Grace Fellowship

   

The Grace Connection 

Wednesday, October 22, 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 day today!  I hope you will make every effort to be in attendance at church on Sunday.  I look forward to bringing the message from the book of Philippians.  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...    

 

        

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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...

 

Bob Roche

 

Lynne Yarbrough and her husband, Junior

 

Joy Stamey's father

 

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! 
   

Bible Reading Plan for October & November 2014:

These readings began Sunday, June 1 

  

          

October 1 - October 31:

   

November 1 - November 30:    

 
Click here to look up and read these scriptures online.

 


 

October 2014 Countries to Pray for:

Jordan
Palau
Barbados
Macedonia
Jamaica


                  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.
  

 

God's Grace     

 

 

We all have choices in life.....little ones and big ones. The ultimate choice of how we follow God determines our life experiences. Will we opt to pick and choose or will we determine to believe and walk the walk He has laid out for us. Every decision has consequences and each one builds on preceding ones. On earth we live in "tents that need or have patches" but God is so gracious to use even the holes and raggedy edges for good if we let Him. We can "come clean" and try again or just let the patches wear and eventually destroy the tent. GOD IS FOR US, NOT AGAINST US....We MUST keep our tents in repair until we exchange the earthly one for the heavenly one!!! The alternative is not pretty. Galatians 5: 26 - 26

 

Attention Church Family!

 

Our next newsletter will be

published on Wednesday,

November 5. 

 

Please submit any announcements

by Tuesday, November 4 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, September 7, 14, 21, and 28 
    
Total Giving:  $3,396.85    Giving to Budget:  $3,396.85     Designated Gifts:  $.00                                                                

 

Budget Needs to Date:  $57,816.75

 

Budget Gifts to Date:     $37,825.18

 

65.4% 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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