Lessons from the Early Church Fellowship Acts 2:42-47 Jason Krute, Senior Pastor. Redefining Fellowship -.

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2 Lessons from the Early Church Fellowship Acts 2:42-47 Jason Krute, Senior Pastor Define Fellowship - Redefining Fellowship -. Benefits of Fellowship 1. with Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 1:9; Philippians 3:10; 1 John 1: to the of Jesus. Philippians 1:5; 1 John 1:3; 2 Corinthians 8:4; 9:13 3. in the of Jesus. 1 Corinthians 10:16; Hebrews 13:16 Struggles of Fellowship: 1. from the. 2 Corinthians 6:14; 1 John 3: of. Acts 20:17-38 OUR ELDERS are available to pray for needs on Sunday mornings. Tell an Elder or Grace Central. HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICES are available at Grace Central. LET S BE FRIENDS - Like us on Facebook!

3 MARTHA FELLOWSHIP, a meeting for mission-minded women of all ages - Wednesday, July 18, 1:00-3:00 p.m. in Adult Central. Childcare provided by reservation only. Check today s connection card if you need childcare. UNSELFIE is this year s Community Children s Musical. With a constant barrage of selfies, Tweets, and Snaps, it s easy to get caught up in today s self-absorbed culture. This changes for a group of kids when they learn of a brand-new app called Unselfie. Join the Grace kids on a summer mission to share the transforming love of Christ and His ultimate unselfie gift with other kids who learn the importance of being unselfish in today s selfie world. Performances are Friday, July 27, at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, July 28, at 4:00 p.m (at the Sandman Festival). SANDMAN FESTIVAL July 28 4:00-7:00 p.m. - There's plenty of fun for everyone at the SandMan Festival! Of course an amazing sand sculpture will be the highlight of this event. The Bubble Bus will be back this year, along with the Community Children's Musical Performance at 4:00, Classic Car Show, great food, and family-friendly activities! See all the details about this year's SandMan Festival! at gcchapel.org/sandman! MARTHA FELLOWSHIP BAKE SALE at the Sandman Festival. Calling all bakers! If you can prepare items for the bake sale on July 28, please use the flyer in your mail file (or at Grace Central) to sign up by July 22. Items must be at the church on Saturday, July 28, from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. More details are on the flyer. Thanks for your help! AWANA - Registration begins today for clubbers and leaders. Awana is available to all children Preschool (age 3 by 7/31/2018 and fully toilet trained) through High School. Clubbers: Register at gcchapel.org/ awana before August 30 (first club night) and save. Volunteers are needed to serve in several capacities. Volunteers may sign up at and select leader registration. If your time is limited, maybe you would like to sponsor a needy clubber or help with a special event. And we always need your prayers. Please prayerfully consider serving in Awana this year. FINANCIAL PEACE UNIVERSITY AT GCC The money class that will CHANGE YOUR LIFE! Take control of your financial future once and for all. Class meets Wednesdays from 6:30-8:00 p.m., August 29-October 24. Free Childcare for infant - grade 5. Cost is $109/person or couple. First five to register get half off! Register online at gcchapel.org/fpu MOPS and MOMSNEXT - TIME TO REGISTER! If you're a mom of a child infant through school-age, we d love to have you join us! We meet the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays, September-May. Our next session starts September 11, Go to gcchapel.org/mopsmomsnext for more details and to register. Space is limited so don't delay.

4 8:30 a.m.- Traditional Service CHILDREN S MINISTRY Nursery Rm C3 & C4 Sunday School-Age 2 - K/Age 5 Rm C5-C8 Kids Worship Grades 1-5 Solar City ADULT BIBLE CLASSES Prayer Office Growing Families - James Rm 108 Foundation of our Faith - Ladies only Making the Old Testament Come Alive Rm 110 9:35 a.m. Library is open in the Lower Level Youth Area 9:50 a.m. - Contemporary Service CHILDREN S MINISTRY Nursery Rm C3 & C4 Sunday School-Age 2 - K/Age 5 Rm C5-C8 Sunday School - Grades 1-5 Rm C9-C13 STUDENT MINISTRY Middle School Sunday School High School Sunday School ADULT BIBLE CLASSES Prayer Lower Youth Upper Youth Office Foundations - Zechariah Rm 102 Koinonia - 1 & 2 Timothy - A Walk In Truth Adult Central East/West - Philippians, Colossians Library Women in the Word - Traveling Route 66 Rm 106 Abundant Grace - 2 Peter Rm 108 REAL Class - Harmony of the Gospels Rm109 Sojourners - 2 Corinthians, Luke Rm :00 a.m. Library is open in the Lower Youth Area 11:15 a.m. Contemporary Service CHILDREN S MINISTRY Nursery Rm C3 & C4 Sunday School-Age 2 - K/Age 5 Rm C5-C8 Kids Worship Grades 1-5 Solar City ADULT BIBLE CLASSES Prayer Office GEMS - Romans 1-8 Rm :30 p.m. Youth Praise Team Rehearsal 2:00 p.m. Discovering Grace July 8 Offering Weekly Budget YTD Offering YTD Budget Attendance July 8 General $30,896 $26,717 $691,254 $721,352 AM Worship 669 Missions $12,023 $4,662 $121,018 $125,862 Sunday School 294 Finish The Job $2,479 $415,441 Building Debt as of 1/1/18 $1,148,364 Debt Reduction YTD $65,213 July Change for Change $1,435 Building Debt as of 5/31/18 $1,083,151 Online giving is available on our church s website - gcchapel.org

5 Carrie Fisher, Director of Children s Ministries cfisher@gcchapel.org Cindy Less, Children s Ministries Assistant Sunday Morning Programs at 8:30, 9:50 and 11:15 Nursery - Grade 5 WELCOME VISITORS If you have children with you today, we would love to meet them in the children s wing, located on the lower level just beneath the Worship Center. Programs are offered during all three service times for babies - grade 5. KIDS WORSHIP (1st & 3rd Hour) Join us each week in the Children s area for Kids Worship! Preschoolers will meet in their own age-divided rooms for Play-n-Worship. Elementary grades 1-5 meet together in Solar City for KidsOwn Worship. SUNDAY SCHOOL (2nd Hour) During the second hour each week, we have Sunday School for all ages. Preschoolers will meet in the preschool rooms. Grades 1-5 start in Solar City, break out into classrooms for lessons and activities, and then come back together for group games at the end. Our FaithWeaver Now curriculum allows all ages to learn the same story each week at their own level - that means the whole family can revisit what they learned together throughout the week. Make sure to grab a Family Connect paper each week from the check-in desk for ways to integrate each week s lesson into life at home. Anthony Ochoa, Minister to Students aochoa@gcchapel.org Sierra Young, Student Ministry Assistant syoung@gcchapel.org Facebook: Sierra Young This Sunday: 9:50 HS Sunday School in the Upper Youth Room 9:50 MS Sunday School in the Lower Youth Room This Tuesday: 7-9 p.m. High School Pool Party at the Latta s 7-9 p.m. Middle School Game Night at Grace Check out our new Facebook page, like and share it! GCC Youth Group (under pages). Follow us on If you are in the age bracket in school or working, we would love to have you join us Friday nights at 7:00 p.m. We will be doing a video series called Adulting through the summer. Find us on Facebook under, GCC College and Career for updates. We will not meet July 13 due to the Family Pool Party.

6 BRUCE & IRENE MCATEE, Hellenic Ministries, Greece Pray this week July 16 thru 22. Bruce informs us that the Greek Teen Camp will be underway, supported by a team from GCC, some of whom are coming from 2 weeks of ministry in Budapest. Bruce was the original youth pastor at GCC but responded to God s call to Greece in the eighties. He began in Athens in 1987, working with youth, refugees, Bible distribution, construction. One aspect of the ministry has been a combined discipleship/evangelism ministry, using the mission s boat, the Morning Star. This requires a certain level of regular maintenance, an activity in which Bruce and a number of the staff have been recently involved. Recent unrest in the mid-east has amplified the refugee situation. The mission is not only concerned with food and clothing for these but for medical needs and expectant mothers needing assistance. Bruce met Irene on a mission trip to the 2000 Olympics in Australia, where she grew up. They were married in 2002 and have two daughters, Grace and Emily. The girls have experienced difficulty in the local school and have been able to transfer to the American Community School. Additional prayer needs include finances for Grace s and Emily s school tuition and for money to pay for the New Testaments which were distributed early in July. THIS WEEK: Monday, July 16, :00 p.m. Youth Leaders Meeting 8:00 p.m. Piloga Tuesday, July 17, :00 p.m. Adult Summer Bible Study 7:00 p.m. Middle School Game Night 7:00 p.m. High School Pool Party Wednesday, July 18, :00 a.m. WOG Bible Study 1:00 p.m. Martha Fellowship 7:00 p.m. Praise Team Rehearsal Thursday, July 19, :00 p.m. First Fruits Produce Pick up 6:30 p.m. Community Children s Musical Rehearsal Friday, July 20, :30 p.m. College & Career Saturday, July 21, :00 a.m. Community Children s Musical Rehearsal UPCOMING EVENTS: July 27 Community Children s Musical Performance July 28 Sandman Festival July 28 Community Children s Musical Performance July 29 Koinonia 5th Sunday Lunch August 5 Sharing Grace August 15 Martha Fellowship August 23 Awana Leaders Orientation August 25 Young Adult/Families Brunch August 29 Financial Peace August 30 Awana Begins Sept. 8 OCC 2018 Countdown Event Sept. 11 MOPS/MOMSnext Begins Sept. 11,12,13 WOG Fall Bible Study Begins Sept. 16 Church Picnic Sept. 17 MOG Fall Bible Study Begins Sept. 22 Awana Ministry Conference Sept. 28 Martha Fellowship Meeting Sept. 29 Young Adult/Families Brunch Sept. 29 Martha Fellowship Mission Lunch

7 Please note your prayer requests on today s Connection Card. Also, remember to tell us how God answers. Our love and sympathy to Blanche Cottingham and family on the homegoing of her sister-in-law, Joyce Sylcox. She was at peace. Please keep the family in your prayers. Blanche thanks everyone for their prayers for Joyce during her illness. They were much appreciated. Ruthetta Hunt had a heart catherization procedure this past week. Doctors placed a stent and ballooned another area. She is doing well. Pray this procedure will result in relief from the discomfort and other symptoms she has been experiencing. Cheryl Hulme asks for prayers that the hospice she has worked out for her mom will go well while she is in Kentucky with our Short- Term team this week. Her mom continues to struggle with Alzheimer s disease and remains on hospice as she and her family continue to care for her. Pray for Regena Foulkes left eye to continue to heal completely before they drive back to Florida. She wants to be able to help Peter with the driving. Regena & Peter wish to thank everyone for their prayers for her surgery and post-op recovery. Linda Barrow - I would like to thank everyone for praying for my sister, Karen Thompson. She had her MRI and it shows a benign cyst in her head, possibly on the brain, but it is fine. Praise the Lord it is not cancer! Thanks to all who kept praying for her. Phil Holeman, Tim Holeman and Lori Carr s brother, had a lawn mowing accident that may result in the amputation of his foot because of the severity of his injury. Please pray for Phil, the family, and for wisdom for the doctors. Jason Krute - Praise! My father has been declared cancer free. Jim Smith is at Villages of St. Peters room #320B with a severe case of pneumonia which is also affecting his Parkinson issues. He would love visitors, cards, and your prayers. Please remember to pray for our upcoming fall events and for the volunteers needed to help with MOPS and Awana. These are two of our largest community outreach programs and many volunteers are needed to make these programs happen. Pray God will guide the many needed volunteers to register to help. Awana volunteers may register at gcchapel.org/awana. MOPS Kids volunteers may Cindy Less at cless@gcchapel.org. Ongoing prayers for long-term health battles: Joyce Bowman, Les Oleze, Roger Rodgers, Don Petty, Leon Arnold, Sherry Libby, Chelle Bell, John Wagner, Cyndi, Mackenzie, & Brittany Tomazi, Chris Dean, Art Tapy, Virgil & Betty Henderson, Phyllis Borgardt, Gary Todd, Anita Wescott, Ken Hardee, Marjorie Schoonover, Nancy Forth, and Michael O Rourke. Pray for loved ones with dementia and their families. Also remember our troops and first responders serving at home and around the world.

8 WELCOME to Grace Community Chapel! NEXT STEPS will help those who are new to Grace become acquainted with the staff and find out how they can become a part of our community of believers. DISCOVERING GRACE - a class about the doctrine and core values of GCC. Join us today at 2:00 p.m. Meet in the concourse. SHARING GRACE - a class about our church culture and the passion we have to Reach Up, Reach In and Reach Out. The next class is August 5 at 2:00 p.m. M eet in the concourse. NEXT STEPS LUNCH - If you ve never attended one, join us for a catered lunch hosted by the ministry staff. The next lunch is August 19 at 12:30 p.m. in Adult Central. COMMUNITY CHILDREN S MUSICAL Friday, July 27 at 7:00 pm Saturday, July 28 at 4:00 pm gcchapel.org/musical Jason Krute David Earley Mark Schoonover Barbara Coghlan Senior Pastor Worship Arts Adult Ministries Outreach Ministries MINISTRY TEAM Anthony Ochoa Carrie Fisher Sierra Young Cindy Less Student Ministries Children s Ministries Student Ministries Asst. Children s Ministries Asst Mexico Road, St. Peters, MO, office@gcchapel.org website at: Follow us on Facebook - grace community chapel CCLI # CVLI #