• During the 9:30AM hour we will have corporate prayer with all ages together instead of Application Groups.   There will be age divided small groups for prayer.

• During the 10:45 Worship Service the nursery and preschool children will remain with their parents during singing, and will be dismissed to their classes during the Welcme/Greeting time.    

• Grace Kids and Grace Juniors will remain with their parents for the entire service.

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 THIS 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 THIS Sunday, January 29th at 2PM at the Shepherds'.   Deposits and completed applications are not due until March 15.   

• Dwell Richly Marriage Seminar  Please join us for a time of learning and celebration of God's gift of marriage on Sunday evening, February 12.   The seminar with dinner is $25/person, or if you are paying for childcare, the cost is only $25/couple.  Register here (Payment not due until February 12, but please register soon).    

• Membership Matters For those considering membership at Grace our next Membership Matters class is Saturday, Feb 18 from 9AM-12PM.   The location is TBD.

• 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
• Wednesday Prayer: Feb 1 @ 9:30AM the Legers' 
• Youth/Parent Meeting:  February 1 @ 6:30PM  
• Young Adult Care Group: February 4 @ 6PM 
• Youth Superbowl Party: February 5 
• Sunday Morning Prayer: Every Sunday @ 8:45AM  

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 (a 5th Sunday) in our 9:30AM time slot we will have corporate prayer.  Families are invited to attend together, and we will have child, youth and adult prayer groups.  No other classes will meet during the 9:30AM hour this Sunday.  Regular classes and Application Groups will resume on Sunday, February 5.

If you would like to go over the sermon from last Sunday on your own, or with your family, we have made the Application Group Questions available here:  Print the Questions.