"What the Church needs today is not more machinery or better, not new organizations or more and novel methods, but men [and women, of course] whom the Holy Ghost can use - men of prayer, men mighty in prayer. The Holy Ghost does not flow through methods, but through men. He does not come on machinery, but on men. He does not anoint plans, but men - men of prayer."

-EM Bounds 

February & March     

• Marriage Seminar If you have not registered for the Dwell Richly Marriage Seminar, but now would like to attend, please contact Corey Shepherd.  There are a few spots available.    

• Membership Matters For those considering membership at Grace our next Membership Matters class is Saturday, Feb 18 from 9AM-12PM.   Please RSVP to Mary Abel.  If you need help finding childcare, please also let us know that.    

• Preschool Meeting   Kristy Shepherd is holding a worker meeting for all nursery and preschool volunteers on Wednesday, February 22 at 7PM.  If you currently serve, or will soon begin serving, in any nursery or preschool capacity, please plan to attend.  The location is TBD.    

• 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.

• Friday Ladies Bible Study   Cecilia Connell will be speaking at the next Ladies Lunch & Bible Study on Friday, March 9 from 12-2PM at April Fultz's home.  Childcare and lunch is provided.

The next Friday Lunch & Bible Study will be May 11, with Linda Peeler as the guest speaker. 

• Members Meeting  Our next quarterly Members Meeting will be Sunday, March 11 at 6PM.  Childcare will be provided.   Location TBD.     

• Other Events
• Wednesday Prayer: Feb 15 @ 9:30AM the Searcys' 
• Youth/Parent Meeting:  February 15 @ 6:30PM
• Young Adult Care Group: February 19 @ 6PM  
• 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.

• Charles Spurgeon says that in John 5 Jesus goes to the assembly of the broken.   How is this good news for the humble, and bad news for the proud?   What does the fruit of humility look like in a Christian's life?   The fruit of pride? 

• Rod said that the lame man who Jesus healed went from the assembly of the broken to the fellowship of the thankful.   Why is this an important pattern for us to follow?

• What Jesus says to the man in John 5:14 is a bit of a hard saying.    Discuss as a group what Jesus means there.   How should we think about our suffering (& that of others) in light of this verse?   What does the gospel teach us here?

• Suffering comes into our lives for a number of reasons.  Among them would be: the sins of others, our sin, the brokenness of the world we live in.   What sort of suffering do you (or those close to you) face?   What does praying for "wellness in Jesus" look like in that situation?