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Bull City Race Fest is this Sunday Morning | There are road closures around the church from 7:30 AM until approximately 10 AM on Sunday morning. To see the road closure map, click here. Easy access to church parking lot from Gregson over to Green. Buchanan Blvd. may be closed to through traffic during this time period.

Make plans to be at Grace on November 9th at 10 AM, for a presentation and conversation on how congregations and host communities can best serve international students. Our presenter is the Rev. Dr. Yared Halche, Executive Director of Witness and Interethnic Ministries for the Southeast District of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Pastor Halche was born and grew up in Ethiopia. He studied theology in Ethiopia, Norway and the United States, earning his PhD in missiology from Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, IN, in 2009. His presentation, entitled “Witness Beyond Borders,” will address the challenges international students face and offer thoughts on best practices for hospitality, community care and sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ to this student cohort.

The program begins at 10am on November 9^th and will include lunch. RSVP to Grace Lutheran Church. For more details, contact Grace Lutheran Church via email or by phone at 919-682-6030. Details are also available on Facebook.

HYGIENE KITS

• Approximately 530 Hygiene Kits were taken by Scott Gesell and Denise Lee to St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Conover, NC on Monday. Pastor Frank and his crew unloaded the kits in short order. The prepped kits were shipped out that day! Click here for pictures.

FAMILY KITS

• Sharon Brooks took a load of family need products and 9 quilts from our LWML quilters to Candler, NC last Friday. Click here for photos and Sharon's reflections on her trip to the mountains. Click here to see the beautiful quilts that were sent.

FINANCIAL DONATIONS

• Make financial gifts payable to Grace Lutheran Church, with Helene Relief in the memo line.
• Gifts given for Helene Relief will be sent to the Southeastern District for distribution.

CLOTHING DONATIONS

• Please gather and hold your clothing donations at home until the SED is able to handle them. We will give notice when clothing is being accepted at Grace.

DUKE LUTHERANS HYGIENE KIT ASSEMBLY

When: Sunday, October 27th at 5:30 PM

Where: Duke Lutheran Campus Ministry Center

Why: For our western NC neighbors affected by Hurricane Helene

Funding for these kits has been provided by the Mid-Atlantic Lutherans in Mission (MALIM). Finished kits will be distributed thru the Southeastern District of the LCMS. Your presence supports the efforts of these young adults.

LATEST SED UPDATE FOR CURRENT RELIEF NEEDS

• Click here for new relief needs published by the SED this week.

“God’s grace is costly (the Cross is the best symbol of all) and God is ‘for us, not against us’ because God is the God of creation and nature, history and eternal destiny (Romans 8). Here St. Paul reminds us that we are all adopted into Christ. Just as we are all transformed by the renewing of our minds (Romans 12), so the Gospel has shaped our earthly adoptions and our families—now including three beautiful granddaughters! In our Triune God we are born to a new and living hope, a pro-life and pro-adoption one!” Pastor Leon and Terri Rosenthal – A Life Quote from Lutherans For Life • lutheransforlife.org

September Newsletter from the Maita's Serving in Puerto Rico | Seeing Fruits of the Harvest - When we were unable to meet in 2020, my fellow missionary Christel Neuendorf created a new way to connect with people online through art, to share Christ and to help alleviate stress. She invited people through our church facebook page to receive a craft kit and join us on facebook “live” to complete the craft together. Click here to read the entire newsletter.

10/17 - 4:30 PM - Home-Centered PALS Meeting

10/18 - No Events Scheduled

10/19 - 7 PM - Games Group at Geoff Heintzelman's House

10/20 - See Sunday listing above

10/21- 11:30 AM - Pastor's Brown Bag Bible Study

10/22 - 4 - 6 PM - Growing thru Grief

6:15 PM - Grace Advisory Board Meeting on Zoom

10/23 - 10 AM - LWML Quilters

12 PM - Noon Prayer Service with Holy Communion

7 PM - Choir Rehearsal

Click here for the church calendar.

-Important Dates October and Beyond-

10/24- 6:15 PM - Book Club on Zoom

11/02- 9 AM - Circuit Pastors' Meeting at Grace

11/09- 10 AM - 1 PM - Grace welcomes the Rev. Dr. Yared Halche of the SE District on Saturday morning, November 9th for a presentation on how campus ministry can help international students grow rooted in Christ as they live, study and work in their new educational setting. Additional details will be posted soon. Sign-up here.

11/17- 11:30 AM - Congregational Voters' Assembly Meeting after Worship

11/19- 6:30 PM - GAB Zoom Meeting

Click here for the church calendar.

-Serving Opportunities-

• Walltown Neighborhood Food Ministries - Sign up to shop, bag, distribute food.

-From the Church Office-

All articles for the weekly e-news should be sent to the church office no later than the Tuesday prior to the Thursday mailing. If your group meeting time on Sunday has changed with the new Worship schedule, please let the office know. This form may also be used to submit articles.

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