Father's Day Video by GBF Kids

Many have requested to post the Father's Day Video from this past Sunday. Hope all the father's had a great day!!!!

MP3'S NOW AVAILABLE

We are happy to announce that you can access each weekly sermon on our home web page (www.thegbf.com) as MP3's. Feel free to check it out! Download it to your ipod or collect them for your home libraries.

Enjoy!

Sunday, June 7th Recap

I hope you are all off to a great week in the Lord. I wanted to give you a recap from our time together this past week.

Our time on Sunday was spent talking about 3 things about elders:
1. Elders in New Testament churches are biblical:
• Elders in Ephesus Acts 20:17
• Elders in all the churches that Paul founded Acts 14:23.
• Elders in the church at Jerusalem Acts 15:2
• Elders in all the churches of Crete Titus 1:5
• Elders in all the Churches of the dispersion of the Roman Empire James 1:1; 5:14
• Elders in all the churches in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia 1 Peter 1:1; 5:1
2. What elders do: LEAD, FEED, and PROTECT
• Acts 20:28-31
• 1 Peter 5:1-5
3. Who elders are. (their qualifications)
• 1 Timothy 3:1-7
• Titus 1: 5-9
In closing we looked at the following definition for elders:
Elders: “are the doctrinal guardians of the flock and the overseers of the life of the church responsible to God for the feeding and care and ministry of the people”
-John Piper

GATHER Meetings for Children's Ministry

GATHER will begin meeting this next Wednesday immediately following S.A.M. Club. We will meet every Wednesday up until July 15th from 11am-12:30pm.

This will be an informal time to "gather" our children for fun, games, and devotional times. A light lunch will be served, as well!

It is recommended that only school-aged children attend as older children will be grouped in with us as well.. This will help ensure safety among game time and such!


We are needing much help with the following.........
1) Volunteers to donate and prepare light lunches for approximately 50 children (hot dogs, nachos, sandwiches, etc...). GBF will provide paper goods and lemonade.
2) Adult and Youth Volunteers to help maintain a safe but yet fun environment and to help assist Mandy in leading games and activities (this does not have to be an EVERY WEDNESDAY COMMITMENT).
3) Prayer for a continuous growth of friendship and spiritual knowledge for the children and leaders involved.

If you are interested in helping please contact Mandy Turner at mandy@thegbf.com or at 972-837-6166.

Sign Up Sheets for lunches will be in the kiosk area on Sunday, as well!!!!

SEND THEM - Student Ministry Missions Offering, Sunday, June 7th

STUDENT MINISTRY MISSIONS OFFERING, June 7TH
SEND THEM – Romans 10:15

Please prayerfully consider making a SEND THEM donation on or before Sunday June 7th.
Funds received will help pay for MISSION TRIP TRANSPORTATION and assist students who need help with funding to GO on a mission trip.

Thanks so much for your continued support,

GBF Student Ministry

Baptism and Communion - This Sunday

We want to remind everyone that this Sunday afternoon, starting at 3:00pm, we will have a Baptism service and Communion immediately following. This will take place at the home of Jonathan and Charlotte Scales (235 Green Meadow Ct, Gunter, TX 75058).
Please prayerfully consider coming as this will definitely be a wonderful time well spent, together in Christ.
Hope everyone can attend!

Sunday June 7th, Elder: An Office of Noble Servanthood

We wanted to let everyone know in advance, to please mark your calendars for Sunday morning, June 7th as we'll be taking a look at biblical qualifications and the role of elders. This message is the next step in Grace Bible Fellowship's exciting transition to becoming the elder led church God has called us to be. Again, that's Sunday, June 7th, 9:00am. We look forward to seeing you there!

Sunday, May 17th Recap...

This week we looked mainly at Colossians 1:15-23. However, we started in Matthew 16:13-17 to make sure we have a good solid answer for the question, who is Jesus?

From Colossians 1:15-23 we discussed and answered the following.
1. Who am I? The crowning glory of God's creation.
2. Why am I here? To bring honor and glory to Jesus Christ.
3. What is wrong with the world? Sin.
4. What can be done about it? Faith in the preeminent Jesus Christ.
If you enjoyed this topic and would like some further study on it, Irecommend the following book: http://www.amazon.com/Supremacy-Christ-Postmodern-World/dp/158134922X
Also, you might enjoy listening to the sermon found at the link below:
http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/ConferenceMessages/ByDate/1829_The_Supremacy_of_Christ_in_a_Postmodern_World/

I hope your week is one that recognizes the preeminence of Christ in ALL things.

Important Dates and Events to Remember

It is that busy time of the year when school comes to an end. Lots of programs, lots of banquets, lots of baseball games, etc..... Therefor, we wanted to update you on some important church events that you may want to add to your calendar.

1) This Sunday we will be taking up a special love offering to help fund scholarships. Please come prepared if you would like to help. This is the one and only fundraiser the Children Ministry will partake in for the whole year!

2) Sunday Night, we will be hosting an Appreciation Dinner for workers, volunteers, and/or snack providers for the TeamKID program. Bring the family and have lasagna with us and be prepared to participate in a few fun games!!! The dinner will begin at 5pm in the sanctaury!

3) The TeamKID banquet is next week, May 20th at 6:30 pm. Awards, leadership recognition, "showing off" and refreshments will be happening during this last hour! Please invite all family and friends to attend!

4) Next Sunday, May 24th, will be Senior Sunday! Please confirm with Lara Martin or Casey Layman that your child will be present that morning!

5) May 31st is the last Sunday of the month, which means we will have GBF 101 during the EKG hour, Baptisms will be hosted at the Scales home at 3pm, and Communion Service will be held at church at 5pm. Sign up sheets are at the the kiosk in the greeting area!


The staff has been doing a great job with keeping all the blogs updated! The calendars are active, as well. A church wide calendar is presented on the home page of www.thegbf.com. You can also find specific calendars for the youth and children's programs on specific blogs. Please utilize these tools as it helps the staff not have to duplicate many tasks. Encourage other members and attendees to use these tools, as well!

We, the staff, love you GBF!

Sunday, May 10th Recap

Colossians 1: 9-14. We approached this text in somewhat of a reverse order, looking first at verses 12-14, as Paul gave thanks that we that we who are in Christ have been “qualified…to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.” (vs 12) Furthermore we discussed that we have been:

Rescued us from ignorance vs13a “He has delivered us from the domain of darkness”
Relocated to his kingdom vs13b “transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son”
Redeemed vs14 “in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins”
verses 9-11. Paul prays that we deepen our relationship with Jesus:

· FILLED WITH JESUS – vs9 “filled with the knowledge of his will (Jesus’ WILL- the Goal) in all spiritual wisdom and understanding (the Holy Spirit-The Means)
When a Christian is saved they receive the Holy Spirit as a guide among other things. See John 14:26, 1 Cor. 2:12, John 16:23
Paul prayed, and we should pray,that our whole life comes under the influence of the Holy Spirit.

· WALKING WITH JESUS – vs10“walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God”
Paul prays that the Colossians practice what they preach. Our faith should be evident in the way we live our life.
"If Christianity is really true, then it involves the whole man, including his intellect and creativeness. Christianity is not just "dogmatically" true or "doctrinally" true. Rather, it is true to what is there, true in the whole area of the whole man in all of life." –Francis Schaeffer
See also: James 3:9-10, Romans 12:9, Philippians 1:10

· JOY WITH JESUS – vs 11“May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy...”
Paul prayer is for God’s power and might because believers have to endure and be patient, but in all this we have JOY.
It’s the purpose and pleasure of every Christian to bring GLORY to God:
Joy – is pure GLORY unto God.

We ended with three application points:
1.Seek to have every area of your life become more and more under the influence of the Holy Spirit.
2.Show the worth of Christ in your walk.
3.Discover the joy in Jesus that brings Glory to God. God is glorified when we are satisfied in him.