Grace Weekly

 

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  1. POINSETTIA DEDICATIONS
  2. In celebration of the Advent and Christmas season, please consider dedicating a poinsettia flower to remember or honor someone you love. Dedications will be accepted through Sunday, December 14 and may be made online HERE.

    Poinsettias you have dedicated will be available to pick up after the 5 p.m. service on Christmas Eve, or on Monday, December 29 and Tuesday, December 30, between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.  


  3. CHRISTMAS FOR THE CITY 2025
  4. On Sunday, December 14, join us for our 11th Annual Christmas for the City, as we bring the Grace family together for this special day of serving. This is always a special, intergenerational gathering to serve and love the city of Houston. Here are this year’s projects:

    • Sleep in Heavenly Peace: Help build and/or deliver a bed for a child in our community who is currently sleeping on the floor or sharing with siblings. Our goal is to build over 55 beds!

    • Kids’ Meals Lunch Assembly: Join us as we assemble 8000 lunches for food-insecure children across Houston.

    • Kids’ Meals Sandwich Making: Help prepare 2500 meat and cheese sandwiches to go along with the assembled lunches.

    • Build-a-Bear for Bed Recipients: A perfect project for younger kids! Help stuff bears, pray over them, and send them along with the beds being delivered. Once you finish, feel free to jump in and help with Kids’ Meals!

    After worship, we’ll enjoy our traditional BBQ lunch before heading out to serve. Be sure to register in advance HERE! Let’s come together this Christmas to bring hope, joy, and love to children and families in our community!

    All volunteers building or delivering beds also need to register on the Sleep in Heavenly Peace website. The link for those building beds is HERE. For delivering beds HERE.

    FINANCIAL SUPPORT
    Your generous contributions will help us reach our financial goal of $15,000 to make these projects a reality! Lend your support HERE.
    Beds and Bears: Purchase a bear for children who receive a bed for $15; bedding for $30; mattress for $100; single bed for $250; or a bunk bed for $500.
    Lunches for Kids Meals: 20 lunches - $30; 200 lunches - $300; or 500 lunches - $750.
    Sandwiches for Kids Meals: 1 dozen sandwiches for $6 (please purchase dozens and dozens of sandwiches!)

    Or you may kindly make a financial contribution of your choice.


  5. WOMENS MINISTRIES LUNCHEON
  6. Gather your friends and join us for our Women's Ministries Christmas Luncheon to kick off this special season on Monday, December 8, from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Sign up HERE to decorate a table with your favorite holiday décor or simply sign up to enjoy a delicious luncheon and celebrate with us! You can register yourself or reserve a table for up to eight ladies. The cost for lunch is $16, and childcare is available free of charge.


GOOD NEWS OF THE WEEK

We celebrate the things that we have offered to God that are bearing fruit-- We celebrate what God is doing!

Deacons at Grace lead ministries that nurture fellowship and caregiving within the Grace family and beyond the congregation. You probably know that all covenant partners are assigned a deacon--the deacon keeps in touch with us and get updates as needed. But they do much more! They communicate your concerns to the Grace staff and they pray over the prayer requests. They serve on committees and teams to better serve us. Deacons help serve communion, both during worship and bringing the sacrament to our homebound friends. They help with memorial services, and pitch in as needed when Grace hosts a big event. Grace would not run nearly so well without this wonderful team of caring servants!


WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY

If you are out of town or unable to be here to worship in-person this week, please join us online via livestream HERE.

The Bible in a Year continues this Sunday. We are basing the sermon series on the passages we are currently reading, this week looking into Ruth 1:6-18Also on on Sunday, we will have a Children at the Chancel time. We will see you at 9:30!


FINANCIAL UPDATE

As stewards of His gifts, it's important to know where we stand financially as a church. As always, your faithfulness to your pledge and the ministry of Grace and His Kingdom is greatly appreciated. You may present your gifts or set up a pledge online HERE. This is also the link to revise your pledge if you have been prayerfully reviewing The 5:10:5 Plan.

2025 Collections Goal $2,800,000

Actual 2025 collections to date $2,374,158 (as of 11/12/25)

Amount needed prior to year end $425,842


MATCH GIFT UPDATE

Though we are currently looking ahead to our 2026 budget, we are also striving to finish 2025 in a strong financial position. As you may know, a few families felt a specific calling from the Lord, and discerned a desire not only to give generously to the work God is doing here at Grace, but also to invite others to join them in this effort. These families have pledged to provide a match up to $300,000 for all operating fund gifts given to Grace in excess of our current 2025 target of $2,800,000.

• 2025 Target Goal is $2,800,000
• Remaining to Target Goal is $425,842
• Match Goal is $3,100,000
• Remaining to Match Goal is $725,842 (23%)

Once the actual collected 2025 revenue reaches this goal of $2,800,000, any additional giving beyond that amount will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to $300,000.

We encourage you to take advantage of this unique opportunity to make what you share even more transformative by giving generously to reach this matching gift.


SAVE THE DATE

Sunday, November 23

Poinsettia dedications continue INFO

Monday, November 24

Better Together Lunch INFO

Tuesday, November 25

Grace 812 INFO

Tuesday, November 25

Turkey Time Out INFO

Thursday, November 27

Thanksgiving (Grace offices closed until December 1)

Sunday, November 30

First Sunday in Advent

Saturday, December 6

Gingerbread House Building INFO

Sunday, December 7

Second Sunday in Advent

Sunday, December 7

Blue Christmas Worship Service INFO

Monday, December 8

Women's Ministries Luncheon INFO

Sunday, December 14

Grace Kid's Music Sunday

Sunday, December 14

Christmas for the City INFO

Monday, December 15

Young Adults Christmas Party INFO

Sunday, December 21

Lessons & Carols Sunday

Wednesday, December 24

Christmas Eve worship services INFO

Sunday, December 28

Sunday Worship Service at 9:30 a.m.

Sunday, January 4

Open House at Pastor Julia's INFO


BEREAVEMENT

To view the latest Bereavement Report, please click here.


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