Lent

Ash Wednesday - February 18th

 Check out the following Lenten Devotional Blog:  http://lentreading.wordpress.com/.  You can register to receive daily emails providing brief scripture passages during Lent.  The Lenten Season begins today on Ash Wednesday (Feb. 18th) and lasts until Saturday, April 4th.  

 Grace Kids don't forget that today starts the Jelly Bean Prayer Kit. 

If you did not receive your prayer kit they will be available at church on Sunday. 

The following blog provides additional information about the Jelly Bean Prayer Kit. 

framedinfaith.blogspot.com/

Fellowship Time

Fellowship Time Need (Please consider signing up to help with serving)

 Immediate Need for Servers During Fellowship Time for the Grace Kids Table 

 Many hands make light work!  

Please take a look at the sign up genius link to see if there are any weeks that would work for you to help with serving.  

Signing up for one week or multiple weeks is appreciated.   http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c094dafae28a20-fellowship

Grace Kids Update

Check out this article from The MOB Society Blog:  

Great read on Self control

Letters will be collected each Sunday for our mission partners during February (Loving Our Mission Partners Month).  We are encouraging families to select one mission partner weekly from the prayer card and write a letter together.  Children can help with writing the letter or by drawing pictures.  

Save the date:

Egg Hunt - March 22nd (3:00 PM - 5:00 PM) Chickahominy Oaks Pavilion

Camping Trip - Pochohantas State Park:  Our annual camping trip will be on June 5th or 6th.  More details coming soon!

Sunday Community Open House

For those of you who wanted to watch the video a second time here you go.  Thank you also to our live performances from the 2 and 3 year old class and the 2nd and 3rd grade class.  

Thank you for your participation in our 1st GCPC Sunday Community Open House!!

The following videos are on dropbox. This may require you to sign up for a (FREE) account before viewing. 

Kindergarten/1st grade & 4th/5th Grade Video

Preschool Video

Blessing Bash Details

Jelly Bean Devotion - Lent Devotional for Kids

Jelly Bean Prayer/Devotion

Check out the details here:  

http://framedinfaith.blogspot.com/2013/02/jelly-beans-jesus.html 

Jelly Bean prayer kits will be available beginning this Sunday (Feb 8th) for your families on the Sunday Community Display table. 

All materials will be provided for your family for this devotional activity. 

 The devotion begins on Ash Wednesday (February 18th).  

The children will be filling up their individual jars  with jelly beans and waiting to eat them (hopefully). The jars are small so the children will be able to empty the jar a couple times throughout Lent and eat the jelly beans to make room for additional ones.  

Through the devotions and activities I pray they encourage a time of prayer and reflection throughout Lent. 

Loving Our Mission Partners

I always enjoy the month of February when we spend a focused amount of time praying for all our mission partners we support at GCPC.  Please read over the following announcement which provides details regarding information beginning this Sunday, February 1st. 

 

Grace Kids Packet: 

Loving Our Mission Partners

#1 Use the Mission Partners Display located as you enter church to show children the mission partners we support. There are pictures of the mission partners we support by the following 3 categories:  International, Domestic, and Church Planting/Mercy Missions.  I encourage you to point out the different categories to your children and help them understand the MANY different locations people serve.

#2 Take a Prayer Card each week during the month of February.  Each week the prayer cards will highlight different mission partners. 

#3 Where is Our Missionary? Grace Kids Packet – A packet will be provided to all children in order for them to identify the location of our mission partners by coloring, highlighting and/or writing in the space provided on the maps. The children can use the map handout each week to find the locations listed on the weekly prayer card.

#4 Family Letter – Please select one mission partner each week from the prayer card and work together as a family to send a note of encouragement or have your children draw pictures on the cards.  Your children can let them know in the letter that they are praying for them.  All letters will be collected and mailed out at the end of the month.  I would like to encourage each family to do one letter each week (total of 4) during Loving Our Mission Partners month.  There will be a collection box for the letters by the Mission Partners Display.  

Thanks for your support!!