Messy Church: December 9

Messy Church is our once a month interactive worship experience that always ends with free dinner.  This year Messy Church happens on the second Sunday of the month at 4:30 pm. Messy Church is designed with children eight and under in mind, BUT people of all ages are welcome.  It’s a little different each month, but there is always singing, playing, laughing, praying, and Bible story telling.  In December we celebrate the Christmas story.  We wrap up with dinner around ...

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From the Pastor’s Desk

Dear Grace Community,

Let all things now living
a song of thanksgiving
to God our Creator triumphantly raise;
who fashioned and made us,
protected and stayed us,
by guiding us on to the end of our days.
God’s banners are o’er us;
pure light goes before us,
a pillar of fire shining forth in the night:
till shadows have vanished,
all fearfulness banished,
as forward we travel from light into light

~“Let All Things Now Living” – Hymn 37 Glory to God ...

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Silent Night Worship Service: December 10

For anyone who has experienced loss or sadness, the holidays can be difficult, or at the least, stir up emotions.  Whether it is a public loss, like a death in the family or a divorce, or a more private sadness, it can be hard to move through a season when the expectations are high energy, big smiles, and full schedules.

Recognizing that some of us need a time to pause, a quiet time and space set apart during the Advent Season, ...

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Deep Roots Updates

Deep RootsWe continue to celebrate the success of the Deep Roots Campaign, and we are getting to work.  We are busy getting final bids for projects related to Jacobs Learning Ladder and setting up timelines.  All of the door handles in Jacobs Learning Ladder have now been replaced. This is a small project but an important security procedure, and we’re excited to ...

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Operation Holiday

It’s time for Operation Holiday!  Each year we partner with Interfaith Ministries for Operation Holiday.  Operation Holiday serves more than 13,000 people in our community every year by providing food, coats, and blankets.

We have large Operation Holiday boxes in the halls at Grace.  Please contribute coats, hats, gloves, and blankets in the boxes.  Yellow bag items for December go to Operation Holiday.  Both new and used coats are welcome.

Return all donations to Grace by Sunday, December 11.  Contact Catherine Neelly ...

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