Worship opportunities:
Sunday
– 8:30am Sunday School
– 8:30am Bible Class
– 9:30am Worship (with Holy Communion on 1st & 3rd Sundays)
10:30 Coffee hour
Announcements
BIG NEWS Pastor David Brandt has accepted our call to be our next full-time, resident pastor! In the coming weeks we will know when Pastor Brandt and his family will move to Oronoco and when he will be installed. Both of those will probably happen in early 2025. The work on our parsonage won’t be done until the end of November or middle of December … and it would be difficult to move at Christmas. What a blessing that we had a relatively short vacancy. If you would like to send Pastor Brandt a card welcoming him to our church family, that would be great. You might even consider including a gift card to a restaurant to help them during a busy time packing up a house while getting ready for Christmas! His address is:
Pastor David Brandt
429 S Main St
Juneau, WI 53039
Installation date (TENTATIVE) The tentative plan is that Pastor David Brandt will be installed here at Grace on Sunday, February 2. You might wonder, “Why such a long time?” Good question! First, that’s about the average time between someone accepting a call and being installed. Second, moving before Christmas won’t work because we need time to finish the upgrades to our parsonage. The project hopefully will be done by the middle of December. Third, moving at Christmastime isn’t workable. The current plan will allow the Brandt family to move during January and get things unpacked before his installation. In my experience, if a pastor doesn’t have time to get the house settled before being installed, there can be problems going forward because the pastor gets very busy, very fast. The next three months will go quickly. We’ll be attending an installation service before you know it! (What an exciting time for Grace and for the Brandt family!)
Pastor Brandt visit- see photo section
Church Directory We will be working on new pictures for a directory before our new pastor arrives. Be on the lookout for times to sign up for family pictures. Contact Sara Erickson or directory committee members with any questions.
Youth Leader We are needing a couple people to be our “Youth leader/spokesperson “ for Grace. This group of individuals will be meeting together in the next week or two with other youth leaders. This is all part of the meetings that have been happening at Ascension where area churches are working on “ministry cooperation”. If you’re interested talk with Aaron & Jessica Rude or Pastor Kom.
Parsonage remodel and improvements There has been great progress in the parsonage remodel. The sheet rock and taping are in progress, some painting has started, wiring and plumbing have been roughed in and updated. If you would like to check it out or have any questions contact Aaron Rude. Thank you for all your generous donations. Our donation total is up to $16,000 of our $80,000 goal. If you would like to donate please mark your envelope or check with parsonage remodel.
Channel One Food Donation Bring any non-perishable food donations to the box by the main door.
Christmas Sharing Tree Purchase a gift card to bless a family with this Holiday season. See Barb, Donna, or Bev with any questions!
Upcoming events:
Next family food and fun night Friday Dec.13 @6:00pm There will be the annual chili cook off and a white elephant gift exchange. Bring your favorite chili and a white elephant gift to exchange with others. Bring a friend or or two and send them home full of great food and a white elephant exchange gift. 🙂
Wednesday evening Nov. 27th at 7:00pm Thanksgiving worship service.
If you would like to support our ministry of sharing the message of God’s forgiving love in Jesus, you may use the ‘online giving’ tab or mail your financial gifts to:
Grace Lutheran Church, PO Box 238, Oronoco, MN 55960
The Lord be with you!
Our prayer is that you would be blessed and strengthened by the power of the Triune God – Father, Son and Holy Spirit – through His holy Word, the Bible. We pray also that you will enjoy a life of peace and forgiveness through Jesus’ perfect life, His death on the cross, and His rising to life for you.
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oronoco is here for you. We are a fellowship of Christians coming together to declare the glory of the Lord and worship Jesus Christ as our Savior. He is the only source of forgiveness of sins and eternal life. We study God’s Word, administer the sacraments of Baptism and Communion, practice what we learn, and in the process grow together in God’s grace.
Thank you for visiting. Please return soon. The Lord bless your day!
For a Pastor please see contact page.