News (Page 10)

The Senior Youth Group will be attending the Always Ready conference put on by Ligonier Ministries in Grand Blanc, Michigan on Saturday, October 7. Come and join us for a day in which we together face the challenge of defending our faith in this world. The cost of the conference is $37.00 and includes lunch. To sign up please respond to the email invitation that was sent…

The Confession of Faith/New Members Class will begin on Sunday, September 24, 2023. We hope to meet after the morning service for approximately 45 minutes in the basement auditorium. If you are in your senior year of high school, in college, desiring membership in our church, or simply want to sit through the class (again) to learn more about the Reformed faith, you are…

The Heritage Voices Choir will begin practice for the fall semester on Monday, September 11. Those with a gift for singing are encouraged to join with us. We look forward to seeing you all then, the Lord willing.

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