WOMEN OF GRACE LUTHERANWomen of the ELCA Purpose Statement: As a community of women created in the image of God, called to discipleship in Jesus Christ, and empowered by the Holy Spirit, we commit ourselves to grow in faith, affirm our gifts, support one another in our callings, engage in ministry and action, and promote healing and wholeness in the church, the society and the world.
Ruth Circle meets Tuesday, September 28, at 7pm in the Fireside Room. All women are invited to attend for Bible study and Fellowship. Our Bible Study for fall of 2021 will be “The Gift of the Spirit”. Session 1, “Spirit of God: Reveler and Resource”. Lessons are available in the Gather Magazine or in the church office. Willing Workers meet every Monday at 8:30 am to put quilts together. There are many tasks, including cutting squares, designing the quilts, sewing quilt tops, and tying quilts. Some of these tasks can be done at home. Come join, many hands make quilts! Knit & Purl will meet the first and fourth tues of each month at 2 pm in the Fireside Room. |
FAITH IN ACTION |
Willing Workers meet in the upper level sewing rooms at 8:30 am on the last Monday of each month to tie quilts to ready them for Operation Christmas and Lutheran World Relief. They also make quilts for baptisms & graduations for our congregation members. Each year, they send 80-100 quilts to Lutheran World Relief. Willing Workers make 80-100 quilts to go to Operation Christmas each year. People are needed and welcome to cut squares of material at home, sort and stack squares at home or at The church, Or sew squares together at home or at the church. If this is something you might be interested in and able to help with, please contact the church office at 576-4106.
Knit-Purl is our Prayer Shawl ministry. Members of the congregation meet twice per month to knit together. All completed are kept for members of the church dealing with illness, hospitalization, or grief. The meetings take place in the Fireside Room and are typically the first and last Tuesday of each month at 2:30 pm. Mission Haiti creates school bags and collects many items to send to Haiti. They meet the 2nd and 3rd Tuesday of the month at 2:30 pm in the upstairs sewing rooms. Three Grace members went on a mission trip to Haiti in December 2012 & March 2014. |