UPDATE FROM PASTOR EDDIE - Friday, December 13th, 2013
Published: Fri, 12/13/13
COMING JANUARY 2014
A New Series - Understanding the Spirit Realm
A new series will begin at Grace House, Sunday, January 5th, 2014. Our worship service will begin at our new time of 9:30 a.m. If you are hungry to more deeply understand how the spirit realm operates, please come and bring a friend.
Understanding the Spirit Realm Taught by Pastor Eddie Lawrence
Sunday, January 5th Session 1 - Our Angelic Allies - Who are angels? What do they do? How do we know when they are near? How should believers relate to angels? Plus angel stories....
Sunday, January 5th Session 2 - Our Demonic Adversaries -
Who are demons? What do they do? How do they influence people? How do you cast out a demon? Plus demon stories....
Sunday, January 5th Session 3 - TheDiscerning of Spirits - What is the discerning of spirits? Why is it important? Why is there such confusion about the spiritual realm? How can discernment help you? Plus true stories of this gift operating....
Sunday, January 5th Session 4 - Operating in the Spirit Realm - Can a person access the spiritual realm? How do you increase in your ability to operate in the realm of the Spirit?
Grace House Update from Pastor Eddie
Holiday Service Schedule
Sunday, Dec. 15th - The Children and Preteens will share during part of the worship service.
Wednesday, Dec. 18th - Down Home Christmas Fellowship - Bring appetizers and treats.
Wednesday, Dec. 25 - No mid-week service
Wednesday, Jan. 1 - No mid-week service
We are looking forward to our Grace Kids and our Rooted Preteens sharing in part of our service this Sunday.
Down Home Christmas at Grace House
Weds., Dec. 18th @ 6:30 p.m.
Please plan to attend this special fellowship on Wednesday night the 18th. We will all meet in the Commons area to meet and eat. No classes will meet on this night. We ask that you bring an appetizer or Christmas treat. This will give us all an opportunity to just hang out and connect.
Let's have a good ole down home Christmas time together.
This is the Last Sunday for our Special Christmas Missions Project - Ukraine Orphanges
Thank you all for bringing so many stuffed animals which we will ship to the Ukraine. Please remember that we are receiving a coin offering (and paper money and checks too) through this Sunday to be given to help these precious orphans who live in the Ukraine. We are happy to partner with Bibles for Russia for this endeavor.
Weird Animals - Where God's Love is One of a Kind
New Wednesday Children's Program
Beginning Weds., January 8th
Beginning Sunday, January 5th - 9:30 a.m. will be our new start time for our Sunday morning worship service.
We will have breakfast at our breakfast bar around 9:00 a.m. Thanks to all of you who serve as our greeters and who prepare things on Sunday morning for our breakfast. And....thank you all for being part of our Grace House family.
Share Your Story with Us!
We invite you to share with us any testimonies or stories of how God is working in your life. These will be used in different ways such as posting them here in my weekly update or sharing them in a Sunday service, Please state as briefly as you can but with enough information to help people understand just what the Lord has done for you. Send your story or testimony to Mikki and me at a new email address we have created just for these testimonies which is connect@gracehouse.info . We will be blessed and others will too! Be sure to include your name.
Remember to Find A Life Group and Jump on Board!
We are so grateful for the togetherness that our life groups are enjoying.
Our Life Groups Ministry is touching lives. I rejoice to hear about how our groups are praying for one another, ministering the Word to one another, going places together, building deep relationships. This is an important part of the family life of belonging to a local congregation.
If you have questions about being in a group or leading a group, just get with Hillard and Charlotte Matthews who lead our Life Groups ministry.
You are now able to view all the options on our new Life Groups website at LIFEGROUPS.INFO
Please check it out!
Life Group Study on Marriage Oneness
Bryan and Melissa Gregg who lead our Couples In Christ Life Group are leading a new series each Weds. night at 6:30 pm. This is a very practical series called MARRIAGE ONENESS and is for all couples or those about to be a couple. Our Couples in Christ class have a lot of fun together but also go deeper together by equipping couples in dealing with real life "stuff" by applying God's Word. This class is conversational and interactive and will be a blessing to you. Come and dive in with this incredible group of couples. Here is more info about the group.
Our Next Grace House Mission Trip -- Looks like late January.
Please be praying for the development of our next mission trip. This team will purposely be a very small team due to the travel schedule and arrangements and assignment.
About nine years ago the Lord really touched me deeply concerning the island nations. Since that time, I have had the opportunity to see the Lord do some amazing things in the Caribbean. We had an awesome time in Trinidad last year and this past April we saw God do a mighty work in Carriacou and Petite Martinque. It looks as if our next trip will be to Barbados with the possibility of island jumping to revisit Trinidad and Carriacou.
There is no doubt that developing a missions heart is one of the greatest things a congregation can do.
Every Christmas morning, when my kids were little, I read them the nativity story out of the big family Bible.
When my son was old enough to talk, he asked me what a stable was.
I thought for a moment how to explain it to him in terms he could understand, then told him, "It's something like your sister's room, but without a TV."
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