February Adult Sunday School: Narrative Lectionary Class

Each Sunday in February adults gather in the Grace Fellowship Hall at 10 am for Sunday School.  The class studies the scripture that is used in worship for the day.  Different class members teach each week.

February 7:     

• Luke 7:1-17

February 14: 

• Luke 9:28-45

February 21:   

• Luke 10:25-42

February 28:  

• Luke 13:1-9, 35-39

We are excited to return to in person worship on February 7.  We return with the same precautions we had in place this fall when we were in the building.

Sunday School is at 10 am, and worship is at 11 am. Worship rotates between the Sanctuary and Great Room.  Sunday School is in the following locations:

• Room 106/Nursery – Infants – 2 years old
• Room 101 – Children ages 3 – 1^stGrade
• Room 206 (Excavation Station) – Children ages 2^nd– 6 Grade
• Teen Center (Basement) – Youth ages 7^th– 12^th Grace
• Fellowship Hall – Adults
• Room 208 (Steamers) – Adults

The following guidelines apply to all Sundays moving forward.

• You may be asked to give your name as you come in. This list is internal only and allows us to contact worshipers if we learn that someone who was present tests positive for Covid-19. We may take a picture of the congregation, so that if contact tracing is needed we can determine who was near whom.
• You’ll find hand sanitizer and masks at each entry. Wear your own mask if you have one. The expectation is that all wear masks unless prevented from doing so by a medical condition.
• The coffee bar is closed.
• We have a place to give offering after the service, but no offering plates or bags will be used in worship.
• There is no passing of the peace.
• Windows will be open to help with air circulation.
• Ushers will seat and dismiss the congregation.
• The seating is socially distanced so limited by space. We will only have 50 people in each space. Once a space is full, all others will be guided to the other worship space to watch the service on the screen.
• A custodian is on duty to clean surfaces throughout the morning.

We encourage those of you in high risk categories to remain at home for online worship. Please stay home if you have any symptoms of illness.

Our kids lead us in worship on February 14. What better day than one we associate with love? Our kids are precious and God has given us the responsibility as parents and the church, to train them up in the way of the Lord. God instructs us in his word not to abandon our first love.

So take a moment and share your testimony with your child. Share a story of when you first encountered the love of God.  Where were you? Was there a special Scripture associated with the moment? Share it and see if you would like your child to be part of kids lead Sunday. If so, please email jennifer@mygpc.org, and we will make sure they get plugged in.

Each winter we ordain and install new officers and say thank you to those who have completed their active service.

• Thank you to elders Darcy Eads, Dave McIntire, Ginny Vincent, and Joe Wangombe.
• Thank you to deacons Don Awtrey, Arleigh McCormick, and Jo Wilkinson.
• Thank you to trustees Brian White, Bill Woolf, and Cathy Feemster .
• Thank you to Jacob’s Learning Ladder board member Jill Bajaj.

We give thanks for our church officers: president Cathy Feemster, secretary Steve Hooper, and treasurer Bob Ross.

November 16

• The Grace Presbyterian Session met on November 16 on Zoom for its stated meeting.
• The meeting was opened and closed with prayer.
• The docket and minutes were approved.
• The Session voted to remain online only for worship through December 14.
• An update on the Deep Roots campaign progress was received
• Our clerk, Steve Hooper, attended the Annual Minutes Review held by the presbytery.
• The financial reports were approved and received.
• Upon receiving a report from the Music Ministry Search Team the session approved hiring Tyler Morris as the new Director of Music Ministry.
• We received a gift from Lois Fisher’s estate. The gift is designated for use by the Mission Distribution Team.
• There was an update on stewardship season and pledges.
• Alisa Watkins, Pam Head, and Darcy Eads were commissioners to the November presbytery meeting and made a report.
• Plans were made for a mail in congregational meeting to elect officers.
• A meeting was called for November 30.

November 30

• The Grace Presbyterian Session met on November 30 on Zoom for a called meeting.
• The meeting was opened and closed with prayer.
• The session voted to remain in online only worship through January 3. This includes Christmas Eve, but the Session is open to a creative outdoor gathering if the staff sees this as appropriate.