Missions Conference - "Together" - Commissioning the Brown family
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May 15, 2026
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Sunday Worship
Missions Conference - Pastor Aaron Susek preaching on "Caring for the Caregiver" from Galatians 6:2,9,10
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God's People on Mission Together
Everything Missions Conference - Updated weekly
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Buddy Training Lunch
Sun. May 17 from Noon - 1:30 PM
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Sauvé Memorial Day Picnic
Mon. May 25, beginning at 1pm
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Bible Bee Registration
Register your Child by May 31
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Promise Club
Sat. May 30, 11am - 2pm
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Prayer Focus
Gace ASL and FAM Ministries
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Lectionary Resouces
Daily Readings here - Prayer portal in eNews below
Other News (read more below)
- OCC Sewing and Craft Day - This Saturday, May 16 from 12-3 pm
- Worship Night - This Sunday, May 17, 6:30pm
- Sunday Image Bearers Class ~ Every Sunday ~ description below
- Encouragement Cards ~ write to our summer missionaries (Due June 7)
- Grace Family News
Invitation ~ Memorial Day Picnic at the Sauve' home
Lost and Found ~ claim you stuff by May 31 - Snapshots of Grace ~ Missions Conference Week 3
Operation Christmas Child Craft Day
May 16, 2026, 11:30 AM
Operation Christmas Child Ministry of Grace would like to invite anyone interested in joining us this Saturday, May 16th from 12-3pm, in the fireplace room, for a craft day. Please join us, even if it is for an hour or two. We will concentrate on making t-shirt jump ropes, so if you have good, sharp scissors and/or a rotary cutter, please bring them with you.
We may also be sewing for the hygiene kits. If you have one, please bring your sewing machine. We do have a couple you could use.
We are also collecting bigger shoe boxes and clean used adult t-shirts for the jump ropes. The shirts can have stains, but please no obvious big holes. Please place them in the orange bin in the coatroom by the Sanctuary.
Contact Trish Lawton or PJ Hartzell for more info.
God's People on Mission Together
Missions Conference ~ April 25 - May 17
Join us as we consider what it is to be on mission together in our local church and community. Each week will feature testimonies from a different ministry as well as sermons focused on the theme. You can find out more in Church Center.
Listen to the Sermons from the Missions Conference:
- "God's People" ~ Psalm 139:1-16 & Ephesians 2:10 ~ Pastor Mark ~ HERE
- "On Mission" ~ Luke 9:1-10 ~ Rev. Jim MacArthur ~ HERE
- "Together" ~ 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 ~ Pastor Aaron ~
- "Caring for the Caregiver" ~ Coming this Sunday (see below)
Sunday Worship ~ Caring for the Caregiver
THIS Sunday, May 17, 2026, 10 AM Worship
Testimony: Interview with David Stanley
Featured Speaker: Pastor Aaron Susek, looking at Caring for the Caregiver from Galatians 6:2,9,10
After Worship: Join us in the Gym for coffee and snacks
Online: Order of Worship Here, Livestream and Past Sermons on YouTube, Worship playlist on Spotify
3rd Sunday Night Worship
This Sunday, May 17 at 6:30 pm
Join us for a laid back night of acoustic worship. We will sing, pray and share testimonies. There is no childcare, but children are welcome to join you.
Note: This replaces the normal 3rd Sunday Kingdom Conversations. We will not have a 5th Sunday worship night this month.
Questions? Contact Fuzzy
Buddy Training Lunch
THIS Sunday, May 17, 2026, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Learn how to befriend those with physical, intellectual, or emotional challenges, and do it over lunch! Includes tips for conversations as well as how to work with kids or adults in classroom settings.
As we begin offering more opportunities for those with special needs to participate in our programs, we will need buddies to come along side of children and adults who are participating. This training will help prepare you to be a buddy in Children or Youth ministries or to volunteer in any of our adult "Image Bearer" initiatives.
FREE training for Teens, Adults or Families - lunch is included!
Training led by Rachel Kessler, who works for Camp Promise Ministries, developing curriculum and helping with camps throughout the year.
Questions? Contact Pastor Mark
Image Bearers Sunday Class
EVERY Sunday, During the Sermon
Sunday class during the sermon time, specifically designed to provide a space for adults with physical or intellectual disabilities to learn the Scripture in a simplified, more visual learning environment. We will have buddies available to sit with / aid anyone needing a hand.
Each month we will be going through one of the lessons from Camp Promise’s Truth Seekers Devotional. Each week will include a video lesson and some teaching, along with crafts and a memory verse. We will have a paper to send home with what we covered in class that day.
Everyone will start in the Sanctuary for the worship service. After worship, the Image Bearers will be dismissed to their class. Everyone will meet just outside the back of the sanctuary, by the left exit, where buddies will assist everyone to class.
Below are some of what we hope to do most weeks:
- Prayer requests/prayer
- Video
- Lesson
- Verse of the Month (there is also an ASL video for each verse)
- Craft and Discussion
- Songs
- Prayer
- Dismiss to gym
Questions? Contact Kay Whitt or Pastor Mark
Promise Club - May 30
May 30, 2026, 11:00 AM - 2pm
Time to sing and learn about God, meet others over lunch, do fun activities, and build friendships. Our goal is to hold our first club on May 30, then hold one or two additional ones later in the summer, moving to a monthly schedule starting in September.
Clubs are designed for adults with physical and intellectual challenges. Caregivers are welcome to attend, but not required, unless the attendee needs ongoing monitoring. (Caregivers should include their information as part of the attendee's registration)
Adult, Teens, and Families are welcome to volunteer as buddies or to help in other ways (proper clearances required).
Clubs are FREE. Everyone should bring their own bag lunch. Space is Limited by the number of volunteers we have.
Volunteers and Attendees can register below
National Bible Bee
Registration Deadline ~ May 31
The Whitt family will be hosting the Bible Bee program at our church every other Friday night throughout the summer. This is a great way for kids & teens to spend intentional time memorizing scripture and learning more about the Author as they learn it. You should register directly online through Biblebee.org and they will send you the materials needed to your house.
Who: All children ages 5-18
Where: Grace Church
When: Every other Friday during the summer starting June 12th. The final program will be held on Saturday, August 8th.
Cost: $40 which covers the materials being sent to your home. If you need a scholarship, just let me know.
***Choose Elizabeth Kay Whitt Bible Bee in Wallingford for the host group.
Encouragement Cards for Summer Missions
Write a Note of Support
This Summer, we are sending 16 people to serve at Camp Promise, as well as 3 people to serve the entire summer at Big Sky Bible Camp (which will include serving at Camp Promise). We also have several serving at Victory Valley, as well as at some other local Christian Camps.
We would love for you to write notes of encouragement to those going. Blank cards and the box to collect cards are in the lobby. There is also a list there of who is serving this summer. Please RETURN COMPLETED NOTES by SUNDAY, JUNE 7, as our first people leave that week.
If you would like to help financially support our summer teams, simply place your donation in an envelope marked "Summer Missions" or give to "Short Term Missions" in Church Center. If you want to credit your donation toward a specific team member, either mark that on the envelope (not the check itself) or put the name of the team member in the memo field on Church Center. Questions on donations: finance@gracebfc.org.
INVITATION
Memorial Day Picnic at the Sauvés'
Nate and Dani would like to invite the church over for a Memorial Day BBQ, as they have done over the past few years. Join them on Monday, May 25, starting at 1pm. They will grill a variety of meats, including Nate’s famous burgers. Friends, neighbors, and family are welcome.
Here is the link to RSVP and to bring a potluck dish. Walk-ins also welcome! Address: 410 N Providence Rd, Wallingford, PA 19086
Does This Belong To You?
If anything pictured here is yours, please pick it up from the Lost & Found table (by the ramp door) before MAY 31st, after which time we will donate or dispose of whatever is left.
Prayer Focus ~ Grace ALS and FAM Ministries
Snapshots of Grace ~ Missions Conference - Week 3
Also available as Markdown.