Grace Lutheran Church Special Events

New Building: Prayer & Blessing Service
Sunday, June 27 at 2pm

Make plans to join your Grace family in the partially completed new building for this time to pray for the ministries that it will support AND to share in blessing this new facility. This is your opportunity to walk around the interior of the building to see the wonderful space that is taking shape.

Bring a Magic Marker to write a prayer, a Scripture verse, and sign your name on the concrete floor or metal studs. The goal is to envelope this space with our prayers and blessings. Arrangements are being made so that everyone - young & old - will be safe. The Hospitality & Fellowship Ministry Team will have cookies and ice cream for this event.

Don't miss this chance to walk through this marvelous space and begin to visualize the ministries that will soon fill it!

SIX LOCAL CHURCHES JOIN FOR VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

This summer on Monday, June 21 through Thursday, June 24, five local church denominations will gather together and share teachers and volunteers for a joint Vacation Bible School (VBS) for the children and youth of their congregations and the community. The program sponsored by Grace Lutheran, Immaculate Conception Catholic, St. James Episcopal, Trinity Presbyterian, Providence Baptist all in Hendersonville and New Creations in Fletcher will be hosted from 9:00 a.m. to noon each day at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 900 Blythe Street in Hendersonville.

The theme of this year's VBS is Discovery Canyon "Explore the Wonders of theWorld." All children in the community of any religious faith who are risingKindergartners through graduating 5th graders are welcome to register.

Youth (6th grade through 12th grade) are invited and encouraged to be involved with VBS as helpers. Come and experience an interdenominational Vacation Bible School this summer.

Forms to register children and youth helpers are available at all of the participating churches. A $5 registration fee per family is requested to cover the cost of art supplies and instructional materials. All applications for registration must be submitted by Tuesday, June 1. When families register, they will receive the official CD of songs that the children will learn and will love to listen to before and after Vacation Bible School.

Daily Offerings for Interfaith Assistance Ministry will be encouraged. The donations for each day and lesson subjects are: Monday - canned food - "Rejoice!" (Psalm 9:2); Tuesday - first aid supplies and toiletries - "Pray!" (Psalm 27:8); Wednesday - pasta, cereal and crackers - "Ask!" (Psalm 55:16) and Thursday - monetary donation - "Tell & Seek" (Psalm 105: 2 - 3).

VBS will conclude on Thursday with a family fun day and picnic plus a clown, big blowup slide, and face painting.

Register children now for this exciting Vacation Bible School event. Nursery care is provided for children of volunteers.

will meet on Friday, June 18 at 11:00am at the Dixie Diner for fellowship, lunch and a brief devotion. (Please note that this is a different date from what we had discussed at our first gathering.) All men are invited to join us. You can even bring a friend. Please sign-up on the Men's page on the bulletin board next to Pastor Ken's office, or call the office to sign-up.

The first outing will be a half day of hiking in Pisgah National Forest, on Saturday, June 26th. The hike will be to two waterfalls, Moore Cove and Skinny Dip, each a 1.5 mile easy round trip, then up to Devil's Courthouse, a 1 mile round trip. We will meet at Grace Church at 9:00 AM, and then at the Pisgah Ranger Station at 9:30 AM, to form car pools. Bring a sack lunch, water and good hiking shoes. It will be a leisurely pace, and you can do one, two or all three hikes, taking about 5 hours total time. Call Jack Fitzgerald at 685-2897 for more details.

International Disaster Response of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Gifts by congregations and members sent to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) for response to the earthquake in Haiti total more than $4.2 million to support humanitarian relief efforts in Haiti. The ELCA received an additional $320,000 in a matching grant from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, bringing the overall total to more than $4.6 million in gifts to the ELCA.

Designated gifts through Grace should be marked "Disaster Relief. We can help by making a contribution online at http://www.ELCA.org/haitiearthquake or calling 800-638-3522

ELCA Chile Earthquake Relief...click here..
Lutheran World Relief response to Chile Earthquake...click here..

Registration for fall preschool is currently available for Grace members and current preschool children. Monday, 2/22 starts the community registration period. If you are interested in registering your child, please do this soon. Registration papers are available at the Receptionist Desk, outside the preschool office, and online at the church website at www.gracelutherannc.com. You may also contact the Beth Ann Lehr, Preschool Director at 693-4972 or gracepre@bellsouth.net. We want to make sure that your child/grandchild is enrolled. Classes are filling up quickly.

In the autumn Grace launched our new Gifts Minis-
try. What is it? Gifts Ministry is the process of con-
necting members with meaningful ministry opportu-
nities. This is a two part process. It encompasses
discovering how you are uniquely made by God with
special talents, spiritual gifts, abilities, character and
personality. And it means identifying meaningful
ways for you to serve, minister and volunteer in our
church and community. We want everyone to be
enriched and inspired where they serve. Remem-
ber, we find our lives as we give it away (Matthew
16:25). Take the first step by attending a PLACE
Workshop.
WHY DO YOU DO WHAT YOU DO??
Find out about why you think, behave and act as
you do by attending a PLACE Workshop. PLACE is
part of our Gifts Ministry Program and is the tool we
use to help members learn about the unique person
God made you to be. PLACE workshops are a com-
prehensive exploration of personal gifts and talents.
Combined with teaching, analysis, and reflection of
abilities and life experiences, this process will help
you understand who you are and why you do what
you do. It can also help you understand your family
better or connect your passions in life with ministry
at GLC. Please attend this free workshop this
spring. Register at Front Desk or call Karen-Eve
Pfotzer for more information at church office

The 11:15 service should not be canceled due to weather. Sometimes the 8:15AM and 9:45AM services may have to be canceled. Cancellations will be announced on WHKP radio, WTZQ radio, and on WLOS television. The church answering machine, 693-4890 will be updated as early as 7am with cancellation information.

Late in 2007 we commissioned Nancy Seekamp, a member of Nativity Lutheran, and she designed the artwork and prepared the canvases for our 17 kneelers, 16 around the altar rail plus 1 for weddings. Twelve of our gifted ladies, led by Hanna Gruss and Rochelle Simons, have been faithfully stitching every week for over a year now and progress is being made.

The general theme of Grace’s kneelers is the life of Jesus, with our baptism into his life and death as the background. This “water-color” background extends to the front border (except for the tri-petal design) and includes some form of a cross for each stage in Jesus’ life journey. (The front border design and colors are taken from the stained-glass windows in the sanctuary.) Separate narrow panels have white backgrounds to remind us that Jesus was God at the same time He was fully human. Each has a different design signifying an important point during His life. Two columns of red separate the over-all background from each panel to signify the blood He shed for our sins…….continuing the “red thread” of prophecy from the Old Testament.

When the panels have finished the stitching stage they are custom upholstered by Kerstin Daniel over dense foam rubber turning them into cushions. To date 4 cushions are completely done and 3 more panels are ready for upholstery so we are reaching the halfway point.

Later in June there will be a display of the finished cushions to date in the parish hall between services to give you a preview of the finished project. We now have the opportunity to join this project of love to further enhance the beauty of our sanctuary to God’s Glory. The total project will cost approximately $20,000 including design, upholstery and materials not including all the hours of volunteer labor. Donations can be made in any amount for memorials, honorariums, etc. Please mark your donations “Kneeler Project” and be sure and include names or events you wish to remember or honor. A book will be kept with all the donors.


SUNDAY SERVICES: TRADITIONAL at 8:15 AM & 9:45 AM and CONTEMPORARY at 11:15 AM
Home Who is Grace? Contact Us	New Building: Prayer & Blessing Service Sunday, June 27 at 2pm Make plans to join your Grace family in the partially completed new building for this time to pray for the ministries that it will support AND to share in blessing this new facility. This is your opportunity to walk around the interior of the building to see the wonderful space that is taking shape. Bring a Magic Marker to write a prayer, a Scripture verse, and sign your name on the concrete floor or metal studs. The goal is to envelope this space with our prayers and blessings. Arrangements are being made so that everyone - young & old - will be safe. The Hospitality & Fellowship Ministry Team will have cookies and ice cream for this event. Don't miss this chance to walk through this marvelous space and begin to visualize the ministries that will soon fill it! SIX LOCAL CHURCHES JOIN FOR VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL This summer on Monday, June 21 through Thursday, June 24, five local church denominations will gather together and share teachers and volunteers for a joint Vacation Bible School (VBS) for the children and youth of their congregations and the community. The program sponsored by Grace Lutheran, Immaculate Conception Catholic, St. James Episcopal, Trinity Presbyterian, Providence Baptist all in Hendersonville and New Creations in Fletcher will be hosted from 9:00 a.m. to noon each day at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 900 Blythe Street in Hendersonville. The theme of this year's VBS is Discovery Canyon "Explore the Wonders of theWorld." All children in the community of any religious faith who are risingKindergartners through graduating 5th graders are welcome to register. Youth (6th grade through 12th grade) are invited and encouraged to be involved with VBS as helpers. Come and experience an interdenominational Vacation Bible School this summer. Forms to register children and youth helpers are available at all of the participating churches. A $5 registration fee per family is requested to cover the cost of art supplies and instructional materials. All applications for registration must be submitted by Tuesday, June 1. When families register, they will receive the official CD of songs that the children will learn and will love to listen to before and after Vacation Bible School. Daily Offerings for Interfaith Assistance Ministry will be encouraged. The donations for each day and lesson subjects are: Monday - canned food - "Rejoice!" (Psalm 9:2); Tuesday - first aid supplies and toiletries - "Pray!" (Psalm 27:8); Wednesday - pasta, cereal and crackers - "Ask!" (Psalm 55:16) and Thursday - monetary donation - "Tell & Seek" (Psalm 105: 2 - 3). VBS will conclude on Thursday with a family fun day and picnic plus a clown, big blowup slide, and face painting. Register children now for this exciting Vacation Bible School event. Nursery care is provided for children of volunteers. The Men's Lunch Group will meet on Friday, June 18 at 11:00am at the Dixie Diner for fellowship, lunch and a brief devotion. (Please note that this is a different date from what we had discussed at our first gathering.) All men are invited to join us. You can even bring a friend. Please sign-up on the Men's page on the bulletin board next to Pastor Ken's office, or call the office to sign-up. MEN’S ADVENTURE GROUP The first outing will be a half day of hiking in Pisgah National Forest, on Saturday, June 26th. The hike will be to two waterfalls, Moore Cove and Skinny Dip, each a 1.5 mile easy round trip, then up to Devil's Courthouse, a 1 mile round trip. We will meet at Grace Church at 9:00 AM, and then at the Pisgah Ranger Station at 9:30 AM, to form car pools. Bring a sack lunch, water and good hiking shoes. It will be a leisurely pace, and you can do one, two or all three hikes, taking about 5 hours total time. Call Jack Fitzgerald at 685-2897 for more details. ELCA International Disaster Response Commits Funds to Haiti Relief: International Disaster Response of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Gifts by congregations and members sent to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) for response to the earthquake in Haiti total more than $4.2 million to support humanitarian relief efforts in Haiti. The ELCA received an additional $320,000 in a matching grant from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, bringing the overall total to more than $4.6 million in gifts to the ELCA. Designated gifts through Grace should be marked "Disaster Relief. We can help by making a contribution online at http://www.ELCA.org/haitiearthquake or calling 800-638-3522 Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Helping Haiti...click here to read more Lutheran World Relief and Partners are responding... click here to read more ELCA Chile Earthquake Relief...click here.. Lutheran World Relief response to Chile Earthquake...click here.. Preschool Registration for Fall 2010 Registration for fall preschool is currently available for Grace members and current preschool children. Monday, 2/22 starts the community registration period. If you are interested in registering your child, please do this soon. Registration papers are available at the Receptionist Desk, outside the preschool office, and online at the church website at www.gracelutherannc.com. You may also contact the Beth Ann Lehr, Preschool Director at 693-4972 or gracepre@bellsouth.net. We want to make sure that your child/grandchild is enrolled. Classes are filling up quickly. GIFTS MINISTRY NEXT and only summer PLACE Workshop is June 18 9:30-4:30. Contact church office or Karen-Eve to register. PLACE workshops allow you to explore your personality, spiritual gifts, the environment in which you thrive, your passions, and how your life experiences prepare you for special ministries. You have a special place, and we'll help you find it! In the autumn Grace launched our new Gifts Minis- try. What is it? Gifts Ministry is the process of con- necting members with meaningful ministry opportu- nities. This is a two part process. It encompasses discovering how you are uniquely made by God with special talents, spiritual gifts, abilities, character and personality. And it means identifying meaningful ways for you to serve, minister and volunteer in our church and community. We want everyone to be enriched and inspired where they serve. Remem- ber, we find our lives as we give it away (Matthew 16:25). Take the first step by attending a PLACE Workshop. WHY DO YOU DO WHAT YOU DO?? Find out about why you think, behave and act as you do by attending a PLACE Workshop. PLACE is part of our Gifts Ministry Program and is the tool we use to help members learn about the unique person God made you to be. PLACE workshops are a com- prehensive exploration of personal gifts and talents. Combined with teaching, analysis, and reflection of abilities and life experiences, this process will help you understand who you are and why you do what you do. It can also help you understand your family better or connect your passions in life with ministry at GLC. Please attend this free workshop this spring. Register at Front Desk or call Karen-Eve Pfotzer for more information at church office Winter Weather Worship Policy The 11:15 service should not be canceled due to weather. Sometimes the 8:15AM and 9:45AM services may have to be canceled. Cancellations will be announced on WHKP radio, WTZQ radio, and on WLOS television. The church answering machine, 693-4890 will be updated as early as 7am with cancellation information. Needlepoint Kneelers Project Late in 2007 we commissioned Nancy Seekamp, a member of Nativity Lutheran, and she designed the artwork and prepared the canvases for our 17 kneelers, 16 around the altar rail plus 1 for weddings. Twelve of our gifted ladies, led by Hanna Gruss and Rochelle Simons, have been faithfully stitching every week for over a year now and progress is being made. The general theme of Grace’s kneelers is the life of Jesus, with our baptism into his life and death as the background. This “water-color” background extends to the front border (except for the tri-petal design) and includes some form of a cross for each stage in Jesus’ life journey. (The front border design and colors are taken from the stained-glass windows in the sanctuary.) Separate narrow panels have white backgrounds to remind us that Jesus was God at the same time He was fully human. Each has a different design signifying an important point during His life. Two columns of red separate the over-all background from each panel to signify the blood He shed for our sins…….continuing the “red thread” of prophecy from the Old Testament. When the panels have finished the stitching stage they are custom upholstered by Kerstin Daniel over dense foam rubber turning them into cushions. To date 4 cushions are completely done and 3 more panels are ready for upholstery so we are reaching the halfway point. Later in June there will be a display of the finished cushions to date in the parish hall between services to give you a preview of the finished project. We now have the opportunity to join this project of love to further enhance the beauty of our sanctuary to God’s Glory. The total project will cost approximately $20,000 including design, upholstery and materials not including all the hours of volunteer labor. Donations can be made in any amount for memorials, honorariums, etc. Please mark your donations “Kneeler Project” and be sure and include names or events you wish to remember or honor. A book will be kept with all the donors.
1245 6th Ave West, Hendersonville NC (Corner Hwy 64 and Blythe) (828) 693-4890