Gospel Alliance Church The Mon Valley Christian and Missionary Alliance Church 1011 Fells Church Road Belle Vernon, PA 15012 Phone: 724-823-0453 Email: info@gospelalliancechurch.org www.gospelalliancechurch.org Gospel Alliance Church Volume 12 AUGUST 2018 Newsletter Issue 1 Volume 12 Issue 8 In This Issue: Baptism 2 Adult Growth Groups 3-4 Children s Ministry 5 PRAYER: Let s Dig Deeper 6 Women s Ministry 7-8 Men s Ministry 9 JOY Club 10 The Bag Brigade 10 Starting Point 11 Prayer Resources 12 Library 13 Outreach Military Ministry 13 MOPS 14 Calendar 15 Mark Your Calendar 16
P A G E 2 Gospel Alliance Church at Cedar Creek Park as part of our Service Come and celebrate with us! Sunday, August 19, 2018 Gospel Alliance Church Picnic
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PAGE 5 Don't miss our exciting Children's Classes to help your child grow in the Lord! 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for 3 year old - Sr. High 11:00 a.m. Toddler Time for ages 3-4, Children's Church for 5 years old through 5th grade *Nursery is available for the 9:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. services. Parents and Guardians: Please be sure to escort your children to their classrooms to ensure their safety. Thank You! For more information about our Children s Ministry please contact Paula Clark at 724-823-0453 or pclark@gospelalliancechurch.org LITTLE ADVENTURES NURSERY Little Minds Growing, Playing, and Praising The Nursery is a place of humble beginnings and exciting new adventures for little ones. They crawl, play, and interact with others. It s a place for volunteers to connect with parents and other volunteers, while taking time to pray, fellowship, and interact with the little ones. It s a place to receive instant gratification for serving the Lord, through children. A hug, a song, an interaction, a prayer, a smile, all of which can be delivered by our Awesome Volunteers. Volunteers of all ages are needed now to continue keeping the rooms available to our little ones. Be the one that changes the life of a child and a family. See the Children s Information Desk for more information. If you feel led to serve, please make sure your clearances are up to date! UPCOMING EVENTS: October: Students will sing a song learned in CC and SS. November: Special Thanksgiving Event. December: THRIVE is excited to announce our plans for a Christmas musical this year!
P A G E 6 Philippians 4:6-7 Prayer is the primary work of God s people Come for as long as you like and pray!
Gospel Alliance Women s Ministries PAGE 7 Ladies Events for Your Calendar: Save the Date! Current Wednesday night Bible study, The Book of Ruth: GAC Library (meets 8/1, 8/8, 8/15) at 6:45 p.m. with prayer requests beginning at 6:30 p.m. Lead by Sue Higgins and Cathy Nemoseck. Upcoming Fall Wednesday night Bible study: Wednesdays beginning August 29th in the GAC Library at 6:45 p.m., with prayer requests beginning at 6:30 p.m. Topic/leaders TBD. Nursery available. Tuesday morning Bible study, The Hiding Place: Tuesdays beginning September 4th in the GAC Cafe from 9:30 p.m.11:00 p.m. Lead by Heather Hodge & Stephanie Lang. Babysitting available. Memorable Meals (potluck dinner): Sunday, September 9th at 6 p.m. in the GAC Cafe. Sign up at the Information Desk. MOPS/MomsNext Find Your Fire Fall Kickoff: Friday, September 21st at 9 a.m. in the GAC Cafe. One-day Local Mission Excursion: October is missions month and either Saturday, October 6th or 20th we are taking a day trip with the GAC van to serve a local mission. More information to come. Great Commission Women National Retreat is October 11th-14th in Lancaster, PA with Laura Story as the keynote speaker, and Sarah and Aaron Shust giving the opening message and concert. Cost is $295. Those interested can register at www.greatcommissionwomen.org and contact Ronda Engstrom for additional lodging options. 2nd & 4th Tuesday of every month 6:30 p.m. This month s dates are: August 14th & 28th Wednesday Evening Study: August 1st, 8th, 15th Has been moved to Sue Higgins home. For more information please contact Sue at suzhiggins52@gmail.com or message her. NEW Wednesday Night Women s Bible Study: Starting August 29th Discovering God s Will by Andy Stanley Place: Library Times: 6:30 Prayer Requests 6:45 8:15 Study God has a wonderful and fulfilling plan for your life, yet determining God's will can be a difficult process especially when you need to make a decision quickly! Discovering God's Will takes you through the important steps of decision making as you begin to discover the personal vision God has for you. Join us as we grow in the word together! Find us on Facebook or email us at: Womensministries@gospelalliancechurch.org Great Commission Women The Great Commission Women will be hosting their Celebrate 2018 National Conference on October 11-14 in Lancaster, PA. Grammy Award winner Laura Story is the keynote speaker, Aaron and Sarah Shust will be giving the opening concert and message, and Jane Rubietta is the Bible teacher. Six breakout session and a missions celebration are also planned (one of them is Melissa MacDonald who spoke at GAC IMPACT event a few months ago). Registration is $295, and lodging at the Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square is $139 +tax per night (total, for up to 4 per room). Contact Ronda Engstrom at drijeng@yahoo.com for additional lodging options. Go to: www.greatcommissionwomen.org for more event details and registration information. Gain new passion for your walk with Christ and celebrate what He is doing around the world at this inspiring event!
PAGE 8 Gospel Alliance Women s Ministries Nearly 60 of our women and their guests enjoyed some yummy ice cream sundaes and made an awesome keepsake craft at our Craft a la Mode event.
Gospel Alliance Men s Ministry Bag Brigade Upcoming Events: P A G E 9 If you are a man, you are invited to join us at Cedar Creek Park on Saturday, August 4 th for fun and food. 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Pavilion # 13 In addition to fantastic BBQ, there will be Horseshoes, Cornhole, and Kan Jam. Feel free to bring footballs, baseballs and gloves, cards, or whatever will help you to enjoy spending time in fellowship with other men. Please bring a guest, a friend or family member that does not currently attend GAC. More information will follow (exact times, etc.) Please sign up at the Information Center if you are interested. Is there a specific topic or book of the Bible that you would like to see our next Bible Study done on? If so, e-mail your suggestions to gacmen316@gmail.com Do you have a skill or hobby that you are interested in teaching to other men? The Alliance Men are looking at putting together skill training. It would be an opportunity for men to get together with other godly men and learn something new. If you are interested in teaching a session please contact Jason Usher at jason.usher@comcast.net
P A G E 10 JOY Club P A G E 10 Just Older Youth JOY club met on Thursday, July 5 th, for a "belated 4 th of July picnic". Of course, the theme was patriotic and even the foods had a red, white and blue theme. Regardless of color, all was delicious! Donna Kevech read an article of folks through the ages (how true) and Pam Strothman read a very interesting article about the history of our beloved flag. Linda and Dave Clark had us guess patriotic songs (funny how we remember the tune but not the name) and a quiz about past presidents. Several shared special 4th of July experiences. Levona came "lit up" - with a necklace of flashing red, white and blue bulbs and a lovely hair ribbon with sparkling lights. Very becoming. The August meeting has been CANCELED. September meeting is on the 6 th and will have a football theme - of course, Steelers and black and gold. Food theme will be tailgate goodies. We ended with a prayer circle with all participating with many special requests and many thanks for what this country has given us. Won't you come and join us in September? The Bag Brigade Item of the Month for August Pop Tarts You can drop your items off in the Café in the donation container! Thank You! Thank You for Your Support! The Bag Brigade ministry is still collecting items during these summer months! We are looking forward to whatever God has planned for us! Bee Graphix is reaching out AGAIN for your help to assist The Bag Brigade. They are holding a JAM THE BEE VAN event to collect food donations to continue to help our local school children. It will be held on Saturday, August 25 th at the following location. BeeGraphix: 905 Broad Avenue Belle Vernon, PA 15012 724-929-8800
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P A G E 12 John 15:19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. PRAYING FOR THIS MONTH: Our children returning back to school. Pray for the teachers. The children that are being home-schooled & their parents For our AWANA and Youth Groups The New Adult Growth Groups. HELPING YOU TO PRAY: Come to one of our prayer groups. Pray with your children before they leave for school. Learn your children s Sword Master & AWANA Verses. Ask your children to pray and learn from them. Find a prayer partner accountability. Journaling. Scripture from Prayer Cards. Vision for Our Church Just take the time to get quiet before the Lord & talk to Him. He IS waiting! Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the One who hears it and not in the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference. - Max Lucado
Library/ Outreach P A G E 13 The Library is Available Sundays: Before 1 st service After 3 rd service Office Hours Monday-Friday: 8:30 a.m. till 4:00 p.m. Library is NOT available: Sundays at 9:30 a.m. or Wednesday evenings Military Families Ministry Happy Summer! It s hard to believe that we are approaching the Labor Day holiday already; before we know it, school will be back in session and fall weather will be upon us. The Military Ministry is gearing up as well; the summer is often a down time for us, with military families focusing on together time and taking advantage of vacation weather. One of our initiatives, however, hasn t taken time off, and that is our Coups for Troops drive. GAC has been assigned 6 military installations to support with coupons, and this is a HUGE number! Presently we are only able to support 3 addresses monthly, so YOUR HELP IS NEEDED! Our goal is to be able to mail coupons to each installation monthly, so we need more coupons. Ask your friends, family, co-workers, the guy on the bus, anyone you can think of. Coupons can be expired by up to 60 days and need to say Manufacture s Coupon on them. No need to cut them out, we have partnered with the JOY Club as well as in-house volunteers that are happy to clip them for you just bring them into GAC and drop them into the Coups for Troops box behind the Information Desk. Looking forward to serving those that served with you! Chrissie Usher Chrissie.usher@comcast.net 724 322 9723
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WORSHIP SERVICE TIMES 8 a.m. Worship Service (Self-Serve Nursery) 9:30 a.m. Worship Service (Staffed Nursery) 11 a.m. Worship Service (Staffed Nursery) SUNDAY SCHOOL SCHEDULE 9:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Sunday School Classes for all ages! August Sunday School 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. For all ages! P A G E 15 Wednesday Evenings AWANA and Youth Groups 6:30 p.m. Adult Growth Groups, 6:45 p.m. To Know Christ and to Make Him Known Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 6:00 p.m. Elders Prayer for Parking 6:45 p.m. Women s Growth Group 2 NO JOY Club 3 7:00 p.m. Friday Night Growth Group 4 2:00 p.m. Men s BBQ Cedar Creek Park Pavilion # 13 6:45 p.m. Adult Growth Group and Prayer 5 Communion Sunday 6 7 8 6:00 p.m. Elders Prayer for Parking 6:45 p.m. Women s Growth Group 9 9:30 a.m. Military Ministry 10 11 6:45 p.m. Adult Growth Group and Prayer 12 13 14 6:30 p.m. Women s Tuesday Evening Prayer 15 6:00 p.m. Elders Prayer for Parking 6:45 p.m. Women s Growth Group 6:45 p.m. Adult Growth Group and Prayer 16 6:30 p.m. Elders Meeting 17 18 19 10:00 a.m. GAC Annual Church Picnic/ Cedar Creek Park Pavilion #1 20 21 22 6:00 p.m. Elders Prayer for Parking 6:45 p.m. Adult Growth Group and Prayer NO Women s Growth Group 23 24 25 Jam the Van The Bag Brigade Baptisms, Cedar Creek Park 26 11:00 a.m. Starting Point 27 28 6:30 p.m. Women s Tuesday Evening Prayer 29 6:00 p.m. Elders Prayer for Parking 6:30 p.m. AWANA: Begins 6:30 p.m. Youth Group: Begins 30 31 6:45 p.m. All Adult Studies Begin
P A G E 16 Mark Your Calendar August 2018 Women s Growth Group, Wednesday, August 1 Adult Growth Groups & Prayer, Wednesday, August 1 NO JOY Club, Thursday, August 2 Friday Night Growth Group, Friday, August 3 Men s BBQ, Cedar Creek Park, Saturday, August 4 Communion Sunday, August 5 Women s Growth Group, Wednesday, August 8 Adult Growth Groups & Prayer, Wednesday, August 8 Military Ministry Outreach, Thursday, August 9 Women s Tuesday Evening Prayer, Tuesday, August 14 Women s Growth Group, Wednesday, August 15 Adult Growth Groups & Prayer, Wednesday, August 15 Elders Meeting, Thursday, August 16 Annual GAC Picnic & Baptism, Sunday, August 19 Adult Growth Groups & Prayer, Wednesday, August 22 NO Women s Growth Group, Wednesday, August 22 Jam the Van, The Bag Brigade, Saturday, August 25 Starting Point, Sunday, August 26 Women s Tuesday Evening Prayer, August 28 AWANA, Begins, Wednesday, August 29 Youth Group, Begins, Wednesday, August 29 New Adult Growth Groups, Wednesday, August 29 October 2018 Women s Tuesday Morning Growth Group, October 2 AWANA & Youth Groups, Wednesday, October 3 Adult Growth Groups, Wednesday, October 3 JOY Club, Thursday, October 4 MOPS, Find Your Fire, Friday, October 5 Friday Night Growth Group, Friday, October 5 Men s Beef Feast, Men s Ministry, Saturday, October 6 Communion Sunday, October 7 Women s Tuesday Morning Growth Group, October 9 Women s Tuesday Evening Prayer, Tuesday, October 9 AWANA & Youth Groups, Wednesday, October 10 Adult Growth Groups, Wednesday, October 10 Great Commission Women s Retreat, Lancaster, Thursday, October 11 Sunday, October 14 Women s Tuesday Morning Growth Group, October 16 AWANA & Youth Groups, Wednesday, October 17 Adult Growth Group & Prayer, Wednesday, October 17 Elder s Meeting, Thursday, October 18 September 2018 Communion Sunday, September 2 New Adult Sunday Growth Groups, September 2 Labor Day, Monday September 3, Office Closed Women s Tuesday Morning Growth Group, September 4 AWANA & Youth Groups, Wednesday, September 5 Adult Growth Groups, Wednesday, September 5 JOY Club, Thursday, September 6 Friday Night Growth Group, Friday, September 7 Memorable Meals, Women s Event, Sunday, September 9 Women s Tuesday Morning Growth Group, September 9 Women s Tuesday Evening Prayer, Tuesday, September 11 AWANA & Youth Groups, Wednesday, September 12 Adult Growth Groups, Wednesday, September 12 Women s Tuesday Morning Growth Group, September 18 AWANA & Youth Groups, Wednesday, September 19 Adult Growth Groups, Wednesday, September 19 Elders Meeting, Thursday, September 20 MOPS Kick-Off, Find Your Fire, Friday, September 21 Women s Tuesday Morning Growth Group, September 25 Women s Tuesday Evening Prayer, Tuesday, September 25 AWANA & Youth Groups, Wednesday, September 26 Adult Growth Groups, Wednesday, September 26 Let s Dig in for Prayer, Saturday, September 29 Starting Point, Sunday, September 30 October 2018 MOPS, Find Your Fire, Friday, October 19 Smores & A Movie, Children s Ministry, Saturday, October 20 Women s Tuesday Morning Growth Group, October 23 Women s Tuesday Evening Prayer, Tuesday, October 23 AWANA & Youth Groups, Wednesday, October 24 Adult Growth Group & Prayer, Wednesday, October 24 SERVE, Service for the Police Force, Saturday, October 27 Starting Point, Sunday, October 28 Women s Tuesday Morning Growth Group, October 30 AWANA & Youth Groups, Wednesday, October 31 Adult Growth Group & Prayer, Wednesday, October 31 Gospel Alliance Church The Mon Valley Christian and Missionary Alliance Church 1011 Fells Church Road Belle Vernon, PA 15012 Phone: 724-823-0453 Email: info@gospelalliancechurch.org www.gospelalliancechurch.org