Ladies!

Come join us for our annual book club party and gift exchange. We’ll be celebrating at Karen Varcoe’s home, 6:30-8:30pm, Thursday, December 19th. Food and beverages provided! Please bring a book for the gift exchange. For more info, please contact Karen.

Come with family and friends on Christmas Eve for our traditional candlelight worship services at either 5 or 7pm.

Many men and women leaving incarceration are open to connecting with a congregation when they’re released. We’re forming a discovery team to explore how Grace might welcome them warmly and do effective reentry ministry in a way that uses our gifts and strengths. Interested? Curious? If you’re open to being part of an innovative team to explore how we might do that, contact Fred Nelson. We’ll be meeting starting in January. You can reach Fred at 847-323-3774 (cell) or email him at fred@insideoutnetwork.net.

Starting in late January, Grace will be loving on the Loving Church. We are looking for volunteers to help on 4th Sundays with shopping for food, then cooking, delivering and sharing it with the people at The Loving Church. Our Local Outreach team has sample menus and will pay for the food, drinks and paper goods. With enough interest, volunteers will likely serve once or twice a year. If you’d like to help out, contact Bonnie Pace at bdemorotski@gmail.com.

Loss of a Spouse Seminar - Tuesday, 1/7, 3-5pm at Grace

Come to discover:

• Other people understand and have found ways to make it through
• Why it won’t always hurt so much
• Reasons for hope
• Practical tips for coping with the death of a spouse

GriefShare Session - Tuesdays, 1/14 through 4/8, 3-5pm at Grace

A GriefShare support group is a safe, welcoming place where people understand the difficult emotions of grief. Through this 13-week group, you’ll discover what to expect in the days ahead and what’s “normal” in grief. Since there are no neat, orderly stages of grief, you’ll learn helpful ways of coping with grief, in all its unpredictability—and gain solid support each step of the way.

To sign up, please click the button below.

Open to men and women! Come join us for a little light exercise as we learn a new way to worship our Lord...through dance! Those who attended this class earlier this year can attest to how much fun it was.

Keep an eye out for sign ups soon!

We’re gearing up for another round of Wednesday evening Community Nights starting in January! As was the case last time, our weekly sessions will be paired with Sam’s Sunday teaching series, this time called Foundations. Let’s dig introspectively and consider the question, seriously, what do you really believe?

Wednesdays, 1/22 - 3/19, 5:30-7:30pm

Childcare available

Family dinner at 5:30 followed by teaching and discussion groups.

See God’s Hand in Your Life

How can we live faithfully amid the fires of opposition? How can we stay close to God when doubt seeks to devour us? Daniel the prayer warrior shows us how to keep God’s perspective always before us.

Zoom in on Daniel’s story and the pressures he faced to let go of God’s hand in his life. Then zoom out to see Daniel’s panoramic visions displaying God’s hand in human history. When adversity rolls in like a fog, Daniel reminds us how God’s perspective can give us a new vision.

Watch for sign ups, coming soon!