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Grace Notes
Newsletter- August
5, 2022
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GRACE
LUTHERAN CHURCH
BY-THE-SEA
4212 South Croatan
Highway,
PO Box 1356
Nags Head, NC 27959
Located - Bypass at
MP 13.5 West-side
Phone: 252-441-1530
Email:
gracelutheranobx@gmail.com
The Sunday Worship
Service is at 9:00
a.m. with communion.
Sunday School is at
10:30 a.m.
Midweek Bible Study
meets on Wednesdays
at 11:30 a.m.
Worship Services are
live-streamed on
Facebook Live then
posted on YouTube.
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Reading through the
Bible
Coming
to your email every
day in 2022
Today's Devotion: Is
Anything Too Hard
for God?
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Children's Sunday
School
Brothers & Sisters
in Christ,
It is already time
to start thinking
about Sunday School
kickoff for our
youngsters. I am
asking anyone who is
interested, willing
& able, to help with
this important
ministry. Be it for
a single Sunday or
as part of a regular
rotation, we would
love your help. All
who wish to
volunteer please
contact Heidi
Francis so she can
compile the coverage
schedule. Either
email her at
hfrancispt@gmail.com
or call her at
252-207-4152 before
the end of August.
Thank you for your
consideration in
volunteering so our
young minds and
hearts can have
guidance in knowing
our Lord better.
God's Peace,
Heidi
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Youth
Service
Project
On
Thursday,
August
4th,
Grace's
Youth
put
together
bags
of
crafts
to
be
taken
up
to
the
children
in
the
hospital
at
CHKD.
Cary
Buscemi
will
be
delivering
these
bags.
After
finishing
their
service
project,
the
group
followed
up
with
fun
beach
time.
Thank
you
to
the
Youth
at
Grace!
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Grace Members: Thank
You for Turning in
an Information Form
for the Upcoming
Grace Membership
Directory
If you haven't had a
chance to turn your
information in yet,
please bring your
form to church on
Sunday or send it to
the church office
(P.O. Box 1356, Nags
Head, NC 27959) by
Sunday, August 14th.
Printed forms are
available at church,
or you can request
one by emailing the
church office at
gracelutheranobx@gmail.com
or calling
252-441-1530. Thank
you!
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Musical
gifts
are
everywhere
around
us.
Our
Grace
Lutheran
music
team
invites
you
to
come
and
share
yours.
Solo
and
choral
singing
for
weekly
service,
instrumental
solo
and
ensemble
playing
for
weekly
service,
participation
in
special
services,
events
and
observances
-
these
are
just
some
of
the
ways
you
can
participate.
Musicians
of
all
abilities,
ages
and
availability
are
welcome.
Our
approach
to
music
for
worship
is
blended,
meaning,
we
strive
to
present
a
healthy
mixture
of
musical
styles
to
suit
all
tastes.
Please
call,
text
or
write
Music
Program
Director
Cathy
Pescevich
Kreplin
to
learn
more
and
get
involved.
252-955-0706 cathy@ncmusicteachers.com.
Thanks!
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Music and Choir
Rehearsals have
begun! They are held
on Wednesdays at
7:30 p.m. Contact
Cathy at
252-955-0706 to
learn about the
music program at
Grace.
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Thank you,
Sydney!
Sydney Guns,
who has been
a dedicated
volunteer
musician at
Grace, will
be leaving
for college
in a few
short weeks.
As a special
way to
acknowledge
her
contributions,
I have
invited her
to play two
featured
pieces
during the
worship
service THIS
Sunday,
August 7th. It
will be a
treat for us
all, and an
opportunity
to send her
off with
best wishes
from her
Grace
Lutheran
family.
Cathy
Pescevich
Kreplin
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Grace's New
Gardening Group will
meet on September
10, 2022, at 8:00
a.m.
Want to know more?
Contact Mona at
252-305-8488 or
Richie at
252-216-7463
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August Calendar and
Servers
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Can you fill one of
these roles on
Church Council:
Evangelism/Outreach
or Property
Chair?
Do you want to know
more about what you
would do in that
role?
Ask Gary Funaiock
for details.
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Fellowship Snack
Schedule
1st
Sunday of each month
Nags Head/Manteo
2nd Sunday of each
month
Birthdays and
Anniversaries
Celebration-
Fellowship
Committee
3rd Sunday of each
month
KDH/Colington
4th Sunday of each
month
Southern
Shores/Kitty Hawk
5th Sundays
Fellowship Committee
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Grace serves
the Outer
Banks
Community by
working at
the Beach
Food Pantry
for a few
hours each
month.
If you can
give a few
hours of
your time to
support the
community in
this way,
please contact
Ann at
757-434-2200.
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Grace
Volunteer
Dates 2022
from
1:30-4:00
p.m.
TODAY,
August 5th
Thursday,
September
1st
Monday,
October 17th
Tuesday,
November 1st
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Sunday's Scripture
Readings for August
7, 2022
The Old Testament
Reading is Genesis
15:1-6.
The Psalm reading is
Psalm 33:12-22.
The Epistle reading
is Hebrews 11:1-16.
The Gospel reading
is Luke 12:22-40.
The Sermon Text is
from Luke 12:22-40.
Do Not Be Anxious
22 And he said to
his disciples,
“Therefore I tell
you, do not be
anxious about your
life, what you will
eat, nor about your
body, what you will
put on. 23 For life
is more than food,
and the body more
than clothing. 24
Consider the ravens:
they neither sow nor
reap, they have
neither storehouse
nor barn, and yet
God feeds them. Of
how much more value
are you than the
birds! 25 And which
of you by being
anxious can add a
single hour to his
span of life? 26 If
then you are not
able to do as small
a thing as that, why
are you anxious
about the rest? 27
Consider the lilies,
how they grow: they
neither toil nor
spin, yet I tell
you, even Solomon in
all his glory was
not arrayed like one
of these. 28 But if
God so clothes the
grass, which is
alive in the field
today, and tomorrow
is thrown into the
oven, how much more
will He clothe you,
O you of little
faith! 29 And do not
seek what you are to
eat and what you are
to drink, nor be
worried. 30 For all
the nations of the
world seek after
these things, and
your Father knows
that you need them.
31 Instead, seek His
kingdom, and these
things will be added
to you.
32 “Fear not, little
flock, for it is
your Father's good
pleasure to give you
the kingdom. 33 Sell
your possessions,
and give to the
needy. Provide
yourselves with
moneybags that do
not grow old, with a
treasure in the
heavens that does
not fail, where no
thief approaches and
no moth destroys. 34
For where your
treasure is, there
will your heart be
also.
You Must Be Ready
35 “Stay dressed for
action and keep your
lamps burning, 36
and be like men who
are waiting for
their master to come
home from the
wedding feast, so
that they may open
the door to him at
once when he comes
and knocks. 37
Blessed are those
servants whom the
master finds awake
when he comes.
Truly, I say to you,
he will dress
himself for service
and have them
recline at table,
and he will come and
serve them. 38 If he
comes in the second
watch, or in the
third, and finds
them awake, blessed
are those servants!
39 But know this,
that if the master
of the house had
known at what hour
the thief was
coming, he would not
have left his house
to be broken into.
40 You also must be
ready, for the Son
of Man is coming at
an hour you do not
expect.”
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The Sunday bulletin
will be linked in
Saturday's devotion
email, if you would
like to view it or
print it before
watching the
service.
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August Birthdays
1- Camille Goldman
4- Robin Deitrick
7- Harold Gracey
14- Kane Norman
25- Jeremy Goninan
25- Ryan Hilgendorf
26- Jennifer
Salavec-Goldman
30- Denise Arditti
31- Janet Schmid
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August Anniversaries
14- Dave & Kathe
Ruch
16- Bill & Janell
Downing
18- Gary & Cher
Funaiock
29- Pastor Al &
Barbara Isler
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Please continue to
pray that God guides
Grace and provides
wisdom during the
process of calling a
new pastor.
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Mid-week Bible Study
is held on
Wednesdays at 11:30
a.m. in the church
hall.
Lunch is provided.
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The Portals of
Prayer booklets are
available, with
devotions through
September 30th.
If you would like
one brought to you,
please contact the
church office and we
will see that you
get it.
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Offerings can be
mailed to
Grace Lutheran
Church By-the-Sea
P. O. Box 1356,
Nags Head, NC 27959.
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Church Office Hours:
Monday, Wednesday
and Thursday, 11:00
a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
252-441-1530
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