Dear Grace Family,
These announcements and prayer requests are being sent out every Thursday to inform us of what is happening in and the needs of our church. Please send any announcements or prayer requests to office@gfccsf.org by Tuesday evening.
Grace and peace, The Session and Staff of GFCC
Announcements for the Week of 04/14/25
Join Us for Easter Sunday Worship, April 20 at 10:00 AM
Pastor Al will be preaching from John 2:13-22. “Destroy This Temple…and in Three Days I Will Raise It Up”
Last Sunday, Pastor Paul preached on “Getting Jesus Wrong”
If you want to re-listen to Pastor Paul’s sermon (and any other previous sermons), you can do so on our church’s website.
Sermons | GFCC (gfccsf.org)
Holy Week, April 13 - April 20
Palm Sunday Worship Service, April 13 at 10AM
Maundy Thursday Service, April 17 at 7PM
Good Friday Service, April 18 at 7PM
Easter Sunday Worship Service, April 20 at 10AM
Easter Sunday Love Feast, April 20
We will have a special Easter Love Feast. It will be a POTLUCK so bring your favorite dish to share.
It would be most helpful if you could drop your food off before service begins. Let Caroline know if you need to use the oven or to plug in a crockpot.
Easter Offering
This year’s Easter Offering will be given to the work of Jubilee Immigration Advocates. Given today’s political and social atmosphere, Jubilee is on the front lines of helping immigrants and the undocumented who are being persecuted and marginalized.
You can place a check in the offering box (clearly marked as “Easter Offering”) or give online.
Video of Bishop Marianne Budde’s Lecture at Graduate Theological Seminary
For those who were unable to view the livestream of Bishop Budde’s talk last week, here is the link to the video.
The Robert N. Bellah Lecture on Religion and Public Life | Graduate Theological Union
May Love Feast and Family Meeting, Sunday May 18
Heads up!
New Books on our Book Cart!
Take a look at the new additions to our church library:
Ministry Partners Update
INFEMIT (International Fellowship for Mission as Transformation) Community From Around the World Shares Lenten Meditations (Jensa Woo is the Ministry Partner Liaison)
In this season, we have been reflecting together on what it looks like to bear faithful witness to the gospel in a world fraught with unjust wars, genocide, forced displacement, poverty, human trafficking, corrupt leadership, and state-sanctioned abuse. Throughout this time of Lent, we invite you to join us by engaging in short weekly Lenten reflections offered by members of the INFEMIT community from around the world. Read the Holy Week reflection in our Faithful Gospel Witness series by Paul Bendor-Samuel.
Let us sit with our questions as we examine the Bible and our own contexts. Let us journey forward in solidarity as we seed actions of hope and resistance. Let us lean into the story of Jesus who forged his path through a world full of greed, shame, and violence, much like the world in which we live today.
Cultivate Magazine, Langham Partnership USA (One of our Alternative Gift Recipient)
We received the Spring 2025 Issue of Cultivate. One of the articles is titled:
“How Do We Show Them We’re Human Beings? Peacemaking put into practice, then shared for the next generation,” by Sunday Agang
You can read the article here. The article mentions 2 books which we have in our church library and are presently on our book cart: No More Cheeks to Turn? and Praying Through the Psalms.
Sunday is one of our ministry partners. (Al Tizon/Dave Williams are the ministry partner liaisons)