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Hey, @greenvilleuniv students!! 🐾🧡
📢Exciting News! 📢
The wait is over — The Gathering is back! Relaunch tomorrow night!
🗓 Event Details:
• Date: Sunday, October 27th
• Time: 6:30 PM (meal)
• Follow-up Discussion: 7:00 - 8:00 PM
• Speakers: Brandon Shannon & Micah Shuffett
We’re so thankful for the chance to come together again for a time of fellowship, growth, and community — just as Jesus modeled.
🍴 Plus, enjoy a taco bar for dinner and brownies for dessert!
We can’t wait to see you there! 🙌
#TheGatheringGU #GraftedGFMC
Do you "wish" you were a praying person? Do you long to pray with others? OR do you have a healthy prayer time alone but know you need to also pray in community? Join us for our Prayer Ministry Launch. After church on Sunday, Sept 8, we will eat lunch together and explore what is availalbe NOW and dream about what/where the Spirit might be leading us...and you. Just come. Come and see.
Church Family,
The Bishops of the Free Methodist Church are call every Free Methodist Church to a month of prayer and fasting that will begin on Tuesday, September 3. "Seeking Together" is our theme as we unite in seeking the face of God around four weekly themes: Turning to God/Repentance, Awaken Your Church, The Next Generation, and Leaders in the Church/Society.
Each day a video with Scripture, a devotional thought, and prayer will be presented from our Superintendents and other FM leaders. Included with their prayer will be prayer prompts for you to use to engage your own voice in added prayer. As you watch the video and pray, you will be joining others in our family who will be doing the same.
Here is how you can receive the daily videos and prayer prompts:
1. Receive it by email in your inbox. To do so, subscribe to the email list. Here's the link to use to subscribe: fmchr.ch/seekingtogether
2. Visit the FMCUSA Facebook page daily for the prayer videos and prompts. Here's the link so you can be sure to like and follow that page: https://www.facebook.com/fmcusa
3. Visit the web page each day that is set up specifically to house all the videos and prayer prompts. Here's the link: https://fmcusa.org/seekingtogether
Your GFMC Pastors fully support this effort and alongside of you, join our voices to seek God together.
May the Lord hear us as we storm the throne of grace with our requests for the Lord to visit us and ignite a Spirit-fueled movement "by calling on the God in whom we believe - the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not" (Romans 4:17).
During our time together, we will be: (1) discussing the need for churches to reach college students and why we should be invested, (2) brainstorming ways our church family can minister to GU students, and (3) we want to pray together and hear from you where the Lord may be calling you to be personally involved.
It’s time to start a new year! Promotion/Back to School Sunday is Aug 18. Wear your school colors (if you are not in school, where your almamater shirt/colors)! We will celebrate the new year, welcome several GU teams, give Bibles to our new Jr High kids and pray specifically towards the new year. Also, ice cream for all after second service! Hope you can join us! It’s going to be a great year.
In a season of reactivity, with competing voices calling for our attention and outrage, we must remember our identity and calling. As representatives of Christ, who leads God’s community of reconciliation, how can we think deeply and lovingly about the state of Israel, the Jewish people, and the people of Gaza and the West Bank. While political and religious factions incite us to react, this is an invitation to reflect.
Dr. Aubrey Taylor McClain is a member of the Theology faculty at Greenville University and serves as the Shapiro Chair for Jewish Christian Studies. A biblical scholar, she spent last fall on sabbatical in Israel and as a result, was in Jerusalem during the October 7th attack. During the months that followed, she spoke with dozens of everyday people, Jews and Palestinians, and was forced to think deeply about the role of the Christian and outsider in this conflict.
Join Dr. McClain on August 11 as she shares context for the current conflict and reflects upon a Christian response. Then on August 18th, she’ll return to address your pre-submitted questions and offer an invitation for further study and action.
Join us for an inspiring Women's Worship Night on August 18th at 6 pm in the FMY room as we kick off the women's ministry for the 2024/2025 year! Led by the talented Theresa Lindell and Megan McPeak, we will be focus on Philippians 1:27- and be encouraged to embrace the " Humble Mindset" - through a mix of worship choruses and traditional hymns, as we focus on the year ahead. We'll also have a time of fellowship with delicious ice cream. Don't miss this uplifting evening of worship and community!
Needed: Friendly Faces to join the 2024/2025 Hospitality Team and be a welcoming presence on Sunday mornings once a month! Our new 12-month schedule begins in September, and we need friendly faces to offer hospitality, provide information, and help everyone feel comfortable and at home as they enter our building. Your warm welcome and attentive assistance can make a big difference in creating a positive and inviting atmosphere for all. If you're interested or would like more information, you can sign up on the website under "Serve", at the Welcome Center, on a Communication Card, or contact Rachel Tungate at rachel.tungate@greenvillefmc.org. Be a part the team to connect with others and serve our community.
Pastor Christie asked AI to create 2 images for this past Sunday's sermon: What is Forming You? The prompt for the first one was --create an image where we are being formed by the world around us. The prompt for the 2nd one was--create an image where we are being formed by the Bible using a tree. This is what AI came up with! What do you see? How do these images make you feel? Which image represents your mind and heart? Consider talking to the Spirit about this. Remember, Jesus is gracious and kind to us as He convicts us. He desires a living relationship with us!
Pastor Jeremy shared a good word Sunday! To review, in #thepinglife series, we’re suggesting that God does, in fact, want to communicate with people in ways that we can understand. AND we’re suggesting that it’s possible to grow in our ability to hear and respond to God’s prompts.
If you missed it or just want to hear it again, go to youtube/greenvillefmc! Remember, we are collecting PING stories this week as we get ready for our 5th Sunday testimony and prayer Sunday! God is at work.
Members of the GFMC Bible quiz team: Joe Lanter, Archer Wiegand, their coaches (Alison Lantern and Bryan Vollintine) and family members are traveling to the FM Bible Quiz Finals in Waynesburg Pennsylvania. They will compete individually and as a team Monday the 24th through Friday 28th. Prayers for safe travels, staying healthy and recall of all they have studied for the last 10 months from Matthew and I and II Thessalonians are appreciated. The team is thankful for all your support
Have you been tracking with #thepinglife series this summer.
"A PING is a heavenly signal in search of an earthly response. The Ping Life is a lifestyle of actively listening for God promptings, receiving them, discerning them, and actively responding to them. It involves keeping ourselves in the network with a personal commitment to be reachable by God. If you want an acronym, Power in Noticing God works just fine." (Bishop, Shane L.. The Ping Life)
We would love to hear your stories. Email steve.pichaske@greenvillefmc.org or respond in the comments. You can give us one word or a very general "I had a ping" or share more about your ping!
"Pings always involve us but are never about us. They are about what God wants to do." Bishop, Shane L.. The Ping Life
How do you build that foundation?
1. Surrendering your life to Jesus as Savior and Lord
2. Staying filled with the Holy Spirit *through worship and prayer)
3. Pursuing godly holiness and righteousness
4. Cultivating a grateful attitude
5. Daily time in God's Word
Let any of the pastors know if you need ideas or help in any of these five areas!
It's #dounutday. We asked some of the GFMC staff what is their favorite and this is what they said:
Pastor Steve: "YES"
Gina: chocolate cake with chocolate frosting
Lolly: pudding filled Long John
Lisa: Blueberry cake
Pastor Christie: fluff filled from Krispy Creme
Stephanie: Blueberry cake
Pastor Justin: Blueberry cake
Rachel: Boston Creme
Pastor Greg: Bear Claw
Heather: not a donut kinda a girl but will take a snicker doodle cookie any day of the week.
Pastor Jeremy: doesn't really have a fav...maybe Boston Creme
***so anytime you want to bring us donuts we are here for it! :)
What is your favorite?
After more than 14 years leading our Young Teens (Middle School) Ministry, Bob Rinella is stepping down at the end of May. Please join us in giving thanks to Bob (and Kelly) for the lives they have touched for Jesus, especially within the lives of our GFMC/Greenville community kids dealing with all the pressures and uncertainty of middle school life. We will celebrate Bob in worship on Sunday, May 26th and also welcome you to send personal words of thanks to the Rinellas!
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