Sunday Morning Preaching Schedule for October

October 2

This is World Communion Sunday. We celebrate the Lord’s Supper at both services this day. We continue in our “Faith is a Verb” series, and our word for the day is Plant.  Catherine Neelly Burton preaches from Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7. Along with churches throughout the PCUSA, we receive the Peace and Global Witness offering this day.  Seventy-five percent of this offering goes to peacemaking efforts of the PCUSA.  Twenty-five percent stays here and goes to support our Numana food packing event on October 16.

October 9

This is Marathon Sunday. The 9 am service meets on the front lawn for informal worship.  The 11 am    service meets in the sanctuary and is led musically by Janet Rhoads’ bluegrass band.  The verb for the day is Take, and Catherine Neelly Burton preaches from John 10:1-10.

October 16

Catherine Neelly Burton preaches at both services. The scripture for the day is Matthew 5:1-11. Our verb is Bless.

October 23

Catherine Neelly Burton preaches this Sunday.  The verb for the day is Break, and the scripture comes from Psalm 22.

 

October 30 Dr. Martin Burch preaches this Sunday.  The verb for the day is Give

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Sunday Morning Schedule: October 2016

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 11:00 service.  The 11:00 service is in the Sanctuary and is led musically by our choirs.  The style is more traditional.

Here’s where you will find education and fellowship opportunities in October.  There is NO Sunday School on Sunday October 9. Join the congregation on the front lawn to cheer for the Prairie Fire Marathon runners.

  • 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). Merodee Grannis and Kendall Drake teach this dynamic class.

  • 3rd – 5th Grades

3rd, 4th, and 5th graders meet in Tower Room (on the 2nd floor). Geoff Snook, Dale Haury, and Elise Scholl teach this exciting group.

  • Youth

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

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

 Adults

October 2 is the final Sunday of the first Adult Sunday School Series of the fall.  Classes include: Raising Kids with Love and Logic in Room 101; Sacred Art and History in the Chapel; and God Calls Us All: Passion and Action in Room 103.

There is no Sunday School on October 9.  Everyone is encouraged to cheer for the marathon runners from our front lawn that morning.

We start a new Adult Sunday School Series on Sunday, October 16.  These are the classes:

  • “Listening for God” in Room 101
  • Video Series in Room 103
  • Steamers Class in Room 209
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Prairie Fire Marathon and Bluegrass Worship: Sunday October 9

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Sunday, October 9, is the Prairie Fire Marathon and Half Marathon.

For the fourth year in a row runners race past Grace starting around 8 am. We’ll be on the lawn to cheer for them as they zoom down Douglas.

Cheering, waving, and clapping for the runners is joyful, particularly when you can see the difference the encouragement makes for a person. Bring a chair or plan to stand. Our presence on the lawn is an important witness to the community.

The 9 am service worships informally on the lawn. At 11, we gather in the sanctuary for worship. Our music for the day is a bluegrass band. Don’t miss this fun Sunday!

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Watermark Books at Grace: October 5

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Grace is excited to host Watermark Books and author, Geraldine Brooks, on Wednesday, October 5, at 6:30 pm.  Brooks’ latest book is The Secret Chord.

She is the author of four novels including the Pulitzer Prize winning March.  Her novel, Caleb’s Crossing, won the New England Book Award for fiction and the Christianity Today Book Award.

When we host Watermark, we enjoy the opportunity to offer hospitality to the community.

Can you volunteer? We need greeters for the doors and people to help serve cookies and coffee. Contact Catherine Neelly Burton, 684-5215, to volunteer.

This event is free and open to the public, so come and bring a friend.

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Numana Food Packing Event: October 16

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Grace is answering Christ’s call to ‘feed his sheep.’  On October 16, we host a Numana Food Packing event from 2-4 pm.

Numana (numanainc.com) is based out of El Dorado, KS. They bring pounds and pounds of dried beans and rice to Grace that day, and we package the food into bags to be shipped to a ministry in Haiti that works with children.

The event is open to everyone five years and older. There is a nursery for younger children. If you want to participate, we need you to register.  This helps us make sure we have the right amount of work for our volunteers.

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We also have registration available on Sunday mornings September 25, October 2 and October 9.

Everyone who volunteers is asked to contribute $1.80.  This is the cost of one bag of food or six meals. The event costs much more than this, and  Grace has allocated mission money for this purpose. If you would like to contribute more than $1.80, you are welcome to do so.

In order to make this event a success, we need lots of help. We hope to have 70 volunteers serve on October 16. In addition we need a dozen people to come early and stay late for set-up and clean-up. If you can give extra hours, contact Catherine Neelly Burton, 684-5215, Catherine@mygpc.org

This event is a wonderful opportunity to introduce someone to Grace. Do you have a friend, neighbor, or family member who you think might connect with God here? Invite them!

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