Loving God, Your love for me is unconditional and unending. Empower me to respond to your love. Move me to love the people I encounter. Show me how to reach out and care for the world. Guide me to live in loving ways, even towards people I don’t like. Teach me to follow you. Amen. love each other | Jesus …
John 14:15-21
[Jesus said to the disciples:] 15“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. 17This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he abides with you, and he will be …
Summer 2023
Are you going to be in the State College area this summer? We’d love to get your input as we plan events and activities!! Use this link to let us know when you’ll be in town and what kind of things you are interested in doing this summer! Questions? Contact Alicia Anderson, Campus Minister at ara2@psu.edu!
Hospitality Survey
Would you like to help provide meals or host Penn State students when they come to Grace Lutheran for worship this fall? We’d love to hear from you! Use this link to fill out the survey about helping! You’ll hear back in early August, but if you have questions, contact Alicia Anderson at ara2@psu.edu or 814.360.0601. Thank you for your …
reflect & consider
Yesterday was the first Monday after the end of the academic year. I made time to go out for a bike ride in the morning – the first time in 2023 that my calendar and the weather worked together so that I could go out not long after breakfast. The morning was beautiful and the roads and trails I rode …
Volunteer with YMCA Anti-Hunger program!
YMCA of Centre County’s Anti-Hunger Program offers community food distribution on the second and fourth Thursdays each month. Volunteers are needed between 1:45 – 6 pm. You can help with setup, pre-packing food items, check-in, or putting food into cars. We’d love to have you for any part of the time! Upcoming dates: August 24, September 14 and 28, October …
weekly prayer: 5/9
God of every day, Looking back on the year that is ending, my heart is full. I am happy for successes and opportunities. I am sad about mistakes and losses. I am grateful for so much learning and growth. You have been with me through it all. Looking ahead at all that is to come, my heart is both hopeful …
Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16
1In you, O Lord, have I taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness. 2Incline your ear to me; make haste to deliver me. 3Be my strong rock, a castle to keep me safe, for you are my crag and my stronghold; for the sake of your name, lead me and guide me. 4Take me out of the net that they have secretly set for …
abundance
“I came that they may have it abundantly.” This week’s gospel reading from John ends with Jesus saying these words to and about his followers. In the passage, Jesus uses a couple of different metaphors related to sheep and shepherds to talk about his commitment, connection and care for the people, and ends by stating clearly that he is about …
Snowdog visit!
If the weather permits, Alicia and her dogs (Aspen and Lola) will be visiting campus on Wednesday between 12:30 and 2 pm! They will start at the Nittany Parking Deck and make a loop past Patee-Paterno Library, Old Main and the HUB, then up toward the Creamery and back on Curtin Road past Pasquerilla. Check Instagram for confirmation (no one …