Grace Lutheran Church, Bayonne, NJ

This is the season of Pentecost

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Come join us for worship at 11:00 a.m.

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Dear Friends,

Grace to you from God our Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ.

We traditionally begin the month of November with a remembrance of our dead on All Saints Day. The keeping of Thanksgiving in the U.S. also involves no small amount of remembering. This, together with the growing darkness and the waning of the year, makes November a time to think back on the past.

As we look back, we give thanks for all the many wonderful things we have experienced in our lives. But, with honesty, we acknowledge the not so good and even the bad. In particular, we recognize that our relationships with those who have gone before us were not perfect. We take great comfort in the realization that in God, all that was left undone, unsaid, or unhealed, has been made whole and right. Perhaps this might even inspire us to tend to our relationships with the living, especially where forgiveness needs to be either given or received.

In this sharing of forgiveness and this making of amends across time, space, and even death, we need to remember ourselves. I suspect most of us have something for which we need to forgive ourselves. Be kind and generous to yourself in the same way that God is kind, generous, and forgiving.

Pax,

Pastor Austin

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December Schedule
Mondays, December 6, 13, 20, 27
Morning Bible Study 11:00 am
Wednesdays, December 1, 8, 15, 22
Mid-week Advent Service 7:00 pm
Thursdays, December 2, 9, 16
COVID testing 11:00-2:00 pm
Fridays, December 3, 10, 17
Grace Koffee Kafe on Zoom 5:00 pm
Saturday, December 4
WELCA 10:00 am
Friday, December 10
Book Talk 7:00 pm
Sunday, December 12
Council Meeting Noon
Thursday, December 16 3:00-8:00 pm
American Red Cross Blood Drive
Sunday, December 19
Christmas Pageant 11:00 am
Special
Congregation Meeting Noon
Friday, December 24 8:00 pm
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
Saturday, December 25 11:00 am
Christmas Day Service
Sunday, December 26 11:00 am
Christmas I Hymn Sing Service

Christmas Poinsettias Flier

Memorial Cross Flier

A Word of Grace

November 22

A Word of Grace

November 24

Pentecost 25, November 14

Christ the King Sunday,

November 21, 2021

Special congregation meeting on Sunday, December 19, immediately following worship service.

We are looking for canned and other non perishable food items and canned hams to donate on Saturday, December 18. We are also collecting hats, gloves/mittens, and scarves for the children of Bayonne with distribution before the school winter break. Please donate as you are able.

Thank you.

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Christ the King Sunday

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