From the Pastor’s Desk – February 1, 2017

From the Pastor’s Desk – February 1, 2017

On February 19, you’re invited to a conversation about the possibility of establishing a memorial garden on the Grace grounds.  We meet at 2 pm in the Grace Parlor.  You may read more about the Memorial Garden Proposal.

This is not a new topic of discussion at Grace.  Before I was called here the session engaged in conversation about establishing a columbarium on the Grace grounds.  A memorial garden is different, but the idea is the same: both allow for the ...

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Cookies!

Cookies!

It’s time to bake and deliver cookies to our community. This is the fourth year for our cookie initiative, and we’re excited to again offer a blessing to those who work in our city.

In early February a bulletin board will go up by the coffee bar.  You’ll sign up to either bake two dozen cookies, or you’ll sign up for a location to deliver them. Locations include places like: fire stations, public library, the hospital ER, and more.

If you sign ...

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Church Information

Sunday Morning Preaching Schedule for February 2017

Sunday Morning Preaching Schedule for February 2017

February 5     

Catherine Neelly Burton preaches this day and looks at Matthew 5:13-20.  This is the start of a three-week series on “The Basic,” with the focus this week on Salt and Light.  We celebrate the Lord’s Supper at both worship services.  We celebrate the sacrament of Baptism at the 9 am service and ordination and installation at the 11 am service.

February 12    

We continue our series on “The Basics” and look at Milk and Solid Food and 1 Corinthians 3:1-9.  ...

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Sunday Morning Schedule

Sunday Morning Schedule February 2017

Sunday Morning Schedule February 2017

9 am           Worship in the Great Room

10 am         Education and Fellowship

11 am         Worship in the Sanctuary

Worship at 9 am is in the Great Room and is led musically by our band. The style is less formal than the 11 am service.  The 11 an service is in the Sanctuary and is led musically by our choirs. The style is more traditional.

There is no Sunday School on February 12. That morning we have the Annual Meeting of the ...

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Sunday Morning Schedule

Memorial Garden Conversation

Memorial Garden Conversation

In life and in death we belong to God.[1]

We do not live to ourselves, and we do not die to ourselves.

If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. For to this end Christ died and lived again, so that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.[2]

These confessions are at the heart ...

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