Yellow Bags: July

It is just the beginning of July, but already we are thinking of the upcoming school year and how Grace is going to help students be ready.  This month’s yellow bag donations are helping refugee families with school supplies for their kids.  Our church is collecting the following items:

  • Wide-rule notebook paper
  • Colored pencils
  • Markers – Think – packs of 8-20

And, if you prefer, you are welcome to give a cash donation for this cause.  All items and cash donations need to be ...

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Family Camp

“This is better than Christmas morning,” said Will Snook as they were packing their car for a week of family camp at Gull Lake Ministries last summer.

This summer, three families from Grace are attending family camp together. The experience is a spiritual vitamin that encourages them as they learn how to incorporate their faith into their daily family life.

Gull Lake Ministries, located in Hickory Corners, Michigan, cultivates Christian community in a unique and authentic way. Families go away from their ...

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Presbyterian Disaster Assistance: Andover Tornado Help

On Friday, April 29, 2022, a tornado hit Andover, Kansas. The next Monday I reached out to the Presbytery of Southern Kansas to see how, or if, the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) might help.  In the last decade our congregation has given physical supplies and financial gifts to the PDA.  We’ve packed buckets and hygiene bags and given to the One Great Hour of Sharing offering.

I learned that for PDA to have actual “boots on the ground” we needed to ...

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What Does the Church Have to Say About Race? Confession of Belhar Study

Some described the summer of 2020 as a summer of racial reckoning, others as a summer of racial unrest.  As individuals, as a church, and as a society we learned the names George Floyd and Brianna Taylor.  We saw protests nationally and right here in Wichita.  Members of our congregation committed to reading articles and books and watching movies related to race.  We gathered and discussed.  Corporately we have not talked much since then.

Yes, our book club has read and ...

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