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March 19, 2020

A Message from Pastor Trey

Video Conference Bible Study
on Max Lucado's Anxious for Nothing

The church can still meet together as we are called to do… it will just look a little different. Although we cannot meet together in large groups, we can enter into His truths together from a distance.  

FaithGateway is offering Max Lucado’s bible study, Anxious for Nothing at no cost from March 22 – April 25. We invite you to join us!

This pandemic that we face is not the only cause of our distress. Some of us must continue to battle life-threatening illness and invasive treatments. Many of us struggle with depression and anxiety and fear losing our incomes. Collectively, we worry what the future holds. While it’s true that we cannot control our circumstances, we can control how we think and live in the midst of these circumstances.

In these times it is good to know that none of this is a surprise to our Lord and Savior. He has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. The way to combat fear is to know the life-giving words of Jesus and the promises of God.

There are three ways you can use the Anxious for Nothing study:

  1. You can participate in a weekly video call on Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m. for the next five weeks (beginning March 24) and join others in our community. Click HERE to register to be a part of the Grace online community.
  2. You are able to do this study on your own. All you have to do is click HERE to watch the video and download the study.
  3. You can use these resources and start your own virtual group. Invite friends and neighbors to join you online.

Livestream Worship and House Worship Liturgy Guide

We will livestream one worship service each Sunday at 10 a.m. during this period of constant change. Please click HERE to join these services online. We also will have a House Worship Liturgy guide that you can use during our time together. You can download it HERE.

 

Your Continued Support
is Needed Now
More Than Ever

An unprecedented crisis calls for an unprecedented response. This crisis has, and undoubtedly will continue, to impact each of us in a variety of ways, including financially. Yet, in our obedience to our Lord, we still have the opportunity to respond however we can. It's precisely why I remain eternally grateful for the generosity of this wonderful congregation. Please know that your faithful giving to Grace’s annual budget will continue to empower us to make Jesus visible in very tangible ways.

Using your smartphone’s camera or code reader app, you can scan this QR code to go straight to the secure Grace online giving webpage HERE. Follow the prompts to create or login to your giving profile, and in just a few clicks, your contribution is made. 

Love Your Neighbors

As much as you are able, within the suggested guidelines with care and compassion, reach out to your neighbors and the vulnerable and see how you can help make Jesus visible to them. The simple gesture of being connected and in community will provide great comfort to those who feel most isolated.

We’d love for you to share these “Stories of Grace” online with the Grace family so we can celebrate and stay socially connected even as we must be physically distant.

Student Mission Sunday Update

Given the nature of our everchanging world and the CDC guidelines concerning the coronavirus, a difficult decision was made this week to postpone Student Mission Sunday, the golf tournament and Silent Auction. 

Despite this temporary disappointment, we do have amazing news to share! Our generous underwriting efforts made it possible to cover one third of the cost of each student's mission trip. This is an incredible blessing to celebrate!

We look forward to rescheduling these events to lift up our amazing student ministry! Thank you so very much, Grace Family, for your continued prayers and support!

Check Ministry Pages
for Continued Updates

As changes in scheduled events occur, we will email participants in each affected ministry. We also will update the Grace website and our Facebook and Instagram pages for each ministry area. If you have not used these pages before, please explore them now. You can start at gpch.org.

Find other pages here:

  • Children’s Ministries — on Facebook as "Grace Preschool Ministries" and "Grace Elementary Ministries” and Instagram as “gpchpreschool” and “gpchelementary"
  • Student Ministries — on Facebook as "Grace Presbyterian Church - Middle School” and “Grace High School Ministries” and Instagram as “grace.middleschool” and “grace.highschool"
  • Adult Ministries — on Facebook as “Grace Presbyterian Church” and Instagram as “gpchouston"

Support West Houston Assistance Ministries

Grace and Friends of Westchase are partnering together with West Houston Assistance Ministries (WHAM) to collect food and other items for families who may find themselves needing extra help. Check out the list below to see how you can help our community and make Jesus visible. WHAM also needs volunteers to help package drive-thru pick-up food packs and hand out packs through its distribution line.

To volunteer, people can show up at WHAM starting at 8 a.m. Monday-Friday. You also can purchase and ship items to WHAM from their Amazon wish list.

  • Canned soups, beans, and meats
  • Dry beans
  • Rice
  • Peanut butter and jelly
  • Mac and cheese
  • Pasta
  • Spaghetti sauce
  • Cereal
  • Shelf stable milk
  • Water
  • Boxed juices
  • Cleaning supplies
  • Medium sized boxes (to pack items to hand out)
  • Diapers
  • Baby Formula