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Good News of Grace
Grace Lutheran Church
Green Bay, Wisconsin
September 29, 2021
We celebrate Christ, teach Christ,
witness to Christ,
and care for others as though they are Christ.
LEADERSHIP NEEDS:
One way the pandemic has taken a toll on our ministry together at
Grace is on the recruitment and training of Board and Council
leadership. We’ve had to relearn, re-develop, and re-train for every
routine ministry we do at Grace. That’s been a challenge for every
staff member and every leadership team. And we’ve met those
challenges, but we’ve had to set leadership recruitment and training
on the back burner. Though we’re nowhere near back to normal,
there are a couple leadership roles we’d like you to prayerfully consider:
Vice-President
The Vice-President presides over Council meetings in the absence of the President. There’s no
expectation that the VP has to become our next President, so right now, the VP would be in a good
position to observe and learn the workings of the congregation over which the Council presides.
Council meets in-person 10 times a year on the fourth Tuesday of the month starting at 6:30
p.m.
Treasurer
Those filling the Treasurer’s position over the last couple decades have approached the position with
different levels of intensity. Officially, the Treasurer is supposed to
“supervise the financial statements and reports submitted to the Congregation Council …
serve as a member of the Memorial Trust Committee, and … assist the Finance
Committee in the preparation of financial budgets and planning.”
● Our Parish Administrator works at such a high level of accounting skill that little supervision
has been necessary other than our annual audit.
● The Treasurer is needed to serve on the Memorial Trust Committee and some familiarity with
investment instruments would be helpful. But the present Senior Pastor started servingon that
committee with zero familiarity of such instruments.
● Once in a while we have needed a Finance Committee to help develop a budget, but not often.
Like the VP, the Treasurer makes a commitment to attend the 10 Council meetings. In addition, the
Memorial Trust meets about four times a year to review our $2 million investment in the ELCA
Endowment Fund and to act on requests from the congregation for grants and loans from the fund.
Open Board Positions
At its meeting this week, the Council will be developing a plan to fill Board positions that may need
filling by the Annual Meeting in January. If every one of the 34 Board members whose terms are over
this year would agree to serve another term, we’d still have 6 positions to fill. But about half of those
34 Board members have already served an extra year because of COVID.
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We are not taking their continued service for granted. We are grateful for the partnership of all
Council and Board members in the ministry of Grace.
112 Years of Faithful Ministry
Something to think about. Grace Lutheran Church has been a place for worship, learning, and
service for 112 years, its members building its beautiful sanctuary only 8 years after its founding.
Our building has been upgraded constantly in the 100 years since to meet the ministry challenges it
has faced including:
● the needs of the baby boom generation,
● the needs of differently-abled people,
● the need for more sophisticated audio-visual capabilities,
● and the need to expand our food pantry to remain a friendly and efficient source of help for our
neighbors.
And there’s more:
● Though the number of members has fallen, the financial commitment of members has remained
strong with room to grow.
● We make a difference in our community and world though our support of other ministries.
● We are one of the few congregations downtown who still has a strong Sunday School and Youth
program.
Bottom line: Grace is a venerable and admirable house of God in Green Bay, a place worthy of
sharing your leadership gifts, your time and talents. Please consider offering your service now to
sustain the good work we do together for many years to come.
Pastors Larry and Julie
Preparation for Worship This Week
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost - Oct. 2 & 3
Preacher: Pastor Larry Lange
Readings: Genesis 2:18-24, Psalm 8, Mark 10:13-16
AV Technician: Josh Moyer
Lector/Comm. Assist: Saturday - Bev Larsen
8:00 - Jesse Peterson
10:30 - Jennifer Hockenbery/Beth Burntvedt
Altar Guild: Saturday - Scott & Lori Ashmann
8:00 - Russ & Lois Kopidlansky,
Connie & Doug Russell
10:30 – Linda Wier, Gayle Schmeling
Ushers: Saturday - Scott & Lori Ashmann
8:00 - Ted & Barb Gloeckler, Bea Froelich
10:30 - Jim Poels, Bob Goelz, Mark Waggoner
Acolytes: 8:00 - Grant Swim, Aliyah Matuszewski
10:30 - Camden Borlee, Zoey Fredericks
Worship Music: Katie and Noah Lange, Denise Zenko
● Please join us every Sunday at 8:00 a.m. on 1400 AM WDUZ for our worship broadcast.
● The 8:00 a.m. radio worship service is also live-streamed on YouTube.
● To get to Grace’s YouTube Channel to watch the live stream service, you can
click the link on a “Pinned Post” on our Facebook page.
or click on the YouTube icon on the top of the home page of the website.
After the services, you can still get a link to the services on our website and our Facebook page.
● Subscribe to our YouTube channel so our services are easier to find!
● After the services you can still get links to our YouTube worship recording on Facebook OR our
Website (https://gracegb.org/online worship) beginning after about 10:00 am Sunday morning.
● Bulletins for our services can be helpful and can be found on our website at https://gracegb.org/
online worship.
OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE
NEW COMMUNITY SHELTER MEAL
On October 9 Grace will again be serving the monthly Saturday night meal at the NEW
Community Shelter. The sign-up sheet for food donations and servers is on the courtesy
desk in the parlor. All food donations need to be dropped off at the shelter by 3 pm.
Please remember the requested food items have changed: Desserts (as we have done in the
past) and FRESH fruit (bananas, apples and oranges). If you are donating fruit, please note
the number of pieces you will be providing.
Thank you for continuing to support this ministry! If you have any questions, please contact
Jessie at 920-655-8433 or ejbdberg@gmail.com
HELP FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL!
Thanks to one parent who offered to serve as a helper for our Kindergarten/
First Grade class! We still need two more helpers for our Kindergarten and
First Grade class. Not everyone can serve every week! Please, please help
our teacher out! Please contact Pastor Larry or Kathy Poels if you can help!
We also need two substitute teachers for Sunday School to give our teachers
a break. Please contact Pastor Larry or Kathy Poels if you can help!
POSTER POSTER
With posters being posted again so we can share with all our building users the great things
happening at Grace, we need a POSTER POSTER to post all those posters!
Time Commitment:
• One hour every week or two during office hours (weekdays 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.) or after
hours by arrangement with a pastor or before 8:00 a.m. Sundays (so the Sunday crowd can see
all the new posters)
• Once a month, the poster poster also places Living Lutheran magazines around the building
A list of places to post posters and Lutheran magazines is available.
Please let Pastor Larry or Sharon Haapala know if you can serve in this way.
SCHOOL SUPPLIES: Do you like shopping for school supplies? I know I do! Mission
Partners (formerly known as Mission Sewing) is looking for your help. We would like to make
school kits to send over seas to help children learn. What we need for these kits are: 70-sheet
notebooks of wide- or college-ruled paper, approximately 8” x 10 ½”; ONE 30-centimeter (12
inch) ruler, or a ruler with centimeters on one side and inches on the other; pencil
sharpener; blunt scissors (safety scissors with embedded steel blades
work well); unsharpened #2 pencils with erasers; black or blue ballpoint
pens (no gel ink); a box of 16 or 24 crayons; 2 ½” eraser. Can you help
us out? If you buy the supplies, we’ll put the kits together! Please place you
donations in the container in the hallway by October 3. Thank you in advance for
your generosity!
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PARENTS OF TECHNICAL SCHOOL/COLLEGE STUDENTS: The Board of Youth and Family ministry would like to send a Fall “care package” to your student! Please send/give your student’s US postal service mailing address to Pastor Julie pastorjulie@gracegb.org by October 31.
PAID POSITION
Child Care Coordinator for
● Sunday School Year Sundays from 7:45 – 11:45 a.m.
● (Possibly also for Wonderful Wednesdays in October, November, January,
February from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.)
● For infants through age 4
Responsible for:
● running a child care program including Christian-based activities as possible and following the
Safe Practice Policies of Grace
● recruiting appropriate numbers of volunteers to help
● working with the Board of Education and Staff to stock and maintain the Child Care room and
equipment
Requirements:
● At least 21 years old
● Degree in education or child care or experienced as a child care provider
● A worshiping member of the ELCA or one of its full-communion partners.
● Experience recruiting, supervising, and training volunteers.
● Certified in CPR.
Complete job description available from the Church Office upon request. Please send a resume to
Pastor Larry .
PAID POSITION
Worship AV Technician
● Thursday/Saturday and/or Sunday Worship Services (approximately 4.5 hours)
once a month
● $25 an hour
● Streaming, playing recordings and PowerPoints for worship services
● Paid training for (approximately) four sessions
● Minimum two years related experience in AV equipment set-up and operation
preferred.
● Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite, web conferencing systems, basic networking
knowledge, streaming video applications
Complete job description available from Church Office upon request. Please send a resume to Pastor
Larry.
MYSTERY monthly Book club
For October, rather than read the exploits of a career detective, we’re meeting a career criminal –
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith – the basis of the film with Jude Law and Matt
Damon, and listed by the BBC as one of the 100 most influential novels – crime or otherwise!
As usual, we’re meeting at St. Brendan’s in the Waterford Room. Third Sunday of the month!
Also, if you’re having problems obtaining the books, please contact Pr. Rebecca – she has ways….
Sunday, October 17th, 2021 at 6 pm
St. Brendan’s Inn, 234 S Washington St.
(water and coffee provided; additional snacks and beverages are available for purchase)
For further info, contact Pr. Rebecca (rproefrock@yahoo.com; text/call 920-819-5482)
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Sunday, October 24th, 6:15 pm
Pr. Rebecca’s House (call for details)
Come and work on handwork of your
choice (knit, crochet, embroider, sort puzzle
pieces, whatever), have munchies and drinks, get started on your Christmas gifts, and be
humans in community. Open to all adults. Interested? Contact Pr Rebecca
(rproefrock@yahoo.com; 920-819-5482). Interested but feel that you are craft-challenged?
She’s always got something up her sleeve…. Initially, we’ll meet at her house on Sunday
afternoons, and if the Packers are playing, we’ll put the TV on.
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Let’s Talk About Race
What is race?
Why was it created?
How does it affect us?
We will discuss 7 Essays and Video Presentations
from Leading Christian Thinkers
Join us Sundays at 9:15 In-Person in the Dining Room
(Please e-mail Pastor Larry for a Zoom link or to request a recording of any class.)
WEEKLY CALENDAR FOR
GOD’S BLESSINGS TO THOSE
OCTOBER 3-9, 2021
OF YOU WITH ANNIVERSARIES
OR BIRTHDAYS DURING THE
WEEK OF OCTOBER 3-9, 2021 Sunday, October 3
8:00 am - Worship w/Communion
9:00 am - Fair Trade Coffee Sale
ANNIVERSARIES 9:15 am - Sunday School
Dick & Gayle Schmeling 9:15 am - Holy Donuts and BC
9:15 am - Sunday Adult Study
Jim & Lisa Hegewald 9:15 am - Coffee Hour
Ty & Leigha Rabas 10:30 am - Worship w/Confirmation
Greg & Jane Brown
Sharon & Larry Francois Monday, October 4
Jon & Dawn Pitzen 3:00 pm - GIFT Mtg. (Zoom)
Gene & Carrie Schenkelberg 4:30 pm - Chancel Bells Reh.
Randy & Linda Schneider 6:30 pm - Mankind Group
Mike & Julie Dallaire
Tuesday, October 5
1:00-3:00 pm - Food Pantry
6:30 pm - Board of Structures &
BIRTHDAYS Grounds
Mary Niemela Dane Rabas Wednesday. October 6
Bob Kremer Fred Juengst 6:30 pm - Confirmation / Garden!
Allison Hockers Jeff Vorpahl
Mason Theel Chance Theel Friday, October 8
Rose Selissen Dick Schmeling 9:00-11:00 am - Food Pantry
Emmaleigh Sachs John Kartheiser
Shyleigh Jaeger Megan Hendrickson Saturday, October 9
4:30 pm - New Community Shelter
Hope Dragseth Carolyn Caffrey Meal
Miriam Assef 5:00 pm - Worship
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ACCESS TO GRACE
GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH
321 S Madison Street, Green Bay, Wisconsin 54301
920-432-0308 www.gracegb.org office@gracegb.org
Facebook: Grace Lutheran Church Green Bay
Instagram: gracelutherangreenbay
Twitter: Grace Lutheran GB
Our Summer Schedule for in-person worship Staff
is: Pastor Larry Lange, pastorlarry@gracegb.org
Residence phone: 920-455-0511
● Saturdays at 5:00 p.m.
● Sundays at 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. Pastor Julie Wrubbel-Lange, pastorjulie@gracegb.org
Residence phone: 920-455-0511
Following the recent CDC guidelines designed Visitation Minister: Pastor Rebecca Proefrock
to cope with new COVID variants, rproefrock@yahoo.com, 920-819-5482
• The use of masks is once again expected for Organist: Denise Zenko
everyone over age 3 who enters the building for Parish Administrator: Sharon Haapala, admin@gracegb.org
any reason. Parish Secretary: Ann Zehms, office@gracegb.org
• The use of hand sanitizer and social Maintenance Supervisor: Dean Ahrens, grounds@gracegb.org
distancing markers remain in place.
Choir Director: John Kopp
• Congregational singing has been postponed
until further notice. Bell Choir Director: Pam Anderson
● For more details see our website Reverend Dick Schmeling, dickschmeling@gmail.com
www.gracegb.org AV Technician: Josh Moyer, joshmo695@yahoo.com
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