ANNOUNCEMENTS

Announcements for January 24, 2021  

 Our mission is to share God’s love with each other, our community, and the world.  

Our Social Ministry focus for January is VISTE and needs are simple -- food, food, and more food. With many more out of work, quarantined, or simply observing “safer at home” because of the virus, supplies are critically low. Checks can be made payable to Grace Lutheran with a notation of “VISTE” on the memo line.
    Canned food: meat, veggies, fruit, soups, etc.
    Packaged items: cereal, pasta, rice, mixes, etc.
    Nutritional drinks: Ensure, Boost.
The next drop-off date is Sunday, January 24th from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The devotional “Christ in Our Home” for the first quarter of 2021 is available in the church office and fellowship hall.

Backpack Ministry – Our Backpack Ministry provides much needed food for the students of Oscar J. Pope Elementary School and their families. Of particular need are packages of Ramen Noodles and creamy Peanut Butter (16-18oz jars). You can bring it on one of our drop-off Sundays or during office hours.

Contributions to the Worship Technology fund, to help with costs associated with the online worship services, can be made by indicating that on your check or envelope.

Quilt Ministry in conjunction with Lutheran World Relief. Nearly 100 quilts will be shipped on February 1st. Bars of soap are also included in our shipment. Your contributions of bar soap can be brought on Sunday, January 24th from 11 am – 12:30 p.m. and donations to defray shipping costs will be appreciated.

Security System -- We have installed a new security system on campus. For several months the previous system has been malfunctioning and is beyond repair and can no longer be supported. We anticipate that the new system will be as reliable as the previous one while simpler to use. If you had access to the church using the security system, you will need to stop by the church office Monday – Friday from 9 a.m. to noon for new information.

Church Council – At our congregational meeting on January 17th we thanked Marty Lewis, Wally Oestreich, Colline Simpson, Sue Stark, and Phyllis Whidden for their faithful service on Council. We elected Naomi Thomsen, Jonathan Thiele, Dan Stoller, and Jane Lemley for three-year terms and Deb Yates to a one-year term. At its first meeting on January 19th the Council elected the following officers: President – Naomi Thomsen, Vice President – Rusty Washburn, and Corporate Secretary – Mary Flekke. Marty Lewis was appointed as Treasurer (non-voting member). Thank you all for your willingness to serve.

Worship Opportunities:

· Sunday morning worship will be streamed at 10:00 a.m. You can also view it from Facebook and our website www.gracelakeland.com. We realize that we are having difficulties with sound in some of our services. We’re troubleshooting this. It seems this may be related to our WIFI connection. Until we solve this, thank you for your patience and understanding. If you have experienced this, please let Pastor or Marty know.)

· Evening Prayer is on Facebook Live at Grace’s Facebook page each Thursday at 5:30 p.m. Or you can connect to the livestream by going to our website (www.gracelakeland.com) and go to the tab “Livestreams.” https://www.facebook.com/Grace-Evangelical-Lutheran-Church-202908600571/

· The Bible Study for this coming Wednesday will be postponed due to Pastor moving into her new home. The study will resume on February 3rd.

How we stay connected:
    Office hours: Monday – Friday from 9 a.m. to noon.
    Email addresses: Pastor Pam Smith – pam.smith0510@gmail.com
    Sara Anderson – saraandersonglc@gmail.com
    Website: www.gracelakeland.com
    Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/Grace-Evangelical-Lutheran-Church-202908600571.

Prayer List: Alena Baskin, Jenna Baumann, Marilyn Braatz, Jerod & Julia Calhoun, Nick Cirillo, Julie Dunston, Jean Egelkraut, Marcella Fredell, Dennis Geyer, Michael Gilleece, JoAnn Herrick, Sandy Hoffland, Beth Hornickle, Johnny Jackson, Allen & Lorry Leitenberger, Betty Leitenberger, Dione de Sá Martins, Theresa Myers, Tim Simpson, Henry Tomlinson, Mary Venable, Ann Joyce Wenning, Greg Wasserman, & Shelby Zarnstorff.

Happy birthday
    George Althouse – January 25th
    Anna Mae Chinault – January 28th
    Barbara McPeak – January 30th

Stay safe! Wear your mask! Wash your hands!