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The Grace Connection
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
 
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A Few Words from Teaching Elder Roy Mason..
Friends of Grace,
I look forward to being with each of you this coming Sunday! We are continuing our life-changing study from the book of Joshua. My prayer is that through this study we all learn how to live a victorious Christian life.
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Click Here to go directly to the daily bible readings for this month in this newsletter. We are, as a church, reading the bible through this year chronologically. It is never too late to start!
Dr. Roy D. Mason, Jr.
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On the calendar...
*If you or a family member are hospitalized, please call (704) 281-6072 or email
grace@gfellowship.org to let us know. Thank you!
Please Continue to Pray for...
Our church, our community and each other.
Our church, as we welcome new part-time worship leader Jeromy Edwards on March 3.
Elder Roy Mason's mission trip to Ghana, W. Africa, March 5 - March 26.
All of our upcoming events in the next few months.
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 Daily Chronological Bible Readings for February 2013
Click here to go to the Back to the Bible website to read the daily scripture online. You can also click here to subscribe and get these readings
delivered to your inbox every day!
Feb 13 Lev 1-4
Feb 14 Lev 5-7
Feb 15 Lev 8-10
Feb 16 Lev 11-13
Feb 17 Lev 14-15
Feb 18 Lev 16-18
Feb 19 Lev 19-21
Feb 20 Lev 22-23
Feb 21 Lev 24-25
Feb 22 Lev 26-27
Feb 23 Num 1-2
Feb 24 Num 3-4
Feb 25 Num 5-6
Feb 26 Num 7
Feb 27 Num 8-10
Feb 28 Num 11-13
Mar 1 Num 14-15, Ps 90
Mar 2 Num 16-17
Mar 3 Num 18-20
Mar 4 Num 21-22
Mar 5 Num 23-25
Mar 6 Num 26-27
Mar 7 Num 28-30
Mar 8 Num 31-32
Mar 9 Num 33-34
Enjoy reading the Word this year!
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Looking for a place to serve?
The SYBA Needs YOU!
In addition to food, the S.Y.B.A. is in need of volunteers at the
Baptist Center on the
following days:
Monday Nights: 5:30 - 7:30 for childcare during Continuing the Journey Bible Study
Tuesdays: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. in the
Clothes and Food Pantry
Thursdays: 3:00 - 7:00 p.m. in the
Clothes and Food Pantry
Please call Mary Jane Hoover at (704) 873-4372
ext. 3 to volunteer. Thank you!
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 Missions is It!
God wants His people to partner with Him in the process of redeeming our lost world. Much of the Old Testament reports on His efforts to get the Israelites to be His "priestly nation" and "a light to the nations." But they kept forgetting His purpose in calling them together in the first place, despite the prophets He sent to remind them, as summarized by Stephen in Acts 7. Finally, Jesus came as Savior, but God's idea of having His people work with Him in the redemption process remained unchanged. The Book of Acts records how the church Jesus started became empowered by the Holy Spirit to tell of God's love far and wide. But His original intent is the same-He wants to be in a relationship with all the peoples of the world, and He wants us to help make it happen. This is missions, and it is the uniting theme of the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation. Here's a shorthand way to express it:
Missions is not part of the church program.
Missions is the church program.
~~~~~~~~~~~ The prayer needs of International Missionaries are great. To follow these needs, click here to be taken to the IMB's Missionary Blog Digest. Here, you will learn about what God is doing all over the world.
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Attention Church Family!
Our next newsletter will be
published on Wednesday,
March 6, 2013.
Please submit any announcements
by Tuesday, March 5
at 12:00 p.m.
*You can submit your announcement any time until then by emailing your announcement to newsletter@gfellowship.org.
*Bulletin announcements are due by the 20th of each month.
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A Relationship With Jesus
We'll never know a smidgeon about our personal God unless we form a relationship with Jesus. The parable of the sowers tells us that. We either allow the "birds, rocky places or thorns" to destroy what God desires or we allow the "good soil" to nurture us. Without study and conversation with God the relationship will be shallow and prey to false teaching which can lead to apostasy.
(Matthew 13: 1 - 23)
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A Look at the Record...
*Note: Going forward, we will be reporting these statistics only once per month, as we have seen a great reduction in our counting team. Thank you for your understanding.
Giving for Sundays, January 6, 13, 20, and 27 2013
Worship Attendance: 39, 36, 40 and 42
Total Giving: $3,680.00 Giving to Budget: $3,680.00 Designated Gifts: $ 00.00 Budget Needs to Date: $7,047.38 Budget Gifts to Date: $3,680.00 52.2% of Budget Required Total Budget FY13: $91,616.00 Total Required Weekly FY13: $1,761.85
Without your tithes and offerings, our outreach and evangelistic efforts
are not possible.
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These classes are well under way! If you would like to be a part of an existing or upcoming group, please contact our discipleship coordinator by emailing discipleship@gfellowship.org.
You'll be glad you did!
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 Life Groups!
have any questions about any of our Life Groups.
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Caring for the Body
Involves Praying for Them.
We have a prayer chain for just that purpose!!!!
See Barbara Abbott or email prayer@gfellowship.org
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Building Access Policy
If you need access to the church for an approved function or other activity, you will need to plan ahead and make timely arrangements with a staff member (or other key holder) to gain access to the building. For an approved function where a key is to be borrowed, please make these arrangements 1 week in advance of the function. Thank you!
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Prayer Room Volunteers Needed
God has said that His house is one of prayer. It is the foundation for all ministry. If you believe you are being called by God to pray on Sunday mornings during the teaching time please call Barbara Abbott at 828-478-1073, or e-mail her at prayer@gfellowship.org to sign up. This is a rotation ministry and you will probably be called to pray once every two or three months. As intercessor, you will be with the congregation for the praise and worship and then go to the prayer room at the back of the sanctuary during the time that Pastor Roy teaches. There are many aids in the prayer room to help you pray.
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Other Helpful Information:
News and Announcements on the Big Screen: If you have news and / or announcements for the Sunday morning slideshow, please send them to: info@gfellowship.org by Tuesday morning of that week. We will insert your announcement into our slideshow presentation before the service begins and just after it ends. Please be sure to include any graphics you want used.
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Bible Study
9:15 a.m.
SALT Cafe' Open
10:00 a.m.
Worship Celebration
10:30 a.m.
Quality Childcare provided for all services.
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Bring a friend!
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