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22 years ago, Sue Knarr started her work with us. Yes 22 years! With her heart for the Lord, and her financial acumen, Sue has guided our Finance Office for all these years. In the 7 years I have been privileged to work with Sue, I have marveled at her patience, her integrity, her faith and […]
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This Sunday, Daylight Saving Time begins. Don’t forget to turn your clock forward an hour. I can’t wait to see you. I will continue in our Luke: The Passion series that shows us Jesus living out his love and suffering for you and for me. This week we look at Jesus the Servant. He modelled a new way of Kingdom […]
GRACE This Week
On Sunday, we will begin “Luke: The Passion.” This is the final sermon series of our months-long journey through the Gospel of Luke. If you didn’t pick up your final installment of the scripture journal, I hope you will get yours on Sunday. The English word passion comes from the Latin word passio, which means suffering. Sunday, […]
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This Sunday, we continue walking through the Gospel of Luke. Kyra Thomas, our Pastoral Fellow and Young Adult Director, will be preaching, “This is My Son.” Jesus takes Peter, James, and John up a mountain and these 3 disciples see the glory of Jesus. They hear God speaking, “This is my Son, whom I have chosen, […]
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Are you Team Eagles? Team Commercials? Or Team Snacks? I didn’t bother naming the other team…. Because this year, our community has skin in the game. I usually am Team Commercials, but this year I’m rooting for my adopted home team. I’ll have my Eagles jersey on Sunday, and I hope you will join me […]
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ECO NATIONAL GATHERING REPORT Some of your GRACE team spent the week at the ECO Presbyterian National Gathering in Newport Beach, California, hosted by our sister ECO church, St. Andrews Presbyterian Church. It was a moving time of worship and connecting with ECO leaders (pastors and elders) from around the country. We are a part […]
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5 years ago, this is what I wrote to you in my Friday letter: Here we Go! With God’s faithfulness as our net, we now take a leap of faith and launch into a new and exciting season in the life of our church. I have never seen a group of people more excited. What […]
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Sunday was a great start to a very important new year for all of us at GRACE Church. It was good to be back together in worship. It was good to take communion together. It was good to have Pastor Taylor Shade administer communion for the first time as our ordained Next Generation Pastor. I hope […]
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Sunday, we continue to countdown the days to Christmas with Dr. Luke. This week, we get to a story that I honestly haven’t given that much attention to over the years. Mary rushes off to see Aunt Elizabeth and when the two pregnant women meet, something powerful happens. Elizabeth, through the power of the Holy Spirit, confirms for […]
GRACE This Week
This week, we continue counting down the days to Christmas with Dr. Luke. Sunday, we started our journey through the Gospel. We gave away hundreds of Luke Journals to guide our investigation of Jesus through the eyes of Luke. If you didn’t get yours, I apologize that we ran out. But there will be more […]