Our IGNITE mission trip is heading south this year to Pascagoula, Mississippi.

This small coastal town still needs help with home repairs that occurred 10 years ago as a result of hurricane Katrina.

We team up with TEAMeffort again along with other youth from July 8-17.

Miles 4 Mission is an opportunity to help support this year’s Mission trip. You can purchase miles at the Miles 4 Mission table located next to the coffee bar. All of your donations go directly to support our youth taking this incredible journey to serve others and to help cover the cost of transportation. We are selling 1,788 miles at $2.25 per mile.

You can make a donation by cash, check or credit/debit card. If you have questions, please ask any of our youth or sponsors located at the Miles 4 Mission table.

Each month on the first Sunday you’re encouraged to take home a re-usable yellow grocery bag, put some non-perishable items in it, and bring it back the next week, or soon thereafter. In April in place of our yellow bag donations, we will be putting together “donation boxes” of items for kitchens and bedrooms in the refugees’ new Wichita homes as the Refugee Support Team continues to seek ways to support International Rescue Committee (IRC) as they work in the area of refugee resettlement.

The bulletin board near the coffee bar lists specific supplies, their cost and where to purchase them. Consider having your Sunday School class or your family complete a box and return it to the volunteer office OR choose one or two items OR make a monetary donation, and we will shop for you (make checks payable to Grace with “refugees“ in the memo line).

It is not necessary that you provide a box. In-kind donations of used items are also welcome (with the exception of mattresses and bedding).

You are invited to join our choirs as we sing Benjamin Britten’s, Jubilate Deo, for 11 am worship on April 17.

Britten was a 20th century British composer, and the piece is accompanied by organ. We rehearse on Wednesdays at 7:30 pm for a short time each week.

Come as you can to learn it and then sing with us on April 17.

Questions? Contact Donna Hetrick at donna@mygpc.org.

The Refugee Support Team continues to seek ways to support the International Rescue Committee (IRC) as they work in the area of refugee resettlement. In April, in place of our yellow bag donations, we are putting together “donation boxes” of items for kitchens and bedrooms in the refugees’ new Wichita homes.

The bulletin board near the coffee bar has lists of specific supplies, costs and where to purchase them. Consider having your Sunday School class or your family complete a box and return it to the volunteer office.

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