This Sunday we dedicate our financial pledges in worship. You are encouraged to prayerfully consider your pledge for 2022. Through our offerings of time, talent, and finances we make it possible for life to flow through the ministries of this church. Bring your pledge card to worship on Sunday!
Come one, come all to our Christmas celebration and hanging of the greens event this Saturday, December 4, from 9 am to 2 pm. Please come even if you didn’t sign up. It is a fun event to bring our congregation together to decorate, celebrate, serve, and share a meal together as we prepare for the celebration of coming of Christ. If you want to come to all the events or just participate in one of the events, it’s your choice, and we want you to participate. Below is the schedule for Saturday.
The Grace Refugee Team continues to partner with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) to welcome refugees to Wichita. Wichita will now receive refugees from Afghanistan in addition to the people we were scheduled to receive. This means that there are lots of volunteer opportunities. Our team is working closely with the IRC and will soon have tangible ways for you to get involved.
Right now, there continues to be a need for drivers. When refugees arrive to Wichita, they need rides to places like the Social Security Office. If they have children, they need rides to schools to get registered. Members of our congregation have been volunteering in this way for years, and now the need is greater. If you want to learn more contact Wizie Eads from Grace (contact the church for Wizie’s info). If you’re ready to volunteer, email Mike Allred at IRC mike.allred@rescue.org
This volunteer position requires that IRC vet you. The vetting process involves a background check, and you must have your Covid vaccine.
On Sunday, November 14, our 9 am and 11 am worship services will be quite different, so plan to come to both, or plan for the service that works best for you.
The 9 am worship service will not include a traditional sermon. In place of the sermon, the congregation will actively participate in mission projects such as making care packages for college students, creating hygiene bags for the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, and writing notes to ‘at home’ members. The service will include prayer, scripture, music, and an offering. The 11-worship service will include a traditional sermon as well as other traditional worship elements.