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May 2021 Grace Notes Newsletter
GRACE CHURCH WORSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT ~ MAY 23RD ! This is the date that many of you have been asking about! May 23rd! We are “penciling” in that day as a return to in-person worship in the sanctuary. It’s also Pentecost Sunday as we celebrate the Holy Spirit to re-empower and re-connect us! In order to more easily accommodate our parking space limits and our need for continued social distance seating we will offer two worship service times as part of our re-opening plan. We will offer, on a very temporary transition basis, a service at 8:30 a.m. as well as our regular 10:00 a.m. We will be following COVID-19 protocols with masks and seating. We will not yet be offering any childcare, children’s classes or having a coffee and treats social time. Our plans for how we will include music/singing are still to be determined and we will be reviewing our plan on May 17th according to the latest COVID-19 trends. We also hope by then to have the completed internet upgrades to allow live streaming video of the service as a continued part of our worship and ministry life! For now: 1) Mark the date, May 23rd. 2) Get vaccinated and keep praying! 3) If you have used this as an opportunity to worship elsewhere, either in person or on line, welcome back to Grace as you bring any new ideas or insights that you may have discovered! 4) Help make this in-person worship happen by offering to be a parking lot or indoor usher, reader, greeter/guide, help with video recording, sound and projection, etc. Please e-mail the office or contact pastor Rory.
Worship: May 9, 2021 - Family Recipes  Worship: April 25, 2021 - You Are Alive |
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Hello Grace church!
This Sunday worship service celebrates All Saints Day. Who are you remembering?
Be ready to write those names on a piece of paper. You are also invited to participate at home with Holy Communion. Gather some bread and something for your communion cup later in the service.
With the guidance of our bishop in Minnesota, our in person worship services on Sunday have been suspended until further notice due to rising Covid rate concerns. As your pastor I believe this is the most responsible thing for us to do to help curb this trajectory. Help us keep others safe!
Please send in your estimate of giving or pledge if you are intending to complete one. Thanks to all those who have responded!
Don't forget to let us know if you have the skills to help us us with our worship recording and video work.
Grace church is the precinct 12 polling site on Nov 3rd. Due to additional Covid spacing needs the polling will be in our main entry way area. I will close the office that day and be working at home so we can avoid walking through that reserved area. It’s another way for us to serve our neighborhood. Don't forget to vote and to keep our election process in your prayers.
We are still collecting coats for Emma Norton until Nov 8th.
Blessings Pastor Rory |
Worship: November 1, 2020 - Not Just a List
Remember Our Troops Holiday Cards
Worship: September 20, 2020 - Jesus Lessons & Hybrid Learning
Worship: September 13, 2020 - Back to School: Jesus 101
Worship: September 6, 2020 - Psalms and Creation's Wonders
August 2020 Grace Notes Newsletter
Worship, August 30. Minnesota UMC Annual Conference
Worship Service: Be the Light, Live Hope
We have guest worship leaders for our worship service this week. Our Grace church on line team is taking the week off.
A clergy covenant group within the Minnesota Conference has created a worship service around our 2020 Annual Conference theme ("Be the Light, Live Hope") that's available for all congregations to use Aug. 30 or after. Please note: As we seek to embrace our richness of diversity, this worship service intentionally reflects diverse voices and music styles. The sermon is a prophetic and challenging word to us as we continue our work toward racial justice. We invite you to open yourselves up to these voices as we consider anew what it means to be salt and light for the world. Thank you to Revs. Shawna Horn, Jay Jeong, LaQuaan Malachi, Nate Melcher, Kate Murphey Payton, Whitney Sheridan, and Mariah Furness Tollgaard for developing this resource.
Worship: August 23, 2020 - Psalms and Stories
Worship: August 16, 2020 - Psalms for Emotional Times
Worship: August 9, 2020 - Final
Psalms for Emotional Times
Worship: August 2, 2020 - Psalm 23 A Table Prepared
Worship: July 26, 2020 - I shall Not Want
Worship: July 19, 2020 - The 23rd Psalm Continued
Worship: July 12, 2020 - The 23rd Psalm
Worship: July 05, 2020 - Blues, Protest and Lament
Paige Macklin, Grace UMC Choir Director, was interviewed for NPR's StoryCorps series.
www.npr.org/series/4516989/storycorps
WOW! That’s my first impression!
Take a virtual Tour of Grace United Methodist Church!
Grace UMC in the News
Paige Macklin, Grace UMC Choir Director, was interviewed for NPR's StoryCorps series.
www.npr.org/series/4516989/storycorps
Grace UMC shares faith stories, connects with community
The Minnesota United Methodist Conference published an article about the Grace UMC Lenten Series, “It seemed like an ordinary day until I had coffee with Jesus at the Café DuMonde.” Each Sunday during Lent a member of the congregation shared during worship a time when they had encountered Christ.
Videos: You can watch two of the encounters with Christ as shared by members of Grace UMC.
Video 1: Finding Christ through relationship with homeless woman
Video 2: Finding Christ in courtroom as man faced deportation
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