NEWSPAPER TREATMENT Published weekly except during July by GRACE LU-THERAN CHURCH, 517 N. Queen Street, Lancaster, PA 17603. Vicki L. Mumma, Editor. Periodicals Postage Paid at Lancaster, PA. Postmaster: Send address changes to GRACE NEWS, 517 N. Queen Street, Lancaster, PA 17603.

Staff The Rev. Dr. Stephen P. Verkouw, Pastor

The Rev. Nancy L. Weiss, Visitation Pastor Kathryn H. Verkouw, Program Director

Angela Smith, Assistant Program Director Murray J. Foreman, Director of Music

Kathryn H. Verkouw, Director of Bell Choirs Vicki L. Mumma, Parish Secretary

Dennis L. Maharg, Sexton

Church Office-397-2748 www.GraceLutheranChurch.com

CALENDAR - September 1-7

Friday Sunrise Bible Study—Parlor ……………..….6:30 a.m. Stewardship—Stafford ……………………....9:00 a.m. NA Home Group—Stafford Room …….…..11:00 p.m.

Saturday Teacher’s Meeting—Stafford ……………….9:00 a.m. NA Unity Day and Dance—Fellowship Hall..1:00 p.m. Worship—Chapel …………………………...6:00 p.m.

Pentecost 13 Jeremiah 15:15-21, Psalm 26:1-8, Romans 12:9-21, Matthew 16:21-28

Worship—Nave …………………….…........ 7:45 a.m. Adult Christian Formation Hour ….….….…. 9:00 a.m. Worship—Nave ...……….............................10:30 a.m. Matu—Chapel ……………………………....1:00 p.m. NA—Fellowship Hall.……………...…..……7:00 p.m.

Monday Staff Meeting—Office …………………......10:00 a.m.

Tuesday Ed Building Steering—Library …………..…6:30 p.m. Lancaster Flute—Fellowship Hall …………..7:00 p.m.

Wednesday Community Meal—Fellowship Hall ……......5:30 p.m. Reno Meeting—Auditorium ………………..7:00 p.m. Property—Stafford ………………………….7:00 p.m.

Thursday Grace Choir—Auditorium …………………..7:15 p.m.

To view monthly events go to our website

www.gracelutheranchurch.com

click on the calendar link

at the top of the page.

Attendance for Worship

Worship 23 / 38 / 129 = 190

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Mother Nature is calling your name! It’s no secret that great weather prompts outdoor adventures and inspires exploration of the wonders of our natural surround-ings. And one of the best ways to experience the great outdoors: camping!

Here are our green tips for making the most of your outdoor experience, while taking care to leave a healthy environment when you pack up and head home.

Always leave your campsite better than you found it. This is the golden rule of camping! Keep a reusable bag with you throughout your trip to pick up any trash or debris you find along the way. Recycle what you can and properly dispose of the rest.

Learn something new! Camping is the perfect oppor-tunity to get to know native plants and animals and the issues they face in their local environment. Take ad-vantage of programs offered at your camp destination and do a little research of your own. Check out your local library (or those camp-enthusiast friends again) and pick up local field guides to use as a reference on your hikes and adventures.

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HOLY WORSHIP † WHOLLY SERVING

God’s Work. Our Hands.

Rally Day & Annual Neighborhood Cookout At Grace!

Sunday, September 10, 2017

God’s Work. Our Hands. on Rally Day is Grace’s kick-off for another year of service to our local and global neighborhood. During the Sun-day School time, families with younger children will assemble school kits. Teens and adults are needed then to help with set-up for the cookout. Then attend the 10:30 worship service. At noon, come to the church parking lot and be part of the cookout. Welcome our neighbors as they arrive, and chat with them over hot dogs and yum-my side dishes and desserts.

Folks are needed to make these side dishes and desserts, or to help with the cookout set-up and clean-up on September 10th. Sign-up sheets are located outside the chapel and in the narthex. Remember: If you have a “God’s Work. Our Hands.” tee shirt, be sure to wear it on Septem-ber 10th.

Also, the church parking lot will be closed to cars all day on

September 10th because of the cookout.

**Please join us after 10:30 worship on Sunday, September 3rd to distribute Neighborhood

Cookout door hanger invitations. Afterward, we will convene at the Alley Cat at the

corner of West Lemon and Market Streets for fun, fellowship, and food.

Stewardship Snippet

September 3, 2017 (13th Sunday after Pentecost, Year A; Proper 17) Then Jesus told his disciples, "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.” –Matthew 16:24-25 Jesus’ words encouraging self-denial may sound strange, even foreign, to us. Our

culture stresses just the opposite – self-indulgence in the extreme. The spiritual practice

of self-denial, such as fasting or voluntary simplicity, helps followers of Jesus develop

a healthy relationship with God, with neighbor, and with their possessions, enabling us

to be more loving and giving.

Special thanks to Carol Case for organizing and providing snacks

on Sunday mornings between services. If you would like to provide snacks

for fellowship, please see Carol on Sunday morning to sign up.

Each week we ask someone to bring a baked good, fresh fruit, or drinks.

Your participation is important for this ministry to continue.

Thank you,

The Congregational Care Team

So that members of the congregations can get to know others better, we are featuring some

of our newest members in biographies gathered by Brenda Hayasaka, Grace Biography

Editor. Thanks to Brenda for taking on this task and thanks to those who have agreed to

share their stories. Enjoy!

† Our Grace Family †

Sue and Joe Hurlburt Sue and Joe Hurlburt, Lancaster residents for many years, have been attending Grace for over three years, coming from St. John’s Episcopal. Both retirees enjoy Celtic music, Scottish dancing, and duplicate bridge. In their family are three children, seven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren as well as their beloved Corgi named Bree. Sue, an avid reader is a member of Grace’s book discussion group, especially enjoys mysteries and biographies. She is also an active member of the choir at Grace. Using her skills as a former ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher for the city schools, Sue helped to settle many refugee families and is now helping our Grace family from the Congo to transition into the community.

Joe, who is a retired engineer, lists his hobbies as woodworking and photography. He has taken photographs for us at our Annual Neighborhood Cookout and our church picnics. Joe also helps out on our workdays sponsored by the Property Team.

Lutheran World Relief Our Ingathering this year is October 7/8.

What’s needed in each Personal Care Kit:

One light-weight bath-size towel (20” x 40” to 52” x 27”), dark color recommended Two or three bath-size bars of soap equaling 8 to 9oz, any brand, in original wrapping; (no mini or hotel-size bars) One adult-size toothbrush in its original packaging One sturdy comb (no picks or fine-toothed combs), remove packaging One metal nail clippers (attached file optional), remove packaging

What’s needed in each School Kit:

Four 70-sheet notebooks (280-300 sheets total) of wide or college-ruled paper approximately 8” X 10½”; (no loose-leaf paper) One 30-centimeter ruler, or a ruler with centimeters on one side and inches on the other One pencil sharpener One pair of blunt scissors (safety scissors with embedded steel blades work well) Five unsharpened #2 pencils with erasers; secure together with a rubber band Five black or blue ballpoint pens (no gel ink); secure together with a rubber band One box of 16 or 24 crayons One 2½” eraser

If you wish to donate for towels, school backpacks, loose items for kits, or fleece for blankets, put your gift on the offering plate, marked "For Grace Church's Lutheran World Relief Group." Money will be used for items needed. We also continue to work on fleece blankets. Contact Barbara Slotter for the next work day. Questions? Call Barbara Slotter @ 342-2654 or 300-0710 or Linda Fackler @ 449-5574

The Tuesday morning small study group will reconvene Tuesday, Sept. 5, 10:00 to 11:30 in the Staf-ford Room. The group is discussing the book of Revelation. We would be very happy to welcome new members! Contact Barb Steinmetz if you have any questions.

Please Keep in Your Prayers For healing from illness or surgery this week: Shirley Brady, Donald Busteed, Ellen Hines, Robert Jenson, Barbara Music, Karin Randazzo, Pat Suter

Grace folks who have asked for our continued prayers: Gloria Ashby, Bonnie Beecher, Mary Bitts, John & Dolores Byers, Rose Fasig, Ruth Galebach, Barry Gentzler, Jennie Hanna, George & Judy Hansalik, Pat Long, Jeremy Morant, Jim Morant, Mike Ober, Gina Pacelli, Myrna Pierson, Jean Schuam, Cathe-rine Schnader, Dave Schober, Fred Shilling, Jay Smoker, Lorraine Steele, Harvey Stewart, Pat Stewart, Emma Stumpf, Pat Suter, Gene Tabbutt, Janet Wood

Grocery cards are available every Sunday morning or by calling …

Duane and Kitty Weiss at 464-2536.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

A Note from… Heartfelt thanks to my Grace family for their cards and prayers. Thanks also to the Pastors Verkouw and Weiss for their visits. In Christian Love, Rose Fasig