Please join us in thanking God!  This week we were able to lop $23,000 off of our remaining principle!   We would love nothing more than to have a "note burning" at the 10th Anniversary Celebration on May 6, so let's join together in praying that God will provide for this.

February & March 

• Dwell Richly Marriage Seminar  Please register right away for our Sunday, February 12 Marriage Seminar (the deadline is THIS Sunday).  Payment is not due until February 12.    

• 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.  For more information or to RSVP, please contact Heather Judkins.    

• Guatemala Application Deadline   Those interested in being a part of the Guatemala Team (see below) need to turn their application in by March 1 to Andrew Gizinski or Corey Shepherd.    A $200/person deposit is due by March 15.     

• Other Events
• Young Adult Care Group: February 4 @ 6PM 
• Wednesday Prayer: Feb 8 @ 9:30AM the Searcys' 
• Youth/Parent Meeting:  February 15 @ 6:30PM  
• 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.   If you are interested in joining us please fill out this application and turn it into Corey Shepherd or Andrew Gizinski by March 1.

• 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.

• Jesus does a surprising thing, and leaves the success of Samaria after only 2 days in order to go to a place where he will receive little honor.   Why does he do that?

• One application from the sermon was that Jesus had a controlling direction to his life; a mission that informed everything he did.   Do you have have such a passion?  What is it?   Does yours need to be the same as that of Jesus?Why is it important that there be something under everything in our lives to moves us in a certain direction?

• Many in Jesus' day welcomed Jesus as a sign-worker, but not as a Messiah.   What does it look like in a modern context to treat the gifts of Jesus as the ultimate treasure rather than Jesus himself?

• We saw in the text that Jesus often creates faith in people in the midst of this suffering (as with the royal official).  Have you found this to be true in your life?    Why does Jesus often meet us in our suffering?    Is it possible "waste" suffering?  If so, how?