NURSERY (Room 110)
It is our desire to give your child the same special love and care you give them at home. We strive to bring your child Bible lessons that are alive to them, opportunities to use fine and gross motor skills, and to engage in imaginative play.
We provide care for children birth through 3 years of age on Sunday mornings from 8:30 to noon, and birth through 12 at other events. There is no charge for this service, but if you use the nursery we ask that you volunteer when possible.

GRACE LUTHERAN SCHOOL
We have a 9 month program for PRESCHOOL (ages 3-5) and KINDERGARTEN (ages 5-6) children. We serve 145 children with a staff of 7 teachers and 4 aides. Our emphasis is on the total development of the child. The child's social development and self-concept are of primary importance.

SUNDAY SCHOOL
We have an outstanding program! We serve over 250 children, preschool through 6th grade, who participate in weekly Sunday School classes. Classes run September through May.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
Every summer we offer a one week VBS program to children who turned 3 by September 1st of the previous year through 6th grade. More than 250 children attend with the help of over 100 awesome volunteers. We look forward to seeing YOU at VBS in the summer!

GRACE CHILDREN'S CENTER
Grace Children's Center and Grace School Age Program offer a Christian early childhood setting in which children are helped to grow, learn, and develop as God's children, physically, socially, emotionally, cognitively and spiritually.
We are licensed for 4 infants and 7 toddlers. Our hours are 6 AM to 6 PM, Monday through Friday. You are welcome to stop by and visit anytime!

CHILDREN'S LIBRARY
Children (and adults, too!) can borrow from an outstanding collection of children's books and videos. We have books on Christian parenting, and Christian videos for all ages. During the summer months the library also has a summer reading program.

CHILDREN AND YOUTH PERFORMING ARTS MINISTRY
HANDBELL CHOIRS
Even if you've never rang a handbell, or read music, come check us out! It's fun, a great learning experience, and a ministry that touches the performer and the congregation!

VOCAL CHOIRS
Our mission is to teach children by example, the joy music brings and the importance of music in God's kingdom as we praise and worship Him through one of his gifts to us MUSIC! These exciting choirs offer kids a great way to learn about music in a worship environment, in a way that is fun, and even educational!

PARISH NURSE MINISTRY
Mission Statement: The Parish Nurse Ministry of Grace Lutheran Church in promoting wellness, explores the interrelationship of the physical, emotional, and interpersonal, social and spiritual aspects of our Parish community.
The Parish Nurses, in connection with the members of the Health Cabinet work to promote wellness within our church community by education, consultation, presence and prayer.

VISITATION MINISTRY
This is a ministry to our homebound members. They are visited monthly, remembered in the weekly church bulletin, and with cards on special occasions. Our purpose is to remind them that they are special in the family of Grace.
We welcome new volunteers. There is an informational meeting and a background check is required to be a part of this ministry. We ask for a one year commitment. If you find it in your heart to be a part of this ministry, please contact us.

PRAYER CHAIN
If you would like your church community to pray for your needs please give us a call. Or if you are a prayer warrior (!) we invite you to join us in this ministry.

GRACE PLUS FUND
This scholarship fund provides financial assistance to college bound students. PLU has a matching program. This year 4 of the 14 scholarships were awarded to PLU students.

ALTAR GUILD
The Altar Guild maintains the altar area and prepares the communion table for all worship services, orders supplies, assists in confirmation preparation, prepares and decorates for festival holidays, launders robes and communion linens; as well as plan, prepare and serve the Passover meal.

USHERS
Three crews per Sunday rotate throughout the year, greeting and ushering at the 7:30 AM and 8:30 AM services.

HOSPITALITY TEAM
This team greets and ushers at the 11 AM service. If you have a warm handshake and smile, we hope you consider joining us in helping provide a welcoming atmosphere at our contemporary service.

RECEPTION TEAM
This group bakes cookies and helps serve at funeral receptions as needed. If you would like to bake for this ministry, let me know!

KITCHEN COMMITTEE
We inventory and purchase kitchen supplies, and see to the general upkeep of the kitchen area. We also prepare and clean up coffee service for Sunday mornings.

GROUNDS MAINTENANCE
We help maintain the grounds and gardens on church property. Each person gets their own plot to maintain for the year.

BUILDING MAINTENANCE
We maintain the building throughout the year. We paint, do minor repairs (some not so minor!) and perform other basic maintenance

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
www.habitat.org
HfH is an international, interfaith non-profit organization that builds simple, quality homes in partnership with low income families, and sells the completed homes at no profit and no interest. This program is designed for the working, motivated poor. At Grace we are partnering with the South King County chapter. No prior building skills needed, this is a great place to learn and serve at the same time!

LUTHERAN COUNSELING NETWORK
We are an extension of Christ's healing ministry through counseling and education. Counseling is available for both individuals and couples. We accept many insurance plans and also give charitable discounts. Doug and Joan work Mondays at Grace, and Tuesday through Thursday at Calvary Lutheran Church in Federal Way. Four other counselors work with Doug and Joan, and are available in offices in other Lutheran churches in Kent, Auburn, Renton, and Tacoma.

Local Ministries
GRACELAND HOMELESS SHELTER
www.ccsww.org/stmartin

Since 1989 Grace has served as one of six satellite shelters providing overflow support to St. Martin de Porres shelter in downtown Seattle. We serve men over age 50 during the coldest and wettest months of October through March.

ORION CENTER DAY SHELTER FOR STREET KIDS
Orion Center is located in downtown Seattle. It is a day shelter for teenage street kids. The services they offer include a drop in school, mental health services, drug and alcohol counseling, therapeutic recreation, and three meals per day.

PROJECT ANGEL TREE
www.angeltree.org
Project Angel Tree is an awesome program where members of our congregation purchase Christmas gifts for children in our neighborhood who have a parent in prison. Kids receive their gifts on behalf of their incarcerated parent. Project Angel Tree is a ministry of Prison Fellowship. We are one way to be the hands and feet and voice of Christ.

DES MOINES FOOD BANK
www.ci.tukwila.wa.us/general/vdesfood.htm
We support the food bank with weekly food and cash contributions. A grocery cart is located in the Fireside Room for food donations. Sandy and Erna are board members of the food bank.

KidREACH TUTORING PROGRAM
This year over 30 students in grades 1-5 will be helped by the KidReach tutoring program at Grace. These students, who need help in reading, math, and study skills are from the two elementary schools closest to Grace. They are our neighbors!

FRIEND TO FRIEND
web.imajis.com/ftf
This much needed ministry matches volunteers to visit, one on one, with lonely residents in local nursing homes, who seldom or never have visitors. "Don't cast me off in time of old age; forsake me not when my strength fails me" Psalm 71:9 Picture a lonely person in a local nursing home whose family may live in another city or state. Perhaps you could visit such a person a couple of times a month at your convenience.

World Ministries

WORLD HUNGER
Do you want to learn about the causes of hunger and injustice from a Christian perspective? Do you want to find out how you can fight hunger in the world? Do you have questions about the ELCA World Hunger Appeal? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then come join us on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7 PM in the Upper Room.
Our mission is to educate, inspire, and involve the congregation in combating World Hunger and provide a climate of encouragement for individual and collective Christian action.

COMPUTERS for the World with the Megabyte Missionary!
Dale has a ministry of rebuilding and supplying computers both here at home, and in third world countries. This year Dale and his wife, Jan, are going to Tanzania where Dale will set up 77 computers. Fifty computers will be in the Maasai Lutheran Secondary School, with the remainder going to other Lutheran schools in the area.
In 1999 we shipped 25 computers with Dale to a seminary in Lubango, Angola. The program has been so successful, they now offer a class to the community.
He has also supplied computers to Jamaica. Quite a few have gone to the trade school, and to Jamaica Bible College. There are also a few computers at the clinic we support and at our sister church in Queensbury.

QUILTING
Join us as we work with Lutheran World Relief to show love to our neighbors throughout the world by making quilts (over 250 per year!). We meet the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month (except for December and the summer months) from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM in the Fellowship Hall.

CARIBBEAN COMMITTEE (Haiti & Jamaica)
We meet the 1st Thursday of the month at 7 PM.

JAMAICA
How do we qualify what has been done by God using us as his tools? Counting cash, supplies or "people who go" is easy. To follow the ripple effect from each of those who have gone, from those who have been provided food, better health or housing, to those whose lives have been redirected to Christ is calculated ONLY by God. For us the answer may be only in our prayers, imagination, and/or dreams. Our first trip to Jamaica was 1992 and 15 trips have followed with more to come!

HAITI
We visit our sister church in Aux Coteaux every year and sometimes visit other communities. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Average annual income is $400. It is an incredible place. Besides work trips and fellowship, we also sponsor Haitian school children. It costs only $200 per year to provide a child with tuition, two uniforms, a pair of shoes, school books, and a medical check up.

Missionaries
In the winter of 1997 Gary and Marilyn McLaughlin visited Haiti with a team. They were touched spiritually and emotionally by what they saw and experienced. In 1998 they returned as team leaders of a group of 13. They experienced the same feelings, and after much prayer believe God is calling them to serve Him as career missionaries in Haiti.