Sunday Morning Schedule: October 2017

9 am Worship in the Great Room | 10 am Education and Fellowship (see below) | 11 am Worship in the Sanctuary

Worship at 9 am is in the Great Room and is led musically by our band. The style is less formal than the 11 am service. The 11 am service is in the Sanctuary and is led musically by our choirs. The style is more traditional.

On Sunday morning, October 8, the Wichita Prairie Fire Marathon runs by Grace. The 9 am worship service gathers on the lawn to encourage runners. The 11 am worship service remains in the sanctuary.  There is no Sunday School on this day.

October 1: Children, Youth and Adults

Faithful Families  – Meets in the Great Room

This intergenerational class equips families to pray, read scripture, and worship God together at home. Whether you’re a family of one or family of six, there’s something for you. If you’re a parent, your children and youth attend this class instead of individual classes, and you will enjoy the time together.

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 (three weeks for the first unit) provides an entrance into scripture. If you’ve studied the Bible before you’ll enjoy the refresher.

Steamers 101 – Meets in Room 209

October 15, 22, 29: Children and Youth

Children ages 0-Pre-K

A nursery is available all morning from 8:50 am – 12:15 pm. 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 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)

Adults: October 14

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 (four weeks for the second unit) provides an entrance into scripture.  If you’ve studied the Bible before you’ll enjoy the refresher.

Steamers – Meets in Room 209

Adults: October 21 and 28

Youth and Mental Health – Meets in Room 103

Every year families in our church and connected to our church have teenagers who experience mental health crises. Some are short-term, some longer. Some involve outside help; others are managed at home. One of the biggest challenges is how to talk about this and where to turn for help. Whether or not you live with a teenager, you are part of a church with teenagers, and this class offers you insight into these young people.

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.

Steamers – Meets in Room 209

 

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Sunday Morning Preaching Schedule: October 2017

October 1

This is World Communion Sunday. We celebrate the Lord’s Supper at both worship services and receive the PCUSA Peace and Global Witness offering. Catherine Neelly Burton preaches, and we continue our series on discipleship.  Our focus for the day is ‘Disciples Love,’ and we look at scripture from Matthew and I John.

October 8

This is Prairie Fire Marathon Sunday.  We have 9 am worship on the lawn and 11 am worship in the sanctuary.  The 9 am worship is informal and involves cheering and clapping. The 11 am worship is a traditional service.  Catherine Neelly Burton preaches. The theme for the day is ‘Disciples Witness.’

October 15

This is the first week of our Stewardship Emphasis Season.  Our theme for Stewardship is ‘Let it Shine.’  Catherine Neelly Burton preaches from Isaiah 55.

October 22

We continue with our theme ‘Let it Shine.’  Catherine Neelly Burton preaches on the parable of the Wedding Banquet.

October 29

On this third Sunday of stewardship season Martin Burch preaches.

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Refugee Team and The Big Read

Grace’s refugee support team invites you to participate with us in this fall’s Wichita Big Read events.

This year’s Big Read book selection is The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir. Its themes of immigration and family tradition are relevant to our Grace Church family as we try to find ways to offer welcome and support to refugee families who are making their home in our community.

Please save the dates below and help yourself to event details on the Narthex bulletin board as well as on the website www.bigreadwichita.org.

  • September 23: Kick-Off for the Big Read at the Wichita Art Museum, 2-3:30 pm
  • October 12: Author Kao Kalia Yang will speak at Kansas Newman University, 7-9 pm.
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Crop Walk: October 1

The annual Crop Walk is on October 1.  It is a one-mile walk in Sedgwick County Park, 6501 W 21st St. N, Wichita, 67205.

If it is a pretty day, it will be a great place for a walk.  There are sign-up sheets on the bulletin board just outside the Great Room by the coffee bar.

The money pledged to Crop Walk goes to help feed people.  One-fourth of the pledges stay here in Wichita. Local agencies receiving funds are:

  • City Life Church’s Neighborhood Fellowship’s Weekly Sunday Breakfast
  • St. Paul’s Lutheran Church’s Weekly Saturday Free Community Breakfast
  • United Methodist Open Door
  • Wichita Inter-Faith Ministries Food Programs.

The rest goes around the world with Church World service. I hope we can have a few walkers.  I will be there to greet you the day of the walk.

~Edith Tice, netice1997@cox.net

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Bus Tickets and Worship: September 15

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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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