Big Shot Michael Bayne thought he got a parking space.   He bragged about it on his blog saying “I have arrived….”
 
Well, Michael, you’ve arrived alright.  See where your parking space is now. 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Right where you belong!  In the trash man! 

Collide Magazine, fast becoming an influence in the church culture in which we live, gave kudos to the Grace website in this month’s edition. We are so pumped.  They emphasized that the site was “visitor friendly”.  Our desire is to be that kind of church also.  Thanks Collide.
 
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All my life I’ve heard the phrase, “you’d have to experience it to understand it”.  The older I get the more I know that statement to be true about many things.  I was reflecting today about ways I’ve heard that statement used and ways it’s come true in my [...] Continue Reading…

I’m in a dreaming stage again. I usually get nuggets of ideas from conferences or individuals and shape my own vision from the little pieces of information I hear elsewhere.  This week I’ve been flooded with ideas so that my head is exploding.  Since I always want to dream [...] Continue Reading…

Buddy Bartels took some great pictures of our outdoor baptism yesterday. This was an exciting time in the life of our church. 
www.buddybartels.com/grace/baptism

Listening to Andy Stanley of Northpoint preach recently on providential relationships that impact our spiritual life reminded me of some of the men in my life who encouraged my spiritual growth the most. 
Dennis Newkirk was my pastor when I was in my early twenties and just beginning to [...] Continue Reading…

I have always loved this story. 
 
1 Kings 17:7-16
Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. Then the word of the LORD came to him: “Go at once to Zarephath of Sidon and stay there. I have commanded a widow in [...] Continue Reading…

I don’t read many email forwards, so please don’t start sending them to me. My mom doesn’t forward many and this one she only forwarded to her 3 children, so I decided to read it.  It’s a list of things unique to my generation.  I found them interesting and [...] Continue Reading…

Most of the believers I know have a strong desire to raise their children to be godly; to be passionate followers of God.  With two boys of my own I know the difficulty in completing that task. Years ago, before I even had children, God laid on my heart [...] Continue Reading…

Happy Anniversary to
Grace Community Church
 
Today our church celebrates 3 years since the day we launched. You can learn more about the church HERE.  God has done some incredible things in each of us who were a part of this from the beginning.  We have purposefully attempted not to [...] Continue Reading…