Grace Newsletter for December 2012

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Is Thanksgiving Over?

As we paused to celebrate a Dayof Thanksgiving, one would as-sume that because of the exampleof our forefathers-and today wehave so much-that we would bean extremely thankful people.

But, as we all know, that is notalways the case.

Its a bit sad, that we sometimesdetermine our thanksgiving onthe basis of how much money wehave, is our retirement safe, andthat we have a fancy new car.

The truth is that all of thesethings may change at any time.They may drift awayor burn

upor someone may steal them.The only thing we have for sureis our relationship with the Lord,and that, in the end, is the onething for which we should beMost Thankful for. Not just onThanksgiving Day, but each andevery day of the year.

Nothing says it like Psalm 100:

Shout for joy to the Lord, all theearth,

Worship the Lord with gladness;come before Him with joyfulsongs.

Know that the Lord is God. It isHe who made us, and we are His;

We are His people, the sheep of His pasture.

Pastors Corner Pastors Corner Pastors Corner Pastors Corner Our Nation, Tammy Baker, JudyBarrow, (Gerald Vickers sister)Mr. & Mrs. Delbert Eubanks,Nolan Eubanks, (Bro. Eds uncle)Kaye Fraizer, P. J. Fryer (JamesTerrys brother) Frances Green,Gene Halburton (Bro. Eds aunt),L. C. Hatcher, (Bro. Harrells

father-in-law) Sis Hobby, JanetJames, R. D. Jones, (BrendaHowells father) Alexis and baby,Peggy McLeod, Wayne McLeod,C. D. Mizell, (Jasons grandfa-ther) Louise Mosley, (Wandasmother) Mack Shaw, LyndaUbrey, Sandra Ward, FrancesWoodard, unspoken requests, andU. S. Military stateside and abroadespecially Little Joe Hinton andhis family.

Prayer Concerns Prayer Concerns Prayer Concerns Prayer Concerns

Happy

BirthdayJoseph Nelson 1

Kayla Blankinchip 20Evan Gartman 21

Kadessa Taylor 26

HappyAnniversaryJoseph & Mary

Nelson 31

Volume 2, Issue 12 December 1, 2012

SundaysWorship Service 10:00 am

Wednesdays Family Meal 6:00 pm

Children &Youth Bible Study 6:30 pm

Enter His gates with Thanksgivingand His courts with praise;

Give Thanks to Him and praiseHis name.

For the Lord is good and His Love

endures forever; His Faithfulnesscontinues through all generations.

Let us be thankful for who we are,what we have, and for the OneWho Made it All.

Grace from Grace,

Bro. Ed

Pastors Corner Pastors Corner Pastors Corner Pastors Corner Continued Continued Continued Continued

You are Invited to: All of Graces

Christmas Activities &Worship Services

(see calendar of events on the next page)


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Thursday, December 206:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Childrens Skating Partyat Skate Cityin Lucedale.

Refreshments will be served!

News From Grace

Wednesday, December 126:00 pm

Area Youth

at Grace

Family MealSchedule

Wednesdays

Dec. 5 Missy Havard

Dec. 12 Church-wide

Dec.19 No Meal Eat atHome before visiting theNursing Home

Childrens Christmas Party

Up-Coming Events

Friday, December 14 Area Youth will attend

New Songin Concert

at Pascagoula Baptist Church

Wednesday, December 19

5:45 pm Nursing Home

Leakesville, MS Eat before leaving

home,no meal will be

provided!

Saturday, December 15 Adult Outing to

Winterfest 2012

Pensacolas Favorite HolidayCelebration Leave at 1:30 pm

Eat Supper Tram Ride for Performance Tour

at 6:00 pm

You will need money for your mealonly. Let Kathy know by Sun. Octo-

ber 28 if you plan to attend so shecan get tickets.

The Childrenwill meet upstairs

onWednesday, December 12

for a Pajama Partyand

Watch the moviePolar Express!

Make Plans Now

to Join

Us&

Invite Your Friends!

(It is Gracesturn to host the

event somembers of thecongregation

please let Mrs. Brenda Howell

know what finger food items you can bring at

(601-770-1491)

Sunday, December 16 6:00 pm

Graces Church Family will sharetheir Annual Christmas Mealwith the Habitat for Humanity

Volunteers from West Kentucky & Baldwin University. Bring your

favorite potluck dish to share and enjoy the Christian fellowship with

one another.


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News From Grace

Mission Opportunities

Grace will house & provide an evening

meal toWest Kentucky &

BaldwinUniversity for

George County Habitat for Humanitys

CollegiateChallenge

the week of December 15-22 &

Sacred HeartUniversity

on January 6-12.

(See Georgia to helpwith meals

& cleaning.)

Thank you toeveryone that helped with this great mis-

sion project.

Matthew 25:40 And the King will answerthem, "I assure you: Whatever you did forone of the least of these brothers of Mind,you did for Me."

George-Greene collected 4,209 shoe boxesthis year! We surpassed our goal of 4,000on Sunday when Bexley Baptist Churchbrought their shoe boxes. The South EastMS Area Team includes 11 counties whichGeorge-Greene is a part of collected30,113 shoe boxes and surpassing theirgoal of 30,000.

Below is the numbers for each church/ group this year (no particular order):

Wilmer FBC 5

Evangel Temple Assembly of God 3Harvest BC 46Gautier BC 40Shady Grove BC 91Johnson Creek BC 10Riverside Full Gospel 134Agricola BC 70Heritage BC 25Deer Park UMC 18Antioch Christian Academy 36Watermark Cong. Methodist 26

Ward UPC 13Thompson Hill BC 28Cindy Bradley/Gloria Howard 822Bayou Sara BC SS Class 18Antioch BC Leakesville 125Cedar Grove BC 53East Salem BC 50Faith Presbyterian 30FBC Leakesville 97Midway Miss. BC 33New Hope BC 28

Pilgrim Rest BC 22Pine Level BC 21Pleasant Hill BC 29Unity BC 176Barton BC 140Bexley BC 117Covenant BC 212FBC Lucedale 160Lucedale UMC 89George Co. HS 62George Co. Middle

Missions continued

Hey Missy & Kids at Grace!

How are y'all?! I hope you had a niceThanksgiving. We had a very good timewith three other missionary families in thearea. The power stayed on enoughthrough out the day to get all of our foodcooked and we even found a turkey tocook in town. We are blessed! Speaking of being blessed, we just received. I justwant to say thank you for the money youand the kids at Grace sent. My Mom sentus a big box of good stuff and we reallylook forward to using it all. Crisco for pies,

jewelry for Analiese, Pop tarts for Kevin

and lots of other goodies. We also got thecrafts and it just so happens that Analiese's favorite thing to do right now iscrafts! That was so sweet and thoughtfulof you all. We will pray that God blessesyou in return for your kindness and gen-erosity. Please tell the kids I wrote andthat I hope and pray they will grow in thetruth and grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.There is NO better place to be than in hissafe and loving arms.Love you! Savannah & Family

School 28Grace UMC 28Howell BC 41

Midway BC 34Mount Olive BC 20Movella Miss. BC 21Pleasant Hill UMC 60Rocky Creek BC 272Vernal Presbyterian 38Winborn Chapel UMC 4FBC McLain 62New Life BC 504Avera BC 1FBC Sandhill 46Fellowship BC 198

THANK YOU, church coordinators, for allyour hard work to get these boxes filled andturned in this week! You are much appreci-ated and grateful for you! May God bless youand look forward to next year.

Donna McLain, Isaiah 40:28-31

Thank you Note from: Kevin & Savannah Pestke, Missionaries

in Chipata, Southern, Zambia


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Area Youth Retreat to

Gulf Shores, AL Friday night, January 18 -

Sunday morning, January 20

Speakers have been asked to come and deliver an

in-house style Youth Retreat.

We will be bunking with students from First UMC, &

Winborn Chapel UMC.

Need $30 deposit by December 16, if you plan to attend.Then you will need money for meals

and any extra spending money.

Grace United MethodistChurch

33263 Hwy 98Lucedale, MS 39452

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