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. 6 Heartland 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. 13 Heartland Conference School of Religion at Grace 7:00 p.m. Jan. 15 Year-End Reports Due 9:00 a.m. Jan. 20 Heartland Conference School of Religion at Grace 7:00 p.m. Jan. 27 Heartland Conference School of Religion at Grace 7:00 p.m.
FEBRUARY 2010
Feb. 6 SC Synod Pre-Assembly Gathering (Newberry College) 9:30 a.m. Feb. 7 Souper Bowl Collection for World Hunger after the service Feb. 16 Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper 6:00 a.m. Feb. 17 Ash Wednesday Services Quiet Communion 12:15 p.m. Evening Service (Grace) 7:00 p.m. Feb. 20 Adopt-A-Highway Trash Pickup 1:00 p.m. SC Lutheran Men State Convention (Our Savior, Greenville) Noon Feb. 21 Lenten Evening Service (Rev. Fred Suhr) 7:00 p.m. Feb. 24 Lenten Mid-week Worship 12:15 p.m. Feb. 25 Lutheran Men Conference Gathering (Mt. Olivet, Chapin) 7:00 p.m. Feb. 28 4th 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 5 World Day of Prayer Service (St. Luke's) 7:00 p.m. March 7 Lenten Evening Service (Rev. Eric Fink) 7:00 p.m. March 10 Lenten Mid-Week Worship 12:15 p.m. March 14 Daylight Savings Time Begins 2:00 a.m. Lenten Evening Service (Rev. Randy Derrick) 6:00 p.m. supper 7:00 p.m. service March 17 Lenten Mid-Week Worship 12:15 p.m. March 21 Lenten Evening Service (Rev. David Tholstrup) 7:00 p.m. March 25 Lenten Mid-Week Worship 12:15 p.m. March 28 Sunday of the Passion/Palm Sunday 4th Sunday Intergenerational Sunday School Classes 10:00 a.m. Procession with Palms 10:45 a.m. Youth Spaghetti Supper 6:00 p.m. Evening Worship-Healing Service & Holy Week Music 7:00 p.m.
APRIL 2010
April 1 Maundy Thursday Quiet Communion 12:15 p.m. Upper Room Communion 7:00 p.m. April 10 Good Friday All-Day Prayer Vigil (sanctuary open) 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Tenebrae Service 7:00 p.m. April 11 Holy Saturday Easter Egg Hunt 2:00 p.m. Easter Vigil 8:00 p.m. April 12 EASTER, 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 Celebration 10:00 a.m. Festival Worship - Holy Communion 11:00 a.m. April 18 Christian Schools Sunday 11:00 a.m. April 24 Project Inasmuch Statewide Lutheran Servant Day 8:00 a.m. April 26 4th Sunday Intergenerational Sunday School Classes 10:00 a.m. April 30 Relay for Life (Newberry High) TBA
MAY 2010
May 2 Youth Sunday 11:00 a.m. May 4 Spring Congregational Picnic & Golf Outing 5:00 p.m. tee-off 6:30 p.m. meal May 8/15 Adopt A Highway Trash Pickup 9:00 a.m. May 17 Preschool Year-End Program: (2s & 3s) 7:00 p.m. May 20 Preschool Graduation: 4-year-olds 7:00 p.m. May 23 Pentecost Sunday 4th Sunday Intergenerational Sunday School Classes 10:00 a.m. Sunday School Celebration 10:00 a.m. Festival Worship - Holy Communion 11:00 a.m. May 26 Afterschool & Tutoring Year-end Program 3:30 p.m. May 30 MCMS Baccaulaureate Service (St. Luke's) 4:00 p.m.
JUNE 2010
June 4-5 SC Synod Assembly (Newberry College) June 5 SC Lutheran Men's Annual Mission Breakfast, Newberry 7:00 a.m. June 6 Summer Worship Schedule Begins 8:45 & 11 a.m. June 18-20 SC Synod Youth Convention (Newberry College) June 20-26 Grace Camp Week at Lutheridge/Lutherock June 25-26 SC Women of the ELCA Convention (St. Stephen, Lexington June 27 4th 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 18 Summer Daycamp Kickoff (Grace) 6:30 p.m. July 19-23 Summer Daycamp (Grace, Holy Trinity, Macedonia, Mt. Pilgrim, Mt. Tabor) 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. July 27 4th Sunday Intergenerational Sunday School Classes 10:00 a.m.
AUGUST 2010
TBA Heartland Conference Lutheran Men Youth Night (Grace) TBA Aug. 8 Last Early Summer Service 8:45 a.m. Aug. 14/21 Adopt A Highway Trash Pickup 9:00 a.m. Aug. 15 Blessing of the Bookbags Service 11:00 a.m. Aug. 16 Afterschool Begins New School Year (tentative) 2:45 p.m. Aug. 22 Sunday 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. 25 Lutheran Men's Sunday 11:00 a.m.
OCTOBER 2010
Oct. 8-9 Congregational Beach Retreat - Coastal Retreat Center, Isle of Palms Oct. 24 Golden Age Sunday & Covered Dish Dinner 11:00 a.m. Oct. 31 Reformation Sunday 11:00 a.m.
NOVEMBER 2010
Nov. 1 Growing in God's Grace Curtis/Elaine Shealy Memorial Golf Tournament 12:00 a.m. Congregational Golf Banquet 5:30 p.m. Nov. 7 Daylight Savings Time Ends 2:00 a.m. Nov. 7 All Saints' Sunday, First Communion 11:00 a.m. Nov. 7 Nominating Ballots for Congregational Council 11:00 a.m. Nov. 13-20 Adopt A Highway Trash Pickup 9:00 a.m. Nov. 18 Lutheran Men Conference Gathering, Ladies' Night (Holy Trinity) 7:00 p.m. Nov. 21 Christ the King Sunday 11:00 a.m. Election of Congregational Council 11:00 a.m. Nov. 24 Community Thanksgiving Eve Service (Grace) 7:00 p.m. Nov. 25 Grace Community Thanksgiving Meal 11:00 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. Nov. 28 First Sunday in Advent Worship, Annual Hunter Offering 11:00 a.m. Advent Family Night 5:00 p.m.
DECEMBER 2010
Dec. 1 Advent Mid-week Worship 12:15 p.m. Dec. 4 Prosperity Tree-Lighting Service 5:30 p.m. Dec. 5 Second Sunday in Advent Worship 11:00 a.m. Prosperity Christmas Parade 3:00 p.m. Dec. 8 Advent Mid-week Worship 12:15 p.m. Dec. 12 Third Sunday in Advent Annual Congregational Meeting 11:00 a.m. service Christmas Pageant & Chrismon -Tree Lighting Service 5:00 p.m. Dec. 16 Advent Mid-week Worshp 12:15 p.m. Dec. 17-19 Outdoor Live Nativity 7:00 p.m. Dec. 19 Fourth Sunday in Advent Adult Choir Christmas Cantata 11:00 a.m. Choir Christmas Music 11:00 a.m. Dec. 24 Christmas Eve Quiet Communion Service Noon Children's/Family Service 6:30 p.m. Candlelight Communion Service 11:00 p.m. Dec. 25 Christmas Day, The Nativity of our Lord! Dec. 26 Service of Lessons & Carols 11:00 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. 11 Heartland Conference School of Religion at Grace 7:00 p.m. Jan. 18 Year-End Reports Due 9:00 a.m. Jan. 18 Heartland Conference School of Religion at Grace 7:00 p.m. Jan. 25 Heartland Conference School of Religion at Grace 7:00 p.m.
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