Sunday School Rally Day Picnic

Rally Day Picnic at Edmonds City Park at Picnic area 2.

Family Movie Night

Free for all to attend. Popcorn and lemonade will be available at no charge.

FireProof will be showing in the sanctuary for the adults. The nursery will be open.

The Tale of Despereaux will be playing in the Sunday School area for the kids.

Canned food for Lynnwood Food Bank will be gladly accepted.

AquaSox Game & BBQ

Southwest Snohomish County Chapter

AquaSox!!! It’s time again to enjoy BBQ, fireworks, and run around the bases – Aug. 20th 5:30 – 7:00 gathering, then game.

First 30 kids to sign up, 13 & under, get free t-shirts, and a chance to run-around the bases. Bring your (grand)kids and make wonderful memories. This popular event is sponsored by your local SW and Central Snohomish County Chapters of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, so the whole evening costs only $10/per adult/child. Use it as a church outreach to build ties with your neighbors.

Reserve spots for your (grand)kids or friends and family NOW. Sign up Sunday at GLC, or call Wolfgang Lill at 425.361.1897. It’s time to make a new memory!

VBS BBQ & Closing Program

Join us at 6:00 pm for a family BBQ, a presentation from the children and slideshow of the week!

Grace Extra July 4, 2010

Elder Board: Wednesday evening Bible Study and Prayer Meetings at 7:00, will feature land of the Bible DVD series with Ray Vander Laan, ‘That the World May Know’. These are the as yet unseen 20 minute presentations, shot on location with outstanding Bible application, that we have enjoyed in Sunday School.

Pastor Dan will be on vacation July 26-August 6. Pastor Dale Carlson will speak on August 1.

Worship attendance averaged 79 in June (77 last year), and 77 year to date (75 last year).

Youth: ’An Evening in Paris’. We thank the youth and sponsors for a special time!

Watch for announcements about the camp out in August.

Vacation Bible School: July 19-23. How can you be involved? There is a place for everyone! Judy Lazicki and Leanna Kraakmo are people to contact. Be actively recruiting students, ages 3 to 10 years old.

District Men’s and Women’s Retreats will be held September 24-25 and October 9-10 respectively. Information and registration forms are available on the Information Table.

Benevolence Committee: Our mission is to promote and facilitate in and through the congregation the good works in the name of Jesus to which the Church is called. This presently includes sending cards and flowers, emergency assistance, advocacy, ministry to elderly, and various benevolent offerings.

Parish Board: We will be starting a new Kid’s Club in the fall under Jesica Abella’s direction.

Movie Night on August 15 with films & popcorn for children and adults (‘Fireproof’).

In the Community: Thrivent sponsored ‘Treat Your Kids’ to an Aqua Sox game and BBQ. August 20, 5:30 pm. Tickets $10. Details are posted.

Prayer Notes:
• We pray that God will open up a way for us to transport Larry to church.
• We pray for God’s continued healing mercy on Judy Kumma, Naomi and Emma Lazicki, Margun Bates.
• Pastor Bob Hosmer is serving our Stanwood congregation part time. We ask the Father to give him a fruitful ministry in the congregation and his work as a Marketplace Chaplain.
• We ask the Father for Mindy Kim’s health, safety, and effective ministry on her mission to Uzbekistan, and wisdom to use her time effectively in the short time she has left there. (Her reports are placed in the Mission Notebook on the information table.)
• We ask the Father for all the necessary resources required, material and spiritual, to accomplish the task He has given us. We are asking for partners in the use of our facility and wisdom in using what we have been given.
• Andrew and Kris Larsen ask prayer for openness to the gospel for Mr. Zhap and Mrs. Juhn. Pray for stamina to endure the hot and humid summer months in Taiwan.
• May God bless Emilee and Ryan as they prepare for their wedding and life together.
• We ask the Father to bless our VBS preparations, and recruitment of staff and children.
• May the Father bless the ministry of the Jesus Fellowship Church.
• Growing old can be very difficult in body, mind, and spirit. Remember especially in your prayers and contacts, Erling, Gudrun, Vi, and any others in our congregation who can’t join us because they are suffering age related disability.
• May God bless the ministry of our congregation as each of us seeks to be His person in our individual worlds.
• Kris Kraakmo is leaving for his Japan mission this week. We pray for God to cover him with His grace and give him a fruitful ministry and good working relations with the congregation whose ministry he supports.
• We pray for the Spirit’s guidance for Kim and Jesica as they pursue a fall start up for MOPS and Kid’s Club ministries.
• May the Lord comfort John and Lorna in the death of Samantha, and work His wonders of grace in mother Nicole.

GLC Facilities Available for Rental

Our facility may be available for rental to community individuals and groups whose activities are consistent with our mission. Inquiries may be addressed to the church by the contact page or calling us at 425.741.8867.

VBS Registration

Saddle Ridge Ranch VBS will be held from Monday, July 19 through Friday, July 23 starting at 9:30 am and ending at Noon each day.  Family BBQ will be held at 6 PM on Friday, July 23.

Please note: a separate form must be filled out for each family!

Parents are welcome to stay and be involved too!

No more submissions accepted at this time.

There is no charge for the program, but we will be taking an offering each day.

VBS 2010 – Saddle Ridge Ranch

Saddle Ridge Ranch VBS will be held from Monday, July 19 through Friday, July 23 starting at 9:30 am and ending at Noon each day.  Family BBQ will be held at 6 PM on Friday, July 23.

http://www.vimeo.com/10614909

Click this link for online VBS registration.

Grace Extra May 2, 2010

Elder and Trustee Boards:

• Congregational Annual Meetings are always important. Our 13th is no less so. We encourage all our members to participate.
• Our summer schedule extends from Memorial Day to Labor Day weekends. Worship starts at 10:00 am. Sunday School, Women of Grace, Fellowship Groups, Choir, MOPS, and weekly Youth meetings are in recess. Watch for special summer activities.

MOPS continues to enjoy an encouraging ‘trial run’ attendance. The mothers, children, and staff are having a great time.

Bible Camp registration forms are available on the Information Table.

District Men’s and Women’s Retreats are held in September and October. Information is now available.

In the Community:

• ‘Stories of Our American Heritage’, Seattle Children’s Chorus concert, June 5, 1:00 pm, Seattle Town hall.
• Singspiration at Anchor of Hope Church in Stanwood, Sunday, May 16, 5:00 pm
• Stephen Kraakmo Senior Recital, Saturday, May 15, 7:00 pm
• Have you tried Nollies? It’s a breakfast and lunch restaurant in Seattle run by our friends the Munros. The reviews are tops!

People:

• Graduations: David Hendrix from PLU, Kris Kraakmo from Trinity Western, Stephen Kraakmo from Meadowdale HS.
• Daniel Stueckle has been hired to work for Boeing. John Pinney is entering Job Corp.
• Nathaniel Hendrix &  Stephen Kraakmo placed first in the Men’s Ensemble Division of the state high school solo/ensemble competition.

Grace Extra April 4, 2010

Elder and Trustee Boards:

• Our Sunday morning attendance in 2010 is averaging 76 (71 last year) with a number of new visitors.
• The Grace Annual Meeting is May 7. The Nominating Committee is busy recruiting ministry officers, the Trustees are working on a balanced budget, and the Elder and Parish Boards are making plans for the future ministry. Annual Reports and Ministry Plans are to be submitted to Judy Kumma by April 25th for publication.
• Concert of Prayer & Communion Service, Sunday, April 18, 6:00 pm. This is an evening for the whole congregation to join as one voice in prayer.

Youth: We thank the youth for sponsoring the Easter Breakfast. Watch for details on a special evening for the congregation on May 2. Regular Sunday evening meetings are at 6:00 pm. Join us and bring a friend!

MOPS: The group has grown to the point where a waiting list for new participants will be required until there is an increase in staff. Kim Gainza is the one to see.

Thursday Evening Fellowship Groups are reconvening, at South Pointe with Pastor Foss in Acts, and tentatively at Manor Care with Pastor Dan and ‘Glimpses Beyond the Jordan’ (life on earth). You are welcome to join either group.

Bible Camp registration forms are available on the Information Table.

District Men’s and Women’s Retreats are held in October. Information is now available.

Prayer Notes:
April is the closing month in our CLBA Synodical year. We always depend on generous giving to our co-operative ministries this month to meet our financial goals, and particularly this year in the economic downturn.

• We pray for God’s healing mercy on Lavonne, Larry, Margun, Wyvetta, Joe, Emma, and Naomi, experiencing ongoing physical challenges.
• Pastor Bob Hosmer is serving our Stanwood congregation part time. We ask the Father to give him a fruitful ministry in the congregation and his work as a Marketplace Chaplain.
• We ask the Father for Mindy Kim’s health, safety, and effective ministry on her mission to Uzbekistan. (Her reports are placed in the Mission Notebook on the information table.)
• We ask the Father for all the necessary resources required, material and spiritual, to accomplish the task He has given us. We are asking for partners in the use of our facility and wisdom in using what we have been given.
• Andrew and Kris Larsen welcome his parents for a visit. May it be a time of joyful encouragement. Praise God that the Taiwan and Japan CLB churches are planning a cooperative church planting mission in Asia.
• May the Father bless the ministry of the Jesus Fellowship Church.
• Growing old can be very difficult in body, mind, and spirit. Remember especially in your prayers and contacts, Erling, Gudrun, Vi, and any others in our congregation who can’t join us because they are suffering age related disability.
• Pray for the continued growth in our new MOPS ministry and the staff needed to support it.
• May God bless the ministry of our congregation as each of us seeks to be His person in our individual worlds.
• We ask the Father to bless the preparations being made for our congregational annual meeting in May.

Note: Ongoing requests, both personal and congregational, will be listed in Grace Extra after appearing in the bulletin, freeing the bulletin space for ‘hot off the press’ items.

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