ANNOUNCEMENTS

Announcements for October 27, 2024

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

This week at Grace

Sunday – 10 a.m. Worship
Wednesday – 9:30 a.m. Backpack packing
                        6:30 p.m. Choir
                        7:30 p.m.  Worship Band
 Thursday – 5:30  Halloween Candy Distribution
                       6:15 p.m. Centering Prayer

♦​     Key Fobs!  For those of you who still had key fobs from the old alarm system to unlock the fellowship hall door, you may take them off your key ring!  Hurricane Milton’s power outage made them obsolete!

 ♦.   ​Trick or Treat!  Grace will again have a table out front on Halloween.  We will need candy and volunteers to staff the table and assist with setting up and dismantling the table after the event.  Set-up will begin at 5:30 p.m. Contact the Social Ministry committee if you can help with Halloween!

♦​      Please let the office know if you or anyone else of our family is in the hospital or desires a home visit from the pastor.

♦​      Hurricane Relief:  Both Lutheran Disaster Relief and Thrivent are collecting money for Hurricane relief.  Thrivent will match $1 for every $2 donated up to $500,000.  You can give to both of theseagencies directly, or if you give through the church and wish credit on your financial statement at the end of the year. Please indicate if the donation is to go to LDR or Thrivent on your envelope. ​

♦      Call Committee Update -- The Call Committee is in a more relaxed phase of our process work. If we haven’t scared potential candidates away with our hurricanes,  then I hope that’s a sign they are a brave bunch. We have finalized the work on our interview questions and have plans for a mock interview in the works. This won’t slow us down. When we get the call to interview someone we will be ready and excited!  And that’s where we are at.

Praying that everyone is safe and finally has their power back on.

God is good!!! 

♦​      Friendship Pads:  All who are worshipping with us today, especially those who are visiting with us, are invited to sign the Friendship Pad that is at the center aisle end of the pew. Please list your phone number if you are visiting. We would like to be in touch with you and to welcome you to our gathering.  After you sign, please pass it down the pew and back.

 ♦​      Needed for Oscar J. Pope:  Chicken Ramen packs and 16 to 18 oz. Creamy Peanut butter. Other groceries are listed on the green list on the food closet door. Thank you for your support! 

♦       Prayer list: Rita Buckley, Mary Buschbacher, Mabel Carreira, Anna Mae Chinault, Doris Cirillo, Jan Clark, June Clark, Barbara Cox, Ann Daffer, Julie Dunston, Sydney Easton, Carol Grzegorczyk, Anne Guilford, Judy Haer, Tom Haydock, Lydia Hodge, Brian Hosty, James & Grace Irish, Wil Krell, Amy Krell, Michael Lang, Bob & Jane Lemley, Scott Listy, Marie Maddox, Ron & Flo Mari, Mac McPeak, Monica Mencia, Tom & Leona Miller, Avery Monroe, Doris Muszynski, John Shamp, Tim Simpson, Betty Smith, Linda Springer, Jeff Tanner, Henry Tomlinson, Gary Venable, Mary Venable, Greg Wasserman, Helen & Ron Wettleson, and Max Wickham.

♦​       October Service Project: Social Ministry Project for October will be the SPCA. This organization relies greatly on charitable donations to provide services to the community, state, and country besides sheltering homeless animals. Some of the needed items are:

​​Wet dog food (Pedigree ground & Pedigree Chunks with gravy),  
Friskies canned pate cat food (no fish), 
Dog & cat treats.   
Hard rubber dog toys, balls, frisbees, wand type cat toys for play,   
Pellet type kitty litter, 

​Donations of money to help with vaccinations, medicine, and surgeries.  Drop off your donations in the Fellowship Hall. Make check payable to Grace Lutheran with a notation of SPCA.  (See more information on bulletin board in narthex).

 ♦   Worship Opportunities: 

       Sunday Morning Worship in-person and livestreamed at 10:00 a.m.     
       Online:  Website -    gracelakeland.com 
                      Facebook - facebook.com search on Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
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♦    Contact Information:        Office Hours:  Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 12 Noon.
                      Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
                      745 S. Ingraham Avenue, Lakeland, FL  33801
                      863-686-5585      www.gracelakeland.com

      Email addresses:    
                      Parish Administrator - Mary Flekke -- churchgracelakeland@gmail.com