Please be in prayer for our missionary friends to Mexico, Craig and Lori Clayton. They were in our services before Christmas. Craig and Lori's children were almost kidnapped today. This has obviously made them more cautious of their surroundings. Please pray for their safety and the continued blessing on their ministry in Celaya, Mexico.

To learn more about Craig and Lori's mission work in Celaya, Mexico, please visit Pray For Celaya.

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Grace Coummunity Church and it's Podcast Staff are excited to release this exciting new feature Sermon Video. We hope that you use, enjoy, and share this feature with others.

Adding the option to see video of the sermon will bring some of the energy and excitement for the Lord experienced every week at Grace Community Church straight to your computer's monitor.

As always please share our sermons by directing others to this site or download and make a copy on CD or DVD to share with others.

Please bear with us as this technology is expanded and improved, in the comming weeks we will be perfecting these videocasts for quality improvements. But we need your help now! Please us the comment box below to tell us how to improve; would you like better picture quality at the expense of larger downloads, or slightly less quality or display size but smaller and faster downloads? We are always listening and need your feedback. So sit back and watch:

Serve: Chad Rowland 01/29/2006

Unleash yourself and Invest fully at Grace Community Church. These are the two ways that Chad Rowland encourages everyone on how to Serve the Lord at Grace Community Church. Learn how Lord gives examples of serving in 1 Corinthians and Matthew.

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Unleash yourself and Invest fully at Grace Community Church. These are the two ways that Chad Rowland encourages everyone on how to Serve the Lord at Grace Community Church. Learn how Lord gives examples of serving in 1 Corinthians and Matthew.

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Graced friends,

What an awesome start to the New Year we have had! Thank you for your faithfulness to the vision. You are inviting your friends and neighbors to experience what God is doing among us and the response is overwhelming! Continue to reach out to those you know who need Grace!

This week will be the last opportunity to sign up for the first session of small groups to begin soon and for the currently scheduled membership classes. If you want to be in a small group or attend a scheduled membership class we need to hear from you. Please don't assume we are including you in the number. You can reply by email. The membership class for February 26th still has slots available.

This week we will be videotaping the service. This is a practice for someday when we will be able to view services on the podcast. Please don't be alarmed by the camera!

The month of February will be a focus on marriage and the home. This will be a great time to invite your friends. With that in mind, don't forget the Grace Gala, February 18th, 7 PM to 10 PM, semi-formal, cost $30 per person. Our intent of the series and the gala is to strengthen marriages. (If you need help with the cost of the gala, please email pastors@gcomchurch.com This will be kept confidential.) Buy your tickets this Sunday.

If you have missed any of the ministry strategy sermons from this month, please listen to them on the podcast. (www.gcomchurch.com) Also, while you are there, take time to comment on the podcast site. This will add enthusiasm to the site. This site is currently very active on the web, literally around the world!

If you have been praying about baptism or have questions about your salvation and need to talk with someone, please email pastors@gcomchurch.com,

As we hinted Sunday, we have a special announcement this Sunday. You don't want to miss!

We look forward to seeing you again Sunday!


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Continuing with the second part of how Church Membership enhances commitment to a local Church, Ron Edmondson discusses the importance of Small Group Bible Study. Through these gathering members will not only develop a closer relationship with Jesus but also enhance their friendships with each other and gain a stronger Commitment to the Lord and Grace Community Church.

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Please continue to pray for our deployed soldiers and their families. These are scary, uncertain days for them. We have several of our families who are being directly affected by this current deployment and the ongoing war.

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Small Groups are one of the many things that make worship at Grace Community Church so special. See what people at Grace have to say about their personal experiences with Small Groups.

Then sign up today for your place in a Small Group!

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Everyone join together to wish our very own Chad Rowland a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!


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One aspect of commitment to a local Church is Church Membership. Today Ron Edmondson examines what are the Biblical roots of Church Membership and what it means to become a member of Grace Community Church.


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The first Baptism Service for Grace Community Church, held on January 8, 2006.


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Graced People,

You were supposed to get this Wednesday but yours truly missed his own self-imposed deadline! So, belated as it is, here's the Grace Weekly...

If you have not already done so, check out www.gcomchurch.com. There is a link to our podcast if anyone you know might be interested in listenting to messages from our Sunday gatherings. On that podcast, there is space for you to comment. Feel free to use it early and often.

Online giving is now possible if that is how you choose to give your tithes and/or offerings.

February 18 is the Grace Gala. It will be a romantic evening for the married couples of Grace. We will enjoy an evening of eating, laughing, and some dancing. Other details will be posted soon.

Thanks for an incredible gathering last Sunday morning. I pray you encountered God and were challenged to grow in your intimacy with Him. He loves each of you so much. Bring someone with you this weekend. But you've tried and tried and can't seem to get through to him/her? This Sunday might be the day!

Thanks for letting me serve with you.

Chad


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Magazine Review
Love Like Rain
Daniel Doss Band


The first thing you are going to ask when you hear Love Like Rain is "where has this guy been hiding?"

The Daniel Doss Band plays music that gets your heart beating with praise and awe of the Father and that's something that this world needs.

It's Christian music that should be played at full volume to match the dimensions of worship that it pulls from your heart.

If you want a sample, grab a copy of Song DISCovery 52, which includes the poetic and hymn-like title track "Love Like Rain" and then volume 54 with the overwhelming song of honor, "Light is Shining". The highlight of the Daniel Doss Band is that they pay little attention to sounding like anyone else; their focus seems to be in creating heart songs that ring out like they belong in the heavens. It's an artistic stance that respects the vast personality of God, yet makes it musically accessible for believers. Now's the time to start following Daniel Doss, he's sure to keep offering praises for years to come, and you won't want to miss a beat of it.


Worship Leader TAKEAWAY: The Daniel Doss band is one of the most exciting worship finds of the year, and a must have for worship professionals.



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As a Church grows, a course is made like following a compass. Chad Rowland begins the new series "Compass" showing the path that Grace Community Church will take through the directions of Gather, Commit, and Serve. Today, he explains how Grace has been Gathering and preparing the way for Commitment and Serving.

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Please pray for Dr. David Haase and his family. David is a fine Christian friend to many at Grace and supporter of our church. We have just learned that his older sister's husband was tragically killed in a car accident today. His sister and brother in law have been the inspiration in many ways for his life.

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Exciting news! Daniel's song "Love Like Rain" won songwriter division of the Embassy Music talent search competition. He won the Nashville Regional division in May 2005 and then the National Final January 4th, 2006. As a result EMI is going to pitch the song to its artists so one of them might record it.

Some of you voted for him on the SongDiscovery web site. That is a different nomination that he has been nominated for and we won't know the results from that until March 2006. If you haven't voted you can go to: SongDiscovery.

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Prepare now to attend the Grace Gala sponsored by Grace Community Church. For more information or ask questions please e-mail by Clicking Here.

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Happy New Year Grace Friends!

The most popular statement heard this week: "I can't wait to get back to Grace!"

If you've missed Grace the wait is almost over. This Sunday, January 8, 10 AM. We will begin a most important series as we present the vision and direction of Grace Community Church. Invite your friends to join us as we begin the New Year.

Begin making plans to attend the Grace Gala on Saturday, February 18th from 7 to 10 PM.

These are important days in the life of Grace. Be praying about what role God would have you play in our beginning. If you wish to help in the children or preschool area, please e-mail Grace Community Church at Click Here.

Grace to you! See you Sunday.

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