NEXT SUNDAY’S READINGS are Isaiah 44:6-8, Romans 8:18-27, and Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43.
TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY: On July 26, we will celebrate our Grace members who have or will turn 80 or older during 2026. Plan to invite your families and friends to worship that day and join us for coffee hour after worship. We will enjoy a piece of birthday cake as we congratulate our “oldies but goodies”, one of which will be turning 101 years young this summer!
JULY MISSION ENVELOPES are designated to support the Niagara Falls Lord’s Day Dinners. The founders of this mission, Yvonne and Matt Davis, provide free holiday meals to those in need at the VFW Post on Seneca Avenue. But they don’t limit their service to holidays only. Anyone who is hungry can knock on their Ashland Avenue home’s side window at any time and they will receive food to eat. They have been doing this for over thirty years, and they are funded strictly by donations. If you would like to help them with this mission, place your mission envelope in the offering plate during July or donate online under “monthly mission”.
SUMMER MISSION PROJECT: Tables have been set up in the chapel and narthex to receive donations to our annual collection of school supplies and children’s underwear and socks. Approximately 80% of the children in our inner city schools are living at the poverty level, making it difficult for parents to provide adequate supplies needed for successful learning. Needed supplies include (but are not limited to) notebooks, folders, crayons, markers, colored pencils, glue sticks, pens & pencils, scissors, and erasers. We also accept donations of socks and underwear, items that our children often go without because their family budgets cannot afford them. All donations will be distributed directly to students in need by teachers and school nurses in September.
THANK YOU for your generous donations of baby items for Summit Life Resource Center. Baby bottle banks totaled $304.59 in donations. Thank you to Alice Moll for delivering your gifts to the Center and to Wendy Coleman for sponsoring the Thrivent project.
GRACE LADIES SUMMER PICNIC – Come join us on Tuesday, August 4th at 5:30pm at church for annual picnic. Sign-up sheet is on glass case in chapel. Bring a side dish or dessert to go with our hot dogs and hamburgers. Also, if you made a mosaic picture frame at our June field trip to Orange Poppy Art Studio, bring that along to display our artistic abilities. Hope to see you August 4th!