Grace Notes Weekly Update

GRACE NOTES

January 24 - 31, 2023

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What's Going On At Grace

+Sun, Jan 29 - One service at 10am (5th Sunday), Family Promise Presentation with Executive Director Leslie Starnes at 11am

+Tues, Jan 31 - 2022 Annual Committee Reports due

+Tues, Feb 21 - Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper & Palm Burning, 6:30pm

+Wed, Feb 22 - Ash Wednesday Services - 12pm and 6:30pm

+Sun, Feb 26 - Sun, Mar 5 - Family Promise

Many of these events have more details in other sections. This section is updated each week, so keep checking in. You can also see the full church calendar HERE.

Seniors@Grace

Seniors at Grace will gather THIS Thursday, January 26, for a Hymn sing! Monty Bennett will be at the keyboard and ready to take requests for your favorites. So, check out your hymnal and be ready to make a request. We will gather at 11:30 am with a special chili lunch cooked by my sister at noon and then we will move into the sanctuary for our music.

Please let Annie Laurie know by TODAY if you can come. Leave a message at 803-517-0626 (cell) or home phone 803-980-1834 or email wheatannielaurie@gmail.com

Family Promise Presentation THIS SUNDAY - Learn More and Take Part!

On January 29th, we will welcome Leslie Starnes, Executive Director of Family Promise of York County, to speak with us about the Family Promise Program!

Grace has hosted Family Promise for years, but it's also been years since we've had the chance to talk as a congregation about how this program works, how we can participate, and how it makes a difference.

We hope you'll join us after the 5th Sunday worship service, to hear about this program for the first time, or to get a refresher on how we can care for members of our community.

Get to know our new members!

Welcome

Hilary Mullins!

Click HERE to learn more about Hilary.

We have really enjoyed having hospitality coffee hour between services! It's been great to spend time with each other and catch up over some refreshments, and we want to keep that going!

Our spring Hospitality signup is ready to go. If you'd like to host on a Sunday morning, please click here.

If you've never hosted before, don't be deterred! It's pretty simple, and we have people who can walk you through it. Your time and effort makes a big difference for the congregation.

Thank you to everyone who has been part of this ministry, and who will be taking part in the months to come!

WELCM Spring Dinners

WELCM Gatherings have started up again! We rely on your help to offer our college students a home-cooked meal on Tuesday nights at 6pm at the White House! (They also really love it when our Grace friends stay and share the meal with them, when that's possible!) You can find the sign-up sheet and ideas for menu options posted in the Fellowship Hall or reach out to Olga-Maria at 502-644-0176 or omcruz@welcm.org with any questions. Thank you for all the ways you prayerfully support this special ministry!

Jennifer Landsly extends an invitation to the congregation to celebrate her next chapter with a new job and a new hometown!

2022 ANNUAL REPORTS due by January 31

ALL COMMITTEE CHAIRS, please submit your report by January 31. Contact the church office with any questions or if you need a form.

Grace Craft Group

Join us on the first Tuesday of the month in room 107 from 11am-1:30pm. This group is for crafters of any skill level and any craft, with the group’s purpose to craft items that will be donated to different organizations in need of those items.

OUTREACH UPDATES AND OPPORTUNITIES

THANK YOU for your donations! In the month of January, Grace has donated 174 lbs. of items to HOPE.

Biggest needs this week:

All sizes of Pull-ups, Newborn Diapers, Canned Fruit, Pasta & Sauce

HOPE has plenty of green beans and asks that you do not donate green beans at this time.

You can drop items off in the bin located outside the church offices when you're in the building, and a volunteer will take them over to HOPE. Please only place non-perishable items in the bin!

Eagle Project Update

Zachary Zimba, one of the Scouts in Troop 31, has completed his Eagle Project! He extends his thanks to Grace for our support for this project. He built a shelter for the Human Nutrition Department at Winthrop for outdoor classes and work. Below are some photos of the project.

Congregation Connections

Click here for our current Prayer List

Click here for our Memorials & Honor Gifts

Click here for our January Birthdays

The Sanctuary candle for the month of January is given by Amy and Chris Cassidy in memory of Amy's father, Donald William Ellison.

The Altar Flowers for January 29 are AVAILABLE to sponsor. Click HERE to sign up.

We have several opportunities available to sponsor our Sanctuary Candle and Altar Flowers! We invite you to take part in providing these beautiful signs of faith and our life as church together. Click on the links below to sign up.

2023 Sanctuary Candle

Grace continues to keep our Sanctuary Candle burning every week, a sign of the continuing presence of Jesus Christ in our lives. The months of August and October are still available to sponsor. The cost of the candle is $25.

Click HERE to sign up.

Altar Flowers

It has been a long-standing tradition at Grace for members to sponsor the weekly flowers, often in honor or memory of a special person or event.

The cost is $45.00 for one (1) or $90.00 for both (2) vases.

Click HERE to sign up.

Worship Assistant Schedule

Click HERE for the current schedule.

Don't see your name? Want to be part of leading worship? Email the church office today!

Offering Our Gifts to God

Your gifts to Grace allow our ministry to happen! You can give in several ways:

Give via the offering plate in worship
Give online by clicking HERE (you have the option to offset the cost of giving online)
Set up giving though your bank
Mail your offering to the church office.

Thank you for continued faithful giving!