Revelation Study Tuesdays at 11am
Revelation Bible Study. Thrusdays 11am
Pastor Russ is leading a study through revelation.
Meet us at grace on Thursdays' at 11am.
Family Meals Thank You to Grace
Family Meals pickup
Big thanks to all who gave to Family meals.
Please convey to the members of Grace our deep appreciation for their response to the summer food drive collection for Family Meals. In addition to receiving enough food to completely fill my car, we also received an envelop of checks for approximately $230.00 for the support of the drive. Your faithfulness is a powerful witness to the greatness of God's love in Christ shared through you.
Pastor Ron
Email August 2nd 2017
Auguest 2nd email
Listen to the Scriptures: Haggai!
Meet up Tomorrow (Thursday) 11am to listen to the scriptures.
Through the summer we will be reading through many of the Minor Prophets. On Thursdays at 11:00 am we will listen to the minor prophet for that week. If you are not able to join us, I encourage you to listen to it with your family.
Links can be found at
https://www.gracelutheranpsl.com/read/
New Bible Study.
Beginning on August 15th
Pastor Russ (who lead our confession last Sunday)
He is leading an amazing study on Revelation
Have you ever wondered about Revelation, Wondered what all that scary stuff means. Why is it even in the bible. Come to this class!
We will see you there
Tuesdays at 11 am At Grace
Family Meals Summer Thanks You
From Pastor Ron
Please convey to the members of Grace our deep appreciation for their response to the summer food drive collection for Family Meals. In addition to receiving enough food to completely fill my car, we also received an envelop of checks for approximately $230.00 for the support of the drive. Your faithfulness is a powerful witness to the greatness of God's love in Christ shared through you.
Pastor Ron
See Pictures at https://www.gracelutheranpsl.com/news/family-meals-pickup
August Newsletter is Out!
Download yours Now!
https://www.gracelutheranpsl.com/news/newsletter-august-2017
Watch Last Week's Sermon
Joel is Playing the Hits
Joel keeps quoting: quoting other prophets, quoting the stories of the exodus. In other words, Joel keeps playing the hits like that great DJ on the radio. But what happens when the apostle Peter quotes Joel?
WATCH SERMON HERE
https://www.gracelutheranpsl.com/news/joel-the-minor-leagues
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I Wonder If Sunday School Is Destroying Our Kids
Several years ago I met with a woman distraught by her son’s rejection of Christianity.
She said, “I did everything I could to raise him right. I taught him to be like the ‘heroes of faith,’ with the faithfulness of Abraham, the goodness of Joseph, the pure heart of David, and the obedience of Esther.”
She wondered why he rejected Christianity.
I wondered why it took him so long.
Here is how we destroy the gospel message
Look at almost any Sunday school curriculum. You’ll find:
Abraham was faithful, and God made him the father of a nation. So be faithful like Abraham.
Joseph was a good little boy (unlike his “bad” brothers), and God made him Prime Minister of Egypt. So be good like Joseph.
David had a pure heart (unlike his brothers), and God made him King of Israel. So have a pure heart like David.
Esther was an obedient girl. God made her Queen of Persia and she saved God’s people. So be obedient like Esther.
Finally, if we fail to be good, Jesus will forgive us (a “P.S.” tacked onto the end).
What’s so bad about these Sunday school lessons?
Nothing really. Except that they lie about God, they lie about these “heroes of the faith,” they lie about the Bible, and they lie about the gospel. Apart from that, they are pretty good. Oh, they also create “younger brother” rebels and “older brother” Pharisees.
Read the rest at:
http://beliefsoftheheart.com/2013/07/23/i-wonder-if-sunday-school-is-destroying-our-kids-2/
See you Sunday!
Email July 26
Email July 26th
Listen to the Scriptures: Joel!
Meet up Tomorrow (Thursday) 11am to listen to the scriptures.
Through the summer we will be reading through many of the Minor Prophets. On Thursdays at 11:00 am we will listen to the minor prophet for that week. If you are not able to join us, I encourage you to listen to it with your family.
Links can be found at
https://www.gracelutheranpsl.com/read/
Sarah's Kitchen at the Ballpark
If you want to join us for the baseball game on Thursday, July 27, a group from Grace will meet outside the St. Lucie Mets entrance at 5:45 so we can all go in and find seats together. If you can't be there by 5:45 and want to sit with us, call Cris at (770) 328-5078. You can buy tickets at a specific Sarah's Kitchen booth near the entrance. The game starts at 6:30.
Watch Last Week's Sermon
Nahum: Comfort in Chaos
Nahum means comfort. So take comfort that God is bringing good news.
We had camera problems this week. So enjoy a different pastor doing the same sermon.
WATCH SERMON HERE
https://www.gracelutheranpsl.com/news/nahum-the-minor-leagues
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The Fog of Fear: Panic Attacks, Anxiety and Being Overwhelmed
You can see it far off, looming on the horizon, a thick fog menacing off the coast and swirling in the distance. You know the signs. You’ve been here many times before, but you’ve learned to carry on. At first you kind of ignore it, you are aware it’s there, but you don’t want to work yourself up so you busy yourself with things in the hopes the winds will change and it is driven out to sea. But the winds rarely change.
In time it approaches, subtle and quiet, caressing its way—almost seducing—its way back into your life. Your ostrich-defense has not worked and you aren’t able to continue the charade of hiding. At first it’s manageable. “This isn’t so bad” you think, “I can handle this.” But before you know it the fog is all around you, the thick blur is everywhere and the familiar comforts are whited-out. In the fog sounds are distant echoes, faces are veiled shapes and the familiar becomes strange—but strange because this particular strange you know all too well. Feeling alienated, overwhelmed—unable to trust yourself, in the fog of anxiety you give up. You lose yourself in a kind of existential madness. You have a panic attack.
Read the rest at:
http://www.christholdfast.org/blog/the-fog-of-fear-panic-attacks-anxiety-and-being-overwhelmed
See you Sunday!
Email July 19th
The latest email
Listen to the Scriptures: Nahum!
Meet up Tomorrow (Thursday) 11am to listen to the scriptures.
Through the summer we will be reading through many of the Minor Prophets. On Thursdays at 11:00 am we will listen to the minor prophet for that week. If you are not able to join us, I encourage you to listen to it with your family.
Links can be found at
https://www.gracelutheranpsl.com/read/
Welcome, Baby Gunnrik!
Matthew, Annalee, and Baby Gunnrik will be honored at a small reception shower after service on Sunday, July 23.
If you're able to "shower" this sweet little one, born in May, we encourage you to write a blessing in a beloved children's book, either new or used (instead of a card). The family would also appreciate baby toiletries and boy clothes sizes 9 months and larger. Thanks for showing your support to our littlest Grace friend!
Family Meals
Grace is collecting food for Summer Family Meals.
Last Easter we were the number 1 donor church. Let's keep it up!
Just bring food to the church and put it in the bin.
This year they are asking for desserts (boxed mixes).
https://www.gracelutheranpsl.com/news/family-meals-summer-food-drive
Sarah's Kitchen at the Ballpark
- St. Lucie Mets game on Thursday, July 27 at 6:30 pm
- $7.00 general admission tickets with some proceeds going to support the Sarah's Kitchen mission
- Dollar night on various concessions
- Contact Sherry Evans (772 626 9425) for tickets.
Watch Last Week's Sermon
Obadiah and the Love of Manure
This tiny book shows how massive our love is for Manure but also how massive God's loving ways are towards us.
WATCH SERMON HERE
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GOD'S HUMILITY FOR YOU
By Martin Luther
"Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." -Philippians 2:5-11
Christ assumed the form of a servant, even while remaining God and having the form of God; he was God, and his divine words and works were spoken and wrought for our benefit. As a servant, he served us with these. He did not require us to serve him in compensation for them, as in the capacity of a Lord he had a just right to do. He sought not honor or profit thereby, but our benefit and salvation. It was a willing service and gratuitously performed, for the good of men. It was a service unspeakably great, because of the ineffable greatness of the minister and servant -- God eternal, whom all angels and creatures serve.
Read the rest at:
https://www.gracelutheranpsl.com/read
See you Sunday!
Family Meals Food Drive Spring 2017
Family Meals Food Drive!
This is the last week to bring in food!
Keep St Lucie beautiful Mets game!
Join us with the keep St Lucie beautiful crew at a fun Mets game
Dear Adopt-A-Street Groups,
Keep Port St. Lucie Beautiful has volunteered to participate for the 10th Anniversary Treasure Coast Waterway Cleanup event which will be held Saturday, July 29, 2017 from 8:00 AM to 12:30 PM. We are inviting you to join our team.
Since 2007, they have removed more than 72 tons of trash in Martin, St. Lucie & Indian River Counties. This year the Treasure Coast Waterway Cleanup will be cleaning up 125 miles of waterways in Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River Counties. The event is for all ages and all volunteers will receive an event T-shirt and those with watercrafts will receive a commemorative burgee to fly, which shows that they are part of the event. There will be an appreciation BBQ in August (date TBA) for all volunteers.
The team name is: Keep Port St. Lucie Beautiful and our team will report to the C-24 Canal Park Boat Ramp in Port St. Lucie at the roundabout on Floresta and South Bend,500 SW Oakridge Drive.
Please feel free to check out Treasure Coast Waterway website for more information; http://www.tcwaterwaycleanup.com/
To register, please click this link and fill out the required information; http://www.tcwaterwaycleanup.com/register-here.html
For the day of the event, we ask that all volunteers follow the following safety rules:
►Always wear closed toed shoes.
►Please examine all litter for sharp edges before picking up.
►Please provide adult supervision for all minors
►Hats, sunscreen, bug repellent, gloves and water are strongly suggested.
We look forward to seeing you. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Sincerely,
Keep Port St. Lucie Beautiful
Georgette Beck
Secretary
Keep Port St. Lucie Beautiful
Public Works Department
121 S.W. Port St. Lucie Blvd.
Port St. Lucie, FL 34984-5099
Email: gbeck@cityofpsl.com
Phone: 772-873-6312
Fax: 772-871-5185
Family Meals' Summer Food Drive
Grace is collecting food for Summer Family Meals.
Last Easter we were the number 1 donor church. Lets keep it up!
Just bring food to the church and put it in the bin.
This year they are asking for desserts.
Family Meals' Summer Outreach 2017
We need lots of volunteers to help us deliver to over 1000 families! Our summer menu includes: a frozen chicken, fresh carrots, fresh potatoes, canned vegetables, bbq beans, rolls and boxed desserts. These meal bags will be delivered directly to families' homes. We do not require families to sign vouchers, wait in line or carry a food box. We ask them to enjoy a family meal in their homes, using their recipes. We always include table-talk questions to get the table conversation started.We also include mealtime prayers for the families to share.
Dogs and Cats Forever in Fort Pierce is donating pet food to families this year! The entire family will be fed. http://dogsandcatsforever.com/, 4600 Selvitz Rd, Fort Pierce, (772) 489-5454
As always, we need lots of help! Volunteer opprotunities are available on Friday, July 28 at 1:00pm setting up the room, counting potatoes, and unloading the food trucks. AND on Saturday, July 29 starting at 7:30 am. We need packers and lots of help in many ways! We deliver, sort and pack out of Trinity Lutheran Church in Fort Pierce. http://trinitychurch4u.com/
Volunteering as a driver takes a total of 3-5 hours of your time - about an hour during the week calling families to let them know their delivery time and about 3-4 hours on Saturday morning the 29th picking up and delivering to families. Please contact FamilyMealsDrivers@gmail.com ASAP to sign up as a driver.
Family Meals is a 100% volunteer, 501(c)3 local organizationfamilymealsinc.org, familymealsfl@gmail.com or call us 772-210-0900
If you can volunteer, please message us or email familymealsvolunteers@gmail.com
For the Cause - Global Hymn Sing
On Sunday, June 25, millions of voices in churches across the globe will rise up in worship
together. This year believers will sing For the Cause written by Keith and Kristyn Getty
and Stuart Townend, a song focused on taking the gospel to all nations.
We At Grace are taking part of this great event. Please listen to the song here to familiar yourself before Sunday.
On Sunday, June 25, millions of voices in churches across the globe will rise up in worship together. This year believers will sing For the Cause written by Keith and Kristyn Getty and Stuart Townend, a song focused on taking the gospel to all nations.
Listeing to Hosea
Listening to Hosea
Every Thursday at 11am we listen to the scriptures together.
The Minor Leagues
New Sermon Series!
Starting June 25th 2017
We are looking at the minor prophets in the old testament.
Waiting for Redemption. The world is going away from God’s People, the Assyrians to the north and Babylon to the south. They will either be destroyed or taken over if they don’t watch out. But God calls in his minor league stars to proclaim His righteousness, grace, and favor to His people.
Hearing Loop System
We are a Hearing Loop enabled church!
Coming on March 10th
Our Church
Now offers a Hearing Loop
for hearing aid users and cochlear implant wearers
With the flip of the hearing aid’s telecoil switch, any sound between a speaker on a podium and the listener in the sanctuary is eliminated, allowing the hearing aid user to hear the speaker clearly and without background noise.
Hearing loop systems take sound straight from the sound system and deliver it right into the listener’s hearing and without extraneous background noise without having to pick up a separate listening device.
Do you wear hearing aids? All the user needs to do is switch his or her hearing aid or cochlear implant to the “T”, telephone, or hearing loop program. All but the very smallest modern hearing aids tend to be supplied with this internalt-coil or telecoil. However, it may not have been activated when the device was originally programmed. ? Be sure you know if your aid has a T-coil, and if it is automatically switched on in proper environments or if you need to turn it on (with a switch) when needed. (Look in your hearing aid instruction book or ask your hearing aid provider if need be).
Special thanks to Joe Dashiell ofFlorida Hearing Loops, LLC, a certified installer and provider, for information and help getting looped, and to www.loopwisconsin.com for the church information wording.
YOUR FRIENDS AT GRACE LUTHERAN PSL
Lent Worship Schedule and Changes
Discover when we are worshiping
Special Note: Voters Meeting on March 19th
Sundays
8AM Worship
9:15 Sunday School
10:30AM Worship
March 19th
Back to One Service.
Sundays
8:45 Sunday School
10AM Worship
Wednesdays
Through April 5th
5PM Dinner
6PM Lent Worship
Maundy Thursday
6PM Service
Good Friday
Noon Service
6PM Service
Easter Services
Sunrise 6:45 AM
Breakfast at 7:45 AM
Easter Worship 9 AM
Singing For Joy!
Let's put together a worship team that can learn new songs and help the congregation to learn them too. The beauty of this idea is that we can do it with just 2 or 3 or with more, if more are willing.
Let's put together a worship team that can learn new songs and help the congregation to learn them too. The beauty of this idea is that we can do it with just 2 or 3 or with more, if more are willing.
If you are like me, you love the hymns that you grew up singing; I believe these songs fill an emotional and spiritual need in us. As we look to the future it seems that to meet the emotional and spiritual needs of members raised in the 70's, 80's, 90's and beyond that we should include more of the hymns that these worshipers grew up singing. Obviously, we have many of these songs already in our song lists. However, there are many that could be added; songs with beautiful words, easy songs that we could include in our worship.
I know that as a group you folks have your own thoughts and ideas and I would like your help in figuring out how this could work. My hope would be that we can have a great time singing. Would Jan. 31 at 10:00 a.m. work for us to discuss how we should proceed ? Let me know if you will at least attend to discuss the idea. Suggest an alternative time if you want. Thanks for giving this your prayerful consideration.
Yours in Christ,
Cindy
ps Please don't think that I want to stop singing songs from our beautiful Lutheran heritage. There will always be a place for beautiful hymns like What a Friend We Have in Jesus; Holy, Holy, Holy; Beautiful Savior; How Great Thou Art; and the like. There are so many hymns that must be passed down to future generations.
If you are interested Please fill out the form bellow.
Newsletter January 2017
The Grace Newsletter for January is Hot off the Press
The Grace Lutheran PSL Newsletter is out for January 2017
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Hello
Email Blast - Dec 23 16'
Greetings and Merry Christmas From Grace Lutheran PSL.
We have just a few announcements and reminders.
Christmas Eve Services.
6 Pm English And Korean Candlelight Service
8Pm English Candlelight Service.
Christmas Day
10AM Christmas Day Communion Service.
New Year’s Day
10AM New Year’s day Service.
Service Time Change.
Due to the increased attendance during the winter months. We are going to add a service through the winter.
We love our snow birds, down for the winter months (and the Mets), and we love the new families which will be coming. This also presents a very interesting opportunity to be able to invite your friends or neighbors to Grace. Both services during this winter will be very similar, and have communion. I have talked to a couple of families which are excited about the earlier time.
Service times on Sunday
Beginning January 8th
8AM Service
9:15AM Sunday School
10:30AM Service.
New Cry Room!
The Live Feed from the sanctuary to the cry room in completed.
If you need to leave the sanctuary for any reason, coughing, crying, anxiety, or boredom. Please feel free to sit in the cry room, it is a quiet place where you can still watch and participate with the community of believers.
New Website!
While not yet done the new site is live.
Check it out.
www.gracelutheranpsl.com
To all who are traveling, stay safe and warm while on the road; and share the warmth and love of our savior with all you meet.