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GLC Calendar of Events

Please Join us for our regular weekly services Sundays at 10am. We would like to have you join us, and there is no obligation required... whether visitors are in town for business - or pleasure, or jus passing through, all are most welcome! We especially welcome those returning home from overseas deployments, or on duty at our Nation's Capitol. Coffee and fellowship afterwards are included, free of charge!

May 2009 - (Read the Adobe PDF Version of the May Newsletter - Click Here!)

May 10: Sunday services at 8:30, 10:00am & 5pm. Special Sunday school activities to be held (weather permitting) at the Meditation Garden on Volta Place. During the 10:00 service, Alexis Diane DeGrood Morrison will be baptized.
May 10: Final Sunday school until the fall.
May 12: Church Council Meeting & Dinner – 7:15pm.

Beginning May 24, GLC will go to a one-service schedule until the fall. Between May 24 and September 13, please join us at 10:00am for the Service of Holy Communion. Thank you.

GLC WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS
Sunday, April 29, the congregation received the following people into full church membership:
- Eric Atlas
- Charles Bearden
- Sara Kaufman
- Emily Parkhurst
- Erika Romsos
- Bret & Lauryn Schothorst
- Jill Schwartz
- Joanna Ward

SHORT REMINDERS:
• Please sign up for service participation!
• Gather for coffee in the Parish Hall after the service, and enjoy talking to other parishioners.

Meditation Garden Dedication
Through the efforts of Valentine Garcia and others, we now have a lovely meditation shade garden between the building and the sidewalk to the entrance. This coming Sunday we will be dedicating the garden during 10am services.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY UPDATE -GLC MEMBERS & FRIENDS RAISE WALLS!

May 2nd we enjoyed the wall rising of the Thrivent Builds house. We had a great turn out of volunteers working on the house as well as people enjoying the dedication. We will need 20 volunteers that day! We begin at 9:00 am and we end at 4 pm. If you cannot stay the entire day, you are more then welcome to stay as long as you can. The address and directions will be emailed to you, or they are on the sideboard in the hall leading to the fellowship hall.

During the month of June, we will be taking a collection for the remaining amount that needs to be raised by all the congregations in DC and Northern Virginia. We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at the builds site.

We still need more help for the Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity project. A complete construction schedule is available, and you don't have to be a builder to help. If you would like to help, please sign up on the Thrivent Builds sign-up sheets on the sideboard in the hallway between the sanctuary and fellowship hall. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact David Lippe at lippedk@aol.com. Please join us to help a very deserving family build their new home!

The local Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Chapter accepted a grant to build a house for a family in need here in DC. We still need to raise money for our portion of the building project, and provide volunteers to help build the house, raise funds, feed the volunteers at the building site, and care for children at a local Lutheran church while parents work on the house! There will be work going on every Saturday until the house is complete. Habitat for Humanity is very well organized, so you will be busy while you are at the work site! We also will be working with many other Lutherans from DC and Virginia to build this house and raise funds for the materials. This is a great opportunity to help a family in need here in DC. Thrivent Builds project building permits are in hand from the DC offices. Please be in prayer for the many families that are line for a placement in a home.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED // GLC CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE
Volunteers needed Saturday April 25th & Tuesday April 28th – 15 volunteers needed
May 8 & 9: 15 volunteers needed.
May 16 & May 23: Vinyl siding – 15 volunteers needed.
July 25: Insulation –15 volunteers needed
August 1: Drywall – 20 volunteers needed
August 15 & 22: Painting – 15 volunteers needed EACH day.

THE GLC CHOIR IS LOOKING FOR “A FEW GOOD MEN”
…and they sing a new song before the throne [Rev. 14:3]
The GLC Choir has always provided solid ministry through their music on Sundays. Sometimes with a few voices, other times with more. Recently, a group of dedicated women and one man have comprised the choir, and they’ve done a great job. However, the one man would appreciate added male voices. So gents, consider joining the choir. Rehearsals are each Sunday morning between 9-9:45. For more information, contact or see Pat Henry.

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CHURCH NEWS & NEEDS

SUNDAY SCHOOL

Sunday school meets in the fellowship hall 9am-9:45. If you would like to volunteer to be a teacher, please contact Kay Swift or speak to her in person.

SERVICE VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED!

The two worship attendants at the 10:00 service each Sunday morning add so much to our worship experience. They greet incoming worshippers, read the lessons and proclaim the “Prayers of the People.” In addition, they assist Pastor G in serving Holy Communion. All are welcome to sign up for one of the two service assistant roles. The sign-up sheet is located just outside the Sanctuary door.

GLC Chior needs Singers, Musicians, Performers!

Our Choir is looking for new members, especially MEN! If you enjoy music and fellowship, please consider joining. The choir rehearses each Sunday morning at 9:00 in the Sanctuary. See Pat Henry before services for more information on service and joining in with others.

Second & Fifth Sundays of every Month– G.R.A.T.E. PATROL MINISTRY.

GLC members and friends prepare sandwiches and packs individual bag meals for the needy of our community. Join us these Sundays to assist in this congregational ministry. We prepare the bags after the 10:00 service. The more help we have, the quicker we finish.

ALTAR VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Altar Guild is looking for a "few good friends" to sign up for volunteer opportunities for upcoming services. If you are available and willing to serve, you may respond to Cindy DeGrood Morrison.

COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, WE NEED YOUR HELP!

Are you a local student, or a student studying locally? GLC is looking for your help, and want you to feel welcome in a "home away from home." We have plenty of volunteer opportunities for upcoming services, or if you are interested we sponsor many vounteer community and church oriented activities. If you are a musician, then we despirately would enjoy your addition to our services. So come and join us at any of our church services, and mention your interest to help to Pastor Gaines. We'd like to say hello and welcome you to the GLC family.

To learn more about our Music Ministry, [Click Here]

If your computer can play mp3 audio files, you can listen to a sample of the range of music typically included with our regular Sunday Church Services. This piece is a wonderful duet by our own Music Director, Pat Henry on our church organ and by GLC member, Rick Melrose on flute... please [Click Here] and enjoy. (File size is approximately 1.7 Megabytes.)

DIRECTIONS:

Georgetown Lutheran is located at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Volta Place, in the heart of the community of Georgetown, in the District of Washington, DC.

From Virginia:  Cross the Key Bridge, turning right onto M Street at the traffic light at the end of the bridge. And then make left on 33rd Street. After approximately five blocks, make a right on Volta Street. GLC will be on your left at the end of the block on the corner next to Wisconsin Ave.   

From Maryland: Take Wisconsin Avenue (highway 355) south from the I-495 Beltway. Georgetown Lutheran is approximately one mile south of the Washington National Cathedral.

From the District of Columbia: Take Wisconsin Avenue (highway 355) North from M street in downtown Georgetown. Georgetown Lutheran is approximately 5 blocks North and on your left.

Street parking is available in front of the Church on Wisconsin avenue and on neighborhood streets near the church. 

Georgetown Lutheran Church is a Reconciling in Christ Congregation. All are welcome regardless of their religious affiliation, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation or identity.

Thank you for visiting! Please contact our webmaster if you have suggestions or difficulties in accessing or reading the GLC website. Our goal is to meet the needs of the GLC congregation, prospective members, visitors and the Georgetown local community.

Georgetown Lutheran Church Officers

President:
Taylor Armstrong
Taylor.armstrong@gmail.com

Vice-President:
Dane Cooper
danecooper@msn.com

Treasurer:
John Juilfs
Juilfsj_glc@verizon.net

Financial Secretary:
Darrah Bagley Armstrong
darswe@RCN.com.

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