This week at Grace in our daily Bible reading plan we come to the books of First and Second Chronicles.  These books cover the same period of Hebrew history that is covered in Second Samuel through Second Kings, but with a different perspective.  Despite what just a quick glance might trick you into believing, these books are not just a repetition of what you have read previously.  While Second Samuel and First and Second Kings give a political history of Israel and Judah, First and Second Chronicles present a religious history of the reign of David in Judah.  These books are written from a priestly and spiritual perspective.

Last Week at Grace

We had a God-blessed Sunday at Grace!  We had 74 in Sunday School and 185 in our morning worship service.  And we were blessed to have two come forward Sunday morning to be baptized and join our church family.  What a blessing!

Please make Shane and Melanie feel welcome here at Grace…and pray for and encourage them as they get baptized this upcoming Sunday!

I would also like to say thank you to everyone who was able to donate Sunday towards the school supplies for Chester County students…Grace loves our community and it shows!

Sunday night was an interesting service, to say the least: with the storms rolling through we had a great deal of thunder and lightning (and the power blinked a couple of times) which made for great special effects for the sermon!

This Week at Grace

Wednesday night at Grace we are continuing our series through the entire Bible.  We will be in First Chronicles and we will be taking a look at the “prayer of Jabez.”

The Youth and Children are going to have an awesome time this Wed. night!  If you have any questions please contact Clay or Shondra Murley.

This Saturday, Grace Baptist is participating in the “Back-2-School Bash!”  If you would like to help out, please let the church office know.

This Sunday morning at Grace we will be wrapping up our sermon series on marriage.  Please invite everyone you can to be with us this Sunday!  Over 80% of people surveyed say that if they were asked by a friend to go to church with them that they would!  If they aren’t coming, it’s because we aren’t inviting!

God cares deeply about our marriages and it is important that we help couples and families discover what God’s Word says about it.

This Sunday night, at the end of our service, we will have a brief special-called business meeting.  This is simply to nominate our Committee on Committees and the nominating team so that they can begin the work of getting us ready for the next church year!  Please make plans to be with us during this important time.

Also please be in prayer for where God will have you serve during this next exciting year at Grace Baptist!  I can’t wait to see what God has planned!

Let’s all commit to pray, witness and invite those far from God and see what God has planned for Grace this week!

Now is the time to share Jesus!

Pastor Marcus D. Kelley