Grace Lutheran Church - Cole Harbour

01/11/2026

Due to there currently being icy conditions on roads and surfaces, and the forecast showing a risk of freezing rain until noon, we have decided to cancel service today.

12/22/2025

Our Christmas 2025 schedule:

- Christmas Service: Christmas Eve (Wednesday) at 4:00 PM

- Sunday December 28th: No worship service.

- Sunday January 4th: Regular worship service at 10:30 AM

Hope to see you!

11/28/2024

Please note that we have changed our Sunday worship service time to 10:30 AM, effective Sunday, December 01, 2024.

Would love to meet you.

+ peace

06/28/2024

For July and August we will be having shared ministry with our fellow congregation, Church of Our Saviour, at 255 Portland St. Each Sunday will alternate worship services between the two locations. For these two months our service time (Grace) will change to 10:30 AM.

The schedule is as follows:

June 30th - No service at Grace only
July 7th - Grace @ 10:30
July 14th - Our Saviour @ 10:30
July 21st - Grace @ 10:30
July 28th - Our Saviour @ 10:30
August 4th -Grace @ 10:30
August 11th - Our Saviour @ 10:30
August 18th - Grace @ 10:30
August 25th - Our Saviour @ 10:30
September 1st - No service at Grace only.

As of September 8th we are back to our regular schedule of worship service every Sunday at 10:00 AM.

Hope to see you this summer!

12/30/2023

No worship service on Sunday Dec. 31st, 2023. See you on Jan. 7th 2024!

Have a blessed New Year!

01/15/2023

Worship service is canceled for today, 15 January 2023, due to weather conditions.

Stay safe and see you next week!

07/02/2021

We're pleased to announce that our regular Sunday worship service will resume, with the necessary public health measures, this Sunday, July 4th at 10:00AM.

Hope to see you!

09/09/2020

We are pleased to announce that we will be resuming in-person worship services this Sunday, 13 September 2020, at 10AM

We've done due diligence and implemented COVID-19 protocols as required by the ELCIC Eastern Synod and Nova Scotia Public Health (e.g. signage, contact tracing, masks and seating with social distancing to name a few). There will be a learning curve to navigate our new normal, but how exciting to be able gather in worship once again as a community.

Let the Light Shine!

04/28/2020

A member of our congregation,originally from Norway, kindly placed flowers with a Norwegian flag at a memorial in honour of RCMP Constable Heidi Stevenson.

03/18/2020

We have received direction on COVID-19 from the ELCIC - National Bishop's office asking congregations to suspend worship services, public gatherings, and other activities sponsored by the church.

As a result, worship services and other programming, including the Lenten Bible study, are cancelled at Grace until further notice.

This is the prudent and responsible course of action in light of guidance from public health authorities to exercise social distancing as an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19.

During this unprecedented time we have been encouraged by the ELCIC to make efforts to maintain community by checking in with one another and to continue to worship and pray privately.

For those of you who would like to 'deepen discipleship', Pastor Bill has suggested the following site that you can access reflections by Biblical scholars on the readings for each week at: www.workingpreacher.org.

Pastor Bill's message is: "In these uncertain times which lay ahead, may we be mindful as Christians, to practice good self care, to be mindful of the potential needs of others, and those in our larger community."

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12/23/2019

The fourth Sunday of Advent already! During Advent we pondered ideas like there being no room at the inn, what we do for others we do for Christ himself, focusing on what we can do with what we have, and love as the promise and the mission.

Perhaps the following poster is a lightweight way to sum up our Advent journey of relating to those among us who may feel there is no room at the inn for them.

12/02/2019

Today, being the first day of Advent, Pastor Bill suggested we consider our recipe for living a journey towards Christmas, and how we may use the ingredients available to us in a complicated world. One in which some may feel like "there is no room at the Inn".

May a pinch of love, a dash of respect, and a smattering of kindness, as we journey through Advent, spread a sense of joy at being invited to a celebration at the stable rather than feeling turned away at the Inn.