2411 Woodlake Road Denison, Texas 75021 (903) 465-1016 www.glcdenison.org
September 4, 2016 We’re glad you’re here!
Please fill out a Family Registration Card with your Prayer Requests. Pass cards to the center aisle so the ushers can collect them. Children are welcome in the worship service. They are invited to the front for a children’s message during the 10:30 a.m. service. A nursery is provided for children 3 and under during the Sunday School and the 10:30 a.m. Service. The ushers will assist you in finding the nursery.
Ministers: Members of Grace Pastor ........ Michael J. Mattil Secretary ..................... Elaine Botka Organist........... Cheryl Mattil Children’s Minister ....Jeana Parsons
Mission Grace exists to strengthen people in their relationship with Jesus Christ and to empower them to share Jesus with others.
Midweek and Confirmation start September 14. Dinner is at 6:00 p.m. Classes and activities will be from 6:30-8:00 p.m. If your child is entering 6th-8th grade and you want them to be in Pastor’s Confirmation Class, please let him know ASAP. Thanks!
Sojourners will meet Tuesday, September 6 at 10 AM. Contact Gorlyn at 903-868-0437 for more information. Disaster Care Ministry has plannd a work weekend to assist victims of the flooding in Louisiana September 23-25. You can help clean out homes, remove debris, and whatever else in needed. You will not be doing any mold remediation! Accomodations are through/at Trinity Lutheran and there will be showers available. If you would like to participate, Please E-mail DAVID RICKS at disastercare@sbcglobal.net or call 214563-5928.
Grace is having a Church Potluck Picnic on Sunday, September 25th, after the late service. Bring your favorite or new recipes to share with everyone. Drinks and plastic ware will be provided. We will have the meal in the pavilion weather permitting. We have called for a special voters’ meeting on Sunday, September 25, after the Late Service, for the purpose of extending a call to a DCE to be our Children’s and Family Minister.
We are continuing to spruce things up around here. Tomorrow, we need help to start painting the back wall of the sanctuary. Lindel will be here at 8:30 a.m. to get started. If you are able to come help, he would greatly appreciate it.
75 YEARS OF GRACE In 2017, the Lutheran Church will be celebrating the 500th anniversary of the reformation. Also in 2017, Grace Lutheran will be celebrating our 75th anniversary as a congregation. During our recent Church Council Meeting, a 75th Anniversary Committee was put in place to start working towards this celebration. If you would like to serve on this committee, please contact Lindel or Nancy Davis. Have you ever considered becoming a pastor or deaconess? If so, Rev. Michael Redeker from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis would like to meet with you with you Saturday, September 17. Rev. Redeker is interested in meeting with prospective students of all ages— elementary school age through adults. Appointments are individual, informal, and family/friends are welcome to come with you. Appointments are not necessary but encouraged. If you are interested in scheduling a specific time, please contact Rev. Redeker at 314.505.7225 or redekerm@cls.edu. Concordia Lutheran Church 5702 Jupiter Road Garland, TX 75044 9a.m.—12 p.m.
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church 2505 W Northgate Drive Irving, TX 75062 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Early Communion Class Saturday October 1 9 a.m.– 2 p.m. We are offering a special class for the purpose of instructing Children and Parents about the Sacrament of the Altar. This is for those children 4th grade and up whose parents think they are ready to receive Holy Communion. This will prepare them to receive this Sacrament before confirmation. It is not a replacement for confirmation class, nor is it a requirement. It is an option for those who want to learn about communion and receive it before they are confirmed. The class will be from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Lunch will be provided. Parents or guardians must attend with their child. There will be breakout sessions for parents and children to work together on some of the materials. If you and your child are planning to attend, please call the church office to register.
Worship Service Invocation Welcome Opening Songs Free to Worship Confession & Absolution Song Speak O Lord Deuteronomy 30:15–20 Philemon 1–21 Luke 14:25–35 Children’s Message Message & Sharing from Gathering Offering Offering Hymn LSB805 Prayers Lord’s Prayer Words of Institution Sharing of the Peace Distribution Song The Lamb Benediction Closing Hymn In Christ Alone Deuteronomy 30:15–20 See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess. But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess. This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Philemon 1–21 Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our dear friend and fellow worker, to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier and to the church that meets in your home: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers, because I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints. I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ. Your love has given me great joy and encouragement, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the saints. Therefore, although in Christ I could be bold and order you to do what you ought to do, yet I appeal to you on the basis of love. I then, as Paul— an old man and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus— I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, who became my son while I was in chains. Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me. I am sending him—who is my very heart—back to you. I would have liked to keep him with me so that he could take your place in helping me while I am in chains for the gospel. But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that any favor you do will be spontaneous and not forced. Perhaps the reason he was separated from you for a little while was that you might have him back for good— no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a dear brother. He is very dear to me but even dearer to you, both as a man and as a brother in the Lord. So if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you would welcome me. If he has done you any wrong or owes you anything, charge it to me. I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand. I will pay it back—not to mention that you owe me your very self. I do wish, brother, that I may have some benefit from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in Christ. Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.
Luke 14:25–35 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life— he cannot be my disciple. And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it? For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him, saying, ‘This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.’ “Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Will he not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace. In the same way, any of you who
does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple. “Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out. “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
This Week at Grace Today September 4 9:15 a Worship Service 10:30 a Sunday School/Bible Class Tuesday September 6 10:00 a Sojourners Wednesday September 7 1:00 p Quilters Thursday September 8 6:30 a Men’s Breakfast Bible Study Next Sunday September 11 8:00 a Traditional Worship 9:15 a Sunday School/Bible Class 10:30 a Blended Worship 5:30 p Hand Bells Choir
Serving This Week Elders Ushers: Altar Care: Nursery Today Nursery Next Week
Lindel Davis Greg Pappas Susan Knowles Carol Botka Amy Velten
Bryan Hantsche Michael Miller
Hand Bell Choir practice begins Sunday, September 11 at 5:30 p.m. For more information contact Amy Velten 903.436.1117.
Praise Team practice will start Sunday, September 18 at 6:30 p.m.
Next Sunday, September 11 we will go back to two services. 8:00 a.m Traditional Worship 9:15 a.m. Sunday School/Bible Class 10:30 a.m. Blended Service