A Renaissance Community of Faith

Grace Lutheran Church

Responding, Reforming, Remembering

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This Week at Grace

Monday, 8/30
5:30 PM Mission Team Meeting

Tuesday, 8/31
11:00 AM Bible Study and Lunch (Lounge)

Sunday 9/5
Time after Pentecost
10:00 AM Formal Worship (Nave)
11:15 AM Cafe Fellowship
11:15 AM 11-18 Year Old Class
11:15 AM Prayer Ministry Meeting

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Looking Ahead

Monday, 9/6
Office Closed

Tuesday, 9/7
11:00 AM Bible Study and Lunch (Lounge)

Wednesday, 9/8
7:00 PM Small Group Pilot

Thursday, 9/9
7:00 AM Grace Men's Group (Lounge)
7:15 PM Chancel Choir Practice

Saturday, 9/11
9:00 AM HIS (Lounge)

Sunday 9/12
Time after Pentecost
10:00 AM Informal Worship (Nave)
11:15 AM Congregational Meeting

Monday, 9/13
7:30 PM Bell Choir Practice starts

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Mission

What is the "NEW LIFE COMMUNITY"? This program provides transitional housing and educational training for homeless and jobless single-parent families of the Greater Cleveland Area. All areas of life (including parenting, job skills, self-awareness and many more) are addressed. Please see further information on flyers on the table in the Chapel area. The Grace Mission Team are looking to see if members of the Church might be interested in helping this program. We are looking for members that might help prepare 1-2 appartments for new families to move in. This would happen only once a month (the fourth Monday of the month) during the daytime. For more information and to indicate an interest, please talk to Drinda Kiner - 216-321-4359 or e-mail taxxman@core.com.

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Identity

Important note: Congregational Meeting September 12, 2010 at 11:15 a.m. Grab a cup of coffee and get important updates about Grace Church.

Adult Education class resumes on September 19 with The Old Testament, a 24 session DVD formal class taught by Amy Jill Levine, professor at Vanderbilt University Divinity School. The 30 minute DVD lecture will be followed by a 45 minutes discussion period during a "Stone Salad" lunch. The salad greens and 2 types of dressing will be provided. You are invited to bring an ingredient to add. The salad that we make is what we eat during the discussion period. These lectures are oriented toward historical context and literary import, but do not avoid raising issues of religious concern. The goal is to provide richer insights into the literature that forms our bedrock. Come! If you cannot attend a session arrangements can be made to view the DVD. Reading the texts listed will enhance appreciation for the material. No sessions on Reformation Sunday and Congregational Meeting Sundays. The scheulde is as follows:

9/19, Lecture 13: The Bood of Judges, Part 1 (Judges 1-8)
9/26, Lecture 14: The Book of Judges, Part 2 (Judges 8-21)
10/3, Lecture 15: Samuel and Saul (I Samuel)
10/10, Lecture 16: King David (I Samuel 16-31; II Samuel; I Kings 1-2)
10/17, Lecture 17: From King Solomon to Preclassical Prophecy (I Kings 2-3; Kings 17)
10/24, Lecture 18: The Prophets and the Fall of the North (I Kings 16- II Kings 17; Amos; Hosea)
10/31, Reformation Sunday: No Class
11/7, Lecture 19: The Southern Kingdom (Isaiah; Deuteronomy; II Kings 18-23)
11/14, Lecture 20: Babylonian Exile (II Kings 24-25; Jeremiah; Isaiah 40-55; Ezekiel)
11/21, Congregational Meeting: No Class

For fun and mutual joy for all, with many thanks to Erica Popp (director) and David Sparkes (accompanist) everyone is invited to be part of a "pick-up" choir to support our informal worship. A very singable piece of music will be rehearsed at 9 a.m., before the morning worship and then sung during the Offertory. If you have questions about the choir please contact Erica at ekpopp@gmail.com.

Happy Birthday!
Ralph Spencer, 9/1
Gussie McCoy, 9/3
Abigail Gerhart, 9/4
Evelyn Rode, 9/4
Carol Fortlage, 9/6

Happy Anniversary!

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Administration

 

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Invitations

LMM's START (Support To At-Risk Teens) will host its 2nd Annual START Going Green Golf Outing on Friday, September 10 at Coppertop at Cherokee Hills Golf Course. 7 a.m. breakfast, 8:30 a.m. shotgun start with dinner and awards to follow. Tickets are $80. Register online at https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst-630c31.

St. John's Lutheran Church and School will host a Spaghetti Dinner to help fund the school scholarship program on September 11 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $9 for adults and $6 for children 11 & under.

Building Hope in the City will hold its first golf outing event on September 11 at Brunswick Hills golf Course. The cost is $65/person, individuals and foursomes are welcome to register. Call Bob Janke at 216-671-0940 or download a registration flyer at www.buildinghopeinthecity.org.

The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 18615 Harvard Ave. cordially invites you to its 26th Annual Women's Day Celebration on Sunday, September 26 at 10:45 a.m. (guest speaker: the Rev. Dovie Baumgardner) and 4:00 p.m. (guest speaker: the Rev. Tonya Fields-Brooks). Refreshments will be served after the 4 p.m. program. For more information call 216-751-7188.

Camp Frederick will host its annual Family Fall Festival on Sunday September 26 from 2-6 p.m. Please see the flyer on the bulletin board, and contact the Camp for directions and to reserve a spot at 330-227-3633.

How do you celebrate 100 years? The City Mission invites the Grace Lutheran Church family for Celebration of Hope, Saturday, October 2, 2010 for a powerful evening at the Wolstein Center. Doors open at 6 pm with the Avenue of Action - representatives from ministries and agencies that serve the Cleveland and the Kingdom. Program begins at 7 pm with Larnelle Harris, Scott Krippayne, Praise-Apella and a choir of over 400 voices from both urban and suburban churches. Tickets are just $10. Order forms can be picked up from the information desk or go to www.thecitymission.org.

NEO Synod's Congregational Resource Team will hold a Leadership Workshop for rostered and lay leaders on October 23, from 9 a.m. til noon at Faith Lutheran Church in Fairlawn. The cost is $8.00 per person. Anyone interested with questions please contact David Ernat at prernat@graceheights.org.

Severance Hall, home of The Cleveland Orchestra, is seeking volunteer ushers, greeters, ticket takers, tour guides and store volunteers for the 2010-11 season, which includes evening subscription, matinee, education, family and holiday concerts by The Cleveland Orchestra; performances by the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra (COYO), the Cleveland Pops, the CIM Orchestra, Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony, the Cleveland Women's Orchestra, and many other musical and non-musical events. Tour guides conduct public and private tours and offer historical and architectural details about Severance Hall. Store volunteers offer sales assistance in the Cleveland Orchestra Store during weekdays and weekends at concert times. Severance Hall also seeks middle- and high-school students to join the Junior Volunteer Corps. Students assist at Family Concerts, Musical Rainbow performances, COYO concerts, Holiday concerts and other special events (mostly daytime performances during the weekend). An orientation and training program prepares students for service as greeters, ticket takers, and ushers. Adult ushers serve as mentors. Severance Hall volunteers are asked to commit for the entire season from September through June and are required to attend training and orientation sessions in September, prior to the start of the season. For more information, to request an application form and to arrange an interview, please call the House Manager's Office at Severance Hall at 216-231-7425 or email aclemens@clevelandorchestra.com.

Please check the bulletin board outside the church office for the Auxiliary to the Lutheran Chaplaincy Service schedule of events.

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Grace Lutheran Church | 13001 Cedar Road | Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118
phone: 216-321-2790 | fax: 216-321-2865 | email: churchoffice@graceheights.org

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