Climate change is an important and controversial subject that is worth considering from many points of view. It involves science that determines if the climate is changing and why, politics that decide how we should respond, and faith because as Christians we are called to be good stewards of God’s gifts which includes our planet. …
Grace Lutheran Church, Saying goodbye to a job, community, and place I love so much is extremely difficult to do. I can’t begin to explain how much Grace has meant to me in the more than 8 years that I have been blessed to serve as the Director of Youth Ministries, or what it has…
All are invited to write for our 8th annual Advent Devotions booklet! Contact Laurel by Sun., Oct. 15 and you will receive three Bible texts taken from our church lectionary series. You may write on the overall theme of one of those texts, or choose a sentence or phrase from one of them that speaks…
In 2016 Simpson Housing made a huge impact on individuals experiencing homelessness through housing, support and advocation. They served 3,892 people, placed 1,111, 263 families with 539 children. We can continue to help support these individuals by collecting toiletry items! There will be a clear bucket in the church office all the time to collect…
95.2%. That’s a big number. That’s the percentage by which we voted last month to become a Reconciling in Christ congregation—a congregation explicitly welcoming to people of all sexual orientations and gender identities. We have always been a congregation, according to our Vision Statement, welcoming of all people “without exception,” but this vote gives us…
In August we had 24 middle-school youth and five adults, including myself, go to Duluth to serve for a week on a mission trip. This was a life-changing experience for these kids and adults. During the week our kiddos from Grace served in the following ways, one group helped with the storm relief effort by…
Offering of Letters Sunday, April 17 and Wednesday, April 20 PLEASE stop by the Outreach Commission’s Bread for the World table to sign pre-written letters to Senators Franken & Klobuchar and House Representative Kline, urging Congress to help end hunger by affirming and providing additional resources for our federal government to accelerate global progress against…
Our Reconciling in Christ committee has a copy of “for the BIBLE tells me so” video available to check out in the church office. Does God really condemn loving homosexual relationships? Is the chasm separating Christianity from gays and lesbians too wide to cross? Is the Bible an excuse to hate? These questions and more…
