This Week - June 19th thru June 25th

** G.R.A.C.E. notes for this week.
Wednesday Summer Lunch in the Park is underway. We will go weekly through August 9th. 
Please share with your church members, family, and friends that we will provide a meal beginning at 11:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.  This meal is for anyone (not just children).   Dine at the park or carry-out.
Please share: The Second Harvest Food Bank will be delivering weekly meal bags on Mondays this summer from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at DeGraff Park.  
The program will run from June 4th to August 7th. Our thanks to Riverside Local Schools staff and students who are stepping up to handle the distribution this year.  
According to Peak of Ohio (posted on their website on Friday):
Every child is eligible for a bag containing five breakfasts and five lunches.
Adults and parents may pick up bags for children in their households.
Weekend bags will also be available IF the parent/guardian fills out a one-page form for eligibility. The weekend bags contain extra meals and snacks to help throughout the weekend.

Remaining Schedule for meals:
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 July 16th 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 July 6th at 6:00.

** Sounds like our Cornerstone Men's group is getting started. The group will meet on the 2nd and 4th Thursday's of the month at 7:00 pm. This will start on June 22nd. They will be looking at events like fishing, shooting, and other ways to engage with one another and help support each other.

**Missions Moment - time to get involved!
We will be 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 krispie 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 
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** We are now collecting instant oatmeal for the Five Loaves Food Pantry.  We need 55 by July 16th. They will still serve meals and give out food boxes Wed. July 19th at 4:30pm, if you would like to help serve and carry boxes!

Birthdays This Week:
Tuesday - June 20th - Michelle Klingler - 1174 Co. Rd. 24 S. DeGraff, OH 43318
Friday - June 33rd - Gary Weeks - 5439 Co. Rd. 64. DeGraff, OH 43318

This Week at the Church: - June 19th - June 25th

• Monday: Church Open 10-12 / Lunch in the Park 11:30 - 12:30

• Tuesday: Church Open 10-12

• Wednesday: Bible Study taking a summer break / No Praise or Choir Practice / Lunch In The Park 11:30 - 1:00 / Pastor Mike’s Quick Shots - Facebook and YouTube 8:00 pm

• Thursday: Senior Lunch 11:15 / Cornerstone Women's Group - 6:00

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

• Next Sunday: June 25th, 2023 - Community Worship in the Park! DeGraff Park at 10:00 am

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