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Grace Lutheran Church 521 Providence Road Chesapeake, Virginia 23325 The Reverend Leslie D. Scanlon, Pastor Office (757) 420-4704 Cell (757) 598-3522 PastorLeslie@GraceLutheranChesapeake.org Regular Worship Hours (resume September 17th) Holy Communion Weekly 8:30 am Contemporary Worship 9:45 am Sunday School 11:00 am Traditional Worship Call 420-4704 for directions www.GraceLutheranChesapeake.org Grace Lutheran Day School Offers Christian Preschool programs for 2, 3, & 4 year old children. Call 757-420-4720 for information www.GraceLutheranDaySchool.weebly.com

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Grace Lutheran Church A worshipping community of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

www.GraceLutheranChesapeake.org

September 2017 “Grace Greetings”

Mission Statement:

We are a community of believers in Christ called to be servants to all people.

From the Pastor: Paul’s Letter to the Romans For most the summer now, our Epistle reading in Sunday worship has come from Paul’s

Letter to the Romans. Martin Luther once said “[Romans] is truly the most important piece

in the New Testament. It is purest Gospel.” He concludes his Preface to Romans by saying:

We find in this letter, then, the richest possible teaching about what a Christian

should know: the meaning of law, Gospel, sin, punishment, grace, faith, justice,

Christ, God, good works, love, hope and the cross. We learn how we are to act

toward everyone, toward the virtuous and sinful, toward the strong and the

weak, friend and foe, and toward ourselves. Paul bases everything firmly on

Scripture and proves his points with examples from his own experience and from

the Prophets, so that nothing more could be desired. Therefore it seems that St.

Paul, in writing this letter, wanted to compose a summary of the whole of

Christian and evangelical teaching which would also be an introduction to the

whole Old Testament. Without doubt, whoever takes this letter to heart possesses

the light and power of the

Old Testament. Therefore

each and every Christian

should make this letter the

habitual and constant

object of his study. God

grant us his grace to do

so. Amen.

During the first three Sundays in

September will conclude our

reading through of Romans for

this lectionary cycle, but let us

continue to read and reflect on

this bit of “purest gospel.”

To help you do so, here are

some comic strips by Pastor

James Wetzstein (University

Pastor at Valparaiso University)

based on the three passages

from Romans we will read in

September.

God Bless,

Pastor Leslie

The above quotes are the translation of by Bro. Andrew Thornton, OSB,

for the Saint Anselm College Humanities Program. (c)1983 by Saint Anselm Abbey.

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Upcoming Events Sep 4 Office & Food Pantry CLOSED

Sep 5 11:00am GLDS Meet & Greet

7:00pm Council Meeting

Sep 6 GLDS—First Day of School 5:00pm New Member Class

Sep 9 8:00am Men’s Group VA Synod Bishop Installation

1:00pm Worship Service

3:00pm Reception

Sep 10 Rally Day & “God’s Work. Our Hands.” Day of Service

10am Joint Worship

11:30am Service Project

Noon Potluck Lunch

Sep 11 5:30pm GLDS Board Mtg

Sep 17 Regular Worship Hours Resume

8:30am Worship Service

9:45am Sunday School

11:00am Worship Service

Sep 20 12:30pm Ladies Lunch Out

Sep 21 7:00pm CATECHUMENight

Sep 30 9am-Noon Tidewater Youth Oct 1 3pm Animal Blessing

Oct 7 8am-2pm Fall Flea Market

New Member Class

Wednesday, September 5th at 5pm If you are interested in joining GLC as an

official voting member, please let Pastor

Leslie know as soon as possible, and plan

to attend the New Member Class. New

Members will be officially welcome on

Sunday, September 10th at a joint worship

service at 10am.

VA Synod Bishop Installation

Saturday, September 9th at 1pm

at First Presbyterian Church (W 11th St & S Wayne Ave,

Waynesboro, VA 22980)

A reception will be held from 3-5pm

at Grace Lutheran Church

(500 S Wayne Ave,

Waynesboro, VA 22980)

Pastor Leslie has empty seats in her car;

let her know if you would like to carpool.

Ra-Ra-Rally Day &“God’s Work. Our

Hands.” Day of Service

Sunday, September 10th Help us kick off the new school year right

with a joint worship service at 10am. After

worship, we will make no-sew fleece hats to

donate to Union Mission. Then we enjoy a

potluck lunch. The main dish for the potluck

will be provided. Please sign up in the

Narthex to bring a side dish to share.

Regular Worship Hours Resume

Sunday, September 17th 8:30—Contemporary Worship Service

9:45—Sunday School

Preschool—Bible Stories in Nursery

Elementary—1 Room Sunday School

Middle & High School—Youth Room

Adults—Revelation in Fellowship Hall

11:00am—Traditional Worship Service

Ladies Lunch Out

Wednesday, Sept 20th at 12:30pm

at Brixx Wood Fired Pizza

(801 Eden Way N, Chesapeake) Please RSVP on Facebook or to Juanita Urps

by Noon on Monday, September 18th.

CATECHUMENight

Thursday, September 21st at 7pm Join us as we continue to study Martin

Luther’s 95 Theses.

Tidewater Youth Event

Saturday, September 30th, 9am-Noon

at Virginia Beach Adventure Park If you are interested in attending, please let

Rich Fraenkel know by Sunday, September

10th.

Animal Blessing

Sunday, October 1st @ 3pm Bring your friendly, properly restrained, and

vaccinated pet/animal or a picture of your

pet/animal for a blessing.

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We Pray for Our Friends

All who mourn

The Military & their Families

Our Food Pantry Clients

Elaine Ahern

Carol Ament

Candie Arnold

Bill & Mary Babb

Katherine Barry

Suzanne Bergsten

Dottie Borowski

Richard Bowell

Sarita Bowell

Vanessa Brower

Kyleen Calkins

James Chaney

Kathy Chaney

Jennifer Cooley

Herb Dewar

Carla Dodson

Doug Dodson

Beverly Dornberger

Bonnie Dreyer

Bob Dyer

Carol Edwards

Jamie Evans

Karen Flaherty

Fred Garret

Madison Garriott

Meredith Garriott

Jenell Gordon

Sherry Hall

Eddie Haga

Brian Hubert

John Johnson

Lenice Pottenger

Cammy Kapturowski

Kristy Kline

Rachael Kramm

Adam Kuykendall

Kathy Lapinski

Brian Long

Rob Long

Andrew Lowe

Debbie Merrill

Laura Miller

Katie Milliner

Jay Mumford

Kendra Noss

June Opperman

Samantha Page

Chris Peterson

John Phillips Jr

Gerri Pitts

Stephen Pleli

Mercedes Pollard

Sarah Portor

Mary Powe

Charles Reeck

Tommy Reeck

Sammie Reid

Angela Richardson

Jeanlyn Sawyer

Mary Sawyer

Rick Sidam

Louise Speller

Annette Stamper

Seraphim Stephens

Ken Sterling

Janice Stewart

Darlene Stubbs

Leroy Stubbs

Jim Tilton

Bill Trump

Carl Young Urps

Roy Wilson

Faye Wright

Amy Wohlbold

Simpkins/Hunter

Family

Sept 1 Mike Moody

Sept 1 Pam Twiddy

Sept 4 Pastor Leslie Scanlon

Sept 2 Rebecca Headings

Sept 7 Elaine Russell

Sept 7 Debbie Jennings

Sept 7 Yvonne Shepherd

Sept 10 Mildred Enga

Sept 17 Barbara Moran

Sept 17 Margaret VanDyke

Sept 19 Shelley Simpkins

Sept 24 Ed Opperman

Sept 27 Roy Russell

Sept 27 Beverly Galles

Sept 10 Mike & Lynne Stapleton

Sept 13 Kris & Amy Peterson

Sept 20 Hugh & Debbie Dougherty

Sept 24 Steve & Nancy Springsteen

Sept 26 Terry & Yvonne Shepherd

If you or loved ones are celebrating

significant events, let us rejoice with you &

announce to all in the Grace Greetings.

Please drop a note on the secretary’s desk

in the office to add any birthdays or

anniversaries.

Prayer List

We Pray for Our Members

Jackie Ange

Elaine Babb

Joe Babb

Andrew Branchanski

Jane Cooley

Doc Dougherty

Mildred Enga

Anita Helton

Jan Howell

Lenora Jones

Betty Keefer

Barbara Kilian

Dawn Kilian

Mark Kohan

Shirl Kuykendall

Frankie Lunde

Charlotte Maurer

Kim Moody

Barbara Moran

Quina Pritchard

Debbie Richards

Earl Richards

Monique Schroeder

RoseMary Sidam

Margaret Van Dyke

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From the Council Our program year starts in a few days with Rally Day

& “God’s Work, Our Hands” Day of Service on September

10th! I hope to see everyone at our combined worship

service at 10am, followed by a service project and great

fellowship over a meal. Then we can look forward to

another combined worship service on November 12th

followed by our Annual Meeting.

If the Annual Meeting is coming up, then you know

your Council is busy getting ready. Efforts to form the budget for the coming year have

started—please contact me if you’re interested in helping with the budget process.

We’ve approved the purchase of an additional 55 hymnals for our Sanctuary and 10

extra-large print Bibles for the Fellowship Hall paid for from the Memorial Fund.

The Landscape Focus Group continues their great work as we move forward with

refreshing the grounds—please contact Gary Galles if you’d like to participate in the

landscaping project.

And Christian Education has identified teachers for the coming year, though I need

an adult volunteer to hang out with me and the Middle School & High School youth during

the Sunday School hour—please contact me if you’re interested.

We’re also looking for additional volunteers to visit some of our members at home—

those who are sick, injured, or cannot get out as easily as they once did. We have

dedicated volunteers who do this ministry, but we need a few more hands to help with the

effort. This is a very rewarding and important ministry area if you have the time to help.

We also need volunteers for the nursery on Sunday mornings. Michaela Wooldridge

has been warmly welcomed as our nursery attendant, but she needs a second volunteer to

be with her to help out with the little ones. Please sign up in the Narthex if you’re interested.

And we’re very excited as our Grace Lutheran Day School starts their new school

year on September 6th with their new director, Mihaela Guy, opening the next chapter in

what has been a great partnership.

As you can see, our congregational life is full and busy. There are many opportunities

to serve our community in response to our Lord’s saving grace and love!

May the peace of Christ be with you always!

Rich Fraenkel

Stewardship Snip-it As summer begins to wind down and we move into fall activities, do not forget about

Grace Lutheran’s Flea Market on October 7, 2017. Your donations are greatly appreciated.

While you are looking for those white elephants to donate, and cleaning out your attics,

garages and storage units don’t forget that a couple of weeks after the Flea Market on

October 21, 2017 at Greenbrier Mall from 9am to Noon, is a Chesapeake Recycles Day

Event. If your more ambitious and have your recyclables ready in September, there is an

event on September 9th from 9am to Noon at the Sam's Club in Western Branch, 2444

Chesapeake Square Ring Rd. You can bring your old electronics, sensitive documents, and

household hazardous waste to be recycled. Remember they will not accept tires or tube

TVs. For more details visit www.cityofchesapeake.net/Government/City-Departments/

Departments/Public-Works-Department/wastemanagement-recycling/chesapeake-

recycles-day.htm. Help future generations take care of God’s creations.

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From the Preschool: As September draws near, I am

getting more and more excited at the

thought of the school year starting. This year

we managed to implement some great

changes: we obtained approval to enroll

children who are 2 years old not 2 ½ , we

introduced computers into the curriculum

and we also introduced Spanish as a

foreign language.

You may be asking yourselves why

we should introduce a foreign language in

a preschool? Are we pushing our children

too much? According to studies at the

Cornell Language Acquisition Lab (CLAL),

children who learn a second language can

maintain attention despite outside stimuli

better than children who know only one

language. In addition, bilingual children

have been shown to have better critical

thinking skills, problem solving skills, and

greater mental flexibility. They also develop

cognitive abilities at a younger age. These

cognitive advantages can contribute to a

child’s future academic success.

So, are there any reasons not to

teach our children a foreign language?

None at all! Happy learning to our

wonderful preschoolers!!!

Mihaela Guy, Director

Labels/Box Tops for Education

• The “Labels for Education” program is

ending this fall, so please turn any labels

in by Sunday, September 10th.

• The Preschool does not qualify to benefit

from the “Box Tops for Education”

program since they do not have a

Kindergarten program. Therefore, we will

also not collect those after Sunday,

September 10th. Please find a local

school child or teacher to pass them

along to.

September is Hunger Action Month

Wear orange to show your support for

our Food Pantry!

Food Pantry Fill In Volunteers Needed We are looking for a few volunteers to be on

call and fill in as needed in the Food Pantry

when we are short staffed. Training will be

provided. See Nita Urps between services or

call her [724-2061].

Memorial Gifts: ELWs & Bibles 55 ELW Hymnals and 10 XL Print Bibles were

purchased for the Sanctuary and Fellowship

Hall with contributions to the Memorial Fund

to the glory of God in memory of the Saints

of Grace, especially Marlys Braa, Barbara

Fuhrmann, Chuck Graham Sr, Jim Lunde,

Kim McCullough, Arlene McCullough, Julia

Peterson, and Ted Peterson.

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Choir Rehearsals Resume • Praise Choir

1st & 3rd Mondays at 7pm

Starting September 18th

• Grace (combined) Choir

1st & 3rd Mondays at 7:30pm

Starting September 18th

• Bell Choir 2nd & 4th Mondays at 7pm

Starting September 11th

Seeking Director for Grace Choir Grace is currently searching for a Choir

Director for the Grace Choir—a choir made

up of members & friends from both services

that will enrich our worship on special

occasions. If you have any experience in

directing a choir or know of someone who

does, please let Jennifer Scherman know.

Grace Choir will start by preparing pieces

for Reformation Sunday (Oct 29) &

Christmas Eve.

ELCA Youth Gathering

June 27-July 1, 2017 Current 8th-12th graders are eligible to

attend the ELCA National Youth Gathering

next summer in Houston, TX. The cost of

registration, travel, housing, and meals will

be around $1500 per person, but the

majority of this will be covered by

fundraising! Each youth is asked to pay just

$50 as a deposit and bring spending

money. Prior to the Youth Gathering itself,

there is a Multicultural Youth Leadership

Event (MYLE) for youth of color or whose

primary language is something other than

English. This event costs an additional $190,

which will also be covered by fundraising. If

you are interested in attending this event,

please talk to Rich Fraenkel and/or Pastor

Leslie. Commitment letters and deposits

are due by Sunday, September 10th.

Reformation Commemoration Events

1. Oct 16—7pm—Roanoke College Choir

Concert at First Lutheran, Norfolk

See flyer on next page for details

2. Oct 21—6pm—Rick Steve’s Luther

Movie Night & Multicultural Potluck

Bring your favorite dish from your family’s

heritage as we celebrate the history and

diversity of the Lutheran Church. After

dinner, we will watch “Rick Steve’s Luther

and the Reformation.”

3. Oct 29—8:30am & 11am—Reformation

Worship at Grace Lutheran

4. Oct 29—4pm—Tidewater Conference

Reformation Service at First, Norfolk

See flyer on next page for details

5. Oct 31—Looking Back & Called

Forward: ELCA 500

The event, which will include speakers and a

service, will be at the Lutheran Church of the

Reformation on Capitol Hill in Washington,

D.C. Bishop Eaton will be joined by co-hosts

Indiana-Kentucky Synod Bishop Bill Gafkjen,

ELCA Vice President Bill Horne and

Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Synod Bishop

Dick Graham.

The event is open to the public and will be

available online via livestream. All are invited

to participate and honor the Reformation

anniversary as we bear public witness to

Christ, who frees us to love and serve our

neighbor, and as we look to the future to

which God is calling us.

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ACTS 2017 FALL COURSE:

Bonhoeffer and Responsible

Discipleship

Oct 7 & Nov 4, 9am-3:30pm (plus small group meetings)

Simulcast Location: Gloria Dei, Hampton

For more information and to register,

visit: www.vasynod.org/ministries/acts/

All Lutheran Women's Retreat

October 13-15, 2017 Fredericksburg Hospitality House &

Conference Center (Fredericksburg)

“Getting the Point—Living as God’s

People”

For more information, contact:

JoAnn Fawley (540-967-1702 or

alwretreat2015@gmail.com)

Registration & Hotel information:

http://alwretreat.wix.com/alwr

Gathering of the Tidewater/Peninsula

Conference of the Virginia Synodical

Women’s Organization

SAVE THE DATE—November 4, 2017

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