Grace Lutheran Church

05/13/2026

05/13/2026

This month's Spotlight on Missions is NALC Seminary support and recruitment.
Both of our church body affiliations are looking at shortfalls in the neighborhood of 300 pastors over the next seven to ten years.
To address this issue on the NALC side of things, they've brought in a pastor to focus in on seminarian recruitment. In just a couple of years, seminary enrollment has doubled and he thinks he can double it again in the next year. Let's support the recruitment and training of tomorrow's pastors.

Below is an article from Axios addressing the broader issue of the clergy shortfall.

The pastor job is collapsing — and few are replacing it;

04/17/2026

https://youtu.be/z-9JP9YL4GI?si=MhCEzCPCctr93SVG

The heart of Christian parenting is not pressure, panic, or perfection. It is the promise of Christ: Jesus died and rose for you. Your sins are forgiven. You...

04/16/2026

Open Hearth YG had fun on their Mall Scavenger Hunt on Sunday. The girls won by a hair, but they all got fro-yo, so they were all winners.

04/08/2026

Our friend and brother in Christ, Rev. Siimon Haamer, from the Tartu Academy of Theology in Estonia is looking for two people willing to help lead an adult Bible Camp this summer August 5 through 17 (you may recall that Rev. Haamer visited us just last month).
Part of the group that was lined up to help with this camp ended up needing to back out at the last minute. Commitments to fill these spots are needed by April 15.
For trip information visit:

Adult Bible Camp AT RISK OF CANCELLATION – We Need 2 More Team Members We are currently in a situation where we may need to cancel the Adult Bible Camp in Estonia this August unless we can find at least two more team members. We recently received the news that most of this year’s team memb...

04/08/2026

https://mailchi.mp/gracelutheran/70th-anniversary-service-and-bbq

04/03/2026

Good Friday Tenebrae Service (Service of Shadows) this evening at 7pm.
"For God so loved the world..."

04/03/2026

A Holy Week Message from Bishop Dan Selbo.

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas! Join us today for our Christmas Eve services at either 4:30pm or 7pm and again tomorrow, Christmas Day, at 10am. Sunday, December 28th, we will have one combined Lessons and Carols service at 10am.