That Was A Short Week
It's Friday again somehow, so here's the latest from Sunday's View and also our Cool Person Of The Week -
THE VIEW
WHAT ON EARTH?
Welcome to Grace Church as we move into the fall and get geared up for our spiritual growth campaign – 40 Days of Community. We’re looking forward to going on a journey in company with hundreds of other churches all over the world and discovering answers to the question What on earth am I here for?
We’ll focus on different aspects of that in Sunday services and in 50 small groups all over the area and you need to start planning now to be a part of one of those groups.
The first stage in establishing our small group schedule is to have 50 host homes for them to meet in. The hosts will also need to be able to make reasonable coffee and switch on a VCR or DVD player. All the material is provided, prepared by a man who is often described nowadays as America’s Pastor, best-selling author Rick Warren.
So if you want to take a positive role in our 40 Days campaign, please be sure to visit the special table in the foyer today and let Ken and Lenore Swaner know they can count on you.
SEVEN YEARS LATER
Sunday October 2nd we will be celebrating the seventh anniversary of Grace Church with a special morning we are announcing with this invitation – Why not skip church and come out to breakfast instead?
Our plan for that day is to help all who are a part of our church invite a guest. There will be no service as such, this is purely an outreach event to make some new friends as we enter the next phase of our growth.
We’re going to be serving a full breakfast from 9.30 to 10.30 and will have the rest of the building set up as usual so that you can show your guests how and where we do everything on a regular Sunday morning.
Grace has never been about us – neither is our anniversary, it’s about reaching more people who still need Jesus.
Please be sure to pick up a copy of Roger’s anniversary message – Lessons I’ve Learned Along The Way – when you come with your friends that morning.
COOL PERSON OF THE WEEK
With our Hurricane Relief Fund getting off to such a good start last week, our Cool Person Of The Week is someone who has made a substantial effort to boost it. Carmen Balsamo organized a collection at her work to help us press forward with our efforts on behalf of those who are hurting following Hurricane Katrina. She raised $5,000, which puts our fund at over $15,000 within one week of getting it under way. Great job Carmen!
Please be sure to pray for Frank Summers and the team from Grace he is taking down to Mississippi tonight. They will be working in Pascagoula, helping people there salvage their homes. The team have to take in all their own food and will be living in tents while they work in a very unfriendly climate. It will be a tough week, so be sure to pray for them every time you think about them.
THE VIEW
WHAT ON EARTH?
Welcome to Grace Church as we move into the fall and get geared up for our spiritual growth campaign – 40 Days of Community. We’re looking forward to going on a journey in company with hundreds of other churches all over the world and discovering answers to the question What on earth am I here for?
We’ll focus on different aspects of that in Sunday services and in 50 small groups all over the area and you need to start planning now to be a part of one of those groups.
The first stage in establishing our small group schedule is to have 50 host homes for them to meet in. The hosts will also need to be able to make reasonable coffee and switch on a VCR or DVD player. All the material is provided, prepared by a man who is often described nowadays as America’s Pastor, best-selling author Rick Warren.
So if you want to take a positive role in our 40 Days campaign, please be sure to visit the special table in the foyer today and let Ken and Lenore Swaner know they can count on you.
SEVEN YEARS LATER
Sunday October 2nd we will be celebrating the seventh anniversary of Grace Church with a special morning we are announcing with this invitation – Why not skip church and come out to breakfast instead?
Our plan for that day is to help all who are a part of our church invite a guest. There will be no service as such, this is purely an outreach event to make some new friends as we enter the next phase of our growth.
We’re going to be serving a full breakfast from 9.30 to 10.30 and will have the rest of the building set up as usual so that you can show your guests how and where we do everything on a regular Sunday morning.
Grace has never been about us – neither is our anniversary, it’s about reaching more people who still need Jesus.
Please be sure to pick up a copy of Roger’s anniversary message – Lessons I’ve Learned Along The Way – when you come with your friends that morning.
COOL PERSON OF THE WEEK
With our Hurricane Relief Fund getting off to such a good start last week, our Cool Person Of The Week is someone who has made a substantial effort to boost it. Carmen Balsamo organized a collection at her work to help us press forward with our efforts on behalf of those who are hurting following Hurricane Katrina. She raised $5,000, which puts our fund at over $15,000 within one week of getting it under way. Great job Carmen!
Please be sure to pray for Frank Summers and the team from Grace he is taking down to Mississippi tonight. They will be working in Pascagoula, helping people there salvage their homes. The team have to take in all their own food and will be living in tents while they work in a very unfriendly climate. It will be a tough week, so be sure to pray for them every time you think about them.
posted by Roger Blackmore | 9:45 AM
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