WEDNESDAY – 05/16

Stephen Ministry, 7:00 p.m., Room 111
Adult Choir Practice, 7:30 p.m., Sanctuary

THURSDAY – 05/17

Spirituality Group, 10:00 a.m., Room 109
Praise Team Practice, 7:00 p.m., Sanctuary
Handbells Practice, 7:30 p.m., Room 108

SUNDAY – 05/20

Celebration Worship Service, 8:15 a.m.
Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.
Traditional Worship Service, 11:00 a.m.

Senior Dinner, 6:30 p.m., Sanctuary

NEXT WEEK

Worship Ministry, Monday, May 21, 7:00 p.m., Room 108

Pastoral Care Ministry, Tuesday, May 22, 10:00 a.m.
Adult Education Ministry, Tuesday, May 22, 7:00 p.m., Library
Mission Ministry, Tuesday, May 22, 7:00 p.m., Room 108
Yarn Ministry, Tuesday, May 22, 7:00 p.m., Room 102

Communication Ministry, Wednesday, May 24, 7:00 p.m., Staff Office
Adult Choir, Wednesday, May 24, 7:30 p.m., Sanctuary

Praise Team, Thursday, May 24, 7:00 p.m., Assembly Room

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Seniors 2012

Lizzie Anderson
Kate Atwood
Grace Juengerman
Sean Kennedy
Lauren Kee

Join us for Senior Appreciation Dinner on Sunday, May 20, 2012, 6:30 p.m. Casual Attire

This festive evening includes Mexican Fiesta Pot Luck Dinner, Slide Show and Presentations

Venture Senior and Volunteer Recognition Ceremony

Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 10:30 a.m. Mac Bernd Professional Development Center. 1111 West Arbrook , Arlington, Texas. Same place as last year. Welcome all Grace and New Day People

Pentecost Combined Service

Sunday, May 27, 9:00 a.m. The Rev. Kate McGee is preaching

Grace Summer Clean

Saturday, June 9 from 9:00 am until Noon. The church building and grounds need a good sprucing up. Our summer clean day is Saturday, June 9, from 9:00 am until noon. There’s a need for lots of hands and hearts to help make our church shiny and bright. There are jobs for all ages and abilities. Come and share in the fun.

Movie on the Green

The Incredible Journey, Friday, June 22 at sundown. This beloved Disney classic is a daring and inspiring tale, sure to entertain your entire family.

Carpet

At its March meeting, Session approved spending up to $35,000 to re-carpet the entire building. If you are interested in serving on the Carpet Task Force, please contact John Hendricks or Louie Nash. Nothing will be done without the Task Force. This should be a very short term commitment of your time and an excellent way to serve Grace.

Elder Nominations

The time has come again for ELDER NOMINATIONS submitted to the Officer Nominating Committee. If you think He cares about our church family, please prayerfully consider persons for Youth Elder, Trustee and Ruling Elders for the Class of 2015. Look for the designated ONC box where these names are to be received in the Narthex.

Render unto God what is God’s: Speak to that place inside of you. Listen for God’s answer, and pass it on to the church.

Watering Schedule

Please stop by the bulletin board in the narthex to see which week in July, August or September you could take to water our flowers on the patio! We appreciate all of you that have signed up already!

Food for NEW DAY Teens

We are now filling bags of food for 41 students to get them through the weekends. As a reminder, following are the items needed to fill the bags: Tuna kits, Vienna sausage, pasta meals or soup, 100% juice, shelf stable milk, vegetable in a pop top can or plastic tub, fruit, pudding, breakfast bar, cereal or oatmeal, snacks such as chips, cookies or popcorn and a bag of plastic ware and a napkin. We prefer white low fat milk to put on their cereal. The last time we figured the bags cost about $6-$7 per bag if you would rather give cash. Anything you do helps and we appreciate all the congregation does to help our neighbors get through high school and not be hungry.

GRACE PRESBYTERIAN YOUTH CONNECTION

ACTIVITIES

Wednesdays at Westminster! Can’t get enough Youth? Then join Westminster Youth on Wednesdays! Every Second Wednesday is Worship night. Regular Youth night 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Worship nights start at 7:00 p.m. If you are interested in going and need a ride, please let a sponsor know!

Sunday, May 20, Mission Trip Parents Meeting at 5:00 p.m.

Sunday, May 20, Senior Dinner, food them Mexican pot-luck. Set up at 5:30 p.m. Dinner at 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, June 3, Pool party at the Conn’s home. 5:00-8:00 p.m., bring $3 for dinner. Bring a towel, sunscreen, and boys bring drinks, girls bring a dessert

June 4-8 Mission trip

Sunday, June 10, Movie night. Gifted Hands – the story of Ben Carson. Bring $3 for dinner

Sunday, June 17, Fort Worth Cats baseball, tickets are $5. Meet at the church at 5:00 p.m. to drive over together. Parents and siblings welcome to join in the fun. Game starts at 6:05 p.m. Bring money for food or eat before you come.

Sunday, June 24, YAB at 4:00. Cookout and Volleyball at Stovall Park, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Potluck: please see board to sign up to bring an item!

June 30, Improv and Stand up night at Grace. 5:00-8:00 p.m., Bring $3 for dinner

May 27: Pentecost/Memorial Weekend! Bonfire at the Bayless’ home, 5:00-8:00 p.m. Bring $3 for dinner and bring a chair

MISSION, CAMPS, EVENTS

Sponsors and Drivers are needed!

Mission trip: Last Call!! June 4-9 at Hugo, OK at the Goodland Boys’ Home. Cost: $50. Parent meeting for those going: May 20 at 5:00 p.m. Money and paper work due!

Anyone interested in any event is welcome to come as a sponsor/volunteer. This is a small but really great group of kids. Come try them out for an evening, you can give them back at the end! You can get your CPP (child protection policy) on by filling out the form on the church’s website and then leave it in the office for Rick Brunson. He’ll get with you for training! www.gpcarlington.org

Bring a Friend – Get a Prize! Bring someone *NEW* to Youth and you get to choose from the prize chest! These aren’t Sin B Gone air fresheners!

GRACE NEWS

To have the prayer chain activated

Submit your prayer to prayerrequest@gpcarlington.org or use the prayer chain link online at www.gpcarlington.org.    The requests are directly linked to our prayer chain team leaders, Peggy Hellberg and Betty Sicks.

On Line Church News Letter

To see the May GraceVine, click here.

Grace Presbytery News

To view the most recent Grace Presbytery ENews, click here.

Facebook users

Visit us on Facebook at this address and “Like” us so we can get the site in front of more people!!!

www.facebook.com/GracePresbyterianArlington

We’ll try to keep you up to date on what is happening.

WEDNESDAY – 05/09

Library Ministry, 6:30 p.m., Library
Personnel Ministry, 6:30 p.m., Room 108
Adult Choir Practice, 7:30 p.m., Sanctuary

THURSDAY – 05/10

Spirituality Group, 10:00 a.m., Room 109
Praise Team Practice, 7:00 p.m., Sanctuary
Handbells Practice, 7:30 p.m., Room 108

SATURDAY – 05/12

Nifty Fifties, 6:30 p.m., Sanctuary

SUNDAY – 05/13

Celebration Worship Service, 8:15 a.m., Youth Led
Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.
Traditional Worship Service, 11:00 a.m., Youth Led

NEXT WEEK

Day Circle, Monday, May 14, 9:15 a.m., Room 109

Staff Meeting, Tuesday, May 15, 12:00 p.m.
Afternoon Circle, Tuesday, May 15, 12:30 p.m., Room 109
WOG General Meeting, Tuesday, May 15, 7:00 p.m., Room 108 *SDB
Yarn Ministry, Tuesday, May 15, 7:00 p.m., Room 102

Stephen Ministry, Wednesday, May 16, 7:00 p.m., Room 111
Adult Choir, Wednesday, May 16, 7:30 p.m., Sanctuary

Praise Team, Thursday, May 17, 7:00 p.m., Assembly Room
Handbells, Thursday, May 17, 7:30 p.m., Sanctuary

UPCOMING EVENTS

Sunday, May 20, 2012, 6:30 pm. Seniors 2012. Senior Appreciation Dinner.

Monday, May 14, 2012, Day Circle, May Bible Study. 9:15 am. – 11:00 a.m., Room 109. Heart Share: Arlington Charities (Food Drive)

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. Women of Grace (WOG) May General Meeting. Installation of New Officers for 2012-2013

Wednesday, May 23, 2012, Venture Senior and Volunteer Recognition Ceremony. Mac Bernd Professional Development Center. 1111 West Arbrook , Arlington, Texas. Same place as last year. Welcome all Grace and New Day People

Saturday, June 9 from 9:00 am until Noon, Grace Summer Clean.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Senior Recognition 2012

Join us on May 20th, 6:30 pm to help us honor and recognize the high school seniors from Grace

• Lizzie Anderson
• Kate Atwood
• Grace Juengerman
• Sean Kennedy
• Lauren Key

Casual Attire. This festive evening includes Mexican Fiesta Pot Luck Dinner, Slide Show and Presentations

Church Spring Cleanup

The church building and grounds need a good sprucing up. Our summer clean day is Saturday, June 9, from 9:00 am until noon. There’s a need for lots of hands and hearts to help make our church shiny and bright. There are jobs for all ages and abilities. Come and share in the fun.

Carpet

At its March meeting, Session approved spending up to $35,000 to re-carpet the entire building. If you are interested in serving on the Carpet Task Force, please contact John Hendricks or Louie Nash. Nothing will be done without the Task Force. This should be a very short term commitment of your time and an excellent way to serve Grace.

ELDER NOMINATIONS

The time has come again for ELDER NOMINATIONS submitted to the Officer Nominating Committee. If you think He cares about our church family, please prayerfully consider persons for Youth Elder, Trustee and Ruling Elders for the Class of 2015. Look for the designated ONC box where these names are to be received in the Narthex. Render unto God what is God’s: Speak to that place inside of you.

Listen for God’s answer, and pass it on to the church.

Watering the Flowers Sign-up

Thanks to all of you that have taken a week to water our flowers on the patio! We still need help in July, August and September. Please look at the sign-up on the bulletin board in the Narthex.

Food for NEW DAY Teens

We are now filling bags of food for 41 students to get them through the weekends. As a reminder, following are the items needed to fill the bags: Tuna kits, Vienna sausage, pasta meals or soup, 100% juice, shelf stable milk, vegetable in a pop top can or plastic tub, fruit, pudding, breakfast bar, cereal or oatmeal, snacks such as chips, cookies or popcorn and a bag of plastic ware and a napkin. We prefer white low fat milk to put on their cereal. The last time we figured the bags cost about $6-$7 per bag if you would rather give cash. Anything you do helps and we appreciate all the congregation does to help our neighbors get through high school and not be hungry.

GRACE PRESBYTERIAN YOUTH CONNECTION

ACTIVITIES

Wednesdays at Westminster. Can’t get enough Youth? Then join Westminster Youth on Wednesdays! Every Second Wednesday is Worship night. Regular Youth night 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Worship nights start at 7:00 p.m. If you are interested in going and need a ride, please let a sponsor know!

Saturday, May 12, 10 to ?, Youth Led Worship Rehearsal! Donuts will be happening!

Sunday, May 13, Youth Led Worship at Both services, Mother’s Day, NO YOUTH

Sunday, May 20, Senior Dinner, food them Mexican pot-luck. Set up at 5:00 p.m. Dinner at 6:30 p.m.

May 27: Pentecost/Memorial Weekend! Bonfire at the Bayless’ home, 5:00-8:00 p.m. Bring $3 for dinner and bring a chair

MISSION, CAMPS, EVENTS

Sponsors and Drivers are needed!

Mission trip: Last Call!! June 4-9 at Hugo, OK at the Goodland Boys’ Home. Cost: $50. Parent meeting for those going: May 20 at 5:00 p.m. We will be joined by Westminister Youth.

Anyone interested in any event is welcome to come as a sponsor/volunteer. This is a small but really great group of kids. Come try them out for an evening, you can give them back at the end! You can get your CPP (child protection policy) on by filling out the form on the church’s website and then leave it in the office for Rick Brunson. He’ll get with you for training!

Bring a Friend – Get a Prize! Bring someone *NEW* to Youth and you get to choose from the prize chest! These aren’t Sin B Gone air fresheners!

SAVE THE DATE

May 13 – Youth Led Worship
May 20 – Senior night
June 4-9 – Mission to Goodland Academy
July 23-27 – Trip Synod

GRACE NEWS

To have the prayer chain activated

Submit your prayer to prayerrequest@gpcarlington.org or use the prayer chain link online at www.gpcarlington.org.    The requests are directly linked to our prayer chain team leaders, Peggy Hellberg and Betty Sicks.

On Line Church News Letter

To see the May GraceVine, click here.

Grace Presbytery News

To view the most recent Grace Presbytery ENews, click here.

Facebook users

Visit us on Facebook at this address and “Like” us so we can get the site in front of more people!!!

www.facebook.com/GracePresbyterianArlington

We’ll try to keep you up to date on what is happening.

May Edition

In this month’s issue:

• Recy-cla-matics work every time!
• Calling all green thumbs: Help keep the plants watered!
• Childrens Vacation Bible School: Babylon: Daniels Courage in Captivity
• Our Prayer Garden is the talk of the town!
• Soul Sisters Sunday School
• NEW DAY!
• Youth Events!
• And more!

WEDNESDAY – 05/02

Stephen Ministry, 7:00 p.m., Room 111
Adult Choir Practice, 7:30 p.m., Sanctuary

THURSDAY – 05/03

Spirituality Group, 10:00 a.m., Room 109
Praise Team Practice, 7:00 p.m., Sanctuary
Handbells Practice, 7:30 p.m., Room 108

SATURDAY – 05/05

Care Giving Seminar, 9:00 a.m., Sanctuary
Prayer Garden/Labyrinth Work Day, 9:00 a.m.
WOG Dining and Shopping, 1:00 p.m.

SUNDAY – 05/06

Celebration Worship Service, 8:15 a.m.
Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.
Traditional Worship Service, 11:00 a.m.

Grace Presbyterian Youth Connection, 5:00 p.m.

NEXT WEEK

Session, Tuesday, May 8, 7:00 p.m., Room 108
Yarn Ministry, Tuesday, May 8, 7:00 p.m., Room 102

Adult Choir, Wednesday, May 9, 7:30 p.m., Sanctuary

Praise Team, Thursday, May 10, 7:00 p.m., Assembly Room
Handbells, Thursday, May 10, 7:30 p.m., Sanctuary

ANNOUNCEMENTS

PASTORAL CARE MINISTRY presents Communicating and Caring: Alzheimer’s, Dementia and Decisions

Saturday, May 5. Continental breakfast at 8:45 a.m. Seminar begins at 9:00 a.m. and concludes at 11:00 a.m. Childcare available ~ No reservations required

Jaime Cobb, from The James L. West Alzheimer’s Center in Fort Worth, will be our speaker at a seminar hosted by the Pastoral Care Ministry at Grace Presbyterian Church. Jaime will speak to us about communicating with a loved one with Alzheimer’s/dementia, as well as health care decisions, legal decisions, and how to get help when the need arises. She will also give us information about the Adult Day Care program which was started more than 20 years ago at First Presbyterian, Fort Worth, and is now part of the James L. West Center.

Labyrinth Workday

The contractor is at the church today to work on the labyrinth. Lauren will be replacing the bricks in the labyrinth on Saturday, May 5 at 9:00 a.m. and would appreciate your help. If you can come and help after the seminar, that would be great! See you on Saturday!

Thanks to each of you for bringing your monies in for the RECY-CLA-MATICS!

Watering the Flowers Sign-up

Thanks to each of you that have signed up for a week to water our flowers on the patio! If you haven’t had a chance to sign-up, we hope that you will look at the sign-up on the bulletin board in the narthex. Please take a week to water the flowes. The watering can and hose are on the patio. You need to check on the flowers every other day depending on the weather. Thanks for keeping our flowers blooming!

ELDER NOMINATIONS

The time has come again for ELDER NOMINATIONS submitted to the Officer Nominating Committee. If you think He cares about our church family, please prayerfully consider persons for Youth Elder, Trustee and Ruling Elders for the Class of 2015. Look for the designated ONC box where these names are to be received in the Narthex.

Render unto God what is God’s: Speak to that place inside of you. Listen for God’s answer, and pass it on to the church.

Food for NEW DAY Teens

We are now filling bags of food for 41 students to get them through the weekends. As a reminder, following are the items needed to fill the bags: Tuna kits, Vienna sausage, pasta meals or soup, 100% juice, shelf stable milk, vegetable in a pop top can or plastic tub, fruit, pudding, breakfast bar, cereal or oatmeal, snacks such as chips, cookies or popcorn and a bag of plastic ware and a napkin. We prefer white low fat milk to put on their cereal. The last time we figured the bags cost about $6-$7 per bag if you would rather give cash. Anything you do helps and we appreciate all the congregation does to help our neighbors get through high school and not be hungry.

GRACE PRESBYTERIAN YOUTH CONNECTION

ACTIVITIES

Wednesdays at Westminster. Can’t get enough Youth? Then join Westminster Youth on Wednesdays! Every Second Wednesday is Worship night. Regular Youth night 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Worship nights start at 7:00 p.m. If you are interested in going and need a ride, please let a sponsor know!

Sunday, May 6, Miranda Night, Finish up YLW, 5:00-8:00 p.m. at the church. Dinner provider: Jenny Ross, Devotional: Miranda

SATURDAY May 12, 10 to ?, Youth Led Worship Rehearsal!

Sunday, May 13, Youth Led Worship at Both services, Mother’s Day, NO YOUTH

Sunday, May 20, Senior Dinner, food them Mexican pot-luck. Set up at 5:00 p.m. Dinner at 6:30 p.m.

May 27: Pentecost/Memorial Weekend! Bonfire at the Bayless’ home, 5:00-8:00 p.m. Bring $3 for dinner and bring a chair

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Synod: Sign up Now!! Our Registration needs to go in NOW! We still need a male sponsor!

Mission trip: Last Call!! June 4-9 at Hugo, OK at the Goodland Boys’ Home. Cost: $50. We need a fourth sponsor/driver! Sponsors go free! Parent meeting for those going: May 20 at 5:00 p.m.

Thank you to the Bryant’s and the King’s for their recent support of the youth by providing dinner! We appreciate you!

**There is a NEW sign-up sheet for Dinner Providers on the Youth Board** Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to make a dinner for the Youth. We are averaging around 8 people for food. Remember, the Youth do contribute $3 to help defray the cost. They are also willing to help make meals. We usually try to eat around 6:00 pm.

MISSION, CAMPS, EVENTS

Sponsors and Drivers are needed!

If you are interested in joining our youth for the Mission trip, please let a youth or youth type person know.

Mission Trip, June 4-9 – The Goodland Academy in Hugo, OK (only 3 hours away) Cost will be around $50. We will be joined by Westminster Youth. Anyone interested in any event is welcome to come as a sponsor/volunteer. This is a small but really great group of kids. Come try them out for an evening, you can give them back at the end!

You can get your CPP (child protection policy) on by filling out the form on the church’s website and then leave it in the office for Rick Brunson. He’ll get with you for training!

Bring a Friend – Get a Prize! Bring someone *NEW* to Youth and you get to choose from the prize chest! These aren’t Sin B Gone air fresheners!

SAVE THE DATE

May 13 – Youth Led Worship
May 20 – Senior night
June 4-9 – Mission to Goodland Academy
July 23-27 – Synod

GRACE NEWS

To have the prayer chain activated

Submit your prayer to prayerrequest@gpcarlington.org or use the prayer chain link online at www.gpcarlington.org.    The requests are directly linked to our prayer chain team leaders, Peggy Hellberg and Betty Sicks.

On Line Church News Letter

To see the April GraceVine, click here.

Grace Presbytery News

To view the most recent Grace Presbytery ENews, click here.

Facebook users

Visit us on Facebook at this address and “Like” us so we can get the site in front of more people!!!

www.facebook.com/GracePresbyterianArlington

We’ll try to keep you up to date on what is happening.

We should be so proud!

http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/04/23/3906067/at-grace-presbyterian-church-a.html

WEDNESDAY – 04/25

Communication, 7:00 pm., Staff Office
Landscape/Labyrinth Ministry, 7:00 p.m., Room 109
Adult Choir Practice, 7:30 p.m., Sanctuary

THURSDAY – 04/26

Spirituality Group, 10:00 a.m., Room 109
Encouragement & Nurture Ministry, 6:30 p.m., Library
Praise Team Practice, 7:00 p.m., Sanctuary
Handbells Practice, 7:30 p.m., Room 108

SUNDAY – 04/29

Directory Pictures, 8:00 a.m., staff office
Celebration Worship Service, 8:15 a.m.
Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.
Traditional Worship Service, 11:00 a.m.
Grace Presbyterian Youth Connection, 5:00 p.m.

NEXT WEEK

Yarn Ministry, Tuesday, May 1, 7:00 p.m., Room 102

Adult Choir, Wednesday, May 2, 7:30 p.m., Sanctuary

Praise Team, Thursday, May 3, 7:00 p.m., Sanctuary
Handbells, Thursday, May 3, 7:30 p.m., Room 108

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Yarnbombed Trees

Check the Citizen Journal newspaper today to see a great feature story about our Yarnbombed Trees and the Yarn Ministry ladies! The Citizen Journal comes to Arlington residents in a cellophane bag tossed in your yard. Save your copies for the church please! Congratulations, ladies! The trees are so beautiful and they are brightening the lives of all who pass by!

RECY-CLA-MATIC’s

Please bring your recy-cla-matics back this Sunday, April 29! All the monies collected will be used for the prayer garden!

Ulster-Project Golf Scramble

The 9th Annual Shamrock Golf Classic Scramble in support of the Ulster Project- Arlington is scheduled for a 1:30 PM Shotgun Start on Monday, April 30, 2012 at Bear Creek Golf Club at DFW Airport. Pre-registration fee for individual entrants is $95 or 4-somes is $320 ($80 per player). Please call Arlene Smith at 817-478-4382 for registration details. We are also in need of individual and company sponsors for the event. Minimum cost is $200 for a hole sponsorship. This comes with sign recognition at the hole. This event is one of our largest fundraisers and needs your support to be a success. Your support is greatly needed for this event and truly appreciated.

Thank You for your help!

The Prayer Garden and Labyrinth Task Force would like to thank everyone that came the last two Saturdays to help beautify our church property. A delicious lunch was served to all the workers by Encouragement and Nurture Ministry! We would also like to thank the youth for planting and weeding on Earth Day! We hope to put the bricks back into the labyrinth on Saturday, May 5. We will keep you posted!

Watering the Flowers Sign-up

Please take a look at the sign-up sheet on the bulletin board in the narthex. We have every week listed through September. Please bring your calendar and see which week you could water our flowers on the patio. Please water every other day if the soil is dry. If everyone helps out, this is an easy job! Thanks for keeping our flowers blooming!

It’s CHURCH DIRECTORY time!

Sunday will be the last week will take pictures. If you have not had your picture made for the upcoming directory, please do it Sunday in the Staff Office after worship.

ELDER NOMINATIONS

The time has come again for ELDER NOMINATIONS submitted to the Officer Nominating Committee. If you think He cares about our church family, please prayerfully consider persons for Youth Elder, Trustee and Ruling Elders for the Class of 2015. Look for the designated ONC box where these names are to be received in the Narthex. Render unto God what is God’s: Speak to that place inside of you. Listen for God’s answer, and pass it on to the church.

Visiting Homebound Members

Pastoral Care Ministry is seeking individuals who would like to help in visiting the home-bound members. Our home-bound members need to stay connected and this is a good way to make that happen. If you have an hour every couple of months that you could spare, please call Peggy Hellberg (817-419-8785) or Betty Sicks (817-478-2724) and we will add you to our schedule. Thank you so much!

Food for NEW DAY Teens

We are now filling bags of food for 41 students to get them through the weekends. As a reminder, following are the items needed to fill the bags: Tuna kits, Vienna sausage, pasta meals or soup, 100% juice, shelf stable milk, vegetable in a pop top can or plastic tub, fruit, pudding, breakfast bar, cereal or oatmeal, snacks such as chips, cookies or popcorn and a bag of plastic ware and a napkin. We prefer white low fat milk to put on their cereal. The last time we figured the bags cost about $6-$7 per bag if you would rather give cash. Anything you do helps and we appreciate all the congregation does to help our neighbors get through high school and not be hungry.

GRACE PRESBYTERIAN YOUTH CONNECTION

ACTIVITIES

Wednesdays at Westminster – Can’t get enough Youth? Then join Westminster Youth on Wednesdays! Every Second Wednesday is Worship night. Regular Youth night 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Worship nights start at 7:00 p.m. If you are interested in going and need a ride, please let a sponsor know!

Sunday, April 29, YLW Planning, Games, Dinner provider: Devotional:

Sunday, May 6, Miranda Night, Finish up YLW, 5:00-8:00 p.m. at the church. Dinner provider: Ross, Devotional:

Saturday May 12, 10 to ?, Youth Led Worship Rehearsal!

Sunday, May 13, Youth Led Worship at Both services, Mother’s Day, NO YOUTH

Sunday, May 20, Senior Dinner, food them Mexican pot-luck. Set up at 5:00 p.m., Dinner at 6:30 p.m.

May 27: Pentecost/Memorial Weekend! Bonfire at the Bayless’ home, 5:00-8:00 p.m. Bring $3 for dinner and bring a chair

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Mission Trip – The Goodland Academy in Hugo, OK (3 hour drive). Cost will be around $50. June 4-9. We will be joined by Westminister Youth. If you are interested, please let Julie, Mark, or Jenny know! Lauren Black’s kids went and had a GREAT time! If you are interested in joining our youth for the Mission trip, please let a youth or youth type person know.

We need one Male sponsor for Synod. If you are interested, please contact a leader-type person (Mark, Julie, or Jenny)

Anyone interested in any event is welcome to come as a sponsor/volunteer. This is a small but really great group of kids. Come try them out for an evening, you can give them back at the end! You can get your CPP (child protection policy) on by filling out the form on the church’s website and then leave it in the office for Rick Brunson. He’ll get with you for training!

Bring a Friend – Get a Prize! Bring someone NEW to Youth and you get to choose from the prize chest! These aren’t Sin B Gone air fresheners!

**There is a NEW sign-up sheet for dinner providers on the Youth board** Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to make a dinner for the Youth. We are averaging around 10 people for food. Remember, the Youth do contribute $3 to help defray the cost. They are also willing to help in the preparation of the meal. We usually try to eat around 6:00 pm.

MISSION, CAMPS, EVENTS

Sponsors and Drivers are needed!

SAVE THE DATE

May 13 – Youth Led Worship
May 20 – Senior night
June 4-9 – Mission to Goodland Academy
July 23-27 – Trip Synod

GRACE NEWS

To have the prayer chain activated

Submit your prayer to prayerrequest@gpcarlington.org or use the prayer chain link online at www.gpcarlington.org.    The requests are directly linked to our prayer chain team leaders, Peggy Hellberg and Betty Sicks.

On Line Church News Letter

To see the April GraceVine, click here.

Grace Presbytery News

To view the most recent Grace Presbytery ENews, click here.

Facebook users

Visit us on Facebook at this address and “Like” us so we can get the site in front of more people!!!

www.facebook.com/GracePresbyterianArlington

We’ll try to keep you up to date on what is happening.

WEDNESDAY – 04/11

Library Ministry, 6:30 pm., Library
Personnel Ministry, 6:30 p.m., Room 108
Adult Choir Practice, 7:30 p.m., Sanctuary

THURSDAY – 04/12

Spirituality Group, 10:00 a.m., Room 109
Praise Team Practice, 7:00 p.m., Sanctuary
Handbells Practice, 8:15 p.m., Room 108

SATURDAY – 04/14

Prayer Garden/Labyrinth Workday, 9:00 a.m., Outside
Nifty Fifties, 6:30 p.m., Sanctuary

SUNDAY – 04/15

Directory Pictures, 8:00 a.m., staff office
Celebration Worship Service, 8:15 a.m.
Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.
Traditional Worship Service, 11:00 a.m.

Youth Advisory Board (YAB), 4:00 p.m., Room 103
Grace Presbyterian Youth Connection, 5:00 p.m.

NEXT WEEK

Adult Choir, Wednesday, April 25, 7:30 p.m., Sanctuary

Praise Team, Thursday, April 26, 7:00 p.m., Sanctuary
Handbells, Thursday, April 26, 7:30 p.m., Room 108

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Workday this Saturday, April 14!

We hope that you can come this Saturday, April 14 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. to help with the labyrinth and other landscape projects around the church. Kohl’s department store has chosen us to be their “Green Initiative” and they are sending 12 people to work from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The Boy Scout Troop is also sending 12 Boy Scouts to help. We hope that you will come and fellowship and get to know these people and help us with the many projects. Encouragement and Nurture Ministry will be cooking hamburgers and hotdogs for those who have been working on Saturday! Hope to see you there!

Disaster Relief

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) has a relief team in Grace Presbytery, working with our communities that have been affected by the tornadoes. While none of our churches sustained damage, their communities definitely did. The PDA team is working closely with the communities of Lancaster, Forney and Arlington. The PDA team will also be in churches on Sunday morning so please welcome them.

Volunteers Needed

We have a specific request from First Presbyterian Church in Arlington for volunteers to work with that congregation in providing services to their community. If you are interesting in volunteering with the First, Arlington church, please call the pastor, Rev Rob McClelland at the church office 817-274-8286 and press 0 to leave your contact information. This line will be monitored and you will be contacted about the needs, times, etc.

Grace Presbytery will continue to coordinate volunteer efforts and provide information. Please contact Margaret LaPlante at 1-800-678-4502 ext 5610 or margaret@gracepresbytery.org

Important note:

These Disaster Updates are being sent to the folks on the Grace eNews list. If you wish to stay on Grace eNews but not receive any more Disaster Relief Updates, please contact rob@gracepresbytery.org to let him know.

RECY-CLA-MATIC’s are Back!

This Sunday, April 14 you will be able to pick up a Recy-clam-matic in the narthex if you don’t have your old one. Please start saving you change and we will have our first collection on Sunday, April 29. All monies raised will go toward the prayer garden!

Annual Shamrock Golf Classic

The 9th Annual Shamrock Golf Classic Scramble in support of the Ulster Project- Arlington is scheduled for a 1:30 PM Shotgun Start on Monday, April 30, 2012 at Bear Creek Golf Club at DFW Airport. Pre-registration fee for individual entrants is $95 or 4-somes is $320 ($80 per player). Please call Arlene Smith at 817-478-4382 for registration details. We are also in need of individual and company sponsors for the event. Minimum cost is $200 for a hole sponsorship. This comes with sign recognition at the hole. This event is one of our largest fundraisers and needs your support to be a success. Your support is greatly needed for this event and truly appreciated.

Watering Needs!

We are so thankful for all the rain but we know that we will have some dry days ahead. We need your help in keeping the plants alive in the flowerpots on the table outside the sanctuary. You can personally take a week or your ministry or Sunday School Class can take a week. We have a watering can and hose out on the patio, you do not need a key to water. Please let Linda Black know if you can help out, please call 817-261-4223 or e-mail at lblack@wans.net.

It’s CHURCH DIRECTORY time!

We have needed an updated church directory for a LONG time, so get ready to SMILE! The Staff Office will be open before and after each worship service during the month of March for you to have your photo taken. Don’t make us hunt you down!

Help with Visitation

Pastoral Care Ministry is seeking individuals who would like to help in visiting the home-bound members. Our home-bound members need to stay connected and this is a good way to make that happen. If you have an hour every couple of months that you could spare, please call Peggy Hellberg (817-419-8785) or Betty Sicks (817-478-2724) and we will add you to our schedule. Thank you so much!

Can’t get enough of Craig on Sundays?

CD’s of the Sermon and Anthem are available each Sunday; contact John Matson to receive a CD. CD’s are also available in our church Library.

Food for NEW DAY Teens

We are now filling bags of food for 41 students to get them through the weekends. As a reminder, following are the items needed to fill the bags: Tuna kits, Vienna sausage, pasta meals or soup, 100% juice, shelf stable milk, vegetable in a pop top can or plastic tub, fruit, pudding, breakfast bar, cereal or oatmeal, snacks such as chips, cookies or popcorn and a bag of plastic ware and a napkin. We prefer white low fat milk to put on their cereal. The last time we figured the bags cost about $6-$7 per bag if you would rather give cash. Anything you do helps and we appreciate all the congregation does to help our neighbors get through high school and not be hungry.

GRACE PRESBYTERIAN YOUTH CONNECTION

ACTIVITIES

Wednesdays at Westminster. Can’t get enough Youth? Then join Westminster Youth on Wednesdays! Every Second Wednesday is Worship night. Regular Youth night 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Worship nights start at 7:00 p.m. If you are interested in going and need a ride, please let a sponsor know!

Sunday, April 15, Game night at the Ross’s, Kinect Olympics! At Grace. 5:00-8:00 p.m., Bring $3 for Dinner. Dinner and Devotional: Llama R

Sunday, April 22, Earth Day, We will plant something! YLW planning. Dinner provider: The Bryants, Devotional:

Sunday, April 29, YLW Planning, Games, Dinner provider: Devotional:

Sunday, May 6, Miranda Night, Finish up YLW, 5:00-8:00 p.m. at the church. Dinner provider: Ross, Devotional:

SATURDAY May 12, 10 to ?, Youth Led Worship Rehearsal!

Sunday, May 13, Youth Led Worship at Both services, Mother’s Day, NO YOUTH

Sunday, May 20, Senior Dinner, food them Mexican pot-luck. Set up at 5:00 p.m., Dinner at 6:30 p.m.

May 27: Pentecost/Memorial Weekend! Bonfire at the Bayless’ home, 5:00-8:00 p.m. Bring $3 for dinner and bring a chair

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Mission Trip – The Goodland Academy in Hugo, OK (3 hour drive). Cost will be around $50. June 4-9. We will be joined by Westminister Youth. If you are interested, please let Julie, Mark, or Jenny know! Lauren Black’s kids went and had a GREAT time! If you are interested in joining our youth for the Mission trip, please let a youth or youth type person know. We need one Male sponsor for Synod. If you are interested, please contact a leader-type person (Mark, Julie, or Jenny) Anyone interested in any event is welcome to come as a sponsor/volunteer. This is a small but really great group of kids. Come try them out for an evening, you can give them back at the end! You can get your CPP (child protection policy) on by filling out the form on the church’s website and then leave it in the office for Rick Brunson. He’ll get with you for training!

Bring a Friend – Get a Prize! Bring someone NEW to Youth and you get to choose from the prize chest! These aren’t Sin B Gone air fresheners!

**There is a NEW sign-up sheet for dinner providers on the Youth board** Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to make a dinner for the Youth. We are averaging around 10 people for food. Remember, the Youth do contribute $3 to help defray the cost. They are also willing to help in the preparation of the meal. We usually try to eat around 6:00 pm.

MISSION, CAMPS, EVENTS

Sponsors and Drivers are needed!

SAVE THE DATE

May 13 – Youth Led Worship
May 20 – Senior night
June 4-9 – Mission to Goodland Academy
Trip Synod – July 23-27

GRACE NEWS

To have the prayer chain activated

Submit your prayer to prayerrequest@gpcarlington.org or use the prayer chain link online at www.gpcarlington.org.    The requests are directly linked to our prayer chain team leaders, Peggy Hellberg and Betty Sicks.

On Line Church News Letter

To see the April GraceVine, click here.

Grace Presbytery News

To view the most recent Grace Presbytery ENews, click here.

Facebook users

Visit us on Facebook at this address and “Like” us so we can get the site in front of more people!!!

www.facebook.com/GracePresbyterianArlington

We’ll try to keep you up to date on what is happening.

Flower Chart

The flower chart is located on the bulletin board next to room 102, Toddler room. Please write your name by the date and fill out the envelope and place in the offering plate or leave in the church office.

What is Alpha?

Alpha gives everyone the opportunity to explore the meaning of life in a relaxed, friendly setting. The Alpha course usually meets once a week for 10 weeks, including a one-day or weekend getaway.  Sessions begin with a meal, followed by a short talk and time to discuss what’s been taught.

During the discussion, everyone is welcome to contribute their opinions and  no question is considered  hostile or too simple.  Questions might include—Is there a God? Why am I here? Where did I come from? Where am I going?

The Alpha Course at Grace will be offered to everyone with a dinner in the Sanctuary once a week on Tuesday evenings starting in Fall 2012.  Child Care will be provided!

More Information Coming Soon.  Stay Tuned!!!

Come spend some time with us in a family environment. Let’s exercise a little and chat a little more.

Encouragement and Nurture ministry has formed a new group and hopes to get everyone in the church involved! Join us every Saturday at 8:30 a.m. for our new Run/Walk Teams. We meet at S. J. Stovall Park (2800 W. Sublett Road, Arlington, TX) for a short devotional, stretching and a walk or a walk/run. We promise to start slow!

For more information you can e-mail  Kathy Bayona at: gracerunteam@yahoo.com

We start with two different groups for those that aren’t ready or willing to run…

• Run & Walk Group, Pace: 12-14 min/mile, Goal: 3 – 6 miles
• Walk Group, Goal: 3 – 5 miles

Come and join us every Saturday from March 17- June 02!