Upcoming at Garden of Grace:
You are invited to celebrate with us!
1020 Atlas Road, Columbia, SC 29209
803-695-9664, www.gogucc.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 on Harden Street in Columbia's Five Points. Brendon Jones, bjones51@sc.rr.com, and Rickey Belton, rbelton4@sc.rr.com, are leaders.
9:30 a.m. Sunday, May 31, Choir Practice, led by Andy Farmer, jandyfarmer@yahoo.com.
11 a.m. Sunday, May 31, Pentecost Sunday. Our pastor, Rev. Andy Sidden, pastorandys@msn.com, concludes a two-part series of messages, "Witnesses of the Wind. The message is based on Acts 2:1-21 and John 15:26-27. Our Celebration Choir sings "Lift Up Your Heads."
12:30 p.m. Sunday, May 31, a fifth-Sunday covered-dish luncheon – a cookout on the church grounds -- will follow worship as we celebrate the birthday of the universal church. Please see Apron Brigade leader, Joe Matthews, jmatthewssc@bellsouth.net, for more information.
7 p.m. Monday, June 1, our associate pastor, Rev. Candace Chellew-Hodge, revtheodyke@gmail.com, leads a 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.
How does our Garden grow?
12:30 p.m. Sunday, June 7, Worship Team meeting follows Sunday celebration. The Rite of Laying-on of Hands for Healing will be observed during worship.
7 p.m. Wednesday, June 17, Our Women's Group dines out. Jan Hogan, janh244@yahoo.com, is the leader. This is great fellowship
7:15 p.m. 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. "My Father's Chair" will be sung by Music Team leader, Andy Farmer.
A car wash/yard sale/bake sale will begin at 7 a.m. Saturday, June 27 to raise money for our 2009 Pine Ridge Mission Trip.
How does our Garden grow?
"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.
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