© Copyright Grace Lutheran Church, Union, NJ 07083 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 This Week's Events at Grace Grace Lutheran Church & School / St. Matthew's Church for the Deaf GraceLu4U@yahoo.com 2222 Vauxhall Rd, Union, New Jersey 07083 Phone: 908-686-3965 • Fax: 908-686-5111 • TTY: 908-851-2004 Events of the Week (2/21/12 to 2/27/12) Tuesday - Ladies Guild 7:30 Wednesday - Nursery & Pre-K 9:15                    - Soup Supper 6                    - Communion Worship 7:30                    - Refreshments follow                    - Choir Practice follows Thursday - LOJ Bible Study 7:30 Friday - Nursery & Pre-K 9:15 Saturday - Men's Bible Breakfast 8:30 Sunday - Family Worship 8 & 10:30 ("Tested by God")             - Sunday School & Bible Study 9:15             - Welcome Back Brunch follows 10:30 worship             - LOJ Worship 1-4             - Waluye Home Bible Study 4 (Romans 12)   This Lenten season we will be focusing on our Baptisms and their relevance to our daily life and living in relationship to the Lord.  Each Wednesday evening at 7:30 a physical object will be used to discuss some aspect of Baptism.  These objects will form a Baptismal display for your homes as a daily, visual reminder of your Baptism.  Soup, salad and sandwich suppers will precede each of these worship services at 6.  Other than Ash Wednesday, we are looking for volunteers to bring these items.  There is a signup sheet on the Information Shelf.  There will also be a freewill offering at these suppers.  Refreshments will follow each week - again, provided there are volunteers to bring these.  As well, other than Ash Wednesday, we are looking for volunteers to bring these.  There is a signup sheet for this as well on the Information Shelf.   The signup sheet is also on the Information Shelf for volunteering to fold the bulletins for the month of March.   Are you listening to Jesus this week?   Beginning with Ash Wednesday, February 22, we will have Wednesday evening worship services at 7:30 for the six weeks of Lent.  The focus of these will be our Baptisms.  Each week's message will center around a physical object which will eventually make a Baptismal display for your home.  You won't want to miss any of these weeks.  Preceding the Ash Wednesday worship service there will be a Soup-Salad-Sandwich Supper at 6.  Cost is $6 for adults and $3 for chldren ages 5-12.  Sign up on the Information Shelf or e- mail the church office.  For the following five Wednesdays at 6 there will also be Soup- Salad-Sandwich Suppers.  For these we are looking for volunteers to bring these items.  Sign up on the Information Shelf for this as well.  Refreshments will follow each week's worship service.  For Ash Wednesday, our Ladies Guild will provide hot cross buns.  For the following five Wednesdays we will be looking for volunteers to provide these refreshments.  There is a signup sheet for this as well.   A "Welcome Back and Welcome to the US" brunch will follow our 10:30 worship on Sunday, February 26.  We want to welcome Lydia Waluye back from Tanzania, as well as welcome her two teenage children to the US.  It will also enable us to celebrate their becoming family with Edwin.  Cost will be covered by a freewill offering.  Sign up on the Information Shelf.   A reminder that our weekly worship service is now on our website.  Each Sunday's service should be posted on the following Tuesday or Wednesday.  If you are unable to make it out to worship, you can now worship online with us!  Currently, there is a separate video interpreted for the Deaf and one for the hearing.  Be sure to pass the word around about this outreach and offering.  Our continued thanks to Ken Wills for doing the videos, Noel Tantuico for getting them on our website and Jeff Grunder for hosting our website.