News and Updates
Father-Child Camping and Cookout
Friday, June 14th at 6:00 p.m.
Dads! Mark Friday night June 14th for our third-annual Camp at the ‘Pointe! We will start at 6:00pm. Bring a tent, sleeping bags and air mattresses and get comfortable down by the creek here on our property. We are close to home, have power and running water and of course our fire pit. We have some games planned and we will provide the hot dogs, marshmallows and drinks. You bring your children (boys and girls welcome!)- ages 4 and up, flashlights, guitars and some good fireside stories of when you were a boy. - The cost is $5 a person and covers all food, games, activities and glow-sticks!
This is the stuff that memories are made of so set some time aside this spring and don’t miss the opportunity.
Contact Steve Wyer at [email protected] for more information.
MOPS – Mothers of Preschoolers – at GracePointe
MOPS is off for the Summer!
Check back in July for our 2013-2014 schedule. If you have any questions, please contact Mandy LeFevre at [email protected].
If you are a mother who has a child, birth through Kindergarten, then please consider joining our MOPS group. We will be meeting every first and third Wednesday of the month for food, fellowship and small group discussion. MOPS is an international ministry that seeks to encourage, equip and grow every mother of preschoolers to realize her potential as a woman, mother and leader in Christ. For more information please contact Mandy LeFevre at [email protected].
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Plan B – A Single Mom’s Life
Third Tuesday of Each Month at 6:30 p.m.
GracePointe is excited to launch a ministry for the Single Moms in our fellowship. It doesn’t matter how you became a single mom, but it does matter that you feel and find encouragement, strength and support from one another. Please join us on the third Tuesday of each month from 6:30-8:00 p.m. at the Worship Center as we share wisdom and advice with each other as we study My Single Mom Life by author Angela Thomas.
Childcare will be provided at no charge and every participant will receive Angela’s book. Please sign up at the WinGS Kiosk so we can add you to the email list and order books. Feel free to contact Suzanne Edwards at 615-708-1117 or [email protected] for additional information. Also, connect with us on Facebook: Gracepoint Single Moms Ministry.
My Single Mom Life
The day Angela Thomas sold the only thing she had, the diamond from her engagement ring, to take care of her kids was the day she began to believe they were going to make it. In that decision, the faith she had always talked about became the faith she was going to learn how to live. In the years since, God has given Angela a passionate desire… to live an amazing life even while raising four kids as a single mom. In this book she shares her hard-earned wisdom on loneliness, dating, finances, and parenting, encouraging every solo mom. “As a gift to our children,” she says, “we can become healthy moms who are strong and amazing women in spite of our circumstances.”
A Lenten Prayer
The following is our Prayer for the Lenten Season. It was written by Matthew Paul Turner.
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Dear God,
May our love resemble Your love.
May our love exist for all people.
May our love encourage life & hope, sacrifice much, & seek a pathway of humility.
May our love heal wounds, physical & spiritual.
May our love resist fear, challenge ignorance, & embody mercy, grace, & resurrection.
May our love empower forgiveness, tolerance, dialogue, patience, & peace.
May our love mend what is broken, rebuild what is torn down, bridge what is divided, & refill what is empty.
Amen.
Peace on Earth : Christmas Arts Service
Sunday, December 11th at 9:00, 10:45 a.m. & 6:00 p.m.
It is with much anticipation and excitement that GracePointe Arts Department presents to you Peace on Earth. recorded Sunday, December 11th at 9:00 and 10:45 am and again at 6:00 pm. This concert will included our Children, Children’s choir, GracePointe Choir, Musicians, Singers and Strings. We hope the songs move you, encourage you and leave you with peace and joy. Featuring not only music, but painting and visuals to remind us all that God is near. Moments of prayer and lighting of candles symbolically remind us of our call to bring peace and love in this world. Most of all we hope you experience a sense that you are loved and that the peace of Christ is with you not just during this season but at all times.
Michael English Shares His Story
October 30th at 9:00 a.m. & 10:45 a.m. CST
On Sunday, October 30th. Michael and Marcie English shared their story which is as compelling as it is encouraging. We encourage everyone to watch it online.
This service is part of our Stories series, which can be viewed here.
WinGS FUEL Bag Collection
The Williamson County School System has more than one school where over 50% of the children in the school qualify for the ”Free Lunch Program”. There is lack of food security for children in some of our schools, which means they do not have enough food at home on weekends or holidays. Graceworks Ministries created a program providing FUEL BAGS, small bags of nutritious and easy-to-serve food items, for children at one of the local schools. Teachers discreetly pack the bags in the children’s backpacks on Fridays before they leave for the weekend, and it will supplement their food at home. WE NEED YOUR HELP! The WinGS team is collecting food to donate to Graceworks Ministries for these FUEL BAGS each Sunday.
Items needed this month:
- Shelf stable milk
- Cereal or granola bars
- Small packages of raisins
There will be a RED WAGON in front of the WinGS Kiosk on the front porch for you to drop off your donation on Sunday mornings.
For more information about the Graceworks FUEL Bags, click here.