Are you ready? 2009 is already 5 days old…only 360 days to go. It is our desire here at Grace Church to see God use this calendar year to use us to meet as many people as possible and help move them to where God wants them to be. So as we get the first few months rolling, here are a few highlights to look forward to and be praying about:
Hail to the Chief: 2009 kicks off in January with a 4-week series showing from the Bible how Grace Church should respond to our new President. It doesn’t matter who you voted for…this series is for you. Be sure to use it to invite people to church!
L.O.L.: In the month of February we will study verse by verse through First Corinthians 13 in a series we are calling L.O.L.: Love Out Loud. We will discover that this chapter is not about love in marriage, but rather love in the church. Why is this so important? It is crucial because Jesus said that by this one thing all men will know we are His disciples, if we have love one for another.
Africa: In February a team from Grace Church including four of our own staff will be traveling to the Central African Republic where they will get to visit the Christian Schools we have partnered with our African Churches to supply for hundreds of orphans.
Vision Month: There are 5 Sundays in March and we are looking to use each one of them to unveil to our congregation our specific and crystallized 5-year vision plan that will show you exactly what we believe God wants Grace Church to look like by the end of 2013. Each Sunday there will be a special angle in the service to help communicate the details and passion of our vision to meet and move as many people as possible.
Decade by Decade: Easter is in April and will be part of a 5-week series that we are calling Celebrate Jesus Decade by Decade. It will all start on Palm Sunday as all the elements of our morning will have a 60’s feel to it. Easter will be the 70’s. The weeks to follow will be the 80’s, 90’s and 2000’s. Each week we will focus on a specific truth about Jesus. The last week will focus on the fact that He never changes. Many other things change from decade to decade, but Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever.
Helicopter Drop: Each year we have our annual Easter Egg and Candy Hunt usually attended by about 3,000. In past years we simply spread thousands of plastic eggs on the soccer field and let the kids have at them. This year will be far different and far more amazing. This year we are planning to use our land across the street for the event, but instead of spreading thousands of eggs on the field by hand, we have made arrangements to drop them all from a helicopter. You read it right! Imagine a helicopter dropping thousands upon thousands of colored plastic eggs filled with toys and candy! I can’t wait to see this as we ask God to bring 5,000 people out to this level one event. Level one means that the purpose of this event is simply to make contacts and build bridges that we believe God will use in the months ahead to help us move many people toward Him.
Hail to the Chief: 2009 kicks off in January with a 4-week series showing from the Bible how Grace Church should respond to our new President. It doesn’t matter who you voted for…this series is for you. Be sure to use it to invite people to church!
L.O.L.: In the month of February we will study verse by verse through First Corinthians 13 in a series we are calling L.O.L.: Love Out Loud. We will discover that this chapter is not about love in marriage, but rather love in the church. Why is this so important? It is crucial because Jesus said that by this one thing all men will know we are His disciples, if we have love one for another.
Africa: In February a team from Grace Church including four of our own staff will be traveling to the Central African Republic where they will get to visit the Christian Schools we have partnered with our African Churches to supply for hundreds of orphans.
Vision Month: There are 5 Sundays in March and we are looking to use each one of them to unveil to our congregation our specific and crystallized 5-year vision plan that will show you exactly what we believe God wants Grace Church to look like by the end of 2013. Each Sunday there will be a special angle in the service to help communicate the details and passion of our vision to meet and move as many people as possible.
Decade by Decade: Easter is in April and will be part of a 5-week series that we are calling Celebrate Jesus Decade by Decade. It will all start on Palm Sunday as all the elements of our morning will have a 60’s feel to it. Easter will be the 70’s. The weeks to follow will be the 80’s, 90’s and 2000’s. Each week we will focus on a specific truth about Jesus. The last week will focus on the fact that He never changes. Many other things change from decade to decade, but Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever.
Helicopter Drop: Each year we have our annual Easter Egg and Candy Hunt usually attended by about 3,000. In past years we simply spread thousands of plastic eggs on the soccer field and let the kids have at them. This year will be far different and far more amazing. This year we are planning to use our land across the street for the event, but instead of spreading thousands of eggs on the field by hand, we have made arrangements to drop them all from a helicopter. You read it right! Imagine a helicopter dropping thousands upon thousands of colored plastic eggs filled with toys and candy! I can’t wait to see this as we ask God to bring 5,000 people out to this level one event. Level one means that the purpose of this event is simply to make contacts and build bridges that we believe God will use in the months ahead to help us move many people toward Him.
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