A Note from your pastor

There are six Sundays (including today) left in the year 2012. As a church, we are currently over five thousand dollars under our budget.  Yes, these are challenging times financially for many of us… God knows each of our situations and our ‘giving’ is between each one    of us and the Lord. As I have told you before, I personally have no knowledge of who gives how much in this church and I prefer to keep it that way.

Let me encourage all of us to take a look at our giving and if we’ve fallen behind, or we are able to contribute to the general fund, please let us consider using these last few weeks in December to ‘joyfully’ give our tithes and offerings to the Lord.

Thank you and God bless you!

Pastor Gary

SERVANTS’ COUNCIL

Tomorrow night, Monday, Nov. 26^th the Servants’ Council will meet in the Fireside Room at 6:00 P.M. We encourage you to pray for our Council Members as well as for each Council Meeting. Thank you!

CHRISTMAS TEA

Ladies, for those of you who have purchased tickets for the Torreon Christmas Tea this Sat. Dec. 1^st , your tickets will be available for pick up at the door. Please see  Billie Jo Lambert and plan to arrive around 10:30am.

Come and join us!

The Annual Grace Church International Christmas Dinner is scheduled to take place on Friday, December 7^th, 2012.  There is a sign-up board in the Narthex, as well as recipes available for you.  If you would like to help with any preparations for this event, please contact Marg Geiger or Debbie Allsop. Thank you!

Save this Date ~ Join us for Caroling!

CHRISTMAS CAROLING, WED. DEC. 12… MORE DETAILS SOON!

CHRISTMAS PAGEANT

Our Christmas Children’s Pageant will be on Sunday, Dec. 16^th. If you would like to help out in any way, please see Amanda Luptak. Thank you for your help!

ADULT  MID-WEEK  STUDY

We are considering a Thursday evening group study at Grace Church on Neil Anderson’s book:  THE BONDAGE BREAKER.  This study would begin sometime in January and childcare will be provided. Date and time to be announced. If you would be interested in attending, please sign up in the Narthex so we know how many books to order.

          “I will praise God's name in song and glorify Him                                                              with thanksgiving.” Psalm 69:30                                

May you all have a Blessed Thanksgiving Day! 

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FAITH With Action

We wish to THANK ALL OF YOU  who have contributed financially or by bringing in TURKEYS for F.W.A. Your gifts are greatly appreciated by so many needy families in this area! This past Wednesday, F.W.A. gave away 198 Thanksgiving food bags with turkeys!

F.W.A. is still in need of winter clothing. Donations may be dropped off at the church, at F.W.A. in Lakeside or you can arrange for pick up by contacting Dan Parcell at 928-892-2157.  Thank you and God bless you all.

Save the Date!

The Annual Grace Church International Christmas Dinner is scheduled to take place on Friday, December 7^th, 2012.  There is a sign-up board in the Narthex, as well as recipes available for you.  If you would like to help with any preparations for this event, please contact Marg Geiger or Debbie Allsop. Thank you!

Pastor  joe  Johnson

Plans have changed and Pastor Joe Johnson will not be at Grace on Dec. 2^nd to baptize Will Crozier. Seth & Emily Crozier are relocating to CA due to employment changes.

CHRISTMAS TEA

Ladies, tickets for the Torreon Christmas Tea on Sat. Dec. 1^st  will only be available for sale until this Wednesday, Nov. 21. No tickets will be sold at the door. Please contact Billie Jo Lambert at 928-242-0901 for more information.

ADULT  MID-WEEK  STUDY

We are considering a Wednesday or Thursday evening group study at Grace Church on Neil Anderson’s book:  THE BONDAGE BREAKER.  This study would begin in January and childcare will be provided. Date and time to be announced. If you would be interested in attending, please sign up in the Narthex so we know how many books to order.

Save the Date!

The Annual Grace Church International Christmas Dinner is scheduled to take place on Friday, December 7^th, 2012.  There is a sign-up board in the Narthex, as well as recipes available for you.  If you would like to help with  preparations for this event, please contact Marg Geiger or Debbie Allsop. Thank you!

FAITH With Action

We wish to THANK ALL OF YOU  who have contributed financially or by bringing in TURKEYS for F.W.A. Your gifts will be greatly appreciated by so many needy families in this area!

F.W.A. is still in need of winter clothing. Please check your closets for any unused coats, sweaters, scarves, hats and gloves that you might want to DONATE to needy families. Either drop items off at the church, or arrange for pick up of donated items by contacting Dan Parcell at 928-892-2157.  Thank you and God bless you all.

                                    WEDNESDAY EVENING ROCK CONCERT

Wednesday Evening, November 14th at 6:00pm here at Grace Church, $5.00 per person at the door. Opening Band: DISTRICT 17. Followed by LYBECKER Live in Concert. Youth, invite a friend to come along!

                                      Pastor  joe  Johnson

Please mark you calendars: Sunday, Dec. 2^nd, Pastor Joe Johnson will be at Grace Church.  He will bring the Sunday morning message and he will be baptizing Seth and Emily’s son, Will Crozier.

HOME  GROUPS

We would love to see some new home groups formed. We know there are several members that have expressed interest in getting “plugged in.”  If you are interested in being a part of a new group, please sign up in the Narthex.

Water baptism

If you have never been baptized, or maybe you were baptized as an infant and would like to reaffirm your faith by experiencing a full immersion baptism, please consider signing up in the Narthex. We are planning a Water Baptism which would probably take place in December or January when the Show Low Aquatic Center reopens. Pastor Gary will have a meeting in advance to discuss and answer any questions related to  Baptism.

GET ACQUAINTED TODAY!

Come join us at our ‘Potluck Luncheon’  immediately following this morning’s service and come  get to know some of the NEWCOMERS at Grace Church.

Fasting and Prayer

Several members of Grace Church have made a commitment to spend Monday and Tuesday in ‘Fasting and Prayer’ for the ELECTION DAY on Tuesday, Nov. 6^th, as well as for the victims of hurricane Sandy and the next storm forcasted to hit on Thursday. We invite you to come join us in prayer Tuesday morning in the Sanctuary, between 8:30am until 10:00am or possible later.

Attention Youth!

Derek Luptak will be attending a Seminary Class in the valley and all youth activities will be cancelled this week. He and Amanda will see you again on Sunday Nov. 11^th for  the next Javacade.

Save the Date!

The Annual Grace Church International Christmas Dinner has been scheduled for Friday evening, December 7^th, 2012. If you would like to be involved in the planning and preparations for it, please contact Marg Geiger or Debbie Allsop. Thank you!

FAITH With Action

Fall is in the air and winter clothing is needed. Check your closets for any unused coats, sweaters, scarves, hats and gloves that you might want to DONATE to needy families. Either drop items off at the church, or arrange for pick up of items by contacting Dan Parcell at 928-892-2157. 

F.W.A. also needs ‘turkeys’ to be distributed on Wed. Nov. 14^th, one week before Thanksgiving Day. If you’d like to make a donation, you may write a check to Grace Church and earmark it “FWA-Turkeys.” Thank you!

  

HOME  GROUPS

We would love to see some new home groups formed. We know there are several members that have expressed interest in getting “plugged in.”  If you are interested in being a part of a new group, please sign up in the Narthex.

Water baptism

If you have never been baptized, or maybe you were baptized as an infant and would like to reaffirm your faith by experiencing a full immersion baptism, please consider signing up in the Narthex. We are planning a Water Baptism which would probably take place in December or January when the Show Low Aquatic Center reopens. Pastor Gary will have a meeting in advance to discuss and answer any questions related to  Baptism.