Written by Cheryl Lyda
It is 9 pm, and I’m at the new Eisenhower Airport waiting for an arrival. While I have often waited for the arrival of a flight in order to welcome friends and family, this is a different sort of welcome. I am here, along with Edgar a caseworker from IRC, a refugee resettlement organization in Wichita. We are waiting to welcome a family of four from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). They are the last ...
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Please bring your family to the Great Room on November 15 from 4:30-6:00 pm, to create a bundle of Jesse Tree ornaments.
Jesse Trees are a very old Christmas Tradition and first started in medieval times. They are used to help tell the story of the Bible from creation to the Christmas Story.
The name comes from Jesse who was the Father of King David. One prophecy in the bible, in the book of Isaiah, says:
1 A shoot will come up from ...
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It’s time for our monthly Laundry Love! This is when we go to College Town Laundry at 3223 E 17th St, by the WSU Campus, and we pay for laundry for people. This is a mission of our evangelism team, and we’d love for you to join us. We’ll be there from 2:30 – 5:30 pm on Sunday, November 8. Want to know more? Contact Catherine Neelly Burton, catherine@mygpc.org or 684-5215.
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Last month we shared with you the joyful news that gifts and pledges for the Rejoice Campaign exceeded our request. Your abundant generosity allowed the Board of Trustees and Session to look again at our needs for worship and to make decisions about how to steward the money that was given above what we requested.
Much of our focus is on the Great Room, where about 80 people worship each Sunday morning. his is how we plan to spend some of ...
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Each month on the first Sunday you’re encouraged to take home a re-usable yellow grocery bag, put some non-perishable items in it, and bring it back the next week, or soon thereafter. This month our contributions go to Operation Holiday.
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