** Greetings Friends!
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** 2024 ARTS & CRAFTS SHOWCASE AND LUNCH. Kick off your holiday shopping with unique gifts at our Arts & Crafts Showcase! JOIN US TOMORROW, November 15, from 10 AM to 7 PM. While there, enjoy delicious homemade soups, sandwiches, and cookies available for purchase throughout the day, with proceeds benefiting the Mexico Mission Outreach.
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BIBLE IN A YEAR SERIES
This week’s reading assignments and message:
November 17 — Weekly Readings: Hebrews 1-7 and Jeremiah 46 through Lamentations 5. Sermon: A Little Book with a Big Message
November 24 – Weekly Readings: Hebrews 8 through James 1 and Ezekiel 1-20.
Sermon: Turning Complaining to Thanksgiving.
FROM OUR MISSIONS COMMITTEE: We are sending a work team to Eastern Tennessee to help hurricane victims. Dates of the trip are Monday, December 9^th to Saturday, December 14th. An informational meeting will be held on Sunday, November 17^th in the GIM building at 10:15 am. If you cannot attend the meeting but want more information, please call Larry Catlos at 724-388-6032.
This Sunday is our ANNUAL FOOD BANK INGATHERING. Please bring your bags filled with non-perishables to church. Food Bank Committee members will be in the parking lot to help with your donations. Monetary donations to the Food Bank are also gratefully accepted. Simply indicate Food Bank on checks or offering envelopes. The need is great, and your support allows this vital ministry to assist the less fortunate in our county. Thank you for your ongoing support of the Food Bank.
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** WEDNESDAY NIGHT DINNER – Nov. 20
Thanksgiving Meatballs
(turkey meatballs with stuffing)
Roasted Vegetables with Pecan Crumble
Cranberry Sauce
Roll, Dessert & Beverage
NOTE PRICE INCREASE TO $7 FOR THIS THANKSGIVING MEAL
Children under 5 eat free. All others pay just $7 (this week only). Reservations are required by 2PM on Tuesday and may be made by signing up online or in the Welcome Center or by calling the church office at 724-463-8535, or email bmcanulty@indianagrace.org (mailto:bmcanulty@indianagrace.org) .
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December 1 is the first Sunday of Advent. The Christmas Code, a free Advent Devotional is available at the Prayer Corner in the Welcome Center. This small book with 25 meaningful devotions is the perfect way to maintain a daily focus on the true meaning of Christmas.
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Our Outreach Team is hosting the Warming Station in our Welcome Center following the It’s a Wonderful Life Christmas Parade on Friday, November 22. The theme is Gingerbread, and our parade float will be ‘Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus. And…one of the real sweet things about the evening is that you can donate your favorite cookies! Please sign up in the Welcome Center to provide cookies which may be dropped off at the parking lot entrance on Thursday, Nov. 21 or Friday, Nov. 22.
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** THE THANKSGIVING CONCERT OF PRAISE will be held here at Grace Church on Sunday, November 24, at 6PM. Greg Varner is the host for this event. This evening of music and fellowship provides an opportunity for believers from all churches to gather in this season of thanksgiving as we lift the name of Jesus together. You are invited to a time of fellowship with light refreshments in the Welcome Center immediately following the concert. A free-will offering will be taken to support the ongoing ministry of the Christian Witness to the Indiana community.
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THE SPARKS are returning to Grace with their Finding Christmas concert on Sunday, December 8 at 6:37 p.m. (Yep! That’s not a typo…the concert really does begin at 6:37!) The Sparks were so well received last year, and our Outreach Team invited them back for your holiday enjoyment.
2025 ALTAR FLOWERS: If you would like to place flowers on the altar in memory or in honor of a loved one, the new Altar Flowers sign-up booklet is in the Welcome Center. Cost is $30. You may pick up the flowers after 11AM. service, or they may be left in the sanctuary to be taken by pastors visiting patients or shut ins.
PARKING LOT DREAM FUND: We are accepting donations to the Parking Lot Dream Fund at any time! Just indicate ‘parking fund’ on your check or offering envelope.
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD: Many filled shoeboxes have already been brought to the church. We still have a few Pre-printed shoeboxes available on the table near the elevator. If you’d like to pack a shoebox, you can find information about suggested gift items and learn more about the program at https://www.samaritanspurse.org. You can either use one of our pre-printed boxes or pack your own. Filled shoeboxes can be dropped off on November 10th or 17th.
Alternatively, you’re welcome to bring your gift items to the church and enjoy pizza and fellowship as we pack the shoeboxes together. Please note that Samaritan’s Purse requires a $10 donation for each box to cover processing costs. You can even track your shoebox to see where it ends up!
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** For any questions, feel free to reach out to our coordinator, Erica Pollock, at ericapollock714@gmail.com. Many common inquiries can also be answered at www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child. Thank you for your support!
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BISHOP JEFF GREENWAY, will be preaching on What We Believe Matters on Saturday, November 16 at 1PM at Oakland Church, 1504 Bedford Street, Johnstown, PA. There will be a time of worship, inspiration, fellowship and a question-and-answer period. Bishop Greenway is a very gifted speaker and so approachable. It will be time well spent by all who take this opportunity to meet and hear our new bishop.
JUST FOR LAUGHS:
Picture this scene: a seaside-hotel breakfast room. Enter a resident. He summons the headwaiter and says, I want two boiled eggs, one of them so undercooked it’s runny, and the other so overcooked it’s about as easy to eat as rubber; grilled bacon that has been left on the plate to get cold; burnt toast that crumbles away as soon as you touch it with a knife; butter straight from the deep freeze so that it is impossible to spread; and a pot of very weak, lukewarm coffee.
The headwaiter replies, “that’s quite a complicated order, sir. It may be a bit difficult.”
“Really?” says the guest. “You sure didn’t find it difficult yesterday!”
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