Here Comes the Backpacks for Love Program. The William Perry Elementary School Backpacks for Love Program will begin in September 2008. This Blue Ridge Area Food Bank food distribution program will provide food weekly during the school year to over four hundred (400) William Perry students. To accomplish this task faithfully we will need a number of members to volunteer their services. We will need people to help unload the delivery vehicles, people to set-up the food for packing, packers, people to load and deliver the backpacks to William Perry for distribution to the children. If you wish to volunteer or receive more information, contact Bob Barrette at 434-361-1941 or e-mail at bob@cyberwind.net

Donations are being collected for the Rwanda School Project this summer. This year's Virginia Synod Youth to Youth project is to help raise money to build a secondary school in Rwanda. We are trying to raise $360.00 from our church to go towards the project. Checks can be made out to "Grace Lutheran" if they are noted at the bottom.

CROP Walk packets are here! Be a walker! Please see Beth Perkins at the back of the church after service to pick up your CROP Walk packet or to get info! CROP Walk 2008 is on September 28 and begins at Ridgeview Park at 2pm. This is an event we hope that all of our members will participate in along with 30 other congregations and groups from the Waynesboro/East Augusta area. If you don't decide to walk, please consider sponsoring one of our participants! The funds raised go to The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank, Daily Living Center, Disciples Kitchen, and other local and world hunger programs. Last year we had 18 walkers, raising well over $1000! Lets push
those numbers over the top this year, Grace Lutheran!

Depot Grille Tip Night! Tips to benefit the Augusta Regional Free Clinic. Monday, September 8, 5:00pm until. For those of you who are supporters of the Augusta Regional Free Clinic - or would like to be this is a fun event and a way to do some good by going out to dinner! What could be better!!