Crown Heights July 4 Parade

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Each year Crown Heights (the neighborhood the church is in) has a 4th of July Parade, and we participate in the festivities.  The parade begins at 10 am on July 4th, and you should get there a little before to look for others from Grace.

The crowd gathers in the 200 block of N Old Manor Road.

Wear a Grace shirt if you have one. Look for Carolyn Shaw who will be either in a Grace shirt or her traditional American Flag dress.  If you don’t  know Carolyn and want to connect in advance, her email is carolyn.shaw@wichita.edu.

It is a very low key and fun parade. Bikes, wagons and dogs will all be present.

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Family Peach Picking: Monday, July 13

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Families mark your calendars for Monda,y July 13. We are carpooling from Grace to the Entz Peach Orchard in Whitewater. We’ll meet at the church at 9 am. The orchard is about 25 minutes away, and the kids can pick as many peaches as you have room to haul. If you do not have young children and would still like to go to the orchard with us all are welcome.

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Children’s Ministry Update

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By Jennifer Snook

I love everything about summer. I love the longer days and the summer dinner menus. I love the heat and the change in routine.

Grow Together Cards

Grace Kids Sunday School also enjoys a change in routine. Sunday, May 31, is the last Sunday of our official Sunday School curriculum. For the month of June, find family “Grow Together” cards on the tables at the 9 am service and in the resource slots by the office.

The home is the primary place our children receive their Christian education. The “Grow Together” cards are meant to aid parents and caregivers so they can incorporate the learning of their faith in their homes. Our family has done something like this for several years, and we select Sunday late afternoons to connect with one another and talk about God’s Word in one way or another.

I would love to hear how the “Grow Together” cards work for you and your family. Please email me your hits and misses at jennifer@mygpc.org.

Vacation Bible School (VBS) is just around the corner.

Please register online or pick up a paper registration from the main office. All those helping with VBS are encouraged to attend a training meeting scheduled for Friday, June 5, from 10 am-noon.

Student ambassadors meet their crew leaders, and we talk about how we as a team we’ll make VBS something special for the youngest Christians in our midst.

If you have not signed up to help with VBS and would like to, please come to the training meeting on Friday, June 5, in the Parlor. Three slots have been filled for our VBS decorating and tear down days. We need many hands to make this event happen so stop by the VBS bulletin board just outside the Great Room and consider signing up to help for an hour. Pizza is served at both dates since they are happening over the lunch hour.

Entz Peach Orchard Excursion

Families mark your calendars for Monday, July 13. We are carpooling from Grace to the Entz Peach Orchard in Whitewater. The orchard is about 25 minutes away, and the kids can pick as many peaches as you have room to haul. More about this special outing to come. If you don’t have young children and would like to go to the orchard, you are welcome to join us.

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Sermon Preview

Interested in having some fun with scripture? If so, join Pastor Catherine Neelly Burton for sermon preview this month. All are welcome to join in an hour of reading and exploring the sermon scripture for the upcoming Sunday. We meet on Tuesdays, June 16, 23, and 30 at noon.

You don’t have to be a Bible scholar, or know much about the Bible at all. Fresh eyes are always welcome. This isn’t about what you know but about what we can learn.

If you want to read the texts ahead of time, here’s what you need to know:

  • Tuesday, June 16 – Philippians 2:1-13
  • Tuesday, June 23 – Romans 12:9-21
  • Tuesday, June 30 – 1 Peter chapters 1-2
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Laundry Love: June 2015

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Laundry Love is Sunday, June 14, from 3-5:30 pm at the College Town Laundry on 17th Street between Oliver and Hillside. Laundry Love is a national grass roots effort. The idea is to ‘take-over’ a laundromat on the same day each month and to pay for everyone’s laundry.

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The Grace evangelism team received a grant from our presbytery to cover the costs of Laundry Love for one year. In May, we served 20 families/individuals and enjoyed time talking and hanging out in the laundromat. This is an incredible way for us to be the church in the community. There are no strings attached, and people can’t believe that a church would do this.

We need about 8-10 volunteers to do this each month. Sign up at the church or by calling Catherine at 684-5215.

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