Entries by marburch@mygpc.org

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve is Thursday, December 24, and is different this year for our congregation. We will not gather in the building together.  Instead, there are opportunities to worship together online and an opportunity to gather on the front lawn.  Read more below. Online Worship: We will pre-record worship from the Great Room and Sanctuary. Those […]

Thank You, Ben and Kelsey!

Our congregation says “Thank You” to Ben Rivers and Kelsey Wise.  Ben and Kelsey served as interim music ministry coordinators this fall.  They coordinated music, musicians, rehearsals, and quarantines.  Through it all they were kind, and fun, and delightful to work with.  Their good work this fall means that Tyler Morris (our new Director of […]

Matthew 25

In November, the Grace Session voted to become a Matthew 25 Congregation within the PCUSA.  Taking the words of Matthew 25:31-46, the PCUSA 222nd and 223rd General Assemblies (2016 and 2018) created and endorsed this initiative.  There are three focus areas of this initiative: building congregational vitality, dismantling structural racism, and eradicating systemic poverty. The […]

Children’s Ministry and Advent

As Advent approached, the Grace Children’s Ministry celebrated the birth of three babies connected to our community.  Grace members were gracious to offer gifts such as handmade blankets, sweaters and books, and I was blessed to deliver them. In addition to the gifts, Grace supplied freezer meals and treats for the new families. The youngest […]

Jacob’s Learning Ladder December Update

Early in November, Jacob’s Learning Ladder children brought non-perishable food items to school to donate to the food bank. Items were collected and sent to HumanKind Ministries through Operation Holiday. Our Thanksgiving Program looked very different this year. We filmed each class separately singing their songs. Clips were put together in one video and then […]