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March 2021 Yellow Bags

Each month Grace invites you to contribute to our “Yellow Bag” Sundays.  Yellow reusable grocery bags are available in the building, and you are encouraged to fill them with the item of the month and return them to Grace. In March we collect food, and our donations go to the food pantry at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Wichita.  Please bring non-perishable food items to Grace by Sunday, March 28.

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Good Neighbor Team

We have a new team at Grace, the Good Neighbor Team.

The Good Neighbor Team works in partnership with the Code Enforcement Office of the city and county. This office looks for volunteers to complete physical labor at the homes of people who are at risk of going to court for code violations and do not have the physical or financial means to complete the projects.  Projects include things like yard clean up, demolishing a broken shed, and lawn mowing.

Our goal is to have a team that completes one project a month from April – November.  Projects occur on both weekdays and weekends. If you are interested in participating in projects, contact Teresa Stange in the church office, teresa@mygpc.org.

Signing up does not mean you go to every project, but it means you try to make them.  You do not need any skills to join this team, just a willingness to do manual labor and a desire to help our neighbors.

 

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Grace Presbyterian Art Show

 Calling all artists! Grace is holding an art show.  The art is on display in the church from April 11 – May 2.  On the afternoon of Sunday, April 11, there is an open house for the art show.

Art must be brought to the church March 29 – April 1.  If you bring art, please have it ready to show, and include your contact information as well as the title of the piece.  Let us know if your piece needs to be locked or can be left out on display.

Let a staff member or member of the art team know that you dropped off art.  Art team members to contact are: Chris Alexander alexanderchris649@gmail.com, Trish Gealy tgealy@cox.net, and Marianne Burch marburch@aol.com

Session Minute Summaries

Session Minute Summary: January 25, 2021

  • The Grace Presbyterian Session met on January 25 on Zoom for its stated meeting.
  • The meeting was opened and closed with prayer.
  • The docket and minutes were approved.
  • The Session voted to return to in person worship on February 7 (while still offering streaming) with one worship service at 11 am. All precautions from the fall in-person services will be in place.
    • Worship size will be limited to 50 with an overflow in the worship space that is not used. (When worship is in the sanctuary, overflow is in the great room and vice versa.)
  • Session had previously limited group gatherings to 15. The limit is now 25 (other than worship).
  • The 2021 budget was presented and passed unanimously.
  • The financial reports were given and approved. Members met their pledges in 2020, which is wonderful.  We were behind for the year because non-pledged giving was down.  However, with the Paycheck Protection Plan Loan/Grant, we were okay.
  • The annual reports are being assembled.
  • Catherine thanked the elders rotating off of session: Darcy Eads, Dave McIntire, Ginny Vincent, and Joe Wangombe.
  • Carolyn Shaw, Pam Head, and Darcy Eads were elected to serve as commissioners to the February 16 presbytery meeting.