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Join us at Saxe Middle School,
468 South Avenue, New Canaan, CT
8:45am -Join our Elders in Room 148 for a time of communal prayer.
Easter Totes - If you took a tote bag for our Easter Blessings initiative, please return it filled with the required items to the Welcome Table.
9:30am Service -We're looking forward to this Sunday's service, featuring worship music, a message, God's Heart for the World as we learn more about Grace's mission partners, and Senior Pastor Cliffe Knechtle's sermon, We Have a Dream. Classes for children and teens will be available along with a live stream of the service on our YouTube channel and Facebook page.
11am Programming:
Discipleship Class -Join Elder Tom McCrossan for the continuation of his 4-week study and discussion on the book of Colossians.
High School Guys/Gals Lunch - All 9-12th-grade teens will meet up with Rob, Cynthia, and Elena at 11am to walk into town for a group lunch.
Mission Trip Bake Sale - Stop by our teens' table in the lobby to pick up something sweet. Your purchase of homemade treats will support our group headed to Pennsylvania at the end of June.
Sunday Small Group - Assistant Pastor Stuart Knechtle will host a post-service small group to discuss key points and passages from the sermon message.
Women's Grace in Chaos Bible Study - Mothers with children of any age are invited to this meaningful study with Carla. Childcare provided.
Afternoon Programming:
Baptism - We'll host our spring Baptism Ceremony at 12:30pm* at Parkway Assembly of God in Norwalk. If you’d like to be baptized, please contact Pastors Cliffe, Stuart, or Rob as they would like to meet with you before the ceremony.
* Please plan to arrive and park after 12:15pm as our hosts have fellowship time until then. Thank you!
SEASON OF RENEWAL
To celebrate this Easter and Season of Renewal, we’re planning a variety of programs we hope you’ll share with family and friends, and invite them to Grace Community Church this Easter! Sunday, March 29th: Palm Sunday After the service, meet in the lobby to help our Women’s Ministry team curate spring flower arrangements for elderly residents at the Waveny Care Center. Our talented group of Young Adults will host an extra hour of worship music and invite you to join them.
Friday, April 3rd: Good Friday Reflections Join us at 5pm at Saxe Middle School for our Good Friday service, featuring a message from Assistant Pastor Stuart Knechtle along with Communion. Childcare will be available for babies through 4 years old. Afterward, join us from 6-7:30pm for a potluck supper (RSVP HERE) in the cafeteria. Sunday, April 5th: Easter Sunday Celebrate Easter with us at New Canaan High School, beginning with breakfast (RSVP HERE) for families with kids and teens at 8:30am in the Wagner Room, and followed by our 9:30am service. Childcare will be available for babies through 3rd grade. After the service, enjoy refreshments, and the not-to-be-missed 5,000 egg hunt on the Athletic Field!
CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH
BEGINNING SUNDAY, APRIL 12th
Introducing Jude, Jesus’ kid brother and author of a 1-pager that bears his name. Jude takes it all on; rallies believers to contend for the faith, snatches troubled souls from the fire and does it all with compassion, grace and mercy. And, like an Olympic gold medal gymnast, Jude nails his ending with a perfect 10, the most quoted doxology in all of Christendom, “Now unto him who is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever! Amen"
This 4-week class begins after the service on April 12th, featuring an analysis of our responsibility to contend for the faith, Christian servanthood, mercy, our common salvation and the relevance of Old Testament judgements. Course materials are available free to everyone not just attendees, so if you'd like a copy, email Craig Knight HERE. Come and join us and learn what the real “Hey Jude” is all about.
GRACE HAPPENINGS
WEEKLY BIBLE STUDIES & SUPPORT GROUPS
Anxious for Nothing - Tuesdays @ 7:45pm/Zoom. RSVP to Dawn Anderson HERE.
Women’s Study of Revelation by Jen Wilken - Tuesdays @ 7pm/Zoom. For details please connect with Ellen Daniel HERE, or Stacy Caputo HERE.
Women's Study of Proverbs - Wednesdays via zoom with Tonya Russo. For details, email Tonya HERE.
Women's Study - Better: A Study of Hebrews by Jen Wilkin - Thursdays @ 10am-noon at the Trepanier home in New Canaan.
Women's Lenten Bible Study - Saturdays @ 9:30am/New Canaan Library. For details, email Carla HERE.
Men’s Bible Study - Saturdays @ 10am/New Canaan Library. RSVP to Bo Beatty HERE.
UPCOMING EVENTS
March 20 Middle School Friday Night Hangout @ 5:30pm/St. Michael's Church, New Canaan. RSVP to Chris Jackson HERE.
22 High School LAUNCH Lunch @ 11am/LPQ in New Canaan. Guys and gals will depart from the lobby and walk into town together.
28 Men’s Gathering: NCAA Watch Party @ 6pm in Ridgefield. RSVP to Bo Beatty HERE.
28 Kids Outdoor Zone (Middle/High School guys and dads) @ 10am-3pm. Sign up with Chris Jackson HERE.
29 Creciendo en Gracia y Fe @ 11am/Saxe Middle School.
For all our Grace Happenings, head to our website HERE.
