Grab your lawn chairs and pool towels, and join us at the College Hill Pool. We’ll gather from 6-8 pm on Sunday July 26 for a cookout and pool party. The church will bring the grill and provide the meat. You’ll bring a side to share, a chair for sitting, and pool gear if you want to swim. Swimming is free. Bring your friends and family!
Last week (June 15-19), I had the opportunity to participate in a Pipe Organ Encounter (POE) for young people, ages 13-18, sponsored by the American Guild of Organists (AGO). I was one of 10 faculty who worked with 23 students. Many students were local, but some also came from Florida, North Carolina, Kansas City, Oklahoma, and Nebraska. Faculty taught private lessons and classes and gave recitals. They came from KU, including my two former teachers, WSU, William Jewell College in ...
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Mission has been a focus for our youth this summer. The INSPIRE Middle High youth spent a morning at Botanica helping with weeding and mulching and making one of the garden areas look incredible! After our project was done, we all spent some time in the gardens, had lunch and then went to the movies to make a full day of work and play.
We are only a couple of weeks away before our IGNITE Mission Trip team leaves for Cherokee ...
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IGNITE (All High School aged youth)
INSPIRE (All Middle High aged youth)
Each August members of Grace attend the Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit, right here in Wichita. That introduction alone might be confusing. Willow Creek is a church in Illinois, but they put on a leadership summit that is broadcast all over the world. We attend at Pathways Church in West Wichita.
When I got here five years ago I was skeptical of this event. What could a mega-church in Illinois have to say that would relate to my life at Grace? ...
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