Sunday Morning Preaching Schedule for January 2020

Sunday Morning Preaching Schedule for January 2020

January 5          

On this first Sunday of 2020 we celebrate the Lord’s Supper in worship. Catherine Neelly Burton preaches, and we shift our focus to the gospel of Mark.  The scripture for the day is Mark 1:21-45. We begin our January worship series, “Why Church?”

January 12    

Our scripture for the day is Mark 2:1-22.  Catherine Neelly Burton preaches.

January 19       

Catherine Neelly Burton preaches from Mark 4:1-34.

January 26       

This is the final Sunday of our “Why Church?” series.  Catherine Neelly Burton preaches from Mark 5:1-20.

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Sunday Morning Schedule

God’s Story, Our Story, My Story

God’s Story, Our Story, My Story

This fall in worship we started in the book of Genesis and traveled through the Old Testament together.  Along with hundreds of other congregations we are using the Narrative Lectionary. The Narrative Lectionary seeks to create an arc of the story of scripture by selecting stories for us to focus on each week.

In January we enter the book of Mark, and we stay in Mark through Easter Sunday.  Mark is the shortest of the four gospels and the oldest. Together ...

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Why Church?

why church

In January we enter the book of Mark.  As we encounter Jesus and explore what the stories in Mark mean for us today, we also ask the question, “Why Church?” More and more Americans choose not to make church part of their lives.  There’s little cultural pressure to be part of a church.  Instead there’s something more, much more actually, that ...

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Cuba Connection: Building Relationships, a blog by Darcy Eads

Cuba Connection: Building Relationships, a blog by Darcy Eads

Cheri Ochs Wheeler, from Marion Presbyterian Church, and myself just returned from a week- long visit to Cuba.  The purpose of our trip was two-fold.  We visited the Reformed Presbyterian church in Placetas to further explore the possibility of forming a mission partnership with our churches. The second part of our visit,  we attended a meeting with the El Centro Presbytery, Baltimore Presbytery and Central Florida Presbytery.   It was an annual business meeting reviewing the partnerships the two United States ...

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Mission

From the Pastor’s Desk: December 2019

From the Pastor’s Desk: December 2019

Dear Grace Community,

I’ve said it many times, Advent and Christmas are my favorite times in the physical life of Grace.  The beauty of this space is somehow even more awe-inspiring with poinsettias, greenery, and lights.  I give thanks to God for the ways I catch my breath walking in the Sanctuary or the Great Room for worship.

Being inspired by beauty is a gift in this season, a gift I gratefully receive.  And like with any gift from God, I am ...

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From the Pastor's Desk

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