CELEBRATE GRACE MAY 1, 2016

Grace Church is a community of Christ followers devoted to reaching and equipping people of all generations to love God, love others and impact our world – all by God’s grace and for his glory! Our Mission

CORE VALUES God’s Glory, Our Focus The Bible Our Authority The Gospel, Our Passion Christ’s Church, Our Family

1 Timothy 3:15 if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth. Christ’s Church, Our Family

Romans 12:4-5 For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, 5 so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Christ’s Church, Our Family

“Nothing so astonishes a fractured world as a community in which radical, faithful, genuine love is shared among its members...”

“There are many places you can go to find communities of shared interest. There are many places you can go to find people just like yourself, who live for sports or music or gardening or politics. But it is the mandate of the church to become a community of love, a circle of Christ’s followers who invest in one another because Christ has invested in them, who exhibit love not based on the mutuality and attractiveness of its members, but on the model of Christ, who washed the feet of everyone (including Judas).”

Jim, Leanne, and Emma Mellinger

John and Janice Martin

May 13, 1978

Pastor Alec, Tammy and family Launch Team

1 Corinthians 15:58 (NLT) So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.

I hope and pray that we will continue to grow in our experience of being a family here at Grace! Will you pray with me? Christ’s Church, Our Family

CORE VALUES God’s Glory, Our Focus The Bible Our Authority The Gospel, Our Passion Christ’s Church, Our Family ? ? ?

CORE VALUES God’s Glory, Our Focus The Bible Our Authority The Gospel, Our Passion Christ’s Church, Our Family

God’s Glory, Our Focus 1 Corinthians 10:31 So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. More to come Sunday, May 22nd

No matter how much effort we put into allowing these values to push us forward in our mission, IF God’s hand is not upon us, IF his Spirit is not moving among us... we will come up empty.

GRACE!

1 Corinthians 16:23 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. Galatians 6:18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.

Galatians 6:14a But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.