Our giving in January and February was good, but the giving in March and April was down substantially, and donated giving for the year is running below any of the last five years’ totals. Jacob’s Learning Ladder and the food ministry are each running positive numbers and contributing to our totals. But Grace is using a substantial amount of the cash forward ...
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Psalm 71 testifies that a foundation of faith established during childhood helps ensure lifelong faith and service. The patterns and lessons established during these formative years continue to bear fruit throughout a person’s life. By receiving the Pentecost Offering, you are nurturing the faith of those who are the church to come—children, youth, and young adults. A gift to the Pentecost Offering helps the church to encourage, develop, and support its young people, and also address the needs of at-risk ...
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May’s Yellow Bag collection is pet food/snacks to benefit the Kansas Humane Society (KHS). KHS helps over 15,000 pets in our community each year. Among the services the KHS provides are adoption services (between January 1 and April 19 of this year, 1,126 pets have been adopted), low-cost spay/neutering, pet fostering services, and end-of-life care.
KHS has a full range of veterinarian services, including a surgery suite. One of the premier events of KHS is Woofstock, a celebration of dogs and ...
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On Sunday, May 5, ninety-two of us spent two hours together over an amazing “Cinco de Mayo” themed lunch making observations, interpretations, asking questions, and creating playful interventions around the challenge of declining attendance at Grace.
The Session has identified five emerging ministry emphases: caring, connecting, learning, serving, and worshipping. This past Sunday’s Step 2 in Our Interim Pastor Journey Town Hall meetings further clarified the emerging ministry emphases and Grace’s identity profile as we move closer in acknowledging who we ...
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May’s Yellow Bag collection consists of pet food/snacks that benefit the Kansas Humane Society. KHS helps over 15,000 pets in our community each year. Among the services the KHS provides are adoption services (between January 1 and April 19 ...