If you were able to join us Wednesday night for the Future Grace called meeting, I want to thank you for the openness, honesty, faith, and unity you showed. The Lord was gracious to help us discuss our church life together in a way that honored Him.

If you were not able to attend the meeting, you can listen to the discussion here.

If you did not receive the email announcing the special called meeting, you can access it here.

Thank you for your prayers and commitment to Grace Community Church.

Pastor Scott

This is the week the people of Grace will decide what to give to Future Grace Phase Two. Here are some final words of encouragement to you.

Take time to prepare for your decision. Read and pray from the Future Grace devotional guide. Read the Future Grace brochure and browse the Future Grace website. Give yourself time to understand the purpose of Future Grace.

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Here’s an issue that came up in conversation this week. In light of the Future Grace Giving Campaign, how do we think about the various opportunities we have to give money to other very good causes?

In a church where ministry is happening, money is needed for many things. There are ongoing ministry needs and special projects like building construction. When people in a church catch a vision for how God can use them, they sometimes launch out to do big things for God’s glory on their own. This brings financial needs for things like mission trips, adoptions, and funding for ministries not connected to a local church. So, what do we do when we have the opportunity to give to many different places?

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This week I have been at the Together For The Gospel conference in Kentucky. This was not a good week for a conference as the responsibilities of family, ministry, and Future Grace are particularly heavy right now. But, since I registered for the conference one year ago, and the conference is only held every two years, I decided to attend and pay the price later.

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Tension
There is always tension in our hearts when we are making a big financial decision. Even if the decision is what to give, we can feel conflicted over wishing we could give more than we have, or feeling like we don’t have what we have planned to give.

I’ve come to realize that the only way to completely remove the tension is to completely remove money from my thoughts. That’s neither possible, nor desirable. The truth is, the tension can be a time of faith.

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What should I pray for Grace?

Most of us have the desire to pray for Grace Community Church, but we often do not know what to pray. At Wednesday’s Community Group Gathering, Pastor Scott gave seven ways to pray for Grace during the month of April. I encourage you to make these seven requests a part of your prayer life this month. To create structure, I have put Scott’s requests in the form of one request per day.

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Dear Grace Family & Friends,

Thanks be to God who has kept us through fifteen years of ministry. For thirteen of those fifteen years, Grace Church was without land or a building to call our own. And yet, our identity as a church was strong and steadfast because of the power of the Gospel and our commitment “to continue in the things we have learned” in the Scriptures.

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