GRACE SCHEDULE March 1-8, 2015 Sunday 1 st 8:00 & 10:30 a.m. Worship Service 8:00 a.m. Confirmation Review 9:15 a.m. Sunday School, Catechism and Bible Classes 4:30 p.m. Public School Catechism and Bible History Monday 2 nd 6:00 p.m. Dave Ramsey Class 7:00 p.m. Board of Elders Tuesday 3 rd 10:00 a.m. Worship at Royalton Manor 11:00 a.m. Worship at Heritage Village 6:00 p.m. Board of Property Wednesday 4 th 6:30 a.m. Bible Study 3:30 & 7:00 p.m. Midweek Lenten Worship 4:30-6:45 p.m. Chili Supper served by the Ladies of Grace 5:30 p.m. Bells 6:30 p.m. Seminary Chorus at St. Paul, Stevensville 7:45 p.m. Senior Choir Thursday 5 th 10:00 a.m. Seminary Chorus at MLHS 6:00 p.m. Bible Information Class 7:00 p.m. Bible Study Friday 6 th 12:00-5:45 p.m. Blood Drive Saturday 7 th MOVE CLOCKS AHEAD ONE HOUR Sunday 8 th 8:00 & 10:30 a.m. Communion Worship Service 9:15 a.m. Sunday School, Catechism, and Bible Class 4:30 p.m. Public School Catechism and Bible History YTD January 31, 2015 Needed Each % Given this Month Needed Month % Given Ministry $ 75,023 83.2% $ 52,110 77.1% Debt Retirement 750.8% 3,710 5.5% Missions 6,500 7.3% 6,068 9.0% MLHS 7,583 8.7% 5,725 8.4% Total: $ 89,856 100.0% $ 67,613 100.0% Our intention is to show what is needed each month compared with what has been given. Overall, less is needed for Debt Retirement and more for Ministry, Missions and MLHS. - 8 -
2015 Today's Christian Women's Retreat - April 10-11, 2015, at Crowne Plaza Lansing West Hotel (the former Sheraton Hotel), located in Lansing, MI. Brochures are available online, www.tcwr.org or from the church office. Deadline for registration is March 11 th. The Seminary Chorus, a 40-voice choir composed of young men studying for the pastoral ministry at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, Mequon, WI, will present a sacred concert at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Stevensville on March 4 th, at 6:30 p.m. and at MLHS on March 5 th, at 10:00 a.m. The choir presents hymns and anthems in traditional and contemporary styles, accompanied by a variety of musical instruments and includes congregation participation. The Chorus is directed by Prof. James Tiefel and has toured throughout the country in its 83-year history. Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary prepares pastors for the worldwide mission of WELS. The MLHS Alumni Association would like to give a very sincere and grateful "THANK YOU" to all our auction donors and bidders - both businesses and individuals - that supported our silent auction this year. Because of your generous support, we again reached our goal of $10,000+ for Tuition Assistance and other MLHS programs. THANKS, Titan Nation, for your loyal support! Long-Range Planning - Vacation Bible School is June 22-25. We will be looking for people to help and kids to attend. If you are able to plan around the dates, that would be great! GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH AND SCHOOL 404 East Glenlord Road, St. Joseph, Michigan www.gracestjoseph.org Church: (269) 429-4941 gracechurch45@gmail.com School: (269) 429-4951 school@gracestjoseph.org Pastor Glenn Rosenbaum, 556-1703 Pastor Noah Headrick, 985-0257 Staff Minister Nicholas Raith, 921-0733 David Snyder, Principal, 470-5002 Nathan Sievert, Vice-Principal, 7 th & 8 th, 408-0111 Gregory Rush, 5 th & 6 th, 588-3032 Laurie Bame, K-8 PE, 325-5257 Sharon Ott, 3 rd & 4 th, 983-1474 Margie Dowling, 1 st & 2 nd, 934-0374 Shannon Kruschel, K, 921-3471 Lynn Lockman, Preschool, 429-6408 revgtr@gmail.com noahheadrick@gmail.com staffminister@gracestjoseph.org snyderd@gracestjoseph.org sievertn@gracestjoseph.org rushgd@hotmail.com ljbame77@aol.com sgeisler69@hotmail.com dowlingmacd@hotmail.com shannon.umphrey@gmail.com lockman2630@juno.com Michigan Lutheran High School: 429-7861, mherbst@michiganlutheran.org - 9 -
PRAISE JESUS! LEARN HIS WORD! SHARE HIS LOVE WITH ALL! Tuesday, March 03 Hot Lunch - Nachos Grace Lutheran School News Wednesday, March 04 Sub sandwiches Lenten Worship Services 3:30 & 7:00 pm Grades 7 & 8 sing at the 3:30 worship service Friday, March 06 Pizza Chapel - 8:00 am Saturday, March 07 Titan MS Boys' State tournament in Ann Arbor The months of January and February have been challenging for our area. Our school along with many schools in the community has been closed on several occasions due to the weather conditions. All total, we have missed six days of school during the past two months. As we move forward into the month of March, we hope that adverse weather does not interfere with any future school days. All of the students participated in an ice skating activity at the John and Dede Howard Ice Arena. A generous family sponsored this event for the entire school. They wish to express their appreciation for our school with a gift directly for the students. The students wish to express their thanks to this family for such a wonderful expression of care. - 10 -
During the next couple of weeks the students in grades 3-8 will be preparing for the Academic Day at Michigan Lutheran High School. The students can participate in three academic areas 1) spelling bee 2) quiz bowl and 3) art fair display. They will join with students from other WELS Lutheran schools in SW Michigan as they use their God-given gifts in these challenges. During the mid-week Lenten services, each classroom will take a turn singing a song for the early service on each Wednesday. The school board, school parents and staff are preparing to serve the meal between the services on Wednesday, March 11. We hope the weather cooperates so many people can come for worship and enjoy a wonderful spaghetti dinner sponsored by Grace School Board and P.I.E. Mon., Mar. 02 Michigan Lutheran High School Girls District BB game vs Countryside 6:00 pm Tues., Mar. 03 JV Boys BB game at Lawrence 6:00 pm V Boys BB game at Lawrence 7:30 pm Wed., Mar. 04 Girls District BB game Grace Christian vs winner of ML/Countryside game 7:30 pm Thurs. Mar. 05 JV Boys BB home game vs LMC 6:00 pm V Boys BB home game vs LMC 7:30 pm Fri. Mar. 06 Girls District BB final game 7:00 pm All Girls BB district games will be played at Michigan Lutheran High School - 11 -
Youth Group Ice Skating For our next event, we will be going ice skating on Saturday, February 28 th, from 6:00-9:00 p.m., at St. Joseph Ice Skating Arena (2414 Willa Drive, St. Joseph, MI). Please note we will not be meeting at the Titan Center at all for this event...just show up at the ice rink. Cost of admission is $5 plus $3 if you need to rent skates. If any parents are interested in chaperoning, please talk to Pastor Ehlke or Pastor Headrick. UPCOMING ROBOTICS DATES March 5-7... Kentwood District Robotics March 19-20... St. Joseph District Robotics April 1-4... Windsor Canada Regional Robotics April 9-11... State Robotics if we make it April 23-25... World Robotics if we make it - 12 -