Top o’ the morning to ya! and Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Our Lenten Sermon Series is Giving Up Toxicity. The message this Sunday is Giving Up Judgment. The scripture text is from 2 Timothy 4:1-5. Future topics are:
March 26 – Giving Up Selfishness
April 2 – Giving Up Negativity (Palm Sunday)
April 9 – There’s Always Tomorrow (Easter)
A very important and final Charge Conference for Disaffiliation will be held in the Sanctuary this Sunday, March 19 at 7 PM. All members who faithfully uphold their membership vows are urged to attend and vote.
Menu for March 22nd Dinner
Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole, Parsley Potatoes,
Veggie, Roll and Dessert
Reservations are requested by 2 p.m. on Tuesday.
Contact Becky at bmcanulty@indianagrace.org
or 724-463-8535 Ext. 23
NOTE: The Borough has given us permission to park in their lot
behind the church beginning at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesdays.
SHARING THE FAITH: Steve Wadsworth’s 4-week class, Sharing Our Faith continues this Monday, in Room 201 at 7 p.m.
PENTECOST PLAY: An encore presentation of an original drama Heaven Came Down will be presented on May 19th and 20th. (Please note the change of dates.) Sign up now in the Welcome Center to be a part of this presentation. We need actors, singers, artists, stage crew, tech crew, and costume team. Please see the sign-up sheet in the Welcome Center. Rehearsals will be in April and May.
EASTER FLOWERS
Memorialize or honor a loved one Easter with a flowering spring plant for a minimum donation of $15 or by making a monetary donation to the Missions Trailer Fund. (The utility trailer is used to haul materials, tools, and luggage to local, regional, and national mission sites.) Please be sure to write Easter Flowers or Mission Trailer on your check’s memo line or offering envelope. The form and payment may be submitted with the Sunday offering, dropped off at the church office, or mailed to Grace Church, 712 Church Street, Indiana, PA 15701. DEADLINE for orders is Monday, April 3rd.
Prayer Changes Things! Join us for an hour of prayer on Tuesdays at 3:15 PM in the Prayer Room.
The Great Easter Egg Hunt is Saturday, April 1st, from 9:00-10:30 AM in the Church Courtyard. We are accepting donations of candy, and we will be filling the eggs on March 30th from 6:00-8:00 PM. You may drop off your candy donation in the baskets in the Mission Hall near the elevator.
ATTENTION SENIOR ADULTS: HELP NEEDED???
IUP Students will be going into the streets to do community service on Saturday, April 22nd. We’ve been asked to provide projects for teams of students. So, we are offering their help to our Senior Adults who may need assistance with setting out patio/yard furniture, spring yard clean up, etc. If you have a project that could and could use the help, please contact Doris by email at dmcanulty@indianagrace.org. Include what job(s) you may need help with so we can give the information to the organizers in early April. Please be sure to include the address where help is needed.
Drug & Alcohol Recovery Grant Announcement
The Grace Church Endowment Committee has funding from the McCullough Endowment Fund available for programs aiding those who are seeking drug and alcohol dependency recovery. Preference is given to Indiana County faith-based programs. Drug & Alcohol Recovery Grant Applications are available in the Church Office, Welcome Center or online:
https://www.indianagrace.org/resources/.
The deadline for 2023 grant applications is April 28, 2023.
GRACE YOUTH: Youth will meet this Sunday from 6:45 to 8 PM in the Grace Growth Center Youth Room (2nd floor). The doors open at 6:30.
“Sounds of Grace Orchestra” is looking for new members. Anyone who plays an orchestra or band instrument is welcome to join this group. If you are interested, please call the church at 724-463-8535 and ask for Extension 25. Someone will return your call.
If you are interested in learning more about the Holy Land Trip with Revs. John and Patsy Ciampa, please plan to attend an informational meeting on Thursday, April 27 at 6:30 PM in Room 101.
Just for Laughs:
After 20 years of shaving himself every morning, a man in a small southern town decided he had been doing that long enough. He told his wife that from then on he’d let the local barber shave him each day.
The man went to the barber shop which was owned by the pastor of the local Baptist church. The barber’s wife whose name was Grace, shaved him and sprayed him with lilac water. “That will be twenty dollars,” she said. The man thought the price was a bit high and wondered how he’d continue to foot such a daily bill, but he paid for the service and went off to work
The next morning the man looked in the mirror and saw that his face was as smooth as it had been when he left the barber shop the day before. Not bad, he thought. At least I don’t need to get a shave every day.
The following morning, his face was still smooth, and two weeks later the man was still unable to find any trace of whiskers on his face. He couldn’t understand it, so he returned to the barbershop.
“I thought twenty dollars was too high for a shave,” he told the barber’s wife, “but you must have done a great job. It’s been two whole weeks and my whiskers still haven’t started growing back.”
The woman’s face showed no surprise. “Well, of course,” she said. “You were shaved by Grace. Once shaved, always shaved!”
In closing, we want to share an Irish Blessing:
May the saddest day of your future be no worse than the happiest day of your past.
