Grace Presbyterian Church

 Congregational Annual Meeting and Dinner:  Sunday, January 31 at 5:00 p.m.  The dinner is a Youth Fund Raising Event.  Tickets will be on sale between services this Sunday or contact Sheryl Machen at s.machen@yahoo.com, or 817-296-7208.  Tickets are $7/person or $20 per family of 4. Lasagna, salad, bread, dessert, and tea will be served.  Youth will serve.  **If you have a diet restriction, do not feel obligated to buy a ticket.  Please feel free to join us and bring your own meal.  After all, it is your fellowship we are seeking!  

 Building & Grounds Ministry Meeting this Saturday, January 30, at 8:00 a.m. in room 108.

 With almost four acres and a 13,000 square foot 22 year old building, this ministry stays plenty busy. From mowing the lawn, to fixing leaking toilets, to managing utilities, to interior design; the work is never ending.  If you have a skill or expertise that you would like to share in any of these areas, please plan to attend the Building & Grounds Ministry Meeting this Saturday, January 30, at 8:00 a.m. in room 108.  Many hands make light work!

 Direct questions to John Hendricks – Moderator (817) 478-3083 lithend@flash.net or Louie Nash – Session Liaison (817) 465-1957 louie@nashfolk.net.

 Buy a Bag for NEW DAY

New Day is providing 62 homeless teens with a bag of food for each weekend. One bag of weekend meals for a teenager costs approximately $6.00.  Will you buy a bag of food for a kid for a weekend?  Or a month of weekends?  Please put your cash donation in an envelope marked New Day or  write your check to Grace  Presbyterian Church – writing NEW DAY on the memo line of your check and place in the collection plate.

 Security Reminder:  There have been a couple of instances in the evening recently when unexpected visitors have entered the church building to solicit money.  Once your meeting begins be sure and lock the outer doors of church to ensure everyone’s safety.

 Pastoral Care Members please pick up your new food prep list in the Narthex.

 Calendar Reminders/Changes

Communication Ministry, Sunday, January 31 at 12:27 p.m. (contact Kent Couch at kcsofa@tx.rr.com).

 If you borrowed, or know the whereabouts of the Youth Projector, we ask that you PLEASE return it to the office! Thanks! 

 Grace Presbyterian Youth Connection

Sunday, January 31, Congregational Dinner, Youth set up at 4:00 p.m. and please bring brownies!  This is a Youth Fund Raising Event. We will need all available YOUTH to serve! Lasagna, salad, bread, dessert, and tea will be served. GPYC Members eat free!

**If you have a diet restriction, do not feel obligated to buy a ticket. Please feel free to join us and bring your own meal. After all, it is your fellowship we are seeking!

 Sunday, February 7, SOUPER BOWL of CARING Party! 5:00-8:00 p.m. at the Whinery’s home!  Bring $3 for dinner.  Drop off and pick up at 2104 Emerald Lake Dr.

 Sunday, February 14, VALENTINES DAY!  Party and Dance, 5-8 p.m. GPC, $3 for dinner.

Service Project, “Heart to Heart”, deliver Valentine Door Hangers to Assisted Living Residents.  Drivers will be needed for this event from 5-6 p.m.  Please sign up!

MEETINGS

YLT, Sunday, February 14, 4:00-5:00 p.m.

YAB, Sunday, February 21, 4:00-5:00 p.m.

PARENT MEETING and POT LUCK, Sunday, February 21, 5:00-6:00 p.m.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

SHYC, January 29-31

Leave GPC on Friday, January 29 at 3:30 p.m.  Return on Sunday at approx. 3:00 p.m.

 Souper Bowl of Caring collection will be Sunday morning, February 7, 2010!   We accept spare change!

 Mo Ranch Youth Celebration for Sr. High, June 27-July 2, $399

Mo Ranch Jr. High Jubilee, July 4-8, $340

Deposit of $75 due by February 21.  Registration forms in Youth room.  Monthly installments will be accepted, but must be paid by April 20, 2010.  Full payments will also be accepted now.

 MISSION TO COLORADO! JUNE 19-25!

Plans in Progress! Come to the parent meeting on February 21 to find out more!

 For more information on Youth Events, please contact Sheryl Machen at

s.machen@yahoo.com, or 817-296-7208.

 The 2010 Flower Calendar is on the bulletin board in the narthex.  Please sign up now for flowers!  There are 27 Sunday’s available.

 NEW SPIRITUALITY CLASS STUDY – 40 DAY JOURNEY WITH JULIAN OF NORWICH

The new study for the Spirituality Class will begin Wednesday, February 3, at 10 a.m. in room 100.  Mona Bailey, Parish Associate at St. Stephens Presbyterian Church will be moderating this study.  We will have the opportunity to learn from this 14th century woman who survived a life-changing illness in early adulthood, and following this received many spiritual revelations and became a guide to us through the centuries.  Books will be provided for this study, which will meet every other Wednesday morning.  Please join us as we study the words of this woman and how they bear witness to our lives today.

 Confirmation and Commissioning Class Starting!

Are you in seventh grade or above and ready to deepen you faith through the process of confirmation?  Are you willing to dedicate one hour (okay maybe just a bit longer than an hour) a week to talking about and listening for God’s call to you?  Then join the confirmation class.  Meeting will be once a week starting in January.  At the end of this process, and if you feel God’s call you will meet with the Session and be confirmed on Pentecost.

The confirmation process will require commitment and dedication on your part, but it will also be interesting and fun.  You will be assisted by your own personal mentor (a sort of spiritual personal trainer).  We will have an organizational meeting February 7, 2010 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. at Grace.  At this time the program will be explained in detail and any questions you have will be answered.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact Rev. Wood, Martha Kinard or Mark Hellberg.  We look forward to seeing you February 7 at 4:00 p.m.

 North Texas Presbyterian Cursillo, March 4-7, 2010.  Interested in spending a weekend that will enrich your faith and your daily life?  Consider attending the next Cursillo weekend in March of 2010.  Cursillo is an exciting resource of renewal for people of all ages.  Men and women alike are encouraged to participate no matter where they are in their faith journey.  All that is asked of you is that you bring an open heart and a sense of fun.  More information can be found at www.ntpcursillo.org or contact the Moderator, Kathy Greenough (kathy@greenoughs.com) or Becky Couch.  Applications can be found on the website.  There are a limited number of slots available, so act quickly to reserve your space.  Scholarships are available.  Cursillo is only three days long, but it lasts a lifetime!

Texas Presbyterian Foundation Lenten Mission tour.  Join Texas Presbyterian Foundation in a Lenten Mission tour to several of the institutions of the Synod of the Sun located in central Texas. 

The tour will begin at the Presbyterian Mission Center in Irving and visit: 

Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Presbyterian Pan American School

Schreiner University

Mo Ranch

Presbyterian Children’s Homes and Services

Stops also at James Avery Jewelers Foundry in Kerrville to be inspired by the variety of crosses this artist has imagined and at the WildSeed Farm in Fredericksburg, to be inspired by God’s own imagination, in full bloom.

Cost: $227/person double occupancy ($320/person single occupancy).  Eight meals and Luxury coach transportation included.

To see full brochure contact Dianne in the church office and it will be emailed to you.  For questions call Texas Presbyterian Foundation at 214-522-3155.

For registration form follow this link http://www.tpf.org/LENTENMISSIONTOUR.cfm