Church In Real Life
Celebrate 100 years of merton
Join the party as the Village of Merton celebrates 100 years! Come and enjoy one another’s company, meet your neighbors, and serve your community, all while in the midst of the neighborhood God has placed us.
September 16-18
Firemen's Park - Main Street - Merton
Fri 5pm-11pm |Sat 11am-11pm |Sun 11am-4pm
We encourage you, if you are able, to also find a time slot where you could serve. We believe this gives us a good way to be present as salt and light in our community. Becky Doro is organizing the volunteers for the MCFD.
Men’s Breakfast
We invite men—young and old—to join us as we seek to Know God better! Enjoy a hot breakfast together, engage in life-giving conversations, and learn together as we read and discuss J.I. Packer’s book Knowing God.
Saturday, September 10
7:00-8:30am at Grace HiIl Church
(2nd Saturday of each month).
Packer says:
“Once you become aware that the main business that you are here for is to know God, most of life’s problems fall into place of their own accord”.
Please sign-up on the round table so we know how much food to prepare. Books are available for $13—please see Pastor Darrel for your copy. Read the first 3 chapters of Knowing God for September 10.
QUESTIONS about the Bible and Life?
Next Sunday, July 31 at 9:30 am, (a new 5th Sunday practice), the Elders will attempt to answer your questions about the Bible and life during Sunday School.
We invite you to submit your questions in writing this week by giving them to an Elder, or by submitting them in the form below.
Addison’s Walk
It’s a privilege to have Andy with us on Sunday, teaching in Sunday School and preaching in the Worship Service.
Andy serves as the Director of Addison’s Walk Institute which has several initiatives on college campuses, including: offering courses and seminars that help people to engage with life’s hardest questions, exploring the intersection of faith, reason, and culture.
Addison’s Walk also seeks to disciple students in ways that help them integrate their faith with what they are learning in the classroom, with the goal of raising up a generation of Christian thinkers who love Jesus and know how to share him in any context.
For more information, please see www.addisonswalkinstitute.com.
Volunteers are Needed at the Hartland Food Pantry
The HFP (located at 555 S. Industrial Drive in Hartland) has been supplying food to those in need since 1987. Actual hours of operation are Wednesdays from 1:30-3:00 and Saturdays from 10:00-11:00.
Besides the actual opening hours, the HFP needs help with packing bags, shopping, checking dates on donated foods and stocking shelves.
If you would like to volunteer please call 262-367-6373 and leave a message—a board member will call you back to set up an interview.
The Worship Team Is Growing
The Worship Team is looking for additional members. If you sing and/or play an instrument, we would be interested in talking with you.
Our goal is to grow our team in order to add people who love serving the Lord with their musical gifts, and to hopefully create a rotation of members at various times throughout the year.
If you are interested, please see Tom Seidl or Gerry Meissner, or email Tom at seidltr@gmail.com.
Village of Merton Memorial Day Parade
We invite you to come out for the Memorial Day Parade, and enjoy interacting with people from the community.
Monday, May 30th at 10am
We need people to help decorate the float, and we need people to ride in the float (both children and adults).
Please show up at the Fireman’s Park at 9 am to work together to create our float, and to take our seats in the float. It’s an important way to honor those who have given their time and lives in defense of our Country. AND, it’s one small but important way to remind people that Grace Hill Church is here for the people of the Village.
If you have any questions, please see Pastor Darrel.
Grass Mowing Volunteers
Thankfully, it's that time of year again, summer is coming. The grass will need to get mowed soon. A signup sheet for volunteers is on the round table in the lobby.