Who We Are
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church is a member congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Grace is a small rural-suburban congregation with friendly, welcoming members who genuinely care for each other and who, through Grace’s benevolence programs, actively care for the “least of these.”
Where We Are
Grace is located one mile northwest of Elmore on State Highway 51, at the junction of Highway 51 and West Witty Road. Contact the church via email at: graceelc@gmail.com or by phone: 419-862-3630. Entrance doors to both the sanctuary and office are handicap accessible.
19225 W. Witty Road
Elmore Ohio 43416
Pastor Jaci Tiell
To contact the Pastor, call 419-862-3630 or email graceelc@gmail.com
Services
Grace's current worship schedule is as follows:
Sunday Worship: Worship services are held every Sunday during the summer in the air-conditioned Fellowship Hall.
Sunday School is not meeting during June, July and August.
Drive-Up Worship: Grace has returned to inside worship but also transmits to the parking lot for those wishing to worship in their cars. Services are broadcast via a short-range radio transmitter on FM 94.1. Worship guides are sent to everyone on the Grace email list before each service (if you are not on the Grace email list, you may subscribe below or on our “CONTACT US” page). Printed guides are also available before each service.
Communion: Communion is served every Sunday. Worshippers can receive communion in their vehicles. Worshippers may either bring their own communion elements (bread and wine) or pre-packaged communion elements are available before worship starts.
Sunday worship during the months of June, July, & August: Worship is held in the air-conditioned Fellowship Hall .
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Worship Plans For Lent..
Pastor Jaci and the Worship Committee have established worship plans for Lent and Easter.
The Wednesday evening services are: March 4, 11, 18, & 25.
Join us Wednesdays during Lent:
9:00 am Walking in Grace
10:00 am Discovery Bible Study 6:00pm Soup Supper
7:00pm Lenten Service “Created For Community” including three hymns, scripture reading, message and prayers.
Please be sure to place these dates in your calendars as you make plans to attend these special worship and fellowship activities:
March 29 - Palm Sunday, worship with palm procession and communion, 10:30 am. Helping Hands at 9:30am and Sunday School at 9:45am.
April 2 - Maundy Thursday, worship with communion and the stripping of the Chancel, 7:30 PM.
April 3 - Good Friday, Tennebrae Service 7:30 PM. April 5 - Easter Sunday, worship with communion, 10:30 am Helping Hands at 9:30am and Sunday School at 9:45am.
Lenten Discovery Study...
JDiscover His Word, Grow in Faith, and Support each others' Journey...we gather on Wednesdays at 10:00am and will focus on Jesus's final teachings in Jerusalem.
At Grace, 10 percent of all offerings are dedicated to benevolences. Those funds support ELCA benevolences and world hunger as well as many local local Christian charities selected by the Church's Board of Witness and Mission. In addition to this basic benevolence commitment, Grace conducts special benevolence projects throughout the year including special appeals during Lent and Advent.
Lenten Offerings…
The Ash Wednesday and Lenten offerings this year will be going toward the purchase of a Family Farm through ELCA “Good Gifts”
The offering includes a cow, couple of goats, a dozen chicks, two pigs, farming tools, seeds and agricultural training. The eggs, milk and meat to eat and sell, and tools and training to increase harvest, this gift will make a big difference for a family experiencing hunger and poverty.
It is $715.00 to purchase a Family Farm.
Sunday, March 1, 2026 at 10:30 am.
Second Sunday of Lent
Genesis 12: 1-4a
Psalm 121
Romans 4: 1-5, 13-17
Gospel: John 3: 1-17
Announcements:
Join us at Christie's Corner Cafe on March 1st at 1pm for (still) week 3 of our book study centered around ELCA Northwest Ohio Synod 2026 book of the year, Love is the Way, Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times by Bishop Michael Curry, presiding bishop of the Episcopal church. It isn't necessary to read the book to join the discussion, but copies are available from the Jackson family or in the church library! Come right after church and share lunch and fellowship before we get into the conversation. You're welcome every week with us, or jump in for one or two weeks along the way! This week, continued discussion on finding strength and persevering through challenging times- we're still somewhere in chapter 3, 4, 5 because Christie's closed early last week!