BAPTISM SERVICE: We hope you plan to join us for our baptism service tonight 6pm at Bible Fellowship. Baptism is not "just" a personal privilege, but it is a joy for the entire church to experience a person's baptism. This service, we have the extra joy of joining with four other area churches. If you consider yourself a disciple of Jesus, yet you have not obeyed Him in baptism, we encourage you to contact the office...there's still time to be baptized at this service! (April 20th, 6pm @ 7757 Greenville-Celina Road)
SCORE UPDATE: We praise the Lord for the SCORE team that recently traveled to the Dominican Republic. Though it has been a couple weeks since their return, we wanted to make sure you heard how God used them (and you, through your support) to faithfully proclaim the “glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” We also praise God for the faithful ministry of the Nilsens and Wolfes and are thankful that God has allowed them to see much fruit. Mike and Linda Fourman travel to the Dominican twice a year (at least), so there is always a chance for you to join them. If you’re interested in joining the next Dominican team, please contact Mike or Linda or the office.
BABY DEDICATIONS: If you’ve noticed the large number of babies, but wondered when the dedications happen, we are not storing them all up for Mother’s Day. In the past, we’ve had special services (once or twice a year) where most of the dedications took place. However, with the large number of children the Lord has blessed our church with, they could feel impersonal and cause us to miss the point. We would like to focus on one family per service in a dedication, that way the church is reminded more clearly to pray for the entire family and support the parents as they raise their children. If you are interested in having your baby dedicated, we encourage you to grab an information brochure over at the coffee bar and then contact the office.
Unlimited Fun Outing for Your Unfinished Originals: Ladies, come craft, scrapbook or just fellowship with other ladies. Bring a snack and have some fun, April 25, 6:30 pm.
VBS: Yes it’s that time of year to start thinking about and planning for VBS. The dates for this year’s VBS will be: July 7th-11th. The theme will be “Things Hidden” which is a study on the kingdom parables found in the Gospels. At this time we are beginning to put together a planning team for VBS and would love to have your help. If you’re interested in helping, please see Matt or email him at matt@greenvillegrace.org. We would greatly appreciate your ideas and insight!
PRAISES
ELIZABETH PIERCE UPDATE: If you have not heard, Elizabeth Pierce (Daniel/Teressa’s daughter-in-law) is about five months pregnant. When the pregnancy was discovered, she was immediately advised to go off of chemotherapy. At that point, there was an obvious concern that her brain tumor would return. Elizabeth had an appointment this week which discovered there are absolutely no signs of the cancer in her body. Doctors were left to scratch their heads as they have ruled her “cancer free.” No further treatments are necessary after the baby is born and doctors said there is no reason to assume the cancer will ever come back. God has truly shown His grace to this family! There will be more tests this week to determine if the baby’s kidney function is normal (a possible side effect from lingering chemo), but otherwise the baby looks healthy as well! Join us in thanking God for His mercy to the Pierce’s and we’d encourage you to send them a card, letting them know we celebrate with them:
Daniel and Teressa Pierce
P.O. Box 71
Murphy, NC 28906
YOSELIN NILSEN UPDATE: David and Lyndie are not in our midst today because they received a call this week to come pick up their daughter! Please pray for travel mercies as they go to Guatemala and back. Please pray that all paper work would be expedited and that the process would work quickly and smoothly. But also, please take time to thank God for Yoselin and for His sovereignty placing her in the Nilsen family. As a believer, this is also a perfect time to be reminded of the glory of being adopted into the family of God and praise Him for that undeserved gift.
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