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Just some of the great stuff happening at Grace....

Whether you're looking for study, friendship, an opportunity to give back, or a place to worship, we have a place for you to plug in. Feel free to check out any of the opportunities below--or ask about starting something yourself!
(Check out the calendar page for more details on each event.)

Faith Formation/
​Study

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Faith Formation
​for Adults
For details, go to the
menu bar to:
Our Ministries/​Build Community/Adult Faith Formation

High School Sunday Morning 1-hour
Gospel Study
11:00am with
Dominic LoGalbo
The Gospel Study is a combined study with Confirmation Students. Come join us for great discussion and ways to apply these lessons to our lives. Email
Dominic LoGalbo dlogalbo@sbcglobal.net
with any question! Friends are ALWAYS welcome to join in our Virtual Programming! Email Pastor Melody Eastman for more details.

Confirmation 
Shared Middle School Confirmation (Grace and Faith 7 & 8 Grade) meets at Faith Lutheran on Wednesdays from 7-8:30pm.  We can
always use the support of an adult leader for small groups on Wednesday evenings September-April with a long winter break that resumes the last week in January). Pastor Joe Yucha from Faith Lutheran Church leads this group with games and large group, and Becky Ficarella leads in small group.
Email Pastor Melody Eastman with any questions.
  meastman@graceglenellyn.org

Faith Formation
​for Kids
For details, go to the 
​menu bar to:
Our Ministries/​Build Community/Faith Formation/Youth

​Choir!!!
Like to sing? All welcome, older kids too.
Practice
8:30am Sundays
7:00pm Wednesdays
Quality leadership with Bradford Thompson. 

​Worship

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In-Person Worship
​at 9:00 a.m.
Worship with communion every Sunday morning at 9am
and you can still join us via Zoom each week as well; contact the church office or check the News from Grace
e-newsletter for login info.
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Communion Sets
can be picked up from the church office on Wednesday 7:30-3pm; Thursday 1-3pm.
Next week on Monday from 10:30-3pm; Tuesday 1-3pm; Wednesday 7:30-3pm; Thursday 1-3pm.

Other Resources
are available online at 
www.GraceGlenEllyn.org. and https://www.youtube.
com/results?search_query=
​Grace+Glen+Ellyn
Some spiritual health resources are available including:

Music for Meditation:  Director of Music Bradford Thompson is periodically uploading piano instrumentals for you to use for devotions or centering time. 
Listen to Amazing Grace, It Is Well With My Soul, and more.

Traveling?  You can find an ELCA congregation at www.elca.org/
​FindACongregation.  
You may search by city, state, or zip code

Updated Hearing Assistance
​We have upgraded our Hearing Assistance system. We now have three receivers which will pick up the signal from the mics. You may use one of the earbuds we provide, or bring your own earbuds from home. If you have a hearing aid or cochlear implants, you can use one of the neck loops; simply plug the loop into the receiver and place the loop around your neck. (Note, your hearing aid must have a T-coil and be set to the “T” or “M/T” setting.)


 

​Fellowship

Lent Food Drive
 Supporting the Glen Ellyn Food Pantry, items will be collected in the narthex at Grace through April 17.

Women of Grace 
Meets on the second Thursday of the month.  Check the calendar for location and RSVP to 
​bficarella@
​graceglenellyn.org

Men of Grace 
Meets on the third Thursday
of the month.  Check the calendar for location and RSVP to 
​Jeff Nelson

The Mar/Apr/May issues of Christ in Our Home and The Word in Season are in 
These may be picked up in the Narthex at Grace.

Grace’s Website
is being updated almost daily with new resources, including instrumental and sing-along music from Bradford; coloring pages for relaxing, meditation and prayer; coloring pages for little ones; links to videos and articles to help you manage stress and anxiety; and, of course, Sunday sermons from Pastor Melody.  And more resources are in the planning, so check back often!  Resources are available online at 
www.GraceGlenEllyn.org. and 
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Grace+
Glen+Ellyn

Community Quilters
2nd & 4th Tuesdays
of the month
9:00-11:00 am
Creating quilts for Lutheran World Relief. We are accepting donations of fabric (any size and shape), sheets and thread.
These quilts provide hope and comfort to people who have lost everything. You can be a part of someone's Good News! Hope to see you soon..

The Social Committee 
​is involved in many different events throughout the year, and always in need of extra hands. If you are interested in helping out at any of our events, please indicate so by signing up on the bulletin board in the Fellowship Room. We hope to develop a list of volunteers we can go to when we need extra help. Thank-you!

Like Us on Facebook! 
Grace Lutheran Church of Glen Ellyn has a Facebook page and we would like you to like us! Stay in touch with events, ministries, ELCA news and check out the pictures!
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Service
Opportunities​

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PADS - Public Action to Deliver Shelter
PADS has come up with a plan to feed the people who have been housed in hotels.  Grace has been asked to supply 110 adult meals and 40 child meals and deliver them to three hotel locations (50 meals for each location) at 4:00pm. (Meals must be store bought or restaurant bought, no home cooking at this time.  Fruits, vegetables and individual desserts are also appreciated.  Joe and I have an extra-large freezer so we can store meals if people want to purchase them ahead of time. Meals can also be brought to Grace left in the upstairs gym kitchen freezer.  There will also be a box at Grace for the donations.  Joe Jacobo will pick them up from Grace on the Tuesday afternoon of our PADS date.
1)   First Tuesday of each month we provide 50 meals to each of three locations.  I've adjusted our schedule to just have 3 categories:
​a. Meal - Six store/restaurant individual meals that can be heated in a microwave as not all guests have access to a stove-top.  Bagged meals (like Bertolli skillet meals) count as multiple meals.  Meals can also be the non-frozen meals found in the isle with the canned chili.
     b.  Juice Boxes for our children - they can be any non-water drink - all guests have water available to them.
     c. Extra - this can be fruit, vegetables or individually packaged snacks.  This will give us something extra to add to the meal bags.
2)   We also need a minimum of four volunteers to help with the delivery of the food.  At about 3:30 meet to make up the food bags.  At 4:00 arrive at the hotels to deliver the food - it takes just under an hour.  If you can volunteer, please let one of us know (Joe (630) 740-4527; me (630) 740-4542).
Once we have the meals we put them in grocery bags by room (most rooms are single adults but some have two or more adults and up to six children).  We deliver the meals to the rooms.    If any guests don't want their meals or are not home to accept them, we deliver them to the offices located on site for the Red Roof Inns and just a short drive away for the Extended Stay.
Hotels are: Red Roof Inn, 1113 Butterfield Road, Downers Grove; Extended Stay, 3150 Finley Road, Downers Grove; Red Roof Inn, 1698 W Diehl Road, Naperville.  
Thank you for all of your support of the PADS program.
Donna Jacobo, Grace PADS On-site Food Coordinator
(630) 740-4527, 
donnahjacobo@yahoo.com

Lutheran World Relief for Ukraine
Your gift through Lutheran World Relief will be matched up to $422,000!  Learn more at LWR.org/congregations.  
Donate online at LWR.org/match.  Gifts can also be mailed to
Lutheran World Relief,
PO Box 17061,
Baltimore, MD 21297. 
Please write “Ukraine Match” in the memo line. The deadline for the match is April 25, 2022.

Seeking High School
and College Students
to help their neighbor
Are you looking for things to do this season? Would you be willing to help Grace members with errands or yard work? We are hoping to compile a list of students that would be willing to help homebound and elderly members with any yard work or errands that might otherwise be too difficult for them.
​Please let Becky Ficarella know if you are able to help!
​
Walk in Ministry 
is able to assist clients with files on record by calling
630-469-2862. The hours are Monday-Thursday from
10 til noon.

Circle of Care
If you are in need of groceries, sundries, or even gas put in your car, please do not hesitate to ask for assistance.  
There is no fee for the service of shopping and delivery. The person who is able to help you with your needs will arrange a method of payment for the goods with you.  This may include cash, check, PayPal, Venmo.
You can request assistance through the Grace Lutheran website graceglenellyn.org  under Service Opportunities, choose CIRCLE OF CARE.  There is an option to offer your services or receive help.
Thank you and stay well.

​Wooly Knitters
We are a charity knitting group called Wooly Knitters, and we meet every Tuesday afternoon from 1:00-3:00pm at Grace Lutheran Church, 493 Forest Avenue in Glen Ellyn. We have more than 15 members and we make hats, scarves, mittens and afghans to donate to local veterans and community groups including Hines VA Hospital, Operation Support Our Troops Illinois, PADS, Glen Ellyn Food Pantry, Serenity House, Children's Home and Aid, Family Resource Center, and others. We try to provide free yarn to our knitters in return for their time and beautiful work and can always use yarn or monetary donations to keep us going. In addition to the contributions to our community, we have shared information and friendship which has enriched the lives of our members, and we would always welcome new knitters (or crocheters) to join us each week. Please feel free to call me at 630/624-6002 or via email at robinbella@ymail.com. Thanks so much for your consideration.  
Robin Bellezzo

The Pill Bottle Ministry
This ministry is moving forward under the direction of Mark Hamilton. The ministry meets every Tuesday evening from 6-7:00pm in the gym kitchen. Additional volunteers are always welcomed and needed! If you know someone who needs Community Service Hours, they can contact Mark at 630-841-2941 to schedule their service.

​The “Glovebox Bundles”
​that were assembled on November 9th at the Thrivent office of Rob Granner are available in the narthex. These bundles contain items that a homeless person could use so while you are driving and see someone asking for a handout you can open your glovebox and offer a bundle.   Thank you Rob.


Building Users Wanted
The Mission Support Planning Team is working to find a ministry to partner with once the Glen Ellyn Food Pantry relocates to their new home in September.  Please contact the church office if your non-profit is looking to expand into the Glen Ellyn area.
​630-469-1555 or info@graceglenellyn.org

Wanted: small, travel size toiletries for PADS
to use in their outreach to the homeless members of our community.  As you travel, please bring back any unused soaps, shampoos, etc. from your hotel room and put them in the basket under the table in the Narthex.

Carole LoGalbo,
Parish Counselor
 Carol has an office on the lower level at Grace Lutheran.  Her contact information is: 630-668-4594 and carolelogalbo@
​gmail.com

Grace's Altar Guild 
is looking for more members. If you are looking for a way to help out at church, altar guild is a great place. The commitment is flexible and the task is interesting and meaningful. If you think you may be interested, talk to Cathy Milleville or
​Pastor Melody.