Announcements (Page 6)

Small group Zones 5 and 8 hope to host a potluck lunch following the morning service this Sunday, August 27. We anticipate having guests visiting our church from the PRTS conference and would love to be able to offer them a place to have lunch with our church family. We welcome anyone else in the congregation to join us! Please bring a dish or two to share. Contact Trish…

GCA would appreciate your freshly made baked goods for our bake sale at the Kickoff Night on Tuesday, August 22. We welcome any and all sorts of baked goods: cookies, bars, pies, sweet breads, rolls, etc. Please bring them with you the evening of the kickoff or contact Melissa Bleeker if you need to arrange a different way of getting them there. Thank you!

Friendship Family is an outreach program to minister to first-year Chinese college students in GR. Unlike high school students, they do not have host families and typically stay in college dormitories. They need to settle down and find good churches. They are interested in American culture and desire to know American families. The friendship family program matches each…

Once again we are collecting school supplies for the Sunday School children.Please leave your donations in the basket marked Sunday School in the chapelhallway.

Steven Lee (founder of sermonaudio.com) and Dr. Beeke hope to speak on revival for a mini-conference evening on August 11 at the venue of Matthews Performing Arts Center at Cornerstone University, 3000 Leonard St NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49525. Please join us if you are able from 7:00–9:35 p.m. that evening. Here are links to the registration page and Facebook event page.…

The Mexico Mission team is still on the lookout for some more team members and chaperones. If you feel led to join us, please contact Joanna at 616-350-4697. We are taking sign-ups until the end of July. We are also still collecting any empty pop bottles and cans!

“The Christian’s armor will rust, except it be furbished with the oil of prayer. What the key is to the watch, prayer is to our graces; it winds them up and sets them going.” —William Gurnall, Christian in Complete Armour, page 624

Brother Charles is planning to visit Grand Rapids again! On Thursday, June 29, at 6:00 p.m. come to Grace Christian Academy for a delicious dinner, fol- lowed by a presentation for young and old, in which brother Charles will give an engaging window into the conditions and work being done in China. Please contact Elly Kranendonk to sign up for dinner (616-290-4693 /…

The annual Heritage Reformed Youth Camp is being held near Grand Rapids, Michigan from July 11th to 14th. Register before June 12th and pay $175 US. Anyone registering after June 12 will be required to pay $200 US. To register, click here. We are looking forward to another year of topics, workshops, games, and great fellowship.

When he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. —Hebrews 1:3b Christ is alive. How can I want for sympathy, when I have a risen Christ? how can I feel alone and sad, when I have the society and the soothing of a living and an ever present Jesus—a Jesus who loves me, who knows all my circumstances, all my feelings, and has His…