This Sunday is Pentecost! On this day we celebrate the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. The text in Acts 2 says that as the people gathered the Spirit first made its presence known in “a sound like the rush of a violent wind…”
As we celebrate Pentecost in our homes this year you are encouraged to come by the church and get a pinwheel. We have 50 of these, and we hope they serve to remind you of the movement of ...
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We’re not gathering in the building, but you can help beautify the outside of Grace Presbyterian. The Garden Team is back to work: spreading out and digging in the dirt. They are always looking for new members. Contact Don Allison dallison15@cox.net or Bill Wynne bill.wynne@wichita.edu with questions or to volunteer.
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Pentecost Sunday is May 31. Each year we receive a special offering on this day. This year you may give here: https://specialofferings.pcusa.org/offering/pentecost/
The PCUSA Pentecost offering goes to support ministries with children and youth. On the national church level this includes the Youth Triennium. Last summer we sent a group of youth and adults to this conference.
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Dear Grace Community,
Love is patient, love is kind… Do these words sound familiar?
These words are found in 1 Corinthians 13, which is our scripture for Sunday. Together we look at love, as Paul presents it to one of the first Christian churches.
Those first Christians in Corinth sought to be a church, which was not something anyone they knew had ever done before. As we seek to be a church in a pandemic, which is not something ...
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My heart breaks when I remember the past,
when I went with the crowds to the house of God and led them as they walked along,
a happy crowd, singing and shouting praise to God.
Why is my soul so sad?
Why am I so troubled?
I will put my hope in God, and once again I will praise, my savior and my God.
~Psalm 42:4-5 as shared by the Beloved Everybody Church
Earlier in the ...
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