Friday, January 13, 2023

Interim Grace Notes for January 13, 2023

Confirmation Retreat Ready To Go

LIFT confirmation youth will be stepping out of the church and into the woods this weekend at LMC (Lutheran Memorial Camp) at Hopewood Pines near Fulton, OH. We'll be doing hiking, group games, crafts, campfires, discovery Bible study and worship. Youth from Grace and St. John's will be departing at 5:00 pm Friday afternoon, and we should be back by 1:00 pm on Sunday.

Adults accompanying us to camp and providing transportation will be Heather from Grace and Emily Boroff from St. John's. Heather will stay with the youth, and Emily will provide transportation both ways. I am also attending the retreat, and will be meeting the group at the camp, driving from my house in Huron. Another adult, Rev. John Michles, an ELCA pastor from Circleville and a family member of one of the youth attending, will also join our group for Friday evening and most of Saturday.

While the event was promoted to youth at both Grace and St. John's, at first we thought it would only be the three youth from Grace. But in the last week or so we learned that St. John's would be sending seven. So we are hoping this will be a very good experience for our youth. There are things that can happen spiritually for youth (and adults, too) at camp that, perhaps, wouldn't happen on site at church.

Funeral for Paige on Tuesday

Paige's funeral was marked by sadness, tears, stories of how Paige touched our lives and inspired us, about 300 attendees, of whom about 150 were from Paige's school up the street at SJCC, and much more. Fr. Chris Kardzis from Sacred Heart, Paig's confirming pastor, was Assisting Minister. Heather spoke about Paige, as did a teacher and a close friend. And the hope of the resurrection was proclaimed. Keep Paige's family in your prayers.

LIFT Leaders Met

LIFT leaders met for our monthly meeting on Wednesday at 11:00 am. At our meetings we share how things are going in our congregations, and discuss upcoming events. Some of our topics of discussion were:

  • Weather Cancellation policy. Most of us cancel only with a Level 3 in force, which seems to work.
  • Women's Conference on Grief and Loss -- see LIFT Notes for more information on content, date, time and speaker. This conference will be offered in English in the morning and in Spanish in the afternoon.
  • Laundry Ministry will be restarting at Poly-Clean, 1011 Tiffin Ave. on January 24 from 9-11 am.
  • Ash Wednesday. We'll again be doing drive-through ashes, this time at Grace, from noon until 5:00 pm.
  • Lent Devotional -- the Advent Devotional was a success, so we're considering a Lenten Devotional which would be a bit more of a challenge because Lent is longer season than Advent.
  • Plans for All-Lift Meeting on January 28, 9-11 am at the Sandusky County Chamber of Commerce. Paul, Maureen and Steve Hottinger met to plan this meeting to help focus LIFT’s vision for 2023. The theme is Second Vision. This is building on conversation at our July meeting. We’ll start planning some service, fellowship, and learning opportunities.
  • The Martin Luther KIng Day Breakfast will be at Grace on Monday, 10:00 am. Pr. Paul will be attending.

You can real the latest on what our ELCA has been doing in the area of global ministry HERE.

Lift notes

You can read the latest issue of LIFT Notes HERE.

The Osterholm Update - Covid-19

Episode 122: Shutting Down Misinformation
January 12, 2023
In "Shutting Down Misinformation," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the state of the pandemic in the US and around the world, China’s struggle to keep up with its dramatic rise in COVID cases and deaths, and the vaccine misinformation that is spreading on social media. You can stream or download the episode HERE.

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