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Good Friday Service

Tonight at 7 pm in the Sanctuary, a Good Friday service will be held. This service is designed to help those who attend experience and relive the final hours of Christ’s life. All are welcome.

Children’s Sunday School

Kids age 2 through 12th grade are welcome to join us for Sunday School March 7, 14 and 21. From 9:30-10:15 am, we’ll be learning about some of the really upside down things Jesus taught. For instance, “happy are you when people spread lies about you” or “if you want to be great, you have to be the servant of all.” Why did Jesus say such…

U.C.C. Women’s Week

U.C.C. Women’s Week begins this Sunday, February 7. We will be celebrating wonderful women of faith in our worship service at 10:30. A special sermon will be preached about one of the heroines of the Bible. Please plan to join us and remember to celebrate the Godly women in your life!

Haiti Relief

Thanks to everyone who gave so generously in our recent offerings for Haiti. We collected $1500 which will be sent to Habitat for Humanity International. They will be providing temporary and new permanent structures to those devastated by this earthquake. Please continue to pray for the people of Haiti.

Service of Remembrance

This Sunday morning, January 10, we will celebrate our annual service of remembrance remembering the members and friends of Grace Church who have gone to their eternal rest in the last year.  Please join us to celebrate their lives.

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

I know this is a little late, but don’t forget to come out to our 11:00PM Christmas Eve service, a beautiful way to greet the arrival of Christmas Day.  I believe we are the only one in Lancaster anymore at 11:00PM.  And remember, “to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord.” (Luke 2:11, NRSV) …

Christians are Turkeys

Last Thanksgiving, while driving home to my parents, I heard a story on National Public Radio explaining why we call turkeys “turkeys.” After all, turkeys are indigenous to North America, so why are they named after a country in Eastern Europe? It seems it all began when turkeys were taken to England from the Americas in the 1500s. At this time, the English called…