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Order of Worship: Sunday April 30th


Prelude


Welcome


Call to Worship


Opening Songs

"I Could Sing of Your Love Forever"

"Lord, I Lift Your Name on High"


Unison Prayer


Scripture Readings

Luke 12:8-12

Psalm 40:1-5,9-10

Acts 4:33


The Word in Song

"This is My Father's World"

Brad Wallace and Marsha Mower


Message

Witness


Praise Song

"Take My Life and Let it Be"


Prayers of the People

Lord's Prayer


Offering

Doxology


Closing Hymn

"I Love to Tell the Story"


Blessing


Postlude

This Week at Grace:


Monday

Worship Team 930am

Tuesday

Bible study 9am

Streaming Team 1130am

Wednesday

Clean-Up Day 9am

Adult Bible Studies-4pm

Youth Group 6pm

Thursday

Men's study 730am

UWF 9-12, see schedule details within




If you are planning to meet at Grace UMC, you need to call ahead of time to reserve space and get your meeting on the church calendar. As our building is used more, we must communicate even more!


Church Office Phone:

218-568-5755


Grace Office Hours

Monday - Friday

9 a.m. to noon


Worship

Online--available to view any time after 10:15am

Sunday morning.

In-Person--9am





Prayers


O Lord, our Lord,

how majestic is your name in all the earth. May the love we express for you

on this Sunday morning

continue throughout the coming week.

Strengthen this congregation, we pray,

in order that we may become more effective

in our ministry,

in our service,

and in our witness

to the community.

In the name of the risen Christ, amen.

 

 

Call to Worship



L: We come with joy to this celebration of God’s love!

P: Open our hearts, Lord, to receive your love.

L: We come with hope to this witness to God’s power!

P: Challenge and encourage our spirits to serve you, Lord.

L: We come with a willingness to proclaim God’s presence to all.

P: We thank God for this invitation to worship, witness and serve. AMEN.

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The annual Spring Clean-up Day at church will be on Wednesday May 3rd beginning at 9am.

Many hands make light work!

 If you can help, especially with the outdoor chores, please bring gloves, rakes, chainsaws, etc. There is much to do to make our grounds shine again after the long winter that we had. Speak to Lauris Prinsen for more details. A sign-up sheet is available in the Narthex, or contact the office. Of course, we will welcome all who come!

May Missional Giving


Each year, churches in the Minnesota Annual Conference take a Love Offering for missions in conjunction with our Annual Conference Session.


Bishop Lanette Plambeck invites congregations to pray about and participate in the Love Offering as an expression of our gratitude for God’s blessings in our lives. Our Love Offering this year will tangibly share God’s extravagant love with a hurting world by addressing the growing mental health needs in Minnesota.

Sixty percent of the Love Offering will fund a new grant that will support churches that have partnerships with mental health services offered in local schools or communities.

Thirty percent of the Love Offering will go to three Minnesota nonprofits engaged in mental health education and advocacy: Mental Health Connect, Mental Health Minnesota, and Minnesota Association for Children’s Mental Health.

Finally, 10 percent of the Love Offering each year goes to Volunteers in Mission scholarships, which support first-time mission trip participants.



*Please mark your special giving for this mission as "Love Offering". Pastor Jen and your elected representative to the Annual Conference, Lauris Prinsen will deliver this gift when they attend the gathering at the end of May.

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There will be a short training session on April 30th after worship. If you have never learned about using this device, or it has been some time and you could use a refresher, please stay for this.

Grace United Women of Faith Gathering

We are all part of God's Story!

Thursday, May 4th

9am--Executive Meeting

10am--General Meeting

11am--Program--Our speaker this month is Crow Wing County Sheriff Eric Klang

12pm--Lunch

May Baskets


Saturday, April 29th is the day to pick-up your May baskets if you have placed an order.

11am-1pm

430-530pm


Thank you for supporting this fundraiser!

   

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Sunday morning fellowship

Jody Perrine has been the main organizer for fellowship time after worship. She has made sure that we have had someone signed up to set-up, provide treats, and clean-up after each week for the last year. It is time for someone else to take the lead on this.

We also need people to sign-up for Sundays. Please check your schedules to see if this is something that you could do for those that you worship with. It is easiest to sign-up with a partner, and two people can manage this just fine. As far as the food goes, it does not need to be anything fancy! It is nice to have a sweet treat with coffee, bars or cookies are great! Store bought is fine. Fresh fruit is always a sure thing. Please speak with Pastor Jen if you are willing to organize volunteers for the next 3 months; if you can sign up for a date to serve, please do so on the clipboard in the Narthex.

The schedule for May has some openings right now. Please help if you can, so we can continue with this important ministry of fellowship.

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Prayer Chain



If you have a prayer request to share, please contact Pastor Jen or Doris Longnecker to have needs or names lifted by this group.

jenmatt20@gmail.com

dorislong@tds.net


At this time, we have a number of people within our faith community that are in need of some extra prayer.

As always, we may never know all that someone else is carrying, be kind always.

Peace and Grace,

-Pastor Jen

The Annual GUMC Rummage Sales dates are set for June 22nd and 23rd! Spring has finally sprung! Please remember us as you clean out those closets for spring cleaning. Donations are greatly appreciated and can be dropped off in the youth room with the risers. It is suggested that you either bring them on Sunday mornings or during the week when the church is open from 9-12. Items that we will not be accepting are electronics (i.e. TVs, VCRs or computers) or Books. There are other organizations that would be happy to take those items off your hands. If you have large consignment items that you would be interested in selling, to benefit the church please contact Paul Lundgren, 218-232-7101.


If you have something that should be added to this newsletter from your group or mission, please speak with Pastor Jen or email the details to her at jenmatt20@gmail.com. The E-Grace is generally completed by noon on Thursdays, so articles need to be received by Thursday 10am at the very latest.

If you wish to connect with me directly and it is not an emergency, please know that I will respond as needed during pretty regular office hours. I am generally in the church on Tuesdays--Fridays, from at least 10-12, call the office to be sure, as my weeks may vary. Ann has my detailed schedule and can find me if needed. I check my emails frequently throughout the day, and this is the best way to contact me.

-Pastor Jen

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Important note

If you are mailing something to the church, you must use our P.O. Box for the address. We do not receive mail at the church, and if you use the physical church address it will get returned and could delay your notices to us or offerings.

P.O. Box 276

Pequot Lakes, MN 56472

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 Grace United Methodist Church 

29318 Patriot Ave - P.O. Box 276

Pequot Lakes, MN 56472

Phone: 218-568-5755

Email: graceumcpequotlakes@gmail.com

Website: www.graceumcpequotlakes.org

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