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News & Events for Grace Lutheran Church
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What's New at Grace
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, in Concert at Grace
The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, will present a concert at Grace on Tuesday, September 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the sanctuary.
Advance tickets are available here. Tickets will also be available at the door.
The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, tours extensively, in Great Britain, Europe, North America, and other parts of the world, in addition to leading chapel services at the college. The choir has performed in major concert halls all over Europe, with leading period instrument orchestras and conductors, as well as contributing regularly to BBC radio broadcasts. It performs new works, many of them written for the choir, including music by Christopher Brown, Tarik O'Regan, John Rutter and Giles Swayne (composer-in-residence at Clare). A recording by the choir of the sacred choral music of Vaughan Williams on the Naxos label recently spent a month in the Gramophone Magazine bestsellers' list. The choir is conducted by Timothy Brown, who has an international reputation as a choral director and a chorus master for opera companies. Read more about the choir at the Clare College Choir website.
The American Boychoir appears in concert at Grace on Tuesday, November 2. Ticket information here.
Donate New School Supplies
The Social Ministry Committee is collecting new children’s school supplies to be donated to the following schools in Chicago: Holy Family Lutheran School, Our Savior Lutheran School, and Grace Lutheran School (28th and Karlov). Items can be dropped off in the atrium on Sundays in August. Here's a list of what's needed:
| Thin markers |
Backpacks, bags |
Dictionaries, thesaurus |
Subject workbooks |
| Pencils |
Construction paper |
Pencil sharpeners |
Scissors (adult and child) |
| Pocket folders |
Scotch tape |
Spiral notebooks |
Stapler/staples |
| Glue sticks |
3 x 5 index cards |
Loose leaf paper | Erasers |
| Jumbo paper clips |
Rulers |
Colored pencils, crayons |
Flash cards |
Also needed: Teacher supplies (markers, notepads, highlighters, stickers, children’s books for the libraries, paper clips/clamps, etc.)
Oktoberfest Comes to Grace on October 3
The 200th anniversary of Germany’s famous Oktoberfest will be celebrated at Grace on Sunday, October 3, with traditional food, music, costumes and decorations, as well as a silent auction. Everyone is invited to thespecial event. Proceeds of the event will go to Grace School and to Boy Scout Troop 66. Supplemental funding is being provided by the West Cook County-Chicago Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.
Starting at 4:00 p.m., the Oktoberfest will feature a German “oompah band” composed of members of an informal Grace Church group that has played for the event for many years. Typical German food to be served will include tantalizing sausages, sauerkraut, red cabbage, green beans, German potato salad and apple cake. Fresh-baked warm pretzels will also be available. The fresh brats and hot dogs are grilled outside the church’s kitchen door by a volunteer team of ”grillmeisters.”
A silent auction will also be held during the event, offering German-related items, foods, beverages and services. An Erzgebirge booth, with genuine hand-carved Christmas decorations and toys, will also be open during the Oktoberfest. Kids will be able to have their picture taken next to “The Little German,” a cut-out of a popular, but diminutive, German man dressed in traditional Lederhosen. Parents are encouraged to bring their cameras.
Admission to the Oktoberfest is $15 per person for age 12 and up, and $8 for children ages 5 to 11 in advance, and $18 for adults and $10 for children at the door. Children under 5 years of age are free. The admission includes all food, activities and limited beverages.
Three More Eagle Scouts Take Flight
This is a banner year for Troop 66. Three more Boy Scouts will earn the Eagle Scout Award at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 18, in the church sanctuary. Five boys already achieved this distinction in May.
The August honorees are Louie Dong, a senior at Whitney Young Magnet High School; James Files, a graduate of Illinois Math and Science Academy; and Benjamin Krout, a graduate of Oak Park River Forest High School. In order to earn the award, each boy planned, developed, and led a service project for their church, school, or community, in addition to completing many other prerequisites.
Louie collected 700 children’s books which he donated to the Reading Tree, an organization that distributes books to underprivileged schools and communities across the country. He led 20 volunteers to design posters, collect boxes, and pack up books. Louie hopes many children who don’t have enough exposure to books will improve their reading skills through his donations.
Along with 17 volunteers, James painted dodgeball, foursquare, and hopscotch lines on the blacktop behind Grace Lutheran Church and School. The games and lines are used by students and teachers for recess, gym classes, and track practice. James also donated a striping machine to the church/school in order to maintain and sustain the project for future classes.
Benjamin reconstructed and renovated a playhouse for the junior kindergarten class at Grace Lutheran School. Originally, the playhouse was in a hospital waiting room, but had sustained considerable wear and tear before it was donated to the school. Ben coordinated the efforts of over 75 man hours disassembling, cleaning, priming, painting, and reassembling the playhouse.
At a national level, 4 percent of Boy Scouts achieve the Eagle Scout Award. Through Grace Lutheran’s Troop 66, 83 boys have attained the rank since 1934.
Announcements and prayer requests can be emailed togracechurch@graceriverforest.org. The deadline for the print and email editions of Weekly Announcements isWednesday at 10:00 a.m.
