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Spirit of Grace Lutheran Church 9525 Hudson Ave Hudson, FL 34667

Purpose Statement: “The Grace Place to

connect, grow, and serve”

Guiding Principles: Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior

Be a Grace Place with open hearts. Share the Good News in meaningful ways

Fully engaged ministry for all ages Celebrate LIFE: Living In Faith Everyday

“Like” us on Facebook Spirit of Grace - ELCA - West Pasco “Follow” us on Twitter @SoGLutheran

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Newsletter for disciples and friends of Spirit of Grace Volume 11 March 2019 Issue 2

Ash Wednesday Worship & Meal North Campus

4:30pm Worship 5:45pm Meal—provided by Youth! ! ! 7:00pm Worship Donations for the meal will help send Youth to Panhandle Hurricane Michael Response Summer Trip through Luther Springs, June 30-July 5. See pg 4

AT North Campus: April 14 Palm Sunday, regular worship schedule April 18 Maundy Thursday Seder Meal 6:30 pm April 19 Good Friday Worship 4:30 & 7:00pm April 20 Holy Saturday Worship 5:00pm (No Lenten Wednesday activities this year)

Easter Worship 7:00am Gulf Harbors Beach 10:00am North Campus (Brunch @ North) 10:00am PDK Banquet Hall 11:30am Dobies Funeral Home

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About Spirit of Grace

Who To Contact

A caring & welcoming congregation whose purpose is being: “The Grace Place to connect, grow and serve.”

ONE congregation with TWO worshiping campuses

NORTH Campus: 9525 Hudson Ave Hudson, FL 34667 Worship Saturday 5:00 pm (Contemporary) Sunday 8:30 am (Contemporary) 11:00 am (Traditional) Sunday School Sunday 9:40 am

SOUTH Campus: Under Construction 8812 Old County Rd 54 New Port Richey, FL 34653 Traditional Worship: 11:30am at Dobies Chapel directly across the street

Mailing Address :9525 Hudson Ave Hudson, FL 34667

Website

www.soglutheran.org

Pastoral Staff The Rev. Dr. Rita Gardner Tweed, Lead Pastor Ph: 813-230-4907 Email: lpr@soglutheran.org

The Rev. Dave Kruger, ret. Sr. Ministry, Spiritual Care & Funeral Ministry Ph: 727-247-2982 Email: pastordave@soglutheran.org Pastor Dave works Tue, Thurs, & Sun Afternoon

Reach the Church Office: Monday: Sharon Burke 727-494-4574 Tuesday: Elaine Waldrup 727-457-3128 Wed, Sat, Sun: Pr. Rita 813-230-4907 Thur, Fri: Sharon Crawley 561-251-1779 Temp Location: 9851 State Rd 54, NPR, FL 34655

Debbie Bryant, South Musician 11:30 am service 727-967-5201 debenl@aim.com

Contemporary Worship Leader: James Rogers 813-465-2848 j.r.ent@hotmail.com

Sharon Burke, Volunteer Project Coordinators 727-494-4574 vpc@soglutheran.org

Church Council Members

Let Us Know Please let the church office know if someone is ill, hospitalized or in need of spiritual care. Hospitals do not call churches. At times we do not find out someone is hospitalized until they are home. Telephone Sharon Burke 727-494-4574

The deadline for the March issue of The Grace Place is March 18, 2019

Home Communion Spirit of Grace has a team of trained Home Communion Visitors. If you or a family member are not currently being visited and would like to receive a visit, please contact Sharon Burke 727-494-4574

The next church council meeting will be on Tuesday, March 5, 7:00 pm at Roe Insurance Office

Trinity New Start @ Phi Delta Kappa Hall Sunday 10:15 am Contemporary Worship 11301 Phi Delt Way. Odessa

Paul Boivin, Vice Pres 727-389-5724 Sharon Crawley, Pres 561-251-1779 Ken Key 813-416-8208 Charlene Lee 727-844-0412 Erik Reisner, Sec 727-534-7825 Elaine Waldrup, Treas 727-457-3128 Terry Neal 321-543-6183

Are you new to Spirit of Grace? Text “Welcome” to 727-317-6166 to connect and learn more about you while you can learn

more about Spirit of Grace!

Serving on Council At the annual congregational meet-ing, Ken Key, Sharon Crawley, Terry Neal and Paul Boivin were elected unanimously to council. At the February meeting, the council elected the 2019 officers: Sharon Crawley, President; Paul Boivin, Vice Pres., Erik Reisner, Secretary and Elaine Waldrup, Treasurer. Thanks be to God for each person serving on council. Thanks to Kristie Beaudry for serving on council. She has recently resigned.

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If you do not see your birthday or anniversary listed, we do not have it. Please send in your

disciple information sheet or call one of the of-fice volunteer phone numbers.

Birthdays March

Sharing Reminder: When you, a loved one, or friend at Spirit of Grace is in the hospital or in need of care and support, please remember to contact the church office volunteer or email: churchoffice@soglutheran.org or pastordave@sogluthern.org or lpr@soglutheran.org. Posting prayer & care needs on your personal facebook is just that -- a personal post to your family and friends. If you want to initiate a visit or prayers from your church family, the personal facebook post doesn’t substitute for notifying the church of-fice, which leads to pastoral/lay visitation follow up &/or prayer chain.

Database Updates Do you have a new email? Are you getting emails from Spirit of Grace? Do you have a new Cell Phone? Have you moved? Please be sure to send any new contact information to churchoffice@soglutheran.org ASAP! Sending as much communication out as possible by email keeps postage costs lower. Let’s keep in touch & stay connect-ed. Thank you!

CALLING all Thrivent Memebers: If you have not yet directed your Thrivent Choice Dollars for 2018, please consider doing so asap & please direct them to Spirit of Grace. Our Thrivent Rep, Sev Galati, provided an update that SoG Thrivent Members still have Choice Dollars to direct! If you need assistance call Sev @ 727-8105154 or Sharon Burke 727-494-4574

Spirit of Grace has awesome office volunteers who are taking on new roles creating an Administrative Team. Many thanks to: Sharon Burke, Sharon Crawley, Lori Miller, Helen Roark, Elaine Waldrup, & Dcn. Darlene Weikel

Shopping Online? Check out Amazon Smile: REMEMBER to Designate Spirit of Grace

In the Amazon Smile Program for ALL of your Amazon Online Shopping!

Simply go to www.smile.amazon.com and designate Spirit of Grace, Hudson, FL and YOU can help SoG receive

money by simply shopping!

Anniversaries March

Ron & Marcia Bartel 3/4/1961

George & Jean Metzenthin 3/22/1964

3/13 Betty Buckles 3/15 Marcia Baker Elaine Butler Paul Dove 3/16 Jackie Burden Cookie Marz 3/20 Beverly McCurdy 3/21 John Stelter Bob Whitten 3/24 Hayley Burden 3/26 Nanci Larson 3/27 Alfredo Crespo Jr.

3/1 Howard Garcia Laura Prausa 3/2 Luke Jordan Alexandria Schneider 3/5 Jill Borrello Mac Hill 3/7 Ilona O'Connor 3/9 Sally Ashley Jane McCall

Giving Through Your Smart Phone is as Easy as 1-2-3! You can now make a contribution to your church through a mobile app! To get started, download GivePlus Church for free from the App Store or Google Play. Simply search for

“GivePlus Church” to quickly find and download the app today. Then, you can easily make donations direct-ly from your smartphone using your debit/credit card or checking/savings account. You can also choose to donate as a guest or set up an account that allows you to securely and conveniently schedule recurring donations and manage and review your giving history. We hope you enjoy this new way to contribute to

Spirit of Grace, and thank you for your faith-filled support.

An External Bookkeeping firm has been hired by Spirit of Grace.

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REHEARSAL TIMES Praise Team Chancel Choir

Combined—Sundays, 7:30 am North South—Contact Debbie Bryant

The Chancel Choirs sing at the Traditional Services. We would like to invite anyone who loves to sing praises to God and singing in a choir to join! The South Choir is directed by Debbie Bryant 727-967-5201

James Rogers, Contemporary Music Leader, schedules with praise team weekly — watch your emails.

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Congregational Assistance Program (CAP) BayCare Behavioral Health understands the importance of compassionate care. Our network providers are sensitive to the values and beliefs of those they serve. Spirit of Grace disciples are offered 3 FREE counseling sessions a year and FREE Hotline calls. Confidential Hotline: (800) 878-5470

Services Individual & Family Counseling Couples Counseling; Child Therapy

Help can be provided for issues including: Stress Anxiety Grief & Loss Depression Family Discord Divorce Bullying Adjusting to Blended Families Substance Abuse Issues Parenting Challenges

Your generosity provides for monthly support of CAP: Congregation-al Assistance Program! 10-12 Spirit of Grace families or individuals have connected to the counseling services that have improved their daily lives. Thanks be to God & to your faithful generous support!

The Women’s Monthly Bible Study meets 1st Saturday of each month at 10 am, North Campus. Bring your Bible & the Gather Magazine, if you have one. Copies of the study

will be provided if you do not have the magazine. All women are welcome to attend - bring a friend!.

Women’s Monthly Bible Study

Prayers & Squares: meets every 2nd & 4th Mondays at North Campus @ 6:30pm. All are welcome. Contact Mae Haines for more info 727.863.4329

The purpose of Prayers and Squares: to promote prayer through the use of quilts. Our motto is: "It's not about the quilt, it's all about the prayers". Absolutely no sewing experi-ence needed. There is always a way to participate!

How to Give a Gift of Prayer in the Form of Quilt? It is NOT appropriate to surprise someone with a prayer quilt. You must first ask the person you are considering giving this gift of prayer to if they would accept it. You then respect their answer. To request a quilt please fill out a form that is located in the narthex of each Campus.

Sew & Sews

The Sew & Sews quilting ministry is taking a break for summer and will resume in the fall. This quilting group

makes quilts that are distribut-ed all over the world through Lutheran World Relief. For

more information see www.lwr.org or call Mae Haines 727.863.4329

@ North Campus Mar 3 4pm Confirmation 5pm Youth Group Mar 17 4pm Confirmation 5pm Youth Group

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Temporary Office Location & Contacts Spirit of Grace office is in a temporary location in the Roe Insurance building, 9851 State Road 54, NPR, FL 34655. The office occupies two office bays, and has shared board room, kitchen and restroom facilities. You can schedule a church meeting here — call the posted numbers to get on the office shared calendar.

Buildings North Campus Sanctuary Renovations are picking up steam as the tile floor is nearly complete only needing edge finishing. Next the platforms and sound booth will be completed. South Campus new building: Conversations with the new building folks from JLL & Rubicon, with Superior Schools, began Wed, Jan 16 and we

have met with them 4 times so far, every other Wednesday. Permitting has moved forward, plans and drawings are being clarified and detailed out. The old church building will be demolished in a couple of weeks. Once construction re-starts, it is a 4-month build. More news and specifics as they become available!

Office Hours: Mon-Wed 9:00—1:00pm Who to call: Mon: Sharon Burke 727-494-4574 Tues: Elaine Waldrup 727-457-3128 Wed, Sat/Sun: Pr. Rita 813-230-4907 Thur/Fri: Sharon Crawley 561-251-1779

Need to order ministry supplies — call the office volunteer listed above on Monday or

Tuesday. Ordering is on Tuesdays!

Dear Spirit of Grace, Sunday at worship at PDK Banquet Hall, we were all swept up into the sheer delight of a sweet toddler movin’ and groovin’ to the songs in wor-ship. She teetered her way up front, in front of James and Craig who were playing their guitars and singing. At a pause in the music, her sing-

ing sounds could be heard. She reminded all of us about that beautiful carefree childlike spirit. She gave joy and smiles were on everyone’s faces. Through my own smiles, I thought about how David in the Old Testament danced before God and how many from generation-to-generation have danced and sang and played instruments before God in praise and thanksgiving. That offering our praise and thanks-giving to God is among the central purposes of wor-ship. And we were reminded that encountering this joy, and being caught up into her joy actually multi-plies our own. By so doing, it grows our own reser-voir for daily living. More experiences of worship are ahead with the sea-son of Lent starting this coming Wed, March 6, to grow our reservoir of faith for daily living. In Lent, we reconnect with specific themes of reflecting and introspection, prayer and forgiveness, all accompa-nied by the life, ministry, death and resurrection of our Lord. See you in Worship with grateful hearts, Pr. Rita Gardner Tweed, Lead Pastor, Spirit of Grace

Announcing the up-coming Baptism of Domonique Louise, newly born grand-daughter of Terry Neal. Her baptism will be celebrated on March 24, PDK Ban-quet Hall, 10:15 wor-ship service.

Special Prayers for Debbie Bryant: Debbie has shared the birth of her grandson, Julian David and the opportunity she has to be-come his nanny to help raise him. She & Rich will be moving to New York to join her son & daughter-in-law! Congratula-tions! And we will miss you! Her last Sunday will be March 24. Debbie has been the organist for the South Trad Worship ser-vice since mid-year 2014.

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March 9/10 Sat am to Sun Noon

Senior Youth Summer Trip Make a Difference!

JUNE 30-JULY 5, 2019 Partner with

Lutheran Disaster Response and local communities in the

Florida Panhandle Enjoy local

4th of July celebration & a day of snorkeling.

Housing will be in cabins. Early Registration Fee by March 15, 2019: $357.00,

Spirit of Grace scholarship $50 each.

Will also do fundraisers! Interested—text Dcn Darlene @

727-251-8319 or Pr. Rita: 813-230-4907

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Graceful Seniors Luncheon will be on March 16, 2019 at 11:00 AM at the North Church. As in the past, there will be a small donation of $4.00 for the lunch. There will be sign-up sheets in the Narthex at the North Church and at Dobies on the table in-side the doors and at PDK Hall on the table inside the door. Please sign up so we know

how many to provide food for.

Relay for Life @ Mitchell High School, NPR, March 29, 6:30pm to 6:30am. Participate in the Spirit of Grace Team! You can be-come a team member and raise money by finding folks to sponsor you in this walk against cancer or you can be a sponsor and donate to a team member who will walk in the Relay. You can also donate for a Luminaria to celebrate the life of someone who suffered cancer or is still battling cancer. For more info call Nancy Colson, 727-237-7026

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Stephen Ministers - to listen & pray with you!

Pictured below are our Stephen Ministers. Thanks be to God for them and the caring & compassionate ministry they provide. Please talk to them at any worship service. They are here to pray with you!

Ilona O’Connor Attends Sunday 8:30am

SoG North Deacon Jay Kane

Attends Saturday 5pm SoG North

Karin Beeten-Stephen Leader Attends Sunday 10:15am

Phi Delta Kappa

Sharon Burke Attends Sunday 11:30am

Dobies

Kathy McGarrigle Attends Saturday 5pm or

Sunday 8:30 am SoG North

Sharon McTeer Attends Sunday 11:00am

SoG North

Carole Coleman Attends Sunday 10:15am

Phi Delta Kappa

AnnetteeCrickenberger Attends Saturday 5pm or

Sunday 8:30 am SoG North

BIBLE STUDY & PRAYER This Bible study Tuesdays, 6:00 pm @ SoG North. We will be making our way through the bible. If you

have any questions, please call Gene Kortier 727-819-2008

Rev. Dave Kruger, Ret. works with our Stephen’s Minis-ters, as well as Spiritual Care, Sen-ior Ministry and Funeral Ministry at Spirit of Grace. He is part-time and available on Tues-day, Thursday, & Sunday afternoons.

Welcome new Stephen Minister Nancy Colson! Nancy worships at North Campus, Saturday 5pm

Stephen Ministers are Christian Caregivers. They go through training to learn about Christian Caregiving. They are there for people who are dealing with grieving a death, divorce, medical problems, terminal illness, and transitions in their life and need someone to talk to about their feelings about what they are going through. Listening is what Stephen Ministers do. There is confidentially between the Caregivers and the Care receivers so what is said is just between them. They meet and provide comfort and support and prayer for as long as it is needed. The Stephen Ministers of Spirit of Grace also make hospital visits and give home commuion. They join in the prayer ministry for and with you. If you are is interested in becoming a Stephen Minister, tcontact Karen Beeten at 727-457-8310.