Rev. Donald L. Brand Pastor GraceLu4U@yahoo.com 2222 Vauxhall Rd, Union, New Jersey 07083 Phone: 908-686-3965 • Fax: 908-686-5111 • TTY: 908-851-2004 Home | School | Pastor’s Corner | Calendar | This Week | Gallery | About / Directions Grace Lutheran Church and School / St. Matthew’s Church for the Deaf 2222 Vauxhall Road, Union, New Jersey 07083  |  Phone: 908-686-3965  •  Fax: 908-686-5111  •  TTY: 908-851-2004  •  GraceLu4U@yahoo.com Other Resources www.DeafJesus.org —A resource site for deaf and hard of hearing people in the Lutheran Church www.LCMS.org —Official website of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod www.CPH.org —Concordia Publishing House www.LHM.org —Lutheran Hour Ministries Thank you for visiting our website. Our worship service times, church,  and school information are listed throughout our web pages from the  tabs above. Additionally, please stop by periodically to read updates  from Pastor Brand and for listed events happening at our church and in  our community. God bless. © Copyright Grace Lutheran Church, Union, NJ 07083 Worship Service Video (Deaf Interpreter View) May 13, 2012 — “Love One Another As I Have Loved You” Worship Service Video (Overall View) May 13, 2012 — “Love One Another As I Have Loved You” A Message from the LCMS Office of the President  The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod  Greetings in the precious name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! On Thursday, Synod  President Matthew C. Harrison was one of several witnesses to provide testimony during the  House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform's hearing, "Lines Crossed: Separation of  Church and State. Has the Obama Administration Trampled on Freedom of Religion and Freedom  of Conscience?"  In case you missed the hearing, you can watch a video and read a full transcript of President  Harrison’s testimony on the LCMS website here. You also can read the written testimony, submitted before the hearing, which will  become a part of the Congressional Record.  The LCMS views the recent birth control mandate from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as one that infringes  on our religious rights. Harrison told the committee members: "While we are opposed in principle, not to all forms of birth control,  but only abortion-causing drugs, we stand with our friends in the Catholic Church and all others, Christians and non-Christians,  under the free exercise and conscience provisions of the U.S. Constitution. Religious people determine what violates their  consciences, not the federal government."  We implore you to keep the country and our elected leaders in your prayers.  "To paraphrase Martin Luther, the heart and conscience has room only for God, not for God and the federal government," Harrison  said. "The bed is too narrow, the blanket is too short. We must obey God rather than men, and we will."  God bless you all!  Latest News “This Week” Page Update (5/22) – See our “This Week” web page for this week’s events at Grace. Monthly Page Updates (5/1) – . May Newsletter is online. . May’s Pastor’s Corner is updated. . May Monthly Calendar is online. For all worship service videos, visit Grace Lutheran Church’s video library on Vimeo.com.