June 6, 2017 Volume 23 3440 Zion Road Henderson, KY 42420 Phone: 270-826-4405

www.gracepointhenderson.com fully devoted

Church Staff E-Mail Addresses

Pastor Andy Weaver: andy@gracepointhenderson.com

Brenda Chase: brenda@gracepointhenderson.com

We live to worship, proclaim, and become

fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ.

June 7-12: Ohio Mission Trip June 10: Answer Center Work Day, 9:00 a.m. June 13-23: Brazil Mission Trip June 14: Vision Team Meeting after the Service June 18: Father’s Day June 20: GPS Lunch, 11:30 a.m. June 24: Youth Rummage Sale

MARK YOUR CALENDAR THE WEEK AHEAD

Sunday Wednesday

9:00 a.m. Sunday School 5:15 p.m. Supper

10:15 a.m. Morning Worship 5:45 p.m. Prayer Time

6:00 p.m. Evening Worship 6:15 p.m. Bible Study

Office Hours

Monday through Thursday 7:30 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.

Friday 8:00 a.m.-12:00 noon

Pretenders

There is a mockingbird in my yard that likes to sit in the pine trees, sounding out its different

bird calls. It sometimes gets on my nerves as it endlessly goes on and on. First, it’s a cardinal,

then a blue jay, a hawk, then other birds. It is pretending to be something it is not. I looked

online about mockingbirds and found out that they can also mimic alarms, frogs, crickets,

squirrels, and many other sounds. Recently, while I was outside listening to its numerous bird

calls, I was struck by how we humans act the same way.

Just like a mockingbird that pretends to be something it’s not, there are people in all churches

who are Pretenders. Some are Pretend Christians, who are lost without Christ, but may be

deacons, Sunday School teachers, sing in the choir, or hold leadership positions in the church. We

may think that they’re Christians because they are nice and are regular church attenders (I was a

Pretend Christian).

Some are genuine Christians, who have accepted Christ at some point in their lives, but have

strayed so far from Him that you’d never know by their actions that they’ve ever met Him. All

churches have these Pretenders. They tell others about how much they love Jesus, but they fight

for power, speak evil against their fellow church members, and are just plain mean spirited. The

Bible is very clear about how Christians should act. One passage is Galatians 5:22-23, “But the

fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and

self-control.”

As a minister’s wife, who has been a member of many churches, I’ve seen all kinds of

Pretenders, and I’ve been one myself. I believe that for true believers, it is better not to tell

anyone that we are Christians if we can’t live up to what lost people

perceive a Christian should be. People are watching us. What we say and

do may influence someone for all eternity. Are our lives pointing others to

Christ or away from Him? Let’s not be Pretenders, but let’s live in such a

way that others can genuinely see Christ in us.

Brenda Chase

Grace Notes Volume 23 Tuesday, June 6, 2017

The Irritating Mockingbird

Ohio Mission Trip Continue to pray for our team heading to East Liverpool, Ohio, for a mission

trip on June 7—12th. Pictured is a time of commissioning the team this past Sunday, June 4th. Team members are Paul and Amy Willett, Clay Meuth, Ray

Horton, Neal Parker, April Glassco, Randall and Dana Hurt, Seth Weaver,

and Andy Weaver.

The youth will have a rummage sale at the church on Saturday, June

24th, from 7:00—noon to help raise money for Centrifuge. We need

items that are in good condition for the sale, so bring your items to the

church or let Kelly Meuth or Pastor Andy know if your items need to be

picked up. All sales will be by donations.

June 25th Events We will have the Lord’s Supper in the morning service and a regularly scheduled business meeting in the evening service.

Birthdays

Last Wednesday night, May 31st, we celebrated the April, May and

June birthdays with a cake. Happy Birthday!

Centrifuge Payments

Youth going to Centrifuge, please be sure to make your payments! The church will need to

send in the final payment for camp that will be due before attending Centrifuge, July 10th -15th.

CHURCH HELPERS

June 11 June 18

Nursery & GLOW Volunteers Nursery & GLOW Volunteers

Brandi Liggett, Kathi Norris Ray Horton, Bryanna Roy

Trustee Lock-Up Trustee Lock-Up James Culver Glen Winstead

June 11: Rehearsal, 4:30 p.m. June 18: Sing

After June 18, the choir will take a break until resuming practice on

July 30th.

Mowing Schedule

Week of June 5: Eddie Garrett, Glen Winstead Week of June 11: Paul Viars

We need volunteers people to mow the rest of June and most of July. The sign-up sheet to volunteer to mow is available at the Welcome Center.

Class Leaders for Wednesday

Night Prayer Time at 5:45 p.m.

June 7: Seniors

June 14: Matt Meuth’s Class

June 21: Alan Holeman’s Class

June 31: VBS Week

Help Needed for VBS Promotion

We need teams of 2—4 people to hand out VBS flyers, which will have cotton candy attached to them. We want to target the following areas: Water park at the river front Atkinson Pool New East End Park—Audubon Kids Zone Central Park

The dates to hand out the flyers will be June 17th, June 21st, and June 24th. Each team will choose its own time to hand out the flyers. Contact Sherry Bellew if you would like to volunteer.

Marsha’s Place Baby Bottles

You may begin returning your baby bottles to the church, or give them to Janet O’Nan or Deenie Russell. The bottles are

due by Father’s Day.