New Members: Jamey and Amy Sotis
Movie Night: Plan now to bring the family and friends out the Grace Family Movie Night, Saturday, Feb. 18 starting at 6:30pm. We will be showing the movie “Courageous”
Coming this April: A four-part sermon series on marriage titled “Extreme Makeover”
Membership Discovery Class: Are you considering joining Grace Church as a member. While it’s not culturally popular to “join” it is still popular with God and the Scriptures to be a member of a local church. We are planning to start another today. It meets during the Bible study hour for seven weeks and will enable you to make a wise decision regarding membership.
Adult Bible Study: We are working through that powerful book of Romans. Pick up your own copy of the study guide on the Welcome Table today and stick around for your small group time looking at “Classic Truths for Triumphant Living.”
Current Sermon Series: "The Church On Fire" ... that's the theme of a sermon series that take us through the book of Acts. It's going to be an awesome winter for Grace Church. If you missed last week’s message on “Encouragement in the Night” you can get it o n CD for just $3. See Doug for details and share the sermon with a friend.
26 Rules of Bible Study: Grace Productions has just released its newest Bible study tool … a six hour DVD seminar on the 26 Rules of Bible study. It comes with a 27-page workbook and retails for $20. Make your checks out to Grace Church and see Doug, Matt or Pastor to get your copy.
Recommended Reading: Looking for a variety of good books to build your faith, give you tools for your family and enrich your life? Check out the five year recommended reading list available on the Grace Church website (a link is on the church home page).
Cry Room: Parents, the Resource Room (Library) is equipped with a speaker that carries the audio of the services. Please feel free to utilize this room so that everyone can benefit from the morning services.
Bibles: Need an ESV Bible to follow the sermons or for the Bible study hour. We have copies available at the Welcome Table for just $8.
Grace T-Shirt: Want one of the “No Perfect People” Grace Church T-Shirts. We have a variety of sizes and they are going for just $5 each. See Abbey between the services to pick one up.
Prayer Chain: Have a prayer need that you would like to have the church family praying for? Send it to our prayer coordinator, Robyn at prayerlist@haralsonfamily.com or call 755-2677. If you would like to be on the prayer chain, please give her your name and e-mail address.
On Facebook?: If you are Facebook, connect to the church group where we post youth events and several church related photos. This will also help you learn the names of the growing Grace Family (Group: Grace Church Osceola)
Grace Family: Check out the pictures of the Grace Family in the hallway by the pop machine. If there are families there that you don’t know, make it a point to seek them out today and introduce yourself. Maybe get together over a meal. These pictures along with their names are also posted at our church Facebook group page.
Those Little Interruptions: Parents, please help us by reminding your children to use the restrooms prior to the start of the service so that we can minimize the movement of people during the preaching time.
Beep, Beep Beep: Please remember to turn off your phones and pagers as you enter the auditorium Sunday mornings.
Beverages: Thank you for not bringing beverages into the sanctuary during the Worship service. It helps cut down on distractions and also helps protect our chairs. As always beverages and food items are encouraged during the Bible Study hour.
Stock Gifts: If you would like to donate stock to the church as a charitable gift, we now have a brokerage account set up so that you can get the maximum benefit (for tax purposes) from you giving. Talk to Pastor or the church treasurer for details.
Set Up Crews: We greatly appreciate the faithful work of our set up teams who prepare our building for the Sunday morning experience on a weekly basis. If you would like to help out on a rotating basis, please chat with one of our three captains – DeWayne Weise (651-257-1474), Shane Jones & Becky Ekstrand (715-338-6986) and Mike Mallin (715-755-3110)
Last Weeks Numbers: Sunday School (81), Church (97), Offering ($2,203)
Preaching Schedule:
Feb. 12 – The Accused
Feb. 19 – Blessed Madness – I
Feb. 26 – Guest Speaker (Galen Maurer)
Mar. 4 – Blessed Madness – II
Mar. 11 –Living in the Presence of God – I
Mar. 18 - Living in the Presence of God – II
Mar. 25 – Building an Indomitable Spirit
Apr. 1 – Extreme Makeover – Becoming Soul Mates
Apr. 8 – The Purpose, Power and Passion of Jesus (Easter)
Apr. 15 – Extreme Makeover – Learning your Love style
Apr. 22 – Extreme Makeover – Can you Hear me now?
Apr. 29 - Extreme Makeover – Why can’t a woman be more like a man?
May 6 – Beginnings (Start of Sermon Series on the book of Genesis)
May 13 – You Surpass Them All (Mother’s Day)
May 20 – Forming the Earth
June 17 - Unthinkable, Unimaginable, Unlimited, Inconceivable, Indescribable (Father’s Day)
Coming Events:
Feb. 18 – “Courageous” Movie showing at the church (6:30pm)
Feb. 19 – Missionaries Ralph & Ellen Shepard
Mar. 3 – Sportsman’s Taste (games, contests and good eat’n)
Mar. 4 – Wood Lake Bible Camp Director Ben Sutton
Mar. 11 – Daylight Savings Time
Apr. 1 – Extreme Makeover (Marriage Sermon Series)
Apr. 8 – Easter Service
You’ve Got Mail: If you are on e-mail and do not get our weekly church updates, please give your e-mail address to pastor or contact him at doc_haralson@centurytel.net
Overflow Parking: We appreciate the kindness of Polaris and Xccent for allowing us to use their parking lots for overflow parking during our Sunday morning services. Please respect their wishes that we park in designated areas and leave room for large emergency vehicles to get through the gates.
Things I’ve Learned:
• I’ve learned that the less time I have to work with the more things I get done.
• I’ve learned that being kind is more important than being right.
