Due to the rise in COVID 19 numbers, in-person worship is cancelled until further notice. We will continue to post a live service Sundays at 11:00 a.m. on Facebook. Communion will be distributed at the end of the service outside the church doors - on the green.
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Reflections from Pastor Gary
How big is your plate? Are your eyes bigger than your stomach? Remember, as children, separating the different foods on the plate so that they wouldn’t touch? Now it seems that everything touches. I know I have a plateful. Maybe it’s time for a diet or at least become more selective with what I choose to eat.
Superbowl Sunday, Transfiguration Sunday (Valentine’s Day), and Ash Wednesday (Lent) have already been loaded on our plates, but before we “chow” down on these tasty morsels, it is time for pause (even a prayer) and recognize just how “super” we really have it, even with the terrors of death and division. More than that, if we examine our portions, we find they are more than enough and the road we have traveled in faith has yielded great things indeed and that are lives have changed (transfigured)—for the good. As we begin another forty days of Lent, this can become a time of reflection, prayer, and fasting that will refresh and restore our lives.
We cannot give way to naysayers and doubters who only want to tear down and find fault. I am not talking about those who think the glass is half-empty. I am talking about those who have removed the glass and then complain about where to put the water. It is so easy to blame others or create “windmills” to fight. Lent reminds us that our walk will not be easy, but I would rather take the narrow road that leads to life rather than the long and winding road that takes us to a “bridge too far.” The suffering, pain, and death of our Lord remind us that there is a way out. The Savior will lead us; there still is hope and much to be thankful for, from death to life.
How big is your plate? I’m opting for smaller portions so that I can leave room for Jesus, indescribably delicious!
Gary
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A weekly reflection
"A Man: by Kim "Morning Star" Snyder
Daily Meditation
March 8, 2021
Mid-Week Lenten Service
March 3, 2021
"Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms" A one act play by Acie Cargill Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Lent 3
March 7, 2021
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Grace Worship
Setting Six - ELW
Kyrie
Hymn of Praise
Gospel Acclamation
Sanctus
Agnus Dei
Upcoming Events
Lenten Theme
The Post-Pandemic Parish -
Crisis at the Crossroads
Wednesday, March 10 7:00 p.m.
Midweek Lenten Service
Theme The Cure: Going Through Treatment
Sunday, March 14 11:00 a.m.
Lent 4
Live service on Facebook
Communion on the green.
Wednesday, March 17 7:00 p.m.
Midweek Lenten Service
Theme Residual Impact: Side Effects
Sunday, March 21 11:00 a.m.
Lent 5
Live service on Facebook
Communion on the green.
Wednesday, March 24 7:00 p.m.
Midweek Lenten Service
Theme The Vaccine: Final Triumph -
Not in the Arm; Through the Heart
Sunday, March 28 11:00 a.m.
Palm Sunday
Live service on Facebook
Communion on the green.
Palm branches will be delivered to the
community immediately following service.
Sunday, March 28 7:00 p.m.
Introduction to the Parables
Monday, March 29 7:00 p.m.
"That Pesky Widow" Luke 18.1-18
Tuesday, March 30 7:00 p.m.
"Those Ungrateful Vineyard Laborers"
Matthew 10.1-16
Wednesday, March 31 7:00 p.m.
"That Conniving Businessman" Luke 16.1-13
Thursday, April 1 7:00 p.m.
"The Lost Sheep, Coins, & Sons" Luke 15.1-32
Maundy Service Foot washing, stripping of the altar, and communion on the green following the Parable lesson.
Friday, April 2 7:00 p.m.
Good Friday
Saturday, April 3 7:00 p.m.
Easter Vigil
Sunday, April 4 7:00 p.m.
Easter Sunday
Live service on Facebook.
Communion on the green.
Fall/Winter
Sunday Worship
10:00 a.m. Sunday School (Via weekly eMail)
11:00 a.m. Worship (Live on Facebook)
Confirmation classes will be held weekly via Zoom - "Here We Stand"
Sundays at 4:00 p.m.
If you are interested, please call the church at 201-339-3685
Ongoing Activities
Monday Mornings 11:00 a.m.
Bible Study
Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4611838857?pwd=THZ4K0tIOUZPeXkwMCticlJ3MW45UT09
Zoom Meeting number: 461 183 8857
Password: handNhand
2nd Friday of the Month
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Book Talk
Zoom Meeting
Dates: 3/12, 4/9, 5/14, 6/11
Book: The Muse by Jessie Burton
Reading, Part 1: Cabbages and Kings - June 1967. (approx. 47 pages)
https://zoom.us/j/94183188991?pwd=MUNyekJGTlpaSXZ3V3NpcWg2M1djdz09
Meeting ID: 941 8318 8991
Passcode: 691491
3rd Saturday of the Month
10:00 - 12:00 p.m.
Bible Study
Zoom Meeting
Dates: 3/20, 4/17, 5/15, 6/19
https://zoom.us/j/99943732748?pwd=NGRQNEZIZ0NxdzJid3M1cnZxY2FnZz09
Meeting ID: 999 4373 2748
Passcode: 693244
Discussion will be on Daniel and Esther in Exile.
Monthly activities
1st Monday @ 6:00 p.m.
Good Grief Group
1st Thursday @ 7:00 p.m.
Prayer Group
Bayonne Women's Club
1st Saturday
WELCA group meets @ Trinity Lutheran, Jersey City or Grace Lutheran in Bayonne
2nd Sunday @12:30 p.m.
Church Council Meeting
2nd Saturday @ 9:00 a.m.
Men's Breakfast
Saturdays & Sundays Lamaze Childbirth classes By appointment
Programs and Services
Music Classes
TBD
Citizenship Class
Mondays - TBD
ESL Classes
Tuesdays - TBD
Art Classes
Wednesdays. TBD
All classes suspended until Grace reopens.
For more information, please call
201-339-3685
426 Avenue C
(18th Street)
Bayonne
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