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Bishop Margaret Payne

Members of Grace Lutheran Church West Springfield and all Western Massachusetts ELCA churches are invited to attend the special New England Synod conference meeting to discuss the election of a new bishop. Bishop Margaret Payne will retire Aug. 31, 2012, after serving 12 years as bishop of the New England Synod.

The meeting will take place Saturday, Feb. 4, 2011, at Bethesda Lutheran Church in Springfield, starting at 9:00 a.m.  This is one of several regional meetings taking place in January and February as the second step in the process of electing of a new bishop for the New England Synod. Continue reading →

Rev. Alice Kerr Laird

Grace Lutheran Church West Springfield is pleased to welcome the Rev. Alice Kerr Laird this Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012, as a special guest. Laird will conduct the Sunday morning worship service, which begins at 9:30 a.m.

As an Associate to the Bishop of the New England Synod of the ELCA, Pastor Laird specializes in congregational care efforts for Central, Southeast and Western Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Her other duties include serving as executive for administration synod stewardship specialist,  Synod Assembly committee, Healing the Wounds, and liaison to interim pastors.

In the video below (or click “continue reading”), watch Pastor Laird’s sermon during the Feb. 5, 2011, ordination ceremony for the Rev. Steven Wilco, which took place at Grace Lutheran Church West Springfield. Continue reading →

In honor of Rev. Robert Villani’s 50th anniversary of church service, St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Holyoke is inviting all to a celebration of Pastor Villani’s ministry. The event will take place Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. with a worship service followed by a catered buffet lunch.

Reservations are requested and can be made by calling St. Peter’s: 413-536-3369.  Contact either St. Peter’s or the Grace Lutheran Church West Springfield church office.

Don’t wait until the week before Easter to order your flowers! Help beautify Grace for Easter (and your own home!) by placing your order this week for Easter flowers. Contact the church office this week: 413-734-9268.

All of us at Grace Lutheran Church West Springfield offer our heartfelt thanks to those in the community who attended Sunday’s peace pole dedication outside the church on Westfield St. Be sure to check out CBS 3 Springfield’s coverage of Grace Lutheran Church West Springfield’s peace pole dedication, including the link to the video below. (Pictures of the event to come soon!)

http://www.cbs3springfield.com/news/local/Dedicating-a-Symbol-of-Peace-106423613.html

It may be summer, but Grace Lutheran Church West Springfield’s special year-long study of the women of the Bibles continues throughout August. Join us Tuesday nights from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. in the church parlor. Here are this month’s featured women:

Aug. 10: The Shunammite Woman
Aug. 17: Athaliah and Jehoshe
Aug. 24: Huldah
Aug. 31: Gomer