New Teen Ministry!

Matthew and Linda Swinehart will be leading our new teen ministry.  Look for announcements of events, classes, and activities and their dates.  Help, pray, support, this very important outreach of GCC.

Father’s Day, June 19,2001.   Come join us on this day, as we honor our Fathers and Dad’s..

Father’s Day Sunday June 19 – 10 AM

GCC Softball Warriors …………. Next game – June 25 …………… GG..

“There Is Freedom Here” …… July 3 – 10 AM….

IronMen’s Cookout “All Men’s Fellowship” July 10 – 5 PM

Please consider helping in one of two key areas where we are without workers. That’s right—not one!

1) Teen Ministry …..

2) Building Security …………during hall rentals. Serve the Lord NOW! See Joe Wilson or Frank Legg!

Church Cantata July 3rd, @ 10am

There is a need for those who wish to minister to others in the Sunday morning or Wednesday evening services when our invita-tions are given. This is a wonderful opportunity to directly help others focus on their spiritual needs. Training provided. If you desire a ministry and are interested see the pastor.

Just in case you have never heard of V-Card or need more information. A V-card is an electronic card that you can pass information around electronically, using your smartphone.
There are various types of Tag’s. One may exist for a URL link, free text; Dial a Phone Number and many more uses. We will be using tag’s on the website to make it more convenient for getting information to your phone’s.

Things coming:
1. We are working on a Mobi website for all types of phone’s. Hopefully, we will launch the beta version in a couple of weeks. Right now we will focus on update news and coming events with in the church.

Instruction on how to install the GCC V-card:
1. In your phone browser type. http://gettag.mobi
2. This will download the software to your phone.
3. It has been tested on Droid, I-phone, I-pad (touch) and Blackberry.
4. After the software has been download, open the program and scan the v-card.
5. Answer the question that it ask you.
6. When completed. Now go to your contact list and you should see Grace Community Church.
7. The information that is provided in the v-card.
8. 1. Church phone number
9. 2. Email address to Pastor Bragg
10. 3. Map – direction to the church
11. 4. Website.

Save the picture (V-Card) print it out and share with people.

“The Joy of Spring”

Please sign up on the reservation sheet on the table in the lobby on your way out this morning. We will be limiting the number of tickets this year, but we want you to have first option.
May 6 – 6:30 PM
Special Music: Freedom Trio
Speaker: Matt Angles

Spring Boutique

One of our wonderful events each year is our spring boutique. Food, baked goods, gifts, decorations, candies, gift baskets, and lot more – the sale of which supports our ministries. Volunteer! Want a vendors table? – see Jean Reno!

Check It Out
Check out our “Growth” section – we have a continuing Bible Study known as “Bible on the Net”. So, after your heart has been encouraged by the following devotional and poetry “dive into” the study. Get more out of your Christian life by “hiding the word of God” in your heart. Pastor Bragg

Devotions
II Corinthians 5:17
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”

ONCE I went into a second-hand shop filled with all kinds of old junk. It was a shop for the poor, where people could get a free cup of coffee and rest in run-down armchairs. They seemed to be living in a timeless zone, free from the hectic life outside.

While walking by one of the shelves in the shop, I noticed an old cup, a chalice, tarnished and dirty. I decided to buy it and clean it up. I bought it for just the few coins I had in my pocket. The price was less than the cost of a city bus ticket.

When I started polishing the cup, shiny silver began to appear. After a while, I had in front of me a beautiful chalice that could be used in Holy Communion. It was not only worth a lot of money but was also a token of what Jesus did for me when he shed his blood on the cross for my sins. I am not worth a lot in modern society except perhaps for my taxes. I was as dirty as junk, but I have been cleansed by Jesus Christ.

Even though I don’t belong to the upper class of this world and I visit shops for the poor, I am precious in God’s eyes.

Dear God, thank you for cleaning us up and making us new in Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Footprints

One night I dreamed a dream.
As I was walking along the beach with my Lord.
Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life.
For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand,
One belonging to me and one to my Lord.

When the last scene of my life shot before me
I looked back at the footprints in the sand.
There was only one set of footprints.
I realized that this was at the lowest
And saddest times of my life.
This always bothered me
And I questioned the Lord about my dilemma.

“Lord, you told me when I decided to follow You,
But I’m aware that during the most troublesome
Times of my life there is only one set of footprints.
I just don’t understand why when I needed You most, You leave me.”

He whispered, “My precious child, I love you and will never leave you
Never, ever, during your trials and testings.
When you saw only one set of footprints,
It was then that I carried you.”