Adult Discipleship

Adult Discipleship

Behaving Well

“Behaving Well – the Church in Real Life” Starting this Sunday, January 9th, we will launch a 5 part study on the key traits that the apostle Paul states should mark those who are a part of the church – the household of God. In any healthy family there are certain behaviors which are considered worthy of the time and effort to develop. Our lives…

Does our best really matter?

In 1944, an unknown sales representative wrote down a phrase on a napkin that became one of the best-known marketing slogans in American history. “When you care enough to send the very best.” That simple sentence shaped the business vision of Hallmark Cards; but, interestingly enough, I think it also echoed a timeless truth. There is a connection between what and how we…

It’s for All! It’s for Life!

It’s that time of year again. Schools on every level are ramping up their programs and the familiar sounds of paper rustling, books dropping and lockers clanging fill the air. The Adult Discipleship Ministry classes at Grace are no exception…except for the lockers! Two new classes begin on Sunday September 19th at 9:30am. Here is the line up of great classes for you…

Safety first?

After a fairly lengthy hiatus, we are back online and ready to add our two-cents about learning about and living out the grace of God. Are you glad we’re back? I wanted to start this new season of blogging with a thought or two that came out of our study on being pilgrims-aliens and strangers in this world. A couple of months ago, I was intrigued by the story of the…

The Reviews are in…

Following up on our first experience with The Reel Story, we seem to have gotten off to a good start. The discussion was very insightful and I think we were all challenged to think a bit more deeply about the movies that we see. It was great to move past the all too common approach of whether a movie was “a good Christian movie”, or had “redeeming value”, into looking at…