This Week - 5-22-23 thru 5-28-23

** G.R.A.C.E. notes for this week.
Tuesday, May 9th, was our last day for packing weekend meals this year.  We provided our "Possibilities" friends (workers) with bags that included some of the items they always tell us are their favorites while packing.  THANK YOU to everyone who has helped this year.  You are all blessings to us.
Schedule for meals:
June 7 - G.R.A.C.E. will host.  There will be Subway sub sandwich trays and veggie trays for those sandwiches.  Still would like some veggie bags & dip, fresh fruit, dessert, juice drinks (we have some on-hand), and bottled water (thanks to Easton Water).  We will need some help putting things together but funding will be provided by G.R.A.C.E. donations already received.
June 14 - Cornerstone Fellowship of DeGraff (formerly called DeGraff UMC).
June 21 - Quincy Methodist Church
June 28 - Philadelphia Lutheran
July 5 - Cornerstone Fellowship of DeGraff (formerly called DeGraff UMC).
July 12 - Stony Creek
July 19 - Quincy Methodist Church
July 26 - Philadelphia Lutheran
August 2 - Stony Creek
August 9 - G.R.A.C.E.  will host.  We are thinking pizzas, veggie bags & dips, fresh fruit, bottled water and/or juice drinks, dessert or snack items.   We will need some help putting things together but funding will be provided by G.R.A.C.E. donations already received.
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** 1st Wednesday Kids Club is done for the school year, and we are beginning to explore what next year will look like. If you would like to get involved in the planning process, feel free to reach out!

** Light Hours has been a great resource for our college age young people. They will be meeting again on Sunday May 28th 6:30 - 8:00.

** Faith Builders new Bible study group will be taking a break due to schedules and ball games. Will be looking for a time coming up soon to get back started.

** Our Cornerstone Women's group is planning to meet on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month. The next meeting will take place on June 1st at 6:00. ( I am still looking for someone to lead a "Cornerstone Men's" group )

**Missions Moment - time to get involved!
It looks like another busy summer is shaping up.  We have a few opportunities to serve our communities which will involve the whole Church's support.  First is the New Path Pregnancy Resource Center's Baby Bottle Campaign which kicks off now and will run through Father's Day.  The bottles are available in the gathering area to take home and fill with change to be returned by June 18th.  

     Next up is assisting G.R.A.C.E. with the free lunches in the park on Wednesdays during the summer.  Our Church will be providing lunches on June 14th and July 5th.  We will prepare the meals at Church and serve them over at the park.  Sarah will buy the items we need to make Walking Tacos for June 14th along with fruit cups, rice Krispy treats and juice boxes.  We will decide later on the menu for July 5th which might include grilled hot dogs.  More details to come.

     We will plan to have the free community produce tent again this summer in partnership with New Beginnings Church.  The tent will be set up around the end of June or first of July at New Beginnings and stay there until sometime in September.  Please share this info with local gardeners who may want to donate some of their harvest to the tent.  

     To wrap up the summer we will set the Free Sale for Saturday, August 5th.  So we will start the set-up the previous Sunday after Church and take donations to sort and display July 31st through August 3rd from 6 to 8 p.m.  More info later on this.  - Sue Walls, Missions Chair 

Opportunities to stay Rooted!! - Yes I am still keeping this out here so you can work on your study to remain On Mission! There are tons of studies out on our web page so run on over to www.degraffumc.org hit the "more" button and scroll through! I am going to be taking a look at discovertheword.org to see if there are free studies out there that we might be able to use!

** We are now collecting instant potatoes (mashed, au gratin, scalloped, etc..) for the Five Loaves Food Pantry.  We need 55 by June 18th. They will still serve meals and give out food boxes Wed. June 21st at 4:30pm, if you would like to help serve and carry boxes!

Birthdays This Week:
No Birthdays This week. If we are missing one, please let us know!
This Week at the Church: - May 22nd - May 28th

• Monday: Church Open 10-12 

• Tuesday: Church Open 10-12 /  Worship Team Meeting 6:00 pm

• Wednesday: Bible Study is taking a break over summer / Praise Practice 6:30 / Pastor Mike’s Quick Shots - Facebook and YouTube 8:00 pm

• Thursday: Senior Lunch 11:15 

• Friday: AA Meeting at the church 8:00 - 9:00 pm / Church open 7-9

• Next Sunday: May 28th, 2023 - Pentecost Sunday - Holy Spirit Come - Acts 2:1-21 - Adult & High School Sunday School Classes 9:30 / Worship Service 10:30  / Light Hours 6:30 - 8:00 / Global Methodist Church vote

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