[Sunday] He Is Here- Nostalgia

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What Had happened at Grace this week. 

Christmas Day Service

Watch at 10:15 Christmas Day or anytime after

Why ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ Is The Only Holiday Special Worth Watching

Read the article at https://www.relevantmagazine.com/culture/tv/why-a-charlie-brown-christmas-is-the-only-holiday-special-worth-watching/

Santa Claus never makes an appearance in A Charlie Brown Christmas. Sure, Charlie helps his sister Sally write a letter to Saint Nick, but unlike other Christmas classics where Santa is essential (e.g. The Santa Clause, A Christmas Story or Elf), Kris Kringle’s absence from Charlie Brown does nothing to diminish the story.

Christmas EVE Service - Nostalgia 2020

Live Stream at 4PM

In Person at 4&7PM

How It's a Wonderful Life Went From Box Office Dud to Accidental Christmas Tradition

Read the whole article here https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/90135/how-its-wonderful-life-went-box-office-dud-accidental-christmas-tradition

Director Frank Capra's 1946 classic It's a Wonderful Life is sacred in the holiday movie pantheon. It's not as quotable as A Christmas Story (1983) or as lyrical as 1966's How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, but the story of George Bailey has a universal message behind it that endures more than 70 years later. Though the movie is the quintessential Christmas tale today, when it was first released in 1946, audiences and critics were lukewarm toward the picture, resulting in a box office disappointment that killed Capra's nascent production company, Liberty Films. In a strange twist, decades after it was first released, an unlikely clerical screw-up managed to turn It's a Wonderful Life into the Christmastime staple we know today.

In the 1930s, Capra became a magnet for Academy Awards, directing movies like the screwball comedy It Happened One Night (1934) and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939). After Pearl ………………….

Read the whole article here https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/90135/how-its-wonderful-life-went-box-office-dud-accidental-christmas-tradition

[Sunday] Wonderful Mess - Nostalgia

Service [above] Sermon releases at 10pm [under]

Questions for the Week

1. What is the most iconic Christmas movie to you?  Why?

2. Read Matthew 1:18-25.   What are the two names given to Jesus? How do these names help us better understand Christmas?

3. What do these names teach you about your greatest needs?

4.  Think of a mess that you are in or someone you love is in.  How can you remind yourself or them, that Jesus is Immanuel (God with us)?

---- THIS WEEK AT GRACE - Today December 20, 2020

Worship Service 8:30 AM

Second Worship Service and

  video service www.gracelutheranpsl.com 10:15 AM

Zoom into Fellowship Canceled until 1/10

Korean Church Worship 1:00 PM

AA 7:30 PM

Rest of the week December 21 - 26, 2020

Christmas Eve Services Thursday, 4 PM & 7 PM

Christmas Day Service with Communion Friday, 10:15 AM

Korean Church Prayer Gathering Saturday, 6 AM

For complete calendar information, go to www.gracelutheranpsl.com/calendar

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS THIS WEEK   Dayre Horton - 12/22

THE FLOWERS ADORNING THE ALTAR are given to the Gglory of God!

CHECK IT OUT THE 2021 FLOWER CHART is up and ready for you to sign up for donating flowers next year in memory of or to honor someone close to you, a special occasion or giving thanksgiving to God.  Weekly cost for the two vases of flowers is $30.00.

2021 ENJOYMENT COUPON BOOKS: are now available in the Narthex.  The coupon books sell for $35.00 each of which $10.00 is donated to Grace Lutheran’s Youth Group needs.

SEE YOUR GRACE FAMILY ON ZOOM!  Pastor and Coli will be hosting Zoom to Coffee at NOON every Sunday for those who would like to join in fellowship “virtually” to see and chat with Grace members and friends.  All are welcome! We will resume this gathering on January 10.

GIVING - We are here to provide “Grace and Peace in this Chaotic and Lonely Time” to those in our church and community. Thank you for your past and continual prayers and financial support to Grace and your community.We have added Paypal for online donations. If you would like to give through Paypal, please go to: www.GraceLutheranPSL.com and click the “GIVE” button on the upper right side of the page.

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What Had happened at Grace this week. 

Christmas at Grace 2020

Christmas Eve 4 & 7 PM

Christmas Day 10:15am

Christmas Readings will be available for download here.

[Bible Study] Mark Chapter 6 - Zoom to Scripture

Youth Christmas Party

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Why Christmas Matters

Read the whole Article here. https://www.relevantmagazine.com/faith/why-christmas-matters/

From Tim Keller

We sing it every year in our Christmas carols, especially in “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” when we cry out: “Veiled in flesh, the Godhead see; hail the incarnate Deity.”

The Apostles’ Creed doesn’t use it, but it teaches the doctrine of it when we read, “conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary.”

Incarnation. If you understand the word incarnation, you’ll understand what Christmas is about.

Christmas is frankly doctrinal. The invisible has become visible, the incorporeal has become corporeal. In other words, God has become human.

This is not only a specific doctrine, but it’s also unique. Doctrine always distinguishes you. One of the reasons we’re afraid to talk about doctrine is because it distinguishes us from others.

Here’s why the doctrine of Christmas is unique. On one hand, you’ve got religions that say God is so immanent in all things that incarnation is normal. If you’re a Buddhist or Hindu, God is immanent in everything. On the other hand, religions like Islam and Judaism say God is so transcendent over all things that incarnation is impossible.

Read the whole Article here. https://www.relevantmagazine.com/faith/why-christmas-matters/

Christmas Traditions - Advent 2020

Click Picture to Watch Live Stream

Click the Image to watch the service

Wednesdays at 6:30Pm

• 12/2 - Christmas Traditions

  • Carols and Traditions

• 12/9 - Christmas Cookies & Crafts

  • Decorate cookies & Crafts to take home

• 12/16 - Christmas Memories

  • Christmas Songs and peoples stories.

Brown Bag Dinner at 5:30pm

• You bring your own Food,

• We will supply Chips and Drinks.
  

Christmas Eve 4Pm & 7PM
Christmas Day 10AM

Watch Wednesday Traditions Service right here.

Pearl - The Bad Christmas Gift [Funny]

Attention Facebook Land! It's FINALLY HERE: The 2019 Pearl the Mermaid Saga Re-Telling! I was going to wait until 12/24 to post this, but I know some of you need to prepare for your Christmas Eve dinner readings. The more I think about the Pearl Saga, the more I think about how it really symbolizes my motherhood journey.

If you are new to the Tale of Pearl, welcome. If it is your 4th re-read, hopefully you will find magic and new secrets along the way. Let's journey back....to December of 2015.....when all Ellie wanted for Christmas was a real merbaby…..

Many of you have been thinking and asking about Pearl and her strange skin, "creepy eyes", and flowing green hair, and I feel like enough time has passed that I can now reveal to you the entire Pearl Saga. For those of you who might have lost track of the Pearl story or might have forgotten an essential plot point, I'm going to sketch it out for you.

Part I (December, 2015)- Ellie dreams of having a mermaid baby. Not just a mermaid, and not just a baby. A mermaid baby. Being the adventurous gift buyer that I am, I searched and searched and finally found a hand-made mermaid baby doll on ETSY. In the pictures online, it appeared that Pearl was wearing a veil of some sort. But no, that was her creepy and weird skin. When Pearl arrives, I am thrilled! I show her to several teenaged students who react to her face in sheer horror. I ignore this reaction, knowing that Ellie will love Pearl.

Part II (Christmas Morning)- Ellie wakes up and excitedly runs to the tree to find Pearl. The video is attached so you can see the real-time reaction. Basically, she was like, "OMG, this doll is hideous. What is wrong with you, Santa??" (Ellie later notes that Pearl was her first indication that Santa was not real.)

Part III ("Post Christmas")- Ellie is so grossed out by Pearl that she affectionally refers to her as "DisgustING" (We had just watched "Inside Out"). I come to the desperate conclusion that Pearl's hideousness lies in her strange, green locks of hair. I go to CVS and purchase 2 different colors of hair dye and attempt to dye Pearl's hair from green to a "strong blonde". My attempts fail miserably and Ellie looks at me with pity for a few days. "Pearls' hair is even more hideous, Mom. Please, just stop." Ellie's babysitters have begun staring at my multiple "L'Oreal and Clairol" kits. Ellie refuses to hold Pearl. I am, of course, devastated by my failure and more determined than ever to remedy it.

Part IV ("The Doll Hospital")- I locate a doll and teddy bear hospital in Secaucus, NJ. I call them immediately and discover it is run by a group of very strict and serious Germans. They take their doll and teddy bear hospital very seriously. They are interested in seeing Pearl's "condition" and then will give me an estimate for all of the cosmetic work that needs to be done to make her "lovable". (Poor Pearl) I ask Ellie to bring Pearl on the airplane to TN to visit Leslie. Ellie refuses, pointing out Pearl's many, many hideous traits.

Part V ("Sending off Pearl")- I pack Pearl up in a box and address it the doll hospital. I tell Ellie that Pearl is going off to the hospital to have her face and hair "adjusted." Ellie wisely informs me that "Pearl has even greater problems than those." Then, she proceeds write on the box, "Please, please, help this doll. She has so many problems.”

Part VI ("4 Weeks Pass")- I hear nothing from the Germans. Clearly, they want nothing to do with poor Pearl. I call a few times and ask about a price, offer to send money, etc. They keep forgetting who I am until I say, "My doll is Pearl, the ... merbaby." Then the Germans say, "Oh, God. Yes, ok." I finally get a (very expensive) answer and immediately send them more money. The work begins.

Part VII ("The Phone Call")- I was at MSM teaching on a crisp January morning when my phone rang. I ignored it and then listened to the message between students. It was a Detective from the Secaucus Police Department. He really needed to talk to me-- "immediately". I called him back right away and he demanded that I come down to the precinct at once. (I thought "precinct was just a word they use on "Castle" and "Bones" but it turns out real detectives use it too.) Anyway, I told the detective I couldn't leave teaching (DUH) and asked what this was about. I informed Detective Sigmund that I do not "DO" "Make up Lessons" and would not be leaving my school. He didn't seem to understand.

Part VIII ("The Big Reveal") - The Detective tells me that the Germans called the the police down to the doll hospital that morning. When they removed Pearl's head to repaint her offensive skin, they found 2 ounces of COCAINE. STUFFED IN HER HEAD. The detective first suggests that the drugs are mine. I adamantly argue, and insist that I have never seen cocaine in my life. He relents, agreeing that it would be strange for me to stuff cocaine in a doll's head and then ship it off to an expensive doll hospital. Then, in what is probably the strangest conversation of my life, the detective asked me what was "up" with Pearl. Did a weird uncle put drugs in Pearl's head 30 years ago and then I inherited Pearl? I explained what Ellie wanted for Christmas, how I found Pearl on ETSY, and why I shipped her off to the Germans. The detective then said, "You spent money on this doll? Have you ever heard of Ariel? She is a pretty mermaid. You can buy her at any Disney store." And I said, "DETECTIVE, Ariel is a GROWN UP Mermaid. Ellie wanted a BABY mermaid. She will not be fooled by a fake baby mermaid!" The detective said it seemed challenging to be Ellie's mother and then went on to reveal that this is the strangest thing to ever happen at the DEA in NJ. After obtaining all my ETSY information, he hung up and went to work. I called Andrew Kirjner into my studio and told him that I was probably going to jail. I called my mom to alert her that detectives from the DEA might be coming by to search the house for more drugs. She laughs and laughs and laughs.

Part IX ("The End") - After "running" my ENTIRE family through the "system", Detective tells me that neither me or my parents have any drug convictions and that they do not believe the cocaine came from us. (PHEW!) The NJ DEA and Alabama DEA are now working together to plan a "sting" on the doll maker in Alabama. Then he said, "I'm sorry to disappoint your daughter, but Pearl can't come home. Ever. She is going to be locked away in evidence awaiting an international drug trial. Sorry." I hung up the phone and told Ellie, "Honey, Pearl is going to stay at the doll hospital for longer than we had anticipated. It turns out that she has .... many problems." Ellie nodded and said, "I told you, Mom. The doll is MESSED UP.”

The End. Everything we do for our children....we try to get the best Christmas gift and accidentally buy a mermaby stuffed with cocaine and become embroiled in an international drug smuggling ring. I hope all of your holidays, Christmases, New Years, are exactly what you planned. And are mermaid-and-drug-free. And if cocaine accidentally shows up under your tree, know that I understand and that you tried your best.

Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas! Love, Elizabeth

How the Grinch Stoll Christmas reading video [Great for Kids]

https://youtu.be/YOpKuQO1FkA

[Sunday] Someone Greater - Nostalgia

Service [above] Sermon releases at 10pm [under]

Questions for the Week

1.  What is your favorite children’s Christmas book that you’ve read?  Why?

2. Read 1 Kings 11:1-10.   Why do you think Solomon ends so badly?

3. What are the temptations in your life that cause you to not “keep Christ in Christmas?”

4. Read Matthew 12:42.  What does it mean when Jesus says there is something greater than Soloman? 

---- THIS WEEK AT GRACE - Today December 13, 2020

Worship Service 8:30 AM

Second Worship Service and

  video service www.gracelutheranpsl.com 10:15 AM

Zoom into Fellowship 12:00 PM - Noon

Korean Church Worship 1:00 PM

Youth Group Outdoor Games (Escher’s House) 1:30 PM

AA 7:30 PM

Rest of the week December 14 - 19, 2020

Olivet School Tuesday, 8 AM - 1 PM 

Individual/Family Communion Wednesday, 11 AM - Noon

Advent Gathering - Fellowship - meal Wednesday, 5:30 PM

“Traditions” Memories…... 6:30 PM

Bible Study Thursday, 11 AM

          also on  Zoom  

Korean Church Prayer Gathering Saturday, 6 AM

For complete calendar information, go to www.gracelutheranpsl.com/calendar

COMING UP: Christmas Eve Services - 4 PM & 7 PM

Christmas Day Service - 10:15 AM

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS THIS WEEK   Pete Schultz & Cheryl Nolte - 12/13, 

Bernard Mullins - 12/14, Peggy Hoffman - 12/15  

THE FLOWERS ADORNING THE ALTAR are given by The Korean Congregation.

ANGELS!!! If you would be willing to assist in delivering some gifts from the Angel Tree, please see Susan or Cassie, or call the church office (772) 871-6599. We're only dropping off gifts this year, not going inside.

CHECK IT OUT THE 2021 FLOWER CHART is up and ready for you to sign up for donating flowers next year in memory of or to honor someone close to you, a special occasion or giving thanksgiving to God.  Weekly cost for the two vases of flowers is $30.00.

2021 ENJOYMENT COUPON BOOKS: are now available in the Narthex.  The coupon books sell for $35.00 each of which $10.00 is donated to Grace Lutheran’s Youth Group needs.

PLEASE CALL SEND CARDS TO PEOPLE  Let’s change it up!  Have you considered sending Christmas cards this year?   Why not grab a church directory or request an electronic version and send cards out this season to your Grace family.  

SEE YOUR GRACE FAMILY ON ZOOM!  Pastor and Coli will be hosting Zoom to Coffee at NOON every Sunday for those who would like to join in fellowship “virtually” to see and chat with Grace members and friends.  All are welcome!

GIVING - We are here to provide “Grace and Peace in this Chaotic and Lonely Time” to those in our church and community.  Thank you for your past and continual prayers and financial support to Grace and your community.    We have added Paypal for online donations. If you would like to give through Paypal, please go to: www.GraceLutheranPSL.com and click the “GIVE” button on the upper right side of the page.  

CHRISTMAS DÉCOR: Praise the Lord through your gift of a donation to purchase Poinsettias and other decorations to decorate for our Christmas Services.  As in the past, you may designate your gift as a “memorial” or “in honor of.”  Fill out & place the form into the offering plate, or put it in the mail, along with your donation marked “Christmas Décor”.  Thank you.

P.S. You can also send in a check with a note. You don’t need the form.

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What Had happened at Grace this week. 

[Bible Study] Mark Chapter 5+6 - Zoom to Scripture

The Coming

Today is the first of the four Sundays in Advent, the beginning of the Christian year and the start also of a season in which many Christians will try to prepare themselves for the great feast to come.

For many of us, that sense of preparation has dwindled down into buying presents, planning meals, making travel plans and somehow trying to trick ourselves into the holiday spirit when we will suddenly feel festive and full of good cheer.

There’s actually nothing wrong with most of that, and there are lots worse things to do with our money and time than buying gifts we think will please those we love and making plans to visit our dear ones. But Advent is about something bigger: about the coming of God into the world and although nothing we could ever do would fully prepare us for that, the goal of this season in the Christian life is to help us understand just a little bit more what it means to welcome God into the world as a baby.

As a kid I could never understand why Advent was a season of fasting and solemnity in the church rather than a time of feasting and dancing. What better way to prepare for a really big celebration than to have a lot of little celebrations as you approach it?  What better way to get into the mood?

That’s pretty much the way the world treats what is generally called in mixed company “the holiday season.” December is a round of office parties and other events where, with festive music playing in the background, we eat and drink far more than we should and anticipate Christmas even if we aren’t doing much to prepare for it. Frankly I’m enough of an old curmudgeon now to wish we still followed the old custom of doing the celebrating and the partying in the twelve days of Christmas up through January 6; the first week of January, with the holiday fading behind us and the cold, dark winter stretching endlessly ahead, is probably the single week in the year when we would all benefit most from some wassail and cheer. Let’s hope that one benefit of migration from Spanish speaking America will be a revival of the great twelfth day feast celebrated there as Three Kings’ Day, a bright candle lit in a dark time of year.

But as I’ve reflected on the holiday over the years, I think I see more reason for making Advent a season of restraint and reflection rather than anticipatory fun. We can never really understand Christmas unless we understand how much we need that baby in the manger. Advent is a time to think about the ways that life without God is an empty husk.

Unfortunately in times like these, feeling bleak is an easy thing for a lot of people to do. Times have been tough since 2007; a lot of people have lost homes and jobs and a lot of us are having a harder time in the world than we expected back during the boom. For a lot of people today, life without God doesn’t even offer much tinsel. It’s a bleak, bleak world for all whose lives have fallen short of their hopes — the promotions missed, jobs lost, marriages broken, families severed, and so many other sorrows and setbacks.

And this life, even when it’s going well, doesn’t last. I remember Christopher Hitchens saying once that we were all like mudballs, catapulted up into the air and sailing along very nicely, but that one day all of us, sooner or later, will hit something and go splat. Advent is a time to remember that it will all end and end in a splat. There are those who think that we should try not to think about depressing subjects like that, but in fact the ability to face the prospect of life’s end with some dignity and courage is part of what makes the rest of life rich and worth living.

For Christians, and nobody else really has much business thinking about Advent or observing it, there is something else. If there is no Christmas, there is no Cross, no answer to the problems of sin, separation, failure and pain. Advent is a time to think about what life would be like if we didn’t have faith in a Redeemer, a Savior who was ready, willing and able to complete the broken arc of our lives, forgive what is past and walk with us step by step to help us build something better in the time that is left.

Advent is a time to remember that we need something more than what we can summon with our own resources to make our lives work. It’s a time to remember how lost we would be if Someone hadn’t come to find us. People in Twelve Step programs think back to what things were like before they found new friends, new fellowship and a program to help them back to life. They talk about “keeping it green,” remembering what life was like without the sudden surprise, the grace that changed everything and put us on another path. The preparation for Christmas begins by reflecting on what kind of world this would be, and what kind of lives we would have, if Christmas had never come.

There are worse ways to start your preparation for Christmas than by using this prayer from the old Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer:

ALMIGHTY God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal, through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and ever. Amen.

One of my favorite Advent hymns has always been the Veni, Veni Emmanuel, known to English speakers as O Come, O Come Emmanuel. The first verse in particular captures some of the sense of exile and hopelessness that we would feel if Christmas had never come.

You can listen to it here: the words are below.

Oh, Come, Oh, Come Emmanuel
Translated: John Neal, 1818-66

Oh, come, oh, come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to you, O Israel!

Oh, come, our Wisdom from on high,
Who ordered all things mightily;
To us the path of knowledge show,
and teach us in her ways to go.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to you, O Israel!

Oh, come, oh, come, our Lord of might,
Who to your tribes on Sinai’s height
In ancient times gave holy law,
In cloud and majesty and awe.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to you, O Israel!

Oh, come O Rod of Jesse’s stem,
From ev’ry foe deliver them
That trust your mighty pow’r to save;
Bring them in vict’ry through the grave.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to you, O Israel!

Oh, come, O Key of David, come,
And open wide our heav’nly home;
Make safe the way that leads on high,
And close the path to misery.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to you, O Israel!

Oh, come, our Dayspring from on high,
And cheer us by your drawing nigh,
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death’s dark shadows put to flight.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to you, O Israel!

Oh, come, Desire of nations, bind
In one the hearts of all mankind;
Oh, bid our sad divisions cease,
And be yourself our King of Peace.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to you, O Israel!

Grace Lutheran PSL Yearly Update

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

  I hope my letter finds you and your family healthy as you prepare for a Festive Covid-19 Safe Christmas celebration.  No large gatherings, masks both indoors and out, and 6 foot of distance when required. Like you I am looking forward to the end of this year. It has had high points; start of construction of the new facility.  Covid-19 being the horrible low. Under normal conditions we would be having our end of year voters meeting, including voting for BOD officers and budget presentation for approval.  Normal year this is not!  Therefore, once again for safety reasons we are not holding our congregational meeting.  In lieu of presenting a new budget we plan to remain with the current 2020 Budget into 2021 until the new building is operational (hopefully March 2021). At that time, we will be able to determine our additional expenses and prepare an accurate budget. We also hope to resume our regular congregational meetings at that time too. The actual ribbon cutting for the ACC facility will be sometime in May. The only change at this point in the 2021 budget is the Pastor’s salary.  As throughout Grace’s history we base Pastor’s salary on LCMS salary matrix; As of 2021 he will have 10 years’ experience with a Masters of Divinity degree. For 2021 his salary will be $75,523 which is $1099 higher than last year. In call documents we agreed to pay for family health insurance which is covered by Coli’s Martin County School board policy. Therefore, Grace contributes $3600 to in house HSA, with carry-over, $12000 to Pastor as a supplement for Coli’s school board policy charge, and $2400 for a Pastor selected mission. This arrangement with Pastor and Coli saves Grace over $3000 if we provided a Concordia Health Plan policy. We hope you are in agreement with the decision to hold to the 2020 Budget figures at this time. Please contact us if you disagree. If you have any questions at all, please feel free to contact Kevin or myself. If you wish a breakdown of Pastor’s compensation package please call us.

 God has provided for Grace this year in spite of the pandemic. Together we have accomplished so much.  With your generosity you have shown Christ’s love and caring not only for the needs of Grace Lutheran, but also have enabled Grace to reach out and provide for those in need. With your continued support, for which we are always grateful, we will continue to serve others and share the love of Christ. May your New Year be filled with God’s blessings. Continue to keep faith.  We will get through these difficult times together, as we have done in the past. Stay safe.  Have a Merry Christmas!  

BIG HUGGS TO ALL.
Leigh Liagre

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[Sunday] Expanding Christmas - Nostalgia

Service [above] Sermon releases at 10pm [under]

Questions for the Week

1. When you think of family gatherings around the holidays, do you prefer smaller gatherings or gatherings where everyone in the family is invited?  Why?

2. Read Genesis 22.   Why do you think it would be difficult for Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, the son of the promise?

3. Read Hebrews 11:17-19.  How do you see Jesus in this story of the sacrifice of Issac?

4. In difficult times, where have you seen God be faithful to his promise for you?

---- THIS WEEK AT GRACE - Today December 6, 2020

Worship Service 8:30 AM

Second Worship Service and

  video service www.gracelutheranpsl.com 10:15 AM

Zoom into Fellowship 12:00 PM - Noon

Korean Church Worship 1:00 PM

AA 7:30 PM

Rest of the week December 7 - 12, 2020

LWML Monday - 1 PM

Adopt-A-Mile Tuesday - 8:30 AM

Olivet School Tuesday, 8 AM - 1 PM 

Individual/Family Communion Wednesday - 11 AM - Noon

Advent Gathering - Fellowship - meal Wednesday, 5:30 PM

“Traditions” Cookies & Cards 6:30 PM

Bible Study Thursday - 11 AM

          also on  Zoom  

Korean Church Prayer Gathering Saturday, 6 AM

For complete calendar information, go to www.gracelutheranpsl.com/calendar

COMING UP: December 13th - Youth Group Outdoor Games (NEXT SUNDAY!)

December 16th - Advent meal and activities - “Christmas Memories”

Christmas Eve Services - 4 PM & 7 PM

Christmas Day Service - 10:15 AM

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS THIS WEEK   Marie Harms - 12/6, Mark Davey - 12/8, 

Jeff Tuning - 12/11, Fred Kutschinski - 12/12 

ANNIVERSARIES THIS WEEK: Grace Lutheran Church - 12/6/1990 (30 Years!)

THE FLOWERS ADORNING THE ALTAR are given by Gene & Leigh Liagre in celebration of their 47 years of marriage. 

CHECK IT OUT THE 2021 FLOWER CHART is up and ready for you to sign up for donating flowers next year in memory of or to honor someone close to you, a special occasion or giving thanksgiving to God.  Weekly cost for the two vases of flowers is $30.00.

ADOPT-A-MILE is this Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at 8:30 AM!   Our meeting place will be on the corner of Torino and Conus.  For more information contact: Judy Fredrich (561) 315-9555  pjfred@outlook.com

2021 ENJOYMENT COUPON BOOKS: are now available in the Narthex.  The coupon books sell for $35.00 each of which $10.00 is donated to Grace Lutheran’s Youth Group needs.

PLEASE CALL SEND CARDS TO PEOPLE  Let’s change it up!  Have you considered sending Christmas cards this year?   Why not grab a church directory or request an electronic version and send cards out this season to your Grace family.  

SEE YOUR GRACE FAMILY ON ZOOM!  Pastor and Coli will be hosting Zoom to Coffee at NOON every Sunday for those who would like to join in fellowship “virtually” to see and chat with Grace members and friends.  All are welcome!
GIVING - We are here to provide “Grace and Peace in this Chaotic and Lonely Time” to those in our church and community. Thank you for your past and continual prayers and financial support to Grace and your community.We have added Paypal for online donations. If you would like to give through Paypal, please go to: www.GraceLutheranPSL.com and click the “GIVE” button on the upper right side of the page.

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What Had happened at Grace this week. 

[Bible Study] Mark Chapter 5 - Zoom to Scripture