Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church (Westminster) -
- Street address
- 21 Carroll Street
Westminster, Maryland 21157-4829
- Phone number
- 410-848-7020
- Fax number
- 410-848-2113
- Events calendar
- https://gracelc.org/events/
- Office hours
- Mon.-Fri., 8:30am-3:30pm, excluding Holidays
- Contact 1
- Matthew Pensinger
Senior Pastor
410-848-7020 - voice
410-848-2113 - Fax
mpensinger@gracelc.org
- Purpose
- Vision: To be led by Jesus to be an intergenerational, multicultural, inclusive congregation that worships faithfully, learns joyfully, and reaches out compassionately. Mission: Gifted with God's grace, redeemed by God's Son, and filled with the Holy Spirit, we grow in our relationship with God, one another, and community. Through word and sacrament, we gather to worship, learn, and go into the world empowered to serve. What We Believe: Grace is a Lutheran church, a member congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The ELCA motto is "God's work; Our hands," and at Grace we are always trying to live that out, using our hands (and feet and voices and resources) to accomplish the work that God is calling us to in the world. A core Lutheran understanding of historic Christian teaching is that through the way, the truth, and the life of Jesus Christ, all people are made acceptable to God BY God. There is nothing that we do, and nothing that we or anyone else can do, to make that happen OR to prevent it from happening. God's love and favor and mercy are a gift, given by God to us, to you, and no one can take that gift away or withhold it. God loves us, full stop. You will often hear this gift called "grace," and it is why THIS church, like many Lutheran churches, is NAMED Grace! If you need to be reminded that God loves you, forgives you, renews you, calls you beloved child. grace is the way, and Grace is the place, for YOU. "But now, irrespective of law, the righteousness of God has been disclosed, and is attested by the law and the prophets, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction, since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; they are now justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus." - Romans 3:21-24 "I believe that I cannot by my own reason or strength believe in Jesus Christ, my Lord, or come to Him; but the Holy Spirit has called me by the Gospel, enlightened me with His gifts, sanctified and kept me in the true faith." - Martin Luther, explanation of the third petition of the Apostles' Creed, Small Catechism
- Service
- Weekly Worship: Traditional, Saturday, 5pm & Sunday, 11am in the sanctuary. Contemporary, Sunday, 9am in Grace Hall. All children are encouraged to attend our worship services. Check the website for details on service times. Christian Education is offered during the school year for all ages during the 10am Education Hour. Confirmation program also available. Little Friends of Grace Preschool for 2, 3, 4 year-olds. https://gracelc.org/little-friends-of-grace/ Table of Grace soup kitchen on Tuesdays, Noon - 1:00pm. Ardent Folk soup kitchen on Thursday evenings with Bible conversation and prayer at 5:30, dinner 6:00-6:45 pm. Table of Grace on Tuesdays, Noon - 1pm - doors open at 11:30am for coffee. Special summer activities include Vacation Bible School. Other groups that meet regularly at Grace are Alcoholics Anonymous, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Historical Society of Carroll County and the Children's Chorus of Carroll County.
- Subjects
- Churches - Lutheran, Youth Organizations
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