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Today’s Service December 18, 2016

Acolyte: Christopher Picerno

Communion Assistants: Jim and Joyce Moore

Advent Reader: Fred Boettcher

Greeter: Fred and Marlitt Boettcher

Altar Guild: Sue Underwood

Activities This Week

Sunday Cantata

December 18

9:00am

9:00am

9:30am

10:00am

Choir

Coffee/Fellowship

Gift Shop

Christmas Cantata

Monday December 19

Tuesday December 20 9:30am

Quilting

Wednesday December 21 10:00am Chapel

Thursday December 22 10:00am Bible Study

Friday December 23 School Closed

Saturday Christmas Eve December 24

4:00pm

7:30pm

Christmas Eve Service

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

Sunday Christmas Day

December 25 10:00am Worship Service

Monday December 26 Church Office & School Closed

Announcements Grace Lutheran Church Happenings

Please sign up to dedicate Flowers or Worship Elements (Holy Communion, Candles, Bul-letins, Sanctuary Light) to the Glory of God in memory or hon-or of loved ones. The book is in the entryway of the church.

The Costs are: Flowers…………...….....$25 Worship Elements…....$25

Altar Flowers and Worship Elements today are given

to the glory of God as a Thank You to

Glenda Cunard from your Choir & Bell Choir

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We are collecting “Christmas Dinner” items for Grace Lutheran Church families that may need help with their holiday dinner. All extra food items will be used to help other families in need of emergency food supplies.

Items Needed:

Canned Goods - vegetables, sweet potatoes, pumpkin (for pies), cranberry sauce, gravies,

fruits

Boxed Goods - stuffing mix, brown sugar (for sweet potatoes), instant potatoes

Also local supermarket Gift Cards Are Always Welcome! for fresh foods (turkey, pota-

toes, onions, etc.)

If you would like to give a monetary donation, please make your check out to Grace Lutheran Church and indicate

“Social Ministry.”

Social Club January 6th

11:00 am Meet at the church to plan

the year’s luncheons.

11:30 am Meet for lunch at Ruby Tuesdays

A1A at Belair Plaza

Please add your name to the Sign up sheet

in the church lobby.

Please come join us!

THANK YOU

Thanks to the 36 volunteers who spent

Saturday, December 3rd decorating

the church.

Everything looks magnificent and all of the

“finishing touches” were just right.

As always, the two trees in the front of the church

are covered in chrismons that members have made

over the years and it is a longstanding tradition at

Grace to feature them for all to see. We also have

a shadow box at the rear of the sanctuary display-

ing samples of the chrismons.

Thank you to all of our

hardworking and very talented

volunteers!

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Mary Buckwalter

Diana Dinell

Agnes Elliott

Larry Fischer

Phil Isom

Sandy Lort

Dot McNary

Loren Moody

Margaret Moody

Jim Moore

Marlene Mye

George Paul

Jean Robinson

Butch & Debra Secunda

Aisha Wallick

Please Remember in Your Prayers

In Retirement Centers:

Florence Bugden (Riviera)

In Hospital/Rehabilitation:

Dot McNary (Indigo Manor Rm 1202)

In Nursing Home/Long Term Care:

George Paul (Oceanview Nursing)

Grace Members:

Attendance

Last Sunday:

116

Call to Worship

The call to worship is signaled by the

ringing of the bells 7 times. Please be

seated and be quiet so everyone can

hear the bells ring 3 times to announce

the beginning of the service.

Be silent & be still

in the presence of the Lord

Dave Brown (friend of Scott & Fran Burdick)

Todd Coffin (son of Betty Myer)

Angie Conner (friend of Randy & May Johnson)

John Cotner (brother of Carolyn (Cotner) Gerard

Karen Cunnings (sister of Norma Weaver)

Vicki Darden (niece of Joyce Northridge)

Carmine Decrosta (friend of Kay Paciello)

Jan Earnhardt (Earnhardt family member)

Steve Elliott (nephew of Dot McNary)

Jim Hill (Friend of Sandy Hostettler)

Brittany Kolar (Office Grace Lutheran)

Martin Ludecke (brother of Pat Hubert)

Daniel Mahaffey (son of Bob & Carol Mahaffey)

John McDowell (friend of Betty Myer)

Patti McGovern (Kay Paciello’s daughter)

Phyllis Melick (friend of Betty Myer)

John Mott (friend of Steve Johnson)

Young Paciello (daughter-in-law of Kay Paciello)

Zachary Paciello (grandson of Kay Paciello)

Tom & Rose Popyack (parents of Deb Secunda)

Nena Quino (mother of Aisha Wallick)

Lois Reiter (former member of Grace)

Erin Robinson (granddaughter of Jean Robinson)

Robert Schneider (husband of Shannon Schneider)

Howard Sparber (husband of Barbra Sparber-Barnes)

David Strange (friend of Norma Weaver)

Ruth Streater (sister-in-law of Sandy Hostettler)

Beverly Taylor (friend of Ann Jacoby)

Shirley Tyler (niece of Dot McNary)

Frank Wells (brother of Patricia Stratton)

John Wisberger (friend of Betty Myer)

Kristin Young (niece of Pat Hubert)

Prayer List - Relatives & Friends:

THANK YOU We had a wonderful response to

our bake sale. The bakers gave us

so many desserts to pick from, and the buyers were

extravagant in their purchases. The bake sale is

used to help church members who may encounter

an unexpected emergency. Thanks again for your

support!

The Social Ministry Committee

Christmas

Church

Services

Christmas Eve and

Candlelight Services 4:00 pm and 7:30 pm

Christmas Day

Worship 10:00 a.m.

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December Birthdays 2 Amanda Rodermond

3 Bernadine Roalkvam

7 Bonnie Krajc

8 Agnes Elliot

8 Kim Van Horn

12 Kaitlin Blum

15 Laraine Isom

18 Kay Paciello

23 Carole Hedges

27 Edward Mikulski

January Birthdays

1 Carol MacLeod

5 Florence Bugden

5 Dorothy Jean Robinson

5 Carol Reck

8 Scott Burdick

11 Theodore MacLoed

12 Orville Fulkerson

12 Jessy Crabb

15 Patricia Westbrock

21 Judi Bacon

24 Elaine Corfman

26 Dick Nagel

January Birthdays (continued) 26 Walter Secunda

28 Anastasia Johnson

December Anniversaries 14 Dr. & Mrs. Gary Buckwalter

20 Tom & Gail Starling

January Anniversaries 7 Paul & Elizabeth Graeler

9 Judi Bacon & Ed Mikulski

15 Rocco & Tammy Picerno

16 Mr. & Mrs. Les Prairie

25 Mr. & Mrs. David Liddle

SUNDAY SCHOOL

There will be no Sunday School

today, December 18th, December

25th, and January 1st. Sunday

School will resume January 8th.

2017 Offering Envelopes

Please pickup your

2017 Offering Envelopes,

which are located on the table in the

lobby. They are in alphabetical order.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION….....

Our Church Office will be closed Monday, De-cember 26th and Monday, January 2nd.

Noah’s Ark Preschool will be closed Friday through Monday, December 23-26th and Mon-day January 2nd.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Christmas Eve

Service 4:00 pm

Christmas Eve

Candlelight Service 7:30 pm

Christmas Day

Worship Service 10:00 am

New Year’s Day

Worship Service 10:00 am

One Star, One Night, One Child

“When a Child Is Born”

We would like to thank Grace Choir and

Bell Choir for bringing the Christmas

message to us in song today.

A special thanks also to our guest singers

from Stetson University and Myah Hoffman

from Seabreeze High School for sharing

their talents with us.

We are privileged to have Corine Keifer, ac-

companist, and Michael Koch, percussion-

ist, joining us today.

Thanks also to our readers, coordinators,

and soundboard manager. It certainly took

a lot of dedication and hard work.

A special thank you to Glenda Cunard,

Cantor, who wrote and directed this special

service.