Greetings family and friends of Grace, We have been through quite a ride the past 24-plus months! Our community has experienced, and continues to experience a lasting pandemic, global conflict, and witnessing firsthand the social and political injustices around us. Safe to say – there is no guide for how a church navigates the changing…
Dear church, Whatever personal perspective one might take on the June 24 abortion ruling from the Supreme Court, it is the legal framework in which we now minister, and I wish to speak a pastoral word at this time…
Grace Pride Sunday Worship Service June 26 · 9:30 AM · Sanctuary & Online To our Grace families from your RIC Team – June 26 is Pride Sunday! As 2022 has been a challenging year for all of us, we know how important the voice of people of faith is in sharing our support for the…
THANK YOU! Over the last couple of weeks, we have been in partnership with our Apple Valley community members to plan and coordinate the Scone & Carwash fundraisers. We raised over $1500 for the Apple Valley Juneteenth Celebration!!! WAHOO!! It has been so meaningful to connect with people in our neighborhoods and witness powerful, encouraging…
June 14, 2022 To the Grace Lutheran Church community, It is the Voice of the Lord who asks, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” Another voice then responds, “Here I am, send me!” The one who responds then indeed discerns and prepares to be sent to a community, commissioned to be…
Before a word is spoken, focus your eyes on what has happened. Do not turn away from the ugliness and the horror. Keep silence, and listen to the soul-crushing laments of families losing loved ones. Hear their words. Feel their pain. For this is who we are. These are our family, our children. This is our…
Grace family, we are an RIC congregation and we welcome all – “exactly as you are.” We, therefore, want to lift up opportunities for all ages during Pride Month in June. There are a number of activities throughout the month (in fact, throughout the summer) organized by Twin Cities Pride. For a full listing of pride events go…
Grace’s Racial Justice Team has joined in to support the Apple Valley Juneteenth Celebration, uplifting and empowering our local black voices. Here’s a bit more about this community event: Unapologetically Black Third Annual Apple Valley Juneteenth CelebrationJune 17, 20224:30 PM – 8:30 PM CDTApple Valley Community Center14603 Hayes Road, Apple Valley Join us for a…
With the whole people of God, let us pray for the church, the world, and all those in need. Deborah, Dean, Carol, Pam, Dan, Bodie & family, Gregg, Ted & Dorothy, Valdine, Sean, Chuckie, Terrence, John, Vangie. We offer prayers for our Call Committee, medical personnel, those who are sick, lonely & suffering; Mensajero de…
Every child. Every meal. Every Meal, a long-time Grace partner, is experiencing sharply rising food costs. More than 300,000 kids across Minnesota live with food insecurity. 300,000 Grace has been a partner with Every Meal (formerly The Sheridan Story) for more than 6 years, helping deliver countless weekend meal kits into backpacks at schools in…
With the whole people of God in Christ Jesus, let us pray for the church, the world, and all those in need. Motherhood has been portrayed and celebrated in art for as long as people have been making art. From the Venus of Willendorf fertility figurine carved 30,000 years ago, to the Egyptian goddess Isis…