Graeagle Community Church September 2018

1 The Newsletter Graeagle Community Church September 2018 The Overwhelming Grace of God That Still Awaits T'was grace that brought me safe thus far And grace will lead me home Amazing Grace While studying the book of Ephesians recently with our weekly men s Bible study, a familiar verse struck me in a new and fresh way that caused me to consider something I rarely ponder. In chapter 2, Paul explains the magnificent truth of God s grace and how it has been applied to us in Christ Jesus. He describes how we as individuals have been transformed by the power of God in the gospel. Previously liv-ing as spiritually dead in our sins, God has made us alive together with Christ (2:1-5). Furthermore, just as Jesus was raised from death to life, and then ascended into heaven where he now rules and reigns from his throne of glory, Paul argues that we too have been raised with him and are also seated with him in the heavenly realms (2:6).

2 Then, in the next verse, Paul says something startling. He switches from looking at the past (what God has done in Christ), and looks to the future (what God will do in Christ) in the coming outpouring of His grace. He states that God has raised us with Christ and seated us with Him, ..so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus (2:7). The riches of God s grace refers to the inexhaustible and overwhelming source of God s gracious character. His lovingkindness knows no end! It is a bottomless well that will supply us with grace in kindness forev-er and ever. This is the truth that surprised me because we often think of God s grace merely in terms of what God has done for us in the past. He has showered us with grace in Christ, specifically in his work on the cross when our sins were forgiven and our pardon from the wrath of God was sealed.

3 However, Ephe-sians 2:7 points us to the future and reminds us that our greatest experience of God s grace is yet to come in the coming ages. This astonished me because of two things. First, it means that the purpose of our salvation is ultimately for God to be glorified as he lavishes us with his grace. Second, we see that God will lavish us with his grace for an eternity. The reason God made us alive in Christ and seated us securely with him is so that he might make us recipients of everlasting kindness from the storehouses of his amazing grace! Right away, Paul squashes the idea in the next verse that we have somehow done anything to de-serve God s grace. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast (Eph 2:8-9). By definition, God s kindness originates in him, it is extended to us freely, and it is sustained throughout eternity because this is what brings him the greatest glory.

4 May we truly exalt in the amazing grace of our God as we anticipate its outpouring on us for eternity! In the Peace of Our Lord, Daniel MEN S MINISTRIES MEN S BIBLE STUDY Men s Bible Study meets Saturday mornings at 7:30 for fellowship and Bible study. MEN S BREAKFAST The next breakfast has been planned and dates set so mark your calendars for November 10th. MEN S RETREAT September 14-16 at Jackson Meadows Reservoir Registration forms are available on the Church narthex table or by calling the Church office. WOMEN S MINISTRIES MOMS IN PRAYER Each Monday at 8:45 AM, women are invited to join in a time of prayer for our families. Prayer requests can be submitted by filling out a card in the narthex and dropping it in the box provided. All requests are kept confidential within the Moms in Prayer group. WOMEN S BIBLE STUDY Join the women on Monday mornings from 9:30 to 11:00.

5 The class is currently studying Deuteronomy. Download a lesson from the Church website or pick one up from the narthex table. Coffee fellowship before and after Bible study on the first Monday of the month. Child care is available. FELLOWSHIP/BOOK STUDY Women s Fellowship meets on Saturday mornings at 7:30. They are currently discussing the book The One Another Project by Wayne Hoag. Please call the Church office for meeting location. WOMEN S GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP If you have suffered a recent loss, or are having a hard time dealing with any loss, we invite you to join the Grief Group. The ladies meet on Tuesday afternoons at 2:30. For more information including meeting location, please call Gail Arterburn at 836-1361. WOMEN S LUNCHEONS Mark your calendars now for our Fall Luncheon (Saturday, October 6th at Noon), and for our Christmas Brunch (Saturday, December 1st at 10 AM). WOMEN S RETREAT Reservations for the 2019 retreat have been made!

6 Join us May 3-5 at Zephyr Point. SAVE THE DATE! GODWARD is meeting each Wednesday evening coinciding with Awana. Make sure your come early for dinner (5:30). Check the Awana Calendar for the weekly menu. Young Women s Discipleship will start up their fall meetings beginning Sunday, September 23rd at 4 PM. Please call the Church office or see Daniel or Erin Ransom for meeting location. Graeagle Community Church 2018 Awana Calendar Wednesday, September 5 National Cheese Pizza Day Dinner Cheese Pizza Wednesday, September 12 Night Bring A Real Friend to Club Dinner Hot Dogs and Hamburgers Wednesday, September 19 Pirate Night International Talk Like a Pirate Day Peg Leg Chicken Wednesday, September 26 Parents Night (if not a back to school night at PCS or CRC) Dinner Spaghetti Please mark your calendars for the following up-coming events: October 4th Christmas Choir Practices Begin October 6th Women s Fall Luncheon (see announcement above) October 8th Board Meeting October 19th Annual Harvest Festival Dinner October 31st Trunk or Treat November 10th Men s Breakfast November 11th Veteran s Day Christmas Tree Cutting November 12th Church Board Meeting November 21st Thanksgiving Eve Service Harvest Fall Trunk or Treat Men s Ministries Thanksgiving September is the month that the Graeagle Community Church supports our military through gifts to Faith Comes By Hearing.

7 FCBH is an organization that provides Military Bible Sticks (MP3 players loaded with the New Testament and select Psalms) to chaplains in the military for distribution to soldiers. For just $25 one soldier and his family will receive God s Word. Please make your check out to the Church . All contributions received by September 23 will be matched by a generous donor. Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 4 7:30 AM Men s Bible Study 7:30 AM Women s Fellowship* 2 9 AM Prayer 10 AM Worship 3 8:45 AM Moms in Prayer 4 2:30 PM Women s Grief Group* 7 PM CDI Fundamentals of the Faith 5 6:00 Awana/Godward Dinner served at 5:30 PM 6 9 AM Prayer for our Nation 7 8 7:30 AM Men s Breakfast 7:30 AM Women s Fellowship* 9 9 AM Prayer 10 AM Worship 10 8:45 AM Moms in Prayer 9:30 AM Women s Bible Study 11 2:30 PM Women s Grief Group* 7 PM CDI Fundamentals of the Faith 12 6:00 Awana/Godward Dinner served at 5:30 PM 13 9 AM Prayer for our Nation Board Meets with DR Richard Hayes 14 15 7:30 AM Women s Fellowship* 16 9 AM Prayer 10 AM Worship 17 8:45 AM Moms in Prayer 9:30 AM Women s Bible Study 18 2:30 PM Women s Grief Group* 7 PM CDI Fundamentals of the Faith 19 6:00 Awana/Godward Dinner served at 5:30 PM 20 9 AM Prayer for our Nation 21 22 7.

8 30 AM Men s Bible Study 7:30 AM Women s Fellowship* 23 9 AM Prayer 10 AM Worship 4 PM Young Women s Disciple-ship* 24 8:45 AM Moms in Prayer 9:30 AM Women s Bible Study 25 2:30 PM Women s Grief Group* 7 PM CDI Fundamentals of the Faith 26 6:00 Awana/Godward Dinner served at 5:30 PM 27 9 AM Prayer for our Nation 28 29 7:30 AM Men s Bible Study 7:30 AM Women s Fellowship* 30 9 AM Prayer 10 AM Worship Fifth Sunday Potluck 2-Harley Sears 3-Nancy Warmby 5-Lonnie Nafzgar Luke Zempel 6-Inez Booze Don Heinitz 9-Lily Sampson 11-Willo Vieira 12-Jaxson Artaz 14-Pamela Greene 2- Chuck & Cathe Franck 6-Jack & Jan Zygner 12-John & Shirley O'Donnell 13-Jim and Jaymie Crews 18-John Mitchell 23-Jordyn Crews Doris Guerrant Mary Roach 25-Victor Sepulveda 28-Duane Benedict Debbie Rinehart 30-Gleva (June) Harrison