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June 6, 2017 Volume 23 3440 Zion Road Henderson, KY 42420 Phone: 270-826-4405
www.gracepointhenderson.com fully devoted
Church Staff E-Mail Addresses
Pastor Andy Weaver: [email protected]
Brenda Chase: [email protected]
We live to worship, proclaim, and become
fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ.
June 7-12: Ohio Mission Trip June 10: Answer Center Work Day, 9:00 a.m. June 13-23: Brazil Mission Trip June 14: Vision Team Meeting after the Service June 18: Father’s Day June 20: GPS Lunch, 11:30 a.m. June 24: Youth Rummage Sale
MARK YOUR CALENDAR THE WEEK AHEAD
Sunday Wednesday
9:00 a.m. Sunday School 5:15 p.m. Supper
10:15 a.m. Morning Worship 5:45 p.m. Prayer Time
6:00 p.m. Evening Worship 6:15 p.m. Bible Study
Office Hours
Monday through Thursday 7:30 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.
Friday 8:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
Pretenders
There is a mockingbird in my yard that likes to sit in the pine trees, sounding out its different
bird calls. It sometimes gets on my nerves as it endlessly goes on and on. First, it’s a cardinal,
then a blue jay, a hawk, then other birds. It is pretending to be something it is not. I looked
online about mockingbirds and found out that they can also mimic alarms, frogs, crickets,
squirrels, and many other sounds. Recently, while I was outside listening to its numerous bird
calls, I was struck by how we humans act the same way.
Just like a mockingbird that pretends to be something it’s not, there are people in all churches
who are Pretenders. Some are Pretend Christians, who are lost without Christ, but may be
deacons, Sunday School teachers, sing in the choir, or hold leadership positions in the church. We
may think that they’re Christians because they are nice and are regular church attenders (I was a
Pretend Christian).
Some are genuine Christians, who have accepted Christ at some point in their lives, but have
strayed so far from Him that you’d never know by their actions that they’ve ever met Him. All
churches have these Pretenders. They tell others about how much they love Jesus, but they fight
for power, speak evil against their fellow church members, and are just plain mean spirited. The
Bible is very clear about how Christians should act. One passage is Galatians 5:22-23, “But the
fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and
self-control.”
As a minister’s wife, who has been a member of many churches, I’ve seen all kinds of
Pretenders, and I’ve been one myself. I believe that for true believers, it is better not to tell
anyone that we are Christians if we can’t live up to what lost people
perceive a Christian should be. People are watching us. What we say and
do may influence someone for all eternity. Are our lives pointing others to
Christ or away from Him? Let’s not be Pretenders, but let’s live in such a
way that others can genuinely see Christ in us.
Brenda Chase
Grace Notes Volume 23 Tuesday, June 6, 2017
The Irritating Mockingbird
Ohio Mission Trip Continue to pray for our team heading to East Liverpool, Ohio, for a mission
trip on June 7—12th. Pictured is a time of commissioning the team this past Sunday, June 4th. Team members are Paul and Amy Willett, Clay Meuth, Ray
Horton, Neal Parker, April Glassco, Randall and Dana Hurt, Seth Weaver,
and Andy Weaver.
The youth will have a rummage sale at the church on Saturday, June
24th, from 7:00—noon to help raise money for Centrifuge. We need
items that are in good condition for the sale, so bring your items to the
church or let Kelly Meuth or Pastor Andy know if your items need to be
picked up. All sales will be by donations.
June 25th Events We will have the Lord’s Supper in the morning service and a regularly scheduled business meeting in the evening service.
Birthdays
Last Wednesday night, May 31st, we celebrated the April, May and
June birthdays with a cake. Happy Birthday!
Centrifuge Payments
Youth going to Centrifuge, please be sure to make your payments! The church will need to
send in the final payment for camp that will be due before attending Centrifuge, July 10th -15th.
CHURCH HELPERS
June 11 June 18
Nursery & GLOW Volunteers Nursery & GLOW Volunteers
Brandi Liggett, Kathi Norris Ray Horton, Bryanna Roy
Trustee Lock-Up Trustee Lock-Up James Culver Glen Winstead
June 11: Rehearsal, 4:30 p.m. June 18: Sing
After June 18, the choir will take a break until resuming practice on
July 30th.
Mowing Schedule
Week of June 5: Eddie Garrett, Glen Winstead Week of June 11: Paul Viars
We need volunteers people to mow the rest of June and most of July. The sign-up sheet to volunteer to mow is available at the Welcome Center.
Class Leaders for Wednesday
Night Prayer Time at 5:45 p.m.
June 7: Seniors
June 14: Matt Meuth’s Class
June 21: Alan Holeman’s Class
June 31: VBS Week
Help Needed for VBS Promotion
We need teams of 2—4 people to hand out VBS flyers, which will have cotton candy attached to them. We want to target the following areas: Water park at the river front Atkinson Pool New East End Park—Audubon Kids Zone Central Park
The dates to hand out the flyers will be June 17th, June 21st, and June 24th. Each team will choose its own time to hand out the flyers. Contact Sherry Bellew if you would like to volunteer.
Marsha’s Place Baby Bottles
You may begin returning your baby bottles to the church, or give them to Janet O’Nan or Deenie Russell. The bottles are
due by Father’s Day.