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Upcoming Events

The rest of this month (and early next month) will be very busy at Grace United Church of Christ.  We’re wrapping up our year-long bicentennial celebration, plus it is soon time for our annual Chicken Noodle dinner. Here is a quick (but probably not complete) list of some of the upcoming events. We look forward to seeing everyone and as many of these events as you are able to join us. Oct 16 – noodle making @ 5:00PM Oct 18…

Give for Disaster Relief

Members have been asking how they can help those who have been devastated by Hurricane Matthew.  If you want to give through our online giving button below, until we can add a distinct ‘Disaster Relief’ category from the drop down, use ‘monthly mission project’ and on the memo line put ‘Hurricane Matthew relief’. Give

Grace UCC in the News

For those of you who missed it, there was a nice story about our 200th anniversary in the Eagle-Gazette two weeks ago. It was written by our own Joyce Harvey. You can find the story here.

Online giving is here

Pastor Mindy, in her monthly post, mentioned that the theme for our stewardship campaign for this year is “Go and do likewise.” Part of that is financial support to the work and mission of Grace UCC both locally and through “Our Church’s Wider Mission (OCWM)” which is how we support the United Church of Christ outside the walls of our sanctuary. Our congregation is blessed at the moment to be the church home to both the moderator of the Central…

Musical Instruments Needed for Flooded High School

As you probably remember, we sent the flood cleanup buckets we had put together down to our sister congregation, Bridges of Grace UCC in Charleston, WV following the devastating flooding down there in June.  Well, they have another request and we’re going to try to help them out with it.  We received the following note from Rev. Kay Albright, the pastor at Bridges of Grace The floods in West Virginia have been devastating in many areas. Bridges of Grace UCC,…

DialMyCalls is here

Back during the winter, council discussed looking at an automated calling system for the church.  This is a system that can send out short recorded voice messages or text messages to the congregation.  Pastor Mindy had used one at her last church and found it quite useful for sending out reminders of upcoming events or alerts in case of unexpected things like power outages, etc.  We first applied for a grant from one of the major companies that offer this type…

Confirmation 2016

Five extraordinary young people reaffirmed their baptism as they joined Grace United Church of Christ

Time to re-enroll in Kroger Community Rewards

If you were previously enrolled in the Kroger Community Rewards program, you may have gotten an e-mail in the last week or so, reminding you that it was time to re-enroll.  The Kroger Community Rewards program is a way to raise money simply by using your Kroger Plus card when you buy groceries.  100% of the money the church receives through this program goes back out to help those in need in our community.  In the past, the Christian Service board…

Vacation Bible School

Vacation Bible School – Mark your calendar! We are inviting all children ages 3-13 to participate in our annual Vacation Bible School. This year’s program, Surf Shack (Catch the Wave of God’s Amazing Love) will be held June 6-9, 2016 from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM. The pre-school program for children ages 3-5 years runs from 5:30 to 7:30. Supper will be served each evening at 5:30. Families invited! This is a FREE program. Music, Bible stories, recreational activities and…