GRACE CHURCH Communications Policies Bulletin and PowerPoint Information: Requests for information to be included in the Weekly Bulletin or PowerPoint should be submitted using the promotion request form no later than noon on the Friday for the following week’s bulletin (nine days ahead of publication). All requests for bulletin announcements will go through the pastoral … Continue reading Church Communications Policy (2002)
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Giving Letter (3/2002)
March 20, 2002 Dear Family of Friends: Greetings in the name of Jesus! I am looking forward to the next two Sundays with great anticipation. Or course Easter is a highlight every year, and this year will be no different. This year’s drama, The Borrowed Tomb, promises to be a wonderful blessing and a great … Continue reading Giving Letter (3/2002)
Giving Letter (3/14/2002)
March 14, 2002 Dear Family of Friends, On the road to Damascus, Saul, an enemy of the gospel, met Jesus Christ in a personal way. It was such an encounter that Saul was changed into another person so much so that his name had to be changed to reflect the difference. He was now Paul. … Continue reading Giving Letter (3/14/2002)
Grace Lao Church Begins Road to Autonomy
Thirteen years ago Grace Church started the Grace Lao Church in response to the hundreds of Southeast Asian refugees flooding into Central Iowa. By the mid-1990s, this influx had diminished to a trickle, and eventually ceased all together. During its infancy, Grace Church fully subsidized the Laotian Church and its pastors, first Pastor Rick Davis … Continue reading Grace Lao Church Begins Road to Autonomy
Giving Letter (2/2002)
February 25, 2002 Dear Family of Friends, As I quickly glance at my March calendar, I see one word written across it: opportunity! March is perhaps the best time of year to reach people with the powerful message of the cross. Easter has a universal appeal to people of all ages, and is a wonderful … Continue reading Giving Letter (2/2002)
Church Financial Policies
GRACE CHURCH FINANCIAL POLICIES We believe the way a church handles itself in the financial arena is a reflection of integrity in every area. The Elders, therefore, have established the following policies to guide us in the years ahead: Grace Church belongs to God. It is not a monument to one man or even to … Continue reading Church Financial Policies
Be A Barnabas
Read: Acts 4:46-5:11 He was the kind of man you would want with you if you had to travel into a hostile land. His name was Barnabas. Most of us know him as the apostle Paul’s missionary companion on Paul’s trip to Galatia. Before Barnabas became a missionary, however, he was known in the early … Continue reading Be A Barnabas
The Scars Of Battle
Perhaps you read with mixed emotions yesterday’s “Memo From Hell.” It’s an illustration–of course–but there is more truth to that memo than many of us would like to admit. In previous week’s we have looked at “Why We Exist” and revisited our purpose and vision. We have examined the importance of prayer to God’s church … Continue reading The Scars Of Battle
Memo From Hell
TO: All Rulers, Authorities, Powers of the Dark, & Spiritual Forces of Evil FROM: Lucifer DATE: 2132 Apollyon 65 Satanic Years RE: Local Church Ministry It has come to my attention that effective ministry in the local church can be greatly diminished by diverting the attention of the believers away from stewardship and focusing their attention on trivial matters. … Continue reading Memo From Hell
How To Pray For Missions
Read: Ephesians 6:18-20 At the present time, God has chosen to use our church as a sending church. We thank Him and praise Him for the trust He has placed in us. But a church that supports its missionaries does more than send a support check each month–a missions church covers its missionaries in prayer. … Continue reading How To Pray For Missions
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