Please bring rakes, garden shears, work gloves, and sunscreen.
Face masks and social distancing will be required.
Important COVID-19 Update
Grace worship remaining online/over the phone only.
Some congregations in the Iowa Annual Conference may choose to resume masked, socially-distanced worship. At Grace, as we seek to love our neighbors as we love ourselves, Grace will not yet resume in-person worship and we will continue to worship online on Facebook, YouTube, and at gracedesmoines.org as well as over the phone by calling 515-203-2479.
If you need assistance making an appointment for your COVID-19 vaccination, please call the church office, and we will have someone get in touch with you.
On April 24, from 9:30 – 11:00 am, the Church & Society committee is sponsoring a native plants workshop by Inger Lamb of Prairie Landscapes LLC. Inger has over 20 years of experience using native plants in urban landscapes, planting both prairie and native species flowerbeds. Doing so increases biodiversity and helps pollinators while beautifying the landscape. The workshop will take place at a site that Inger is maintaining at 7900 Hickman Road (meet in the parking lot behind the building on the east side). Please contact Laura Sands at 515 238.5063 or laurasands@mchsi.com if you are interested in participating. We want to limit the size of the group somewhat to ensure that everyone has a chance to interact with Inger.
Irene DeMaris, Associate Director of Interfaith Power and Light, spoke to Church & Society about actions faith communities are taking to address climate change and environmental issues. The committee decided that a good first step for Grace would be to offer this workshop. Native plants have many benefits. We hope that this may be the first of a series of workshops.
Sunday School Update
Since we are not meeting in person at this time, our teaching teams will be seeking to stay in touch with students and families through various means that work best for their class. This might include phone calls, cards, sending emails with a suggested lesson or a link to appropriate resources, or an occasional Zoom session. (We will try not to overdo Zoom or other meeting apps for children and youth, as we realize all ages are doing quite a bit of school or other meetings that way.)
For adults, the Carpenters class is going to continue to meet on Monday nights. The Ikono/Odyssey Class is now meeting at 9 a.m. on Sunday mornings. A combined Neighbors and WinSum class is meeting at 2 p.m. every other Wednesday. Their next meeting is February 24.
The Open Table small group will have some meetings on Zoom and others as socially distanced gatherings. For information on joining these groups, please contact Coreen Witke at coreenwitke@gracedesmoines.org.
Since we have not been able to host the Tuesday free meal at Grace due to Covid-19, Grace has partnered with Lucky Horse to give free meals to the community. Lucky Horse is a new restaurant in the Drake neighborhood and we are excited to have this new opportunity to provide meals to those that need them.
If you need a meal, please let us know and we will get you a card that can be redeemed for a free meal at Lucky Horse.
You can also thank Lucky Horse for their support in our community by ordering a meal to-go or eating in if you are comfortable doing so.
