Announcements and Activities, Sunday 05-16-2010

•Camp KIDJAM- If you have not paid your May payments please be sure to see Mandy Turner today. **Tracks selections, T-shirt sizes, and birthdates need to be specified to Mandy, as well.

•MEN’S MONTHLY BIBLE STUDY: The next study will be on May 18th @ 107 East Main (Roy’s house) from 7pm-8pm.

•SENIOR SUNDAY: GBF will recognize the graduating 2010 senior students on May 23rd.

•BAPTISM/COMMUNION: Please sign up at the Welcome Center (Kiosk) for baptism it is scheduled for May 30th.

•MAY 29-30: We will be joined by several of our friends from the Navajo reservation: Pastor Wesley Castillo, his family and several congregates from Pine Hill Church in New Mexico will be HERE to worship with US! More details to come…

•YOUTH MISSION TRIP: If you are interested in donating to this fund, please come prepared to give on June 6th, as we will take up a special offering at that time!

•WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY: The women’s ministry will be hosting a Bible study over “The Covenants”. The initial meeting will be Tuesday June 8th. The following meeting will be Thursday, June 17th, it will be every Thursday, from 6:30-8:30pm. The study will be held at Casey Layman’s house (107 East Main). This study will last for 8 weeks. For more information regarding this study, please contact Tinna Hood @ 903.815.4055.

•CHILDREN’S MINISTRY MEETING: June 19th, 6:30-7:45pm @ the GBF sanctuary! Kids welcome to play outside.

•Mega Sports Camp: The Children's Ministry will be hosting a Sports Camp on June 28-July 2 from 5pm-8:30pm. Details will soon be posted!

•YOUTH MISSION TRIP– The Satellite Students will travel to the Reservation in New Mexico on June 19-26. Contact Casey Layman for more info: clayman@shermanisd.net

•PRAYER FOR STUDENT MINISTER: Please pray for God’s leading towards filling our open student minister position and for our great group of volunteer leaders in the interim.

Announcements and Activities, Sunday 05-09-2010

•Mega Sports Camp: The Children's Ministry will be hosting a Sports Camp on June 28-July 2 from 5pm-8:30pm. Details will soon be posted!

•Camp KIDJAM- If you have not paid your May payments please be sure to see Mandy Turner today. **Tracks selections, T-shirt sizes, and birthdates need to be specified to Mandy, as well.

•TeamKID and IMPACT: TeamKID and IMPACT concluded their program for the 2009-2010 year on Wednesday. TeamKID and IMPACT will resume in the Fall of 2010.

•MEN’S MONTHLY BIBLE STUDY: The next study will be on May 18th @ 107 East Main (Roy’s house) from 7pm-8pm.

•GBF 101/BAPTISM/COMMUNION: Please sign up at the Welcome Center (Kiosk) as our next class and baptism is scheduled for May 30th.

•MAY 29-30: We will be joined by several of our friends from the Navajo reservation: Pastor Wesley Castillo, his family and several congregates from Pine Hill Church in New Mexico will be HERE to worship with US! More details to come...

•YOUTH MISSION TRIP– The Satellite Students will travel to the Reservation in New Mexico on June 19-26. Contact Casey Layman for more info: clayman@shermanisd.net

•PRAYER FOR STUDENT MINISTER: Please pray for God’s leading towards filling our open student minister position and for our great group of volunteer leaders in the interim.

•LIFELINE GROUP LEADERS NEEDED: Are you a member of GBF who is not a perfect person but a REAL person, not a Bible expert but someone who LOVES God's people? Interested in leading a small group that meets in a home for the purpose of authentic community and spiritual growth? We want to hear from YOU!!! Contact Roy for more info: roy@thegbf.com Lifeline Groups: Love one another... -Jesus (John 13:34)

Hello...

Hello all,

What a beautiful day outside right?...And the rainbows earlier this week, amazing! I know it’s a busy world, but for us that live out here “in the country” we have a great view going to and from work or school or wherever your daily routine takes you. So let’s slow down and be in AWE of the beauty that God placed around us!

I hope you all are getting as much out of the series on 1 Corinthians as I am. God just continues to reveal himself through His Word in the letter that Paul wrote to the Corinthians. The more I read the more I realize how relevant this letter is to our world today. If you would like to read ahead, read through the end of chapter 3 to get a good context of where we are.

This week is mother’s day. So kids and dads: don’t blow it! :) Make mom feel special, BECAUSE SHE IS, and we’ll do some things to help with that on Sunday as well.

Also be aware that at the end of this month, Sunday, May 30. We will have visitors from the Navajo reservation coming HERE! Pastor Wesley Castillo of Pine Hill Church in New Mexico will be preaching that Sunday. It will be a blessing to see and hear how God is working on the Navajo reservation as well as a culturally enlightening experience for many of us.

That Sunday, May 30th, we’ll have communion and then a community brunch afterward. It will be a great time of fellowship, not only for us but for the Navajo people as well! We are REALLY looking forward to it.

Please be in prayer as the 30th gets closer. Pray for the safe travel of our New Mexico friends and for us as we prepare for their arrival, that we could make this visit a beautiful example of the Christian brothers and sisters coming together in the name of Jesus.

I love y’all and look forward to seeing you Sunday if not before. Please feel free to email things that I can pray for you or just let me in on life in general. Email roy@thegbf.com.

Have a great rest of the week in the Lord,

The Layman called pastor :)

•WELCOME: Please welcome to the GBF Family our newest members Jessica Cook and Thomas and Jane Mrozinski!!

•Mega Sports Camp: The Children's Ministry will be hosting a Sports Camp on June 28-July 2 from 5pm-8:30pm. Details will soon be posted!

•Camp KIDJAM- We have three spots open! May payments are due TODAY. Please see Mandy to sign up or pay!

•TeamKID and IMPACT Banquet: Everyone is invited to attend our "End of the Year" Banquet this Wednesday in the sanctuary! Banquet will begin at 6:30!

•MEN’S MONTHLY BIBLE STUDY: The next study will be on May 18th @ 107 East Main (Roy’s house) from 7pm-8pm.

•GBF 101/BAPTISM/COMMUNION: Please sign up at the Welcome Center (Kiosk) as our next class and baptism is scheduled for May 30th.

•MAY 29-30: We will be joined by several of our friends from the Navajo reservation: Pastor Wesley Castillo, his family and several congregates from Pine Hill Church in New Mexico will be HERE to worship with US! More details to come...

•YOUTH MISSION TRIP– The Satellite Students will travel to the Reservation in New Mexico on June 19-26. Contact Casey Layman for more info: clayman@shermanisd.net

•PRAYER FOR STUDENT MINISTER: Please pray for God’s leading towards filling our open student minister position and for our great group of volunteer leaders in the interim.

•LIFELINE GROUP LEADERS NEEDED: Are you a member of GBF who is not a perfect person but a REAL person, not a Bible expert but someone who LOVES God's people? Interested in leading a small group that meets in a home for the purpose of authentic community and spiritual growth? We want to hear from YOU!!! Contact Roy for more info: roy@thegbf.com Lifeline Groups: Love one another... -Jesus (John 13:34)

Sunday, 2010-04-25

•TEAMKID: April 28- Last SPIRIT NIGHT- Praise and Worship/Pizza/Testimonies

•BREAKAWAY WEEKEND 2010: May 1st & 2nd (Saturday 10am through church on Sunday). Is a time for students to grow closer together, closer to their leaders; learn more about the God that loves them, all in a setting that is FUN for all involved. In short, it’s a time for students to take a break, and BREAKAWAY from the influences that discourage them as young Christians, and a time to be encouraged by the love of God, their leaders, and one another.

•May 5- "End of the Year" Banquet will be held on you don’t want to miss it. Awards will be given to all!!

•MEN’S MONTHLY BIBLE STUDY: The next study will be on May 18th @ 107 East Main (Roy’s house) from 7pm-8pm.

•GBF 101/BAPTISM/COMMUNION: Please sign up at the Welcome Center (Kiosk) as our next class and baptism is scheduled for May 30th.

•MAY 29-30: We will be joined by several of our friends from the Navajo reservation: Pastor Wesley Castillo, his family and several congregates from Pine Hill Church in New Mexico will be HERE to worship with US! More details to come...

•YOUTH MISSION TRIP– The Satellite Students will travel to the Reservation in New Mexico on June 19-26. Contact Casey Layman for more info: clayman@shermanisd.net

•PRAYER FOR STUDENT MINISTER: Please pray for God’s leading towards filling our open student minister position and for our great group of volunteer leaders in the interim.

•LIFELINE GROUP LEADERS NEEDED: Are you a member of GBF who is not a perfect person but a REAL person, not a Bible expert but someone who LOVES God's people? Interested in leading a small group that meets in a home for the purpose of authentic community and spiritual growth? We want to hear from YOU!!! Contact Roy for more info: roy@thegbf.com Lifeline Groups: Love one another... -Jesus (John 13:34)

•CAMP KIDJAM: For those who have signed up but have not paid, April payments are due please contact Mandy Turner.

Sunday, 2010-04-11

• WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY: “The Titus 2 Women” for the last time this Thursday @GBF from 7-9pm.

• MEN’S MONTHLY BIBLE STUDY: Will be on April 20th @ 107 East Main (Roy’s house) from 7pm-8pm.

• GBF 101/BAPTISM: Please sign up at the Welcome Center (Kiosk) as our next class and baptism is scheduled for April 25th.

• COVENANT MEMBERS MEETING: We will have an informative meeting for all GBF members on April 25th, 5pm, in the GBF Worship Center.

• GBF 101/BAPTISM: Please sign up at the Welcome Center (Kiosk) as our next class and baptism is scheduled for April 25th.

• April 28- Last SPIRIT NIGHT- Praise and Worship/Pizza/Testimonies

• TEAMKID: "End of the Year" Banquet will be held on Wednesday, May 5th, 2010. You don’t want to miss it, awards to all!!

• MAY 29-30: We will be joined by several of our friends from the Navajo reservation: pastor Wesley Castillo, his family and several congregates from Pine Hill Church in New Mexico will be HERE to worship with US! More details to come...

• YOUTH MISSION TRIP: To Navajo Reservation in New Mexico June 19-26. Contact Casey Layman for more info: clayman@shermanisd.net

• PRAYER FOR STUDENT MINISTER: Please pray for God’s leading towards filling our open student minister position and for our great group of volunteer leaders in the interim.

• LIFELINE GROUP LEADERS NEEDED: Are you a member of GBF who is not a perfect person but a REAL person, not a Bible expert but someone who LOVES God's people? Interested in leading a small group that meets in a home for the purpose of authentic community and spiritual growth? We want to hear from YOU!!! Contact Roy for more info: roy@thegbf.com Lifeline Groups: Love one another... -Jesus (John 13:34)

• CAMP KIDJAM: For those who have signed up but have not paid, April payments are due please contact Mandy Turner.

Sunday, 2010-04-04

• COVENANT MEMBERS MEETING: We will have an informative meeting for all GBF members on April 25th, 5pm, in the GBF Worship Center

• YOUTH MISSION TRIP: To Navajo Reservation in New Mexico June 19-26. Contact Casey Layman for more info: clayman@shermanisd.net

• TEAMKID: "End of the Year" Banquet will be held on Wednesday, May 5th, 2010. Details will soon be posted!

• PRAYER FOR STUDENT MINISTER: Please pray for God’s leading towards filling our open student minister position and for our great group of volunteer leaders in the interim.

• LIFELINE GROUP LEADERS NEEDED: Are you a member of GBF who is not a perfect person but a REAL person, not a Bible expert but someone who LOVES God's people? Interested in leading a small group that meets in a home for the purpose of authentic community and spiritual growth? We NEXT SUNDAY: Israel "Chetsiy" (Hebrew for “more than I expected!”) Sunday...A group from GBF recently traveled to Israel; next Sunday morning they will be sharing their most memorable moments with the GBF congregation!
• want to hear from YOU!!! Contact Roy for more info: roy@thegbf.com Lifeline Groups: Love one another... -Jesus (John 13:34)

• MAY 29-30: We will be joined by several of our friends from the Navajo reservation: pastor Wesley Castillo, his family and several congregates from Pine Hill Church in New Mexico will be HERE to worship with US! More details to come...

• WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY: "The Titus 2 Women" meets every Thursday @ GBF from 7-9pm.

• MEN’S MONTHLY BIBLE STUDY: Will be on April 20th @ 107 East Main (Roy’s house) from 7pm-8pm.

• CAMP KIDJAM: For those who have signed up but have not paid, April payments are due please contact Mandy Turner.

• OFFERING BOXES: If you have come prepare to give, our offering boxes are located at the North and South doors as you exit the sanctuary.

• GBF 101/BAPTISM: Please sign up at the Welcome Center (Kiosk) as our next class and baptism is scheduled for April 25th.

Know well...make well known.

Yesterday was Palm Sunday, the day that Jesus made his “The Triumphal Entry” into the cit of Jerusalem. The following sets the scene:

Matt 21:8-11
Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting,” Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!” 10 And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?” 11 And the crowds said, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”

What a beautiful picture right! The crowds making the way for Jesus, praising, “Hosanna!” The word Hosanna in Hebrew means “save, we pray”, see Psalm 118:25-26. But remember, Jesus is received by the words “Hosanna, Hosanna!” and just a few days later the crowds of this city would yell, “Crucify him! Crucify him!”…How is this?

In Matthew 21:10 we have a very important question, a question that many are still asking today. Look at the end of verse 10, “the city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?” You have the crowds answer in verse 11, and we know what would be said regarding Jesus just a few days later, “let him be crucified” Matt 27:23. But what is our answer when we are asked that question? If someone were to say to one of us, “you are a Christian right? Well who is this Jesus?” I hope our answer would be simple, but layered. I hope that we would be able to give a very clear and personal short answer, but one that we could talk about for a lifetime. I pray that our answer would be the same today and forever, but also, that it would be even richer as our journey with Him goes on. In short, I hope we know, and are getting to know our Jesus.

And this is eternal life…know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ…” John 17:3

Let’s be a people who know our God well, that we may make him well known!!!

-Layman called pastor

Sunday Recap...The Essence of Christian Community

Sunday Recap…

It sure was good for me to be back with the church family after being out for a week. LOVED ISRAEL! (you’ll be hearing more about that in the near future) but it was good to be home, and what a way to bring in the spring, SNOW! crazy hu?

Hey don’t forget that we have a Family Easters Celebration immediately after CG this week. We’ll have bounce houses, an egg hunt for the kids, and hot dogs for all. Bring a lawn chair, and enjoy the fellowship, it’ll be EGGTASTIC!

Also, we’ll have a baptism for Parker Johnson at the Crelia’s house (formerly the Scales’ house) at 4 pm on Sunday! If you need directions to the Crelia’s contact the church office: secretary@thegbf.com

Man that Rhome can preach right!

Here is a recap of the Word that he shared with us on Sunday:

THE ESSENCE OF CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY
Our Bible text was from Ephesians with the application portion coming from Ephesians 4:25-32. I highly recommend reading the text from your Bible and spending some time in prayer about its contents.

Here are Rhome’s 5 points from Sunday:
1. Speak the truth to one another
2. Be angry at the right things and don’t let the your anger go long
3. Share with one another, be generous
4. Watch what you say and how you say it, be edifying
5. Forgive one another

As I read these 5 things I can’t help but think what a great case they are for Lifeline groups. We need some small groups to begin meeting in homes on a regular basis for the purpose of authentic community and spiritual growth, a place where the “one anothers” from the Bible can be learned and lived out. The first step to getting groups like this started are identifying and equipping some leaders to lead these groups. I know God has laid it on the hearts of some folks to lead a group like this. Remember, you don’t have to be a Bible teacher to lead a Lifeline group, but you do have to have a desire to love people. You don’t have to be a perfect person to lead a Lifeline group, but you just have to be a REAL PERSON. If you are interested in Lifeline group leadership, please let me know! roy@thegbf.com ….don’t wait on someone else to do it if the Lord is calling YOU...remember, God does not always call the equipped, but many times he equips the called!

I’m really pumped for our next two Sundays together. This week REMEMBER THE PASSION OF CHRIST….Then next week, CELEBRATE THE RISEN SAVIOR!

Have a great week,
The Layman called Pastor

EaSteR FaMiLy CeLEbraTIoN

This Sunday, GBF will be hosting an informal Easter family celebration. Immediately following Community Groups, we invite ALL families and individuals to stay for a time of fun and fellowship! Hotdogs, bouncehouses, and an egg hunt will be held on the playground on the northside of the property! The old elementary gym is reserved as a backup, in case of bad weather circumstances!

WHAT TO BRING: Lawn chairs or a blanket to lounge on and an Easter basket or sack for any children who want to participate in the egg hunt

DONATIONS: Please send candy/surprised filled egg donations to the church office (Monday-Thursday from 9am-2pm) or drop them off at the children's hall at GBF!

It's gonna be an EGGSalent time:-)