Welcome to Grace Lutheran Church in Adel, Iowa.
We are a small-town congregation that shares a living, daring confidence in God's grace.
Whether you are new to the community, visiting the area, or exploring your faith, we’d love to journey with you.
You – just as you are, just as God created you to be – are welcome here!
Wednesdays in Lent with Grace
3/12, 3/26, 4/2, 4/9 at 6:35 pm*
Wednesdays in Lent: Broken and Beloved – Readings and storytelling will focus on the perspectives of Biblical characters who experienced both brokenness and belovedness. Worship will be centered in the VOCARE spiritual practice as we reflect on our values, openness, call, attentiveness, regrets, and experiences of God’s presence, and create a prayer mosaic together.
NOTE: There will not be Wednesday worship on 3/19 during spring break.
Sundays in Lent with Grace
3/9, 3/16, 3/23, 3/30, 4/6 at 9:00 am
Sundays in Lent: Service of Reflection and Healing – We will seek to create an oasis of quiet and space for reflection, healing, and restoration needed in this season. Each week, along with assigned Scripture, we will read Psalm 103 and consider its themes of God’s care for us. There will be a time of silence followed by prayer, and healing prayer with laying on of hands (and anointing) will be offered each week.
Maundy Thursday
April 17, 2025 at 7:00 pm
This evening our Lenten observance comes to an end, and we gather with Christians around the world to celebrate the Three Days of Jesus’ death and resurrection. Tonight we remember Christ’s last meal with his disciples, but the central focus is his commandment that we live out the promise embodied in this meal. As Jesus washed his disciples’ feet, so we are called to give and receive love in humble service to one another. Formed into a new body in Christ through this holy meal, we are transformed by the mercy we have received and carry it into the world. Departing worship in solemn silence, we anticipate the coming days.
Join online with Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/468805568?pwd=MWVCM0FEdjhCZDVPN0I1RmtMZ01mQT09
Meeting ID: 468 805 568
Passcode: Grace
Easter Day at Grace
April 20, 2025
Sunrise Worship at 6:30 am and Festival Worship at 9:00 am
Celebrate the joy of the resurrection as we gather outside around the bonfire to watch the sunrise and proclaim “Christ is Risen!” Online worship will not be available. Worship will be outside, weather permitting, so dress accordingly.
Join us for fellowship with cinnamon rolls and coffee between services!
Today Christ is risen, and we gather together with astonishment and joy. Christ is risen, and we have been set free from the bonds of death. Christ is risen, and we are forgiven. Christ is risen, and with the women at the tomb and Peter, we are amazed. Let us rejoice: Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia!
Worship with Us!
All are welcome to join us for worship on Sundays at 9:00 a.m. (online option available) or Wednesdays at 6:35 p.m.
