Free (healthy) Cooking Classes

There are free cooking classes to learn how to prepare health meal choices.

When: 11:00am-1:00pm, Saturdays

Where Marian Anderson Recreation Center (17th & Fitzwater)

How: Register @ phillykidscook@hotmail.com or 215.407.5295

How Much: FREE!!!

Clean-Up Tomorrow

Grace and Peace will be participating in the City's Clean-Block Saturday Clean-Up event TOMORROW, May 19, from 9:00am-11:00am.  SOSNA (South Of South Neighborhood Association) has invited us to help clean around Marion Anderson Recreation Center.  Instead of cleaning around the church property we'll help them.  Please meet at the property at 9:00am or at Marian Anderson at 9:15am.  Please let Meridith know if you plan to come help: meridith.carter@gmail.com

Ladies, Save The Date

Saturday, June 8th (in the evening)!

A fun & relaxing Grace and Peace women's get together is in the works.  If you are interested in helping plan this fellowship, please contact Rebecca Saadeh or Amy Williamson.

Details to follow...

This Sunday

Sunday School:

- Please arrive at 9:00am

Word:

- James 3.1: Who Wants To Teach?

- The Rush To Teach

- The Responsibility of Teaching

- The Reward For Teacher

Song:

- God Over All

- God Of Wonders

- I Am Free

- How Deep The Father's Love For Us

Communion:

- We will celebrate the death & resurrection of Jesus with Holy Communion

Snacks:

- Stick around after worship for snacks & fellowship

Prayer:

- Please come back to the property at 4:00pm for prayer

Talking Elders @ Home Groups

Tonight I will be visiting the home-group that meets at the Lengel's house to talk and pray through future servant-elders at Grace and Peace.

I will be leading us in:

The Person of an elder (thinking about the Biblical "qualifications")

The Pastor of an elder (what the labor of that calling is)

The Procedure of and elder (what it looks like in a mission church in our denomination)

The Prayers for our future servant elders

Ministry Partnership

It's common for Christians to talk of partners or partnership in ministry.  It can be code for "will you help fund my mission trip or ministry"; it's a way to talk of intercessory prayer for others; or, it can be a way of referring to working together in a particular ministry project.  And partnership was important to the ministry of Jesus' early followers: And He (Jesus) called the twelve (disciples) & began to send them out two by two (Mark 6.7).  There are a number of reasons the Lord Jesus sent His servants out like this, all of which have application today: (1) there can be greater integrity to the ministry/message when more than one person speaks (2) there's greeter opportunity to engage different people's stories when more than one story is represented (3) there is spiritual accountability, integrity, & safety (4) there is physical accountability, integrity, & safety (5) there is fellowship & friendship in ministry, which is often very isolating.  I'm not sure exactly how this applies to you, but I know that lone-ranger ministry is often unwise & potentially dangerous for a number of reasons.  Who has the Lord give you to be a ministry partner with?

Luncheon Next Sunday (26th of May)

Not this upcoming Sunday, but next Sunday, 26 May we're having our next fellowship luncheon after worship.

Please plan to attend and please sign-up to bring some food @:

http://www.perfectpotluck.com/
Sign-Up Name:  gpcc

Password:  lunch