JLL is Our August Yellow Bag Recipient

Our August Yellow Bag collection goes to another educational cause close to our congregation’s heart—Jacob’s Learning Ladder. Once again, you are encouraged to give a monetary gift through the Church to help JLL buy needed items. Please designate your gift as JLL on your check or, if by cash, with a note identifying your gift to JLL. You may also give online under the Yellow Bag designation.

JLL did submit a list of items they are looking to purchase for the beginning of the school year.  Your gift goes to getting the following items:

  • 2 White Boards to hang on the wall
  • Uno Cards
  • Memory Games for 3- to 5-year-olds
  • Playdough
  • New Play clothes – for 3- to 5-year-olds
  • Cardboard sound books for toddlers
  • Small Storage bins
  • Laminator
  • Plastic Organizer and Storage Bins for Refrigerator, Kitchen, Cabinet, or Pantry Organization

As you can tell, JLL requests are specific, and your financial contributions will allow the staff to get the items they need in the right sizes and amounts.

Thank you, Grace congregation, for your continued generosity and for helping the various causes of our Yellow Bag collections.

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Thank You from IRC and Hundreds of Refugee Families

Thank you for your collective gift to help our July Yellow Bag collection for the IRC Refugee Backpack program.  Our congregation helped fill backpacks for 565 children who participated in the backpack give-a-way day and many others who will receive a filled backpack of school supplies as new refugees come to live in our community.  Grace members donated a total of $2,170.00 toward this project in our Yellow Bag collection.  WAY TO GO Grace!

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Blessing of the Backpacks and Mission Sunday: August 11

August 11 is a one-service Sunday. Our youth and guides from this year’s mission trip lead worship through prayer, scripture, music, and testimonies. We are also doing a Blessing of the Backpacks, blessing all students, teachers, administrators, and staff as we start a new school year. So, bring your backpack, and come worship with us.

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We are deeply grateful on behalf of all the Mission Trippers

This past week, we had a fantastic week in Atlanta, Georgia. Eleven youths and six guides worshipped, worked, prayed, sang, played, and gave thanks for all of God’s blessings. TeamEffort and Brightstar Methodist Church were incredible hosts. You all were a part of that week through your prayers and support. Join us on August 11th for Mission Trip Sunday worship at 10 AM. Hear youth and guide testimonies, great music, and worship led by our mission trip youth.  We look forward to sharing and worshiping with you!

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Yellow Bag Report 

June was a successful month for the Yellow Bag collection. We collected over 100 jars of Peanut Butter and Jelly. Half of the collection went to the Covenant Presbyterian food bank, and the second half went to the Salvation Army – Orchard location food bank. July Yellow Bag collection is for the Refugee School Backpack project. It is requested that donations in cash be made to facilitate the consistency of materials and to increase our purchasing power. On the horizon, in August we are collecting supplies for Jacob’s Learning Ladder.

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