Christmas Eve Barn Service

December 24, 4 pm. Grace Lutheran is heading out to the country. Note the new location this year:  The Oak Knoll Farm, 33891 S Rivals Road in Wilmington. If you'd rather not drive, there will be a shuttle leaving from Grace at 3:15 and 3:45. Dress warm!! Hot cocoa will be served at the barn. Directions: From Wilmington, go south on Rte 102. Turn right onto Rivals Rd (2 mi. south of McDonald's). Oak Knoll Farm is the first farm you will come to on Rivals Rd. Parking will be across the road from the farm.

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

December 24, 10 pm. Come celebrate the birth of Christ with Holy Communion, scripture readings and Christmas hymns and carols. Bring family, invite friends and let every heart, prepare Him room, as heaven and nature sing.

 

2014 Missionary for a Day Campaign begins!

Yes! Grace still supports Dr Steve and Bethany Friberg in Tanzania! We will focus in November, on bring their stories forward as well as asking for folks to sponsor them as they share the Good News. $20 for each day of sponsorship is quite a bargain. You can sponsor multiple days. Remembering loved ones passed, honoring special occasions, or just for the fun of it...all donations are appreciated. Choose your special days after worship on Sunday morning or bring/mail your choices with a check or cash to the church office (907 Luther Dr, Wilmington IL 60481).

Celebrate with the 2013 Confirmands

Sunday morning worship, Holy Communion, singing. Special day of celebration for youth being confirmed after 2 years of study. Join us at 9 am Aug. 25.

Welcome our new neighbor!

Jacob Capretto is new to the neighborhood, so help him and his family feel welcome.

Good Friday Worship 7 pm

Come see the prelude to the miracle of Easter.

Maundy Thursday worship at 7 pm

commemorating the last meal Jesus had with his disciples which included the "mandate" to "do this in remembrance of me."

Sure sign of Spring!

Move clocks forward 1 hour this weekend. Then come to worship with Holy Communion at 9, followed by super-sized Sunday School at 10:30.

March 6, Wednesday, 7 pm

Our next midweek Lenten Worship Service. Stay for some fellowship time afterwards.

Midweek Lenten Service, February 26

Wednesday 7 pm, worship, our focus, Beneath the Cross of Jesus. Stay for fellowship sponsored by confirmation camp youth, and choir practice.

Ash Wednesday Worship, Feb. 13, 7 pm

Lent begins with a solemn call for us to "turn around" – to turn from those things that separate us living the life God desires for us.  It is a turning from those things that separate us from living as children of God and letting those things die, so that something new may grow- something that God longs for us and desires to give to us.  During Lent we reflect on the meaning of our baptism into Christ's death and his resurrection.  Ash Wednesday is that solemn call for us to begin our Lenten journey.  The sign of ashes reminds us of our human mortality and our frailty.  What seems like an ending is really an invitation to make each day a new beginning- to be washed in God's love, mercy, and forgiveness.  With the cross on our forehead, we long for the spiritual renewal that flows from the springtime Easter feast to come.

Sunday, Jan. 13! Celebrate the gift of Baptism!

Join us at 9 am for worship and celebration of God's gift to us: Baptism. Members will be baptized at the service and we will have time to reflect on our own baptism. Stay for Super Sized Sunday School. Return later in the day, 5 pm, for a "thank you" dinner, hosted by our members that do Daybreak ministry.