Weekly Grace News: September 26, 2022

September 26, 2022
John Jackson
News, Media & Updates

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Sermon Summary & Application

“Mobilize” is a recap of this week’s sermon and practical application for your week ahead. Click here to read!

Upcoming Events/Reminders:

WCF Pasta Night – Sept. 28: It’s time again to bless our WCF community by making pasta! Be sure to drop yours off between 4:30-5:30. Full details here.

Prayer Walk – Oct. 2: IMPORTANT UPDATE!
Rain is in the forecast this weekend, but we will still hold our Prayer Walk Sunday (with a few modifications). Let’s be prepared for all possibilities! Worship will take place at 10am in the sanctuary. If you don’t mind walking in a light drizzle, bring your umbrellas, ponchos, and walking shoes. If you prefer, you may remain in the sanctuary for a time of corporate prayer. If the weather clears up, we will enjoy lunch on the front lawn…pack your lawn chairs just in case! Otherwise, we will eat in the sanctuary.

If it is very rainy, we will all have corporate prayer together and enjoy lunch from the food trucks in the sanctuary. Food trucks will be present, rain or shine!

The Sunday service will not be livestreamed.

Gather Group Kickoff Party – “Find Your Niche” – Oct. 2: Come as you are for a fun evening to enjoy cake and check out available gather groups to find the best fit for YOU!

Unity Prayer Parade – Oct. 8: We will join many other area churches for a collective prayer walk, starting in downtown Greensboro at Governmental Plaza. More details here.

Covenant Class – Oct 9: If you are looking to become a member (covenantor) here at Grace…this is the class for you! More details here.

New Life Class – Oct. 9, 23, 30: Want to learn more about becoming a follower of Christ? This class is for you!

Men’s Weekend – Oct. 14-16: We are heading back to Roaring Gap and Camp Cheerio for a great retreat, Men! Register now.

Child Dedication – Oct. 23: If you’re interested in participating in child dedication, please register here!

Youth All-In Weekend – Oct. 28-30: All-In Weekend is a retreat for students in grades 6-12, which will take place at Camp Weaver. Register now!

Trunk or Treat with Gate City Church – Oct. 31: Don’t miss out on all the fun as we have candy, decorations, games, and more!

VOLUNTEER NEEDS

Missionary Care Team: We have a few spots opening up on our Missionary Care Team. This team connects with our missionaries, prays for them individually, and discovers any ways our church can directly serve them. If you’d like to know more about what’s involved, please email missions@gracegso.org

Grace Kids Teachers: We need a couple more volunteers to pour the love of God into our kids! If you’re interested in teaching, please contact Lee at lsimmons@gracegso.org.

WCF Discipleship Team: Wednesdays 5:30pm – 7pm. Our Wednesday Community Fellowship is seeking to develop a Discipleship Team. We would love a team of 6-8 people who are dedicated to teach on Wednesdays and to meet together to strategically care for and disciple the WCF community. If you are interested in applying for the discipleship team, please email volunteer@gracegso.org for an application and more details.

Photography Team: We love sharing photos of events with our local community so they can see what Grace is about, but we need your help! If you have an eye for photography (experience preferred, but certainly not required), help us take action photos of events you may already be attending. Please email Lauren: lhatfield@gracegso.org

WEEKLY AT GRACE

SUNDAY: Join us for worship in person or online every Sunday….

In person services 8:30am & 10am
Online services – Regular Sunday Services are LIVE STREAMED at 10am on our You Tube Channel ..OR our Facebook Live Feed. Catch up on any you missed by clicking these links.

WEDNESDAY: Wednesday Community Fellowship dinner is provided every Wednesday at 6pm in our sanctuary. All who need a hot meal are welcome! Children can be served with their parents.

MONTHLY AT GRACE

Grace Groups – Get involved in a community here at Grace…we were never meant to do life alone! Join one of our small groups… CLICK HERE for more info & to sign up.

Prayer Requests – We want to pray for you! Prayer requests can be submitted online HERE.

Giving – Giving is an act of worship to God. We want our church to maintain a strong financial position in order to minister well now and in the months to come. Please consider giving online HERE. Here is a snapshot of our current giving numbers:

A Special Message from Brian May, Elder Chairman

Dear Grace Family,

For those of you who may have missed the service this past Sunday (9/25/22), the elders wanted to update you on our financial condition.

Coming into the summer, we were in very good condition given the gifts the church had received for the fiscal year through May. We had a certain amount of what we call “anticipated giving” that we had planned on receiving over the summer. Of course all of this is guess work because we do not know how often or how much our people will give!

With that said, actual giving over the summer came in lower than we had planned for – and as you know we just began our new fiscal year this month and we are continuing to see less in financial gifts than we had anticipated.

We felt it was time to make it known to the congregation and to ask you to pray for the financial support of the church and to ask the Spirit if you are being led to increase your giving or to begin giving. We understand that inflation has hit everyone and there is a lot of economic uncertainty these days. We are not interested in putting pressure on anyone to give.

We simply believe that Grace church exists for a reason – we have been called to gather to make disciples who make disciples crossing ethnic and economic lines and to care for the community God has placed us in. We do this through the gifts of our people.

We also don’t want to just get by financially, we want to be in a position to fund ministries and opportunities to care for folks in our footprint. We don’t have an endowment or other sources of funds – we are debt free and we try to run a lean operation here, and so that has freed us to do things like the Pandemic Relief Fund where we had an unexpected surplus and we were led to give it away. We have savings, and we are using those savings now to make up for our shortfall. That is obviously not a long term strategy for success!

We are the Lord’s and we serve at his pleasure. We exist because he wants us to exist and therefore we live financially by faith. We believe that when he calls he also provides – so we are seeking his provision now and ask for your prayers as we do so.