Daily Notes of Grace

From your church library -- Messenger 11/09

‘Tis the Season. Some suggestions for your reading pleasure.

Thanksgiving Holiday:

394.264 Rainey, Barbara – 

   Thanksgiving, A Time to 

   Remember

974.4 Metaxis, Eric – Squanto,

   and the Miracle of 

   Thanksgiving

E Dalgliesch, Alice – 

   The Thanksgiving Story

E. Devlen, Wanda & Harry 

   – Cranberry Thanksgiving

E Hallinan, P.K. – Thanksgiving

   at Our House

E. Steigemeyer, John – Thanks

   giving, a Harvest Festival

   

Youth and family ministry -- Messenger 11/09

Chili Cookoff; November activities listed; LOGOS; December plans; Care packages for college students

Market Day helps Youth -- Messenger 11/09

Market Day is a great way to buy flavorful food at good prices, while supporting the youth group at Grace Lutheran Church of La Grange!

   November dessert orders offer additional profit for the youth, who run this fundraiser to help earn money to cover costs associated with the summer work camp trip. In July 2010, the youth will travel to Wilmington, North Carolina. 

News around the parish - Messenger 11/09

Marriages:

   Mark Mally & Corinne Slinde on October 9.

   Jonathan Walton & Emily DeNotto on October 10.

Baptisms:

   Reese Goldby on September 27.

   Caiden Kovel on October 11.

Special Olympics medalists -- S. Dobias and M.B.Webster

Congratulations Sandy Dobias and Mary Beth Webster!- Please congratulate GLC members  Sandy Dobias and Mary Beth Webster who earned medals at the Special Olympics Illinois Games this summer.  Sandy received medals in swimming including Gold in the 200 meter free relay and bronze in the 25 meter backstroke. She also took fifth in the 50 meter free stroke. Mary Beth Webster received medals in athletics including a silver medal in the standing long jump event. Congratulations, Sandy and Mary Beth!

Emergency information for your State I.D.

The State of Illinois is offering a new service connected to your driver's license. 
 
Click on the link below and add two emergency contacts to your license data. Therefore, if you are incapacitated in some way, your license can be scanned and the emergency contacts retrieved so your loved ones can be contacted.

It only takes two minutes to take advantage of this new service, and forward this information to your respective networks.

http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/drivers/ecd/home.html

Pastor Ailabouni -- Messenger 10/09

From Senior Pastor Saïd Ailabouni
Dear Brothers and
Sisters in Christ,
All fall ministries have begun! Up and running is Sunday School for all ages (including adults), confirmation preparation, LOGOS, midweek Bible studies, Young Families of Grace, Helping Hands and Hearts of Grace, youth ministries, older adult ministries, the music ministries, preschool-- to name only a few. It is not too late to participate, so give us a call [at 708-352-0730] to learn more about anything you may be interested in joining. It is deeply gratifying to see a lot of your friends and neighbors participating with you in church.  Thank you for inviting them.
   You can join my Bible study, “Jesus through Middle Eastern Eyes,” any time during the year since the class is divided into short courses. The first four-week course focuses on “Jesus and Women” and will be completed on Wednesday, October 7. The next four-week course will highlight Jesus’ use of the parables. It will meet on Monday evenings at 7 p.m. (beginning October 12) and Wednesday mornings at 10 a.m. (beginning October 14), so participants can choose a time that works best for them.
   If you have not yet visited the new blog “Daily Notes of Grace” please go to: http://gracelutheran-lg.typepad.com/dailynotes/   You will find a daily devotional that is quite brief, and all of the notices that appear in the Sunday bulletin insert as well as the full text of the Messenger, all indexed for easy access.
   Finally, please consider walking in the CROP Hunger Walk on Sunday, October 18. It will benefit your health as well as the many poor who will be the recipients of our fundraising efforts.
Peace and blessings,
Pastor Saïd Ailabouni
s.ailabouni@gracelutheran-lg.org

Solar cooker donations -- Messenger 10/09

The congregation, and especially OPUS thank Diane Svoboda for her wonderful program about solar cookers and the women in Africa at the OPUS luncheon on September 10. Thanks to Diane and the generosity of those in attendance, $675 went to the solar cooking project for solar cookers to be sent to Africa.

Helping Hands – ready to be helpful -- Messenger 10/09

More than a dozen volunteers have received training through our new ministry, Helping Hands and Hearts of Grace! What a blessing! They stand ready to provide short-term assistance with telephone calls and prayer, meal delivery, friendly visiting, respite and child care, transportation to worship, and running errands. They just need something to do! You may request a helping hand and heart by calling Pastor Susan at 708-352-0730 x211 or by filling out a request card found in the pew racks in the church.