Announcements
Happening this week at Garden of Grace:
Announcements
To improve everyone’s worship experience, we encourage worship leaders to use either the stationery or lapel microphones. When your time to participate in worship leadership nears, please be at a microphone.
The design and ongoing maintenance of the Garden of Grace UCC website is a donation of labor, time and talent by Richard Kiraly, member of Garden of Grace, and owner of RiFraK.com.
This week at Garden of Grace:
8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23, 12 th Tradition AA meets.
6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, Linda Renner, lgrenner@aol.com , and Loretta Cobb, lorettaacobb@aim.com , lead “Bible Study for Amateurs”.
9:45 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 29, Choir practice, led by Andy Farmer, jandyfarmer@yahoo.com .
11 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 29, worship celebration .
12:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29, covered-dish luncheon and envisioning forum.
We are collecting non-perishable food items for Harvest Hope Food Bank. Collection boxes are in the entryway of the church.
An Envisioning Forum and covered-dish luncheon will follow worship Jan. 29.
Bodacious Capital Campaign pledge cards are available in the entryway. These pledges will help us pay down our mortgage and help our denomination. Completed ones should be placed in the offering plate or given to Treasurer Chuck Fagg.
The Rite of Blessing for couples in loving relationships will be celebrated Sunday, Feb. 12.
A $25 service fee will be charged for all returned checks.
Two visually impaired men are in need of rides to church. Carl Preston lives off Farrow Road in northeast Columbia, 803-699-0340. Steve Waites lives in Gaston, 803-794-6211.
Aluminum cans are being collected each Sunday by church sexton, Danny Douglas.
Have you wanted to help on the Apron Angels (Hospitality Team) but did not like to greet people – just a little shy? Well, now you can help. In 2011, we are asking for help with donations, such as coffee cups, lids, snacks, and much more – and you don't have to be a member of this team! If interested, please see Dee Campitell, deecampitell@yahoo.com .
Please see Kevin Dove, kdove@lander.edu , or Lenore Stackhouse, Lenorestackhouse@gmail.com , to buy fairly traded Equal Exchange coffee, tea, and other items. This goes to help UCC's Justice and Witness Ministry to help small, independent farmers.
Photos are taken for use on our web site or my-space pages. Please let ? the photographer know if you object to your photo being used for this ministry.
Care Circles gather to share in prayer, devotion and fellowship. These are great places to find friends and ministries.
Linda Renner, lgrenner@aol.com , and Loretta Cobb's Care Circle gathers at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays at the church.
Women's Spiritual Group, led by Lenore Stackhouse, lenorestackhouse@gmail.com , dines out at 7 p.m. third Wednesdays.
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