The Grace Connection

Saturday, July 19, 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 and you are having a great Saturday! I am looking forward to worshiping with you in the morning, so please make every effort to be in attendance. 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.

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Dr. Roy D. Mason, Jr.

Preaching Elder

On the calendar...

Be Sure to Invite ALL your friends, family, co-workers and anyone else

who needs to hear!

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our Church Calendar

THIS COMING FRIDAY AND NEXT MONDAY!

THE FREEDOM SCHOOLS LAKE EVENT AT THE CAREY'S
Email or see Mike this week to volunteer!

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Are you part of a Life Group?

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...

Kaden Colon, the 8-week-old grandson of Allan and Carmel Lee Chamberlin, son of Edwin and Cori Colon. He will be having tests in Winston-Salem on Monday.

Bob Roche

Lynne Yarbrough and her husband, Junior

joy Stamey's father, recovering from cadrdiovascular surgery

Our adopted school, Lakeshore Elementary

Our church, our community and each other.

The new Christians in Ghana, W. Africa.

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!

Lakeshore Elementary School


              Dear Friends,

              Thank you for all you have done for LES this year! Our lunch this
              week (Thursday, June 12) (sic) was wonderful. Most of all, we
              appreciate your support!

              With much appreciation,
              Sue Freeman

Bible Reading Plan for July 2014:

These readings began Sunday, June 1

July 1 - July 31:

Click here to look up and read these scriptures online.

Looking for a place to serve?

The SYBA Needs YOU!

Baptist Center

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.

Click here to find out what God is doing through Grace Fellowship!

Every Member a Missionary!

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Living a Righteous Life

Jesus teaches The Beatitudes (principles for a righteous life) and the Woes that follow knowing that the standard is one we cannot sustain. That's why He came to usher in the merciful and forgiving rule of God. As for Jesus' fulfillment of the Bible's messianic expectations, it must not be missed that He came first to suffer and die on behalf of sinners (us) but will come again as conquering King (Luke 6:20 - 38 and essay on Messianic Expectations in Holman Bible). To be dismissive or passive about our glorious rescue and adventure with the Holy Spirit living within is utter foolishness. Surely, we will not waste this electrifying gift!!

Attention Church Family!

Our next newsletter will be

published on Wednesday,

July 30.

Please submit any announcements

by Tuesday, July 29 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, June 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29

Total Giving: $4,554.00 Giving to Budget: $4,554.00 Designated Gifts: $.00

Budget Needs to Date: $45,808.00

Budget Gifts to Date: $26,099.33

57% of Budget Required

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

Cartoon of the Week!

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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Sunday Morning Services:

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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