Grace Episcopal To Hold “Blessing Of Book Bags
The people of Grace Episcopal Church in Clayton invite the community to attend a special service of Holy Communion on Sunday, August 23 at 10:30 a.m. Grace will continue an annual tradition, always held the Sunday before school starts, of blessing school book bags. Children and young people are asked to bring their book bags to church to be blessed as we invite God to bless the new beginnings for each of our children and young people. The service will focus on God’s love and concern for children as they begin a new school year.
Grace’s people have planned a fun service that will bring joy to your heart as we give glory to God. They will give thanks to God through their prayers for all their blessings. We will give thanks to God for the opportunity to grow and learn in the coming year as we celebrate the Great Thanksgiving.
The community is invited to participate in the outreach program associated with this service Grace Backpack Buddies. Backpack Buddies is a feeding program for children who might otherwise go hungry over the weekend during the school year. Grace has “adopted” twelve children at Cooper School who receive a backpack full of food they can prepare themselves every weekend during the school year. We are looking for donations of individual servings packaged food i.e. pop-top canned meats and fish; shelf stable fruit cups, applesauce, raisins and dried fruit; pop-top meat based soups and stews; healthy snacks such as graham crackers, pretzels and granola bars; individual packages of grits, cereal and oatmeal; microwavable Cup of Noodles, Easy Mac etc. All food donations can be brought to Grace on Tuesday or Wednesdays or Thursdays 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. or on Sunday the 23rd to the 10:30 a.m. service.
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