Welcome to the Spring 2023 Issue of Grace upon Grace. In this issue, the Grace Church family responds to the theme of kindness. Depending on where you look in our world, you may see kindness in abundance, or you may find kindness sorely lacking. We hope what you read here will bless you this Lenten and Easter season of Spring 2023.
Pastor Robin’s Thoughts
Missions
Grace Church supports individuals and organizations whose work offers shining examples of kindness, and they have wonderful stories to tell as they share how God is working to change lives. Your financial support is a blessing that enables them to continue their vital ministries. Thank you for your continued generosity!
- Friends of Grace and Little Free Pantry
- Family Promise Needs
- “February 2023 Fruitfulness” Ministry Update from Cathy Craig
- Mary Woodward’s March Update from Guelph, Ontario
Arts and Letters
Any dictionary can give us a definition of kindness, but we may more fully appreciate kindness by observing it in the way people treat one another. In this issue of Grace upon Grace members of the Grace Church community share stories of kindness that they’ve witnessed themselves, benefitted from, or heard about from others. Visit “About Grace upon Grace” below to learn about submitting for future issues.
- “God and a Stranger” by Barbara R. Williams-Hubbard
- “Two Kindnesses Remembered” by Emy Kamihara
- “The Unexpected Kindness of a Gravedigger” by Ellen Donker
- Sunday School Kindness Poems
- “Now,” a haiku by Barbara R. Williams-Hubbard
- “An Atheist in the Woods” submitted by Janet Spain
- “What I Can Do to Share My Faith and Support My Church,” submitted by Gloria Fulton
- “Some Angels Wear Bib Overalls” submitted by Pat Walsh
Ministry News
- Sunday School
- Grace Women’s Group
- Biweekly Bible Study
- Busy Hands, Happy Hearts
- Daily Devotions Discussion (featuring Our Daily Bread)
- Seasoned with Grace