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GRACE
LUTHERAN
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Pentecost Outdoor Worship May 24th
Summer Happenings
June 1
June 4
June 9
June 9
June 11
June 12
June 18
June 19-21
June 28
10:00 a.m.
6:30 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
6-8:00 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
July 2
July 6
July 10
July 14
July 16
July 22
July 25
6:30 p.m.
10:00 a.m.
6-8:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
August 3
August 6
August 11
August 13
August 14
August 20
August 24
August 30
10:00 a.m.
6:30 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
9:30 a.m.
6-8:00 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
10:00 a.m.
Ella Bunting Open Arms Cancer Support Group
Property Committee Meeting
WELCA-sponsored meal at CCM
Finance Committee
WELCA Meeting at Grace
Youth Game Night with PJ
Congregational Council Meeting
NC WELCA Annual Gathering
Thrivent Summer Social at Holly Grove
Property Committee Meeting
Ella Bunting Open Arms Cancer Support Group
Youth Game Night with PJ
Finance Committee
Congregational Council
WELCA Devotions at Lutheran Home
VBS One Day Event “Christmas in July”
Ella Bunting Open Arms Cancer Support Group
Property Committee Meeting
Finance Committee Meeting
WELCA-sponsored meal at CCM
Youth Game Night with PJ
Congregational Council Meeting
District L-Men Meeting
Worship/Church Picnic at Creekside Park, Archdale
SUMMER 2015 ISSUE 6
JONATHAN CONRAD,
PASTOR
From the Pastor’s Desk
This month our look at the Lutheran Liturgy focuses on
the second time during our worship service that we
share a confession. Yes, you read that right. There are
two moments of confession each and every Sunday.
The first is the confession and forgiveness of our sins.
The second can be found right after the Hymn of the
Day and is called a “Confession of Faith.” However, we
call this confession a different name: The Creed.
The creeds were originally teaching
documents learned by heart by
baptismal candidates and then used in
the celebration of baptism itself, not in
the regular Sunday liturgy.
Christians at that time. They met to settle the
controversy concerning Jesus being fully human AND
fully divine. The church valued it so highly that in
ancient times it was chanted in the liturgy every
Sunday.
As Lutheran Christians we adhere to
three ecumenical creeds: The Apostles’ Creed, The
Nicene Creed, and The Athanasian Creed.
What makes the Creed so powerful and important is it
brings Christians all over the world and across time
together.
The Apostles’ Creed, in its oldest form, dates back
beyond 150 A.D. Although it is named after the
Apostles, research has been unable to determine
whether the apostles themselves had anything to do
with drawing it up. Rather, evidence indicates that this
creed developed naturally from the confession of faith
required of adult converts at the time of the baptism.
The Nicene Creed was the result of the first ecumenical
council at Nicea, Asia Minor, in 325 A.D. Consider that
council like an “all-star game” filled with the leading
On Sundays we are confessing the SAME words that
can be heard throughout the United States to the most
remote regions of Africa, Asia, and South America.
The Creeds show us we are not alone. We are
surrounded by God and followers of God.
Game Nights with PJ
Join Pastor Jonathan for PJ’s Game Night for a night
full of fun and games (card, board, and video). Kids
are invited to bring their favorite games to share and
to play with others. This event is also a chance for
the moms and dads to go and have a “date night”
while their children have a fun time in our fellowship
hall. This event is open to youth ages 6 and up. Pizza
and snacks will be provided. Parents (and others)
are welcome to make a donation to cover the cost of
the food.
Mark your calendars for:
Friday, June 12
Friday, July 10
Friday, August 14
The event lasts
from 6-8:00 p.m.
Come join us!
The Athanasian Creed is named after Athanasius of
Alexandria. This Creed focuses on the Holy Trinity
(Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) and usually is now used
only on Holy Trinity Sunday.
The purpose of the Creeds is to help us confess our
belief in the Trinitarian God. One God, Three persons.
All equal.
What we do is not just a Grace Lutheran mission. It is
the mission of the whole Church.
The Creeds help remind us of that.
Picnic Season
Sunday, June 28, from 4-6:00 p.m.
Thrivent members and families are
invited to a hotdogs and homemade ice
cream social at Holly Grove Lutheran
Church picnic grounds. Bring a side dish
for hot dogs. RSVP to Charlotte Yandell at
476-8795 by Saturday, June 27.
Sunday, August 30, Grace members will
worship at an outdoor service followed by
an all-church picnic at Creekside Park,
Archdale. Mark the date on your calendar
now!
Women of the ELCA
The 29th Annual NC SWO Gathering will be held at
Lenoir-Rhyne in Hickory June 19-21. New locations on
campus and very special guests will be a part of this
weekend.
For starters, there will be a Friday evening worship
service as part of the Gathering. This will be held in the
beautiful, newly constructed Grace Chapel. The majority
of our business will be conducted in Belk Centrum on
Saturday. Sunday Worship and Installation of new
Officers and Board Members will be in Grace Chapel.
Bishop Bolick will be delivering his last sermon to us as
North Carolina Bishop.
NC Women of the ELCA are excited to have as our
Keynoter the Rev. Christine Bohr Anderson. She was the
first female clergy to be ordained in North Carolina.
Several years ago, NC SWO created a scholarship in her
honor and bearing her name. Scholarships are awarded
annually to one seminary student in the state. This
year’s recipient will have the honor of having Pastor
Chris personally present the scholarship.
There are opportunities to attend Awareness Sessions.
A very special one is being presented by Jessie Hagen
about The Mugumo Project, the ministry receiving the
2015 Pennies of Hope donations. Jessie is a former
young woman guest and committee member with NC
Women of the ELCA. Her story is one of hearing a call
and accepting it, taking her halfway around the world.
Jessie’s passion for the ministry to the children in Kenya
speaks so to the strength of her faith journey.
Margie Venable will be attending as Grace Lutheran’s
delegate and her granddaughter, Lauren, will once
again be participating with our younger participants.
The Gathering Planning Committee and the
Board encourage all Lutheran women to
attend as participants. Even if you can only
attend Saturday, we believe that you will
come away with a renewed sense of being
“Created. Called. Empowered.”
Prayerfully consider getting a carload
together and join us for the day. Costs for attending for
the day are $51 for lunch/registration and $62 if you
wish to stay through dinner. Registration provides you a
copy of The Gathering Planning Report, commonly
called the GPR, giving you times, locations, descriptions
and other information for the entire weekend.
—Patti P. Lovell, Board Member and
Gathering Planning Co-chair
Grace WELCA will meet Thursday
evening, June 11, in the fellowship hall
at 6:30 for a business meeting with
devotions. Topics of discussion will
include the NC SWO Gathering. If you
would like to attend, please see Kristen
Conrad, Margie Venable, or Lynda
Conrad. We are collecting box tops,
soup labels, drink can tabs, and pennies
to support Crossnore School, Ronald
McDonald House, and the Mugamo
Project. Items may be placed in the
marked folders at the mailboxes.
Grace WELCA and
guests will travel to
Salisbury Wednesday,
July 22, to share
devotions with
residents at Trinity Oaks Lutheran Home.
Bingo prizes will be collected to take
along, so begin saving stamps, cards,
toiletries, quarters, and gently used
jewelry.
Watch the weekly edition of the Vine for
more information on carpooling and times.
WELCA members and friends will be
serving meals at CCM Tuesday, June 9,
and on Thursday, August 13. If you are
interested in providing food or assisting
with clean-up, please contact Leah
Pendergrass or Margie Venable.
Lutheran Men in Mission
Watch for news in the Vine about an L-Men outing in
June to attend a Hi-Toms game.
L-Men will not be meeting in July.
Monday, August 24th, there will be a district L-Men
meeting. Details will be announced later this
summer.
Adult Choir
The choir will not be rehearsing
on Wednesday evenings
throughout the summer.
Anthems will be prepared
Sunday mornings at 9:30, so if
you’d like to join in without a
full-fledged rehearsal
commitment, come meet with
us in the choir room!
Vacation Bible School July 25
Little Lutherans and family, please mark your
calendars now! Our Grace Lutheran VBS will be held
on Saturday, July 25th, from 9:00 a.m.—12:30 p.m.
Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. This year’s theme
will be “Christmas in July”. We will be reminded of
how we can share the spirit and miracle of Christmas
all year ‘round with games, crafts, music, and snacks!
Registration sheets will be availabe the first week of
June for our Little Lutherans and friends. We will also
need volunteers to help make this a success. Please
contact Leah Pendergrass if you would like more
information or want to share your time/talents.
Upcoming issues of the Vine will have more
information beginning in June.
Congregational Council
2015 Council Members
David Armfield
Eugene Berry
Pastor Jonathan Conrad
Linda Edgerton
Jane Hill
Cindy Hunnicutt
Jerry Lovell
Marty Musselman
Leah Pendergrass
Teresa Price
Larry Sink
Bill Venable
Loretta Wise
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476-0757
476-4114
474-7588
476-6965
475-1767
746-6493
476-7509
472-7115
475-3931
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431-4435
475-0364
Annu
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Copies of summer council minutes and
team ministry reports will be available in the
education building on the table below the
members’ mailboxes.
Pentecost Celebration
We enjoyed beautiful weather for our outdoor
worship on Pentecost May 24th. We appreciate all
the extra hands in readying our lawn worship space
for the celebration. We share with you additional
images from the day!
Ella Bunting Open Arms Cancer Support Group
Year-end Financial Information
Sincere thanks to each of you who helped out, donated money, food supplies, time,
talents, baking skills, for those who helped throughout the day from set up through
clean up, and those who shopped for supplies for our recent fundraiser. A special
shout out to Lori and Mike Hughes who made a generous donation that spiked up the
total raised for the day and helped make our BBQ Chicken Dinner a blowout success.
Everyone deserves a standing ovation for all of the service provided that day and for
continued support for our ministry. Once again, our Grace family rises to the occasion
and meets the need. Words are inadequate at best, but John, Michele and I, along with
our entire Ella Bunting Open Arms Cancer Support Group, want you to know how
grateful we are for so many who pitched in and those who came to join us for some
excellent BBQ chicken. The rain was against us but God and some very dedicated
chefs won the day for us. For anyone who had to wait, we do apologize. Like most mere
mortals, we hope to learn from any mistakes for next time.
We are also thankful to all of you who have jumped in and provided prayer shawls and small blankets for the little ones
fighting cancer. We have already given ten prayer shawls and blankets to very thankful cancer patients. We, they and
their families thank you for your efforts. As a reminder; we do have many boxes of yarn for this purpose. Catch up with
Dot, Estelle, Nancy Joyce, Paula Sue or Leslie to get you hooked up with yarn.
We will have our regular support group meetings throughout the summer. Watch the announcement sheets in the
Sunday Vine for any updates. Our next meeting will be June 1st.
We are planning our Annual Cancer Retreat for October 17th, 2015. Volunteers
are always welcome.
Thank you all and God Bless,
John, Michele, and Leslie
Memorials / Honorariums
In Memory of
Mrs. June Beck
given by
Nellwood Parrish
for Mother’s Day
Summer Sandwich Ministry Collection
Through the summer months, we will collect toilet
paper and facial tissues. We kindly ask that
donations of toilet paper come in either the 4-roll
packages or individually wrapped rolls. Any regular
sized Kleenex/facial tissue boxes will be fine. We
greatly appreciate any and all donations of items,
funds, and prayers for this outreach ministry of
Grace.
In Honor of Bobby Hepler
given by Mark and Cindy Hunnicutt
for the Pay It Forward Campaign
A collection box is located in the narthex.
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Jaime Moore
Imma Lou Gainey
Stephanie Holmes
Bill Venable
Cindy Hunnicutt
Robert Hughes
Betty Stone
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Tom and Danielle Kroh
Bill and Rachael Armentrout
Coy and Nancy Joyce
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19 Caroline Bayliff
Cindi Hill
Rose Caulder
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Fred and Lucy Souffront
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Penny Adams
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If you are unable to serve on your assigned date, please secure a replacement and advise the church office. JUNE 2015 WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
June 7 June 14 June 21 June 28 Assistant Margie Venable Eugene Berry Pat Wood Robert Black Lector Cindy Hunnicutt Mark Okken Doug Edgerton Jerry Lovell Acolyte Ethan Moore Lauren Seamon Lauren Edinger Nicholas Edinger Presenter Linda Edgerton Larry Sink Rachel Herman Charlotte Yandell Nursery L. Pendergrass, Jil Palmer Kim, Abby Moore Thom, Melissa Woller Martha, Rebekah Conrad Flowers Okken Vacant Vacant Vacant Bulletins Vacant Vacant J. Putnam Betty Cox Altar Guild Serving in June: Ushers Serving in June: Teresa Price, Lynn Fitzgerald Robert Black, Ruth Browne, Bob Herman, Mark Hunnicutt JULY 2015 WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
July 5 July 12 July 19 July 26 Assistant Mike Hill Margie Venable Eugene Berry Robert Black Lector Deborah Moore Patti Lovell Mike Hill Robert Black Acolyte Lauren Edinger Ethan Moore Lauren Seamon Nicholas Edinger Presenter Sharon Sink Robert Black Linda Edgerton Rachel Herman Nursery T. Price, L. Pendergrass Kristen Conrad, Ruth Browne Michael, Sherry Edinger David, Michelle Seamon Flowers Vacant Wood Burchett Vacant Bulletins Vacant Wood Vacant Vacant Altar Guild Serving in July: Ushers Serving in July: Linda Edgerton, Leslie Miller Dwayne Burchett, Doug Edgerton, Linda Edgerton, Bill Yandell AUGUST 2015 WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
August 2 August 9 August 16 August 23 August 30 Assistant Doug Edgerton Pat Wood Mike Hill Margie Venable Robert Black Lector Bill Venable Mark Hunnicutt Charlotte Yandell Linda Edgerton Kenton Musselman Acolyte Ethan Moore Lauren Seamon Lauren Edinger Nicholas Edinger Lauren Seamon Presenter Charlotte Yandell Larry Sink Robert Black Rachel Herman Linda Edgerton Nursery L. Pendergrass Jil Palmer Kim Moore, Abby Moore Thom, Melissa Woller Martha, Rebekah Conrad T. Price, L. Pendergrass Flowers Vacant Vacant Vacant Vacant Burchett Bulletins Vacant J. Putnam Vacant Okken Betty Cox Altar Guild Serving in August: Ushers Serving in August: Rachael Armentrout, Carolyn Skeen Eugene Berry, Michael Edinger, Richard Edinger, Phil McRee GRACE
Lutheran
Church
115 Unity Street Thomasville, NC 27360
www.GraceTville.org
If you wish to access the Grace pictorial directory on your
computer, go to this site:
members.InstantChurchDirectory.com
If it is your first time on the site, you will need to create a login by
using your email address as you have given it to the church
office. You may then create your own password. You will use that
each time you wish to log in to the directory online. Only those
people with an email address registered with Grace have access
to the site.
Once you have logged on, you will see individual and family listings. Click on the person or family
name to access addresses and phone numbers.
As always, you have access to the directory via the smartphone app by searching for “instant church
directory”. Install the app to your phone or device. Again, your email address as we have it at Grace is
your access to the Grace directory.
You may also download the .pdf version of the directory to your computer using this address:
http://directory.instantchurchdirectory.com/73863020/booklet.pdf
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• THOMASVILLE, NC • 336-476-4114 • [email protected]
SUMMER 2015 ISSUE 6
Join us each week
9:00 a.m.
Educational Hour
9:30 a.m.
Adult Choir Rehearsal
10:00 a.m.
Worship
11:15 a.m.
Sandwich Ministry