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"CHRIST IN
MY LIFE"
Call in your reservation now! 457-5329
The first of our Lenten Breakfasts well be held at Grace, this Saturday at 8:00 a.m.
Our kick-off speaker will be a skit dramatized by BJ & Penny Siefert,
Jenny Hancock, Harleah Smith.
For more information click here.
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| WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY |
8:15 am Service in Chapel with Communion
9:25 am Service in the Sanctuary
Children's Choir "Forty Days and Nights" Chancel Choir Anthem: "Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley" Pastor Stacee Fischer Gehring's Sermon:
10:30 Fellowship Time
10:45 a.m. Sunday School Classes for All Ages
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GET A L.I.F.T. THIS LENT
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Growth Experience Planned for You!
Sunday Evenings at Grace
Are the dark days of winter bringing you down? Are you tired of
cold weather and long nights? If so, then you need a LIFT! The cure
to your winter blues is LIVING IN FELLOWSHIP TOGETHER. As a way to bring different generations together and to also answer the changing
needs of our congregation, the staff have organized family-friendly
Sundays during the Lenten
Season. Beginning 21 February until 28 March, LIFTwill
take flight!
The Sunday evening schedule will look as follows:
5:00 - 5:45 pm: Youth
Bell Choir (Bell Room)
A bell choir for junior high and senior high students - no experience
required!
Graceful Arts (Children's Education Area)
Children ages 4 - 5th grade are invited to have a lesson, play a game, and/or
make a craft.
5:45 - 6:15 pm: Grace Family Meal (Fellowship Hall)
A time of fellowhip for anyone wishing to share a
meal with their church family.
6:15 - 7:00 pm: Children's Choir (Children's Music Room)
The children will be working on a song for the Easter Sunday Service.
 Adult Bible Study (Fellowship Hall)
Pastor
Steve will lead a Lenten Study on the "Three Simple Rules."
6:15 - 8:00 pm: Junior/Senior High Youth Group (Youth Room)
7:00 - 8:00 pm: "New" Adult
Bell Choir (Bell Room)
For any adult who has always wanted to become a "ding-a-ling"
- no experience required! If you want to give bell choir a try and have
some fun in the process, you are welcome to try it out.
8:00 - 9:00 pm: Chamber Ensemble Rehearsal
(Sanctuary)
If you already play a musical
instrument and are interested in playing with this ensemble
during worship, please contact Jacque Hunt for more information.
Childcare will be provided during all the above activities.
Everyone can use a LIFT, so let's LIFT
eachother up during this Lenten season. See you Sunday, 21 February!
Saturday Morning Prayer Breakfasts
Saturday Mornings Lenten Breakfasts February 20th at GRACE UMC and runs through March 27th. These Breakfasts will meet at a different UM Church in our Cluster each Saturday. Click here for more information.
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HAITI
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United Methodists have had a long-standing relationship with Haiti
through the Methodist Church of Haiti. The strong ties between the
Methodist Church of Haiti and The United Methodist Committee on Relief
(UMCOR) helped in facilitating the opening of the UMCOR Haiti field
office in 2005. 100 percent of Advance gifts made will go to support
relief and development efforts due to emergencies in Haiti.
Responding To The Need... Haiti needs help. If you can assist... make a check out to GRACE UMC. In the memo section put, UMCOR Advance #418325-Haiti.
UMCOR WebsiteUMCOR also needs health kits to distribute to Haitian earthquake victims. Grace families, individuals,
youth, children, men, or women can put together kits for about
$8-12. A list in Fellowship Hall describes specific items like soap,
hand towels, etc. You may also donate money to a United Methodist
Woman in Fellowship Hall, and the UMW will do the kits. Bring kits to
the office or parlor as soon as possible through February. |
| 50'S BASH FOR LYDIA'S TAILORING CENTRE |
It'll be a bash! Join us... get into it... have a
fabulous time. And best of all the profits will go towards helping
those in the slums of Nairobi.
See you there on February 20th from 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. Your admission ticket
only $3.00
For more Information click here
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ADDED GRACE
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Grace's Senior Ministry meets March 2, 2010
For our March Added Grace meeting John and Daine Auzins will be our hosts and John will also be our speaker. John will be showing pictures they took at the famous Keukenhof Gardens in Holland and telling the group about the gardens. This should be a very interesting and informative talk so please plan to attend. The cost of the meal will be $6.00. Please make your reservations on February 21 or 28 or by telephone at 452-3038 (Nancy Hefley).
More about Keukenhof Gardens
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HENDERSON SETTLEMENT FEB TOPIC FOR UM MEN
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 JOIN
THE UMM ON FEBRUARY 22ND as they discuss the
Henderson Work Camp. Bill Bassett, Mark
Brown, David Brownfield, Kirk Grotenhuis, Larry Raber, Bill White, and Paul
Zimmerman will fill us in on their mission trip. The gang completed 2 projects during the week
of September 19,
2009.
The men presented a commemorative plaque honoring Chuck Hefley for his
many years of dedicated service to Henderson and missions. Join us as the men fill in the details on
Monday, February 22nd... dinner served at 6:00... presentation
at 6:45 P.M. Call Dan Stout at 452-6350 for dinner
reservations. Ladies, we welcome
your attendance.
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THE WATER PROJECT
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Our kids are working hard to raise money to sponsor fresh water wells for those in
need. The Water Project has worked
mostly to provide water for communities in Africa and India, but
now with Haiti
suffering the aftermath of such a horrible earthquake, the organization has
joined forces with Living Water International to work to reestablish fresh
water supplies in that country as well.
If you happen to see one of our kids with a money jug, ask them about it
then drop in some spare change.
Remember:
$10=fresh water for one person for ten
years!
Our goal is to raise $250 by
Easter
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FILL YELLOW BAGS FOR LOCAL MISSIONS
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 Many of you have probably seen the numerous articles in the Kokomo paper recently expressing the desperate need for food and other items to help the needy in our community. Local missions like Kokomo Urban Outreach, Coordinated Assistance Ministries and the Kokomo Rescue Mission. All are struggling to keep their shelves stocked. As you shop this week, please consider picking up a few extra items, bring them next week in the yellow bag and place the bag in the parlor. Things like peanut butter, spaghetti, spaghetti sauce, macaroni and cheese and meals in a can like beef stew and chunky soups are all very helpful. Tooth paste and brushes, paper towels, toilet paper and items for personal
hygiene are also needed.
If you have a yellow bag at home that hasn't been used, please bring it back to church, preferable with something in it. We are starting to run low on bags because many have become unusable.
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