
[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.
Fun with Games at Walter League
Fun with Games
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The Glories of Being a Nobody
I don’t have to make anything of my life.
Read the whole article at The Glories of Being a Nobody - Mockingbird (mbird.com)
Thank God that you don’t know me. I don’t mean that I’m some sort of monster, and you shouldn’t know me. But if you’re reading this, you likely saw the name “Alex Sosler” and thought, “Huh, never heard of him.” I am largely an unknown nobody.
I used to think that my obscurity was some sort of burden to overcome. I had aspirations, after all. My ambition saw my privacy as an obstacle to conquer in order to be known in the wider world. It’s primal, this ambition. Ever since the Greeks and Romans, honor and glory have been the great achievement of life. Immortality came through having a lasting name and legacy. Surely, the Sosler name could live on by being known. Maybe not through my heroic acts but I have something to offer. Right?
If I was known, if I wasn………………………………………………………
Read the whole article at The Glories of Being a Nobody - Mockingbird (mbird.com)
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.
[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
[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
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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)
[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]
Mark's account unveils a resurrection marked by amazement, revealing God's presence in unexpected bursts of glory. Mark 16