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2010 TENTATIVE SPECIAL EVENTS & MINISTRIES  PLANNING CALENDAR

This calendar of special events and ministries is prepared at the first of each year, and events, dates and times are tentative and subject to change.  Please check the newsletter or bulletin or contact the church office (364-3331) for final details. Click here for the current Monthly Calendar.

JANUARY 2010

Jan. 6Heartland Conference School of Religion at Grace  7:00 p.m.
Jan. 7    Burning of the Greens    6:45 p.m.
(meal at 6 p.m.)
Jan. 13Heartland Conference School of Religion at Grace  7:00 p.m.
Jan. 15Year-End Reports Due  9:00 a.m.
Jan. 20Heartland Conference School of Religion at Grace          7:00 p.m.
Jan. 27Heartland Conference School of Religion at Grace  7:00 p.m.

FEBRUARY 2010

Feb. 6SC Synod Pre-Assembly Gathering
(Newberry College)		9:30 a.m.
Feb. 7       Souper Bowl Collection for World Hunger      after the service
Feb. 16Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper  6:00 a.m.
Feb. 17Ash Wednesday Services
Quiet Communion 12:15 p.m.
Evening Service (Grace)7:00 p.m.
Feb. 20Adopt-A-Highway Trash Pickup1:00 p.m.
SC Lutheran Men State Convention (Our Savior,
Greenville)		Noon
Feb. 21Lenten Evening Service (Rev. Fred  Suhr)7:00 p.m.
Feb. 24Lenten Mid-week Worship 12:15 p.m.
Feb. 25Lutheran Men Conference Gathering (Mt. Olivet, Chapin) 7:00 p.m.
Feb. 284th Sunday Intergenerational Sunday School
Classes		10:00 a.m.
Lenten Evening Service (Rev. John Stoudemayer)6:00 p.m. supper
7:00 p.m. service

MARCH 2010

March  4       Lenten Mid-Week Worship                                       12:15 p.m.
March 5World Day of Prayer Service (St. Luke's)    7:00 p.m.
March 7Lenten Evening Service (Rev. Eric Fink)  7:00 p.m.
March 10Lenten Mid-Week Worship12:15 p.m.
March 14Daylight Savings Time Begins  2:00 a.m.
Lenten Evening Service (Rev. Randy Derrick)6:00 p.m. supper
7:00 p.m. service
March 17Lenten Mid-Week Worship12:15 p.m.
March 21Lenten Evening Service (Rev. David Tholstrup)  7:00 p.m.
     
March 25Lenten Mid-Week Worship12:15 p.m.
March 28Sunday of the Passion/Palm Sunday                    
4th Sunday Intergenerational Sunday School
Classes		10:00 a.m.
Procession with Palms10:45 a.m.
Youth Spaghetti Supper6:00 p.m.
Evening Worship-Healing Service & Holy Week Music7:00 p.m.

APRIL 2010

April 1Maundy Thursday
Quiet Communion12:15 p.m.
Upper Room Communion   7:00 p.m.
April 10Good Friday
All-Day Prayer Vigil (sanctuary open) 9 a.m.-9 p.m.
Tenebrae Service 7:00 p.m.
April 11Holy Saturday
Easter Egg Hunt 2:00 p.m.
Easter Vigil 8:00 p.m.
April 12EASTER, THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD
Community Sunrise Service (Mills Fitness Park) 7:00 a.m.
Community Breakfast (Wightman) 7:45 a.m.
Sunday School Children's/Youth Easter Celebration10:00 a.m.
Festival Worship - Holy Communion11:00 a.m.
April 18Christian Schools Sunday11:00 a.m.
April 24Project Inasmuch Statewide Lutheran Servant Day8:00 a.m.
April 26          4th Sunday Intergenerational Sunday School
Classes		        10:00 a.m. 
April 30Relay for Life (Newberry High)TBA

MAY 2010 

May 2        Youth Sunday        11:00 a.m.
May 4Spring Congregational Picnic & Golf Outing5:00 p.m. tee-off
6:30 p.m. meal
May 8/15Adopt A Highway Trash Pickup9:00 a.m.
May 17Preschool Year-End Program:  (2s & 3s) 7:00 p.m.
May 20Preschool Graduation: 4-year-olds 7:00 p.m.
May 23Pentecost  Sunday
4th Sunday Intergenerational Sunday School
Classes		10:00 a.m.
Sunday School Celebration10:00 a.m.
Festival Worship - Holy Communion 11:00 a.m.
May 26Afterschool & Tutoring Year-end Program 3:30 p.m.
May 30MCMS Baccaulaureate Service (St. Luke's) 4:00 p.m.

JUNE 2010

June 4-5SC Synod Assembly (Newberry College)
June 5SC Lutheran Men's Annual Mission Breakfast,
Newberry		7:00 a.m.
June 6     Summer Worship Schedule Begins           8:45 & 11 a.m.
June 18-20SC Synod Youth Convention (Newberry College)
June 20-26Grace Camp Week at Lutheridge/Lutherock
June 25-26SC Women of the ELCA Convention (St.
 Stephen, Lexington
June 274th Sunday Intergenerational Sunday School
Classes		10:00 a.m.

JULY 2010

July 11-16     Grace Vacation Bible School           6:30-8:30 p.m.
 (meals at 6 p.m.)
July 18Summer Daycamp Kickoff (Grace)                       6:30 p.m.
July 19-23Summer Daycamp (Grace, Holy Trinity, Macedonia,
Mt. Pilgrim, Mt. Tabor)		 9:00 a.m. until
 4:00 p.m.
July 274th Sunday Intergenerational Sunday School
Classes		10:00 a.m.

AUGUST 2010

TBA       Heartland Conference Lutheran Men Youth Night (Grace)        TBA
Aug. 8Last Early Summer Service8:45 a.m.
Aug. 14/21Adopt A Highway Trash Pickup9:00 a.m.
Aug. 15Blessing of the Bookbags Service11:00 a.m.
Aug. 16Afterschool Begins New School Year  (tentative) 2:45 p.m.
Aug. 22Sunday School Kick-off (tentative)
Aug. 30-
Sept. 3		Preschool Parent/Teacher Conferences   8:00 a.m.
  - noon

SEPTEMBER 2010

Sept.   6       First Day of Preschool Classes         9:00-Noon
Sept. 25Lutheran Men's Sunday11:00 a.m.

OCTOBER 2010

Oct. 8-9          Congregational Beach Retreat - Coastal         
Retreat Center, Isle of Palms     		      
Oct. 24Golden Age Sunday & Covered Dish Dinner11:00 a.m.
Oct. 31Reformation Sunday11:00 a.m.

NOVEMBER 2010

Nov. 1Growing in God's Grace Curtis/Elaine Shealy Memorial
Golf Tournament		12:00 a.m.
Congregational Golf Banquet5:30 p.m.
Nov. 7            Daylight Savings Time Ends             2:00 a.m.
Nov. 7All Saints' Sunday, First Communion11:00 a.m.
Nov. 7Nominating Ballots for Congregational Council11:00 a.m.
Nov. 13-20Adopt A Highway Trash Pickup9:00 a.m.
Nov. 18Lutheran Men Conference Gathering, Ladies'
Night (Holy Trinity)		  7:00 p.m.
Nov. 21Christ the King Sunday 11:00 a.m.
Election of Congregational Council11:00 a.m.
Nov. 24Community Thanksgiving Eve Service (Grace)  7:00 p.m.
Nov. 25Grace Community Thanksgiving Meal11:00 a.m.-
12:30 p.m.
Nov. 28First Sunday in Advent
     Worship, Annual Hunter Offering11:00 a.m.
      Advent Family Night  5:00 p.m.

DECEMBER 2010

Dec. 1             Advent Mid-week Worship      12:15 p.m.
Dec. 4Prosperity Tree-Lighting Service  5:30 p.m.
Dec. 5Second Sunday in Advent
 Worship11:00 a.m.
Prosperity Christmas Parade  3:00 p.m.
Dec.  8Advent Mid-week Worship12:15 p.m.
Dec. 12Third Sunday in Advent
Annual Congregational Meeting11:00 a.m. service
Christmas Pageant & Chrismon -Tree Lighting 
Service                                                           		  5:00 p.m.
Dec. 16Advent Mid-week Worshp12:15 p.m.
Dec. 17-19Outdoor Live Nativity  7:00 p.m.
Dec. 19Fourth Sunday in Advent
Adult Choir Christmas Cantata11:00 a.m.
     Choir Christmas Music11:00 a.m.
Dec. 24Christmas Eve
     Quiet Communion ServiceNoon
     Children's/Family Service  6:30 p.m.
     Candlelight Communion Service11:00 p.m.
Dec. 25Christmas Day, The Nativity of our Lord!
Dec. 26Service of Lessons & Carols11:00 a.m.

JANUARY 2011

Jan. 4     Heartland Conference School of Religion at Grace            7:00 p.m.
Jan. 5   Burning of the Greens    6:30 p.m.
(meal at 6 p.m.)
Jan. 11Heartland Conference School of Religion at Grace 7:00 p.m.
Jan. 18Year-End Reports Due 9:00 a.m.
Jan. 18Heartland Conference School of Religion at Grace 7:00 p.m.
Jan. 25Heartland Conference School of Religion at Grace 7:00 p.m.

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