May 20, 2016 Vol. 26 No. 18

Email: graceunited@hastingsgrace.com Web Site: hastingsgrace.org

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Pastors: Cindy Karges, & Oscar Perez Worship Leader: Megan Lee Director of Christian Education: Cassie Brader Parish Nurse: Connie Hyde RN Office: Denise Hauff Phone 402/463-5696

Grace United Methodist Church

1832 W. 9th St.

Hastings, NE 68901

Monday, May 23

6:30 Christian Education

7:00 Board of Trustees

7:00 Grace Gathering Gals

FLC/6 pm aerobics 6:45 Pilates

Tuesday, May 24

9:00 Tai Chi

11:30 Christian Builders Class Social

12:00 Habitat for Humanity meeting

7:00 Genealogy meeting

Wednesday, May 25

12:00 Vision Quest meeting

5:30-6:00 WOW

Thursday, 26

5:00-8:00 Cristo Poder de Dios

(Youth Room)

6:30 Staff Parish Relations Committee

Friday, May 27

3:00 office closes

7:00-10:00 pm Cristo Poder de Dios

Saturday, May 28

Sunday, May 29

9:00 Sunday School (no children SS)

10:00 Worship

11:00 Sunday School

4:00 Worship (Cristo Poder de Dios)

June 20 —June 24

8:30—11:30

Volunteer papers and registration papers in

the office and Fellowship Hall

Use your “RADAR” and check out the vbs website at

http://www.groupvbspro.com/vbs/ez/hastingsgrace

Register for VBS by June 6th and be guaranteed a t-shirt!

Church members who mail their offer-

ing envelopes when they cannot attend

worship help us meet our weekly in-

come goal. You can also sign-up for giv-

ing at

https://e-giving.org/graceumchastings

Worship 121

WOW 30

Sunday School 52

Budget $4,166.00

Balance as of April (26,550.26)

Prayer Concerns:

New Concerns: Brian Maronde (health) requested by Tim & Susan Overmiller

The family of Wendell Fairbanks who passed away May 17th.

Services will be held at Grace 10:00, Saturday, May 21

Please Continue to Pray for:

Darla Knight (health struggles continue) daughter of Bonnie &

Carroll Burling

Sue Phinney (health)

Markki Frazier (recovery after surgery for ACL tear) requested by

Todd & Tami Frazier

Continue to pray for Steve Vertin (health) requested by Terry Shuck

Katherine Kotas (safety while traveling and in Africa this summer)

requested by her worried mother, Susan Kotas

Mary Coakley (health)

We would like to thank our

church family for all the pray-

ers, cards, and words of encour-

agement given us with Moth-

er’s passing. Thank you.

Janet & Dennis Gerloff

Thank you to Cindy for her visits

and for the beautiful purple prayer

shawl.

Many of you already know I am

moving to Papillion. Not my wishes

but the girls (my daughters) just

worry about me living alone; espe-

cially at night.

I will miss my early Sunday morn-

ing visit with Jean Graham; my vis-

its with Cindy Jones. Then there is

Marian Turner; my help, my person-

al shopper and just being my friend!

Then there is the Christian Builders

Class which is down to about 9

women and 2 men. It will always

be in my prayers.

Grace Church has been my life

most of my adult life. To the rest of

the church I send my blessings.

My address after June 1st is

522 W. Lincoln, Papillion, NE

68046-7015.

Peace and blessings to you all.

Beth Lahr

Thank you so much for everything

these past 3 years. Thank you for

helping me feel at home and provid-

ing a place for me to grow in my

faith. I really, really miss the com-

munity support and love.

God bless, McKenzie Wedel

Christian Builders Class Social

GSV Village Diner

11:30 May 24th

REMEMBER~

The value of time.

The success of perseverance.

The pleasure of working.

The dignity of simplicity.

The worth of character.

The power of kindness.

The influence of example.

The obligation of duty.

The wisdom of economy.

The virtue of patience.

The improvement of talent.

The joy of originating.

Submitted by Vi Bruce from

Leaves of Gold

Memorial Day is a federal holiday in

the United States for remembering the

people who died while serving in the

country's armed forces. The holiday,

which is observed every year on the

last Monday of May, originated as

Decoration Day after the American

Civil War in 1868, when the Grand Army of the

Republic, an organization of Union veterans found-

ed in Decatur, Illinois, established it as a time for

the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead

with flowers. In honor of this holiday, the office at

GUMC will be closed.