July 19 - Celebrating Children's Church

In the months leading up to August 2023, a group of ladies came together to fill a need that they observed within the Grace Family. LuAnn Stohrer, Kem Williams, Melody Benson and Bee Fortunato noticed a need, formed a team and launched Children's Church in August 2023! 

With a year of ministry under their belt, this team has made a great impact in the Grace Kids Ministry as well as in the lives of children and parents. Each Sunday, children in 1st - 5th grade join the service with their families for worship and are then invited to attend Children's Church. 

The focus of Children's Church is one of our core values: missions. This past year, the children learned powerful stories told by our storyteller, Bee Fortunato. Bee has a gift of telling stories in an engaging way while using simple props like dolls, boxes and common toys. The children love it! Each morning begins with a fun ditty called, "Dum Dum Ditty", created by LuAnn Stohrer. LuAnn sets words to a catchy rhythm that help children remember the big idea of each missionary story. It's a time of moving and singing! She also helps the children memorize scripture that connects to each story. Following the opening time of song and movement, Bee dives into the story. After story time, the children are blessed and eager to create re-enforcing craft projects that are designed and planned by Sally Simon and Melody Benson. The projects take weeks to complete and help the children remember what they have learned!

The Children's Church team has grown and now includes Melody Benson, LuAnn Stohrer, Bee Fortunato, Sally Simon, Beth Ann Webb, Marilyn Satre and Dena Gilmore! The work this team is doing plays an important role in the shaping and development of the spiritual lives of the children of Grace.  As the 2024-2025 school year approaches, the team has just begun a new missionary story series focusing on Samuel Morris (Prince Kaboo). 

Thank you to the Children's Church team! You are making a difference in the lives of these children, and we appreciate you!

If you would like to join the Children's Church team, we would love to have you! Please contact Melody Benson at melody@gracefayette.org.

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Coming up:

• Today - Register for Vogel!
• July 28 - Grace Kids 2nd Hour Leaders Training
• August 5 - Women's Back to School Breakfast 

Dear Grace family,

The 2023-2024 fiscal year closed on June 30, 2024. Although we did not end the year in the black (see table below), we made great strides to balance our expenses against our income. When we began our spending reductions in April, we showed a spending overage of $59,895 YTD. We have reduced that to $346; that is amazing and a blessing! We thank you for your generosity in giving of your time, treasure, and talents to make this happen and we are looking forward to the new church year!