9:00 a.m. Quilters (Quilting Room)
10:00 a.m. Lectionary Study Group (Lounge)
12:10 p.m. Soup and Sermon Series with Rev. Barrie Tritle, Senior Pastor, WDM UMC (Fellowship Hall)
2:30 p.m. Grace Club (Fellowship Hall)
3:30 p.m. Super Wednesday (Activity Center)
5:00 p.m. Confirmation Class (Confirmation Room)
5:00 p.m. Wesley Choir (Wesley Hall)
5:45 – 8:45 a.m. Child Care (Room 201)
6:00 p.m. 37th Street Band (Fellowship Hall)
6:00 p.m. Grace Chimers (Wesley Hall)
7:00 p.m. Chancel Choir (Wesley Hall)
Thursday, March 4, 2010
6:45 a.m. Bible Study (Fellowship Hall)
9:30 a.m. UMW (Fellowship Hall)
10:00 a.m. Staff Meeting (Library)
11:00 a.m. Worship Planning (Library)
1:30 p.m. Art Group (Confirmation Room)
6:30 p.m. The Hobbit Rehearsal (Wesley Hall)
6:30 p.m. SPRC (Fellowship Hall)
Friday, March 5, 2010
5:45 p.m. Doors Open for Dinner Drama (Activity Center)
6:00 p.m. Dinner Drama Dinner Begins
7:00 p.m. Dinner Drama Show Begins
Saturday, March 6, 2010 Holy Communion
5:00 p.m. Saturday Vespers (F. Hall)
6:00 p.m. Fellowship Coffee (F. Hall)
5:45 p.m. Doors Open for Dinner Drama (Activity Center)
6:00 p.m. Dinner Drama Dinner Begins
7:00 p.m. Dinner Drama Show Begins
Sunday, March 7, 2010 Holy Communion
Camp Sunday
8:00 a.m. Worship (Fellowship Hall)
9:00 a.m. Inquirer’s Class (Lounge)
8:45 a.m. Friendship/Refreshment Time (Fellowship Hall)
9:00 a.m. Crossroads Worship (Fellowship Hall)
9:00 a.m. Camp Sunday (Room 105)
9:00 a.m. Sunday school
10:15 a.m. Worship (Sanctuary)
11:15 a.m. Doors Open for Dinner Drama
11:30 a.m. Dinner Drama Dinner Begins
12:30 p.m. Dinner Drama Show Begins
2:30 p.m. AMOS (Library)
GROWING
WITH
GRACE
WELCOME TO WORSHIP!
Welcome to worship at Grace, a church seeking to:
Our Welcoming Statement
Our welcome “is extended to all—people of all races, all ethnic backgrounds, all generations, all physical and mental abilities, all economic conditions, all sexual orientations – honoring the diversity of our faith journeys. We invite you to bless this church with your presence as God’s grace is present in all creation.”
Adopted by Church Conference, Jan. 2004
March 6 and 7, 2010
Altar Flowers this week were donated by Pat Gerdom and family in memory of Don Gerdom.
Hospitality: The Hostess for March is Cathy Dubuisson. Thank you! Cathie Chambers, Hospitality Chairperson.
WHAT’S HAPPENING AT GRACE THIS WEEK
Sunday, March 7, 2010 Holy Communion
Camp Sunday
8:00 a.m. Worship (Fellowship Hall)
9:00 a.m. Inquirer’s Class (Lounge)
9:00 a.m. Camp Sunday (Room 105)
8:45 a.m. Friendship/Refreshment Time (Fellowship Hall)
9:00 a.m. Crossroads Worship (Fellowship Hall)
9:00 a.m. Camp Sunday (Room 105)
9:00 a.m. Sunday school
10:15 a.m. Worship (Sanctuary)
11:15 a.m. Doors Open for Dinner Drama
11:30 a.m. Dinner Drama Dinner Begins
12:30 p.m. Dinner Drama Show Begins
2:30 p.m. AMOS (Library)
4:00 p.m. Prayer Shawl Ministry (Library)
Monday, March 8, 2010
NOON Chimes Deadline
7:00 p.m. Rev. Kathye’s Lenten Book Study (Room 206)
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
7:00 a.m. Book Study with Pastor Bill (Caribou Coffee on Ingersoll)
10:00 a.m. Worship Planning (Library)
5:00 p.m. Task Force for Maintenance Contract (Fellowship Hall)
6:00 p.m. LGBT (Library)
6:00 p.m. PSDI Committee (Confirmation Room)
7:00 p.m. Rev. Jill’s Sermon Study
7:00 p.m. Church and Society (Library)
7:00 p.m. Trustees (Fellowship Hall)
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
9:00 a.m. Quilters (Quilting Room)
10:00 a.m. Lectionary Study Group (Lounge)
12:10 p.m. Soup and Sermon Series with Rev. Josh Steward (Fellowship Hall)
2:30 p.m. Grace Club (Fellowship Hall)
3:30 p.m. Super Wednesday (Activity Center)
5:00 p.m. Wesley Choir (Wesley Hall)
5:45 – 8:45 a.m. Child Care (Room 201)
6:00 p.m. 37th Street Band (Fellowship Hall)
6:00 p.m. Grace Chimers (Wesley Hall)
7:00 p.m. Chancel Choir (Wesley Hall)
Thursday, March 11, 2010
6:45 a.m. Bible Study (Fellowship Hall)
9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Staff Retreat (Off-site)
1:30 p.m. Art Group (Confirmation Room)
7:00 p.m. Missions Committee (Library)
Friday, March 12, 2010
Saturday, March 13, 2010
5:00 p.m. Saturday Vespers (F. Hall)
6:00 p.m. Fellowship Coffee (F. Hall)
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Girl Scout Sunday
2:00 a.m. Daylight Savings Time Begins
8:00 a.m. Worship (Fellowship Hall)
8:45 a.m. Friendship/Refreshment Time (Fellowship Hall)
9:00 a.m. Crossroads Worship (Fellowship Hall)
9:00 a.m. Sunday school
10:15 a.m. Worship (Sanctuary)
3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Seibert 50th Wedding Anniversary Reception (Fellowship Hall)
4:00 p.m. Chapel Choir (Wesley Hall)
5:00 p.m. UMYF (Youth Room)
Grace Art Show
Did you take a great photograph on your vacation? Or do you have a memorable family picture? Please share them with us in the May Member and Friends Art Exhibit in the Grace Gallery.
Deadline Reminder
The deadline for the bulletin and this publication is Tuesday at NOON. Please email articles and blurbs to:
bulletin@gracedesmoines.org Thanks!
Chimes Deadline
The deadline for the April edition of the Chimes is Monday, March 8 at noon. Please email your articles to:
chimes@gracedesmoines.org Thank you!
New Sunday School Class
Interested in being in on the start of a new adult Sunday School Class? Join us in Room 306 beginning on March 7th.
Pastors and Staff
The Rev. Bill Steward, Senior Pastor
The Rev. Jill Flyr, Associate Pastor
The Rev. Kathye Harrington-Taber, Minister Christian Education
The Rev. Wayne Hoehns, Minister of Pastoral Care
Jon-Philip Olson, Director of Music and Worship Arts
Josh Morgan, Organist
Leigh Fleming, Saturday Night Music Leader
Becky Orfield, Accompanist, Youth Choirs
Linda S. Wyant, Office Manager/Administrative Assistant to Senior Pastor
Pam Taylor, Child and Youth Ministries Assistant
Kris Corrigan, PSDI Director
Becky Hurley, Nursery Manager
Lee Ann Williams and King Carr, Custodial Staff
Joni Yeates, Finance Secretary
Larry & Jane Kies, Covenant Missionary, Zimbabwe, Africa
OPPORTUNITIES OF THE WEEK:
(Drop in offering plate)
___ I am willing to help move some Sunday school furniture.
___ I can paint or help paint the bookkeeper’s office.
____I am willing to help deliver a Grace UMC mug to visitors.
_____ Does turning the church building into a Starship sound fun to you? You might be just the person to decorate for VBS 2010! Contact Becky Hurley at mission control 277-6134 or at nurserygumc@hotmail.com
VBS Donation Needs:
____aluminum pie plates
____black sheets or plastic table clothes
____aluminum foil
____glow in the dark paint
____glow in the dark space shapes
____black paint
____I would be able to bring breakfast treats
for Sunday school teachers.
____I would like to receive my financial statement via email to save the church postage costs. My email address is below.
____I am interested in receiving the GRACE
WEEKLY EMAIL UPDATE (Bill’s brief review of news and inspiration for the week).
Name: _______________________________
Phone: _______________________________
E-mail: _______________________________
WEEKDAY MINISTRY FOR CHILDREN
Pre-School September through May
9:00-11:30 a.m.
3-year olds-Tues. & Wed
Drop-In Center (year around) for day care
M-F 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Super Wednesday February through May
K – 5th Grade
3:30 – 5:30 p.m. Wed.
Grace Club February through May
6th, 7th, 8th Grades
2:45 – 5:30 p.m. Wed.
YOUTH
Youth Fellowship (Sundays at 5:00 p.m.)
Work Camps, Choirs, Service Projects,
Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts
Ministry of Music
Chancel Choir (Adult) Wed. 7:00pm
Chapel Choir (Grades 6-12) Sunday 4:00pm
Wesley Choir (Grades 1-5) Wed. 5:00 pm
37th Street Band Wed. 6:00 pm
Grace Chimers Bell Choir (Adults) Wed. 6:00 pm (All are welcome!)
For more information on any ensemble, call Jon-Philip Olson, 255-2131.
Food Pantry
The Food Pantry needs brown paper grocery sacks. You may put them in the Hungry Cart along with your food donations. Don’t forget to fill the Hungry Cart with food for the needy! All your donations are appreciated and needed! Cash donations can be given in the office. Thanks for supporting the DMARC Food Pantry!
Stephen Ministry
Would you like to have a Stephen Minister as a new listener? Why not? Sure, you may already have a friend or relative you confide in, but maybe you would like a NEW person with whom you can share your interests, concerns, and/or questions. You need NOT be in crisis, be unhappy, or be lonely in order to have a Stephen Minister who is trained to be a CHRISTIAN LISTENER and who is COMMITTED TO CONFIDENTIALITY. It could be that having a Stephen Minister will enable conversations and discussions you don't feel comfortable in having now. Give a Stephen Minister a try!
New Opportunities
Take advantage of one of these SHORT TERM STUDIES: Kathye’s study of James Harnish’s RADICAL RENOVATION-LIVING THE CROSS-SHAPED LIFE on Mondays at 7 (begins March 1); Rev. Jill and Leigh Fleming’s study of Barbara Brown Taylor’s BREAD OF ANGELS, beginning Tuesday, March 2, 3:30 – 4:20 p.m. at Wesley Acres and 7:00 – 8:15 at Grace in Room 307; Bill’s study of Adam Hamilton’s ENOUGH-DISCOVING JOY THROUGH SIMPLICITY AND GENEROSITY at Caribou Coffee (on Ingersoll), beginning Tuesday, March 9, 7-8 am. All books are available in the church office.
Out-to-Lunch Bunch
Friday, March 12 the Out-to-Lunch Bunch will be going to Bennigans. The bus leaves the church at 11:15 a.m. Make your reservations in the church office. All are welcome!
DMARC Emergency Food Pantry
DMARC’s nine food pantries are in need of paper grocery bags in good condition. The pantries re-use paper sacks for packing food items to be given out to those in need. Large quantities of these paper sacks are consumed in the process, and the need is ongoing. Purchasing paper grocery sacks is not possible due to cost, and therefore, recycling paper sacks for this purpose is their only option. If you have extra paper sacks, you can drop them off in our Hungry Cart in the lobby.
Don’t forget to set your clocks ahead one hour on Sunday, March 14 at 2:00 a.m. for the beginning of Daylight Savings Time.
GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
3700 COTTAGE GROVE AVENUE
DES MOINES, IOWA 50311
515-255-2131 Fax: 515-255-6500
E-mail: info@gracedesmoines.org
www.gracedesmoines.org