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Events

Sunday Learning Hour

Pastor Richard Strait invites Gethsemane congregants to join the Sunday Adult Class in the Steffans Parlor, 9:30 a.m. to explore “Half-Truths”. They are simple phrases. They sound Christian-like something you might find in the Bible. We have all heard these words. Maybe we have said them. They express some element of truth, yet they miss the point in important ways. This five week Bible study invites class participants to search for the whole truth by comparing clichés with the wisdom of the Bible. Some of these statements: “Everything happens for a reason, God helps those who help themselves, God won’t give you more than you can handle, God said it, I believe it, that settles it, Love the sinner, hate the sin”. There will be interesting conversation as the class looks as these clichés in the light of the Gospel.

CHILDREN SUNDAY SCHOOL: 2 yr.olds-3rd graders Godly Play in the Godly Play Room-downstairs.

4th-6th graders JAM (Jesus & Me) on the go in the Music Room downstairs;

YOUTH SUNDAY SCHOOL 7th-8th Grade Confirmands meet in the Confirmation Room.

Senior High meet in the Youth Loft.

Events

Fall Midweek Connections

WEDNESDAY MIDWEEK CONNECTIONS

September 21 – November 16, 2016

11:00 a.m. Faith Conversations with Pastors Gronberg & Schnelle
12 Noon Holy Communion (Sanctuary)
5:30–6:30 Supper ($5 each; $15 family) (MPR)
6:15–7:10 Faith Conversations with Pastor Gronberg, Confirmation class with Pastor Susie, and Children/Youth activities (PreK-12th grade)
7:15–7:30 Holy Communion (Sanctuary)
7:30–7:45 Mentors & Confirmands
7:45–8:45 Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal (MR)
Events, Ministry

Bishop’s Installation

Rev. Erik Karl Joseph Gronberg, a son of Gethsemane Lutheran, Austin will be installed as Bishop of the Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Saturday, 10 a.m. September 17, 2016.

ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton will preach and preside.

The installation is hosted by First Presbyterian Church 1000 Penn St., Fort Worth, Texas.

Pastor Gronberg was baptized at Gethsemane by the beloved late Gethsemane pastor the Rev. Willis Erickson. He affirmed his baptism in the Rite of Confirmation and was ordained into the Word and Sacrament ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America at Gethsemane Lutheran. Erik is a graduate of Gethsemane Lutheran Children’s Ministry, (Good Beginnings Never End); AISD schools: Maplewood Elementary, Keeling Middle School, Reagan High; Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts; Luther Seminary St. Paul, Minnesota. Erik is a Ph.D candidate at Dallas Baptist University. He has served Martin Luther Lutheran Church, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin and Trinity Lutheran Ft. Worth, Texas.

Gethsemane congregants may contact Pastor Karl or Sharon Gronberg for installation information.

Thank you Gethsemane Lutheran for giving witness to the heritage and faith of the church community, to Erik and all called to serve the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Events

Theology on Tap

Sunday, September 11, 7:30pm,
Cherrywood Coffeehouse, 1400 E 38th 1/2 Street.

Come for a cold drink, fellowship and casual faith conversation. Just look for a table tent with Martin Luther holding a beer mug…that’ll be us! If the weather is nice, we’ll be out on the patio.

This event is open to anyone regardless of church membership or faith affiliation, so please invite your friends!

We meet the first Sunday of every month, so if you can’t make it this month make plans to attend next month. Cheers!

Events, Giving Opportunitites, Ministry

Rally Sunday, God’s Work Our Hands

Sunday, September 11th is Kick-Off for the Sunday morning and Wednesday evening Educational opportunities (Sept. 21st) at Gethsemane.

All ages will gather in the MPR at 9:30 a.m. to celebrate the beginning of a new year of growing in faith together. After the opening, children and youth will go downstairs to meet with their teachers. Parents are asked to go with them to get them registered.

Following the 10:30 a.m. worship, a delicious BBQ lunch prepared by Gethsemane members Greg & Debbie Pitts (aka Rusted Shut BBQ) and Gethsemane Men-in-Mission.

The afternoon of Sept. 11 is an opportunity for Gethsemane congregants to reaffirm ministry to the neighborhood. This will be an multi-generational opportunity for service work restoring/reconciling communities. Wear or plan to purchase a “God’s Work, Our Hands” t-shirt to wear for this day of service together.

The blood mobile will be here again this year-blood donors sign up for this opportunity to Give the Gift of Life.

Volunteer opportunities include: Ashlynn Althaus’ Girl Scout Silver Award project at Gethsemane Park, making toys for the Austin Humane Society in the Multi-Purpose Room, weeding the gaga ball pit area at the Ministry House & Elroy/Moline Lutheran Cemetery cleanup in Elroy. Signup sheets for each these opportunities are in the narthex.

See you Rally Sunday.

Events

Vacation Bible School

The Gospel according to Dr. Seuss

June 13-17, 2016
8:45 a.m. to 12 Noon

Gethsemane Vacation Bible School invites all children age 3 by June 13, 2016 and including those completing 6th grade. 6th graders may also choose to assist as a volunteer. 7th graders and older are invited to sign up to assist with VBS as volunteers.

VBS daily offering of canned goods or money will support the mission of the Gethsemane Food Pantry.

See our VBS brochure for more information!

Events

Abundant Life Art Exhibit

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Second Annual Abundant Life Art Exhibit
began Thursday, April 21st
closing reception Sunday, May 22nd 3-5 p.m
at Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Austin, Texas

The Lutheran Visual Arts Council of Central Texas was formed in 2015. They hosted the first Abundant Life Art Exhibit in 2015. Gethsemane Lutheran is hosting the Second Annual Abundant Life Art Exhibit which began Thursday April 21st, the birthday of the late Gabriel Loire, the creator of the beautiful Gethsemane Stained Glass Windows.

Pehr Smith, Clare Andrus and Pastor Karl Gronberg have invited Austin area artists to display their work. The 2016 exhibit features work from Stuart Wallace, chair of the North Austin Creatives, Jenna Bruns, Cottonpatch Designs, selected pieces from the Gethsemane Lutheran Children’s Ministry Art Show, along with works by Clare Andrus, Pehr Smith and Robert Rekart.

Gethsemane members are invited to visit the exhibit in the Steffans Parlor. Plans are for a closing reception Sunday, May 22nd 3-5 p.m. when the artists discuss their work.