Grace Lutheran's reach extends far past the Chippewa Valley of western Wisconsin. Check out what you can do in a global way.
World Service
This group is extremely busy making quilts, bandages, baby layettes, sewing kits, and blankets, among other things. All items are given to those in need, organizations include Lutheran World Relief, Lutheran Social Services, and World Hunger.
Bible Quotes & Quilting - Do you like to sew? Are you interested in sewing blankets for LWR? Would you like to donate fabric to LWR quilting project? Please join me the first Friday of each month at 7 p.m. to assemble, cut, sew, and quilt for Lutheran World Relief at my home, 3063 Uranus Avenue. Currently there is a wonderful group of women who meet every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 1 p.m. at church to sew quilts for LWR. Every year churches across the country send quilts to Lutheran World Relief for underprivileged countries. The plan is to have a short Bible reading and then get to work. Bring your sewing machines or rotary cutters & boards. The size requirement for quilt squares is 10 ½” x 10 ½”. Note this on your calendars and I hope to see you on Friday, January 4, 2008! Any questions, please call the church 832.8713.
Mission With Mexico
Our group has returned from a successful work week in Mexico with Pastor Pedro. We will have another group going in February. If you are interested in this type of rewarding outreach work, please contact the church office for more information, 832.9713.
Mission To Mexico News
The former Grace Lutheran Van is now the “Juntos Mejorando Vidas of El Buen Pastor” given by the Men of Grace, Grace Lutheran Congregation and Our Savior’s Lutheran in Chippewa. The van was driven to El Paso, TX by a relative of a member of Our Savior’s Church and was well received by the many church members of El Buen Pastor Congregation in Juarez, MX who have had no means to get to church or have crowded into autos to make the trip to Sunday services. Our Savior’s Lutheran Church and Grace Lutheran each paid $1,500.00 to the Men of Grace who previously owned the van and were willing to sell it for use in Juarez,MX.
Grace Mission Outreach will be pursuing “Give A Chair to El Buen Pastor congregation in Juarez, MX for Christmas” Pastor Pedro has paid $15.00 each for 500 chairs for the church in Juarez. Since the chairs had to be paid for immediately, Pastor Pedro has put the cost of the chairs, $7500.00 on his charge card. We would like to help him with this debt by challenging each Grace family that can to give $15.00 toward the purchase of a chair for Christmas. Checks can be made out to Grace Lutheran – Pastor Pedro Chair Fund and placed in the offering or given to the front office or Friendship Door. We will place a “chair” on our display for each chair donated.
Grace Lutheran will be sending a group to El Paso/Juarez, February 20th to the 28th 2010. Feb. 20 & 28 will be travel days. Sunday Feb. 21 the group will worship in Juarez, MX with the EL Buen Pastor Congregation and will spend the afternoon visiting with the congregation. Feb. 22 & 23 will be spent visiting with the Cristo Rey Pastor Rosemary, visiting a halfway house for undocumented immigrants, listening to speakers from the congregation and an immigration lawyer. There will be some time for shopping and a tour of the El Paso and Juarez International Peace Garden. Feb. 24-26 the group will cross the border about 8:30 AM and return to El Paso at 4 PM to help in the construction of a house or complete the building of a house followed by a Blessing of the house and the owners. Feb. 27 there will be a joint meal in El Paso. The group will be housed in the Ysleta Center Esletle Retreat Center. The cost of the trip is approx. $1,000.00 which includes about $350.00 for the flight. A down payment of $350.00 must be received by the church office the first week in January. Please update your passport or apply for one as soon as possible. There will be several meetings with those interested to answer any questions and discuss updates. If you are interested or need more information, please contact the church office.
Sister congregations
Cathedral Church, Llongwe, Malawi
Sunday School Compassion Child
Christian Correa, from Columbia, has been sponsored by our Sunday school program for the last five years. During the school year, the various classes take turns writing Christian and his family. Past letters from him are posted on the Sunday school bulletin board in the Education wing.
Heifer Project
A non-profit charitable organization, dedicated to relieving global hunger and poverty. It provides gifts of livestock and plants, as well as education in sustainable agriculture, to financially-disadvantaged families around the world.
