Grace Lutheran will celebrate All Saints Sunday on November 8. At that time, candles will be lit for the members of the Grace community who passed to their heavenly homes during the past year. Following the worship service, members and visitors will enjoy a potluck meal and open discussion about how we keep our loved ones who have passed alive in our lives.

Also on November 8, a bake sale will help raise funds for the youth from our community who are planning to attend the National Youth Gathering in Minneapolis.

Our Thanksgiving service will be on Thanksgiving Eve–November 25–at 5:30 p.m.

The work at Grace Lutheran of Winchester goes on.

The quilts and kits have been shipped! The folks at Grace Lutheran of Winchester did a great job this year. Here are the totals: 98 Personal Care kits, 122 School Kits, and 166 Quilts. Those numbers beat anything we have done before. GREAT JOB, members of Grace Lutheran!!

Adults and children from around the world thank YOU! They thank you for the school supplies. They thank you for towels and soap and toothbrushes. They thank you for the warm quilts made by many hands at Grace Lutheran of Winchester. The members of our church ROCK!!!

You have provided fabric as well as used sheets and blankets for the quilts. You have provided notebooks and pens and pencils and crayons for the school kits. You have provided soap and toothbrushes and bath towels for the personal care kits. And finally, you showed up in record numbers and worked hard to pack all of these items into boxes to be shipped. Many thanks to all of you for your diligence and generosity.

You have touched many lives. Perhaps sometime this year we will be able to get an accounting of where all of these World Relief supplies have gone. THANK YOU—each and every one of you!

At Grace, our worship services are inspirational and our church family warm and friendly. Everyone is welcome. Some special events are planned. On August 16, the workers at Ruth’s Pantry are sponsoring a homemade pie and ice cream social following the outdoor service to thank the members of Grace for their faithful contributions to the Pantry throughout the year.

Sewing Circle: We are completing many quilts. For the summer, we are meeting only on the fourth Wednesday month to assemble and tie Lutheran World Relief quilts. If you would like to help, please check us out on one of our sewing days in our sewing room located at the southwest corner of the lower level of Grace. No experience or special abilities are needed!!! In addition, the sewing circle is always in need of new or used sheets or light-weight blankets to use in quilt assembly.

Lutheran World Relief: Members have been bringing items for Personal Care Kits as well as sheets to be used in the construction of the quilts and school supplies. See the August newsletter for more information about what is still needed for the kits.

Each School Kit must have:

4 spiral-bound 70-page notebooks
5 unsharpened pencils
5 ball point stick pens with caps
a pencil sharpener
a 2-inch pink eraser
a ruler with both inches and metric
a scissors with rounded tips
one box of 12 crayons

Each Personal Care Kit must have:

27″ by 52″ (approximately) dark towel (preferably not very heavy)
2 4-ounce bars of mild soap
fingernail clipper
individually wrapped tooth brush (not in plastic bags–use mailing envelopes)
comb with VERY, VERY wide teeth