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PRAYER WEEK – Tuesday Helps

God is PEERLESS; we are Powerless – our powerlessness is demonstrated by how and whether we pray. Let’s leverage our influence as children of God by asking of our Father. TUESDAY EMPHASIS = PRAYING FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD For the initiation of ministry and the joy of ministry in the hearts of God’s people. For the…

PRAYER WEEK – Monday Helps

SPRINGS OF GRACE BIBLE CHURCH PRAYER WEEK 2012 God is PEERLESS; we are Powerless – our powerlessness is demonstrated by how and whether we pray. Let’s leverage our influence as children of God by asking of our Father. Monday-Friday, Jan. 9th-13th MONDAY Praying for One Another: Pray for the selected families or singles of Springs…

Join us for PRAYER WEEK

Sunday, January 8 10:45 – Worship Service 5:30 – Youth Bible Study with prayer emphasis 6:00 – Men’s Advisory Meeting and Prayer Time 7:30 – Preacher School Monday-Friday, Jan. 9th-13th Praying for One Another: Praying for selected families and singles of Springs of Grace 6:30-7:30 AM – Prayer Time in Auditorium 11:30-12:30 – Prayer Time…

A book NOT to buy or read

Mark Driscoll, a popular pastor from the Seattle, WA area has written a new book about marriage. From what I have read about the book (having NOT read it personally), I believe it to be a very sad and perverted distortion of the beauty of marriage. Often when a book is so “over the top”…

Merry Christmas and Worship Reminder

Come and join us for worship on Christmas morning at 10:30! Charles Spurgeon on December 24, 1854: Feast, Christians, feast; you have a right to feast. Go to the house of feasting to-morrow, celebrate your Saviour’s birth; do not be ashamed to be glad; you have a right to be happy. Solomon says, “Go thy…

MERRY CHRISTMAS

From left to right: Erica, Lottie, Malachi, Aaliyah, Miriam, Rosa, Nate, Amy, Joe, Tyler, Hannah (granddaughter to come (hidden)), Annie, Samuel, Jerusha, Glory Merry Christmas from the Blankenship Family to all of you who name the name of the Lord Jesus. What a glory to be a part of our Savior’s family forever! Merry Christmas! Joe,…

Answers to the Critics of celebrating Christmas

Unless you are new to Springs of Grace and this website, you know that I love Christmas. I have had to answer many of the questions through the years that are addressed in the article linked here – http://thecripplegate.com/7-questions-from-christmas-haters/#more-3363 I hope it is a blessing to you. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Missions Updates – Tanzania and Mixe Region of Mexico

Please keep praying for these precious ministries and our missionaries there: The Stagges in Tanzania and The McCartys in Mexico Faces for Hope Back in the states now, planning to head back to Tanzania, around the beginning of January. Thank you for your partnership in funds, spreading the news, prayer, or just listening. We appreciate…

Adoption Sustained only by the Gospel

David Platt, author of RADICAL and his wife are just completing their adoption of a little girl from China. In the midst of that process he has been writing about adoption. I found this piece particularly powerful and a good follow up to our month’s emphasis on adoption. May the Lord help us to live…

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