HIStory: AWESOME GOD The Psalms Dair Hileman, Senior Pastor

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2 April 15, 2018 HIStory: AWESOME GOD The Psalms Dair Hileman, Senior Pastor His name is - Jehovah - I am Isaiah 42:8 The 42:5 The source of 42:5 God is eternal - no and no. Psalm 90:1-2 Though we are, God is our. God is eternal but does not. Psalm 102:25-27; Malachi 3:5-6 God is to His people. Psalm 103:8-18 God is and rules over all. Psalm 103:19-22 This great God deserves our and. Psalm 104:1; Psalm 105:1-7; Psalm 106:1-2; Psalm 107:1-2 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 CHILDREN S CHOIRS SPRING CONCERT - Invite your friends and family to join us TODAY, from 2:00-3:00 p.m. for a delightful afternoon of music with our Grace Praise Singers and Love The Lord children s choirs. AN EVENING WITH THE BARKERS - Monday, April 16, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in Adult Central. Our missionaries from the Philippines w ill be with us to share ministry updates and connect with the people of Grace. Please RSVP on the Connection Card or at gcchapel.org/events. T-SHIRTS FOR MISSIONS ON SALE NOW! Support short-term missions at Grace, and do it in style. Faith t-shirts are available in adult, women s and youth sizes, and three-quarter length baseball t-shirts in adult and youth sizes. For cost, colors, sizes, and styles go to gcchapel.org/faith or call the church office. Deadline to order is TOMORROW at 11:59 p.m. MARTHA FELLOWSHIP, a meeting for mission-minded women of all ages - Wednesday, April 18, 1:00-3:00 p.m. in Adult Central. Childcare provided by reservation only. Please RSVP on today s connection card if you need childcare. GARAGE SALE - Our annual Garage Sale will be held on Saturday, April 28. As you start your spring cleaning projects, please set aside those treasures and support missions at Grace Community Chapel. Items may be dropped off at the church 4/25-4/27 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. No TV s or computers please. MARTHA FELLOWSHIP BAKE SALE - Your contribution of baked goods will help support short-term missions at Grace. Participation forms are in your mail files or at Grace Central. Items are needed at church by Friday, April 27. PRIMETIMERS ARE GOING TO PRISON - We will meet at the church Thursday, April 26, at 8:00 a.m. to carpool to Jefferson City to tour the Missouri State Penitentiary and Capital Building. Lunch at Prison Brews with ice cream for dessert at the Central Dairy. Register at gcchapel.org/events now through April 22, space is limited to the first 50 who register. Cost for the trip is $30.50 which includes tours, lunch and ice cream and is due with registration. THE MID-YEAR CONGREGATIONAL MEETING will be Sunday, May 6, at 6:30 p.m. Our Annual Report is a 26-page document that contains articles regarding our past year of ministry. If you would like a copy to keep or if you would like to read it and return it, please stop by Grace Central and pick one up. Below is a list of this year s nominees for board positions & term ending dates. Board of Elders Randy Barton 2021 Tom Bleikamp 2021 Frank McEachron 2021 Steve Pursley* 2021 Larry Shive 2019 Board of Deacons Randy Bourgeois* 2021 Aaron Burger 2021 Dave Cordes* 2019 Ken Farrell* 2021 James Jolliff* 2021 Board of Deaconesses Phyllis Adams* 2020 Natalie Bourgeois 2021 Martha Harting 2021 Pam James 2021 Nominating Committee (1yr) Gina Butterfield Sara List Dawn McKee Charley Saff *Incumbent Missions Committee Barry Burns 2021 Judy Kinne* 2020 Don Smith 2019 Greg Stark* 2021 Carol Wells 2021 Auditor (1yr) Bob Varwig* Recording Sect. (1 yr) Gail Boutelle* FATHER/SON LOCK-IN - Join us at 6:30 p.m. -?? on May for a night of fellowship. High school and below, bring dad, step-dad, grandpa, uncle, any guy who is important to you and enjoys having fun. All other men, come out and join us for a fun night of pizza, sports, and games. Cost is $7 and registration is online at

4 CARDINALS TICKET SALES FOR MISSIONS - Friday, June 1, at 7:15 p.m. Kick off your summer w ith a Cardinals game and support international missions at Grace! Get a great price on tickets and invite friends and family to save even more. Tickets are $23 each or $20 when purchasing five or more. Order tickets at gcchapel.org/tickets. RETIREMENT PARTY - Sunday, June 10, 2:00-5:00 p.m. Spread the word and plan to join us as we commemorate Pastor Dair s 20 years of ministry at Grace Community Chapel. ALL-CHURCH CELEBRATION SUNDAY, June 24 - Save the date for our All -Church Celebration Sunday service to be held at First Baptist Church in O Fallon, MO. There will be no Sunday morning services, just one service at 3:00 p.m. Let s celebrate together as we build on the past and embrace the future! 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 - Think Differently Rm 108 Foundation of our Faith - Ladies only 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 Lower Youth Upper Youth ADULT BIBLE CLASSES Prayer Office Foundations - Zechariah Rm 102 Koinonia - 1 & 2 Timothy - A Walk In Truth Adult Central East/West - Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians Library Women in the Word - Traveling Route 66 Rm 106 Abundant Grace - 1 Peter Rm 108 REAL Class - Harmony of the Gospels Rm109 Sojourners - 1 & 2 Corinthians 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 - Genesis Rm 106 Creation - Genesis 1-11 Rm 108 Good News for Women - Acts Rm :30 p.m. Next Steps Lunch 12:30 p.m. Youth Praise Team Rehearsal 2:00 p.m. Children s Choirs Concert April 8 Offering Weekly Budget YTD Offering YTD Budget Attendance April 8 General $32,098 $26,717 $372,476 $374,034 AM Worship 699 Missions $3,950 $4,662 $64,121 $65,262 Sunday School 346 Finish The Job $5,056 $357,487 Building Debt as of 1/1/18 $1,148,364 Debt Reduction YTD $49,894 April Change for Change $762 Building Debt as of 3/5/18 $1,098,470 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 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 through grade 5. SHIPWRECKED VBS: RESCUED BY JESUS Mark your calendars for June as we sail away on an island adventure. Shipwrecked is for kids ages 3 through grade 5 and will run from 9:00 a.m. to noon each day. Sail away with us as we discover that Jesus rescues! COMMUNITY CHILDREN S MUSICAL- UNSELFIE All children going into 1st - 6th grades in are invited to be a part of this year s musical. Rehearsals are Thursday evenings at 6:30 p.m. beginning with Orientation on May 10. The presentations will take place at the end of July. Registration begins today. No auditions needed, except for special parts. This Sunday: Tuesday: Anthony Ochoa, Minister to Students aochoa@gcchapel.org Sierra Young, Student Ministry Assistant syoung@gcchapel.org Facebook: Sierra Young 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) Graduation Sunday: Believe it or not, graduation is sneaking up on us. At Grace, we want to rejoice with you during this joyful time. If you have a college or high school graduate, please Sierra, syoung@gcchapel.org by May 1. Graduation Sunday will be May 20 here at Grace. Check out our new Facebook page, like and share it! GCC Youth Group (under pages). Follow us on GCC College and Career/Young Adults Ministry (Ages 18-30). This group meets on Friday nights at 7:00 p.m. in the Upper Youth room. We have a Bible study followed by fellowship time. We are currently going through the Book of Genesis. Find us on Facebook under GCC-College and Career. We will cancel when there is a church-wide event. The next one will be the Two Fisted Main Event on April 13th. We encourage our young men to attend.

6 RON & MARY BENNETT, The Navigators, Missouri Former members of the GCC congregation, the Bennetts have worked through a number of difficulties to establish a fruitful discipling ministry in Mid-America. They originally intended to work in foreign missions, but a special needs child caused them to remain in Missouri. Together they have developed discipleship materials which have been used among Hispanic inmates in prisons of North America, in English-speaking cultures in the Far East, as well as throughout the Navigators ministry. In their February report, Mary shared the beginning of a new group of women, studying the High Quest series, which she and Ron have developed. They are now enjoying a new role in the organization Navs in Encore. In this setting, veteran Nav staff are allowed to continue ministering with less administrative responsibilities. Ron deals with occasional flare-ups related to nerve damage, and Mary has been diagnosed with Type II diabetes within the past year. From the sound of their letters, the medical issues do not seem to be getting them down, but they can still use our prayers. THIS WEEK: Monday, April 16, :00 p.m. Men Of Grace Bible Study 6:00 p.m. Youth Leaders Meeting 6:30 p.m. An Evening with the Barkers 8:00 p.m. Piloga Tuesday, April 17, :00 a.m. MOMS Bible Study 10:00 a.m. Quilters 7:00 p.m. Youth Group 7:00 p.m. Choir Rehearsal 7:00 p.m. Precept Bible Study 7:00 p.m. Women of Grace Bible Study 7:00 p.m. Prayer Meeting Room 102 Wednesday, April 18, :00 a.m. Women of Grace Bible Study 9:30 a.m. Precept Bible Study 1:00 p.m. Martha Fellowship 5:45 p.m. Parent University 7:00 p.m. Praise Team Rehearsal 7:30 p.m. Men s Pick-up Basketball Thursday, April 19, :00 p.m. First Fruits Produce Pick up 5:55 p.m. Children s Choirs Rehearsal 6:30 p.m. Awana Puggles, Cubbies, Sparks Awards Night 6:30 p.m. Women of Grace Bible Study Friday, April 20, :00 p.m. College & Career Saturday, April 21, :00 a.m. Young Adults/Families Brunch UPCOMING EVENTS: April 26 PrimeTimers Trip to Jeff City April 26 T&T, Trek, Journey Awana Awards Night April Garage Sale Drop Off 9-8 April 28 Garage Sale & Martha Fellowship Bake Sale April 29 Koinonia 5th Sunday Lunch April 29 Discovering Grace April 30 VBS Music Rehearsal May 3 Awana Leaders Wrap up Mtg. May 6 Sharing Grace May 6 Mid-Year Congregational Mtg. May 10 Community Children s Musical Kickoff/Orientation May Father/Son Lock In May 12 Men s Breakfast May 13 Mother s Day May 16 Martha Fellowship May Angola Short-Term Mission May 19 Community Children s Musical Rehearsal May 20 VBS Volunteer Training May 20 Gradulation Sunday May 24 VBS Volunteer Training May 26 Young Adult/Families Brunch June 1 Cardinals Baseball Game June 2 Community Children s Musical Rehearsal June 9 Men s Breakfast June 10 Pastors Dair s Retirement Party

7 Please note your prayer requests on today s Connection Card. Also, remember to tell us how God answers Nancy Basden would like prayer for her nephew John. His surgery was a miracle, but the cancer has metastasized to other organs. He has stage 4 cancer and has been given months to live. Pray for peace and comfort for John and the family. They are believers and are committing the results to God s sovereign will. Lawana Henry asks for prayer for Lorin Henry, Alex, Kayleigh, and Kelly, who are all teenagers with emotional problems. Pray for all to make the right decisions as one of the girls does not believe in God. Lawana has sprained her back, pray for healing and relief from pain. Pat Egley - Many of you heard a recent news report regarding the death of a man on highway 47 when a brick went through his windshield. The man, Frederick Lueck, was the brother of Joyce Dixson who attended Grace with her husband and 3 children for years. Please pray for the family during this difficult time. Cyndi Tomazi asks for prayer for Mackenzie and their entire family. Cynthia Eckstein would like prayer for her niece, Desiree and family. In January, her daughter Adelaide was born at just 23 weeks gestation. After almost three months of being in NICU, Adelaide has gone home to be with the Lord. Cynthia would also like prayer for good results from a recent biopsy of her thyroid. Kim Funke - Our daughter, Jenna, recently had an endoscopy and colonoscopy. If these tests come back negative, her doctor is considering that she may have fibromyalgia. Pray for wisdom for her doctors in determining the correct diagnosis and treatment, and for an end to the pain she has been dealing with. As our Mid-Year congregational meeting approaches, ask God to grant us unity as a congregation and remember to thank Him for his continued blessings on us as His people. Bonnie McLendon is home and feeling well. She wishes to thank everyone for their calls and prayers. Continue to pray for God s wisdom and guidance on our Finish the Job project. Ongoing prayers for long-term health battles: Joyce Bow man, Les Oleze, Roger Rodgers, Don Petty, Leon Arnold, Sherry Libby, Chelle Bell, John Wagner, Cyndi, Mackenzie, & Brittany Tomazi, Chris Dean, Sherry Whitford, Art Tapy, Virgil & Betty Henderson, Phyllis Borgardt, Gary Todd, Anita Wescott, Ken Hardee, Marjorie Schoonover 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. Use today s Connection Card to RSVP. NEXT STEPS LUNCH - If you ve never attended one, join us for a catered lunch hosted by the ministry staff. Join us TODAY at 12:30 p.m. in Hope Hall. DISCOVERING GRACE - a class about the doctrine and core values of GCC. Join us April 29 at 4:30 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 May 6 at 11:15 a.m. M eet in the concourse. Support short-term missions at Grace, and do it in style! "Faith" t-shirts are available in adult, youth, and women's styles and a variety of colors. Short-sleeve tees are $20; three-quarter sleeve baseball tees are $25. Visit gcchapel.org/faith to see all the details and to order. Dair Hileman Jason Krute David Earley Mark Schoonover SALE ENDS TOMORROW! DON T MISS OUT! Senior Pastor Pastor-elect Worship Arts Adult Ministries MINISTRY TEAM Barbara Coghlan Anthony Ochoa Carrie Fisher Sierra Young Outreach Ministries Student Ministries Children s Ministries Student Ministries Asst Mexico Road, St. Peters, MO, office@gcchapel.org website at: Follow us on Facebook - grace community chapel CCLI # CVLI #