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The Grace Connection
Thursday, October 31, 2013
 
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A Few Words from Teaching Elder Roy Mason..
Friends of Grace,
I hope your week this week has been a great one thus far! This coming Sunday we will continue our study of Psalm 119, with a message entitled "When the Heart Cries" (Psalm 119:145-153). It is my prayer that you will be blessed, so please make every effort to be in attendance. Should you happen to not be able to be with us on Sunday and miss any message, click here to listen as soon as they are posted.
Please be sure to follow my blog. Monthly ministry updates and / or devotional readings are published on the site. Click here to be directed to the blog site, and be sure to "Subscribe Via Email" to receive periodic updates, delivered to your inbox!
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...
Bob Roche
Lynne Yarbrough and her husband, Junior
Our adopted school, Lakeshore Elementary
The people of Front Street Baptist Church
Our church, our community and each other.
The new Christians in Ghana, W. Africa and those who will disciple them.
All of our upcoming events in the next few months.
Shania and Atlantis Depew
1080 County Road 5
Corunna, IN 46730
If you have a thank you letter/card, a praise report or other correspondence that you would like published in our bi-weekly newsletter, please email newsletter@gfellowship.org or mail to P.O. Box 3215, Mooresville, NC 28117, Attn: Julie Wozniak. Your correspondence will be published at the first available opportunity. Thank you!
 Thanks to all who participated this past Sunday in the "Encouragement Survival Bags for Teachers" assembly and lunch! Whether you helped with lunch, assembled bags, shopped for items to go into the bags or PRAYED, you are appreciated!
If you were unable to participate, don't worry - their will be plenty more opportunities in the upcoming year!
Thanks again,
Carmel Lee Chamberlin
Encouragement Ministry Director |
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Daily Chronological Bible Readings for November 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!
Oct 25 Luke 10-11, John 10:22-42
Oct 26 Luke12-13
Oct 27 Luke14-15
Oct 28 Luke16-17:10
Oct 29 John 11
Oct 30 Luke 17:11-18:14
Oct 31 Matt 19, Mark 10
Nov 1 Matt 20-21
Nov 2 Luke 18:15-19:48
Nov 3 Mark 11, John 12
Nov 4 Matt 22, Mark 12
Nov 5 Matt 23, Luke 20-21
Nov 6 Mark 13
Nov 7 Matt 24
Nov 8 Matt 25
Nov 9 Matt 26, Mark 14
Nov 10 Luke 22, John 13
Nov 11 John 14-17
Nov 12 Matt 27, Mark 15
Nov 13 Luke 23, John 18-19
Nov 14 Matt 28, Mark 16
Nov 15 Luke 24, John 20-21
Nov 16 Acts 1-3
Nov 17 Acts 4-6
Nov 18 Acts 7-8
Nov 19 Acts 9-10
Nov 20 Acts 11-12
Enjoy reading the Word this year!
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Looking for a place to serve?
 The SYBA Needs YOU!
Food Pantry and Clothes Closet Hours
Tuesdays
Volunteer Set-up and Devotion Time at 8:30 a.m.
Client Appointments 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
2nd Wednesday of each month ONLY
Volunteer Set-up and Devotion Time at 9:30 a.m.
Client Appointments 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Thursdays
Volunteer Set-up and Devotion Time at 2:00 p.m.
Client Appointments 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Additional volunteers are needed! Please contact Mary Jane Hoover at
704-873-4372 ext. 3 or mhoover@sybaptist.org.
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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,
November 13.
Please submit any announcements
by Tuesday, November 12
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 Look at the Record...
Giving for Sundays, October 6, 13, 20, and 27
Total Giving: $3,563.31 Giving to Budget: $3,563.31 Designated Gifts: $.00
Budget Needs to Date: $75,759.38
Budget Gifts to Date: $42,099.21
55.6% of Budget Required
Paid to Missions Year to Date: $2,350.00
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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 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.
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Bring a friend!
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