Welcome to Lent. Please find the Bulletin with the Order of Service and announcements in Life and Word for Sunday, March 24. Downloadable PDF bulletin.
Bulletin with Life and Work for Sunday, March 24
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Bulletin with Life and Work for Sunday, January 14
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The Call Process
Thank you everyone who attended in-person and online for the February 2-4 Call Weekend with the Rev. Dr. Christopher Joiner. At Grace 89% of members and adherents signed the Call. The Call then went to the Presbytery of Calgary-Macleod for approval. The Call was approved and sent on to the Presbytery of Middle Tennessee. This Presbytery has also approved the Call. At this time, an immigration lawyer engaged by Grace is working on Dr. Joiner's immigration process, and Dr. Joiner is completing Presbyterian Church in Canada coursework. March 2024 Where is the Call Process at? Documents and...
Help Grace Support Women of RESET (Rapid Exit from Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking)
Every Advent, Grace collects donations of beauty items for the young women of the RESET Society of Calgary, which provides a comprehensive system of services in Alberta designed specifically for women who are survivors of sexual exploitation. Donations of bath, beauty and hygiene items would be greatly appreciated. They will be used to make gift bags for 35 young women. Please set them in the Donation Bin in the entry way to the Family Room until Sunday, December 10. Thank you for your generosity. To learn more about the work RESET is doing to support safe exit from human...
Nominate Elders
As part of our ongoing leadership development at Grace, every two years we recruit new Elders to serve the congregation. Election to the eldership is the call of God, through the congregation, for service in Christ’s Church. Since the eldership is a spiritual office concerned with the rule and pastoral oversight of the congregation, only suitable people should be considered. They should be committed Christians, in regular attendance at public worship, persons of sound judgment and upright character, and either knowledgeable or prepared to learn of the government of the church. The right...
Music Scholarship Application
Applications and donations to the Rose Baltrusaitis Music Scholarship are now being accepted for the current season. Two scholarships in the amount of up to $2000 each may be awarded to the recipients based upon musical ability, financial need and a desire to develop their musical gifts through participation and practice at Grace Presbyterian Church. Qualifications for this scholarship include the following: Applicants ideally between the ages of 13 and 25 must currently be studying music, and able to demonstrate musical talent or proficiency. How to apply: Please DOWNLOAD THIS...
Session Highlights: July Meeting
Session Highlights: (the next Session meeting is September 11) At its regular meeting on July 10, the Session: • reflected on Acts 15 and the faithful work of the early church leaders to follow the Holy Spirit and find consensus • welcomed the Rev. Wendy Adams to the meeting • gave thanks for the arrival of Madeline Louise Van Pernis • identified opportunities for additional communications to the congregation about committee membership • agreed upon clarifications on the ministry model and plans to work with the Rev. Jake Van Pernis to update his position description, engaging the...
Minister Resource Update, Fall 2023 – Interim Ministers
This is an update on the two Interim Ministers at Grace, Associate Minister Jake Van Pernis, and the Interim Moderator for 2023 and 2023. (The Lead Minister search continues.) Interim Ministers, Associate Minister and Interim Moderator The Rev. Wendy Adams started her term June 23, 2023 and will complete her time at Grace March 16, 2024. The Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Simmins will start September 1, 2023 and continue at Grace until June 30, 2024. The Rev. Jake Van Pernis is scheduled to return to work March 17, 2024. From that time until June 30, he and The Rev. Simmins will work together to...
What is in a Name? Living out our call to transform lives through God’s Grace (by Rev. Geoffrey Simmins)
God seeks us as actively as we might seek God. In a thoughtful article written for the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Ethan Raath suggests that God is like a persistent wooer, calling us into a loving relationship. He writes: “Grace is God’s goodwill and favor reaching out to redeem us. God’s grace is like that—God ‘woos’ us, calls us into a relationship of love. God’s grace draws us to God, justifies us by faith in Jesus Christ, and sanctifies and empowers us by the Holy Spirit.” (1 Ethan Raath, “Grace to You,” Presbyterian Mission Agency, accessed August 14, 2023,...
Grace Music Ministry Fall 2023: Join a Grace Choir
Grace Presbyterian Chancel Choir The chancel choir is a mixed twenty-five voice soprano, alter, tenor and base (SATB) ensemble comprised of both professional and amateur singers. The choir provides music for Sunday services and performs in concerts and special events. The music focus is on the classical canon, renaissance, baroque, classical and romantic works as well as contemporary music and meets for rehearsals from September to June on Thursdays at 7:30 pm. Grace Note Children’s Choir This season, Grace is hoping to build a children’s choir. Children from the...