This Sunday’s Equipping Hour Waiting, part 5; taught by Smedly Yates. The service starts at 9:00am in the Worship Center. This Sunday Morning Service. Revelation 18:1-8, part 2; taught by Smedly Yates. The service starts at 10:15am in the Worship Center. This Sunday...
This Sunday’s Equipping Hour I Want to Know What Love Is; taught by Zach Cann. The service starts at 9:00am in the Worship Center. This Sunday Morning Service Revelation 18:1-8; taught by Smedly Yates. The service starts at 10:15am in the Worship Center. This Sunday...
Dear Student Ministries parents This is a fun week! Last week we had a super fun Super Bowl party and learned about Fun. You can listen to or read the message that your students received at halftime on the website: https://www.gbcaz.org/student-ministry/fun/ In our...
Dear Student Ministries Parents- This email is the first of 3 emails I will be sending today: Last Sunday’s Message Recap – Just Tell the Truth (this email) Planning for this Sunday’s Fellowship Night Camp planning details Sunday Night Recap On...
Dear Student Ministries Parents, This Sunday, February 9, we are hosting a Student Ministries Fellowship Night, and we want to be clear—this is not just a Super Bowl watch party, and it’s not meant to be a night off. This is about something much bigger. With Winter...
Dear Student Ministry Parents On Sunday evening, we jumped back into the exposition of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, looking at His words on marriage and divorce in Matthew 5:31-32. This was a weighty topic but an important one for the students to align their view of...
It was so good to be back at Student Ministries on Sunday evening! Most weeks, we kick off the night with a small game. This past Sunday, the winners of those games competed to name a Student Ministries 2024 champion. After a first round of Jeopardy-style trivia,...
I hope you all had a great Christmas. I look forward to getting back together on our normal 6-730 pm Sunday evening gatherings starting January 12th. But as we are entering the New Year, please encourage your students (and take encouragement yourself) to continue...
Yesterday, I sent you all an email announcing the upcoming Christmas party on 12/13 at 6pm. Look for that email yesterday for details. I failed to mention perhaps the most important part: It’s going to be an ugly sweater party. So when I say “dress appropriately,” I...
Last night, our Student Ministries gathering was a Q&A led by Eric Martin and me. In the back of the classroom, we have a Q&A box where the students can drop questions. We have developed quite a database of good questions, and these questions have led to many...
Last night at our Student Ministries gathering, we had a fun game, a sweet time of worship through singing, and then I taught on James 1:19-25. The students are hopefully in a very regular pattern of hearing God’s Word, both in sermon form and as they read on their...
Last night at Student Ministries, we continued our study of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, looking at Matthew 5:21-26: Brother’s Reconcile From the Heart. God’s Children Aren’t Angry (5:21-22) God’s Children Seek Reconciliation (5:23-24)...
Dear Parents of Student Ministries, Last night, Student Ministries met and picked up where we left off a few months ago from the Sermon on the Mount, focusing on Matthew 5:21-22: 21 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever...
Dear Student Ministries Parents, I have recently heard statements like the following from kids and parents: “I never knew what to read in the Bible, so I just didn’t. Now I have been reading God’s Word almost every day.” “Our family now consistently reads together...
Dear Student Ministries Parents, I have recently heard statements like the following from kids and parents: “I never knew what to read in the Bible, so I just didn’t. Now I have been reading God’s Word almost every day.” “Our family now consistently reads together...
Dear Parents of Student Ministries, We had a wonderful meeting yesterday. I will continue to send weekly summaries of what your students are learning. This is because I truly desire for Student Ministries to support you in disciplining and evangelizing your children...
Parents of Student Ministries- I appologize for prematurely sending an email a few minutes ago. I have been so incredibly encouraged as I have heard how many of you have adopted the suggested reading tools into your family’s Bible time together. This Sunday,...
On Sunday, I updated our church about the New Orleans church plant. A summary of the update is outlined below. News Completed our branding (logo, design, landing page for website – GraceBibleNOLA.org) registered as a corporation with the state of Louisiana...
William Hamilton Burns (1179-1859) was a pastor in Kilsyth, Scotland who is now known, oddly enough, for having faithfully and quietly carried out his ministerial duties in obscurity. Burns’s long-range approach to ministry is worthy of imitation and should not escape...
Preaching is the bread and wine of the gifts to the church of God. It is sweet to the soul, rich with depth, but also at the same time easy to digest. It is essential to maturity in the life of the believer. If too long without it, it leaves one in a spiritual state...
First, Dinner… Recently, I was reading Everyone A Child Should Know with my family during dinner (our children love this book!). We learned about C. T. Studd (1860-1931), a famous cricket player who left the game after his brother nearly died, causing him to...
A logo has the ability to communicate important values about the group that it represents. Our aim in designing a logo for Grace Bible Church was to create a simple, unique image that embodies what we hold dear. The result was a simple image that allows for some depth...
“For they went out for the sake of the Name, receiving nothing from the Gentiles.” – III John 7 There are a few books that our core team is planning to read and discuss together in preparation for planting in New Orleans. Last month, we completed the first of...
Some of our core team recently took a trip to New Orleans, which, for several on the team, was their first time ever visiting the city. I updated the church during Equipping Hour about how our core team has been preparing since July 2021. This was a good opportunity...
In August, our core team began discussing what we’re calling “ministry-sustaining convictions.” These convictions are a collection of biblical truths that, if maintained, will ensure not only a strong start to a church plant, but will provide a sturdy foundation for...
Dear Family and Friends, Well, it is hard to believe that a year has passed. When we woke up on October 12th, 2020 we had no idea what the good Lord had in store for our family. As you know, we were wrapping up a wonderful family vacation and were eager to step back...
A while back I gave a communion meditation on Genesis 3:15 in which I had said that the seed of the woman who would be at enmity with the seed of the serpent were the descendants of Eve who would not remain in their alienation to God. While the Bible does teach...
In a previous post, I began sharing some wrong motivations for church planting. In this article, I want to share a few more that we discussed at our recent core team gathering. These wrong motivations are particular to church planting, but should be avoided in other...
