November and December 2024 Specific Calendar Events:


* Sunday, March 2 (after the worship service): Church council meeting

* Monday, March 3 (9:00 a.m.): Women’s breakfast at Brady J’s

* Tuesday, March 4: Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras

* Wednesday, April 5: Ash Wednesday (church service in our sanctuary at 7:00 p.m.) 

* Wednesday, March 5: Lent begins

* Sunday, March 9: Grace Choir concert (4:00 p.m.)

* Sunday, March 9: Daylight Saving Time begins (move clocks forward)

* Monday, March 17: Saint Patrick’s Day

* Thursday, March 20: Spring Equinox 

* Thursday, March 20 (9:30 a.m.): The church book club meets in Pastor Sue’s office; they will discuss the novel Happy Harbor by Rachel Hanna.

Amazon synopsis:
Josie Campbell has spent her entire adult life distancing herself from her childhood in the small Southern town of Happy Harbor. Growing up with an alcoholic mother who was either absent or scandalizing the town with her antics, all Josie ever wanted was to escape to somewhere no one knew her as Diane’s daughter. Now, she finally has it all—a great job, a condo in one of Atlanta’s most desirable areas, a successful fiancé, and her teenage daughter, Kendra, enrolled at a top-rated school.

But when that life falls apart, and her beloved nana dies, Josie is forced to return to the one place she never wanted to visit again. Soon, she finds herself stepping into Nana’s shoes in Happy Harbor: running her quaint restaurant, living in their family’s historic home, and bumping into Walker Jackson—the disturbingly handsome man who lives in the guest house—on a near daily basis. All of which sounds idyllic, if it weren’t for the painful memories lurking around every corner. Still, the place seems to be good for Kendra, who begs to stay, and Josie is inclined to at least make an attempt at a new life in this old town.

That is, until her mother turns up. Diane insists she’s truly sober now and wants just one more chance. Nana’s last wish was for the two of them to reconcile, and she’s even arranged things to help make that happen. But with a lifetime of painful experiences that have taught her not to trust this woman, can Josie truly bring herself to forgive Diane?

* Friday, March 28: Free Friday supper (5:00 - 6:30 p.m.)

* Sunday, March 30 (7:45 a.m.): Men’s breakfast at Brady J’s

* Tuesday, April 1: April Fools’ Day

* Sunday, April 6 (after the worship service): Church council meeting

* Monday, April 7 (9:00 a.m.): Women’s breakfast at Brady J’s

* Tuesday, April 13: Palm Sunday

* Tuesday, April 15: Tax Day

* Thursday, April 17: Maundy Thursday (church service at 7:00 p.m. at the East Bloomfield United Methodist Church)

* Thursday, April 17 (9:30 a.m.): The church book club meets in Pastor Sue’s office; they will discuss the novel Robopocolypse by Daniel H. Wilson.

Amazon synopsis:
Not far into our future, the dazzling technology that runs our world turns against us. Controlled by a childlike—yet massively powerful—artificial intelligence known as Archos, the global network of machines on which our world has grown dependent suddenly becomes an implacable, deadly foe. At Zero Hour—the moment the robots attack—the human race is almost annihilated, but as its scattered remnants regroup, humanity for the first time unites in a determined effort to fight back. This is the oral history of that conflict, told by an international cast of survivors who experienced this long and bloody confrontation with the machines. Brilliantly conceived and amazingly detailed, Robopocalypse is an action-packed epic with chilling implications about the real technology that surrounds us.

* Friday, April 18: Good Friday (church service in our sanctuary at 7:00 p.m.) 

* Sunday, April 20: Easter Sunday

* Friday, April 25: Free Friday supper (5:00 - 6:30 p.m.)

* Friday, April 25: Arbor Day

* Sunday, April 27 (7:45 a.m.): Men’s breakfast at Brady J’s