Grace E-Notes
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A weekly publication for Grace Lutheran Church & Friends
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
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There is but One Name - Jesus
A virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him “Immanuel” (which means
“God with us”). Matthew 1:23
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he
will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6
On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: “King of kings and Lord of lords.”
Revelation 19:16
Son of God… Lamb of God… the Resurrection and the Life… the Alpha and Omega (the beginning
and the end)... Names and phrases for Jesus of Nazareth. Phrases that stretch the boundaries of
human language in an effort to understand and capture that which is beyond human understanding the grandeur of God. All these names and images by themselves fall short. Hearing them is somewhat like hearing a Salvation Army Christmas band on the street corner playing Handel’s Messiah.
No one name does justice to God! But individually they come together like individual pieces of a
puzzle – to help us to better understand who this Lord of Life is.
But there is one name. Jesus. A name so common that if he were here today, his name might be
John or Bob or Jim. As a person, Jesus was touchable, approachable, reachable. I can almost hear
him say, “Just call me Jesus.” Those who walked with Him remembered Him not with a title or designation, but with his name ~ Jesus! It’s a beautiful name and a powerful name. The day is coming
when at the name of Jesus every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that He is Lord!
(Philippians 2:10)
Advent Blessings,
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Pastor Scott Zimmerer
Advent Schedule
12/21/2014—Advent 4 Worship—8:30 & 11:00 AM
9:30 AM Nativity Display Coffee Hour
12/24/2014—Christmas Eve Worship—7 & 10:30 PM
Bring bells to the 7:00 service to ring
during The Hymn of Praise
12/28/2014—Christmas 1—8:30 & 11:00 AM
A Service of Carols
Between the services we will have a concert . . .
Coffee and Cocoa provided.
Bring cookies to share
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Weekly Calendars
Tuesday
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Wednesday
7:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM
7:00 PM
Friday
6:30 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
12:00 PM
Sunday
8:30 AM
9:30 AM
9:45 AM
11:00 AM
3:00 PM
4:00 PM
Monday
7:00 PM
Tuesday
Wednesday
7:00 PM
10:30 PM
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
8:30 AM
9:45 AM
11:00 AM
12:00 PM
12:15 PM
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
12/16/2014
Pack 114
Worship/Music
12/17/2014
Choir Practice
12/18/2014
Quilting
Via de Cristo
12/19/2014
Pack 115 Den 5
12/20/2014
Keep Carrollton Beautiful
Trash Pick Up
WELCA Bible Study
Parents Day Out
12/21/2014
Worship
Nativity Display Coffee Hour
Sunday School
Worship
GSA 4756
All Youth Christmas Party
12/22/2014
BSA 723
12/23/2014
12/24/2014 Office Closed
Christmas Eve Worship
Christmas Eve Worship
12/25/2014 Office Closed
Merry Christmas!
12/26/2014
12/27/2014
12/28/2014
Worship/Schones Baptism
Sunday School
Worship
Nat’l Gathering Crew BYOL Meeting
Internship Committee
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Advent Coffee Hour
3
Calendar
2
Children’s Page
7
Metrocrest Social Services
4
Nativity Festival
2
Prayer Concerns
9
Prayer Ventures
10
Recipe
11
Sunday’s Readings & Psalm
10
Sunday School Choir Flash Mob Pic
4
WELCA
8
Worship Assistants
3
Yellow Page
12
Youth
5-6
Grace Lutheran Church
1200 E. Hebron Parkway
Carrollton, TX 75010
Assisting With Worship
12/21/2014
Phone: (972)492-4474
Office Hours:
Mondays – Thursdays 9:00–3:00
Website: http://GraceLutheranTX.org
Sunday Morning Schedule
Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM
Sunday School Programs 9:45 AM
Nursery Available at 11:00 AM Service
Pastor: Rev. Scott Zimmerer
[email protected]
Miles Holder, Vicar
Gregg Schockman
Director of Music Ministries
[email protected]
Aaron Colwick
Director of Youth Ministries
[email protected]
8:30 AM
11:00 AM
Rebecca Wagner
Acolyte
Colleen Stack
Acolyte
Judy Gruber
& Al Bem
Greeters
Mike & Allison
Mihavics
Greeters
Karen Schmid
Lay Reader
Aaron Colwick
Lay Reader
George & Theresa
Ward
Ushers
Toni & Nicole
Gomez
Ushers
Greg Streder
Worship Assistant
Kathy Doyle
Worship Assistant
Musicians
Gregg Schockman.
Director of Music Ministries—Piano
Tracey Flood, Judy Cheshier
& Rob Lorentzen—Cantors
Bethany Lorentzen—Vocalist
Grace Lutheran Choir
Katrina Colwick
Director of Children’s Ministries
[email protected]
Paula Parker
Administrative Assistant
[email protected]
[email protected]
Altar Guild
Stephanie Holowak & Caroll Scott
Communion Set Up, Clean Up & Pour
Debra Campbell—Bread
Greg Streder & Brenda Altenhofen
Counting
Sybil Roop
Welcome Center
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Jan Wilson
Welcome Center
Demonstrate your
thankfulness this season
Each holiday season, Grace Lutheran
anticipates and relies on a seasonal increase
in contributions. It is through the offerings
and gifts of every individual and family in the
congregation that we are able to carry on our
ministries now and throughout the year.
If you need a convenient way to make
recurring contributions or plan to make an
additional gift before the end of the year, we
encourage you to check out our electronic
giving options. As the pace of life speeds up
around the holidays, you may find electronic
giving a most welcome way to make contributions.
To set up a recurring giving schedule, visit
us online at www.GraceLutheranTX.org and
locate the Online Giving button. Or if it's
easier, complete a paper authorization form
available at the Welcome Center and return
it to the church office.
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John Storey,
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WELCA Fellowship Opportunities
Please join us for any or all of our activities!
ALL women of Grace are welcome!!!
MONDAY
Knitting/ Crocheting/
Handwork:
2nd Monday of the month
at 7 PM. Place announced
on the Sunday before.
Please Join Us!
THURSDAY
Quilting
1st and 3rd Thursdays
10 AM in the Fellowship Hall.
Bring scissors!
Join us Thursday,
December 18th!
SATURDAY
Bible Study
3rd Saturday of the month
at 9 AM in the Parlor.
We use the Bible study from
Gather magazine and we always
have copies to share.
Join us December 20th!
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Did you know that WELCA has a free app to download
onto your iPhone or android phone?
Reflect, pray and prepare for the day!
Need an on-the-go companion for your faith journey? Daily Grace offers brief reflections every day in
which you’ll encounter God’s extravagant, boundless and often surprising grace. Be comforted,
challenged, inspired, consoled and confronted.
See more at: http://www.womenoftheelca.org
Here’s a sample:
Do you feel a sense of real longing this Advent, longing for justice in a world of injustice, yearning for
hope and deliverance? This might be a good time to spend Advent reflecting and journaling on
Mary’s words in the Magnificat (Luke 1:45-55). Spend time thinking about what a revolutionary message Mary proclaimed. No passive, sweet young thing, this Mary. No, she was courageous, strong
and insightful! And the baby she carried within her body brought reconciliation to the world. This baby brought a radical message of love to a world more interested in power, prestige and who’s in and
who’s out, who’s up and who’s down.
This is adapted from A Different Kind of Journey: Advent as a Walk, Not a Sprint, a free downloadable resource written by Sonia Solomonson. It’s available at welca.org. - See more at:
http://www.womenoftheelca.org
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PRAYER CONCERNS
NOTE: Due to privacy concerns all persons on prayer list MUST give their permission to be listed.
MEN & WOMEN
OF THE ARMED FORCES
Richard Cox
LT Chuck Cranston, US Navy
Scott Gulliksen, US Marine Corps
Jay Lundberg, Navy
GRACE MEMBERS
Blake Cavagnaro & Family
Kaitlyn Cheshier
Joe Dzikonski (Jill Sullivan’s dad)
Amy Gulliksen (YAGM—Ministry)
Miles Holder
Nikki King
Scott McClenaghan
Louise Norris
Barbara Olson
Max Raulins
Buster Roop
Jo An Stanley
Bryan Swenson
Rev. Nolan Sucher
Charlotte Weirich
Ebola & Malaria Victims
& Medical Personnel
Christians, Jews, & Palestinians
being persecuted
The Unemployed & their families
FAMILY & FRIENDS
Darrell Abston
Chris Adkins
Nan Andrews
Baby Camilla
Mavis Barrow
David Baxter
Janet Brown
Sandy Devine
Brian Ellis
Ulane Franklund
Mary Beth Girowski
Ruby Gorman
Merle Gregory
Rachel Jevaseely
Tony Kenworthy
Maria Lapaglia
Arik Logan
Lorraine, J Gulliksen’s mother
Ashley M.
Scott Nietubicz’ friend’s dad
Brian Peterson
Megan Raley
Joseph Reinert
Vickie Roberts
Mary Singley
Dale Swenson
Kerri Tamberelli’s parents
Irene Thorson
Adam Tjosvold
Ethel Zimmerer
GRACE MEMBERS
in ASSISTED LIVING
Mary Frank
Dorothy Hicks
Cherrylin Langley
Inez Moilan
Kay Sembrick
Peggy Smith
Richard Tjosvold
OUR SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILY &
FRIENDS OF
Mary Howard—12/11/2014
Lord God, you alone are the source of all healing and so we give you thanks for all your gifts of
strength and life, and above all we thank you for the gift of your Son, through whom we have faith
and strength. Grant health to the ill, strength to the weak, comfort for the sad, patience to those
with chronic infirmities, hope to the distressed and anxious, healing to the addicted, and peace to
the dying; in your name we pray. Amen
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Readings & Psalm
December 21, 2014
4th Sunday of Advent
PRAYER VENTURES
—— December 2014 ——
These petitions are offered as guides to prayer for the global,
social and outreach ministries of the church.
16: Almighty God, we lift before you those impacted by Ebola. Bless our accompaniment with
the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sierra Leone and the Lutheran Church in Liberia.
17: We give thanks for ELCA members and others who have contributed more than $2.5 million to support humanitarian assistance for survivors of Typhoon Haiyan, which struck the
Philippines one year ago.
 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16
 Romans 16:25-27
 Luke 1:26-38
18: We give thanks for the congregations of this
church and lift up their commitments restoring
and reconciling communities in a fragmented
world.
Amy Gulliksen – YAGM
Ministry in Jerusalem
19: Through the ELCA Book of Faith Initiative
encourage all members, from children to adults,
to dig deeper into our book of faith, the Bible.
Keep up with Amy's work by following her blog:
OnThisJourneyCalledLife.com
and by receiving her newsletter by emailing her at
[email protected].
20: We praise you for your servant Katharina
von Bora Luther, renewer of the church, whom
we commemorate on this day. Like Katharina,
raise up in our own day teachers and prophets
with voices that give strength to this church.
If you would also like to financially support the
YAGM ministries, please call 800-638-3522 for
credit card payment, or send a check to:
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
PO Box 71764
Chicago, IL 60694-1764.
Please write: "Amy Gulliksen GCS 3092" on the
memo line.
21: As we light the four candles for Advent, open
our eyes to see Christ’s presence among us.
22: As congregations are invited to study The
Use of the Means of Grace, guide our worshiping community’s conversation.
Grace Lutheran Nursery Care
Do you enjoy spending time with the youngest
members of our Grace family? Please consider
volunteering in the nursery during late service.
This is a great way to get to know our young
families at Grace and give them a short break
to enjoy worship service. Thanks for your
prayerful consideration. To sign up, go to:
www.SignUpGenius.com/
go/20F0D4CA5A628A2FB6-nursery/11456520
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Grinch Kabobs!
Layer mini marshmallow, strawberry, banana slice, and a grape
on a small stick and you get Grinch Kabobs! —
Christmas tree made up with Candy
2 Miniature Reeses Peanut Butter Cups,
1 Regular Reeses Peanut Butter Cup,
1 Hershey Kiss then decorate with a tube of green cake icing
and sprinkles. Cute!
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GRACE YELLOW PAGES
Below are services and businesses that our members provide. We simply present them for your information. We are not
able to officially endorse any of them for liability reasons. Please consider them when you are planning repairs, lessons, etc.
If you would like to list your business or service please bring a business card by the office or send an electronic copy to:
[email protected]
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