Christmas Eve is Saturday, December 24.  We look forward to this special night.  Christmas Eve is a night of beauty and mystery.  We worship at 5 pm (Great Room) and 8 pm (Sanctuary).  Both services include the Lord’s Supper.  The 8 pm service includes candlelight. Children are always welcome in worship, but if you prefer, a nursery is available at 5 pm and 8 pm.

It’s time for the annual potluck Christmas Brunch.  The brunch is from 10-11 am in the Great Room on Sunday, December 18.  Bring a dish to share.  There is a bulletin board with sign-up sheets at Grace.  Enjoy fellowship and food on this final Sunday of Advent!

It’s time for our monthly Laundry Love! This is when we go to College Town Laundry at 3223 E 17th St, by the WSU Campus, and pay for laundry for people. This is a mission of our evangelism team, and we’d love for you to join us. We’ll be there from 2:30 – 5:30 pm on Sunday, December  11. Want to know more? Contact Catherine Neelly Burton in the church office, 684-5215.

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 7 am in the Grace alcove. Guests are greeted with smiles, coffee, water, and a place to sit. Tickets are distributed at 8 am.

We invite all guests to a brief worship service with communion in the Great Room at 7:30.

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.

December is a month of mixed messages and mixed emotions.

For anyone who has experienced loss or sadness, the holidays can be difficult, or at the least, stir up emotions. Whether it is a public loss, like a death in the family or a divorce, or a more private sadness, it can be hard to move through a season when the expectations are high energy, big smiles and full schedules.

Recognizing that some of us need a time to pause, a quiet time and space set apart during the Advent Season, Grace hosts our annual “Silent Night” service on Monday, December 12, at 6:30 pm in the sanctuary. It is a quiet worship service that includes the Lord’s Supper. All are invited to join us. Even if you approach Advent and Christmas with no sadness or heaviness you may appreciate a quiet evening of worship.