Be a Grace Gardener

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Gardeners are needed to help God beautify our grounds. The gardening team works most Thursday mornings during the summer from 8 – 11 am, planting flowers, weeding, watering, trimming shrubs, picking up leaves and maintaining the gardens and parking areas.

While we currently have a small core of dedicated workers, we need four additional helpers. Youth are welcome. No heavy lifting or special skill required, just a desire to help and be with like-minded people.

You can help whenever you are available; you do not need to work every time. Contact Don Allison, 686-0041 or dallison15@cox.net for information.

We also have three small areas that families or individuals can adopt and maintain. These areas can be worked on at any time.

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Women’s Ministry

We have a new Women’s Ministry at Grace, and all women are invited. This ministry encompasses different aspects of life at Grace including: a book group, fellowship events, service, and retreats. Capri Zimmerman is working with Catherine Neelly Burton to get this started and would love to hear from you if you’re interested. Email her at prizslp@gmail.com

Upcoming Events and Dates are:

  • Movie – Saturday, March 11

Meet at the Warrant East on Saturday, March 11, for the 3:10 pm showing of The Shack. Meet in the lobby at 2:50 pm. The group is invited to get a bite to eat and discuss the movie after the show.

  • Book Group – 4th Tuesday of the Month – March through June – 7 pm at Grace

The group reads For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards by Jen Hatmaker. The book is broken in to four sections, and the group meets four times. The first gathering is Tuesday, March 28, at 7pm at Grace. Get a copy of the book and read the first section before the first gathering.

  • April 1 – Craft and Coffee at Grace – 10 am in the Parlor – $10 cost

Chris Alexander leads us in making spring wreaths. Enjoy crafts, conversations, coffee, and snacks. Signups are needed, and there is a list on the women’s ministry board in the church narthex, or contact Catherine Neelly Burton, Catherine@mygpc.org.

  • April 28-29 – Westminster Woods Women’s Retreat

Westminster Woods Camp is holding a women’s retreat April 28-29.  You may go for both days or just Saturday.  Pick up information on the women’s ministry bulletin board in the church narthex area or contact Capri Zimmerman, prizslp@gmail.com. Registration is on your own, not as a group, but we can car pool.

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Calling All Quilters

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Are you a quilter?  Are you interested in making quilts to donate?  The Mission Distribution Team designated funds to help pay for quilting supplies.  Initially the quilts will go to the International Rescue Committee for new refugee families in Wichita.  In time the quilts might go to other organizations.  If you’re interested in participating in this project contact Esther Cummins, 295-3100, or Catherine Neelly Burton, 684-5215.

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FINAL Laundry Love: March 12

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In March of 2015 we began Laundry Love with a $5000 grant from the Presbytery of Southern Kansas. This grant allowed us to wash clothes for approximately 500 people over 2 years.  With an average of 3 loads per person, that’s 1500 loads of laundry. The grant also paid for detergent and the occasional snacks for our guests.

This ministry takes place at the College Town Laundry at 3223 E 17th St, by the WSU Campus. This mission of our evangelism team has been a great gift to those of us who serve.  We’ve met wonderful people and enjoyed conversations over the rattle of washers and hum of dryers (and occasionally while stepping through puddles of soapy water.)

We’ve seen the face of God reflected in children who translate from Spanish to English for their moms, in single men glad that the laundromat put in a TV, in international students from WSU who enjoy hanging out while they wait, and in countless others.

March 2017 is our final Laundry Love, and we give thanks for this ministry.  Sign up to help in March or stop by the laundromat and say hello.  We’ll be there from 2:30-4:00 pm on March 12.  Contact Catherine Neelly Burton in the church office, 684-521, to volunteer.

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Bus Tickets and Morning Worship: March 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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