You are invited to celebrate with us!
1020 Atlas Road, Columbia, SC 29209
803-695-9664, www.gogucc.com
How does our Garden grow?
7 p.m. Monday, May 18, our associate pastor, Rev. Candace Chellew-Hodge,revtheodyke@gmail.com, leads series of Care Circle lessons at church. At Garden of Grace we believe that God is still speaking. God can speak to us in many ways – through the Bible, nature, and even through song. We'll explore how God speaks to us through the songs of the Irish rock band U2. As a new album comes out from the group, we'll delve into past songs that reveal God as justice, lover, absent, and present. The circle gathers first and third Mondays at 7 p.m. to explore how God is still speaking through U2.
7 p.m. Wednesday, May 20, Our Women's Group dines out. Jan Hogan,janh244@yahoo.com, is the leader. This is great fellowship
5 p.m. Tuesday, May 19, Pastoral staff meeting. Pastor Andy, Rev. Candace, and Andy Farmer gather to discuss summer ministries.
7 p.m. Wednesday, May 20 Women's Group dines out. Jan Hogan, janh244@yahoo.com, is leader. This is great fellowship!
2 p.m. Saturday, May 23, Covered-dish picnic, celebrating completion of our USC baseball concession stand fundraising for a mission trip. The picnic will be at Lake Murray Park on Highway 6 near Lexington. More information is available from Care Circle leaders Linda Renner,lgrenner@aol.com, and Loretta Cobb, lorettaacobb@aim.com.
9:45 a.m. Sunday, May 24, Choir Practice, led by Andy Farmer, jandyfarmer@yahoo.com.
11 a.m. Sunday, May 24, Worship Celebration. Our pastor, Rev. Andy Sidden begins a two-part series, "Witnesses of the Wind," on this Ascension Sunday. The message is based on Acts 1:1-11 and John 17:6-19. A multi-media Memorial Day tribute to soldiers and veterans will be a part of our celebration. Photos can be sent to Joanna Crowder, deacon candidate, joannaec@live.com, or to Pastor Andy, pastorandys@msn.com.
How does our Garden grow?
6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 26, Linda Renner, lgrenner@aol.com, and Loretta Cobb,lorettaacobb@aim.com, lead a Care Circle in Lexington, exploring "Bible Study for Amateurs."
7 p.m. Thursday, May 28, Our Men's Night Out gathers for dinner at Pawley's Front Porch in Columbia's Five Points. Brendon Jones, bjones51@sc.rr.com, and Rickey Belton,rbelton4@sc.rr.com, are leaders.
We celebrate Pentecost Sunday, May 31. A fifth-Sunday covered-dish luncheon – a cookout – will follow worship May 31 as we celebrate the birthday of the church universal. Please see Apron Brigade leader, Joe Matthews, jmatthewssc@bellsouth.net, for more information.
"Bulletproof Faith: A Spiritual Survival Guide for Gay and Lesbian Christians" can be ordered at http://www.bulletproofbook.com. This exciting new book by our associate pastor, Rev. Candace Chellew-Hodge, has received much acclaim.
Please feel free to phone or email any prayer requests during the week or please write the requests in our prayer book in our entryway on Sundays.
Our Outreach Team leads Garden of Grace in sponsoring the resettlement of Burmese families who have lived in refugee camps for years before coming to Columbia. This project is a joint effort with Lutheran Family Services of the Carolinas. Joy and Carol Smith-Dailey,fotosetc@yahoo.com, coordinate this growing Outreach/Compassion Ministry.
Patricia Grello, pgrello@sc.rr.com, leads a social-justice Care Circle in West Columbia that volunteers with Harvest Hope Food Bank and with sewing projects for infant clothing. A barrel for Harvest Hope's food drive is at Garden of Grace.
Aluminum cans are collected each Sunday by Trustee Jennifer Spears,jennifervspears@aol.com, and Church Sexton Lois Spears, loistalk1948@aol.com, as an on-going fundraiser.
Plans are under way for a Labor Day week mission trip to help build homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Linda Renner, lgrenner@aol.com, and Loretta Cobb,lorettaacobb@aim.com, are organizing this trip.
Also, Upcoming
Worship Team meeting will follow Sunday celebration June 7. Pastoral staff, deacon candidates, in-care licensing students, and other worship leaders are encouraged to take part.
7:15 Saturday, June 20, Garden of Grace hosts S.C. Black Gay Pride "Free Mass Commitment Ceremony" for couples regardless of gender. Registration is May 4-June 12. The ceremony will offer a blessing of relationships, legal advice, and more. Keeping God 1st Ministries is sponsoring the event. Registration forms are at Garden of Grace.
A multi-media Fathers' Day tribute will be Sunday, June 21.
A car wash/yard sale will begin at 7 a.m. Saturday, June 27 to raise money for our 2009 Pine Ridge Mission Trip.
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