A Word From Our Interim Pastor – The Rev. Dr. Steven M. Marsh

Philippians 1:6 reads, “I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work among you will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ.” I’ll never forget responding to God’s love for me in Jesus Christ as an eighth grader in the Communicant’s class. I’ll never forget the Sunday School teachers in the front rows smiling with tears of joy when I shared my Statement of Faith in the worship service. I’ll never forget how Jesus walked with me and saved me countless times during the detours of my fifty-three years of life since that Communicant’s class experience. And, yes, I see God’s ongoing completion of what God started when I was thirteen years old.

Grace and our individual lives are built on the foundation of Jesus Christ. The sovereignty, providence, and presence of God is always at work in order to complete God’s purpose for each one of us and Grace Presbyterian Church. What an exciting time.

Our Interim Pastor Journey focuses on adaptive change. Today, at our Interim Pastor Journey Town Hall Meeting Step 2, I’ll introduce principles associated with adaptive change. Those principles are observations, interpretations, asking questions, and making interventions in measured ways.

A challenge before us is declining church attendance.

The question today is: How would you describe Grace to someone you wanted to attend with you?

I’ll see you after worship in the Great Room for our Town Hall Meeting Step 2 and the “Cinco de Mayo” themed luncheon.

On the journey of Christian discipleship and spiritual formation with you, I remain faithfully yours,

Steve

The Rev. Dr. Steven M. Marsh

Interim Pastor

A Word From Our Interim Pastor – The Rev. Dr. Steven M. Marsh

Over the years of my ministry, I often return to Philippians 1:6. And now, given our Interim Pastor journey, I find great encouragement for each one of us at this time in Grace’s history and ministry. Philippians 1:6 reads, “I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work among you will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ.” Grace is built on the foundation of Jesus Christ. Our individual lives are built on that foundation as well. The sovereignty, providence, and presence of God are always at work in order for us and subsequent generations at Grace to participate with God in experiencing the completion of God’s work at Grace at the “day of Jesus Christ,” the final consummation, with the formation of the new heavens and earth. What an exciting time for Grace!

Our Interim Pastor Journey focuses on adaptive change. I will introduce the following principles at our next Interim Pastor Journey Town Hall Meeting, Step 2, on Sunday, May 5. Those principles are observations, interpretations, asking questions, and making interventions in measured ways.

Our next Interim Pastor Journey Town Hall Meeting, Step 2, is Sunday, May 5. We have one service in the Sanctuary at 10:00 am, followed by a covered dish lunch with a “Cinco de Mayo” Mexican theme, including dessert, water, iced tea, and coffee.

The question for the focus of our discussion is: How would you describe Grace to someone you wanted to attend with you?

Do attend worship, which includes celebrating our graduates and the “Cinco de Mayo” themed luncheon on Sunday, May 5.

On the journey of Christian discipleship and spiritual formation with you, I remain faithfully yours,

Steve

The Rev. Dr. Steven M. Marsh

Interim Pastor

Muffins in the Morning

As the school year comes to an end, we would like to thank the Jacob’s Learning Ladder parents for sharing their children with us. To make their mornings a bit less hectic, we serve muffins and coffee as they bring their child to Jacob’s for the day on Thursday, May 2 from 7:00 to 9:00 AM. Please help us with this “act of kindness” and thanksgiving by either bringing muffins or serving.

We need donations of muffins and people to help greet parents and children and serve muffins. Please sign up on the bulletin board by the coffee bar for a one-hour shift, or to donate muffins. All muffins should be dropped off in the kitchen by Wednesday, May 1. Thanks!

Graduation Recognition Sunday

On Sunday, May 5, at our one worship service, we will recognize all our high school, college, and post-college graduates. If you would like your graduate or you to be recognized, please email the following information to kirk@mygpc.org by April 25: Picture (headshot preferably), school graduating from, awards, a short bio with family, activities, and future plans. Questions? Please contact Kirk.

Town Hall Meeting Step 2 and Congregational Lunch

There is one worship service on Sunday, May 5, at 10:00 am, in the Sanctuary. Following the service there is a congregational potluck luncheon and Town Hall Meeting, Step 2, in the Great Room. The question we are focusing on for our discussion is: How would you describe Grace to someone you wanted to attend with you?

We are having a Cinco de Mayo Mexican food theme. Please bring a dish to share with a south of the border flair! Dessert, water, iced tea and coffee is provided. Signup sheets are on the bulletin board by the coffee bar.