Comfort Comfort - John 13-17 - Lent
Before Jesus is arrested and is crucified, Before Jesus is arrested and crucified. Before all the pain and agonony. Before the diciples feel lost and alone. Before our own confusion and heart ach, Jesus speaks words of comfort as a rod and staff in the midst of the dark valley.
Before Jesus is arrested and crucified. Before all the pain and agonony. Before the diciples feel lost and alone. Before our own confusion and heart ach, Jesus speaks words of comfort as a rod and staff in the midst of the dark valley.
Reading Plan
Read around the readings for Sunday
2/14/24 - Ash Wednesday
Joel 2:13-29
2 Cor 5:20b-6:10
John 13:1-21
2/18/24
Isaiah 40:1-8
James 1:12–18
John 13:36- 14:7
2/25/24
Isiah 40:1, 12-14
Rom. 5:1–11
John 14:22-31
3/3/24
Isaiah 40:1, 15-20
1 Cor. 1:18–31
John 15:1-17
3/10/24
Isaiah 40:1, 21-26
Eph. 2:1–10
John 16:16-24
3/17/24
Isaiah 40:1, 27-31
Heb. 5:1–10
John 16:25 -- 17:5
3/24/24 - Palm Sunday
Zecheriah 9:9-12
Phil. 2:5–11
John 17:6-26
3/31/24 - Easter
Isaiah 25:6-9
1 Cor. 15:1–11
John 20:1-10, 19-23
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![[Sunday] Plainly Overcome - Comfort Comfort](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5852f18a20099e30cd2c01dc/1710513068049-67AOKCWMTHNNKN6PKH8P/Comfort6a.jpg)
![[Wednesday] Isolation and Community - Speaking Comfort Comfort](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5852f18a20099e30cd2c01dc/c958b9d1-75b6-49ac-bc8b-b9799ab63a5c/speaking+5.jpg)
![[Sunday] Blind Joy - Comfort Comfort](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5852f18a20099e30cd2c01dc/1709911427560-LBNNRDXQIRRA67VHLSXJ/Comfort5a.jpg)
![[Wednesday] Death to Life - Speaking Comfort Comfort](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5852f18a20099e30cd2c01dc/1709736399238-XALJC19OT2IT2DI54PK8/speaking+4.jpg)
![[Sunday] Clean Vines - Comfort Comfort](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5852f18a20099e30cd2c01dc/1709235970952-F4GD314ECNROI20Q0WW8/Comfort4a.jpg)
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![[Sunday] Held Well - Comfort Comfort](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5852f18a20099e30cd2c01dc/1708700477496-8BQJHSVFI9W7F7AIYF24/Comfort3a.jpg)
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![[Sunday] Send Me - Called Ephesians Ch 5-6](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5852f18a20099e30cd2c01dc/1707492899506-R3EVD3F9FKPXI4JT8DH9/Called+4a.jpg)
[Sunday] Send Me - Called Ephesians Ch 5-6
We are called to walk in love, just as Isaiah sees he is a sinful man among a sinful people, and he yet is sent cleansed. God cleanses us to walk in love and gives us the defense of His armor.
We are called to walk in love, just as Isaiah sees he is a sinful man among a sinful people, and he yet is sent cleansed. God cleanses us to walk in love and gives us the defense of His armor.
What Had happened at Grace this week.
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![[Sunday] Stone- Kingdom Way - Matthew 16-17](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5852f18a20099e30cd2c01dc/1740694917001-C7R31WQBXYACND1YN3UD/KW+15a.jpg)
![[Sunday] Paul Called Ephesians Ch 4](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5852f18a20099e30cd2c01dc/1706891957980-21572Y4BQB0GN1VDLKYE/Called+3a.jpg)
[Sunday] Paul Called Ephesians Ch 4
Paul, after seeing his own life change from putting people in prison to now sitting in prison for the gospel. He looks at us and says live a life worthy of the calling.
Paul, after seeing his own life change from putting people in prison to now sitting in prison for the gospel. He looks at us and says live a life worthy of the calling.
What Had happened at Grace this week.
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Black Tie Blue Jeans and Bingo. [Family Meals]
We will be holding our annual charity dinner and fund-raising event on FRIDAY , (new day) February 9, 2024, from 6 PM till 10 PM at the Barn at Oleander 6851 Oleander Ave in Port St. Lucie,
Family Meals, Inc. was launched to help Treasure Coast families understand the importance and value of sharing family meals. We do this by providing meal ingredients, and table-talk materials to help the working poor prepare and enjoy family celebrations for three special occasions throughout the year. Uncooked meals are delivered to the doors of those families so they may prepare the meals themselves, in the privacy of their homes, allowing them dignity and respect they deserve.
As we continue to grow, it is important that we have adequate funding to underwrite our programs.
To help us offset expenses as the community needs grow please help us by attending this gala.
We will be holding our annual charity dinner and fund-raising event on FRIDAY , (new day) February 9, 2024, from 6 PM till 10 PM at the Barn at Oleander 6851 Oleander Ave in Port St. Lucie,
Our Black Ties, Blue Jeans & Bingo Event promises to be a great event with four bingo games and four bingo prizes, each worth $500.00.
Limited seating– buy your tickets today!
Please partner with us to make this event as effective as possible. We are humbling requesting you support Family Meals, Inc., as a sponsor for this event. There are three Sponsorship levels available for this event.
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[Sunday] Moses Called Ephesians Ch 2-3
Moses sees the bush on fire, not burning up. God, out of the bush, calls this outcast to announce the good news to those in captivity. For by grace we have been saved and sent to bring good news of Christ who saves.
Moses sees the bush on fire, not burning up. God, out of the bush, calls this outcast to announce the good news to those in captivity. For by grace we have been saved and sent to bring good news of Christ who saves.
Updated Version of O Worship the King this week!
Listen to it here.
What Had happened at Grace this week.
Updated Song "Oh, Worship the King"
Just a little update of a classic
Here is Grace’s Recording for Sunday
On January 28th 2024 we are singing
O Worship the King
1. Oh, worship the King, all glorious above.
Oh, gratefully sing his pow'r and his love;
Our shield and defender, the Ancient of Days,
Pavilioned in splendor and girded with praise.
2. Oh, tell of his might; oh, sing of his grace,
Whose robe is the light, whose canopy space;
His chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form,
And dark is his path on the wings of the storm.
3. The earth with its store of wonders untold,
Almighty, your pow'r has founded of old,
Established it fast by a changeless decree,
And round it has cast, like a mantle, the sea.
4. Your bountiful care what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air, it shines in the light,
It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain
And sweetly distills in the dew and the rain.
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5. Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,
In you do we trust, nor find you to fail;
Your mercies, how tender, how firm to the end,
Our maker, defender, redeemer, and friend!
6. O measureless Might, ineffable Love,
While angels delight to hymn you above,
Thy humbler creation, though feeble their lays,
With true adoration shall sing to your praise.
Here is the tune Grace’s version is taken from.
Our Version is little different with different lyrics,
Listen above for our version.
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[Sunday] Abraham Called Ephesians Ch 1
Father Abraham was called to look up at the stars and see countless descendants. Believing this calling, he moved forward in sinfulness as he tried to throw it all away. Even when we fail in our callings, God is still faithful to that original promise of Abraham, bringing unity to people.
Father Abraham was called to look up at the stars and see countless descendants. Believing this calling, he moved forward in sinfulness as he tried to throw it all away. Even when we fail in our callings, God is still faithful to that original promise of Abraham, bringing unity to people.
What Had happened at Grace this week.
Called - Book of Ephesians (Teaching Series)
God has called His people together in unity, both Gentiles and Jews, to those far off and close, to bring the Hope of Christ to all. This call is not new but has extended back to the beginning as God had them look up to see His hope for the future.
God has called His people together in unity, both Gentiles and Jews, to those far off and close, to bring the Hope of Christ to all. This call is not new but has extended back to the beginning as God had them look up to see His hope for the future.
Reading Plan
Read around the readings for Sunday
1-21-24 Abraham
Genesis 12:1-9
Ephesians 1:3-14
Mark 1:4-20
1-28-24 Moses
Exodus 3:1-12
Ephesians 2:8-22
Mark 2:14-17
2-4-24 Paul
Acts 9:1-9
Ephesians 4:1-16
Mark 3:13-19
2-11-24 Here I am Send Me
Isaiah 6:1-13
Ephesians 6:10-20
Mark 6:6b-13
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[Sunday] Baptism Of Our Lord
God is pleased, not because the Jordan River is great (it's not); not because Jesus is from an important town (He is from the sticks); not because Jesus has done anything great yet. God is pleased because the creation is being made new, not with greatness or power, but in grace.
God is pleased, not because the Jordan River is great (it's not); not because Jesus is from an important town (He is from the sticks); not because Jesus has done anything great yet. God is pleased because the creation is being made new, not with greatness or power, but in grace.
New Song This Week.
His Mercy is More
Above “Song for this week” has Grace’s Recording
Original Lower
What Had happened at Grace this week.
Email Blast 1/13/24 - Gettin Baptized at Grace this Sunday
See the email from this Week
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Walther League photos
Great time with one another
We had 7 People!
We will see you next time 2nd and 4th Fridays
Haiti Update, Girls Start School
Exciting news from Haiti.
Meshac is back from Haiti with some updates!
The Girls Started School!
Here are their pictures from their frist day. Their Dresses where new and made for them.
New 2nd Story Addition on to the Clinic.
When we were in Haiti there was just a staircase up to the roof. There is now a new addition which will funtion as a kitchen.
We had wanted teh Clinic to open in January but have faced a few setbacks. The main doctor we were going to hire died last week. Please pray for his family and friends.
New Song "His Mercy Is More"
New song this Sunday!
On January 14th 2024 we are singing
His Mercy is More
1.
What love could remember, no wrongs we have done
Omniscient, all-knowing, He counts not their sum
Thrown into a sea without bottom or shore
Our sins they are many, His mercy is more
Chorus
Praise the Lord ˅
His mercy is more ˅˅
Stronger than darkness
New every morn’
Our sins they are many, His mercy is more
2.
What patience would wait as we constantly roam
What Father so tender is calling us home
He welcomes the weakest, the vilest, the poor
Our sins they are many, His mercy is more (Chorus)
3.
What riches of kindness He lavished on us
His blood was the payment His life was the cost
We stood ‘neath a debt we could never afford
Our sins they are many, His mercy is more (Chorus x2)
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[Sunday] Odd Epiphany - Emmanuel: Joy in the Midst
Under Epiphany's odd light, a star guides foreign Maji’s steps to Bethlehem, A jewish King looks like Pharaoh caring nothing for the messiah, and The holy family seeks refuge in Egypt. This light of the kingdom exposes the normalized oddity of God’s salvation.
Under Epiphany's odd light, a star guides foreign Maji’s steps to Bethlehem, A jewish King looks like Pharaoh caring nothing for the messiah, and The holy family seeks refuge in Egypt. This light of the kingdom exposes the normalized oddity of God’s salvation.
New Song This Week.
Above “Song for this week” has Grace’s Recording
Original Lower
What Had happened at Grace this week.
Epiphany as the Other Christmas
Epiphany—is for the Gentiles, those who were once not God’s people, but who now, by the grace of God in Christ have become the people of God
Read the Whole Article at Epiphany as the Other Christmas (1517.org)
https://www.1517.org/articles/epiphany-as-the-other-christmas
Epiphany is an extension of Christmas, a sort of Christmas 2.0. It’s conspicuous place following the nativity narrative in Matthew’s Gospel presents it as the “other Christmas,” the “Christmas of the Gentiles.” At the first Christmas we find a swaddled baby in a manger visited by shepherds from the fields summoned by angels. In the “other Christmas” we find a toddler at his mother’s feet in a house visited by “Magi,” wise men from the East guided by a star. The first Christmas was announced to Israel, the fulfillment of God’s promise to Abraham; the second Christmas was for the world, the nations, the Gentiles, the fulfillment of God’s promise to Adam.
“Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising,” God said through Isaiah (Isaiah 60:3).
The Greek word “epiphany” means “appearing,” and in ancient times it was used usually about the appearing of a god or a great king. Lutheran theologian Charles Cortright notes that some kings thought they were gods. For example, Antiochus IV, an ancient Syrian king, took the name “Epiphanes” after he defeated the Egyptians to placard his divine prowess. But his mortality was soon exposed as the Maccabean Revolt in Jerusalem evidenced his all-too-human vulnerabilities. Notwithstanding, there were divinely-inspired biblical prophesies and imaginative pagan mythologies that set expectations for a miraculous appearing of a God-king.
The Magi had come from the east to Jerusalem guided…………………….
Read the Whole Article at Epiphany as the Other Christmas (1517.org)
https://www.1517.org/articles/epiphany-as-the-other-christmas
New Song "All Glory Be To Christ"
New song this Sunday!
On January 7th 2024 we are singing
Kings Kaleidoscope - All Glory Be To Christ
1.
Should nothing of our efforts stand
No legacy survive
Unless the Lord does raise the house
In vain its builders strive
To you who boast tomorrow's gain
Tell me, what is your life?
A mist that vanishes at dawn
All glory be to Christ
Chorus
All glory be to Christ our king
All glory be to Christ
His rule and reign we'll ever sing
All glory be to Christ
2.
His will be done, His kingdom come
On earth as is above
Who is Himself our daily bread
Praise Him, the Lord of love
Let living water satisfy
The thirsty without price
We'll take a cup of kindness yet
All glory be to Christ [Chorus]
3.
When on the day the great I am
The faithful and the true
The Lamb, who was for sinners, slain
Is making all things new
Behold our God shall live with us
And be our steadfast light
And we shall e'er his people be
All glory be to Christ [Chorus 2 times]
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[Sunday] Simeon - Emmanuel: Joy in the Midst
Emmanual was worth the Wait.
Emmanual was worth the Wait.
Worship With Us.
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What Had happened at Grace this week.
A Different Kind of New Year
Waiting, in hope, for someone else to arrive.
Read the Whole Article at https://mbird.com/holidays/advent/a-different-kind-of-new-years/
If you were to ask me what my least favorite holiday is — and trust me, I am a children’s minister and mother of three, this is not the weirdest question I’ve been asked this week— I would most likely reply New Year’s (both Eve and Day, to be specific). Part of it feels overly celebratory for a simple turn of a calendar page. Some of it is that I am expected to stay up past ten p.m. and not be grumpy. A large part of it is that somehow, with the flip of the page and the tick of the clock, I am supposed to be a newer, fresher, better version of myself at midnight. Expecting anything of me after midnight is ridiculous.
I am supposed to have more energy and interest in self-improvement. Things are supposed to get better not worse. This year will be different because this is the year, after forty others just like it, that I will finally have more self-control. I will have learned from all of my previous mistakes, errors, failures, flops and non-wins. Nothing will be left as it was. This year, I will have it all together.
Christmas Eve Photos at Grace
Photos of Silent Night. Christmas Eve
Thanks For the Great Christmas Season.
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[Christmas Day] Light - Emmanuel: Joy in the Midst
Born from the womb of darkness, God dared to paint the nascent universe with light. Centuries later, that celestial brushstroke moves in the wonder of Christmas where every dark place shines the light of God With Us
Born from the womb of darkness, God dared to paint the nascent universe with light. Centuries later, that celestial brushstroke moves in the wonder of Christmas where every dark place shines the light of God With Us
What Had happened at Grace this week.
Even with the glorious news of Christ's resurrection, the disciples remained hidden, burdened by their actions. Yet, Christ arrives, a beacon of hope and unreserved comfort, offering peace in the midst of their doubt.