

Next meeting: TBD

Learn more about Stephen Ministry here.

Young Adult PALS

Contact Emma Pollard or Hunter Garrison

Sundays at 3pm

Zoom Book Club

Contact Donna Gesell for more information and for the Zoom link.

Next meeting: March 23 at 6:30pm

Gone Before Goodbye by Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben

Upcoming Books:

April: Withering Heights by Emily Brontë

-Upcoming Events-

3/7 - 10am - Property Work Day and Installation of Grace Sign

3/8 - See Sunday listing above

3/9 - Please note that the Brown Bag Bible Study will not meet as Pastor is out of town.

3/10 - 4pm - Growing Through Grief - St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 1200 W. Cornwallis

6:30pm - English Second Language Class

Contact Deaconess Anna for more information and to help out.

3/11 - 10am - LWML Quilting

12pm - Lenten Noon Prayer Service

6:15pm - Simple Supper

7pm - Lenten Midweek Service

3/15 - Discipleship Pathway Step 5 Launch

3/18 - 12:30pm Lunch, 1pm Session - Wednesdays at One with Chris Myers, Associate Director, Major and Planned Gifts at Lutheran Hour Ministries

3/21 - 10am - March Intentional Invite: Blooms and Blessings

Click here for the church calendar.

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