The snowstorm that swept through Lancaster County Friday and Saturday was exactly the backdrop we needed as last Sunday we kicked off our new Olympic Themed Message Series here at Grace Church that we are calling, "Love: Go For The Gold" as we learn together how to live out the "gold medal" command Jesus gave to "love God with everything we have" and the "silver medal" command which is to "love our neighbor as ourselves."
We had the medal podiums built on stage with the American flag, Canadian flag (since this year's Olympics are in Canada) and the flag of the Central African Republic (which is where we have four Christian Schools that our fully supported by Grace Church and Lititz Christian School). And just in case our Canadian Executive Pastor is reading this, let me remind everyone that in the last Winter Olympics the United States won a total of 25 medals while Canada only won 24. As far as gold medals, the USA brought home 9 while Canadian athletes only brought home 7. Go USA!
All of our services opened up with Jill Lutz and our Elevate Worship team from our Elevate Children's Ministry lighting the Grace Olympic Torch and leading us in some high-energy worship. If you missed the video of the Grace Olympic Torch being run from Philadelphia to Lititz, you can watch it at the following link, http://www.gracechurchworship.org/torchrelay.html
Our "LOVE: GO FOR THE GOLD" series continues all month here at Grace Church. If you missed the first week due to weather, be sure to take time this week to watch the video of the sermon by going to our church website (www.meetgrace.org).
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