Sunday at Grace
Dear Church Family and Friends,
I'm looking forward to preaching tomorrow morning. I am a one-armed preacher, but excited to be back doing what God has called me to do. I am preaching about the Christian virtue of RESPONSIBILITY. We are to be DOERS of the word and not hearers only. The gospel is not only to be presented in word, but in deeds also. We are to practice what we preach.
Grace is a church filled with believers who are ready and busy doing the gospel. Our church is one of the most responsible churches anywhere. Last Saturday, during the Copper Springs block party, over 40 volunteers from our church were hosting the residents, preparing and serving the food, making balloon animals, giving out back-to-school backpacks filled with school supplies, setting up and taking down the equipment and just talking to families that came out. I saw a full 1/3 of our average church attendance practicing what it preaches last Saturday morning.
Another blessing I saw unfold last Saturday was our church practicing the gospel without prejudice. There were no racial distinctions--no ethnic barriers. I noticed that the residents who came to the event were evenly divided between white, black, and Hispanic folks. Did you watch the children play? There was no racial tensions--no ethnic divisions between them. The kids played together while parents shared together. Our church was a reconciling, fellowshipping, community building influence in the name of Jesus. I was overwhelmed by the way Grace Baptist Church practiced the virtue of welcoming responsibility.
One more thing: Our church family will commission tomorrow morning the mission team of Reverend Earl Pirkle and Mr. Kenneth Adams (Christ Place Church) as missionaries to Tanzania for a three week missionary excursion. You will be given a daily itinerary by which you may support these two brothers through prayer while they are on mission.
Think about how God is leading our church. Last Saturday reaching out as missionaries to the Copper Springs community which is our Judea. This week sending missionaries to serve in the "...uttermost part of the world." (Acts 1:8) Grace is becoming a worldwide missionary influence within the kingdom of God.
I am praising God for all that He is doing.
Grace is a church filled with believers who are ready and busy doing the gospel. Our church is one of the most responsible churches anywhere. Last Saturday, during the Copper Springs block party, over 40 volunteers from our church were hosting the residents, preparing and serving the food, making balloon animals, giving out back-to-school backpacks filled with school supplies, setting up and taking down the equipment and just talking to families that came out. I saw a full 1/3 of our average church attendance practicing what it preaches last Saturday morning.
Another blessing I saw unfold last Saturday was our church practicing the gospel without prejudice. There were no racial distinctions--no ethnic barriers. I noticed that the residents who came to the event were evenly divided between white, black, and Hispanic folks. Did you watch the children play? There was no racial tensions--no ethnic divisions between them. The kids played together while parents shared together. Our church was a reconciling, fellowshipping, community building influence in the name of Jesus. I was overwhelmed by the way Grace Baptist Church practiced the virtue of welcoming responsibility.
One more thing: Our church family will commission tomorrow morning the mission team of Reverend Earl Pirkle and Mr. Kenneth Adams (Christ Place Church) as missionaries to Tanzania for a three week missionary excursion. You will be given a daily itinerary by which you may support these two brothers through prayer while they are on mission.
Think about how God is leading our church. Last Saturday reaching out as missionaries to the Copper Springs community which is our Judea. This week sending missionaries to serve in the "...uttermost part of the world." (Acts 1:8) Grace is becoming a worldwide missionary influence within the kingdom of God.
I am praising God for all that He is doing.
Pastor Mike
Sundays Are Great At Grace
Welcome to Grace Baptist Church. Of all the names given to churches everywhere, the name chosen by this congregation over 50 years ago says everything about the heart of God whom we serve. God's purpose of Grace was in His heart before sin was ever in the heart of man.
Grace expresses the eternal purpose of God to redeem us from our sins: "For by grace you have been saved through faith and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God" (Ephesians 2:8, NASV). Grace is the glorious display of God' sovereign goodness.
The character of Grace Baptist Church is not only conveyed in the gospel we preach, but in the manner by which God's amazing grace is shown through our fellowship and sharing with others. Our church is committed to not only proclaim the message of God's amazing grace, but also to show it by the way we live for Jesus every day. We truly want to be people who are filled with God's grace and freely give it away.
We invite you and your family to come attend our services and see if we are the people we propose to be. Better yet, come join with us and help us become more and more a people who are like what our name says we are, "...much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ." (Romans 5:17b, NASV)
I pray God's grace for you. It will abundantly save you through faith in Jesus Christ (Ephesians 1:7, NASV). God's amazing grace will bless your life, your family and friends, as you daily live for Jesus. I look forward to seeing and greeting you soon in the name of Jesus. "...Grace be with you" (Colossians 4:18).
Pastor Mike Williams
Grace expresses the eternal purpose of God to redeem us from our sins: "For by grace you have been saved through faith and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God" (Ephesians 2:8, NASV). Grace is the glorious display of God' sovereign goodness.
The character of Grace Baptist Church is not only conveyed in the gospel we preach, but in the manner by which God's amazing grace is shown through our fellowship and sharing with others. Our church is committed to not only proclaim the message of God's amazing grace, but also to show it by the way we live for Jesus every day. We truly want to be people who are filled with God's grace and freely give it away.
We invite you and your family to come attend our services and see if we are the people we propose to be. Better yet, come join with us and help us become more and more a people who are like what our name says we are, "...much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ." (Romans 5:17b, NASV)
I pray God's grace for you. It will abundantly save you through faith in Jesus Christ (Ephesians 1:7, NASV). God's amazing grace will bless your life, your family and friends, as you daily live for Jesus. I look forward to seeing and greeting you soon in the name of Jesus. "...Grace be with you" (Colossians 4:18).
Pastor Mike Williams