Mission Spotlight: Fisher Gift

Longtime Grace member Lois Fisher died in 2020 and left a financial gift to the church. The gift was to be used by the church Mission Distribution Team, a team Lois was part of for many years. The gift was $84,000, and the team spent time all winter and spring discerning how to share half of it.

After considering Lois’ life and passions, the team gave the money to organizations and missions that matched where Lois’ heart was. They are listed ...

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PCUSA Per Capita

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Each year Grace is financially assessed for each member of our congregation.  This assessment is done by our presbytery and is called per capita.  Per capita is not a tax.  Nothing happens to us if we don’t give (or pay) it, but we do give it because it strengthens the Presbyterian Church.  What we give helps fund our presbytery and ...

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Memorial Garden

Grace Presbyterian has a memorial garden on the east side of the building. The garden includes benches, a fountain, and a monument.  The memorial garden may be used for burial of ashes.  The monument lists names of those whose ashes are buried there. If you want to learn more about the memorial garden contact Catherine Neelly Burton or Martin Burch, 316-684-5215.

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Pentecost Offering

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Pentecost is Sunday, May 23.  Each year we celebrate the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and as part of our celebration we receive the Pentecost Offering.  The Pentecost Offering supports ministries with children and youth. Sixty percent of the offering goes to the national PCUSA, and 40% stays in our community. This year we split our local portion between ...

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