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A lot is happening now with our call process! Save the
following dates on your calendars and join us...
April 20 -- a congregational
meeting immediately following worship to practice prayerful discernment
and to discuss Candidate C in preparation for our vote to call her or not
on the following Sunday.
April 27 -- a congregational meeting immediately following worship
to vote by paper ballot on whether to call Candidate C.
Film Nite “In” is this upcoming week – Friday the 18th
at 6:30 pm. The address is at Bob Olsen’s, 12006 Braewick Drive. Grilled burgers and hotdogs as
well as potato salad will be provided, so if you want to bring
something, make it snacks or a simple side dish. No worries.
We’ll be watching Lars and the Real Girl.
The ELCA Human Sexuality Task Force released its draft of the
completed Sexuality Statement on Thursday, March 13. We have until Nov 1 to respond
to what some in the GLBT committee see as too little progress. Please read the report for yourself
at http://www.elca.org/faithfuljourney/
We will be
taking up a ‘noisy offering’ on Sunday, April 27, to be a part of a
synod effort to help support Joyful Life LC in The Woodlands http://www.joyfullifethewoodlands.org/ Please save your change (as in the Heifer
Project, folding money is welcome, too!) and bring it to share that day.
Appalachian Treasures will return to Grace on Tuesday, May
6 at 7:30 p.m. This
free multi-media presentation is brought to us by the organization
Appalachian Voices http://www.appvoices.org/
to bring awareness and action to end the practice of mountain-top removal
coal mining.
We’re gearing up for the May Rummage Sale! Please bring your small
donations to the church at your convenience and place them on the stage
for sorting. For large
items requiring pickup, make arrangements with Bridget Jensen. The date for the sale is definitely
set for Saturday, May 10.
Readings for next Sunday, April 20 have been
changed to help us focus on the discernment we will need in our decisions
regarding calling a pastor.: Jeremiah 27:11-14; Psalm 25; 2 Timothy 3:14-17; Luke
11:9-13.
In our prayers we remember:
Our congregation and Candidate C,
Bobby Johnson,
Valerie and Doug Kurtz
Sheila Mylar,
Naomi Haas,
Jackie McKenna;
Emily Hahn;
Christine Lochridge;
Bill Booth;
James Graham;
Lillian Boehl;
Agnes
Calloway;
Paul Wahlberg;
Elizabeth Schramm;
Robin Geiger;
Bobbie Geiger;
Robert Wittliff;
Harry Schyma and Dawn Dancy;
and friend Kelly Gavajan and all those who work and live
in the troubled areas of Afghanistan and Iraq.
Please
CALL or E-Mail us at 713-528-3269 or office@gracelutheran-houston.org for more information.
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