In God We Trust Living in Our Fences Jason Krute, Minister to Students

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2 In God We Trust Living in Our Fences Jason Krute, Minister to Students God has given us to live. (Exodus 20:1-17; Galatians 5:16-26) Standards: Christian vs. Non-Christian It is not the church s to hold to Christian standards. (1 Corinthians 5:9-10, 12a) A Christian of faith is a person s to be held accountable. (1 Corinthians 5:11-13) We must be and effective to reach both. (1 Corinthians 9:19-23 Living as a Christian (Life inside the fence.) Our might be more than God s definition of sin. (1 Corinthians 9:19-23) Do not a brother over your. (Romans 14:13-15, 20-21) Do not people s and call it evil. (Romans 14:1-3, 16-18) Remember: Our is the fence. (Romans 14:19) 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 WINTER CLOTHING is being collected for the OASIS Food Pantry clients. All sizes (infant-adult) of new or gently used coats, boots, mitten/gloves, hats, and scarves are needed. Donations can be dropped off at the church Today - October 23 in the barrels in the Concourse, Perk Place and Lower Level. ALL CHURCH SKATE PARTY - Join us W ednesday, October 19, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. for our semi-annual all church skate party at Great Skate in St. Peters. Admission is $6 and skate rental is $2. This event is sponsored by our Awana Club & open to all ages. This is a great opportunity to bring a friend. MARTHA FELLOWSHIP, a m eeting for m ission-minded women of all ages - Friday, October 21, 1:00-3:00 p.m. in Adult Central. Childcare provided by reservation only. Check today s response card if you plan to attend or need childcare. MARTHA FELLOWSHIP MISSION LUNCHEON, Ladies, please bring a salad or sandwiches for twelve and join us Saturday, October 22. Check in begins at 11:00 a.m. followed promptly by the program at 11:30 a.m. in Adult Central. Our guest missionary speakers will be Jeanne Hulme, Child Evangelism Fellowship, and Kathy, Wycliffe Bible Translators. Today is the last day to sign up at Grace Central or you can go to gcchapel.org/events until Thursday, October 20, at noon. It s free and guests are welcome. AMAZING RACE - Come join us as w e help raise funds for the Irw in s launch into the mission field. Join us on October 29th at 8:00 a.m. in Hope Hall. We will send you and your teammate on a race around town to hunt down clues and conquer challenges. More details and registration at gcchapel.org/race. The cost is $20 per team and anyone 16 and older is welcome to participate. All you need is a car and teammate to join in the fun. 40 DAYS FOR LIFE fall campaign is September 28 - November 6. This is a peaceful, prayer vigil for the End to Abortion, held on sidewalks in front of abortion mills in America and 36 countries around the world. Please join us Thursday, October 27, in front of Planned Parenthood, 4251 Forest Park Ave., St. Louis, MO SIGN UP FOR ONE HOUR OR MORE AND GET A FREE T-SHIRT. Sign up in the concourse between services. OCTOBER is M inistry Appreciation month. Why not take a moment to thank our staff and those who serve. PRIMETIMERS - Save The Date for our Brow n Bag Bingo Night on Friday, November 11. Registration will begin next week in Perk Place or online at gcchapel.org/events. Cost is $10/person. Join us and bring a friend! CHOCOLATE TASTING PARTY AT GIRLS NIGHT OUT! Join us for a delectable evening with Kakao Chocolate! Spread the word, bring a friend, and you could both win a Kakao gift basket. The evening will include fun activities and great conversations with your friends in a comfortable, relaxed setting. We ll also hear a special story from one of the girls. Register at gcchapel.org/girls-night-out. IT S TIME TO BEGIN FILLING YOUR OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD SHOE- BOX! We w ill be collecting shoeboxes on Sundays, November Last year our church collected 541 shoeboxes and this year our goal is 600 shoeboxes. We will be a drop-off location for the community again during National Collection Week, November If you are interested in helping during this week, check today s response card or go to gcchapel.org/events. HELP US STOCK THE AWANA STORE! We are looking for toys, games, jew - elry, small gift cards, stuffed animals, etc. The store is visited by Kindergarten - 12th grade clubbers. Please mark your offerings Awana Store and bring them to the church. Our clubbers have done an amazing job of memorizing verses this year and this is a great motivator for our young people as they memorize and study God s word. The next store is November 10.

4 8:30 a.m.- Traditional Service CHILDREN S MINISTRY Nursery Sunday School-Age 2 - K/Age 5 Kids Worship Grades 1-5 Rm C3 & C4 Rm C5-C8 Solar City ADULT BIBLE CLASSES Prayer Office Young Families - Ephesians Rm 108 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 Lower Youth Upper Youth ADULT BIBLE CLASSES Prayer Office Foundations - Hebrews Rm 102 Koinonia - 1 & 2 Timothy - A Walk In Truth Adult Central East/West Class - 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings Library Women in the Word - Jesus the One and Only Rm 106 Sojourners - Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther Rm 108 REAL Class - Harmony of the Gospels Rm 109 Bereans - Zephaniah, Haggai, Jude, Zechariah Rm 110 Abundant Grace - Exodus Hope Hall 11:00 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 Raising Countercultural Kids - Raising Kids to Walk in Truth Rm 102 GEMS - 1 Peter Rm 106 College, Young Couples & Families - Christ Centered Life Rm 108 Good News for Women - What Love Is Rm 109 Pressing on in Grace - Colossians Rm 110 Multi-Generational - Genesis Adult Central 12:30 p.m. Youth Praise Team Rehearsal 7:00 p.m October 9 Offering Weekly Budget YTD Offering YTD Budget General $23,268 $25,047 $958,407 $1,026,921 Attendance October 9 AM Worship 586 Missions $3,605 $4,341 $163,254 $178,000 Sunday School 390 Building Debt as of 1/1/16 $1,446,303 Debt Reduction YTD $119,727 October Change for Change $879 Building Debt as of 10/3/16 $1,326,576 Christmas in September total -$9,872 Online giving is available on our church s website - gcchapel.org

5 Carrie Fisher, Director of Children s Ministries cfisher@gcchapel.org Sunday Morning Programs at 8:30, 9:50 and 11:15 for Nursery - Grade 5 WELCOME VISITORS If you have children w ith you today, w e w ould 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 through 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. Jason Krute, Minister to Students jkrute@gcchapel.org Facebook: Jason Michelle Krute Sierra Young, Student Ministry Assistant syoung@gcchapel.org Facebook: Sierra Young This Morning: Tuesday: After Church: Feb 17-19: 9:50 HS Sunday School in the Upper Youth Room 9:50 MS Sunday School in the Lower Youth Room 7-9 p.m. HS Youth Group (YG) 7-9 p.m. MS Youth Group (YG) LIGHT UP ST PETERS is here! If you have the ability to give an hour after the 3rd service, we have some guys putting the sandbags on the roof as we prepare to decorate for the lights. This will be short if we have a lot of help. Meet in the café after 3rd service. For those who need to mark it on your calendar, we will be having our Winter Retreat on the weekend of February 17-19, We will be going to Logan Valley Christian Retreat. Details will follow in the new year, but please reserve this weekend early A ministry to the age group 1824 is meeting at 7:00 tonight. We are working our way through the church s Doctrinal Guidelines for Teachers and Leaders. We are into Section D on Salvation. Please read ahead (available online: About Us Our Beliefs Doctrinal Guidelines) and come ready to interact.

6 STEVE & DIANA SMITH, Kentucky Mountain Mission, Beattyville, KY The Smiths have worked for decades in this depressed area of Appalachia, involved in jail ministry, school chapel programs, local church ministry, dental clinics, marriage seminars, basketball programs to name a few. Steve and Diana have a ministry which is heavily oriented to youth. Unfortunately, the standard description which fits many of the youth of that area is their parents are either incarcerated, hooked on drugs or dead. KMM s summers are taken up with camping ministry, in which Grace becomes involved. Sunshine Camp is especially devoted to a week of camping for the handicapped, with our church providing camp counselors along with kitchen and maintenance support. The jail ministry has been interrupted recently due to an influx of illegal drugs being slipped into the facility although there are indications that this ministry will be able to be resumed soon. Steve directs the summer camping program and overall maintenance. Diana is the camp song leader and bookkeeper, with all the workload of maintaining the records that are required for a non-profit organization. She has been assured of getting some help in this area. Diana will be having foot surgery on October 25 for a benign tumor. Pray for recovery as she will have to stay off the foot for healing. THIS WEEK: Monday, October 17, :00 p.m. MOG Bible Study 6:00 p.m. Youth Leaders Meeting 6:30 p.m. New Beginnings 8:00 p.m. Piloga Tuesday, October 18, :00 a.m. MOMs Bible Study 10:00 a.m. Quilters 7:00 p.m. Choir Rehearsal 7:00 p.m. Precept Bible Study 7:00 p.m. WOG Bible Study 7:00 p.m. Youth Group Wednesday, October 19, :00 a.m. WOG Bible Study 9:30 a.m. Precept Bible Study 6:30 p.m. All Family Great Skate 6:30 p.m. Parent University 6:30 p.m. Financial Peace 7:00 p.m. Praise Team Rehearsal Thursday, October 20, :55 p.m. Children s Choirs Rehearsal 6:30 p.m. Awana 6:30 p.m. WOG Bible Study Friday, October 21, :00 p.m. Martha Fellowship Saturday, October 22, :00 a.m. Martha Fellowship Mission Luncheon UPCOMING EVENTS: Oct. 23 Oasis Coat Drive Oct. 23 Discovering Grace Oct. 27 Prayer Vigil at Planned Parenthood Oct. 29 Amazing Race Oct. 30 Koinonia 5th Sunday Lunch Nov. 4 Girls Night Out Nov. 6 Sharing Grace Nov. 6 Daylight Savings Time Ends Nov. 8 Prayer for Elections Nov. 11 PrimeTimers Brown Bag Bingo Night Nov. 12 Men s Breakfast Nov. 13 Newcomers Luncheon Nov. 16 Martha Fellowship Nov. 20 Annual Congregational Mtg. Nov. 24 Thanksgiving Pancake Breakfast and Praise Service Nov. 25 Church offices closed Nov. 26 Young Adults Brunch Dec. 2 Light The Lights Dec. 3 Koinonia Christmas Party Dec. 10 Men s Breakfast Dec. 24 Christmas Eve Services - 4:00, 5:30 & 9:30 p.m. Dec. 25 Christmas Services - 10:30 a.m. Jan. 1 New Year s Day Services - 9:30 & 11:00 a.m.

7 PRAYER REQUESTS, PRAISES & ANSWERS: Please note your prayer requests on today s response card. Also, remember to tell us how God answers. Nancy Goodwin would like prayers for her grandson, Mark, who recently had surgery to reconnect his colon. Paul & Christy Westover ask for prayers for their brother-in-law, Andy, who has been diagnosed with cancer recently. He has begun chemo for a mass wrapped around his heart. Please pray for him and his family through this walk. He and his wife are both saved. His prognosis is good at this time. Jeanet Towne asks for prayers as she deals with issues for shortness of breath. Pray her doctors will be able to determine the cause without a lot of tests. Jenn Dumser asks for prayers for her sister, Christy Burgess. She had eye surgery to remove buildup from her eye. She will have surgery on the other eye sometime in January. Pray for a quick recovery and complete healing. Lawana Henry - Please pray for my sister Billie Reny. She is in the hospital with a blood infection, edema, weeping in her legs, and has heart problems. Pray her family stays at peace and for complete healing. Thank you and God bless us all. Carol Wells asks for prayers for Laura Bickford and their daughter as her husband passed away this past week. Pray for financial decisions and unity in the family. Shelley Edelman - Please pray for me as I need a job and I m excited to see where God will lead. Pray for the Jewish people who celebrated the Day of Atonement this past week. Pray they will see Jesus as Messiah and the one who paid for their sins. Thank you for your prayers. Cyndi Tomazi - Thank you everyone for the prayers for our family. We had good days with Mackenzie last week. Please continue to pray that we will have more good days. Bless you all. Continue to pray for Ed Prouhet who recently had surgery to repair a torn retina. The surgery was successful, but he is still having cloudy vision from a vein which was damaged by the original tear. Doctors have told him the vein will heal in time, but the clouding is disconcerting, please pray for complete healing and clear vision as they leave for vacation soon. Richard Lukens asks for prayer as he deals with treatment for prostate cancer. Remember Ellen Crahen in your prayers. She is having many health issues and is in Mt. Carmel in O Fallon. Peter & Yvonne Hurlbert would like prayers for Peter s job search and for God s provision for their family. Debbie Helzerman - Pray Dr. Phillips would meet with Marty and receive Jesus as the Messiah as the Scriptures are explained to him. For God to work in Kyle s heart and he would humble himself before God, repent & be saved. He is in a Bible study presently. Mark & Marjorie Schoonover - After our consultation on Monday about the MDS diagnosis we felt we wanted to have a second doctor s opinion. God answered prayer to get us in to see other doctors next week. As a result, chemo treatments will not start yet. Please pray that we would know God s plan for treatment. Thanks for your continued prayers. Jo Carnes - I want to thank all of you for your prayers during my recent illness. I know my coming through those first days and my ultimate recovery are in God s hands. I am very thankful I didn t have to have surgery which is risky. My doctors chose not to take the risk and it was the right decision. Recovery is slow and involves drastic life style changes but I know with God all things are possible. Please continue to pray. Mark & Jodi Revell - without providing any specifics, we d like to ask you to pray for a couple of key ministries with which we are involved that are experiencing a significant amount of opposition. Thank you for standing with us in prayer. Ongoing prayers for long term health battles: Ellen Crahen, Harry Yeakey, Joyce Bowman, Art Kiehne, Roger Rodgers, Leon Arnold, Sheri Libby, Chelle Bell, John Wagner, Bob Shields, Bill Bathman, Mackenzie & Cyndi Tomazi, and Pat Van Housen. Also remember our troops and first responders serving at home and around the world.

8 WELCOME to Grace Community Chapel! NEWCOMERS 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. Please use today s response card to RSVP and let us know if you need childcare. DISCOVERING GRACE - a class about the doctrine and core values of GCC. The next class is October 23 at 4:30. 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 November 6 at 2:00 p.m. in the Lower Youth area. NEWCOMERS LUNCHEON - If you ve never attended one, join us in Hope Hall for a catered lunch hosted by the ministry staff. The next luncheon is November 13 at 12:30. Ministry Staff Dair Hileman dair@gcchapel.org Mark Schoonover - mschoonover@gcchapel.org David Earley - dearley@gcchapel.org Barbara Coghlan - bcoghlan@gcchapel.org Jason Krute - jkrute@gcchapel.org Sierra Young - syoung@gcchapel.org Carrie Fisher cfisher@gcchapel.org Senior Pastor Director of Adult Ministries Director of Worship Arts Director of Outreach Ministries Minister to Students Student Ministries Assistant Director of Children s Ministries Grace Community Chapel 7661 Mexico Road St. Peters, MO office@gcchapel.org website at: CCLI # CVLI # Follow us on Facebook - grace community chapel