http://news.gracebythelake.org Online News and Notes from Grace Lutheran Church Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:03:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This week’s message has a musical theme. Even to a person untrained in music, it’s clear that good music has more than one part. Music has melody and harmony. In our hymns, the congregation usually sings the melody, while the organ provides the harmony in its accompaniment. When the choir ... http://news.gracebythelake.org/2008/04/29/harmony-and-melody-%e2%80%93-making-a-joyful-noise-with-our-giving/ Vacation Bible School at Grace will be amazing fun for the while family! If you like camping, this is for you! Come camp out at Grace for a week - each night celebrating the Friendship of Christ through songs, food and FUN! There will be something for ... http://news.gracebythelake.org/2008/04/23/friendship-trek-vbs-2008-july-28th-aug-1st-500-730pm/ If you are a certain age, you are likely to know the story “Stone Soup.” For those of you who might not be familiar with it, here’s a quick summary: A soldier comes into a village, needing a place to stay and food to eat. The villagers are frightened of the ... http://news.gracebythelake.org/2008/04/21/stone-soup-potluck/ For those of you who have been at Grace for a while, you know that our recent tradition is to have our Stewardship emphasis begin in Lent, As we were considering what sort of message to use this year, we decided to mix it up a little bit. ... http://news.gracebythelake.org/2008/04/07/stewardship-at-grace-let-me-put-it-this-way/ Come join us for Grace Book Club! On Sunday, May 4th, 2008 from 6:30-7:30pm at Grace, we will be discussing the book: What's so Amazing about Grace by Philip Yancey Grace is the church's great distinctive. It's the one thing the world cannot duplicate, and the one thing it craves above all else ... http://news.gracebythelake.org/2008/04/07/grace-book-club-whats-so-amazing-about-grace-by-philip-yancey-sun-may-4th-at-630pm-come-join-us/ Come join us for Grace Book Club! It's time to think about how you will walk with the Lord this Lenten season. Book club is offering a unique opportunity to see Lent through different eyes. On Sunday Feb 24, 2008 from 6:30-7:30pm at Grace, we will be ... http://news.gracebythelake.org/2008/02/04/book-club-is-offering-pontius-pilate-by-paul-maier-sunday-feb-24-at-630pm/ Grace Youth are taking orders for sub sandwiches now through January 30th. Order forms are available in the church bulletins, the RCLS office, the Grace office and on the GYM bulletin board. Return your completed form to any youth board member, the church office or the Wingren mailbox. Sandwiches ... http://news.gracebythelake.org/2008/01/21/sub-sandwich-sales-going-on-now/ Did you miss your daily reading? Are you stuck at a computer with nothing to do and your daily Bible is at home? Get caught up online! Links for the daily readings can be found here. Click on the verse to be taken to that day's reading on bible.gospelcom.net. When you've finished reading, ... http://news.gracebythelake.org/2008/01/04/daily-bible-readings-online/ Did you know that some Christians won’t have a Christmas tree because they think that it is pagan? That comes from having heard an untrue story. Yes, the pagans had sacred trees, but they were oak trees. They nailed human sacrifices on their trunks to Oden. The Christmas tree actually does ... http://news.gracebythelake.org/2007/12/31/the-christmas-tree/ When I was growing up, we would decorate the house for Christmas, and many of the decorations had memories with them that my parents would share with my sister and me. We had a Nativity scene, we used the Advent candles as the centerpiece for our dining table, and each ... http://news.gracebythelake.org/2007/12/31/my-memories-of-advent/