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Welcome to the
Grace
Baptist
Church
ministries page. Our purpose at Grace Baptist Church manifests itself in a three-pronged approach to ministry:
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To promote reverent, God-centered worship of the sovereign, triune God
who
has revealed Himself in His word, the
Bible,
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To build up of God's people in the truth of that Word, and
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To spread of the glorious Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ to our
neighbors near
and far who are yet outside of a
saving relationship with Him.
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Accordingly, our corporate gatherings for worship emphasize preaching
and
teaching as God's appointed means of
bringing people into His kingdom and
furthering the work of His Church. We
seek to instruct and equip those of every
age to honor the Lord by a
whole-hearted obedience to His revealed will and a
practical, daily holiness in heart
and conduct.
Lord's Day
Services
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Our Worship Services on the Lord's Day are both preaching services
that have
the same basic format. We aim
foremost to focus our attention on and bring
glory to our sovereign, triune God.
We use great hymns of the faith, both
ancient and modern. Central to our
services is the expositional, applicatory
preaching of God's Word.
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Nursery is provided for the little ones through age 2. After that, we
want our
children to be with us in our
services when we gather for worship. See Walt
Chantry's article,
SMALL CHILDREN AT
WORSHIP SERVICES - WHY ARE THEY PRESENT?
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We also plan evangelistic services during the Christmas and Easter
seasons of
the year to which we extend an
invitation to our neighbors by means of a
leaflet containing a brief Gospel
message.
Mid-week
Corporate Prayer Meeting
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We meet every Wednesday night at 7:00 PM. After an opening hymn and a
very brief devotion, we divide and
spend the bulk of our time in prayer.
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Two times a year, in the spring and fall, we devote a Saturday morning
from
9AM
to Noon to a period of prayer and fasting.
Sunday
School
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We have Sunday School classes for all ages. Nursery care is provided
for the
little ones through age 2.
Men's
Ministry
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GBC MEN'S
FELLOWSHIP
Ladies
Ministry
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Ladies Bible Study, 7PM on the 1st Thursday of every month. They
are
presently studying the Gospel of Mark
using a commentary by Dr. Sinclair
Ferguson.
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Young Women's twice-monthly Bible Study. At the moment they are
studying
Dr. Ferguson's book Grow in Grace
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Ladies Prayer Meeting, 1PM every Friday
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Ladies Prayer and Missions Group, meets monthly to pray for, write
letters and
plan service projects to benefit the
wives and families of missionaries.
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Annual Ladies Retreat -
Here is a
GROUP PICTURE
of this year's gathering.
Young Adults
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Meets on the 2nd Sunday
each month over lunch.
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Each year they sponsor a week-end
retreat in the Spring. In 2010 the retreat is scheduled for
March 26 - 28.
Download the brochure
to sign up:
2010 YA RETREAT.
Youth
Ministries
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Kids Club (grades 1-5) meets the 1st Friday of each month.
Go to
KID'S CLUB
to learn more.
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GBC Juniors (grades 6-8) meets the 1st Friday of each
month.
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GBC Seniors (grades 9-12) meets the last Sunday of the month as well
as at
other times for special activities
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Summer VBS - For a week in the summer, we hold a
Vacation
Bible
School
and invite children from our
congregation and children from the local
community to attend. VBS 2009 will be
August 10-14 from
6:15 - 8:45PM.
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Equipped Discipleship Group is for 11-12th girls.
Book table,
tract and sermon audio ministry
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Resources are available weekly for purchase to help promote spiritual
growth
through solid reformed literature as
well as to provide materials for evangelistic
outreach.
Library
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We maintain a well-stocked and high-quality library covering all
branches of
biblical and theological study and
related practical disciplines.
Hospitality
Luncheons
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Each Sunday visitors are warmly welcomed to share in a meal at the
church
provided by different families after
the morning service.
Church-wide
Fellowship Meals
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About six Sundays each year we schedule Church-wide Fellowship Meals
after
the morning service as a means of fostering
mutual love and encouragement in
a more informal setting.
Nursing Home
Services
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At different times throughout the year we conduct worship services at
two area
nursing homes.
Russian
Literature Ministry
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RUSSIAN
LITERATURE MINISTRY PAGE
Association
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As a church we are members of ARBCA, the Association of Reformed
Baptist
Churches of
America, an association of nearly 70 churches in
North America
and
Canada, all of which subscribe to the
London Baptist Confession of Faith
of 1689.
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The stated purpose of this Association is ״to advance Christ's
kingdom by
providing a fellowship in which
churches of common confession may find
mutual encouragement, assistance,
edification, and counsel, and may participate
in cooperative efforts such as home
missions, foreign missions, ministerial
training and publications all of
which are often beyond the scope of one local
church.״
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Through this association we are able to be involved in larger mission
endeavors,
such as the training and sending of
missionaries, then we could ever be able to
undertake on our own.
Missions and
Missionaries
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We contribute financial support to foreign missions and church
planting efforts
in the Philippines, the Middle East
and the Far East, as well as in the U.S. in
Naples, Florida. In addition, we
pray regularly for such efforts being undertaken
by many other like-minded men in
numerous other lands. We also remember in
prayer the persecuted and suffering
church and endeavor to give practical,
financial help as we are able.
Community
Organizations
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While our primary commitment is to the local church, we regularly pray
for and
contribute both financial and
personnel resources to the following ministries in
our community:
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Pregnancy Ministries, Incorporated
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Biblical Education Center
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Bible Released Time - Teaching the Bible devotionally to public school
students
during school time but off school
premises and with parental permission
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