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Rise Against Hunger Fundraiser at Handel’s Ice Cream – 3/21/24, 1-9pm.
Spread the word! The flyer has to be shown (hardcopy or from a pic on phone) and we will get 20% of the proceeds for RAH on that date and time.
Flyers are available at the 6th Ave. entrance or in the Narthex.
Mark Your Calendar Now to Join Us for Holy Week & Easter Worship!
Holy Week:
Palm Sunday – Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem with palms, hallelujahs & great fanfare
Maundy Thursday at 7pm – Jesus’ great gift of His presence at the Table, even in the face of betrayal & stripping of the altar
Good Friday Service of Tenebrae at 7pm (diminishing lights) after each Scripture reading the room gets darker & darker until only the solitary light of Christ remains.
Easter Day – 6:30 am Sunrise Service (outside) with Holy Communion
8:15 am Traditional Worship with Holy Communion
10:30 am Non-traditional Worship with Holy Communion
Sundays of Lent – the theme for this season is CROSSING OVER. With Grace in the midst of significant transition we felt it would be helpful to visit Scripture stories about crossing over (Jesus being driven into the wilderness, Joshua crossing the Jordan River, prophet moving from Elijah to Elisha, Paul ship wrecked, Moses crossing the Red Sea, Jesus entering Jerusalem on a donkey).
EACH WEDNESDAY we will post a video meditation following the same Crossing Over theme. There will be NO midweek in-person gatherings.
Easter Egg Hunt – Join us Sunday, March 24th at 9:30am in the social hall for our annual Easter Egg Hunt! We will have an Easter Story told by our middle and high school youth to start. Ages 2 – 2nd grade will hunt for eggs and our 3rd – 12th graders will have a scavenger hunt that will take them around the church for their eggs!
Upcoming Community Outreach Event
Perkiomen Watershed Stream Cleanup 4/13
The Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy is dedicated to serving the people and communities of the Perkiomen Watershed by conserving and protecting land and water resources through commitment to and leadership in environmental education, watershed stewardship, and conservation programs.
Every year they facilitate the largest waterway cleanup on the east coast. Danielle Lau is a site leader for a Royersford location Below is the info on this year’s cleanup:
When: April 13, 9am-12pm Location: Spring-Ford 7th Grade Center; 833 S Lewis Rd #2, Royersford
Park in the lot to the left-side as you enter the school. Lots of ground to cover so split up! Collect trash throughout the campus, pay attention to the wooded area behind the school & the area next to 422. Pile trash in the parking area. Ages 3 & up.
Youth News!!
Box City – 6th – 12th graders are invited to participate in Box City, an annual event to raise awareness (and money) for homelessness. Registration cost is $20. We encourage you to fundraise at least $100 for Beacon of Hope in Pottstown. Sat., April 6th from 3pm – Sun., April 7th at 12pm at Advent Lutheran Church in Harleysville. Registration forms can be found in the confirmation classroom! You will need to provide your own box to sleep in.
AGAPE is in town! Join our synod (Southeastern PA Synod) in welcoming Agape, a Christian Rap artist, and Joe Davis, a spoken word poet on Sunday, April 14th at 4pm! Together, these two create amazing music and art as well as do anti-racism work. Tickets are $25 a person and will go towards the synod Youth Scholarship fund! Located at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lansdale!
Strunk Fund Applications are now open! Seniors in high school and college students (who have been confirmed) are invited to apply for this scholarship. Deadline is May 31st. See the office or Kelsey for more details on how to apply.
Rise Against Hunger Registration & Fundraiser
Rise Against Hunger Fundraiser – Help Grace raise $1500 for Rise Against hunger by contributing to the jars on the window in the back of the church or at the 6th Ave. entrance . When we hit our goal of $1500, staff will host a Feast of Fools worship! Let’s be generous and Rise Against Hunger! We will collect until Sunday, April 14th.
The Adult Forum on April 7th will be titled “Seven Resurrection Stories.” Pastor Wayne will lead this session.
Bible Study groups meet on Monday evening at 7:00pm via Zoom and Thursday mornings at 10:00am in the parlor (room L05). We are continuing our look at the Letter to the Ephesians through the end of April, and then will move to a study of Colossians. Let Deacon Allison know if you’d like a link to the Monday Zoom.
Adult Service Project! Adults, are you interested in building homes for those who have lost theirs due to natural disasters in Tennessee? Alongside St. James Lutheran church in Limerick, Grace would like to take a team in the spring to help Appalachia Service Project with new build projects in Tennessee. If you are interested in this opportunity, please reach out to Kelsey or call the church office!
It takes a lot of people to make worship & ministry happen! Where are you being called to serve? There are many ways you can help; you’re here on Sunday mornings anyway. Call or email the church office to see how you can help by being a trustee one month per year or helping with tech, altar guild, counting, reading, singing, Sunday school, children’s chat, communion & more! Instruction provided & most positions are on a rotating schedule once every 4 –8 weeks.