We have a new team at Grace, the Good Neighbor Team.

The Good Neighbor Team works in partnership with the Code Enforcement Office of the city and county. This office looks for volunteers to complete physical labor at the homes of people who are at risk of going to court for code violations and do not have the physical or financial means to complete the projects.  Projects include things like yard clean up, demolishing a broken shed, and lawn mowing.

Our goal is to have a team that completes one project a month from April – November.  Projects occur on both weekdays and weekends. If you are interested in participating in projects, contact Teresa Stange in the church office, teresa@mygpc.org.

Signing up does not mean you go to every project, but it means you try to make them.  You do not need any skills to join this team, just a willingness to do manual labor and a desire to help our neighbors.

The Grace Mission team sent $1000 to the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) in February to support their work in southern states hit hard by the cold weather.  You may read more about the work of the PDA here >>

• The Grace Presbyterian Session met on January 25 on Zoom for its stated meeting.
• The meeting was opened and closed with prayer.
• The docket and minutes were approved.
• The Session voted to return to in person worship on February 7 (while still offering streaming) with one worship service at 11 am. All precautions from the fall in-person services will be in place.
  • Worship size will be limited to 50 with an overflow in the worship space that is not used. (When worship is in the sanctuary, overflow is in the great room and vice versa.)
• Session had previously limited group gatherings to 15. The limit is now 25 (other than worship).
• The 2021 budget was presented and passed unanimously.
• The financial reports were given and approved. Members met their pledges in 2020, which is wonderful.  We were behind for the year because non-pledged giving was down.  However, with the Paycheck Protection Plan Loan/Grant, we were okay.
• The annual reports are being assembled.
• Catherine thanked the elders rotating off of session: Darcy Eads, Dave McIntire, Ginny Vincent, and Joe Wangombe.
• Carolyn Shaw, Pam Head, and Darcy Eads were elected to serve as commissioners to the February 16 presbytery meeting.