Who We Are
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church is a member congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Grace is a small rural-suburban congregation with friendly, welcoming members who genuinely care for each other and who, through Grace’s benevolence programs, actively care for the “least of these.”
Where We Are
Grace is located one mile northwest of Elmore on State Highway 51, at the junction of Highway 51 and West Witty Road. Contact the church via email at: graceelc@gmail.com or by phone: 419-862-3630. Entrance doors to both the sanctuary and office are handicap accessible.
19225 W. Witty Road
Elmore Ohio 43416
Pastor Jaci Tiell
To contact the Pastor, call 419-862-3630 or email graceelc@gmail.com
Services
Grace's current worship schedule is as follows:
Sunday Worship: Worship services are held every Sunday during the summer in the air-conditioned Fellowship Hall.
Sunday School is not meeting during June, July and August.
Drive-Up Worship: Grace has returned to inside worship but also transmits to the parking lot for those wishing to worship in their cars. Services are broadcast via a short-range radio transmitter on FM 94.1. Worship guides are sent to everyone on the Grace email list before each service (if you are not on the Grace email list, you may subscribe below or on our “CONTACT US” page). Printed guides are also available before each service.
Communion: Communion is served every Sunday. Worshippers can receive communion in their vehicles. Worshippers may either bring their own communion elements (bread and wine) or pre-packaged communion elements are available before worship starts.
Sunday worship during the months of June, July, & August: Worship is held in the air-conditioned Fellowship Hall .
We invite you to join our mailing list by "Subscribing for Updates." You will receive emails with the monthly Parish Reporter, a power point of each Sunday's worship service, and special announcements. This is the best way to obtain updated information about the Latest News, Upcoming Events and Benevolence projects at Grace.
Sunday March 30, 2025 at 10:30 am.
Fourth Sunday of Lent
Joshua 5: 9-12
Psalm32
2 Corinthians 5: 16-21
Luke 15: 1-3, 11b-32
Lenten Season Services
The following two Wednesday services will be “Dinner Church” A soup supper will include worship and table talk in the Fellowship Hall. These services will begin at 6:00pm with this year’s theme “The Listening Life”. The Pastors will be a rotation of North Central Churches.
Please be sure to place these dates in your calendars as you make plans to attend these special worship and fellowship activities:
April 2 & 9. “Dinner Church” at 6:00pm (all in Fellowship Hall) with a rotation of North Central Pastors (Theme: “The Listening Life”)
April 13 - Palm Sunday, worship with palm procession and communion, 10:30 am. and Sunday School at 9:30am.
April 17 - Maundy Thursday, worship with communion and the stripping of the altar, 7:30 PM.
April 18 - Good Friday, Service of Nails, 7:30 PM. April 20 - Easter Sunday, worship with communion, 10:30 am and Sunday School at 9:30am.
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Grace Benevolences
The next worship service at Grace will be worship on Sunday March 30, 2025. Worship and communion will be shared at 10:30 am. The service will be in the Sanctuary starting at 10:30 am. Sunday School will begin at 9:30am. There are classes for 3 year old's thru teens.
For those not comfortable coming inside for the worship service at 10:30am, the service will be available in the parking lot tuning your car radios to 94.1 FM. All worship services include communion.
Everyone is Welcome.
At Grace, 10 percent of all offerings are dedicated to benevolences. Those funds support ELCA benevolences and world hunger as well as many local local Christian charities selected by the Church's Board of Witness and Mission. In addition to this basic benevolence commitment, Grace conducts special benevolence projects throughout the year including special appeals during Lent and Advent.
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Grace Benevolences
The Witness & Mission Board has designated this year’s Lenten Special Offerings to be dedicated to purchasing “Seeds & Gardening Tools”. These gifts are available through the ELCA Good Gifts program. New tools and equipment along with seeds and agricultural training can help a family start their own garden, improve their daily nutrition and increase the earning power