Grace

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Grace Covenant Church is planning to celebrate the sacrament of baptism on Pentecost Sunday, May 27th. If you would like to make your relationship with God through Jesus Christ public through believer baptism please contact Pastor Mandy by email or call the church office (773) 478-0208.

If you need to be reimbursed for an expense, please download and print out the forms provided here.  Please email the form and a PDF of your receipts to the church office.  Regular mail will work too! Just send your receipts and the completed form to the church office marked “Expense Reimbursement.”

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CHIC-N-Chili was a huge success.  We raised $362 to help send our High School students to CHIC, the Evangelical Covenant Church’s triennial youth conference taking place this July.  Thank you for your support in this event!

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If you would like to be part of the on-going conversation of going “Deeper in Christ and Further in Mission” at Grace, please plan to join us for a Deeper and Further Workshop on Saturday, January 7th, from 9 a.m.-3p.m.. We’ll explore scriptures on the purpose of Christ’s church, discuss realities for our local church context, and pray for our shared ministry. All are invited. Peter Sjoblom from the ECC’s regional office will lead us. Lunch and childcare will be provided.

We welcome new staff members to Grace…
Pastoral Intern – Mark Tao
Youth Ministry Coordinator – Adam Butler
Office Manager – Betzy Cisneros

Continuing in ministry at Grace…
Custodian – Marga Muschitz
Children’s Ministry Coordinator – Damaris Cami
Pastor – Amanda Olson

The church office is open Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

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Join us this Sunday, September 11, for our Fall Ministry Kick Off.
10:00 a.m. – Worship begins; children will be introduced to their Sunday School classes.
10:45 – Prayer Walks – All ages will head out to pray for our neighborhood.
11:00 – Ministry Fair – Come discover Grace’s mission and ministry; sign up to get involved
11:30 – Bible Group Leader’s Meeting at Nina Larson Ministry House
12:00 – Parents of Sunday School Students Meeting in Youth Room

Tuesday @ 7:30 p.m. – Youth Ministry begins

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This Sunday, following worship until 2:00 p.m., we’ll be ripping and rolling bandages to send to Congo and eating lunch hosted by the youth. For a $5 donation, you’ll be able to build your own sandwich wrap. This is a great service opportunity for all ages.

WE NEED: Used cotton, cotton/poly blend, or linen sheets, pillowcases, tablecloths or fabric bolts with no holes, patches or stains. Any color with or without pattern is acceptable (don’t have any laying around the house? Super cheap at second-hand stores!).

We will also be taking a free will offering at the end of worship to help cover the shipping costs of the bandages ($2.50 per pound). Please consider contributing in some way this Sunday. These bandages make a difference!

Next Sunday, July 31st worship will include a time to share our summer encounters with doing compassion, mercy and justice in Jesus’ name. Testimonies can be shared from the microphone or written out and read by the pastor. Questions to consider: How have you shared CMJ in Jesus’ name with someone this summer? How did that person respond? How was the experience for you? If you haven’t participated, what’s holding you back? How may God be equipping you to step out in faith and serve others? All are invited to participate. For God’s glory and neighbor’s good.

If you would like to encourage our youth in their discipleship and service of Jesus, last-minute sponsors for the high school missions trip are needed. The students are journeying this week to Montana to serve with YouthWorks in a rural, reservation town, by leading VBS and doing work projects. Three students still need assistance covering the $260 cost.If you can help, write a check to Grace ECC with “sponsor missions trip” in the memo line and put it in the offering plate, or contact pastormandy(at)gracechurchchicago.org. Thank you