Life at Grace
Feeding the hungry, serving with faith.
At Grace Lutheran, we aspire to embody our name in every way. As a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America NJ Synod, our roots are in offering grace and love towards all people. By worshipping and communing together regularly, we explore how to trust in God’s grace for us so that we can live faithfully in God’s word, and in turn, we give generously of ourselves to share the Good News for the sake of the world.
Grace is known for “feeding people” by supplying food and cooking hot meals at Homeless Solutions and Faith Soup Kitchen. We gather food for the Interfaith Food Pantry of Morris County and the Chester/Mendham Food Pantry, as well as hold special collection drives during Lent. At Sunday worship we nourish the mind and soul.
Stewardship
God created us and provides for us abundantly. We have enough for our needs and to share. Our response to this abundance is to give.
Grace has an annual fall Stewardship appeal and occasional special appeals, and we encourage your generosity at any time.
Gifts can be sent to the church or online. We also encourage you to share your time and talents. If you don't know where to offer your time or skill, contact us.
Grace's Organ
By Paul Wolfmeyer, Staff Organist
The Rieger tracker organ at Grace was originally installed at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Houston, Texas. When that church completed their larger Sanctuary, they contracted with prominent organ builder Fritz Noack to build a larger authentic German tracker instrument to continue to support their Bach Society Houston program and regular worship services. The Rieger was made available for sale to be moved, installed, and revoiced by Fritz Noack in the new location.
The purchase of the Rieger was quickly approved by the congregation with funds already raised for a pipe organ and a loan (paid off in less than two years). Installation was completed in August, 1995, and dedicated in a recital by Dr. Janet Loman of Las Cruces, New Mexico.
The instrument is all mechanical action, has eleven stops and thirteen ranks - slightly over 1,000 pipes. It is ideal to support a small congregation in worship with flutes (8, 4, and 2 foot), a 4 foot principal, a sesquialtera (for solos or for "synthesizing" a cornet with a flute 8 and principal 4), and a brilliant three rank mixture. Mechanical couplers of the manuals and pedal and three pedal ranks complete the organ. With no reeds, the organ maintains it's tune very well.