Dear Grace Community,
This week my Saturday letter to you comes as a letter from the Grace session regarding our return to in-person worship. You may find it here >
In Christ,
Catherine
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June 17, 2020
Dear Grace Community,
At its June 15 meeting, the Session voted to begin in-person worship on July 5. We look forward to again gathering at Grace. The worship services also will be live-streamed in real time and available online. Sunday School will not meet.
While we are excited about this return, it is important to note that the Sunday morning experience will be different than it was March 8, the last time we were here. The dangers of Covid-19 are ...
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Dear Grace Community,
Last fall the presbytery of Southern Kansas elected me to serve as a commissioner to the 224th PCUSA General Assembly. The Assembly starts on Friday, June 19. It was to be held in Baltimore, MD, but is now online with a much-reduced docket. Most items we were to study and vote on have been postponed to the 225th Assembly in 2022.
You may follow the assembly here:. There is a place to watch the livestream ...
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For the last two Sundays I’ve spoken about the tension and unrest in our country and community around race and racism. I acknowledge my failure to challenge us to talk more about this until now. Yes, we’ve had conversations in groups, and we’ve studied things in groups, but on the whole, we haven’t talked about race and racism. As your pastor, I haven’t pushed this because it’s hard and uncomfortable.
I was also misguided by my desire to keep ...
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Dear Grace Community,
This week my Saturday letter to you comes as a letter and challenge, which you can read here: blog to letter and 14 day challenge.
This Sunday we again gather online at 10 am for worship. Thank you for your support of the blood drive last week; we exceeded our goal!
Let us know how you are. Email the church staff or call us to check in and share. We miss you and pray for you.
In Christ,
Catherine