Red Cross Blood Drive: November 12

  • Every two seconds someone in the United States needs blood.
  • One pint of blood (the approximate amount given in a donation) can be used to help up to three people.
  • About 1/3 of the US population is eligible to give blood.
  • Five million patients in the US need blood every year.

On November 12, we host a Red Cross Blood drive at Grace from 8 am – 1 pm. Sign up to donate by calling the office at 684-5215, emailing Catherine Neelly Burton at Catherine@mygpc.org  or by going here:

You may use the “rapid pass” and save time on the day of your donation.  Go to redcrossblood.org/RapidPass to finish the pre-donation reading and health history questionnaire online before coming to your appointment.

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Sunday Morning Discipleship: October 15

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Children and Youth

  • Children ages 0-Pre-K

A nursery is available all morning from 8:50 – 12:15.  From 10 – 10:45 Colissa Fry leads a Sunday School lesson for these children.

  • Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

Kindergarten – 2nd grade meets in room B10 (in the basement) also known as the ‘Foundation Station.’

  • 3rd – 5th Grades

3rd, 4th, and 5th graders meet in Tower Room (on the 2nd floor).

  • Youth

6-8th graders meet in the Youth Center (downstairs)

9-12th graders meet in the Youth Center (downstairs)

Adult

Faithful Families – Meets in Room 103

This follow up class for adults who participated in the three weeks of “Faithful Families” gives us the chance to talk about how it worked to incorporate (or try to incorporate) the practices of prayer, scripture and worship at home.  Did something work well? We’d love to hear.  Was something unrealistic or a disaster?  Maybe someone else has a better solution.

Bible 101 – Meets in Room 101

Do you want to know more about the Bible but don’t know where to start?  All fall we offer a Bible 101 class.  Each small unit (4 weeks for the second unit) provides an entrance into scripture.  If you’ve studied the Bible before you’ll enjoy the refresher. 

Photo by Patrick Fore on Unsplash
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Women’s Ministry Book Club

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onethousandgiftsphotobook-HiRes-255x300The book club meets the final Monday of the month on October 30 at 6:30 pm.  The book is One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp.  The October meeting is at Penny Hilton’s.  Penny lives at Country Park Residences, and the group meets in the complex Club House. Contact Penny for more information, 316-621-0390, or Capri Zimmerman at prizslp@gmail.com.

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Bus Tickets and Morning Worship: October 13

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Each month Grace distributes bus tickets to people in our community.  This happens on the 15th of the month, or if the 15th is a weekend we meet the Friday before.  Volunteers and those receiving tickets begin to gather around 6:30 am in the Grace Alcove. Guests are greeted with smiles, coffee, water, and a place to sit. Tickets are distributed at 7:50 am.

We invite all guests to a brief worship service with communion in the Great Room at 7:35 am.

We can always use volunteers to help with set-up, clean-up, and ticket distribution.  Want to help?  Contact Kirk Anderson, kirk@mygpc.org or 684-5215.

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Peace and Global Witness Offering: October 1

On Sunday, October 1, we receive the PCUSA Peace and Global Witness offering.

Twenty-five percent of this offering stays in Wichita for the International Rescue Committee.  Twenty-five percent goes to our presbytery for peace and global witness efforts, and 50% goes to the national church.

National PCUSA peace and global witness initiatives include big projects such as supporting missionaries in South Sudan and smaller projects like providing bicycles for pastors in rural African countries so that they may commute to their churches and visit parishioners.

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