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| LATEST NEWS FROM GIFT OF GRACE JOIN US FOR SUNDAY CHRISTIAN EDCUATION: All are welcome to participate on the FIRST and SECOND Sundays of each month. Grace Kids, all ages with an elementary focus, will meet in the Fellowship Hall between 9:45-10:45AM. A light breakfast is served. Middle and High School Youth meet during coffee hour following worship for our “Sunday Afternoon Conversations”. Grab some lunch and head to the "red room". We will gather from approximately 12:30-1:30pm. A reminder that Gift of Grace has an ongoing collection of paper grocery bags (espcially those with handles) which we donate to Life Long AIDS Alliance. The bags are used to distribute food to our neighbors who are homebound and living with HIV & AIDS. Please drop off any bag donations to the Narthex or the parish office. Questions? Contact the parish office at 206-632-2662. For more information about Life Long AIDS Alliance, visit www.LLAA.org South End Small Group: Join our south end small group meeting the first Friday evening of each month from 7 – 9:30pm. Come share in a meal, fellowship and an opportunity to focus and learn about the Old Testament texts and stories of the Bible. For directions or to RSVP, please contact the parish office at 206-632-2662. Reading the Bible Together: This small group opportunity is a time for us to gather together and read a portion of scriptures taken from the upcoming Sunday texts. We will discuss what the text says and what we think about it. We will explore how God’s living Word engages us and how each individual can participate in engaging others around a Biblical text, regardless of one’s Biblical knowledge. This week is the last meeting of this small group. Please join us in the Narthex at Gift of Grace from 7 – 8:30PM each Wednesday. Questions, contact the parish office at 206-632-2662. Quilters Small Group: Join this small group to help create quilts for Lutheran World Relief and local social service agencies to be given to those in need. There are multiple opportunities for you to participate: cut fabric, sew, assemble quilts, box/deliver the quilts, etc. The Quilters meet that last two Wednesdays of each month from 10 – 12noon in the Fellowship Hall. Can’t make this time? Contact the parish office at 206-632-2662 for other available times to participate. Did you know that every worship service here at Gift of Grace is digitally recorded and available for you to receive on a CD? Thanks to our sound gurus, Jim and Pete, THEY ARE! To request a copy contact the parish office at 206-632-2662 or office@giftofgrace.org, leave the date of the service you would like a copy of and how you would like to receive it (pick it up here at the church or have it mailed). Gift of Grace only serves Fair Trade Coffee! We hope you enjoy our new coffee not only because it tastes good, but because we are pouring a cup of justice which builds up communities, families, and small farms around the globe! Gift of Grace is proud to serve the following coffee's: Café Salvador which is shade grown and purchased fairly direct from farmer co-ops in El Salvador and Decaf Café Peru which is an organic coffee purchased fairly from small coffee farms in Peru. ENJOY! Here Ye’ Here Ye’ --- all creative and crafty folks are invited to offer their handmade crafts for this years Community Holiday Sale! Soap, candles, jewelry, fabrics, paintings, wood working, etc. – consider adding your items to our sale. You are asked to donate 10% of your sales back to Gift of Grace, ALL of which will be donated to the ELCA World Hunger Appeal (www.elca.org/hunger) to help eliminate hunger around the globe! To participate, contact the parish office at 206-632-2662. Mark your calendars now for our Fair Trade and Handmade Holiday Gift Sale which is scheduled for Saturday, December 2nd and 9th and Sunday, December 3rd and 10th from 1 – 4:00pm. Make a difference this year with your holiday gift shopping by purchasing A Greater Gift at our sale. Fair trade purchases provide income, dignity and hope for artisans and crafts people in developing regions of our world! A reminder that Gift of Grace has an ongoing collection of paper grocery bags (espcially those with handles) which we donate to Life Long AIDS Alliance. The bags are used to distribute food to our neighbors who are homebound and living with HIV & AIDS. Please drop off any bag donations to the Narthex or the parish office. Questions? Contact the parish office at 206-632-2662. For more information about Life Long AIDS Alliance, visit www.LLAA.org South End Small Group: Join our south end small group meeting the first Friday evening of each month from 7 – 9:30pm. Come share in a meal, fellowship and an opportunity to focus and learn about the Old Testament texts and stories of the Bible. Our next meeting is Friday, December 2nd at Kristie Neklason and John Schmidt’s home. For directions or to RSVP, please contact the parish office at 206-632-2662. Quilters Small Group: Join this small group to help create quilts for Lutheran World Relief and local social service agencies to be given to those in need. There are multiple opportunities for you to participate: cut fabric, sew, assemble quilts, box/deliver the quilts, etc. The Quilters meet that last two Wednesdays of each month from 10 – 12noon in the Fellowship Hall. Can’t make this time? Contact the parish office at 206-632-2662 for other available times to participate. |
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