As we all know, some of us have more than others. Over the Thanksgiving holiday those with more have an opportunity to help those with less.  Grace Presbyterian is helping our neighbors by collecting food (or money) to help the Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church Food Pantry.  For the Yellow Bag collection in October and throughout our Stewardship season our congregation is collecting specific items to fill food baskets.

Below are the items we need to fill each food basket:

• Canned Veggies – 3 (Green Beans, Corn, etc.)
• Canned beans – 1
• Spaghetti O’s, Rivoli, etc. – 1
• Tomatoes (sauce or diced) – 1
• Soups – 2 (Ckn Noodle, Tomato)
• Ramen Noodles – 1 pkg. (Ckn & Beef)
• Mac & Cheese – 1
• Canned Fruit – 1
• Canned Meat – 1 (tuna, ckn)
• Meat Helper – 1
• Cereal – 1
• Toilet Paper – 2 rolls
• Canned Cranberries
• Dressing Mix
• Can of Chicken Broth
• Gravy Mix
• Mashed Potato (dry in box)
• Jello w/canned fruit cocktail
• Muffin Mix

ALL MONETARY GIFTS HELP US PURCHASE PERISHABLES SUCH AS MILK, BREAD, CHEESE, TURKEY BREAST, ETC.  CHECKS CAN BE MADE OUT TO GRACE, BUT PLEASE DESIGNATE YOUR DONATION FOR FOOD PANTRY.

OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE 35 FULL THANKSGIVING FOOD BASKETS.

We welcome our neighbors and friends from Watermark Books back to Grace. On Thursday, October 25, at 6:30 pm, award-winning editor, author, and historian Hampton Sides shares about his book On Desperate Ground.

The event is free and open to the public.  Watermark events are great ways for us to offer hospitality, and we enjoy sharing cookies and drinks with our guests before the event.  We need volunteers to greet and set out refreshments.  Let Catherine Neelly Burton (catherine@mygpc.org) know if you are available to help.  You are also welcome to come to the event!

On Sunday, October 7, we celebrate World Communion Sunday.  Along with siblings in faith around the globe we share the Lord’s Supper in worship.  We also receive the Peace and Global Witness Offering.  This offering is one of the PCUSA offerings we receive every year.  Fifty percent of the received offering goes to the national church for peacemaking efforts around the globe. Twenty-five percent goes to the Presbytery of Southern Kansas for peacemaking efforts in the region. The Grace Mission Distribution Team determines how to use the remaining 25%.

This year the Mission Distribution Team designates our percentage for the Good Neighboring Movement in the Wichita South Central (SoCe) Neighborhood.  They describe themselves this way:

The Neighboring Movement by SoCe Life researches, practices and teaches about neighboring. We practice good neighboring in the South Central (SoCe) neighborhood of Wichita, KS. Our dream is for a Neighboring Movement to sweep the nation in a way that strengthens communities, connects individuals, and revitalizes churches.