The Chiles are moving into their new home this Saturday and a few guys are planning to go help them both move and build a fence.  If you have some time on Saturday to help, could you please contact Corey Shepherd?    

January and February                   

• Evangelism Opportunity  A sister church in DC is going to be handing out invites to an upcoming evangelistic course they are hosting.  A few of us are planning to join them on Saturday, January 28 in the early afternoon.  If you would like to join in, please contact Rod Fultz.   

• Guatemala Informational Meeting  If you have any interest in joining us in Guatemala on August 4-11 than please plan to attend our initial Informational Meeting on Sunday, January 29th at 2PM at the Shepherds'.   Deposits and completed applications are not due until March 15.   

• Dwell Richly Marriage Seminar  Please plan to join us for a beautiful time of learning and celebration of God's gift of marriage on Sunday, February 12.  Chris Peeler will preach on the Purpose of Marriage in the morning and Chris & Linda will lead us in a dinner and seminar that night at the Piedmont Club.  The seminar with dinner is $25/person, or if you are paying for childcare, the cost is only $25/couple.  Register here. 

• Newcomers Luncheon  The next installment of our quarterly Newcomers Luncheon is Sunday, February 19th at 1PM.    If you are new to the church (or newish), we'd love to have you.  All the details are coming.   

• Other Events
• Sunday Morning Prayer: Every Sunday @ 8:45AM 
• Young Adult Care Group: January 22 @ 6:30PM 
• Wednesday Prayer: Jan 25 @ 9:30AM the Legers' 
• Youth/Parent Meeting:  February 1 @ 6:30PM 
• Youth Superbowl Party: February 5 

Summer 2012 

• 10th Anniversary Celebration  On Sunday, May 6 we are celebrating 10 years of God's Faithfulness to us as a church.  We'll have a time of thanking God during the morning service, followed by a picnic in the afternoon. 

• NEXT For the last five years or so our young adults have taken a trip to the NEXT Conference on Memorial Day Weekend.   We are doing the same on May 26-29, 2012.   Lots of details are forth coming.

• G3 Soccer Camp  This great outreach, team building event is back for 2012 during the week of June 18-22.

• Guatemala Mission Trip   We will be partnering with Iglesia Jerusalen and One Way Ministries the week of August 4-11, 2012 in order to take the gospel to the children of Guatemala City, and the Mayan peoples in the surrounding villages.    Some initial details can be found here.  If you are interested (even tentatively) please let Corey Shepherd know.    

• Women's Conference  The Gospel Coalition is hosting a conference for women with an amazing lineup of speakers in Orlando on June 22-24, 2012.   For more information check here.   We are trying to get a sense of how many might go, so if you have any interest please let Corey Shepherd know.

This Sunday in our 9:30AM Application Groups we will go over the following questions based on the 1/15/2012 sermon, "True Spiritual Worship" from John 4:19-26:    

• Coming to God in "True Spiritual Worship" happens only through Jesus Christ.  This is both constricting (Jesus is the only way) and freeing (anyone can come).   How does this encourage you?     

• Why does worship as a religious (ie, external acts) activity have a certain appeal to it?   Why is the gospel better than coming to God through mere external acts? 

• The text says that, "the Father is seeking" people to worship Him.   What about God's fatherly pursuit builds faith in you?  Can you think of other aspects of God's fatherly disposition toward you that builds your faith?  

• Rod said that true spiritual worship unites our whole being with God, and that this is satisfying at the deepest level for us.   Have you experienced what Rod is talking about?   How does worship empower you for day to day living?