Category Archives: Church Information

Bus Tickets and Morning Worship: February 12

Each month Grace distributes bus tickets to people in our community. This typically happens on the 15th of the month but will be February 12 this month. (The buses will not run on February 15 because of President’s Day.)

Volunteers and those receiving tickets begin to gather around 7 am in the Grace alcove. Guests are greeted with smiles, coffee, water and a place to sit. Tickets are distributed at 8:30 am, and a brief worship service follows. Everyone is invited to stay for worship, which includes communion. The worship service lasts about 15 minutes.

We can always use volunteers to help with set-up, clean-up, and ticket distribution. Want to help? Contact Kirk Anderson, kirk@mygpc.org or 684-5215.

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Laundry Love: February 14

Show some LOVE this Valentine’s Day with Laundry Love.

Laundry Love is our monthly mission-evangelism initiative when we go to College Town Laundry at 3223 E 17th St, by the WSU Campus, and pay for laundry for people.

We’d love for you to join us. We’ll be there from 2:30 – 5:30 pm on Sunday, February 14. Want to know more? Contact Catherine Neelly Burton, catherine@mygpc.org or 684-5215.

Yellow Bag Sundays

Yellow Bag: February 2016

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 the food pantry at Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church. Consider bringing cereal or macaroni and cheese.

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Cookies!

It’s time to bake and deliver cookies to our community. This is the third year for our cookie initiative, and we’re excited to again offer a blessing to those who work in our city.

In early February a bulletin board will go up by the coffee bar. You’ll sign up to either bake twi dozen cookies, or you’ll sign up for a location to deliver them. Locations include places like: fire stations, public libraries, the hospital ER and more.

If you sign up to bring cookies, you do so on either February 7 or 14. You bring them to the church kitchen and volunteers package them up for delivery. On those same days volunteers pick them up and deliver them during the week.

This is a small but valuable way for us to show some love to our community!

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Ash Wednesday: February 10, 2016

Lent begins with Ash Wednesday on February 10. This year we again have two opportunities for Ash Wednesday worship. The first is Ashes On the Go at Watermark Books. From 7-9 am Pastor Catherine Neelly Burton will be at Watermark to mark you with ashes as you start your day. This is an opportunity for you to share your faith both by wearing your ashes and by making a public witness at our neighborhood bookstore. It’s a come and go time, though you’re welcome to get breakfast and stay for a while.

At 7 pm we gather in the Grace Sanctuary for an Ash Wednesday service that includes the imposition of ashes, Holy Communion, and music from our choir.

Photo credit: MTSOfan via VisualHunt.com / CC BY-NC-SA