Special Music in December

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Advent and Christmas is a wonderful time for music, and we have several special offerings planned.  All of these are great opportunities to come together, and invite friends to join, in praising God and celebrating the season.  May all be to the Glory of God!

We have three Advent Concerts on Sundays during the month of December from 10:15-10:40 am in the sanctuary.  Each group also helps lead music in the 11 am worship service.

  • December 6 – Mountain Dulcimer and Fiddle, Erin Lewis and Amber Rogers
  • December 13 – Woodwind Trio
  • December 20 – Epic Brass

Donna Hetrick, our Director of Music/Organist, presents an organ recital of Advent and Christmas music on Sunday, December 6 at 3 pm.  This is in the Chapel in the Administration Building at Bethel College in N. Newton, KS.  The recital is free, and all are invited.

On Sunday, December 13, our Wind and String Ensembles combines for our 9 am worship service. They offer a variety of Christmas Carols for worship. If you’re interested in playing with us, please contact Donna Hetrick at Donna@mygpc.org.

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Race with Grace, Then Feed Your Face! November 26, 2015

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GraceMed Health Clinic is hosting its 5th annual ‘Say Grace’ Thanksgiving Day 5K Race on Thursday, November 26 at 9:30am. Enjoy all your holiday indulgences GUILT FREE by joining us on Thanksgiving morning for a 5K run, walk, or stroll with your family through one of Wichita’s most historic neighborhoods.

Last year’s event raised nearly $50,000 for GraceMed Health Clinic. To register, visit either GoRun Wichita locations or click below.

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Click on Join a Team and enter Race with Grace.

Several team trophies are up for grabs:

  • The best dressed gang of turkeys
  • The most participants
  • The fastest team
  • The best team name.

Come join us for a fun morning! Contact Christy Vavra or Bill Hetrick for questions, or contact the Grace office, 684-5215.

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Advent Family Night

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Please bring your family to the Great Room on November 15 from 4:30-6:00 pm, to create a bundle of Jesse Tree ornaments.

Jesse Trees are a very old Christmas Tradition and first started in medieval times. They are used to help tell the story of the Bible from creation to the Christmas Story.

The name comes from Jesse who was the Father of King David. One prophecy in the bible, in the book of Isaiah, says:

1 A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. 
2 The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him– the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD– 
3 and he will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears; 
4 but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth. 
Isaiah 11:1-4 (NIV)

A branch is a sign of new life and new beginnings. Jesus was a decedent of King David, and Christians believe that Jesus is this new branch. Each day in December you read a selected passage of Scripture, and someone in your family finds the ornament with the matching symbol. You hang that ornament on your Jesse tree (usually a branch or jar full of sticks) until each ornament is found and hung on the tree.  You make 25 ornaments and receive a children’s book narrating the story of the Jesse Tree.

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Wichita Alternative Gift Market: November 14

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Last week, Catherine talked about how God Call Us to Co-Mission. This Sunday, the message is God Calling Us to Compassion. What great messages. Timing could not have been better to help us remember about the Wichita Alternative Gift Market!

“God Calls Us” to help others (the poor, the hungry, the sick, the uneducated, our environment). Our participation in the Alternative Gift Market gives us a chance to be compassionate and help people around the world.

There is a new location for the 2015 Market:

East Heights United Methodist Church

Saturday, November 14 from 10 am. – 4 pm

Grace is again participating in the Market as one of our mission outreach activities. You can be involved in two ways:

  • VOLUNTEER for a two-hour shift on Saturday, November 14. A sign-up sheet is on the bulletin board by the coffee bar.
  • VISIT the Market and support one or more of the causes that is represented. Grace is supporting causes that “Nourish the Hungry and Homeless”.

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Sunday Morning Preaching Schedule for November 2015

November 1  

This Sunday is part III of our God calls us to…series. Catherine Neelly Burton preaches as we explore how God calls us to commitment. We’ll focus on Mark 12:38-44. This is also All Saints day, and we will celebrate our Saints and receive communion in both worship services.

November 8 

This is the final Sunday in our series, and we’ll explore how God calls us to celebration. Our scripture for the day is John 1:1-9, 14-18, and Catherine Neelly Burton preaches. Both services will include a time for us to dedicate our pledges for 2016.

November 15 

Joyce Daniel, retired PCUSA pastor and friend of Grace, preaches at both services this day.

November 22 

This is a ONE service Sunday with worship at 10:30 am. Sisters and brothers from the Presbyterian churches in Caldwell, KS, and Chase, KS, will join us for worship. Scott Randle preach. A commission from the Presbytery of Southern Kansas will install Catherine Neelly Burton as the senior pastor at Grace, and we’ll enjoy lunch together in the Great Room following the service.

November 29 

On this first Sunday of Advent we begin our series, “Do You Hear What I Hear?” Catherine Neelly Burton preaches at both services. The scripture for the day is Jeremiah 33:14-16.

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