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Grace Church - 10323 28th Ave SW Seattle, WA 98146 (206) 937-8400 gracechurchseattle.org
LOOKING AHEAD
April 22 ·········· Financial Peace U. begins 6:45p
April 24 ·········· Dessert Dash & Big Band Shorewood
May 10 ·········· Mother’s Day
June 14 ·········· Breakfast & Annual Meeting
June 21 ·········· Father’s Day
June 27 ·········· Youth Mission Trip
June 28 ·········· Camp Car Wash
July 20-23 ······ Fiesta Day Camp
Pastor Ryan Faust Senior Pastor [email protected] follow on Twitter @RyanJFaust
Pastor Daniel Hill Worship & Assoc. Pastor [email protected] follow on Twitter @danielhillmusic
Pastor Jerry Buell Children’s Ed & Family Ministry [email protected]
Pastor Nathan Schlaud Youth & College Ministry [email protected] follow on Twitter @el_schlaudius
Janis Lemert Community Life Director [email protected]
Let us LOVE God & people by praying for: Doris Bemis (healing fractured wrist and knee), Lottie Spencer’s
Family (Passing of Lottie), Heather Arrants & Family (accidental
death of husband Joe), Linda Davis (fractured shoulder), David
Rundall (foot surgery recovery), Larry Vittum-Jones (knee
replacement recovery), Elizabeth Lyshol (surgery recovery),
Pastor Nathan Schlaud (Bells Palsy), & ongoing health needs:
Bill Hall, Betty Saunders (dementia), Kim Smith (seizures), and
Martha Miller.
Prayer Requests Like to be added to the Prayer Partners distribution list? Please
contact the Church office. Have a prayer request? Call or email
the office during office hours. If the office is closed, call Barb
Stuart 932-7459 or Elsie McCoy 938-0644 who will get your
request to our prayer warriors right away.
April 19, 2015
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FINANCIAL PEACE UNIVERSITY This life changing nine week class starts
THIS WEDNESDAY April 22nd at 6:45pm.
Coordinators for this class are Phil &
Melody Damron. Kits are available for
$99. Alumni: Please encourage others
to attend – And remember, if you need
a refresher you can attend for free!
Young Life Capernaum‘s Annual Free
BANQUET & SILENT AUCTION Saturday May 2nd, 5:30pm at University
Presbyterian Church. Featuring Guest
Speaker Steve Largent - former Seahawks
wide receiver & NFL Hall of Famer. Be the
12th Man for Kids with Special Needs.
Want to host a table or attend? Call Rich
and Carol Bianchi (206) 938-0377.
FROM THE FAMILY OF LOTTIE SPENCER
Thank you so very much to all who came
to my Mom’s beautiful service last
Sunday. Thank you for all of the cards,
nice words, and gifts. It was a wonderful
time of honoring my sweet Mom, for all
of her Christian endeavors her on earth,
and now, she has the privilege of being
honored in “Heaven” before her beloved
“Lord”, and honoring Him, and being able
to fellowship with all of her loved ones
that have gone before her. Thanks again
so much, Marcia, Ralph, Kim and family.
PLEASE THANK KATRINA VARNEY
for all her work as the receptionist here
at Grace for the last year and a half. She’ll
be moving on from that position and is
eager and excited to continue to seek
God’s direction for her career. Join the
staff in thanking her for her service!
LIVING WATER TODAY, after the service, there will be a
meeting for all those interested in going
on the Living Water mission trip to
Nicaragua, this November. If you can't
make the meeting, but would like more
info, contact Pastor Daniel.
CURRENT EVENTS MODERN ISSUES CLASS
We live an age of confusion regarding
good information, truth, and what to
believe about certain topics. With chaos in
the Middle East, ISIS, questions concerning
various religious beliefs and moral issues –
people have questions and wonder what
the Bible has to say about these topics.
Sundays, 9am room 122 downstairs.
FIESTA DAY CAMP FUNDRAISER Swing Band Dancing & Dessert Auction
at Shorewood Foursquare. Fri, April 24,
7pm $15/person. What a fun way to
support this awesome multi-church Day
Camp that reaches our community!
Purchase tickets TODAY in the foyer or
online through the Grace website. See
Tami Unruh or Pastor Jerry for details.
HELPING HANDS NEEDED There are many areas to help with the
Day Camp fundraiser. They include
making or soliciting cakes or other non-
frozen desserts (enough to feed 8
people); hauling, setting up &/or down
tables and chairs; cashiering, help with
dessert set up, serve beverages, decorate
tables, and helping with cleanup/reset of
Shorewood auditorium. Visit the table in
the foyer or contact Tami Unruh or Pastor
Jerry for more info.
THIS WEEK AT GRACE SUNDAY, APRIL 19
9:00 am School of Theology classes 126, 122
10:30 am WORSHIP CELEBRATION - sanctuary
1st-3rd grade will be dismissed
to Children’s Church
Kid’s bulletins available in the foyer
6:30 pm Youth Small Groups
MONDAY, APRIL 20
Church Office open 9 am to 4 pm
9:30 am MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers)
TUESDAY, APRIL 21
Church Office open 9 am to 4 pm
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22
Church Office open 9 am to 4 pm
6:45 pm Financial Peace University
7:00 pm Youth Group - the shack
THURSDAY, APRIL 23
Church Office open 9 am to 4 pm
FRIDAY, APRIL 24
Church Office closed
7:00 pm Dance & Dessert Auction - Shorewood
SATURDAY, APRIL 25
Church Office closed
10:00 am GriefShare - room 123
GRACE CHURCH exists to LOVE God & people, PROCLAIM Christ,
BUILD community, EQUIP the saints, MULTIPLY ministers, and missionally
SEND out followers of Christ to be the Church wherever we are.
CONNECT Welcome to Grace! Thanks for joining
us today. Feel free to bring your coffee
into worship and make yourself
comfortable. Take a deep breath, clear
your head, and prepare your heart
and mind to worship our Lord and
Savior, Jesus Christ.
Grace Church is committed to living
authentically in relationship with God
and others. Together we strive to meet
the needs here and around the world.
To learn more, grab a booklet from the
desk in the foyer.
If you would like us to follow up with
you, feel free to fill out this form, tear
it out and drop it at the Welcome
Center or in the offering plate.
today’s date
name
I am a guest of
address
phone
phone (cell)
How to begin a relationship with Jesus Want to know more about Grace
Interested in joining a Group
Interested in serving at Grace (if so where?) __________________
Address/info change Add me to the church email list
Interested in baptism
Interested in membership
BUDGET THRU 4/12/15 BUDGET YTD $460,232.40 ACTUAL YTD 402,272.54
We are at 87% of budget for the year.
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No other Gospel…Galatians 1:6-9 April 19, 2015
I. Christians, we often start off with grace & continue with law –
II. Paul’s cry of astonishment about turning from the Gospel – (Galatians 1:6-9)
Galatians 1:6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7 not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.
What is the Gospel?
Gospel = God’s grace because of Jesus’ work of redemption
What is the distinction between the Bible & the Gospel?
The Bible tells the story of: Creation, Fall, Redemption, Restoration
The Gospel focuses on: God’s grace because of Jesus’ work
BI: Don’t start with Jesus’ work and finish with your work to achieve grace.
“The Gospel is not the ABCs of salvation, but the A to Z of the Christian life.”
– Timothy Keller
What were the false “gospels” Paul was so angry about?
Judaizers vs. Libertines –
Galatians gives you a filter to analyze what’s from God & what’s not –
What Q’s do you have about the Gospel? Text – 314-669-8358
What are false versions of the “gospel” today?
Some “evangelicals” fear grace will cause us to sin more.
Some churches teach it doesn’t really matter what you believe as long as you are a good and loving person.
Some “fundamentalists” are extremely intolerant of minor differences.
What about Religion vs. the Gospel?
Religion tends to make people feel re-assured; something to measure.
Why it matters? What Paul is saying…
1st – following a different Gospel means you deserted the one called you by grace. To abandon the Gospel is to abandon Christ. (Gal. 1:6)
2nd – to slightly change the Gospel is to lose the Gospel. (Gal. 1:7)
3rd – a different Gospel brings condemnation. (Gal. 1:8-9)
John Stott said, “To tamper with the gospel is to trouble the Church…. Indeed, the Church’s greatest troublemakers (now and then) are not those outside who oppose, ridicule and persecute it, but those inside who try to change the gospel….Conversely, the only way to be a good churchman is to be a good gospel-man. The best way to serve the Church is to believe and to preach the gospel…”
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The following is from Center Church by Timothy Keller
Religion Gospel
“I obey; therefore I’m accepted.” “I’m accepted; therefore I obey.”
“Motivation is based on fear and insecurity.” “Motivation is based on grateful joy.”
“I obey God in order to get things from God.” “I obey God to get God—to delight and resemble him.”
“When circumstances in my life go wrong, I am angry at God or myself, since I believe, like Job’s friends, that anyone who is good deserves a comfortable life.”
“When circumstances in my life go wrong, I struggle, but I know that while God may allow this for my training, he will exercise his fatherly love within my trial.”
“When I am criticized, I am furious or devastated because it is essential for me to think of myself as a “good person.” Threats to that self-image must be destroyed at all costs.”
“When I am criticized, I struggle, but it is not essential for me to think of myself as a “good person.” My identity is not built on my performance but on God’s love for me in Christ.”
“My prayer life consists largely of petition and only heats up when I am in need. My main purpose in prayer is to control circumstances.”
“My prayer life consists of generous stretches of praise and adoration. My main purpose is fellowship with him.”
“My self-view swings between two poles. If and when I am living up to my standards, I feel confident, but then I am prone to be proud and unsympathetic to people who fail. If and when I am not living up to standards, I feel humble but not confident – I feel like a failure.”
“My self-view is not based on a view of myself as a moral achiever. In Christ I am once sinful and lost, yet accepted. I am so bad he had to die for me, and so loved he was glad to die for me. This leads me to deeper humility as well as deeper confidence, without either sniveling or swaggering.”
“My identity and self-worth are based mainly on how hard I work or how moral I am, so I must look down on those I perceive as lazy or immoral. I disdain and feel superior to others.”
“My identity and self-worth are centered on the One who died for his enemies, including me. Only by sheer grace am I what I am, so I can’t look down on those who believe or practice something different from me. I have no inner need to win arguments.”
“Since I look to my pedigree or performance for my spiritual acceptability, my heart manufactures idols – talents, moral record, personal discipline, social status, etc. I absolutely have to have them, so they are my main hope, meaning, happiness, security, and significance, whatever I say I believe about God.”
“I have many good things in my life – family, work, etc., but none of these good things are ultimate things to me. I don’t absolutely have to have them, so there is a limit to how much anxiety, bitterness, and despair they can inflict on me when they are threatened and lost.”1
1 Timothy Keller, Center Church (Zondervan; Grand Rapids, 2012). 65.