Holy Week Worship 2016

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Palm Sunday, March 20

On this day at both services we celebrate Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, and we prepare for the long hard week ahead. The scripture foreshadows the betrayal that is to come.

Thursday, March 24

We gather at 7:00 pm in the Grace Sanctuary for a Maundy Thursday Tenebrae Service. Tenebrae means service of shadows, and as the night goes on the lights in the sanctuary get dimmer and dimmer until we close the service in the dark. Worship includes the Lord’s Supper as this is the night we remember Jesus’ last supper with his disciples.

Friday, March 25 is Good Friday.

We have a thirty minute service at noon in the Grace Sanctuary. The service includes scripture, music, and prayer.

Easter Sunday, March 27

We celebrate our risen Lord! Both worship services include brass and communion. The flower cross will be on the lawn, and you’re invited to help us decorate it.

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One Great Hour of Sharing 2016

Every year Grace participates in the One Great Hour of Sharing offering. We invite you to contribute to this offering on Palm Sunday, March 20. At the start of Lent many of you took home cardboard fish banks to use for coin collections during Lent. Bring your fish banks back to worship on Palm Sunday.

The One Great Hour of Sharing offering is the longest standing offering in the PCUSA and is also received by our brothers and sisters in other denominations. In the PCUSA the money received is used for several things including the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance. This February reserve funds from last year’s One Great Hour of Sharing were directed to Flint, Michigan, where there is a water crisis to be used to meet needs such as:

  • Distribution of emergency water supplies, filters, and filter replacements
  • Community education on lead poisoning awareness and treatment
  • Identifying and reaching at-risk homes and families
  • Working cooperatively with community emergency response efforts and local hospitals to fund the development of ongoing community health resources to monitor at-risk individuals.
  • Supporting the spiritual care and reconciliation in a community that feels betrayed
  • Assisting Presbyterian churches in the affected areas test for and re-mediate lead contamination in their own physical plants

Contributing to One Great Hour of Sharing insures that when a need arises the Presbyterian Church is ready to respond.

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Laundry Love: March 13

It’s time for our monthly Laundry Love! This is when we go to College Town Laundry at 3223 E 17th St, by the WSU Campus, and pay for laundry for people. This is a mission of our evangelism team, and we’d love for you to join us. We’ll be there from 2:30 – 5:30 pm on Sunday, March 13. Want to know more? Contact Cheryl Lyda, calyda@cox.net, or the church office, 684-5215.

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Race with Grace 2016

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The weather is gettin’ better – find your running shoes and get ready to Race with Grace!

Youthville is hosting the Tough Road 4 Mile race on April 2, 2016, at 9:30 am.

Youthville has one of the longest running foster care programs in Kansas. No matter how much support a child in foster care receives, it can still be a “tough road” ahead.  This race is to honor these children, celebrate their courage, raise awareness and money to help even more children. All proceeds of the race benefit Youthville’s Kansas Kids fund to provide resources for vulnerable children and families. ​

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Contact Christy Vavra or Bill Hetrick for questions.​

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Yellow Bag Sundays March 2016

Each month on the first Sunday you’re encouraged to take home a reusable yellow grocery bag, put some non-perishable items in it and bring it back the next week or soon thereafter.

This month our contributions go to the food pantry at Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church. Consider bringing toilet paper.

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