UPDATE ABOUT BUILDING AND POSSIBLE INDOOR SERVICES

Published: Sat, 06/27/20

LET'S WORSHIP!!!

UPDATE ON INDOOR WORSHIP AND NEW BUILDING PLANS

I wanted to share a few words concerning moving back inside to worship. Mikki and I and our Elders pray and seek God's guidance in doing the right thing at the right time in the right way. We certainly appreciate your prayers for wisdom during these times.

We are evaluating things week by week. When we start moving back indoors to worship, it will be a step by step - week by week process. We will make sure you know as soon as we make the decision to meet inside. Right now the numbers of people with Covid-19 are up in our area. Hopefully we will move past that soon and see it all declining greatly.....in Jesus' name! Many churches who have started back inside are having many of their people who are still reluctant to attend.

When we do begin inside services again, our intentions are to continue to have an early outdoor option at 8:00 a.m. This would most likely not include a full worship team but an acoustic guitar led worship time. The logistics of setup/takedown are quite involved within the time frame we would have. We would do what we do now with the car or chair setup. This service would last 1 hr or less to provide time for the parking area to be cleared.

Then, we would offer a 10:00 a.m. indoor service but the seating would be limited due to social distancing recommendations. We would also facilitate children's worship.We are still working on how the nursery area could function but we will work that out. Realize we may have to offer a third option to accommodate people if we run out of space.

Right now, however, meeting outside allows more of us to meet in one place at one time in a safer environment with less concerns for people to deal with. Of course we all look forward to getting back to a no restrictions environment; but, this is simply where we are right now. Thank you so much for your patience and support. We desire to do the very best we can do and take really good care of everyone that attends.

Our loan for the new building is moving toward a closing. We have the contract from our builder, Summit Structures. We will have another meeting with the contractor before we sign. If all goes well, we hope to break ground within the next 8-10 weeks. We are told the process will take from 9 - 12 months depending on weather, timely arrival of materials, and favor in our permitting processes. So though we are in a supposed "lockdown season", lots of exciting and good things are happening!

We love you all and are so grateful for your prayers and support. Mikki and I thank so many of you who join us online for the daily devotionals and times of communion. Also some of our groups have begun meeting to give you more opportunities to connect with our GH family. Check those out here.

Please make plans to be with us in the morning at 8:30 a.m. It looks like the Lord is blessing us once again with a beautiful morning to worship outside.

There is info below about the outdoor service in case your are new to GH. The situation is fluid so let's stay flexible.

Love you all,

Pastor Eddie

MESSAGE TOMORROW IN OUR OUTDOOR AND ONLINE SERVICES

THANKS FOR YOUR FAITHFUL GIVING!
- You can give in person at our Outdoor Service.
- Online through our website of Grace House App
- You can give by texting the amount to 256-400-1198. The first time you give by text, there will be a couple of really east and fast info questions.

INFO ON OUTDOOR MEETING

Hey Grace House Folks,

We will meet for our Sunday Outdoor Service at 8:30 a.m. Bring a chair or sit in your car. Dress cool and think of bringing an umbrella. Pastor Doc and I will be tag teaming in the morning on Father's Day.

Here is a bullet list of items you need to know. Please ready it carefully.

1. The service will be in the parking area in front of Grace House and will start at 9:30 a.m. Let's have a blast and worship our King. The restrooms will be available for use in the church but please no hanging out in the building. No coffee bar will be available. Feel free to bring your own if you desire.

2. We will have worship led by our worship team followed by a message that I will preach. We will be using a PA system.

3. The service will probably be a little less than an hour. Please come with a heart to worship. We will praise the Lord in the middle of the sounds of passing traffic. Yes this will be quiet different than our normal service but we are doing this unto the Lord and will magnify Him and experience the joy of His presence while doing so.

4. WE ASK YOU TO HONOR THE PHYSICAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES OF SIX FEET THAT OUR STATE AUTHORITIES HAVE STRONGLY RECOMMENDED. No, we will not have tape measures:) Please be mindful that people by and large prefer not to be touched or to get too close to others right now. We have nothing to prove and we desire to be respectful of this unusual situation we are in right now.

5. We will have an area roped off for you to sit (Bring your own folding lawn chairs). Some of you may prefer to stand the entire time, just be mindful to stand behind the area where people are seated. We will all probably stand through the worship time.

---- Immediate family members and those living in the same household may sit close together if you desire.

6. We will have some parking spots saved for people who prefer to remain in their cars. This is understandable as some people are at greater risk to the virus. These parking areas will be the vacant ones between the green bags which will placed to keep one space between parked cars.

7. If you are going to be worshiping in the roped off area, PLEASE PARK further away from the area so the closer spots can be available for those who want to remain in their car.

8. PARENTS OF SMALLER CHILDREN - Please keep your children with you at all times. I know this may require you to stay in the car but whatever it takes:)

9. I know some of you may prefer to give your financial gifts while we are together. We will have a bucket in place for you to give anytime while we are together. Of course, you can continue to give in the other ways we have been using as well.

10. We will also have an online service as we have been at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday morning.

Let's do this!!!

Moving Forward In His Name,
Pastor Eddie

Current Grace House Weekly Schedule

Sunday – 8:30 a.m.OUTDOOR WORSHIP SERVICE IN OUR PARKING AREA
              - 10:30 a.m. Online Worship Service (on FB and Gracehouse.tv)

Monday – 6:30 p.m. Prayer Conference Call (Simply Call (563) – 999 -1503

Tuesday – 10:30 a.m. Online Daily Devotional with Pastors Eddie & Mikki on FB

Wednesday - 10:30 a.m. Online Daily Devotional with Pastors Eddie & Mikki on FB
                    - 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Evening Online Service (Teaching + Communion)

Thursday - 10:30 a.m. Online Daily Devotional with Pastors Eddie & Mikki on FB

Friday - 10:30 a.m. Online Daily Devotional with Pastors Eddie & Mikki on FB
            - 7:00 p.m. Friday Evening Online Devotional + Communion

(All Our Online Services and Daily Devotionals are quickly archived on Gracehouse.tv for you to watch whenever you desire.)

You can view, copy and /or print this schedule at this LINK.