Being Baptized— Isabella Rae-lynne Monrial, daughter of Desray Kuebler. - God Bless!

Weekly

Please Contact the Church

if you have a prayer request for the Prayer Chain or for worship services.

if you are entering the hospital, as we are not notified by hospitals. We want to visit, so contact us so that we know when and where you are hospitalized.

when you have a new baby to be included in the prayers.

This Week:

Calendar Highlights

Grace Night at La Chimenea March 30

Maundy Thursday April 2

Good Friday April 3

Easter Sunday April 5

Acts of Grace Fish Fry April 17

4K-2nd Grade Operetta April 24

Confirmation Retreat April 25

Catechization Service April 29

Traditional: Sunday 8:00am

Rejoice: Saturday Sunday 5:00pm 9:30am 11:00am

LENT: April 2 - Maundy Thurs. 6:30pm April 3 - Good Friday 12:30pm & 7:00pm

EASTER: April 5 6:00am, 8:00am, 9:30am, 11:00am

Breakfast: 7:00-8:00am

Standing Together Standing Together

Capital CampaignCapital Campaign

Total Goal: $1.8 Million

Total Commitments: $1,698,919

Total Received as of 3/2/15 $1,517,063

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Help decorate the cross on our front lawn with flowers for Easter. Come to the church's drive-up entry on Saturday evening April 4 from 6:00pm-8:00pm with your flowers (fresh or artificial). Help will be there to place them. This is in addition to the flowers donated for the altar.

The Grace Choir would like to invite anyone in the congregation to join us in singing the Hallelujah Chorus at the 6:00am & 8:00am Easter Services. Practice date is March 31. Contact Bill Cahill; 262-251-0670 or email bcahill@grace-connect.org. Join us!

Grace will be serving a continental-style breakfast Easter Sunday in the Commons from 7:00am—8:00am. A free-will offering will be collected to off-set the cost.

Please note the new metal mailbox by the Connections Corner. Any mail items for the church or school may be placed here.

“I just want to express my thanks for the many prayers, cards, phone calls, flowers and visits I received during my recent surgery. Grace is so blessed to have you all a part of them. Your ministry to others is such a blessing and I was so fortunate to have experienced it firsthand. May God continue to bless you all.” - Deb Clissa

Private prayer time is available in the back of the sanctuary during communion services. Prayer warriors will also come upon request, to anyone who is not able to walk to the back. All shared will be held in confidence.

To include prayers on Grace’s Internet Prayer Chain, contact the church office or Cheryl Tebo at threads@wi.rr.com. A Prayers and Squares quilt to comfort and reflect God’s people in prayer can also be requested.

Isn’t it amazing what God does! He binds us together under the Spirit and godly leadership, and amazing things are accomplished!

The Trustees are looking for help with nightly lock-up at Church and at the School. Please contact Jim Bauer if you can help in this way. 262-251-6956 or email: sanorjim@att.net.

Love is in the air! Grace is in need of Wedding Coordinators to assist with weddings that take place at Grace Church. Join in the excitement of the day by welcoming and assisting the wedding party and representing Grace. Contact the church office if this is of interest to you.

Make Bible study a part of your schedule:

Sundays—Bible Study 9:30am in the conference room; Study of 2nd Samuel facilitated by Sarah Kostrzewa.

Third Monday of the month—Marianne Hornung’s Bible study in the Conference Room at 1:00pm.

Tuesdays, 11:45am-12:45pm in the Conference Room with Deaconess Marlene, Study of 2 Corinthians.

General Announcements

Our Serving Ministry at Grace

Connections Life is better together!

As we reach the end of the Standing Together Campaign, we thank you for your generous giving to date. We encourage you to please fulfill any outstanding commitments to this campaign as soon as possible, so that we can successfully achieve our campaign goal. Contact the church office if you would like to know your current balance or have any questions. Thank you!

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4th Thursday at 10:30am, in the Conference Room—study of Galatians led by Myrtle Boese.

Monthly Bible study—“The Challenge of Islam” - led by Pastor Kuehn. The next session is Wednesday, April 15, 11:00am—1:00pm.

Acts of Grace will hold a Fish Fry on Friday, April 17 from 4:30pm—7:00pm at the Kenwood Campus, featuring Schwai’s famous Fish Fry. Volunteers are greatly needed to make this a success. Contact Sara Lueck at 262-628-7769.

ACTS of Grace committee wants to extend our appreciation to all who unselfishly gave of their time and treasure to help make the fundraisers for Kent and Donna Hein a huge success! Approximately $12,000 was raised! Thanks also to Thrivent for Team Projects funding.

The Menomonee Falls Food Pantry wants to THANK YOU, very much for the contribution from the Advent Conspiracy offering. In 2014 The Food Pantry served 665 households with donations of $8,617.13 and 252,781 pounds of fresh produce, including vegetables from Grace's Giving Garden. Grace Church is scheduled to volunteer on May 5 and 7; July 28 and 30; October 20 and 22. To volunteer call: Shirley Polster @ 262. 251-0614 or Dot Ruta@ 262.424-2663 or email: dotruta@aol.com.

Disaster Relief Team: We are creating a map of congregation members for disaster relief planning in the event of an emergency. We would like to know the names of anyone with special needs and of the elderly. Help putting together the map would also be appreciated. Contact Dan Lulloff at 262-251-3599.

The Manna Committee welcomes the donation of non-perishable food items and other household items. Currently we are in great need of canned fruit, jams/jellies, and Ramen noodles. Please drop off in bin adjacent to the church commons. For large donations, contact Arlene Dassow at 414-466-8797.

The Economy Center Thrift Store, 7814 W. Burleigh, welcomes donations of items in good repair. Call 414-442-2272 for times. Volunteers are also needed. Call Dee Jobe at 262-255-5251. Profits benefit Lutheran Counseling and Family Services and Lutheran Special School.

Grace is a collection site for Soles For Jesus. Bring new or gently used shoes (any size) and drop them off in the collection bins. Visit solesforjesus.org for more information.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Grace Gals Getaway at the Osthoff Resort in Elkhart Lake last weekend and by helping with our outreach to college students. The beautiful and inspirational notes, along with the gift cards, will spur our young people on to completing their semester, knowing that we are thinking of them and praying for them.

Men, come out for a pick-up game of basketball Wednesday nights at 8:00pm in the school gym. $2 per time or $20 for the season. Money goes to Grace School Athletic Dept. Any questions call PJ Winkelmann 262-853-5147.

Widow and Widowers Group will meet for lunch at Olive Garden, 18180 W. Bluemound

Mission & Service

Women’s Ministry

Men’s Ministry

Adult Ministry

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Road, Brookfield, on Sunday, April 19 at 11:30am. Please RSVP to Ethel Mayer at 262-251-6667, by April 16. All widows or widowers are welcome. Please join us for food and fellowship!

Contact LeRoy Johnson to find out more about monthly visitations to residents at:

The Arboretum on Monday, April 13, from 2:00-3:00pm.

Menomonee Place (formerly Tamarack Place) Thursday, April 23, at 2:00pm.

IGNITE

6th-12th Grade; Sundays, 7:00-8:30pm

We continue our series titled “GPS: Finding God’s Direction for Your Life.” Our independence and dependence helps and hinders our ability to see God’s direction for our life. Sunday from 7:00 - 8:30pm in the youth room. Bring a friend!

In Christ Alone—National Youth Gathering will be held July 16-20, 2016 in New Orleans. The gathering is held once every 3 years and is open to those 14 years old at the time through those graduating high school. Contact Pastor Howard.

Living Love—Loving Life, Youth Conference is for all high school youth at Concordia, Mequon on April 18. The conference addresses a biblical understanding of relationships and life issues to live life in light of Christ’s love. Registration is $15. Contact Pastor Howard.

JAM: 3K– 2nd Grade

Sundays 9:30 - 10:30am We continue our walk through the life of Jesus, from His birth to His resurrection. We will learn all about the miracles and parables that Jesus used to show that He truly is the Son of God!

Through our puppet friends, crafts, snacks and games we will have a lot of fun growing our relationship with Jesus. Join us!

THRIVE: 3rd—5th Grade

Sundays, 10:00 - 10:30am "Hero Worship" - we are discovering that Jesus is the ultimate hero and that we can become more like Him by doing the things that He did. We are looking at the Life shape of the Triangle and see how Jesus had perfectly balanced relationships of Up, In and Out.

Save the date! Vacation Bible School is from July 27 - 31, 9:00 - Noon. This year's theme is SonSpark Labs — God's Plan 4U = Jesus! Registration forms are in the Connections Corner or online at www.goo.gl/37369d.

At this time, we need volunteers to look through the stations and help us go through the curriculum for the children to have an exciting week of VBS. The stations include storytime, science, crafts, and games. If you are interested in helping us out, please contact us at gracemenomoneefallsvbs@gmail.com.

Please visit the school section of our website www.grace-connect.org for information. School newsletter: gracemenomoneefalls.weebly.org.

Grace Summer Sizzlers - Extended Care—Registration for Summer Sizzlers (Grace's summer extended care program) is now open. Summer Sizzlers is open to all incoming 4K-6th grade students in the community. Forms may be found at www.grace-connect.org. Initial forms are due on April 15.

Monday, March 30 is Grace Dining Night at La Chimenea in Germantown. Dine from 5:00-9:00pm and 15% of the sales will go to Grace's 8th grade for their class trip. No flyer is needed.

Youth Ministry

Children’s Ministry

Grace Lutheran School

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Chili's restaurant - 15%! Dine at Chili’s restaurants in WI through March and Grace School will receive a donation of 15% of the pre-tax bill. Give the code “99999000005264”or a copy of the voucher which can be found at the Connections Corner or on the Grace website.

Basketball skills practice, Grace School gym Sundays 4:00—5:00pm. Basketball coaches will be present to help assess and develop skills for children 1st—8th grade. $5.00 per session towards the Grace Lutheran School Athletic Dept.

Operetta—Grades 4K—2nd Grade will be presenting “Who Built the Ark” on Friday, April 24 at 9:00am and 6:30pm in the school gym.

On May 31 Grace will be celebrating Joann Mueller’s retirement with a special service at 9:30am. On Saturday, May 30, an open house event is being planned at the Kenwood campus.

Students who meet criteria may be eligible for Statewide or Milwaukee Choice program for a voucher to attend Grace School. Refer to the Grace website under School—School Choice.

Lake Country Lutheran High School Summer Programs at Lake Country – for more information go to www.lakecountryhs.org.

Summer PE is available: contact Mr. Wiedel at bweidel@lakecountryhs.org

Living Word Lutheran High School In its first year of competition, 100% of the Forensics team qualified for the state competition!

Register for Summer Camps at www.lwlhs.com/camps.aspx

Martin Luther High School Summer Programs at Martin Luther – for more information go to swright@martinlutherhs.org.

Milwaukee Lutheran High School WSI Certified Swim Instructor Needed. Contact Sarah Bolz at sbolz@milwaukeelutheranhs.org.

Summer program class information and sign-up form available at www.milwaukeelutheran.org.

LHSAGM Dinner Auction Gala – Saturday, April 11, go to www.lhsagm.ejoinme.org/shine2015.

WELCOME: New Director of Recruitment, Admissions and Marketing – Ryan Bredow!

The Arboretum Senior Living Community has a few moderately priced apartments set aside for individuals who have incomes less than $25,650 and couples with incomes less than $29,300. With these affordable options, eligible seniors can experience all of the benefits a senior living community has to offer at a special rent. Contact Laura Volz at 262-253-0909.

Concordia University Wisconsin is hosting a Dramatic Presentation of the Gospel of Mark on Friday, April 10 at 7:00pm. The free event is open to the public and will take place in the University’s Chapel of Christ Triumphant, 12800 N. Lake Shore Drive in Mequon.

6th Annual Christ for Africa- Mission Auction- On Saturday, April 18 from 6:00-9:00pm, Trinity Lutheran Church-Freistadt (10729 W. Freistadt Rd., in Mequon) will host an auction event to support African missions—here and abroad.

Join Friends of Concordia traveling to the Fireside Theater in Fort Atkinson on Saturday, May 2, for The Fireside premiere of ALL SHOOK UP. Reservation information, pickup locations and times are available by calling Sandy Vick in the Advancement office (262) 243-4333.

Lutheran High Schools

Other News

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Shut-ins

Marlene Arndt Virgil Boese Evelyn Dietz Marjorie Fick Tom Grupp Ellen Kaeselau

Helen Koebert Ruth Loppnow Bernice Manteufel Arnie Neumueller Norma Radmann Shirley Resnick

Natalie Sawitzke Phillip Sikes Geraldine St. Lawrence Charlie Weiss Lu Wogsland

Birthdays March 29 Paul Arndt, II Tonia Cronce Kristen Kubiak Thomas Loke Katrina Ludin Gregory Sieg Benjamin Smith Megan Stuettgen Ashley Thomas Taylor Vraney Donald Zolandz

March 30 Kari Brown Michael Dummer Patricia Fast Ben Harbach Brenna Heiser Sara Reinders Desiree Scherdin Joyce Starck Sophiah Stiller

March 31 Heather Berther Robert Burgardt Steve Nord John Piering Lisa Plopper

April 1 Jason Gierach Olivia Krueger Riley Kunz Beverly Musbach Wendy Picard Angela Stephenson Paul Unferth Delaney Winkelmann

April 2 Ken Alvord Jacob Beay Jennifer Behnke Tracey Bowers Anderson Evitch Mitchell Granados Abigail Liker Marilyn Radtke Janet Stewart

April 3 Emily Johnson Kirk Morrill Ann Roering Gloria Sitzberger Ronnie Thoenes

April 4 James Bauer Ronald Bernardini Leslie Castle Caitlin Staedler Beverly Willing

Anniversaries

March 29 Nick & Audrey Schoos Vernon & Dorothy Ziegler

April 1 Thomas & Diane Kinowski

April 3 Robert & Louella Heitman

April 4 Mitchell & Stephanie Heiser

Collect for the week

Almighty and everlasting God, You sent Your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, to take upon Himself our flesh and to suffer death upon the cross. Mercifully grant that we may follow the example of His great humility and patience and be made partakers of His resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Prayers for Health

Bob Aker, Betty Bahr, Marjory Fick, Howie Fletcher, Sharon Hopper, Roland Hilgendorf, Shary Kraft, Linda Kroeger, Joyce Pokel, Ernie Polster, Matt Schowengerdt, Cody Stelzel

Baptism Isabella Rae-lynne Monrial, daughter of Desray Kuebler.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR GRACE FAMILY

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$2,000

$4,000

$6,000

$8,000

$10,000

$12,000

$14,000

3/3 TO 3/9 3/10 TO 3/16 3/17 TO 3/23 3/24 TO 3/30

Needed Received

South Wis. District Missions

Let us pray this week for all those who attend to the needs of the formerly incarcerated men as part of the District’s Free at Last Ministry at Mission of Christ and Bethany Lutheran churches in Milwaukee. May their words of encouragement and the message of forgiveness and salvation through Jesus Christ be taken to heart by those hearing them so that they may truly be free at last.

Staff Kate Zolandz Marlene Anderson

Tary Alvard Brian Arndt

Ken Bahr Debbie Bardele

Families

Tom & Kari Pearson Zach & Kayla Pearson Michael & Cheryl Perdzock Gail Persich

David & Shirley Peterson William & Gina Peterson James & Gayle Pfeil Darren & Wendy Pickard

John & Kathy Piering John & Susan Pike Michael Pinkepank Ronald Pinkepank

Military Taylor Bauer, Michael Blevins, Michael Colvin, Leesa Klatt, Lance Klatt, Logan Jane Klatt, Anthony Kondziella, Tom Kondziella, Alex Kubiak, Tyler Metzger, Nathan Morgan, Andrew Wahl, Tom Wendler, Danielle Zandi

Donate From Your Smart Phone

Grace offers a mobile version of our online giving to make it easy for you to give any time from your smart phone.

**On-line Giving**

Giving to support Grace ministry can now be done online, giving you the opportunity to set up automatic recurring contributions and review your online giving history— www.grace-connect.org; click on the Worship button, and then “Online Giving”.

3/3 TO 3/9 3/10 TO 3/16 3/17 TO 2/23 3/24 TO 3/30 TOTAL Fiscal YTD 3/16

NEEDED $ 10,365 $ 10,365 $ 10,365 $ 10,365 $ 41,460 $ 383,505

RECEIVED $ 11,841 $ 9,768 $ 4,849 $ 26,457 $ 351,311

DIFFERENCE $ 1,476 $ (597) $ (5,517) $ (10,365) $ (15,003) ($32,194)

BOND PAYMENT SUMMARY

MARCH 2015

2014/15 BUDGET GIVING $ 1,102,000

GIVING THROUGH 2/28/15 $ 710,498

% OF BUDGET 64.5%

TARGET % AFTER 8 MONTHS 67%

Average Weekly Giving

2013/14 2014/15 JULY $ 17,717 $ 19,546

AUGUST $ 19,437 $ 17,526

SEPTEMBER $ 19,636 $ 20,055

OCTOBER $ 22,427 $ 20,330

NOVEMBER $ 21,086 $ 20,087

DECEMBER $ 30,450 $ 30,924

JANUARY $ 16,821 $ 17,826

FEBRUARY $ 20,492 $ 21,893

MARCH $ 20,495

APRIL $ 29,080

MAY $ 19,902

JUNE $ 19,583

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This Week:

Sat. 3/28 5:00pm

Sunday 3/29 8:00am

Sunday 3/29 9:30am

Sunday 3/29 11:00am

Readers Carolyn Quella Jacquie Vraney Ken Bahr

Elders Dave Maaske Bob Huettner

Tom Bingen Doug Lessila Dave Maaske Gary Lippert

Ken Alvord Doug Lessila

Ken Alvord Bob Huettner

Ushers 2A 3 3A 4A

A/V Michele Wilkes Mike Guilfoyle Mike Guilfoyle Mike Guilfoyle

Acolytes Be Ware Emily Bessler Kylie Dake Ellie DeCleene

Nursery Milisa Beay

Evan Partridge Sara Reinders

Altar Circle

Karen Mueller

Mindy Guilfoyle

Greeters Jim & Carolyn Koebert Nicci Rampson

Monte & Amy Raymond Jim & Gayle Pfeil

Dana & Tanya Schulz

Partners in Prayer

Gretchen Mauritz

Coffee Linda Kroeger / Kathryn Reinders

Please refer to your schedules for serving times for Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Services.

The Palm Arrangements on the altar were placed by:

Vicki Busalacchi in loving memory of Mickey Eberle.

Keith Hetzel in loving memory of George & Edith Hetzel, father & mother.

Karl & Marianne Hornung, in memory of parents.

Jeanne Schwartz, in loving memory of her husband, Joseph and son, James.