Grace Lutheran Church is once again collecting items for the Governor Mifflin schools’ Power Pack program. Power Packs are distributed to students at the start of long weekends or holiday breaks to provide them some extra nourishment. Grace was asked to provide fruit snacks, individual applesauce and fruit cups, and breakfast items like small cereal boxes, pop tarts and breakfast bars—things that can be individually distributed. Please help us gather these items, and drop them off at church on Sunday or during the week, Monday through Thursday between 9 AM and 1 PM. Thank you in advance for your help with this ministry!

Grace Lutheran Church is collecting the following items for Family Promise: individual toothbrushes, toothpaste, dental floss, deoderant, shampoo, bath soap, lotion, razors, diapers, wipes, feminine products, laundry detergent, and dish detergent. Please bring your donations to the church before Good Friday.

This year “God’s Work. Our Hands.” Sunday falls on September 11. We will be collecting items for Lutheran World Relief and on that Sunday we will be creating school kits and personal care kits. We are currently collecting the following items:

Personal Care Kit Items (new items only)

• Light-weight bath-size towels (between 20" x 40" and 52" x 27"), dark colors recommended
• Bath size bars of soap equaling 8 – 9oz. each, any brand, in original wrapping
• Adult size toothbrush, in original packaging (not a pack of several toothbrushes)
• Sturdy combs
• Metal nail clippers (attached file optional)

School Kit Items

• 70-sheet notebooks of wide or college-ruled paper, approximately 8" x 10.5" (no loose leaf paper)
• 30-cm ruler, or ruler with centimeters on one side and inches on the other
• Pencil sharpener
• Blunt scissors (safety scissors with embedded steel blades work well)
• Unsharpened #2 pencils with erasers
• Black or blue ballpoint pens (no gel ink)
• Box of 16 or 24 crayons
• 2.5" eraser

After worship on September 11 you will be invited to help put these kits together while you are enjoying refreshments during the hospitality time in Fellowship Hall.

All are welcome and invited to this Faith Celebration Event. We will "Remember when...." Bring your favorite memories of life at Grace over the years. Please RSVP by calling the church office at 610-777-7885 or signing up at church. All those who register by October 16^th will be put in a drawing and we will pick two winners. The dinner will be provided. Just let us know how many are attending.

Grace Lutheran Church is honored to host the 44^th annual “Sing Messiah” at 3:00 PM on Sunday, November 27, 2022. Come join the audience/chorus or just come to listen. The performance includes guest soloists and accompaniment by the Berks Chamber Orchestra. Singing participants should bring their own scores. There will be separate seating for non-singers. A freewill offering will be taken.

In just a few short months, Tim and Deb Jenks, our music director/organist team, will be retiring. The search is now underway to find their replacements, so if you think you might have what it takes, check out the job description.