You’re invited to help beautify the sanctuary with

flowers for Sunday services in 2020. Remember a

special date in your life or a special person with a

personal dedication. You may dedicate flowers for

more than one Sunday.

The cost of flowers for one Sunday is $50 and the

florist supplying and delivering your arrangement to

church is Fleurish on Walnut Street in downtown

Champaign. After the final service on the Sunday

you dedicated flowers, you may take the floral

arrangement home.

The sign-up will be in the narthex on the Sundays

of October 27, November 3 and November 10. On

Reformation Sunday, October 27, there will be a

sign-up opportunity before and after service. On the

other two Sundays, you may sign-up between

services and briefly after the final service.

At the time you sign-up, please pay for the

flowers using cash or a check. Make checks payable

to Grace Lutheran Church. Thank you very much for

your support and participation.

If you have any questions, please contact Gloria

Rainer at 352-6115.

On The Way is a quarterly opportunity to

inquire about, explore, or deepen your understanding

and practice of the Christian faith. The fall is focused

on inquiry, so come with your questions, whether

you’re new to Christianity, new to the Lutheran

“take” on the faith, or are simply interested in

deepening the faith you have held your whole life.

We’ll meet on Thursdays

from October 10th through

November 14th from 7:00-8:30

p.m. in the Hoffmeister Room.

You may have seen

on our calendar that we

have slotted the second

Sunday of each month to be

“Grace Food Pantry

Sunday.” We include this to encourage financial

support for this ministry once a month. Food Pantry

does not operate out of the General Fund, which is

the destination for Sunday morning offerings unless

otherwise designated. Because of this, Food Pantry

depends on special designation for donations from

those in the congregation that wish to support this

ministry. Financial contributions are a great way to

support Food Pantry, because for every $1 that is

given can have the purchase power of much as $10

at Eastern Illinois Foodbank. Please consider making

an extra donation next week for Grace Food Pantry

Sunday!

Just a friendly reminder that our Coffee

Hour needs Hosts and Hostesses just like yourself.

Coffee Hour is easy and fun. Just make regular and

decaf coffee and supply a snack which can be store

bought or homemade. You can even fill out the

appropriate form for reimbursement. (We ask that

your spending not exceed $30.00) After coffee

hour just clean the kitchen. That’s it! We are still

in need of hosts and hostesses from November 10th

throughout the remainder of the year. Please

volunteer today by signing-up.

Our 7-week course on Hinduism being taught by

Professor Bill Schoedel continues. The textbook is A

Brief Introduction to Hinduism by Tim Dowley. It is

available on Amazon or B&N.

2 GRACENOTES – NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Four nights a week, volunteers take the

Salvation Army’s canteen truck around downtown

Champaign-Urbana with the sole purpose of offering

food, drinks, clothing, blankets, prayers, and

information about agencies that can help the

homeless in our community.

You can help, too! On the second Sunday of

each month, Grace Lutheran is providing 30 peanut

butter and jelly sandwiches to be distributed to the

homeless in our community. We need small groups

of people (3 – 6) to volunteer to assemble and drop

off these sandwiches.

The sign-up sheet for November 2019

through February 2020 is in the Narthex. Please pick

a month and sign-up your committee, small group, or

family to spend 15 – 30 minutes to make a difference

in our community. All materials and directions,

except 3 loaves of sandwich bread, will be provided.

Our Friends at Good Shepherd Lutheran

Church invite us to join them for their Nativity

Walk on December 8th. From 4-6PM, they will have

displays of various nativity scenes, and live music

and refreshments will be available as well. Grace

members are invited to also share their own nativity

scenes they may want to display or are welcome to

contribute to the singing or refreshments for the

night as well. If you have any questions, please

contact Caitlyn.

On November 27th, we are invited to join

our friends at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church to

attend the Thanksgiving Eve service. Service will

begin at 7:00pm, and we will be following the

Compline service with Jason Fisher preaching.

Community members are invited to hear a talk by

Josh Slocum, Executive Director of the Funeral

Consumers Alliance, South Burlington, Vermont.

The free public presentation will be at 2 p.m. on

Sunday, November 3rd at the Champaign Public

Library, 202 W. Green Street, Champaign.

This presentation is sponsored by the Funeral

Consumers Alliance of Champaign County.

Informational brochures on burial, cremation, body

donation and other options will be available. It is the

ideal occasion to raise and resolve any anxieties you

may have about the end of life. For details see

www.funeralschampaigncounty.org or contact:

Grace Schoedel, president Funeral Consumers

Alliance of Champaign County 217 367-8798,

g.schoedel@comcast.net contact

All Together Now – Daily Practice Guide is

available for YOU!

Rachel recently wrote a 12-month Daily Practice

Guide that provides a 15-20 minute mind-body-spirit

practice to help you show up and stay more present.

There are 5 yoga sequences (including Chairish) with

pictures drawn of Rachel doing the pose are

included. The cost is $25 - you can purchase it in

class, or go to dailybreadyoga.life, look in the “store”

and buy it online!

Saturday Morning Retreat – Saturday, Nov.16th,

9a.m.- noon, @ Philo Pres. $30

It’s a morning of quiet, conversation, and yoga. The

retreat is appropriate for people who can get up and

down from the floor with relative ease. Experience

with yoga is recommended, but not required. Please

tell me you are coming! rachel@dailybreadyoga.life

Monthly Intro to Yoga - Monday, Nov.25th, 7-

8:15p.m. @ Wesley United Methodist (Green &

Goodwin)

4th Monday of the month is Intro to Yoga! You will

learn the basic poses of a floor-based yoga class so

you can join whatever class works for you. $5 upon

arrival. Registration is required – must be at least 4

people registered. Register by emailing-

rachel@dailybreadyoga.life

Check out the blog and weekly class schedule at

www.dailybreadyoga.life

GRACENOTES – NOVEMBER 3, 2019 3

Worship Support Worship Support November 3 November 10 November 17 November 24

Assisting

Minister

8:00AM

Claire Vail Becky Kasten Claire Vail

Becky Kasten

Assisting

Minister

10:30AM

Tim Marty Jo Fleming Cindy Grigorescu

Caitlyn Reinders

Reader 8:00AM Ja’Net Miller Paul Tessene Michael Tessene Ruth Anderson

Reader 10:30AM Cheli Winkler-

Groschen Dena Bagger Steve Blanke

Kathy Bowersox

Deacons 8:00AM Gail Hug

Stephanie Skaar

Becky Kasten

Nancy Marshall

Linda Laugges

Dan Lepp

Susan Monte

Tina Fehrenbacher

Deacon 10:30AM Art Traugott Jack Wilkie Chet Alwes

Steven Blanke

Acolytes 8:00AM Ivanna Vipinraj

Derek Skaar

Walter Pankau

Ruben Vipinraj

Andrew Anderson

Alyssa Skaar

Acolyte 10:30AM Maddie Thackeray Jack Peyton Conor Peyton

Ushers: Dena and Dave

Bagger

Kathy and Jim

Eckstein

Sally and Wally

Duchow

Bev and George

Kieffer

Greeters:

Wally and Sally

Duchow

Frank and Carol

Shupp

Dave and Carol

Larson

Steve Bremseth and

Judith Siess

Counters:

Julie Johnson

Jim Fleming

Jim Anderson

Royce Wilken

Dennis Archer

Steve Bremseth

Chris Kirby

Virginia Lehmann

Communion

Bread 8:00AM Eileen Herrstrom Juanita Loschen Meg Loven

Ja’Net Miller

Communion

Bread 10:30AM Jack Wilkie Betty Wendland Dave/Dena Bagger

Sydney Bianchini

Coffee Hour: Skaar

Flowers: Carolyn Pater

Marcia Licquia

Joanne White

Alice Hadley

Reason for

Flowers:

In loving memory of

my parents,

Art and Esther

Schumacher

In loving memory of

my parents,

Lorene and Bill Hull

In honor of

John and Helen

Neupauer

In memory of

Henry Hadley

Please remember to arrange your own subs if you are unable to serve on the date assigned.

4 GRACENOTES – NOVEMBER 3, 2019

In Our Prayers

An Asterisk (*) in the list indicates a Grace Lutheran

Church affiliation. Immediate Prayer Concerns and

Ongoing Prayer Concerns: A name stays on the

Immediate Prayer Concerns for up to four weeks. These

are the names that will be spoken aloud during the

prayers of intercession. After four weeks, the name will

be removed from the Prayer List unless the requester

advises otherwise. The requester may ask that the name

stay on Immediate Prayer Concerns for another four

weeks or move to Ongoing Prayer Concerns, which is for

long-term issues that need continuing prayers. Please

contact Director of Youth and Congregational Life

Caitlyn Reinders, gracelife@glccu.org, or the church

office to add yourself or others to the prayer list.

Prayers for Healing for those with Immediate Prayer

Concerns:

Jon Barcus, brother-in-law of Juanita Loschen*, with

health concerns;

Brian Henry*, with health concerns;

Amber Sparks, niece of Juanita Loschen*, diagnosed

with cancer;

Paul Saylor*, with health concerns;

Prayers for Healing for those with Ongoing Prayer

Concerns:

Stephy Kozlowski*,

Danielle Blanke*;

Harry Clem*;

Oscar Hsu, son-in-law of John and Jan Ison* and husband

of Jennifer Ison*;

Taylor Lykins*;

Cindy, friend of Peggy Waltershausen*;

Lynn Reiten, niece of Pat Larsen*;

Roger Yarbrough*;

Kathy Hamel*;

Gail Dahlstedt*.

Prayers of Joy for the following celebrating birthdays:

Chet Alwes (5)

Louis Laugges (5)

Matthew Wilkie (5)

Adele Miller (6)

Chris Skaar (7)

Laurie Trent (8)

Debbie Peterson (9)

All Saints Sunday– November 3, 2019

In holy baptism God makes saints out of

sinners. In holy communion God forgives

the sins of all the saints. In the assembly

today we give thanks for all the saints

“who from their labors rest,” who have

fought the good fight, who have gained the

crown. In the same breath we petition our

God for the strength to hear and to heed the

admonitions of the Lord Jesus in today’s

gospel. Recalling that we have been sealed

by the Spirit and sustained by the Savior’s

body and blood, we keep on keeping on as

God gives us breath, to the praise of God’s

glory.

- From Sundays and Seasons

Readings Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18

The holy ones of the Most High shall receive the kingdom

Psalm 149

Sing the Lord’s praise in the assembly of the faithful. (Ps. 149:1)

Ephesians 1:11-23

God raised Christ from the dead and made him head over all the

church

Luke 6:20-31

Jesus speaks blessings and woes

GRACENOTES – NOVEMBER 3, 2019 5

This Week at Grace: November 3, 2019 – November 9, 2019

Event Time Location

Sunday, November 3, 2019

Worship 8:00 AM Sanctuary

Worship - Guitar Service 8:00 AM Sanctuary

Adult Sunday School 9:15 AM Hoffmeister Room

Confirmation 9:15 AM Rainbow Room

Sunday School 9:15 AM

Worship 10:30 AM Sanctuary

Adult Choir Rehearsal 11:45 AM Choir Room

Women's AA 12:30 PM Hoffmeister Room

The Conservatory of Central Illinois 2:30 PM

Monday, November 4, 2019

Roscoe Randel's memorial service 12:00 PM

Bell Choir Rehearsal 7:00 PM Choir Room

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Daily Bread Yoga 6:00 AM Narthex

Pastor's Drop-In Hours 11:00 AM Pastor's Office

Executive Committee 5:45 PM Pastor's office

Women's AA Group 7:30 PM Rainbow Room

Event Time Location

Pastor's Drop-In Hours 11:00 AM Pastor's Office

Bulletin Deadline 5:00 PM

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Daily Bread Yoga 6:00 AM Narthex

Food Pantry 10:00 AM Fellowship Hall, Hoffmeister Room

On The Way 7:00 PM

Friday, November 8, 2019

Stampin' Up 6:00 PM Fellowship Hall

Grace's Stitch 'N' Craft 7:00 PM Narthex

Sunday, November 10, 2019

Grace Food Pantry Sunday

Worship 8:00 AM Sanctuary

Adult Sunday School 9:15 AM Hoffmeister Room

Confirmation 9:15 AM Rainbow Room

Sunday School 9:15 AM

Worship 10:30 AM Sanctuary

Adult Choir Rehearsal 11:45 AM Choir Room

Christian Education Committee 11:45 AM Pastor's Office

Women's AA 12:30 PM Hoffmeister Room

Taize Worship Service 5:00 PM Sanctuary