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745 Little Neck Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
(757) 340-2840
info@kgpc.org www.kgpc.org
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This Sunday is Pentecost!
"And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability." Acts 2:2-4
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Summertime and the Livin’ Is Easy (and Juicy)
Ah, summer. While we officially welcome it on June 21, we can already feel the warmth, see the first signs of growth in our gardens, and are counting down the days until school ends on June 16. Many of you are planning vacations, enrolling kids in summer camps, or servicing your AC units in time for the humidity. Life has a slower pace in the summer. It’s the same in the church. The summer brings different faith formation, music, and programmatic rhythms. There aren’t quite as many rehearsals, classes, or activities as we take a breath and enjoy God’s creation and each other.
One of my favorite things about summer is the fruit: cherries, apricots, peaches, nectarines, watermelon, blueberries, strawberries, and the list goes on and on. They are juicy, flavorful, healthy, and fresh. Fruit has been on my mind lately as we gear up for our summer sermon series, “Cultivating a Fruit Full Life in the Spirit.” After Pentecost on May 28, our summer will focus on the Fruit of the Spirit and how to cultivate that fruit in our own lives. We will explore each of these attributes as we open ourselves to allow God to grow the juiciest, ripest spiritual fruit in us. A Sunday morning class will accompany this series so you can dig deeper into the fruit of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. We will have a fruit centered service project, give away fruit goodies, and enjoy a Fruit of the Spirit fruit stand. Join us this summer as we become the fruit full people God created us to be.
Welcome summer! Hang in there students and teachers for just a couple more weeks. Make your summer plans. Clean out those closets for our June 10 yard sale. Warm up your manly voices for the June 18th Men’s Chorus. And get ready to enjoy some juicy summer fruit.
Grow Stronger, Shine Brighter, Love Deeper, Transform Your World,
Pastor Chris
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Thanks to KGPC’s generosity of many, we have reached our book drive goal of 500 books for each student at King’s Grant Elementary School to receive for summer reading. What a wonderful community outreach to commemorate our initial place of worship 60 years ago.
Yes, we are 60 years … still serving!!
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Hello KGPC!
Just a reminder we are still accepting men into the rehearsals for Men’s Chorus on Thursday nights at 6:00 PM. Those who have come are sounding great and the music is coming together very well.
June 11th will be the end-of-year celebration for the Music Ministry. It has been a year full of changes and adjustments, challenges and growth, but most of all, serving God with the gifts he bestowed on each and every individual who has volunteered to be a part of sharing music here at KGPC. All ages who serve in the Music Ministry will have a picnic lunch following the service, spouses and parents included. I have felt so privileged to be able to work with such dedicated and talented people. All the musicians have gone the extra mile this year and it is exciting to end the year on a “high note” 🎶😊
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Sunday, May 28
9:00 AM– MS & HS Faith Formation
10:00 AM- Worship Service & King’s Kids
Monday, May 29
Office closed
9:30 AM– Quilters
Tuesday, May 30
9:00 AM- Trinity Fine Arts Camp
11:00 AM– Lydia Circle/Claudia Hudgens’ home
6:30 PM- Session
Wednesday, May 31
7:00 AM- Prayer Breakfast
9:00 AM- Trinity Fine Arts Camp
4:30 PM– Children’s Music
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Wednesday, May 31 (Cont.)
5:15 PM– Youth Music
5:45 PM– Praise Team Rehearsal
7:30 PM- Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal
Thursday, June 1
9:00 AM- Trinity Fine Arts Camp
1:00 PM—Finance Mtg.
6:00 PM– Men’s Chorus Rehearsal
7:00 PM– Chancel Bells
Friday, June 2
9:00 AM- Trinity Fine Arts Camp
7:00 PM– Leadership Summit
Saturday, June 3
8:00 AM– Leadership Summit
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Church Office Hours are 8:00 AM - 2:30 PM | | |
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If you would like to donate items for VBS, please take an item card from the bulletin board by the Connection Point.
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Our annual benefit yard sale is around the corner on June 10th! Our yard sale is an important part of our ministry that serves many purposes beyond raising money for those in need. Each year, we invite people in need such as Samaritan House clients, JCOC and PIN clients, and VBCPS families in need to come shop and take what they need for free, providing a place where people in our community who have lost everything and are starting over can come and start to rebuild.
Finally, the yard sale provides a chance for the community to see the church in action working to help others and to experience the love of our church family.
Please consider helping with this year’s yard sale by:
- Donating items for sale (the more items we have, the more money we can raise and the more people we can bless!)
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Sharing information about the sale with your friends, neighbors, or coworkers by word of mouth or posting our event flyer at your office, school, or anywhere in the community (this not only helps to get more donations and more shoppers, but it is also an easy way to introduce people to our church!)
- Volunteering-we need volunteers for:
-Sorting volunteer (June 7, 8, or 9)
-Early morning volunteer (June 10 at 5:00 AM to carry out items)
-Yard sale volunteer (June 10)
To volunteer, please fill out the CONNECT CARD
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There are sooooo many ways to serve through your time, talent and treasures!!
Click HERE for details on other opportunities.
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Summer Worship Series
Cultivating a Fruit-Full Life in the Spirit
Now that Pentecost has come and gone, what difference does the Holy Spirit make in our lives? What kind of person are you striving to be? For those who are followers of Jesus, the answer is the same today as it was for Paul’s original audience in Galatia. We are people who cultivate and exhibit the fruit of the Holy Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. This post-Pentecost summer worship series will explore each of these attributes as we open ourselves to allow God to grow the juiciest, ripest spiritual fruit in us. Join us as we become the fruit full people God created us to be.
June 4----The Greatest of These: LOVE
Galatians 5:16-25; I John 4:7-13; I Corinthians 13:4-8a, 13
It’s no coincidence that love is the first fruit of the Spirit. Love is the very essence of who God is and the source of all other spiritual fruit. But this is not just any love, it’s agape love. It’s a love rooted in attitude and action, not emotion and feeling. If every person lived a life of agape love, there would be no need for rules, laws, or courts. If all Christians lived a life of agape love, everyone would know God better. Love is the greatest of all: it’s the greatest commandment, the greatest fruit of the Spirit, the greatest attribute of God, and the greatest way to live in this world.
June 11----I’ve Got the JOY, JOY, JOY, JOY
John 17:19-22; John 15:1-14
Jesus invites all those who follow to abide in him like branches on a vine. Those branches will bear fruit, the fruit of love and the fruit of joy. Joy isn’t the same as happiness, and many times, joy lives in the midst of sorrow. Jesus promises his full joy to us even as he faces death. How do we feel the strength of God’s joy in trying times? How do we cultivate the fruit of joy when life is hard?
Reflection Questions: What is the difference between the spiritual fruit of joy and happiness? What people do you know (perhaps including yourself) who have gone through suffering but still exhibit the fruit of joy? How are love and joy connected? How do you keep joy in your heart when life is hard? When have you felt the strength of God-given joy?
June 18----Passing the PEACE John 14:25-27; Philippians 4:4-7
Love, peace, and joy often appear together in different combinations. In the Hebrew, shalom doesn’t just mean peace, but wholeness, completeness. We often think of it as the absence of conflict, but biblical peace is so much more. Jesus gives us his peace, a peace that passes all understanding. Yet, this world provides so many obstacles to peace: worry, fear, conflict, greed, anger. How do we cultivate the fruit of peace in our lives and then pass that peace on to others?
June 25----Lord, Give Me PATIENCE…NOW!
Ephesians 4:1-3; Roman 8:24-25
In a fast-food, fast-paced, me-oriented society, patience is in short supply. We rush around, are short with others, and miss out on God’s gift of waiting. Patience is as much a virtue now as ever, but it’s also a characteristic of one who lives by the power of the Holy Spirit. This fruit of the Spirit is often paired with others characteristics, including hope. Scripture reminds us how God has been patient with us, and how we are called to be patient in suffering and patient with others. Be careful praying for patience, God just might give it to you.
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Sundays at KGPC
8:45 AM: Adult Study- Summer Adult Class: ----------------The Fruit of the Spirit----- June 4th - July 30th
There is no Adult Faith Formation on May 28th
9:00 AM: Middle School & High School Session/
HS Rm 104: Discussion & Donuts
10:00 AM: Worship and King's Kids: During Passing of the Peace, children may follow their teachers to and be picked up from Rm 104
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Lydia Circle will meet on Tuesday, May 30th at 11:00 AM
at Claudia Hudgens’ home
JUNE Women's Circles
Eve Circle is the only Circle meeting in June. They will meet on Monday, June 5th at 6:00 PM at Pam Ponce's home for dinner and fellowship.
If you have been thinking of joining a circle, this would be a great time to meet our members. This will be our last meeting until September. Contact Pam Ponce for more details.
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Our Livestream is available Sundays on YouTube and also on Facebook! Use the links below. The links will also be in the Sunday Morning Worship email.
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BOOK CLUB
Join our discussion on the last Tuesday of the month
at 7:30 p.m. in the Parlor.
Need a book, contact Julie Seipel for information.
Upcoming Book Club reads:
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June 27--Captive in Iran by Maryam Rostampour & Marziyeh Amirizadeh
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July 25-- Switchboard Soldiers by Jennifer Chiaverini
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Lunch Bunch is back!
Mondays at noon in the Connection Point.
Bring a lunch and gather around the table as together this small group shares praises, concerns, scripture and study! Contact Julie Seipel for more information.
ALL ARE WELCOME ANYTIME!
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Word Share Prayer is a monthly scripture reading/reflection that Session and the leaders of ministries use to start their meetings. We will include this in the monthly ENews for you to use throughout the month to read and meditate on.
Romans 12:1-2
I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.
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Terry Lindvall is a professor at Virginia Wesleyan University and KGPC will be screening his new film, Hollywood, Teach Us to Pray on Sunday, July 16. It just premiered in Hollywood and Pasadena. Now it is back in our own backyard.
NPR's Watching America (with the illustrious and deft Brit host, Alan Campbell) peeked into our world of prayers in Hollywood films and broadcast this interview with an aging peripatetic professor: https://mediaplayer.whro.org/program/watchingameric
Our website is: https://www.hollywoodteachustopray.com/
This film offers a fun and inspiring opportunity to revisit how Hollywood depicts praying, from silent films of Chaplin and Keaton through the iconic prayers of Talladega Nights, Meet the Parents, and Hacksaw Ridge.
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SESSION
APRIL 2023 SESSION SUMMARY
KGPC FINANCIAL REPORT
PERIOD ENDING: April 2023
MONTH OF APRIL
Cash Income-------------$64,313
Cash Expenses --------($57,968)
Surplus(Deficit)---------- $6,345
YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISON
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ACTUAL INCOME:-------$211,578
ACTUAL EXPENSES:--($211,527)
DIFFERENCE:--------------$---$51
2022
--$196,750
-($197,383)
-------($633)
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King's Grant Presbyterian Church
745 Little Neck Road
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23452
(757) 340-2840
info@kgpc.org
Office Hours: 8:00 - 2:30 M-F
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8:45 & 9:00 AM - Faith----------- Formation
10:00 AM - Worship
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