Worship Service Order for Sunday, April 28, 2024
Welcome/Announcements/Call to Worship:
We sing a mix of hymns and contemporary music led by Troy Jassey
Lift High The Name Of Jesus (Hymns of Grace #141)
Agnus Dei
Only A Holy God
Grace verse and prayer given by Brandon Bishop
Worship song and dismissal of children 3yrs old and younger to the nursery.
I Will Wait For You (Psalm 130)
Sermon by Tim Challies 2 Kings 5:1-14 A Big Man with a Big Problem
Song of response Nothing But the Blood
Communion and Benediction led by Dennis Fowler
Announcements
Wednesday night care group at the church - During the summer weeks, care groups will be taking place at the church beginning at 6:30pm. The elders, and guest teachers, will be teaching on a variety of subjects that will be helpful, children 0-4 years will be cared for in the extended session area whereas children ages 5-11 will be in the fellowship being taught lessons and songs to prepare them for VBS. This will start this Wednesday, May 1st.
Attention plant lovers: the area where the hackberry tree was cut down on the east side of the church will be cleaned up soon. There are a lot of homestead iris plants there. If anyone would like to give a new home to these iris plants, please feel free to go and dig them up.
Overflow announcement - In an effort to not miss out on connection opportunities, beginning May 5th we will no longer assign and require care groups to sit in the fellowship hall during morning worship for overflow purposes. The fellowship hall will remain open should anyone still desire to sit and watch Lord’s Day services. Our sanctuary should be fuller therefore, we will need everyone to take advantage of every open seat.
VBS Meeting May 5th - Following the service on May 5th, there will be a VBS meeting in the fellowship hall.
Calling all retirees - There will be a daytime fellowship group that will be meeting monthly. The first fellowship will be on May 6th at 10am at Sharon Anderson's home in Weatherford, Texas. If you have any questions, please see Sharon Anderson or Larry Hammond.
MLP and Men’s breakfast - For the month of May, MLP and our men’s breakfast will be put on hold.
YOUTH PLANT SALE The GCC Youth Plant Sale is going to be at two locations (final locations TBD) one day only, May 11th! Please come out and support our youth going to Camp Regen and get your Mother’s Day gift too!
Youth Nights mark your calendars for the following youth night dates May 26, June 9, and July 7
SAVE THE DATE--GCC will be hosting the Hope for the Journey Conference on Friday, June 21st and Saturday, June 22nd. This conference sheds light on the unique needs that children impacted by adoption and/or foster care often have and equips their parents, caregivers, and church communities with practical tools to care more holistically for the children entrusted to them. Whether you are in the trenches, thinking about fostering/adoption, or have never even considered it before, this conference is for you! More info will be coming soon. If you have any questions, please see Jacob or Ashlyn Kindberg.
Gospel Tracts: In the bookstore we have placed the gospel tract ‘What is the Gospel’ by Greg Gilbert. This is a free resource so please take several with you to aid in your gospel sharing with family, friends, and neighbors, then come back for some more once you have handed out all of these. Our hope and desire is to provide these as a continual free resource to you all to support your evangelism efforts.
GCC t-shirts are now available in the foyer, the cost per shirt is $10.
Gluten free wafers for Communion are now available in the foyer for those that need them.
Men’s prayer will be this Friday @ 6am at the building, and will be every Friday thereafter.
Ultimate Frisbee Come join us for a fun game of ultimate frisbee McGrattan Park in Weatherford (behind honeybee ham). We play at 10AM most Saturdays. See the Facebook page ‘Weatherford Ultimate’ for info on the game. Contact Tim Long at 661-433-5613 for more info.
Lost and Found There is a lost and found section at the end of the hallway of the kids Sunday School classrooms. We have a growing collection of toys, Bibles, water and coffee jugs, dishes, etc. If you think you left something in the building, please check this lost and found area. Whatever doesn’t get reclaimed will be donated to the church or manna at the end of this month.