Pastor and Staff

at Grace Lutheran Church, Woodstock, Illinois

Grace Council Goes Into Retreat!

by Pastor Ken Gibson

As one reads the above headline one might think that the council is hiding and does not want to be seen, or that the council is not doing any work! It could be one of those bulletin/newsletter bloopers that often make us laugh. Especially if my opening line here would have been something like; "Council goes into retreat, congregation moves forward" which I almost did. The reality is the council is not by any means "retreating" from work. In fact , it could be said the council is "working very hard indeed".
On Friday, February 19th, beginning at 5:30 p.m. and running through Saturday afternoon till nearly 3:30; the Grace Lutheran Church Council, lead by Mr. Jim Raffel of Growth Design Corporation in Milwaukee, (a close friend of Pastor Ken who donates his time to Grace) huddled in the community room of the American Community Bank and tackled much in the way of work. The primary purpose of this retreat was to respond to and take action on the reports of the task forces which had flowed out of the cottage meetings last summer. Remember those task forces and remember the work that so many of you put into those task forces? Well, watch very soon for a full report from the council that will guide our mission to Share God’s Grace into the many years to come.
It was a very full agenda at the retreat with much to do and many great ideas. There are many thanks to be given to all who attended cottage meetings and to all who served on task forces... and to all who will carry the ministry of Grace forward, for the next 100 years. Please watch for the full report to be available for reading soon. Also watch for implementation and follow up work to be seen in committees and some reconvening task force work in the weeks and months ahead. It really is a great time to be a part of Sharing God’s Grace!

Pastor Ken

Grace Staff

Tim Hedlin

Church Administrator

Ron Fredriksen

Director of Music Ministry

Linda Mindrum

Preschool Director

Gretchen Hutchens

Director of Education Ministries

Shirley Busse

Senior Activities Coordinator

Shirley can be contacted through the church office
at 815-338-0554

Deb Fuller

Director of Senior High Youth Ministries

Jay Fuller

Director of Senior High Youth Ministries

Denise Klabunde

Secretary

Ken Zank

Building Supervisor

Ken can be contacted through the church office
at 815-338-0554

Janice Burns

Organist