Marriage Enrichment

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“Marriage is beautiful and complex: it is fluid and changes with time.” – Prepare Enrich

In our church we value and honor marriage. Many Grace members are married. Some of these marriages are strong, others struggle, and all need attention. There are a variety of resources for strengthening marriages, and now Grace is making one readily available.

The resource is called Prepare/Enrich. It’s used for couples preparing for marriage and for married couples looking to enrich their relationships. Prepare/Enrich is an assessment designed to help couples explore and strengthen their relationships. Couples take an assessment individually online. Then they sit down with a trained facilitator for one hour to go over the assessment.

The facilitator guides the couple in discovering areas of strength and challenge in their relationships. For many couples this opens up communication in healthy and positive ways. The facilitator is not a marriage counselor. If after Prepare/Enrich a couple wants to pursue counseling, the facilitator or Catherine Neelly Burton can recommend counselors.

We have three trained Prepare/Enrich facilitators in our congregation, the Rev. Jennifer Snook, Dr. Joyce Crane, and Alan Crane. Anyone interested in going through this process may contact one of them or Catherine Neelly Burton. The cost is $200.  If cost is prohibitive, please speak with Catherine, 684-5215.

 

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Sunday Morning Preaching Schedule – July 2017

July 2   

This is a one service Sunday with worship at 10 am in the sanctuary.  Scott Randle preaches and guides us as we explore scripture from Acts one final week.

We celebrate the Lord’s Supper and commission our youth mission trip participants as they prepare for a trip to Chicago.

July 9   

We welcome Geoff Snook back to the pulpit this Sunday.  Geoff preaches at both the 9 and 11 services.

July 16

For two weeks we look at sibling sets in the Bible in a short series called, “Family Feud.”  This week we look at Genesis 25:19-34.  In this story we meet Jacob and Esau. Catherine Neelly Burton preaches.

July 23 

This is the second part of our “Family Feud” series.  We look at Luke 10:38-42 and meet Mary and Martha.

July 30 

Our Mission Trip Team leads this one service Sunday at 10 am in the Great Room.

 

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Sunday Morning Schedule – July 2017

9 am           Worship in the Great Room

10 am          Education and Fellowship

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.

There is ONE Worship service on July 2 and July 30.  There is NO Sunday School on these days.

Adults

Chapel       All adults are invited to these two sessions

July 9        “Epiphanies Revealed Through Sacred Art” – Randy Routsong teaches

July 16      “The Bible and Dr. Seuss” – Ginny Vincent teaches

 

Room 209 (The Steamers Room) – An ongoing class where all are welcome

July 9        Paul Mueller teaches

July 16      Dmitri Peebler teaches

July 23      Capri Zimmerman teaches

Youth

There are no youth Sunday School classes in July.

Children

July 9, 16  All Children meet together with Rev Jennifer Snook.

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Bus Tickets and Morning Worship: June 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.

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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Online Discussion in June on Facebook

Are you on Facebook?

Join a discussion each week on the Grace Facebook Page.  Each Monday by noon we post a short video and some prompt questions. Watch the video and respond. Check back to see what other people have said.

The videos are of pastor and professor Barbara Brown Taylor sharing thoughts on faith and life.  This is a great way to stay connected to our community and your faith during a busy month.

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