The People of God, Under the Word of God Doing the Will of God, All for the Glory of God.

Sunday Morning Schedule

Morning Prayer—8:00-8:45 (Library), Sunday School for all ages—9:00, Fellowship Time—10:00 am Combined Worship Service—10:30 am. Jr. Church—Kids ages 3-1st grade are dismissed during the worship service for their own time of worship. Parents check their children in on the 3rd floor. Childcare for infants to 3 years old is available during all services.

Sunday Morning Adult Education Classes, 9:00 am Discipleship Explored - Cross Room Old Testament Survey - Fellowship Room Worship & Church Music - Sanctuary

Tuesday Morning Ladies’ Bible Study, 10:00 am-Noon Studying the Book of Colossians (Next meeting is November 27)

Wednesday Night Ministries, 6:30-8:00 pm Awana Clubs for children ages 3 through 6th grade Childcare for infants to 3 years old Jr. High Youth Ministry (grades 6-8) Sr. High & Adults: Inductive Bible Study - 2 Timothy Ladies’ Study—“Identity Theft, Reclaiming the Truth of Who We Are in Christ” Men’s Study—“The Transforming Power of the Gospel”

Thursday Night Ministries

Sr. High Youth Ministry (grades 9-12), 6:30-8:30 pm Young Adults Growth Group (Contact Pastor Nate for information.) Seniors Ministry

Golden Heirs Bible Study & Lunch (Monday, November 19, 10:30 am, in the gym) Nursing Home Ministry, Newfane (every fourth Sunday)

CONTACT SOCIAL MEDIA PASTORAL STAFF

Grace Bible Church WEBSITE Dave Emmons, Senior Pastor 6023 Dutton Place www.gbcnewfane.com Nate Hlad, Associate Pastor Newfane, NY 14108 Matt Weir, Associate Pastor (716) 778-9081 FACEBOOK grace@gbcnewfane.com Grace Bible Church of Newfane NY

Elders: Burf Bowman, David Emmons, Jim Estes, Nate Hlad, John Syracuse, Dave Talladay, Pat Weidel, Matt Weir, Walt Whitenight.

Deacons: Jim Bachman, Jordan Brown, Herb DeLine, Nate Duxbury, Kent Houseman, Dan Joseph, Nick Kaszuba, Jason Poeller, Nate Weidel.

Visit our website or call for more information about us, our ministries and staff contact information.

December 7, 8 & 9 5:30-8:30 pm

We are excited to get ready for our annual Living Nativity! We need YOUR help. If you plan to partici-pate in any way, please sign up NO LATER than November 25. See the insert in today’s bulletin to sign up. We will have acting practice on November 28 and the walk-through on December 5. If you have questions or need more information, please contact Dave or Amy Talladay. INVITE YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS! Invite postcards are available at the Welcome Center or the church office. Posters are also available for anyone who is able to hang them up. Thank you! LIVING NATIVITY WORK DAY Saturday, November 24, 8:00 am-2:00 pm Please come if you are able to help. We will begin to set up inside the gym on this day. Lunch will be pro-vided. If you can help provide food, please sign up or contact Amy Talladay at 534-6084. WEDNESDAY NIGHT SCHEDULE CHANGE Please note that there will be no Wednesday night ministries on the following dates: November 21, 28 & December 5. Awana & adult Bible studies will resume on Wednesday, December 12.

November 18, 2018

Order of Service Worship in Song “It Is Well with My Soul”

Welcome

Worship in Song “Jesus, Only Jesus” “Jesus, Thank You”

Worship through Giving

Special Music GBC Children’s Choir Children ages 3-1st grade are dismissed for Jr. Church after special music.

Worship in Song “Come, Ye Thankful People Come”

Message “Rendering Service as to the Lord” Ephesians 6:5-9 Pastor Nate Hlad

Response “Be Still My Soul (In You I Rest)”

Ephesians 6:5-9 5Bondservants, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, 6not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, 7rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, 8knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a bondservant or is free. 9Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threat-ening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.

MISSIONARY UPDATE

Zachary Mariani: (serving in the Middle East) This last month has been HARD. An absurd amount of difficult circumstances arose as we started moving into ministry here. Within two weeks of arriving my teammate, Chris, sprained and micro-fractured his ankle while playing basketball. This city is VERY hilly and you have to walk almost everywhere, so this foot injury really caused a lot of struggle for both Chris and our team. Personally during this last month I struggled with various physical ailments including TMJ, an intestinal parasite, difficulty sleeping and abnormal fatigue as well as intense allergies. Other members of my team have been expressing an in-ability to focus or concentrate, difficulty feeling motivated and a variety of other struggles. On top of that, the process for getting resident permits which is necessary for us to legally stay in-country has become significantly more difficult. Yet the Lord is GOOD. Even amidst the hardships and struggles, we’ve seen nothing but amazing things happen. I confess having moments of being really discouraged and frustrated at situations we found ourselves in, yet I can honestly say I am thankful for all of them. Those hard moments have pulled us together as a team and shown us the faithfulness of God to pull us from the “mire” and show us how He is truly our strength. Praise God for his faithfulness and provi-sion. Please pray for endurance for our team, for the Lord to lead us to spiritually hungry people here, for our English club and for the students we have been meeting with.

OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE FOR THANKSGIVING Niagara Gospel Mission (1317 Portage Road, Niagara Falls) is looking for volunteers for Thanksgiving Day - 9 a.m. at the Mission to help serve, assemble and deliver hot meals to needy families in Niagara Falls. To volunteer, email Alicia at: he_reigns316@yahoo.com or Carol at: carols@niagaramissions.com.

NOVEMBER SUNDAY SCHOOL OFFERING: Your contributions this month will go toward Christmas bonuses for each of our missionaries.

News & Information Mission Focus

For Our Visitors

Thank you for joining us today! We would love to get to know you! Please take some time to fill out a visitor card in the pew and drop it in the offering plate. If you are visiting for the first time, please stop by our Welcome Center for more information about us and receive a special gift.

Dates to Remember

Living Nativity Acting Practice—November 28 Living Nativity Walk Through—December 5 The Living Nativity—December 7, 8 & 9 No Sunday School or Fellowship Time—December 9 GBC Family Christmas—December 23

GRACE STUDENT MINISTRIES SCHEDULE CHANGE There will be no Jr. High Youth Group November 21, 28 or December 5. There will be no Sr. High Youth Group on November 22 or December 6. Jr. & Sr. High will meet together on Thursday, November 29, 6:30-8:30 pm.

COOKIES! COOKIES! COOKIES! It’s not too early to start baking! We will serve LOTS of cookies during our Living Nativity. If you need a place to store them, they may be frozen and kept in the freezer at church. Be sure to mark “for Living Nativity.”

LIVING NATVITY COOKIE DECORATING Monday, December 3, 6;30 pm Join us for a ladies’ cookie decorating night! Kids are welcome accompanied by a parent. If you are able to come and help decorate or can help provide cut out cookies or decorations/frosting ingre-dients, please sign up by the church office. Contact Becca Weidel at (585) 415-1896 for more information.

A HUGE thank you to everyone who helped with the Operation Christmas Child Shoebox ministry. We packed 603 shoeboxes!

CONGRATULATIONS! The rose on the stage today is in honor of the birth of Kei Shocknesse born to Dan & Judy Shocknesse. Congratulations to grandparents, John & Laura!