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Grace Notes Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church Volume 44, Issue
5 May 2014
Mutually Encouraged Last summer, Reverend Samuel Misrowoda and
Reverend David Nambu first showed up for worship in the sanctuary
of Grace Covenant. Since then, weve enjoyed their company both on
Sundays and throughout each week. On May 27, however, they return
to Ghana to continue their pastoral ministry. While we will
certainly miss their presence, we give thanks for the many
blessings God has shared through them.
In the fall, they joined in a trip to Shalom Farms. Upon
arriving, David re-marked, You know, the Lord showed me in a dream
that I would see this farm in America. I was meant to come here and
serve. They both went on to say how much the farm reminded them of
their home, and the blessing it was to serve in a way that God had
already shown them.
During Advent, the two of them offered healing prayer over many
of us at the conclusion of the worship service. Many of you shared
that you had never known the warmth of the Spirit working through
another in quite the same way as you did when they offered prayer.
During Lent, they led a Wednesday evening worship ser-vice. Rev.
David preached on joy, reminding us that the joy of the Lord is our
strength (Neh. 8:10). Samuel then led us in prayer for Grace
Covenant and Richmond.
Finally, throughout their time here, they have shown up ear-ly
to the sanctuary on Thursday and Friday mornings, and they have
prayed fervently for this congregation, often be-ginning in
manifold thanks and then moving to petitions on behalf of our
children and the city of Richmond. I have been humbled by their
passion for Gods work among us.
In particular, I have been uniquely humbled in the way they have
prayed for me. O Lord God, Bobby did not choose this church, you
called him. You chose him. Now you equip him. Why do they always
remind God that I did not choose Grace Covenant? Ive decided its
be-cause I easily forget that truth, and soon try to figure things
out in my own strength. I imagine we all do. At a fundamental
level, none of us chose Grace Covenant or our following of Jesus.
God has done that, which assures us that in our walking God will
equip us for the way before us.
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BREAD BREAKERS
Please join us for the first Bread Breakers of 2014 on
Saturday, May 17, 2014, at 6:30 p.m.
at the home of Dana McKnight.
Please bring either an appetizer, main dish,
side dish or dessert to share.
ALL ARE WELCOME!
Please RSVP 358-8944 211 QUEEN CHARLOTTE RD.
Church Work Day
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Projects will be assigned at that time
Contact Wayne Casey 221-2599 with questions
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Presbyterian Womens Salad Supper
Please come and bring a salad to share
Tuesday, May 6 at 6:00 p.m.
Birthday Offering will be collected
Hosted by Circle 1
PW Circle 1
Evening Circle
7:00 p.m.
1727 Park Avenue
Hostess: Laura Leigh
Savage
PW Circle 2
11:00 a.m.
Vanguard Room
Hostesses: Nell Dick-
enson and Joy Nevin
PW Circle 3 9:30 a.m. Social Room Hostess: Pat Ball
All Circles Meet on Tuesday, May 13
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Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church,
Thank you so much for all of your support during the Easter
sea-son! We had a great month in April talking about spring
weather, colors, plants, and animals. We loved learning about new
life, and how Jesus loved us so much that he came to the Earth to
give US new life! We watched eggs hatch to demonstrate how life is
born, and celebrated Gods love for us with songs, egg hunts, and
other fun activities. Thank you especially for hosting your annual
Easter egg hunt, which I know many families enjoy
every year. We hope your Easter was as great as ours! Now with
Easter and the spring lessons of April behind us, we look forward
to consistent (finally!) warm weather and the transition into our
summer program. For May, children will explore the mechanics of how
we are able to go from place to place with next months
child-favorite theme of transportation! We will learn that humans
can travel using their own body power, with their own two feet or
even on a bicycle! They will learn what cars are and different
parts of the car such as steering wheel, wheels, brakes, and horns,
as well as trucks and different uses for trucks such as carrying
car-go or performing industrial jobs. They will explore all
different types of trains, and learn how trains import and export
goods throughout the country, as well as look at airplanes and
boats, and talk about how they are used for travel across the
ocean. Through the concept of travel, children will also be
in-troduced to the idea of places in other parts of the world, and
how things there may be different. We may even get to explore some
of the more obscure types of transportation, like hot air balloons,
dog sleds, motorcycles, and other fun topics! We are so excited
about our transportation adventures!
P.S. GCPC members: Have a unique mode of transportation like a
motorcycle or an antique car? Do you have a two-seater bicycle or
jet-ski that would be easy to bring to the school? Do you have
something else that we havent thought of, and also want to
contribute to our Preschoolers education next month? E-mail me at
[email protected] and we would LOVE to organize a time for
you to come share your fun mode of transportation with our
ever-curious and easily excited little learners!
Thanks again for all of your support.
- Nicole Williams, CDC Director
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3rd Saturdays at Shalom Farms! This month Shalom Farms will be
on May 17. Join us the third Saturday of every month, for a morning
out on the farm as we assist in ensuring local, healthy produce is
available to everyone in our city. We will leave from the GCPC
parking lot at 9:00 a.m. and return by 1:00 p.m. Bring along a sack
lunch. Please RSVP to Nelson Reveley, 387-8094 or
[email protected]
Giving Thanks
Rev. Samuel Misrowoda and Rev. David Nambu will be going back to
Ghana on May 27. Since joining us last summer, they have been an
immense blessing to the Grace Covenant family. They have prayed
over us, with us, and for us, they have led WNL programs and
worship, and they have been incredible friends and encouragers
among us. They give us many reasons to be thankful!
Some of you have inquired if there is a way you/we can give a
special monetary gift to them before they leave. And, in fact,
Samuel and David have indicated that the ministries to which they
return can use whatever financial support might be available.
In light of that, the Session has approved a fund to which you
may donate if you would like to support their ministries back in
Ghana. Simply write a check out to whatever amount you would like
to give and put For Ministry in Ghana on the memo line so that
Martha can ensure your donation is properly allo-cated to this
fund. Please make your donation by Friday, May 16, as we will
present this gift to them on Sunday, May 18.
Blessings in Christ, Bobby
Vacation Bible School Is Coming!
Clean Water for All Gods Children Join us June 14 through June
18! We still need volunteers. Can you help with crafts? Or music?
Or Bible stories? Please let Christopher Tweel know:
[email protected].
In the coming weeks register online or look for sign-up sheets
in your bulletin.
Dinner nightly and fun for the whole family!
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 CDC Chapel
10:00 am
2 Cycling Race 3 Cycling Race
4 Cycling Race Prayer 9:15 am
Sunday School 9:30 am
Worship 10:55 am
New Members Join!
Fellowship Hour 12:15 pm
5 Mens Lunch 12 noon
6
Staff Meeting 10:00 am
PW Salad Supper 6:00 pm
7
Care Team 3:30 pm
Junior Choir Party 5:00 pm
WNL 6:00 pm
Chancel Choir 7:15 pm
8 CDC Chapel
10:00 am
9 10
VCU English Department Graduation
11 Mothers Day Prayer 9:15 am
Sunday School 9:30 am
Worship 10:55 am
Fellowship Hour 12:15 pm
12 Mens Lunch 12 noon
Christian Education
Meeting 6:00 pm
13 PW CIRCLES
see page 3
Staff Meeting 11:00 am
Finance Committee Meeting
6:00 pm
Worship Meeting 7:00 pm
14
Care Team 3:30 pm
WNL 6:00 pm
Chancel Choir 7:15 pm
15
CDC Chapel
10:00 am
SESSION Meeting
7:00 pm
16
17 Shalom Farms 9:00 am
GC and CDC BBQ 3:00 pm (end of Sun-
day School Cookout)
Bread Breakers 6:30 pm
211 Queen Charlotte Rd.
18 Prayer 9:15 am
Sunday School 9:30 am
Worship 10:55 am
Fellowship Hour 12:15 pm
19 Mens Lunch 12 noon
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Staff Meeting 10:00 am
Deacons Meeting 6:00 pm Property Committee Meeting
7:00 pm
21 GRACE NOTES
ARTICLES DUE!!!!!
Care Team 3:30 pm
CDC Board Meeting 5:00pm
22 CDC Chapel
10:00 am
Boaz and Ruth Dinner
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25 Prayer 9:15 am
Fellowship Breakfast 9:30 am
Worship 10:55 am
Fellowship Hour 12:15 pm
26 MEMORIAL DAY
CHURCH OFFICE
and CDC CLOSED
27
Staff Meeting 10:00 am
28
Care Team 3:30 pm 29 CDC Chapel
10:00 am
31 Church Work Day
9:00 am
May
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 CDC Chapel
10:00 am
2 Cycling Race 3 Cycling Race
4 Cycling Race Prayer 9:15 am
Sunday School 9:30 am
Worship 10:55 am
New Members Join!
Fellowship Hour 12:15 pm
5 Mens Lunch 12 noon
6
Staff Meeting 10:00 am
PW Salad Supper 6:00 pm
7
Care Team 3:30 pm
Junior Choir Party 5:00 pm
WNL 6:00 pm
Chancel Choir 7:15 pm
8 CDC Chapel
10:00 am
9 10
VCU English Department Graduation
11 Mothers Day Prayer 9:15 am
Sunday School 9:30 am
Worship 10:55 am
Fellowship Hour 12:15 pm
12 Mens Lunch 12 noon
Christian Education
Meeting 6:00 pm
13 PW CIRCLES
see page 3
Staff Meeting 11:00 am
Finance Committee Meeting
6:00 pm
Worship Meeting 7:00 pm
14
Care Team 3:30 pm
WNL 6:00 pm
Chancel Choir 7:15 pm
15
CDC Chapel
10:00 am
SESSION Meeting
7:00 pm
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17 Shalom Farms 9:00 am
GC and CDC BBQ 3:00 pm (end of Sun-
day School Cookout)
Bread Breakers 6:30 pm
211 Queen Charlotte Rd.
18 Prayer 9:15 am
Sunday School 9:30 am
Worship 10:55 am
Fellowship Hour 12:15 pm
19 Mens Lunch 12 noon
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Staff Meeting 10:00 am
Deacons Meeting 6:00 pm Property Committee Meeting
7:00 pm
21 GRACE NOTES
ARTICLES DUE!!!!!
Care Team 3:30 pm
CDC Board Meeting 5:00pm
22 CDC Chapel
10:00 am
Boaz and Ruth Dinner
23 24
25 Prayer 9:15 am
Fellowship Breakfast 9:30 am
Worship 10:55 am
Fellowship Hour 12:15 pm
26 MEMORIAL DAY
CHURCH OFFICE
and CDC CLOSED
27
Staff Meeting 10:00 am
28
Care Team 3:30 pm 29 CDC Chapel
10:00 am
31 Church Work Day
9:00 am
Grace Notes Deadline: May 21 is the deadline for
submissions for our June edition.
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Openers/Closers May 4 Rob Rosebro May 11 Cal Gray May 18 Rick
Nochta May 25 Wayne Casey
Fellowship Hour
May 4 Janet and Tom Miller May 11 Dana McKnight May 18 Joy and
John Nevin May 25 Debbie Pritchett Connections Sunday School
Class
Starting Sunday, April 27, our Seminary Intern, Luke Woodcock,
will be leading the Connections Sunday School class on a brief
four-week tour of the book of the Revelation of John. This class
will both explore some of the major themes and analyze some of the
more difficult or complex sections of John's Revela-tion. Come join
us as we faithfully seek to learn more about this mysterious text
that is so strongly debated by Christians!
May Birthdays 2- Lisa Cardwell
2- Pete Sizemore
3- C. T. Anderson
3- Luke Janney
4- Diane Davis
5- Cullen Peters
7- Whitney Alexander
7- Grace Battle
7- Jason Griffin
7- Will Janney
8- Nancy States
9- Brent Corby
12- Margaret Cardwell
14- John Harris
15- Eleanor McClanahan
16- Wil Dickerson
17- Mary Reid McCullough
20- Curt Kennedy
20- Toni Whittet
21- Brian Baird
21- Jeanie Kennedy
22- Jane Londrey
22- Leah Soukup
25- Erika Tabor
27- Katie McCullough
30- Tony Manning
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Attention all Grace Covenant families with children and all CDC
families!!
GCPC CE will be hosting our second annu-al End of Sunday School
cookout on Saturday, May 17, at the church from
3:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.
Please mark your calendars now and plan to come out on that day
to meet the other
families who make up our church school family.
Well enjoy good food and good fun together. There will be games
and activi-
ties for all our children.
Please look for more details to follow this notice. We hope to
have another great time
of fun and fellowship this year!
We welcome Moriah Illsley! Moriah is here on Sunday mornings
teaching our Elementary Sunday School Class. I am currently a
junior at Virginia Commonwealth University and am studying
Psychology. My passion in life is to serve the Lord with the gifts
He gave me in teaching and aiding chil-dren. I could not imagine
anything bet-ter than to play with kids for the rest of my life and
plan to pursue a career in Play Therapy. I enjoy sports, dancing,
writing, and playing ukulele. I have been teaching Sunday school
for over five years now and am overjoyed to be able to watch His
little ones grow in their faith.
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PLEDGES FOR LOAVES AND FISHES FUND DUE MAY 1ST!
The Loaves and Fishes Fund was created in 2012 to multiply our
congregation's ca-pacity to aid others in need both at home and
abroad. Half of the funds directly assist local families who have
fallen upon hard times. This year, one of the many families we
helped included a single mother seeking a fresh start along with
her wonderful elementary school aged kids. This strong family is
adjusting very well and has not only enjoyed visiting with us in
worship, but even invited ten people to join with us at the RISC
meeting in early April.
The other half of the Loaves and Fishes Fund is distributed
amongst the international missions we support at Grace Covenant.
One of these missions is led by Nate and Faith Walter who work
among over 100,000 pil-grims who come each year to France and Spain
to hike the "Way of St. James." The Walters live in Santiago,
Spain, the ending point for most people on their journey, which
they have often undertaken during times of great transition and
openness to the Gospel in their lives. Later this spring, the
Walters and their missionary team will be opening the Pilgrim House
Welcome Center, which will be staffed by Christians who will
offer
hospitality to the pilgrims and share their faith.
The Loaves and Fishes Fund has been an immense blessing to our
church and those families and ministries we have supported through
it. We give God praise for the life it has poured into our
ministry, and we hope you will fill out a pledge card and join in
its support this year!
In Christ, The Missions Committee
MID-WEEK FELLOWSHIP
Each Wednesday evening we gather at 6:00 p.m. for table
fellowship, followed by a program from 6:30-7:15 p.m. All are
welcome! Childcare is available. For more information contact
Vanessa Strait in the church office at 359-2463, or
[email protected]
Meals for May:
May 7: Spaghetti with meat sauce, garlic bread, and sheet
cake.
May 14: Potato bar, salad, biscuits, and brownies.
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Haiti, a devastated land, bereft of HOPE?
The most impoverished western nation is Haiti. Some have even
said its on the economic and cultural ash-heap of history. Three
centuries ago, Haiti became a port-of-call for slave trade, its
population was dimin-ished, and language was supplanted. The next
two centuries, the country faced bloody revolts, unstable
leader-ship, and disease, leaving the population as oppressed
people victims of local, national and foreign powers.
Haiti has an agricultural economy (sugar, coffee, cotton) but
half of the food is imported. In the last four years, it has been
devastated by a 7.0 earthquake and two hurricanes, leaving three
million homeless, over 300,000 dead, and a cholera epidemic. Its
current tent city population is 300,000. Essentially, the land was
flattened; health clinics and government buildings destroyed. All
land records were destroyed adding to a diso-riented
population.
Robert D. Luptons book, Toxic Charity, emphasized all charitable
missions should begin with rela-tionships with the people. Thats
how the gospel sends the church the way, the truth, the life. This
is the guiding principle for the Presbytery of the James. Local or
foreign mission endeavors are to give HOPE a chance. Three years
ago, clergy leaders within the POJ created the Haiti Purpose Group
(HPG) and one year ago, commissioned Cindy Corell with PC(USA)
World Mission as a PC(USA) mission co-worker in Haiti.
Cindy is the presbyterys link to PC(USA) World Mission and to
Haiti. The HPG is composed of members from seven presbytery
churches. The initial effort has been for fact finding and to begin
a process of developing strategies and a campaign to combat
challenges faced by the Haitian people. Our challenge is to
identify those issues where the presbytery can be most effective.
Last October the HPG began visiting each of Haitis subdivisions
(cities, villages, and rural communities). In January, the groups
second visit was two-fold: 1) conversations with local people, and
2) develop an understanding of Cindys working relationship with six
of the eleven organizations of FONDOMA (Fondasyon Men a Men a
Ayiti) Hand to Hand in Haiti. She has gained the confidence with
the members and leaders of FONDOMA.
The HPG had conversations with locals about children going to
school without school supplies, teach-ers working without pay, and
empty school food supply rooms. In the Sequin community, there was
lack of clean water, and decent roads, erosion, and no nearby
health clinics. Fishermen and women working in the fish markets
told of their struggles. Women rights group told of their
challenges. Farmers from ODEPOL told of the loss of property (land)
and equipment but they have a continued hope and strength that is
impressive in its depth and breadth.
FONDOMA began organizing four years ago and unfortunately almost
immediately had to go into dis-aster response mode following the
2010 earthquake. FONDOMA is now prioritizing their long-term goals
and Cindy, as a companionship facilitator and member of their
Executive Council, is part of that process. In this role she will
act as a bridge to connect churches in the US with opportunities
for service in Haiti. To quote Cin-dy: I thank you from the bottom
of my heart for all the support you have sent to begin and nurture
the work of Joining Hands in Haiti. It is GOOD work. It is GOD
work, and I'm blessed to be in the middle of it all.
The POJ's work with Cindy in Haiti has begun and is underway.
Further trips will be made, issues will be re-fined, and strategies
will be considered as we discern where and what resources can be
provided. The group hopes that the presbyterys churches will be
interested in developing relationships and service
opportunities.
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Thank You! Thank you, Dick and Margaret Cardwell, for hosting
the annual GCPC Easter Egg Hunt at your beautiful home on Saturday,
April 19. Thanks too to Lewis and Kent and all the Cardwell
grandchildren who pitched in to make this such a special day for
all of us. Everyone had a great time hunting for the
500 eggs hidden all over your lovely yard, including those three
golden eggs. And enjoying all the good cookies and getting pictures
taken with the pretty Easter bunny this year. (Thanks, Cameron!)
Thank you for adding this fun event to our wonderful Easter
weekend!
Dear Caring and Loving Grace Covenant Friends, THANK YOU for the
cards, flowers, visits, delicious food, and especially your
prayers. Knowing you were al-ways there, backing me up, meant so
much and that has helped me grow stronger and able to do many
activities independently. I miss you all and look forward to seeing
you soon. Grace and Peace, Jean Appich
Memorial Day Sunday School Hour Fellowship Breakfast. On Sunday,
May 25, we will not schedule any Sunday School classes because so
many folks go away that weekend, including many of our teachers.
Those of us who do not flee the city will gather at 9:30 a.m. in
the Fellowship Hall to enjoy Christian fellowship and a light
breakfast. The Christian Education ministry is happy to serve
coffee and juice and bagels and cream cheese. Our children can eat
and play and the rest of us can eat and enjoy the company of each
other, before we gather for worship. Well do something simi-lar
again on Labor Day weekend, August 31. Please mark your calendars
and well see you all for breakfast.
Yard Sale for Honduras As you go about your spring clean-ing,
please keep in mind that one of Grace Covenant's partners in the
Honduras mission, Immanuel Episcopal Church in Mechan-icsville,
will once again be having a yard sale. 100% of the pro-ceeds will
benefit the KHISH medical and dental clinics of which Grace
Covenant has also been a part since 2005. The date for this
spring's yard sale will be May 24. Small items may be brought to GC
in the preceding week. For larger items or large quantities, or if
you have any questions, please contact
[email protected] or call 387-2302.
For Honduras
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A Minute for Missions: Partnership with Boaz & Ruth
In March and April, our congregation has been blessed by several
different but wonderful interactions to strengthen our relationship
with the Boaz & Ruth ministry and its participants. B&R is
a ministry that has suc-cessfully reduced violence in its Highland
Park neighborhood by more than 60% by going about God's work of
grace: encouraging people to rebuild their lives through a faith
community and opening jobs in its social enterprises to those in
need of second chances.
During our March Service Day, volunteers went over to Highland
Park to sort and hang clothes in the Sunny Days thrift shop or
paint apartment rooms in B&R's temporary housing. We got to
know some of their recent graduates and their stories and stayed to
enjoy lunch at their Firehouse 15 restaurant.
GCPC has also been visiting our Highland Park neighbors en masse
as part of our Fourth Thursdays ministry, dining at Firehouse 15 in
fellowship with each other and getting to know the staff, which is
made up largely of recent program graduates. We turn out an average
of about 20 GCPC members a month and combine our ef-forts with
Union Presbyterian Seminary to produce a full house and full
bellies of comfort food!
Finally, more than a dozen GCPC members were a part of Team Boaz
& Ruth, whose bright green shirts gave us targets to cheer for
in the crowd during the Monument 10K. Luke Woodcock ran a Saturday
morning train-ing team; we made some new friends in the process of
spreading awareness for this cause.
We are grateful for the chance to get to better know this
ministry of grace and our neighbors in Christ. If you would like to
would join our Thursday night dinner gathering, please email
[email protected]. There is no continuing obligation, and you
will receive no more than one reminder email per month.
In Christ, The Missions Committee
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Stewardship Corner Marchs contributions of $45,000 were up well
over a third higher than Februarys, due in part to the month having
five Sundays. The total, however, was down slightly from March a
year ago after adjusting for contributions received attributable to
prior year pledges. For the first quarter of this year total
contributions of $127,900 are slightly higher than the same period
last year after adjusting for amounts received at-tributable to
pledges made for the prior year. Total income of $164,400 for the
first quarter is up about 13% from last year after similar
adjust-ment, due mostly to increased rental income.
Despite fuel costs of $5,900 expenses in March of $49,700 were
fairly routine. For the first quarter of this year expenses are up
about 10% over the same period last year, due mostly to increased
personnel costs. For March income exceeded expenses by $6,900, and
for the first quarter by a little over $1,300.
In March the Loaves and Fishes collection amounted to $1,480,
and Five Cents Per Meal $601, including $392 collected as Elite Ate
in lieu of an earlier Souper Bowl offering.
YOU C N HELP Our church has been giving non-perishable foods
items to the William Byrd Community House for several years to help
assist their food pantry. The William Byrd Community House
maintains a food closet that serves Richmond City and the adjacent
counties. When available, their food pantry also provides
individuals with the basic household items and toiletries to
maintain themselves and their families. These are everyday items
that Food Stamp dollars will not cover and may be very costly to a
low-income family. We have participated in this ministry by giving
non-perishable food items. In the past Grace Covenant has collected
food one Sunday a month but this is a collection we are able to
take every week. Items can be placed in the grocery cart outside
the Social Room. YOU CAN HELP in the simplest ways!
Fellowship Activity PEOPLE Group in June at the RIVAH! PEOPLE
Group will be on Saturday, June 22, at Sid Yates River House on the
Rappahanock River. Come that afternoon to enjoy the river. We will
eat at 6:00 p.m. Hotdogs, hamburgers, and all the fixings will be
provided. Please bring an appetizer, vegetable, salad, or dessert
to share (enough for 10 adults). We hope to see you there.
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The reasons for thanks could continue, but it is worth
mentioning that Samuel and David have also been immensely grateful
to Grace Covenant. At our last congregational luncheon, Samuel and
David offered a few reflections of their time among us. You have
been their first experience of the United States and Gods church in
this country.
Some of their highlights? We love how you all eat together. You
spend time around the table with one another! This, they said, was
something they wished to bring back to their context where such
fellowship is less frequent. They noted, too, the joy that the
handbells gave them (We have never seen this in wor-ship! they
exclaimed). They observed the reverence that our silence in worship
allows, and they hope some of that informs their often lively
services of worship. While we soon bid them farewell, we know that
in Christ will remain forever family with them. They have
encouraged us to stay in touch with them, and let them know how to
pray for and with us. Indeed, it is my hope that we will continue
to be mutually encouraged by each others faith (Rom. 1:12). I look
for-ward to how God continues the good work already begun in our
partnership in the Gospel.
Cupids Arrow Scores a Hit at GCPC! On Saturday, May 24, Virginia
Hudson and Nate McKinnon will be married by Nelson Reveley in our
beautiful sanctuary. (Cheryl Jacobs will be doing the flowers!)
This heartwarming event is the culmination of a romance that
sparked shortly after Nate joined Grace Covenant and the Disciples
Class. What a thrill for us to celebrate this dynamic young couple.
Both are avid cyclists in their spare time. Nate is a graduate with
an engineer degree from Rutgers University, and Virginia is an
attorney with Capital One. Cheers and many years of happiness as
you embark upon one of life's most meaningful and blessed
adventures!
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ANNOUNCING: NEW HONDURAS TEAM
The Missions Committee is pleased to announce the formation of a
new team to study the ways that Grace Covenant may be of ser-vice
to our brothers and sisters in Honduras. The annual
medical/dental/eye brigades will continue in the first weeks of
January every year (Next dates: January 1-10, 2015). We will also
continue to support interim medical clinics by Dr. Adolfo Moreno to
our villages of Puerto Grande and Moropocay, so that patients with
ongoing medical needs such as hypertension, dia-betes, and epilepsy
may receive continuous and uninterrupted care. The purpose of this
team will be to educate ourselves in the needs of the folks in
Honduras and the ways we may best partner with them. We will
nurture our relationship with Reverend Mark Wright, PC(USA) mission
coworker in Honduras. Preparations for the January mission trip
will be ongoing. Interested? Please contact
[email protected] or call 387-2302 to express your
willingness to be part of the team. Dates/times for meeting will be
determined by agreement among interested parties. Whether your gift
is in teaching, preaching, service, or fundraising, all are
welcome.
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Bobby Hulme-Lippert Pastor [email protected] Chris Martin
Director of Music and Organist [email protected] Vanessa
Strait Administrative Assistant [email protected] Martha
Rubin Bookkeeper [email protected] Christopher Tweel
Christian Education Coordinator for children
[email protected] Luke Woodcock Seminary Intern
[email protected] Church Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30
a.m. 5:00 p.m.
Phone: (804) 359-2463
Fax: (804) 278-6298
www.grace-covenant.org
Sundays: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages in the Education
Building 10:55 a.m. Worship Service in the Sanctuary 12:00 noon
Congregational Fellowship in the Social Room Grace Covenant Child
Development Center
Nicole Williams Director [email protected]
www.gracecovenantcdc.com
Our Elders serve the church as leaders.
Our Deacons lead the church in service.
Please feel free to approach them with any questions or feedback
about
Grace Covenants ministries.
CLERK OF SESSION: Everett Reveley
ELDERS Jordan Ball (14) - Nominating (M), Finance (Co-M),
Property (Co-M) Matt Hartman (16) - Missions (M) Virginia Hudson
(14) Cheryl Jacobs (15) CE/Discipleship (M), Caroline Leith (15) -
Fellowship (C-M), Katie McCullough (16) - Administration (Co-M)
Dana McKnight (14) - Worship (Co-M), Christof Meyer (15) Evangelism
(M) Joy Nevin (14) - Fellowship (Co-M) Everett Reveley (15) -
Finance (Co-M), Property (Co-M) Pete Sizemore (16) - Administration
(Co-M) Rob Turner (14) - Worship (Co-M) DEACONS Lisa Cardwell (15)
- Flowers Courtney Clements (15) - Fellowship Phil Coltrain (16) -
Deacon Fund Mary Gray (15) - Meals Jan Kessel (15) - Care Ann Pais
(14) - Care and Deacon Fund Jennifer Schooley (15) - Greeters and
Ushers Judy Waldron (14) - Visitation Greeter/Usher - Jennifer
Schooley (Jan - Apr), Courtney Clements (May-Aug), Erika Tabor
(Sept - Dec)
Guest follow-up/Inquirer Class - Erika Tabor (14) Justice
Ministry - Jessica Reveley (16) Glass Office - Phil Coltrain
(16)
Moderator - Erika Tabor (14) Secretary - Judy Waldron (14)
TRUSTEES: Caroline Leith (14) John Roberts (15) Warren Zirkle
(16)
The Staff Church Officers