Grace

Mark your calendars for Saturday, September 11th for a picnic with Iglesia del Pacto at 4:00 pm for fellowship and games. Dinner will be at 6:00pm. The picnic is at LaBaugh Woods, the entrance is located just north of Foster on Cicero. Chicken, water and punch are provided, please bring fruit, salad or dessert, soda (optional, and a picnic blanket or table and chairs.

Justice with Grace meeting 8/15; 11:30 am; at the Ministry House; Topic: Immigration.

This is a second meeting on this topic and a follow-up to our discussion on the immigration issue a few weeks ago as we looked at Scripture and the Covenant ‘Resolution on Immigration’. Even if you missed the first
session, feel free to join us. Contact Pam Hubbard and Damaris Cami, our co-facilitators, if you have any questions.

We welcome Missionaries-to-Mexico Karl and Sue Peterson in worship on August 1.

Come hear the Peterson’s perspective on our summer series “Do what?!? Divine Dependence” as they share how they and their work depend on God.

The missions team will be hosting a lunch following worship for continuing conversation with the Peterson’s in the Nina Larson Ministry House, 4159 N. Monticello, located directly south of the church. Please join us! No RSVP required.

Join us in worship on Sunday, August 1, when missionaries Karl and Sue Peterson visit us from Mexico.

Meeting on 7/25; 11:30 am; at the Nina Larson Ministry House (4159 N Monticello); Topic: Immigration.

The I2RR weekend of 2009 led to 3 groups: Food Distribution, Joint Grace/Iglesia Events, and Immigration. Now that Fed @ Grace is underway successfully and events are on-going, we are turning our attention to immigration. We will begin by looking at Scripture and the Covenant ‘Resolution on Immigration’. If you are interested in attending, or if you have more questions, please contact Curt Roeschley or the church office.

The barbecue planned for this Sunday, July 4th has been postponed. Stay tuned for the next fellowship event.

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4S.2010 Retreat do what?! (attempting faithfulness)

Who: Jr. and Sr. High Youth

Details:
Starts with dinner on July 27 at 7pm at Grace Covenant Church.
Ends after dinner on July 30 at 8pm at Grace Covenant Church.

We will:
Slow down by being together for 70+ hours. We will stay at the church and do events around the region: some will be fun, some will be active, others will be service projects, times of silence, big games, or worship. We will focus on God, each other and the event we are doing.
Be still as we have times of silence and worship in reflecting on God. You will be asked to be quiet at times and give up things when we’re together.
Serve others as we have several opportunities to do service projects around the city.
Be surprised at some of the things we do and the way God speaks to us.

Due dates: Return your registration form with payment (if applicable) by July 1. (There may be a limited number of spaces after this date, but due to transportation we need to have a number by July 1).

Cost: $50 for entire event. If you cannot afford this, please pay as much as you are able. Scholarships are available.

All are welcome for a picnic and softball practice after church on Sunday, June 6th at 12pm. Whether you’re “officially” on the team or not, come for some fellowship and fun exercise. You don’t even have to practice, just come enjoy the fellowship. Bring a bag lunch or buy something on the way as we take a stroll to Independence Park together for the first practice of the season. Questions, contact Amy Washington.

Join us on Sunday, June 13th as we celebrate the milestones of graduation from High School, College and Graduate School.

Fasting makes us hungry, true enough, but you can’t beat it for focusing our attention on God. From now through June, we’d like to ask you to fast on Fridays for the future of Grace, in one way or another. Some may take only water for twenty-four hours. Some may just skip lunch. If you can’t fast from food (for health or other reasons),you may give something else up on Fridays, like TV, music, news, driving, or going out in the evening. Fasting can be like silence for our spiritual ears.

Joining the fast? Let the pastors know so we can pray for YOU during this time.

Hear something from God about Grace’s future? Please pass it along to the Council by emailing a note to future{at}gracechurchchicago{dot}org. (If you don’t do email, you can send a note to the church office.)

Click here to learn more about Grace’s Discernment Process

For more information on fasting, read Richard Foster’s “Fasting – 20th Century Style” .