Grace Weekly

SPONSOR A STUDENT



Help us send our HISD students back to school ready to thrive!
Let's send our students in our partner schools prepared for a great new year of school! In recent years, our school partners have shared a growing need for basic essentials, and we hope you will consider sponsoring a student this year. Sponsorship opportunities include:

$35 - Provides a school uniform, socks, and underwear

$50- Provides a school uniform, socks, underwear, and a backpack

$100 - Provides two school uniforms, socks, underwear, a backpack, and deodorant

Every sponsorship is an opportunity to share Jesus' love and provision and helps ensure a student walks into school feeling prepared, confident, and cared for. Stop by the table in the Welcome Center this Sunday, July 19 through August 2 to sponsor, sponsor a student online HERE, or reach out to Kristy Elmore at kelmore@gpch.org for more information.




FOURTH & FIFTH GRADE FUN DAY



Friday, August 7, 6:30-8 p.m. at Westchester Pool

Rising fourth and fifth graders will kick-off the new school year with a pool party at the Westchester Pool (14703 Chadbourne Dr, 77079) with good food and lots of fun! Come meet our Children’s Ministries Team, see your old friends, and make some new friends as we get ready for an awesome year of ministry! Let us know you're coming HERE.




HAPPY 150TH TO GRACE--BRING A FRIEND!



Grace's 150th Birthday Celebration is set for Sunday, August 23!

For 150 years, Grace Presbyterian has been a fixture of faith in Houston, and we are going to celebrate. From humble beginnings downtown through today, it's incredible to see how God has moved through this church. We mark every milestone and every life changed as we celebrate God's faithfulness, but we're even more excited about what's next. We step into the future with hope and anticipation, ready to see how God will continue to use us in the years to come.

Grace Family, this is your birthday, and you can invite whomever you would like! This is a perfect opportunity to invite friends and neighbors, so start thinking about who you would want to step out and share the day with. We will have a look back at our history, special worship moments, games, serve opportunities, the yearly Ministry Fair, and delicious food all during our normal Sunday 9:30 a.m. worship and Equipping Hour time. 

CAKE MIX
It's a birthday party, so bring a gift! We would love you to bring funfetti icing or boxed cake mix for us to give to neighborhood schools and serve partners so everyone can make a cake and celebrate a birthday! You can bring the mixes to Grace and put them in the baskets in the Narthex, or click HERE and have it shipped right to us! Easy as pie... or cake.

POTLUCK LUNCH CLELEBRATION
Join us for lunch in Massey-Tucker Hall and, if you wish, bring a favorite dish to share with the church family. Sign-up is required to bring food, and the cutoff date to register is Sunday, August 16. Sign up to share a dish HERE.

GRACE COOKBOOK
Food has always been a meaningful way we connect, celebrate, and care for one another. To honor our rich history and the many memories made around the table, we are creating a commemorative church cookbook filled with treasured recipes from our congregation and community. Sign up HERE to submit your recipe! 

IMMUNIZATION FAIR
Each year, on a Sunday morning around fall kick-off, Grace offers a variety of immunizations offered to the congregation. That event will coincide with the Birthday Party on August 23. Time is 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m. in the McKechnie Dining Room (MT104)--note the event in your calendars.

GOOD NEWS OF THE WEEK

We celebrate the things that we have offered to God that are bearing fruit—We celebrate what God is doing!

More than 30 people gathered for "Summer Hang at the Hortons," enjoying a wonderful evening of food, games, laughter, and fellowship. Families had the opportunity to connect while our Family Ministries staff kept the kids entertained with plenty of fun. A big thank you to Jamie and Thomas Horton for graciously opening their home and helping make the evening such a welcoming and memorable time together. We’re grateful for everyone who joined us and look forward to the next opportunity to gather as a church family--details below!

"Summer Hang at the Hortons" is now "Football Night with the Young Adults!" The Summer Hang is now joining forces with the Young Adult Flag Football Night on Saturday, July 25, 6–8:15 p.m. at the Grace School Field. Whether you’re a seasoned player or just beginning, join us for a night of flag football and fun! As an added bonus, we will be joined by some Grace families for a little spirited competition and extra energy. This is a great time to mix it up with more of the Grace congregation!

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THE BIBLE IN A YEAR UPDATES

Grace's podcast--Grace Cast--is available once a month! Grace Cast includes discussions from our pastors, ministry leaders and all generations of our congregation coming together to share their thoughts, insights, tough questions and summaries on our scripture readings. The format is light and conversational. It is available HERE, and on our YouTube channel.
For July, a new Grace Cast has dropped:
Inviting someone to church can feel intimidating, but it doesn't have to be complicated. In this episode of The Grace Cast, Jamie and Daniel talk about why a simple invitation can make an eternal difference, practical ways to invite friends, neighbors, and coworkers, and how God can work through ordinary conversations. Whether you've invited dozens of people or you've never invited anyone before, this conversation will encourage and equip you to take the next step.

HERE you will find a multitude of other resources to help you with the reading plan, including videos, podcasts, and articles to bring greater insight to what you have read. You will also find recaps and summaries of sections for times when you may fall behind. Keep up the good work!

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WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY

If you are out of town or unable to be here to worship in-person this week, please join us online via the "Watch Online" link found HERE.

This Sunday we continue through the New Testament with the The Bible in a Year study, this week looking into 2 Corinthians 12:1-10. There will also be a Children at the Chancel time, and we will hear about the upcoming ACTIVATE youth-led worship night. See you at 9:30 a.m.! 

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BEREAVEMENT

To view the latest Bereavement Report, please click here.

WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING AT GRACE?

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