Grace Fellowship

   

The Grace Connection 

Friday, March 28, 2014

 

    
A Few Words from Teaching Elder Roy Mason..  

 

Friends of Grace,   

  

I hope your week this week has been a great one thus far!  Our ministry in Africa was wonderful, rewarding and challenging.  Our teams we were able to present the Gospel to 33,877 people in 188 separate venues. Praise the Lord!  Dr. James McLean and I arrived safely home last Sunday morning just as the Worship celebration at Grace Fellowship was beginning.

I trust that each of you were blessed by the preaching and teaching of Elder Rev. Pete Stamey during my absence.  God has used this wonderful and gifted man in a mighty way, and I am thankful that he is a vital part of my life and ministry.




Please make every effort to be in attendance this coming Sunday morning.  Should you happen to not be able to be with us and miss any message, click here to listen as soon as they are posted.  I look forward to worshiping with you!


 
Decisions for Christ


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Dr. Roy D. Mason, Jr.
Preaching Elder  

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Schedule for March and April:

March 30:  Raydelle Roche 
April 6 - Will Stamey 
April 13 - Joy Stamey 
April 20 - Easter (kids in service) 
April 27 - Carmel Lee Chamberlin
       

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Get connected to the body!

Contact discipleship@gfellowship.org for more information.
 
   
  

*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 

 

Our church, our community and each other.

 

Dr. Roy Mason and his team's mission trip to Ghana, W. Africa March 6 - 22. 

 

All of our upcoming events in the next few months.

Shania and Atlantis Depew
1080 County Road 5
Corunna, IN  46730

 

To submit a prayer request or to be added to our prayer chain, please email

prayer@gfellowship.org.  



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!

Dear Grace Fellowship Church Friends,

Thank you for the baskets of Dove chocolates and sugar cookies!

Everyone enjoyed the Valentine treats!

Sincerely,
Sue Freeman, Lakeshore Elementary School


 
   

 

Bible Reading Plan for March 2014:

These readings begin Sunday, March 2

 

  3/16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Genesis 10:15-32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Matthew 13:1-30

     3/17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Genesis 11:1-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Matthew 13:31-58

  3/18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Genesis 11:10-32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Matthew 14:1-36

   3/19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Genesis 12:1-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Matthew 15:1-39

  3/20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Genesis 12:10-20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Matthew 16:1-28

   3/21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Genesis 13:1-18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Matthew 17:1-27

   3/22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Genesis 14:1-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Matthew 18:1-35

    3/23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Genesis 14:17-24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Matthew 19:1-30

    3/24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Genesis 15:1-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Matthew 20:1-34

    3/25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Genesis 16:1-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Matthew 21:1-46

    3/26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Genesis 17:1-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Matthew 22:1-46

    3/27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Genesis 17:15-27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Matthew 23:1-39

    3/28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Genesis 18:1-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Matthew 24:1-28

      3/29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Genesis 18:22-33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Matthew 24:29-51

    3/30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Genesis 19:1-22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matthew 25:1-46

    3/31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Genesis 19:23-38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matthew 26:1-35

 

April:

 

        4/1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Genesis 20:1-18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Matthew 26:36-75

       4/2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Genesis 20:1-18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matthew 27:1-66

        4/3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Genesis 21:22-34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Matthew 28:1-20

 4/4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Genesis 22:1-24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark 1:1-20

   4/5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Genesis 23:1-20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark 1:21-45

 4/6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Genesis 24:1-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark 2:1-28

 4/7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Genesis 24:15-33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark 3:1-35

 4/8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Genesis 24:34-49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark 4:1-41

 4/9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Genesis 24:50-67 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark 5:1-43

 4/10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Genesis 25:1-18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark 6:1-29

   4/11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Genesis 25:19-34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark 6:30-56

  4/12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Genesis 26:1-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark 7:1-37

  4/13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Genesis 26:17-35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark 8:1-38

  4/14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Genesis 27:1-29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark 9:1-20

    4/15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Genesis 27:30-46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark 9:21-50

 

 

     
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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.

   

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.
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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.
  

 

Our Courage and Strength      

 

Daniel was a "gutsy" man whose courage and strength came from His absolute confidence in his God (our God). He was a wonderful agent for His Father. The Word tells us that when we depend completely on God He can use us however He desires because of our willingness, not because of any enormous talents.  

Here is how Daniel saw God:

 

"Praise be to the name of God forever and ever; wisdom and power are His. He changes times and seasons; He sets up kings and deposes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in the darkness and light dwells with Him. I thank and praise you, O God of my fathers." Daniel 2:1 - 3 

 

In these fragile times of wars, financial stress, greed, power grabbing, etc., have you  

examined your own strengths and courage so you can be what our God wants of us?

 

 

Attention Church Family!

 

Our next newsletter will be

published on Wednesday,

April 9. 

 

Please submit any announcements

by Tuesday, April 8
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.  

 

   

A Look at the Record...
 
Giving for Sundays, February 2, 9, 16, and 23 
    
Total Giving:  $3,952.00    Giving to Budget:  $3,952.00     Designated Gifts:  $.00                                                                

 

Budget Needs to Date:  $14,094.77

 

Budget Gifts to Date:     $8,107.33

 

57.5% of Budget Required

Without your tithes and offerings, our outreach and evangelistic efforts
are not possible.
 

Cartoon of the Week!
  
 
 


THIS COMING SUNDAY:

O WORSHIP THE KING!

Revelation 4:1-11
 

 
 
Life Groups!
 
Please contact discipleship@gfellowship.org if you
 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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Bible Study 

9:15 a.m.

 

SALT Cafe' Open

10:00 a.m. 

 

Worship Celebration

10:30 a.m.

 

 

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