GRACE BIBLE CHURCH

How good are you with words? With both my grandfathers and my dad being great communicators, during my high school years, it began to dawn on me that I should work at “words” as well. So during my sophomore year I dropped into the lexis world by joining the debate club. For weeks I collected material to argue both sides of this: Resolved: That the United States should promote a Common Market for the western hemisphere. Being a little slow, it took a few days before I realized that the Common Market wasn’t the Jewel store down the street from where I lived. Most of you probably didn’t realize until this very moment that I helped settle this colossal issue over forty five years ago! No Common Market for us! You betcha! At any rate, the issue for debaters is the necessity to be properly armed to knock down whatever the opposition might toss your way.

The early Christians needed to be armed as well for what was thrown at them. That seems to be at the heart of Peter’s argument found in the next large section of his first letter. So, read I Peter 3: 8 – 4:6 in preparation for either the 8:45 or 10:30 service and then join us for an on-time beginning of our worship of God as we consider how to “Be Armed for Good!”

Also…

• Eight of our ladies would be excited to tell you about their recent mission-vision trip to Thailand! Join us in the community room at 4:00 this Sunday afternoon to get the story about rescuing trafficked women and children!
• Men – get ready for a great, affordable “stay-home” men’s retreat. (No, that’s not an oxymoron). You’re going to love the speaker! More information is available this Sunday in the lobby or by clicking on “Men’s Conference.”
• “Join Grace,” our introduction to the beliefs, values, and practices of our church, is scheduled for March 28th. If you’ve been attending for a while and are thinking about a next step with the church please make this information-packed gathering a priority. You’ll get some too-good food too! (Try saying that three times!)

From time to time - check out what is happening by going to www.gracevine.com, our church's WEB page. You'll find everything from downloadable sermons to the most recent schedule of events.

And I’ll see you in the pews!

Joe Bubar