Grace Notes & Announcements

Two important announcements --  We're asking everyone to bring bagged (individually wrapped) candy so we can stuff Easter goodie bags for our children. Please leave them in the hospitality area.
EASTER POTLUCK!  Celebrate Resurrection Sunday with special music, worship, Communion and a shared meal.  Bring your favorite dish and all your family and friends.  There’s always room at the table.

Dear Grace Family,

Scripture teaches us so much about unity within the Body of Christ (that’s you and me, not just a denomination or group of members).  Why?  Because God knew we’d need to be reminded how much we require each other to win the race.

In Romans 12 the Apostle Paul is urging us to surrender ourselves to God.  That doesn’t mean saying the ‘sinner’s prayer’ and calling ourselves a Christian forevermore, but to truly turn ourselves over to His plan for us.  One that includes living together in a perfect and harmonious world for eternity. 

To achieve that very ambitious goal, we can’t climb on each other’s shoulders to get to heaven – we must lift each other up and enter the gates together.  It’s not a competition – it’s a cooperative.

Romans 12:4-5 reminds us “Just as our bodes have many parts and each part has a special function, so it is with Christ’s body (all of us).  We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other.”  That means if one of us succeeds, we all celebrate.  And if one struggles, we all pull together.

Beyond all that, we need to remember that we serve with different talents and gifts as God has assigned.  I may not be great at working in the nursery, but I know how to lead worship. Someone may not be a preacher or a teacher, but they can sure bake a cake, pray and intercede, or just sit quietly with someone who is grieving.

Just as we were created with different and unique physical traits – our God-assigned purposes are also completely customized to us, and to what He needs to get done. So, if you’re feeling like you don’t know what God has called you to do, just wait – a job opening is coming up.  And…  God is not only creating the opportunity, He’s preparing you to be the very best candidate to fill it.

Nothing is wasted in the Kingdom and as Jeremiah 29:11 states, He has already got a plan for each one of us.  And, by the way, it’s amazing!

Be blessed my Grace Family.  God is on the throne!

   Pastor Bobbie