Children’s Church application questions: Daniel 6:1-23

1. Share about a time you felt alone and afraid? 2. Read Proverbs 3:5, what does it mean to “trust in the Lord with all

your heart?”

Home Communities

What is a Home Community (HC)? A Home Community is a base of operations and support group, like a family, to serve with you and pray for you as you become missionaries to your various oikos networks. Why the Book of Acts? Acts is called “Acts of the Apostles” or “Acts of the Holy Spirit” because it describes what the leaders of the early Church did in concert with the Holy Spirit to spread the Gospel and make disciple-makers through-out the Mediterranean world. Our desire is that the book of Acts will inspire you to live the gospel together with other Christians who live near you in a HC.

Read Acts 17:10-15 –

1. Observation: what stands out to you in this passage and why? 2. Interpretation: what does it mean that the Bereans “received the word

with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so”? (see v. 11)

3. Application: Describe what it looks like, in your life, when you receive the word with eagerness and examined the Scriptures to see if the sermon was so. Have you had this experience? What was happening in your life? Do you remember the passage or what was happening in your life at the time?

4. So What!?! Who cares? The purpose of this statement is to motivate us to become like the Bereans and dive into the word. Prepare our hearts for Sunday so that we are desperate for God’s word. And then follow up in the word so God can speak to you...to us.

The Bereans:

Acts 17:10 The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea,

and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue.11 Now these

Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word

with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things

were so. 12 Many of them therefore believed, with not a few Greek women

of high standing as well as men. 13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica

learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Berea also, they

came there too, agitating and stirring up the crowds. 14 Then the brothers

immediately sent Paul off on his way to the sea, but Silas and Timothy

remained there. 15 Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as

Athens, and after receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to

him as soon as possible, they departed.

Notes:

GRACE CHURCH 10323 28TH AVE SW SEATTLE, WA 98146 (206) 937 -8400 GRACECHURCHSEATTLE.ORG

Pastor Ryan Faust Senior Pastor prfaust@gracechurchseattle.org follow on Twitter @RyanJFaust or his blog: prfaust.wordress.com Pastor Lucas Fennell Youth Pastor lucasf@gracechurchseattle.org

Pastor Jerry Buell Administrative Pastor jerryb@gracechurchseattle.org Pastor Daniel Hill Worship & Assoc. Pastor danielh@gracechurchseattle.org on Twitter @danielhillmusic or his blog: danielhillmusic.com

Victoria Scott Children’s Education Administrator victorias@gracechurchseattle.org Kathie Varney Exec Admin kathiev@gracechurchseattle.org

& l i v e a n e w l i f e

LOVE God & people by praying for: Pat Holliday (cancer), Kim Smith (healing from seizures), Margie Frye

(complete healing from eye infection), Judy Cole (CMML (leukemia), Debbie Fry (surgery recovery & ongoing

appendiceal cancer treatment), staff & elders of Grace Church and the ongoing health needs of: Bill Hall.

For the Grace Church leadership and staff.

LOOKING AHEAD July 16 ..................... Ray Collin’s 90th Birthday celebration

July 22 ..................... Annual Grace Church Golf Tournament - 7am-2pm Foster Golf Links

July 30-Aug 5 .......... Grace Summer Camp -at Black Lake -- 4th through 6th Grade

Aug 6 ....................... Grace Church Picnic

Aug 2-10 ................. Nicaragua Mission Trip

Aug 19 ..................... CityServe

Sept 9 ...................... GriefShare session begins

Sept 8-10 ................ Men’s Roundup

Sept 17 .................... Fall Kickoff Breakfast Potluck 8:30am

J u l y 1 6 , 2 0 1 7

LAST CHANCE

LAST CHANCE

TO SIGN UP!TO SIGN UP!

THIS

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION TODAY AFTER WORSHIP, Ray Collin’s

family and his Home Community invite

you to please join us in the foyer after

the service TODAY, July 16 as we

celebrate Ray’s 90th birthday! Cake,

coffee and punch will be served.

LAST CHANCE TO SIGN UP for the GOLF TOURNEY JULY 22

Join us for the 11th annual Grace Golf

Tournament. It’s a great time for fun

and fellowship. You don’t have to be a

pro, or anywhere near that, especially

since it’s a scramble rules tournament.

See Paul Lang for info. and to sign up.

OPENING / CLOSING TEAM

MINISTRY OPPORTUNITY We are looking for those who would be

willing to arrive at 9:00 am to open the

church and to stay after the service to

close up the church on a once a month

rotation. You do NOT have to stay until

the last person is out. A job description

is available at the welcome center. If

interested, contact Pastor Jerry.

INTERIOR &/OR EXTERIOR PAINTING MINISTRY

OPPORTUNITIES Rooms in the parsonage and main

building, as well as the exterior of the

parsonage & shop need to be prepped

and/or painted by volunteers. Hours

are open. Ron Bowman will be

coordinating the parsonage exterior

project which is being worked on at this

time. He can use all the help he can get

to expedite this project!

THIS WEEK AT GRACE

SUNDAY, JULY 16

7:00 am Prayer in the Upper Room

8:30 am CE Leaders Training

10:00 am WORSHIP CELEBRATION - sanctuary

K-3rd dismissed to Kid’s Church downstairs

Kid’s bulletins available in the foyer

11:45 am Collins 90th birthday Celebration

6:30 pm Youth Group - Crowded House

MONDAY, JULY 17

Church Office open 9 am to 4 pm

TUESDAY, JULY 18

Church Office open 9 am to 4

WEDNESDAY, JULY 19

Church Office open 9 am to 4 pm

THURSDAY, JULY 20 Church Office open 9 am to 4 pm

FRIDAY, JULY 21

Church Office closed

SATURDAY, JULY 22 Church Office closed

7:00 am Golf Tournament - Foster Golf Links

SUNDAY, JULY 23

7:00 am Prayer in the Upper Room

10:00 am WORSHIP CELEBRATION -

6:30 pm Youth Group - Crowded House

GRACE CHURCH exists to LOVE God & people, PROCLAIM Christ, BUILD community,

EQUIP the saints, MULTIPLY ministers, and missionally SEND out followers of Christ to

be the Church wherever we are.

CONNECT Welcome to Grace! Thanks for joining

us today. Feel free to bring your coffee

into worship and make yourself

comfortable. Take a deep breath, clear

your head, and prepare your heart

and mind to worship our Lord and

Savior, Jesus Christ.

Grace Church is committed to living

authentically in relationship with God

and others. Together we strive to meet

the needs here and around the world.

To learn more, grab a booklet from the

desk in the foyer.

If you would like us to follow up with

you, feel free to fill out this form, tear

it out and drop it at the Welcome

Center or in the offering plate.

today’s date

name

I am a guest of

address

phone

phone (cell)

email

How to begin a relationship with Jesus Want to know more about Grace

Interested in joining a Home Community

Interested in serving at Grace (if so where?) __________________

Address/info change Add me to the church email list

Interested in baptism

Interested in membership

CHILDREN’S MINISTRY UPDATE We have made a few changes heading

into the Fall that we want you to be

aware of. We have promoted Victoria

Scott from Children’s Admin. Assistant

to Children’s Administrator. We will be

using AWANA curriculum for both

Sunday morning Children’s Church and

Sunday evening AWANA Youth DNA.

Victoria will be working hard to recruit

and prepare for AWANA on Sunday

nights and Sunday morning Children’s

Education between now and the Fall

Kick-off on Sept 17. We need

volunteers, so let her know if you are

interested in helping out or if you have

any questions.

JR HIGH UPDATE Our Youth Pastor Lucas Fennell is

excited about ministry in the Fall. As a

reminder, 6th -12th grade Youth Group

is now combined on Sunday, 6:30-8pm

for the Summer. Starting Sept 17, the

Middle School will have their own

Youth Group time during AWANA

Youth DNA from 5:30-7:00pm in the

Crowded House.

SR HIGH UPDATE High Schoolers, Pastor Lucas needs

your help. During AWANA Youth DNA,

he needs you to assist with the younger

kids. This is a great opportunity for you

to take what you have learned and help

invest in the next generation. Then,

every Sunday (beginning Sept 17), after

AWANA Youth DNA, Sr High ONLY

Youth Group will meet around 7pm in

the Crowded House. Questions?

Connect with Victoria or Pastor Lucas.

BUDGET THRU 07/09/2017 We are $ 14,775.88 ABOVE our anticipated YTD giving. BUDGET YTD $ 21,536.88 GIVING YTD $ 36,312.76 We are at 169% of budget