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A Message from Our Home Office  Program Transcript . . . +    Some moments change everything.  They lift the veil, revealing what has always been true but unseen.  The mountain of transfiguration was one of those moments.   Jesus led Peter, James, and John up a high mountain.  There, in a flash of divine radiance, […]

Last week, we looked at an introduction to a discipleship program I’m working on. INTRODUCTION What is the GCJ Discipleship Program? A program being designed to help GCJ realize its vision of being a healthy church. What is a healthy church? A church that is functioning as it should, loving God and others and making

  FORMAT Opening CHORUSES/SONG Father Abraham Had Many Sons Opening PRAYER BIBLE READING SUMMARY OF MAIN POINTS DISCUSSION … by Age Group Younger Children … Learn Theme song (All Things Bright and Beautiful) Older Children … Summary of main points … Q & R ACTIVITIES Colouring True/False Maze Find-A-Word CLOSING SONG All Things Bright and

    Ministry Action Plan (MAP) for 2025 …       AT A GLANCE …   HOPE AVENUE FAITH AVENUE  LOVE AVENUE  Weekly  Church Service (Saturdays) Sermons  Footballers MeetUp  Fellowship Meeting (online) Online Bible Studies  Reading Classes Prayer Meeting (Online) School  Monthly  Church Service (Sundays) Church Potluck   Community Walk  Prayer Service Care Bank  Sports Club

  GCJ Ministry Action Plan (MAP) for 2025   WEEKLY ON-SITE Sunday School Outreach ONSITE ONLINE Sunday Fellowship meetings Tuesday Bible Study Wednesday Bible Study Thursday Prayer Meeting Friday Bible Study Saturday Church Services   MONTHLY 1st Sundays … Church service ONSITE   5th Sundays … Mar.30;   Jun.29;   Aug.31;   Nov.30 1st Saturdays … Communion serv 2nd

    WELCOME and THANKS OPENING COMMENTS Last Friday, we started Romans 4 … but we did not finish the chapter.  Hopefully, we can do so tonight. The text for tonight’s DIVE = Romans 4:13-25.            Romans 4:13-25  NRSVue   God’s Promise Realized through Faith   13 For the promise that he would inherit

OPENING COMMENTS Thanks for joining us.  We have a lot to get through tonight. We have two sets of lectionary notes Last night’s message Next Sunday’s message We also have a video presentation … a message re: Christmas Eve We also have a number of songs (seasonal) lined up. We may have to limit the

    God’s Story Luke 2:10-20 NIV     “Once upon a time…” “Call me Ishmael.” “My father has asked me to be the fourth corner at the Joy Luck Club.” “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…” “I am an invisible man.” “Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four Privet Drive,

    HEALTHY PASTOR Regular meetings of pastoral team ….. SECOND THURSDAYS Pastoral care … VISITING and ATTENDANCE Equipping of membership Engaging Empowering Encouraging Signage for church recognition and awareness Logo for lectern Bathrooms to be sorted out Plan Annual CONVENTION Regular MEMBERS MEETING … quarterly Purchase CCTV for security Special services (2 times/year) January

    Revelation 1:4b-8 Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who [b]loved us and washed us from our sins in His own